Amjad Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Lovely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 (edited) Cheers lads! It's all on now, will take a pic after work!Next task is to get the bay spick and span for JF2. Alu i/c pipes are a bit pitted now but will do my best. And I still need to get a bloody catchcan!Massive thanks to dad (blutto) for finishing it off yesterday while I was at work! Edited August 6, 2014 by Bluebear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Quick update.On the way back from JF2, my 5th gear decided that it didn't want to stay in gear any more; holding it while travelling around the M60 and then up the M65/A55 to Burnley was fun. Corolla 5-speed box sourced for £90 notes, and I was sorted. However, first and second are really temperamental with regards to coming out and going into gear; sometimes they won't come out of gear unless I blip the throttle a bit. I'm just wondering if my clutch is giving up the ghost.Will be changing the gearbox oil again to see if that cures anything.Other than that, no updates. Money has been seriously tight. I had to change one thing though:Sard boost gauge, looks smart as fuck. The red ring isn't actually lit; its the reflection of the red needle in the metal bezel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gainzy Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Love those sard gauge's look sweet as Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 hott. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Aim is to get a full set now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Aim is to get a full set now!I have a sard boost gauge I love it. good luck finding the set ive been looking for oil pressure and oil temp can't find any anywhere Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) I have a contact for an oil pressure gauge ;p Edited October 22, 2014 by Bluebear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I have a contact for an oil pressure gauge ;p dam you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 So, I just did a thing.Remember that gold clutch I used to have?Just bought another Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 So, I just did a thing.Remember that gold clutch I used to have?Just bought another awesome look forward to the rattle at jae again lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Been pretty much of the opinion that my Spec is fucked. Dragging all the time, and will in fact be quite happily still be engaged in first even though the pedal is down to the floor. Just had the slave cylinder replaced too so it isn't that.Even if the Spec is fine, I'll just sell it on and put in the Ogura, because they are fantastic clutches. Heaviness can take some getting used too, especially in stop-start traffic, but when you're really going along, it's a joy to use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Well, this hasn't been posted on in a while!First major thing is... that noise I had been hearing for about the best part of 8 months turns out to be a knackered bottom end Oil starvation seems to have been the issue, I must have been giving it too much welly around a roundabout at some point. Anyway, got that all sorted out, crank only needed a polish. Got the Ogura fitted at the same time!And as if there wasn't a respray noted down in my head already due to the previous owners dubious paintjob and the small amount of body parts I've been amassing ( ), I caused myself to mentally underline note further that by introducing the passenger side of the car to a low drystone wall. Whoops. It seems that the moulding has taken all of the brunt of the damage (it was a *very* low stone wall), and thankfully completely missed the Rays! So glad I hadn't gotten any spacers on yet!Anyway!!I have this little mystery parcel on the way:Should be with me in the next few days hopefully.Next on the list of things to get is a catch can, some new pads and discs (thinking WMS 110% discs and DS2500 for this). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 nice to see an update buddy! Looking forward to seeing all these mystery body parts. Also, put your wheels back the other way please, my eyes can't adjust to 5s on the front. :p Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 nice to see an update buddy! Looking forward to seeing all these mystery body parts. Also, put your wheels back the other way please, my eyes can't adjust to 5s on the front. :p Phil. I actually like them a lot better with the 5s on the front!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nanglebadger Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 no. wrong. you are just wrong. please behave. Phil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Well, mystery parcel arrived today! OEM 3-point strut brace from TC Dave (a name which some of the older lads may recognise!) All plastics there apart from the very lower one that covers the hole in the carpet, and on a whole, quite good condition considering the age of these now!Always wanted one of these, chuffed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 (edited) Your bottom end had gone lol you hero driving it round for so long Edited June 6, 2015 by akyakapotter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 I honestly did not know what a bottom end knock sounded like, and even my dad didn't think it was bottom end as it sounded too much like something in top-end (drawing from his early years experience of quality British car engineering there ) At least I know now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Must have been an ever so slight knock then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Been a while since I've posted in here!Not much to report really, just fitted the WMS 110% discs and Ferodo DS2500 pads. Pad carriers needed some... *ahem* 'careful' massaging with an angle grinder to stop the pad retaining clips from fouling on the disc (even with supplied shims fitted), but once that was sorted, and a bit taken off the outwards facing edge of the pad carrier to stop it from fouling on the spoke rears of the Volks, all is well.Pads feel 10x better than my old Yellowstuffs, but I still feel there's room for improvement. I think braided lines will be the next mod to braking!Mighty Trust Krusher will be getting a bit of attention on Friday and Saturday to get it cleaned for JF2 (and to fix whatever is stopping the passenger window going down; lest my passenger gets cooked from lack of fresh air ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 Quite some time since I updated this last!Well, window problem was 'fixed'. Had the door all apart when I looked over to the drivers side and noticed there was such a thing as a passenger window lock button... Hou was not amused when I told him, as he was the one complaining on the way down to JF2 about not being able to put it down Since then, I've had the horrible cloudy, faded, aged tints taken out and replaced with new tints. Absolute nightmare to get them out, even when having to resort to a stanley blade to scrape them off, the tint was turning into powder. Anyway, that got done and the car looked well at JAE! Not really had any other issues, apart from one. Got a collapsed wheel bearing on the first day back to work this year, and that had fucked the axle. And due to Toyota's infinite wisdom and deciding to weld the stub axles onto the beam, I had to source a replacement beam. While I was at it, the replacement beam got beadblasted and powdercoated, and polybushed the trailing arms. Tried to get a Whiteline RARB, but most places seemed to be out of stock (issue on Whiteline's end), so that'll have to wait until another time. Not much of an update, but it's an update nonetheless! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 You had to replace the beam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yep The collapsed bearing had worn too much on the stub axle to consider using it.Bearing went very quickly, wasn't a gradual wearing like the other side did a few months earlier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bluebear Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Things are afoot with the Mighty Trust Krusher... :ph34r: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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