Dylan8's Vento

[Jarred]

yay, the fun begins!

[thestu]

WINNING! now drop that 2.0lt subframe and remove the wiring loom from the bay and we will all come up and party on

[dylan8]

horrible phone pic.

but gave the car a quick wash, and did a few coats of protection on the plastics.
other then half the lip missing and the paint needing a good clay/waxing it came up pretty good.
Even polished the remus exhaust tips for a laugh

[thestu]

loweritplease

[dylan8]

loweritplease

i know hte bora can be lower
Soo everyone likes pictures, so here they come.










so we have leather seats with no damage that i have found yet.
a full working sunroof.
243327km on the clock by the time i got it home.
quart speakers held in by some glue??
the very organised engine bay
the horns
more engine bay confusion
boot being emptied. spax springs, window regs, new air con, new green stuff pads, vr air box, toe bar, and alot of other stuff. interesting looking amp fixed to the back of the seats currently running the speakers so havnt sussed that out.
polished the remus exhaust for lols
half a vr lip missing, headlight has moisture (may just be that the cover on the back is broken yet)
chains are noisey as.
engine has a few oil leaks.

VR has no working windows, over heating problem, few electronics dont work such as the cruise, 5th gear is interesting to find as the pedal cluster or something is bent, drivers door lock missing.

but on the postive:
Engine has new new thermostat housing with metal crackpipe and new water pump about 10k ago
2.5kg Fidanza Flywheel with replacable steel friction plate
Sachs HD clutch (~40k old)
New Drivers Side Driveshaft (full assembly) ~15k old
New Fuel Pump ~10k ago
car was still regestered so gave me enough time to get it to my gfs where stu and woody helped with a few things and looked over it and gave me some 'mk3 advice' on such things as the locks and boot

remus exhaust has a monster hole/is missing a section, so makes some serious noise and popping and banging. between this and the commo stance i turned a few heads bringing it through bairnsdale.

so plan is to sort the clutch and see if there is anything broken/needing to be replaced.
order a seal/gasket kit for the top and bottom.
order timing chains
have the head checked out.
basically get the engine freshened up without blowing a huge budget and replacing everything on it. try to sort any issues before it goes into the vento

will try and get it in the vento while keeping it as stock as possible, want to try and get it regoed without too many problems.

[dylan8]

[Mk3 AAA]

Nice work buddy, looks like we're going to have a good ol' fashioned Vento showdown.

[thestu]

Wish I was apart of that show down Can I compete with my crashed one?

[dylan8]

Nice work buddy, looks like we're going to have a good ol' fashioned Vento showdown.

Shame we are at the other ends of AUS , we will have to meet at Nats next yr for a booted vr6 sess

Wish I was apart of that show down Can I compete with my crashed one?

always haha. you've set the bar so high already stu

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anyone got any ideas with over heating?
car had a new thermo stat not long ago.
has had new g12 collant put in.
get to temps of 110deg and oil at 108 when driving at ~100km/h, once there it sits and is pretty stable.

had a none vdub person suggest that the thermo stat might be the wrong model or something?
anything i can try/test to start narrowing it down..

[VR28LT]

the first thing i would be looking at is do the fans kick in both your low speed and high speed

then if thats all good maybe check that the flow of water is good as in your water pump is good and no blockages in the radiator

your oil at 108 isnt a problem..... my oil temp sits between 100 and 110 degrees on the freeway, hell i even had it once at 128 degrees once just pumping along just not giving a faark

[dylan8]

the first thing i would be looking at is do the fans kick in both your low speed and high speed

then if thats all good maybe check that the flow of water is good as in your water pump is good and no blockages in the radiator

your oil at 108 isnt a problem..... my oil temp sits between 100 and 110 degrees on the freeway, hell i even had it once at 128 degrees once just pumping along just not giving a faark

fan im not sure about... i know one kicks in when the car is turned off, but havnt noticed any running/not running while the car is on.
water pump is pretty new so id hope it wouldnt be it, but might check for any blockages when i pull it appart.
so oil isnt really a issue?
Thanks gives me somewhere to start.
Can anyone suggest a manual to buy? bentley or haynes?
wouldnt mind something with a bit of a wiring layout also...

[Jarred]

Central Electric 2

for all your wiring needs

[dylan8]

Thanks Dub Crazy Jarred.
some more pics...


my dog helping out. shelf was already covered in hair and mine loses next to none so he was lucky this time round...


My bent plates that iv now returned to Vicroads... both sets of my euros turned up damaged. i didnt pay 695$ for 'bent' plates!!
Check the drivers headlight for reference in the next pic. this was half of what came out of it...


for some reason the vr6 boot had a fair old leak over the past week. i thought i was imagining it at first when i left the car in melbourne, but apparently not..
Coming from both left and right sides near the taillights somewhere but cant work out where exactly. not that it matters too much anyways.

Time to order some freshener engine parts i think!

[Mk3 AAA]

Oh man I can't watch, that donor is too pretty.

[dylan8]

Oh man I can't watch, that donor is too pretty.

its got a lot wrong with it. if i was going to repair it i think id pull the car to pieces and start from scratch anyways. think there is a lot of 'patching' on the vr, and i dont want to be repairing cover ups. rather get it right the first time even if it costs more