General UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 19/09/08 STRIPPED IT READY FOR A RESPRAY!!

[alexGS]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 03/06/07, FIRST TEST DRIVE DONE! YAY!

******, dropped the sump plug in the hot oil!!! was all going well till then too!!

got the sump plug out, then promptly knocked the ba$tard thing with my foot literally about 30 secs after, bloody oil everywhere!! :bang: :yuck:

so it went from going really smoothly and one of the cleanest oil changes, to being the most mesiest u could make it! bugger!

LOL! I really laughed for some time at those photos... such a simple thing to do but happens to us all Kicking the oil drain container... Maybe your feet are too big, clumsy klutz

I always have a magnetic pickup tool on hand for retrieving the sump plug, though the oil gives a macho effect to the hairs on your wrist, I'm sure the girls are going for that photo right there...

Meanwhile my paint/underseal rubs off the inner arch in exactly the same place! I think it might be worth undoing the rear beam (four bolts each side?) and shifting it across? Alternatively that part of the wheelarch can be slightly reshaped with a big enough hammer.

-Alex

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 03/06/07, FIRST TEST DRIVE DONE! YAY!

bah! shurrrup team 20v lol

LOL! I really laughed for some time at those photos... such a simple thing to do but happens to us all Kicking the oil drain container... Maybe your feet are too big, clumsy klutz

I always have a magnetic pickup tool on hand for retrieving the sump plug, though the oil gives a macho effect to the hairs on your wrist, I'm sure the girls are going for that photo right there...

Meanwhile my paint/underseal rubs off the inner arch in exactly the same place! I think it might be worth undoing the rear beam (four bolts each side?) and shifting it across? Alternatively that part of the wheelarch can be slightly reshaped with a big enough hammer.

-Alex

hahaha, yeah, was a bugger with the oil! i was gutted lol!

as for the retreaving the sump plug, bugger! why didnt i think of using my magnetic pickup too :bang: lol, ahh well too late now!

have u got any pics alex of your inner arches? did u just smack them hard with a BIG hammer? info would be good on this mate

Dunc

 

[GhostWKD]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 03/06/07, FIRST TEST DRIVE DONE! YAY!

getting there dunc having less problems than mine and its been on the road for last 2 years

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 04/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

well, heres a quick update as to what ive just won off ebay

its a Genuine ATL fuel filler cap taken from a sierra RS500 cosworth touring car. will mount this in the side polycarbonate window when i get them made and have the filler nexk going down to my fuel tank. this means i can then get the standard fuel cap smoothed off.

was going to get a cheaper one, but got this one for £40, and theyre about £120 new with all the fixings etc like this one has well chuffed

Dunc

 

[randomizered]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 04/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Looking great still!! Shame about the rubbing and rust though.

Oil story made me laugh, i've done similar with the stink(gear)box oil which made it 10x worse lol.

What happens to the polycarbonate if petrol spills on it? (not a smart arse question, i know some plastic are damaged by it though)

Kristian

//EDIT - Polycarbonate NOT resistant against:

alkalis, strong acids, esters, ketones, benzene, chlorinated hydrocarbons

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 04/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Looking great still!! Shame about the rubbing and rust though.

Oil story made me laugh, i've done similar with the stink(gear)box oil which made it 10x worse lol.

What happens to the polycarbonate if petrol spills on it? (not a smart arse question, i know some plastic are damaged by it though)

Kristian

//EDIT - Polycarbonate NOT resistant against:

alkalis, strong acids, esters, ketones, benzene, chlorinated hydrocarbons

yeah, deffo a shame about the rust, the rubbing, well, shouldnt be an issue now especially after this update

as for the poly windows, hmmmm, guess i should just be carefull when filling up lol


Tuesday 5th June 2007

managed to get the day off again hehe, so cracked on with the car

first job i decided to do was pick up my new alt belt as i saw it was looking a little worse for wear and loose and making an aweful sqeeling noise when manoovering the car, so a new one was needed

when fitting it, i jacked the car up extremly high so i had loads of room underneath, and i noticed with my cage fully bolted, coilovers and seam welded shell, how stiff and rigid it is!!

hopefully it should go round corners alright then hehe

while fitting the belt, i cleaned up and quickly sprayed the crank pulley as it looked rusty and crap lol

anyway, with the belt fitted i decided i was going to take my exhaust off and sort out the bodged section. it was bodged because there was a restrictor welded in from years ago by my mate for some reason i cant remember, so we cut that out and welded in a bit of steel and wrapped it up with exhasut putty, basicly, a bodge job like i said. so i whipped the exhasut off

proper nasty or what lol

so off i went into derby to a powerflow dealer and asked them to cut the end off and weld on a new bit of stainless pipe the same bore. taaa daaa, much better

fitted back onto the car with new exhasut clamps etc

only prob is, i need to adjust it, as my tailpipes not sitting properly now grrr

quick photo just to show u that it idles lovely for saying its not been setup since i put it back together lol

last photo today, is me modding the rear inner arches where it was catching, well, all i can say is, they aint gonna bloody catch now

hehe

Dunc

 

[bulldog5046]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 04/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

thats bloody rigid!

i hope the inside of that arch actually still looks good now!

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 04/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

thats bloody rigid!

i hope the inside of that arch actually still looks good now!

nope, it doesnt look as good as it did where ive hit it one, but nowt i cant sort once its MOTed

Dunc

 

[Renegade_8]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

What a hilariuos post! Everyone must have had a flying hot oil moment, at least your one was not when it should have been in the sump . I expect to drop the sump plug, I usually recover it later when I pour the old oil into a can to be stored until I go to the re-cycling point. If you do the other usual thing and forget a new copper washer you can re-use the old one after annealing it by heating to red heat then quenching it.

 

[Andy_sx]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

pmsl.... i have a habbit of dropping the sump plug in the oil pot dont have a magnetic tool though so its always hands in and clean up later!!! fortunately ive never kicked the bucket over though yet!

whats the issue with the clutch? and is the uprated one going to be adjusted / swapped for fitting later?

getting there nicely mate, its good to see the motivation back aswell

thats one very stiff chassis, love it that should be damn good fun on the right surface :slayer:

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

pmsl.... i have a habbit of dropping the sump plug in the oil pot dont have a magnetic tool though so its always hands in and clean up later!!! fortunately ive never kicked the bucket over though yet!

whats the issue with the clutch? and is the uprated one going to be adjusted / swapped for fitting later?

yeah fitting it at a later date, dont worry about that the standard ones just a temperory measure.


Wed 6th June 2007

just got my polycarbonate rear window dropped off very very well made, and he gave me 2! said the first was a trail and the 2nd one was the proper one, but tbh, both are mint

one held up by my mate to my boot on the car at the mo

and the other one i will be using propped up on my new boot which will be going on the car

Dunc

 

[SkinzCinqSporting]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Won't water get in the holes?

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Won't water get in the holes?

lol, minor details hehe.

1. the holes are mostly covered by the spoiler when u look down from the top
2. when driving along, water wont get in if u think about it with u moving forward
3. the UT wont come out in the rain anyway lol. only if its raining on sat a track day or nurburgring trip


Dunc

 

[fiatdownunder]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Hey Dunc, Looks fab.

Only thing i notice is that water will get in due to the swirl a rear spoiler causes. it always brings the water and muck back round and so a little will get in through them holes.

Stil looks mint though so a little damp wont do any harm!

 

[bulldog5046]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Ducctaaapee!

 

[thepottleflump]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

What is the reason for having holes in the rear screen?

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

What is the reason for having holes in the rear screen?

now i have a polycarbonate rear window, ive not got a rear window heater, so it'll keep it demisted. also, lighter, and looks race spec and hardcore lol

Dunc

 

[Rampage94]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

3 hours and 103 pages later all i can say is WOW, keep up the good work! i'm well impressed!! she will be one hell of a car once compleated.

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

3 hours and 103 pages later all i can say is WOW, keep up the good work! i'm well impressed!! she will be one hell of a car once compleated.

cheers mate glad youve enjoyed the read. even when its MOTed, theres still going to be a fair few more pages of updates as things progress


right, heres the updates

Sunday 10th July 2007

well, managed to get a few bits done towards the MOT, main think was getting the exhaust fitted properly, and this took bloody ages! took me about 2 hours getting the exhaust fitted just perfect so it didnt knock, and all the hangers were correct and the tailpipe was sticking out perfectly. i know, im a fussy bugger!

well, after all the messing about, ive never had the exhaust fit so mint! well chuffed!

not much else to show u on the sunday, was all crappy little bits i did, all important tho



Tuesday 12th July 2007

well, tonite after work, my mate smed came round to help, cheers matey

first off, my rear near side caliper was fooked! grrrrr :bang: so had to order a new one from the local spares shop, gutted!

smed fitting the new caliper

new caliper one yay! will paint it up after the MOT

so, after this we set about bleeding the brakes up, and got them sooooo much better than before, still a little spongy, but then again theyre new discs and pads.

also moved the number plate to the boot so the rear plate light shines onto the plate like it should lol. i think it looks crap on mine there, but then again im so used to seeing it on the bumper!

also managed to sort out a few other small jobs and did a full check over the car, and heres how it was at the end of the tinkering session......

MOT READY!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!!

its booked in for thursday and is getting picked up by the MOT man on the back of his recovery truck. well chuffed

Dunc

 

[bulldog5046]

Re: UT Restoration, New Thread. UPDATED 05/06/07, MORE THINGS DONE! :-D

Mint, oh how i will laugh if it fails the MOT