The front bumper needs some work;


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There's other bits to sort out too;


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And manky bits...



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looks like a bit of work and you'll have a pretty decent GTA :thumbs: is it cosmos blue?

 

It's a good un anyway! Yeah, i think it's cosmos, paint code is 428 iirc.

 

Good work so far. Are you doing the fuel rails now too?

And what made you buy a girl's car?

 

Not ATM, don't have the gaskets!

 

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It's by no means clean, just cleaner... New stainless bolts fitted and various brakets have been cleaned up;


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I think the clean bits just highlight the rest of the mank...


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Replacement GTA headlights and 5000k HID's fitted.


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And the bonnet catch has been given a thorough clean...


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Hi Chris, I just came across this thread, great work you are doing here! I can only whish to have the resources to do so manny stuff like that at home.

In the future I want to paint plenum and cover the same as you did. Can you maybe explain me how did you so nicely paint individual letters and numbers in red? I would appreciate it a lot!

Thanks.

 

Nice work!!!

 

Nice. The HID's make a huge difference and look good in the 147's.

Wish I had the techy knowledge you have to do this stuff.

 

Sodding thing gave me a right scare a couple of days ago. Leaving some traffic lights I gave it a boot full of revs then changed up thinking the rev limiter had cut in earlier than expected. Next thing, MCSF!!! And a beep every 30 seconds.

Now, if you said to me this had happened to you, I would diagnose the fault as being the wiring to a coil pack. Particularly if you mentioned that you've had them all off to paint the cam covers... But el panic here was convinced it was cam timing, "it's jumped a tooth, it's not misfiring at idle, it's not showing mcsf at idle, it's jumped a tooth"...

It was a coil pack. And despite the seller's most sincere assurances that the belt and tensioner have been recently changed, it's having new ones just for my own peace of mind. (The tensioner doesn't look like its new)

 

Love reading your progress threads Chris, always learning new things :thumbs:

 

After playing 2nd fiddle to the 75 over the weekend (Still haven't been able to bleed the sodding brakes!) I was obliged to look at it last night. - Finished work and wandered over to my mate's garage to work on it.

Replacement front pipes fitted (flexi's were blowing)
New handbrake cables fitted (cable snapped sunday)

 

Tonight I mostly fitted a denison ipod link and usb port;


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The engine mount I ordered yesterday afternoon from Autolusso turned up today (Thanks guys!:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs so I fitted that too, pic is of the worn out one (obviously)...


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And my Dad has been busy;


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You're sorting that car out properly

What's the 2 wires coming out from under the bulb holder in the last pic? Are you doing some angel eyes or reflector back-lightning or something, or is it just me being lost with 147 GTA headlights that I've never seen IRL?

 

Thanks

My dad has retrofitted the projector lens to a standard headlight. The wires control a solenoid that moves the beam cut off out of the way on full beam (bi-xenon)

 

Thanks

My dad has retrofitted the projector lens to a standard headlight. The wires control a solenoid that moves the beam cut off out of the way on full beam (bi-xenon)

Makes sense that :thumbs:

I've got some brand new headlights still in the box, if I send them to you could you guys do the conversion at all?

 

Aah, that possibility didn't even cross my mind. Good idea.

*getting crazy thoughts about gta'ing headlights and retrofitting projectors at the same time, wallet trying to crawl away and hide*

Where did you find the projectors? some generic model at a reasonable price or remnants of some other 147?

Edit: read your thread in the GTA forum and have full understanding if you don't say what projector you used

 

Remind me, I'll pm you a link if the work out ok.

 

Kind of. The car was fitted with OE xenons and has the levelling system. But it's been "modified" to take standard headlights. I had the day off today, spent 8 hours working on it with my dad but I don't feel like I've really achieved anything.

We started by taking the bumper off, again, and looking the original wiring to the OE xenons so that we understood what had been done.

On finding it my dad sighed and said "I'll go and get the wiring diagram"...

I've obviously got some problems with the clutch and this doesn't look good in terms of the gearbox's health;

But on further investigation it may be coming from elsewhere;

I also found another slight leak. - These newfangled alloy radiators don't appear to be worth it. The bottom rail is made of steel by the looks of it. It's corroded and the radiator looks like it has a leak from the bottom nearside corner. Ill be replacing that with a bogo copper one!

*wonders whether the thermal conductivity of copper is better than alloy.

Last time I looked at the clutch slave I did think about swapping it out but I can't remember if I did or not. Thought it would be worthwhile trying one before ripping the engine out to change the clutch and cambelt...

I took the pictures before apply pressure to the eazi bleed and before the lid on the reservoir started leaking brake fluid everywhere. #frantic 5 mins dragging the hose pipe out to wash it all off the underside of the car.

I knew the headlight sloshers didn't work from previous expeditions behind the bumper;

Top

Bottom (broken bit)

Again my dad, rather ingeniously has repaired it *touch wood* using a bit of a core plug, some araldite and a hose clip. I thought I'd taken a pic of it but apparently I haven't.

The windscreen washers and the rear washer don't work very well. They're a bit limp at best. I thought it might be a problem with the pump but testing and replacing it has proven otherwise. We think it could be a problem with the non return valves but I can't see both of them failing.

Looking forward to fitting the projector lens lights tomorrow.

 

So here's the repaired headlight washer;

And the new lights fitted;

Repaired air box;

We then went off looking at why the windscreen and rear wash wipe don't work very well. The front washer jets were just clogged with dirt, a blast with the air line has sorted them out. We also investigated the wiper mechanism;

Not a bad repair but the one my dad had repaired previously is a stronger job;

Bulk head was pretty grubby so I cleaned that up;

And what the hell is this heracey?!!!!

(It's an unused connection on mine but is, on some cars, connected to some sort of sensor related to the climate control and auto demist.)

We found the problem with the rear wash wipe when we opened the boot and found the bootlid was fu of water. The washer housing was cracked so that's been replaced with the new motor mechanism as the bit that was cracked was integral.

I then went to check that the engine would still start after all the playing we'd been doing. I did but with the MCSF warning. Hooked it up to fECUs and that showed a fault with the throttle pedal potentiometer. It will only read up to 25% of its travel. Interestingly it won't rev at all if you have your foot on the brakes. I would presume this is an inbuilt precaution just in case a fault causes it to say its 100% open.

I can tell you that removing one is a hatefull stand on your head job.

 

Good job you're doing - respect to your dad too:thumbs:

 

I'm 35 now and I still worry that his skill set will be lost. I'm trying to learn but accepting I can be wrong is still as difficult as it ever was.

 

Loving this thread!! Be one tidy car when your done!

 

i also love tinkering with all things electro/mech and when my dad was alive what he didn't know wasn't worth knowing about ,including old school body work , keep up the good work and when others admire the work you get that good feeling

 

Durty door crack;


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Fixed the air conditioning!!!


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Clean crack...


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I did a similar thing with the durty rear crack and found some rot that needs attention. I cleaned it up, rust proofed fit and repaired it. Didn't take a pic though. I broke my vertibre trying to refit the doors....


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Just goes to show that you can't beat a good clean crack.

Epic dedication to the cause that man!

 

When I say 'we' I again mean my dad has been cleaning the matt finish wheels with g3, menzurma and touching in the numerous marks. I did make an effort today (I've had been having problems with my back again) and I did clean one of the wheels up... The gave it to my dad to finish off lol...

 

Cracking job on the wheels.

And glad it's not just me that lines the badges up with the valve's, although it is slightly out

 

Nah! Defiantely didn't do that...

Sunset was nice tonight


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That Chris is a fantastic photo, you got any more photo's?

 

Thanks

I only took the one - quick snap on the way home...

 

If that's what a quick snap is like then only knows what your others would be like