11/78 mk1 gls

[GeorgeMK1]

Works 100% perfectly! Hot hot heat and strong fan.

Hahaha, dude i gotta set mine up. Have any idea how to fix, assemble them? ahaha

[Jace]

It's simple, just a PITA to work on. Dashboards are horrible places to be.

[GeorgeMK1]

Lol thats true, let alone the fact that i have a MK2 dash made to fit. so its kinda hard getting things in/out. Dude im hanging to see your mk1 ever come down my side of town?

[Jace]

If I'm in Melbourne I'm usually seeing relo's in Richmond or Hawthorn.
...or picking up parts from SE 'burbs.

My other car's not fun on the highway either.

[GeorgeMK1]

Hahah, well maybe i'll see yours at DOVW or something like that if you go.

[Jace]

Hahah, well maybe i'll see yours at DOVW or something like that if you go.

Get the feeling I'm not going to make it anywhere any time soon.

Degreased and pressure-washed the bay today.
Also replaced all the multi-coloured vacuum lines with plain black ones, neatens it up a fair bit i think. (obviously a bit of painting to do)





Now the bad news. Turning the car over results in plug #1 copping some oil. Starts but won't idle and only on three cylinders.
Now I probably jumped the gun and assumed it's rings or valve seats/seals. Could it have anything to do with me plugging the EGR holes in the front of the head?
If perhaps I didn't cut a bolt down enough could it be fouling on a valve and making it not seal properly, hence oil?

I don't have anybody here to help me do a compression test. So might get to that tomorrow if someone's around.
It ran fine before I plugged the EGR holes... Only other things I've done since the last time it ran is replace the intake and exhaust manifold gaskets...

[Water Boy]

Get Tim round...

[Jace]

Ha yeah that's an option, don't wanna nag him though.
The whole point of this car is for me to learn how to do all this **** myself. Haha.

[killingwithasmile]

have you tried it with the EGR hole bolts backed off a bit??

[hiho]

put a diesel in it. They run on oil.

[Jace]

Hm, well stuffed if I know. 148/148/150/148psi comp., so no biggie there. I got it going well again, played with the screws that i can't differentiate between (idle and fuel/air mixture right?) then drove it. Did a hand-brakie.
I'll shout the car new plugs when i can afford it.

Rewired the fan; it works which is great. We'll see how the car goes when the weather warms up. Once I've got the cash and feel confident enough, I'll replace the timing belt, water pump, thermostat. Or maybe I'll get a windscreen and bloody register it already.

[Jarred]

register it and get driving it already!

then you'll have another whole bunch of things to fix!

[Jace]

I know, right!
I reckon once it's actually rego-ed i'll be too lazy to fix stuff.

Once the weather warms up who knows what'll happen!

[Jace]

I was busy today. Temporary rust fix.

The windscreen came out easy as, bare hands.
Horrible ****. (excuse the cracks in the dash )






Wire-brush (by hand) first, then this is after wire-wheel on the grinder and i think a P150 flapper-wheel on the drill.






This bit ****ing sucks!




Bit hard to see, but this is after 3M rust converter. (which i applied liberally as **** to the more flaky areas)



I'll try and get motivated after work through the week and prime it, then get a new screen put in (paint later).

I don't have access to a welder, obviously that would be preferable! This is just a temporary deal. Most of is seems pretty solid, except for right in front of the driver there.

There a few things around the body that need welding up, so when I get around to them I'll pull the screen and fix the windscreen surround too.

[GoLfMan]

nice work fella! Im keen as to finish my thing too!