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[GMC]

Not too much been happening over the Christmas break.........

This is one on my new 15" wheels - just refurbished



I could only get 4 wheels, so cleaned up one of the old wheels to use as a spare. Before & after.......





And here it is fitted. It's amazing the difference some 'wonder wheels' & 'tyre shine' makes (& 1 hour!)

[GMC]

The original Philips radio cassette was knakered and I struggled to get another but managed to pick up this one from a similar era



Shiny new Valeo headlamps.....lovely!!



They work too!!



It's nice to add some of the finishing touches;

Front mudflaps


and rear


Picked up a set of Yokohama Prada tyres for the new (re-conditioned) wheels - Lovely tread pattern



Nice combination, think they'll great on the car



The Opel dustcaps finish it off!



I preperation for refitting the bonnet, the catch needed a freshen-up



Next jobs.....

Fit bonnet & and tray between the front panel & radiator
Fit wheels & tyres
Sort the 2000rpm tick-over
Fit decals
Valet, MOT, Tax !!!!

Edited by GMC, 31 January 2012 - 01:26 PM.

[GMC]

Managed to sort the 2000rpm tick-over problem. As suspected it was the idle control valve. 30min swapping it over and I've now got a steady 900rpm. Result!!

Time to fit the bonnet....get it off the garage floor for the first time in 2 years!





Screen washers hooked up too





I made this blanking panel up out of lightweight alluminium. It bridges the gap from the front of the radiator to the bonnet slam panel. The original was a crappy compressed cardboard cover.....no place for it on this car!!



While under the bonnet, I gave it a good clean. Although fully painted, its amazing the dirt and grime it picks up



Despite being nearly finished, it was unfortunately inevitable that some damage would occur during the build. This one was down to my stupidity.......squeezing past a pile of wheels & tyres carrying a 5 gallon gerry can of petrol.Yip, I scraped the car



And this one was bad luck.....a bicycle padlock (the heavy duty D shaped type used to secure a bike to a post or fence) fell of a shelf and bounced off the car leaving two dents. It's hard to see in the picture, but I've circled where they are. My compressor started up and must have caused a slight vibration causing the padlock to drop off the shelf despite having been sat there for 2 years! I was gutted!



Once MOT'd it'll go back to the paintshop for repair & repainting.

Edited by GMC, 06 February 2012 - 10:26 PM.

[Dom400]

Hi GMC,

Just a quick question, did your oil pressure sensor mod work OK? I am having the usual problems with the sensor and guage so I was going to copy your set up if its functioning as expected!

Thanks!

Dom

[GMC]

Hi Dom,

It worked a treat!!!!

Any queries, give me a shout.

[eldoradoCoupe]

Looks good mate, hate that damage thing, same happened to me on the final build of my kadett, was sitting all nicely sprayed up and the compressor started up and bounced the wheel gun off the bench right into the front wing. A few weeks later I started the Super Sere heater and someone phoned me whilst I was moving it round the garage. I left it too close to the sill for 5 mins - result a nice little bubble in the paint!

Promised I'd get it all sorted once the car was out but I've managed to accept it now as just being character!

These things are sent to test us!