No parts have arrived yet...
Was hoping to do the valve clearances over the weekend and swap out the points.
Fingers crossed they arrive later on.
mtc...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Never let a sleeping dog lie
Those of you who know me will know that I can never leave well enough alone. Although my parts haven't arrived yet I decided to do a bit of tinkering around with the car in the hope (false) that I could get her idling at low rpm without stalling.
I turned my attention to the fuel pump thinking that if there was any issue with it I'd be getting fuelling trouble. I have an inline fuel filter fitted to my line but it's after the pump. Was there when I got the car and something I'll be fixing. I pulled the filter out of the pump, this is the first stage of filtration, and was confronted with a lot of crud.
Unfortunately, it didn't make a difference to clean it out but at least I felt like I was doing something. Who was it that said "Doing something is better than doing nothing"? Probably Bear Grylls or some other idiot like that.
I turned my attention to the fuel pump thinking that if there was any issue with it I'd be getting fuelling trouble. I have an inline fuel filter fitted to my line but it's after the pump. Was there when I got the car and something I'll be fixing. I pulled the filter out of the pump, this is the first stage of filtration, and was confronted with a lot of crud.
Unfortunately, it didn't make a difference to clean it out but at least I felt like I was doing something. Who was it that said "Doing something is better than doing nothing"? Probably Bear Grylls or some other idiot like that.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Good news for people who love bad news
Well last night I brought the car out for a decent run. Went all along the coast past Clontarf etc and ended up in Portmarnock. Handy as I was able to give Gary a little run out in her and get the tail sliding for him (a tiny tiny bit but got a squeak out of the tyres).
Then it was back down the Malahide road, N32, M50 and back through Ballymun to Glasnevin.
Problems started at Collins avenue. She started surging as I was going at about 30mph down the ballymun road. I shifted down to see if I was just going too slow for 3rd gear and it didn't help. Then as I was slowing down for red lights, traffic, etc she'd just cut out. Felt like a no fuel scenario even though there's a load in her.
So next step is to check the condenser, contact points and to have a look at the carb to see if she's running lean. Nothing worth doing is ever easy eh?
more to come....
Then it was back down the Malahide road, N32, M50 and back through Ballymun to Glasnevin.
Problems started at Collins avenue. She started surging as I was going at about 30mph down the ballymun road. I shifted down to see if I was just going too slow for 3rd gear and it didn't help. Then as I was slowing down for red lights, traffic, etc she'd just cut out. Felt like a no fuel scenario even though there's a load in her.
So next step is to check the condenser, contact points and to have a look at the carb to see if she's running lean. Nothing worth doing is ever easy eh?
more to come....
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Real Work
The 02 had some major work done today.
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Massive thanks to Dominic and Calumn (sp?) over at DC Autofit in Ballycoolin.
The propshaft to gearbox rubber coupling (Guibo) was replaced for a new one. Mine was pretty shot and if it had failed it could have damaged the flange on the gearbox. Needless to say I'm a lot more confident driving her now.
There was also a leak coming from the rear of the gearbox so a new rear seal was put in there. Tough job to get the flange nut and flange off the main shaft but many hands mke light work and all that....
Aside from that she got a good service with all new fluids and filters, spark plugs and fan belt.
All in all it was a long enough days work and the lads played a stormer, fair play to them :D
Running great now so I'm well happy. Gonna try and work out what mpg I'm getting at the moment over the next while. Fingers crossed it's not too low!?!
If anyone is looking for a mechanic in Dublin give Domonic a shout at 087 2656434.
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Massive thanks to Dominic and Calumn (sp?) over at DC Autofit in Ballycoolin.
The propshaft to gearbox rubber coupling (Guibo) was replaced for a new one. Mine was pretty shot and if it had failed it could have damaged the flange on the gearbox. Needless to say I'm a lot more confident driving her now.
There was also a leak coming from the rear of the gearbox so a new rear seal was put in there. Tough job to get the flange nut and flange off the main shaft but many hands mke light work and all that....
Aside from that she got a good service with all new fluids and filters, spark plugs and fan belt.
All in all it was a long enough days work and the lads played a stormer, fair play to them :D
Running great now so I'm well happy. Gonna try and work out what mpg I'm getting at the moment over the next while. Fingers crossed it's not too low!?!
If anyone is looking for a mechanic in Dublin give Domonic a shout at 087 2656434.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
God bless Jaymic
Last Thursday I ordered a few parts for the 02 from Jaymic in the UK. Unfortunately this lined up nicely with a volcano in Iceland deciding to blow it's load. I wasn't expecting the parts to arrive any time soon due to the European airspace being closed but to my surprise they were delivered on Monday morning. Even without the restrictions that's nice and quick but with the restrictions it's nothing short of amazing.
Big well done to the Jaymic team, royal mail and an post (for once).
Stu
Monday, April 19, 2010
02 with alpina wheels
Photoshop render again, this time alpina style wheels. I originally prefered these to the optional alloys and I think I'm trending towards them again.
Seroiusly lowered here, don't think it would be attainable in reality.
Seroiusly lowered here, don't think it would be attainable in reality.
02 to the future
A very quick render of what my final idea for the 02 is.
A lovely set of optional period alloys and lowered and stiffened suspension.
The 02 now (well I've sorted out the misaligned door but you get the idea)
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The 02 in the future.
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A lovely set of optional period alloys and lowered and stiffened suspension.
The 02 now (well I've sorted out the misaligned door but you get the idea)
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The 02 in the future.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
Flickery Fuel Gauge
I'm currently waiting on parts to arrive from Jaymic in the UK to replace the coupling between the propshaft and the gearbox. It's a rubber part that has perished over time and pieces of it are starting to flail off it now. I can't really drive the car until I have this fixed as it could cause damage to the flange on the gearbox.
Until then I'm occupying myself with other minor jobs on the car.
The other day I noticed that my fuel gauge was jumping up and down slightly (just a few mm) when the indicators were operated. A bit of reading of the Mike McCartney resto book and the haynes manual points to a bad earth in the boot.
Under the panel that covers the fuel tank there is a earth to the left side. I removed the earth strap and gave the body and the strap a good going over wtith a wire brush, applied some vaseline to the points and reconnected. Now the fuel gauge is behaving as expected.
An easy fix to a minor annoyance.
more to come...
Until then I'm occupying myself with other minor jobs on the car.
The other day I noticed that my fuel gauge was jumping up and down slightly (just a few mm) when the indicators were operated. A bit of reading of the Mike McCartney resto book and the haynes manual points to a bad earth in the boot.
Under the panel that covers the fuel tank there is a earth to the left side. I removed the earth strap and gave the body and the strap a good going over wtith a wire brush, applied some vaseline to the points and reconnected. Now the fuel gauge is behaving as expected.
An easy fix to a minor annoyance.
more to come...
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