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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/28 21:39:50
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also because im really bad at doing one thing at a time as we all know.. i started nutting out the dash today also, my initial plan of running 4x 2inch gauges and 2x 3 3/8inch gauges in the cluster was a bit ambitious, with then faces of the gauges just fitting in but leaving zero room around the egdes to the outer cluster and also no room on the rear of the gauges for the spin on rings to fit.  as you can see the spin on rings are a fair amount larger than the gauge bezel So ive ditched that plan and told myself that was too many gauges to look at anyways  so im going to run the two big gauges in the factory positions and then run two of the smaller gauges side by side in the centre and keep the factory indicator and warning lamps. did some tinkering and cutting   will make up a backing plate to mount the gauges in and reassemble the cluster and it should look pretty decent, then i will run the other two gauges in the centre console where i already have some cheapy speco units.
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/28 22:34:58
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looks good mish as always ... my tank looks similar with the sump welded in,
love how your not content and are still improving an awesome car
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/29 09:24:10
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Told ya u wouldnt fit them all in :p
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/29 14:17:35
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/30 18:57:05
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Glenn, i think i have a serious problem with not being content. Should just stick with a set up for more than a month.
Matt, Yes you were right
Matt75, Thanks always thought you were a admirer of fine balls. lol
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/30 21:07:25
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as long as it runs most weekends your not doing anything wrong just proves you still show interest
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/07/31 20:12:19
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define most.... it runs some weekends
in other news, waiting on more fittings and braided hose to turn up.
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/08/20 20:49:07
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a little progress on this as of late, ive stripped all the old fuel system and old battery mount brackets and such, then like the fool i am, i decided it would be a great idea to wirebrush the entire boot area and prime and paint it. Well this led to more work for myself went from looking like this  to looking like this  does make it look a bunch cleaner getting rid of all the old tar like crap off the floor but was time consuming and will most likely be 90% covered at a later date. Finally got all my hose and fittings so in theory there is nothing other than my sheer laziness and lack of motivation stopping me from completing the fuel side of things then finding a suitable battery and mounting system and itll be drivable again. sooo.... itll most likely be a while then..
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/08/30 17:22:19
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little more progress on this, made up a small alloy bulkhead for where the old fuel filler went through the floor, then fitting 3 -an bulkhead fittings into it so that all the lines can be quickly and neatly removed if needed so. spent some time making up lines   and then started on making the base plate for the entire fuel system. Have gone from a somewhat usable boot to something that now it utterly useless, oh well.  all in the fun of it. cant wait to be actually driving this again soon.... one day......maybe
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/09/01 21:07:04
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/09/01 21:29:36
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Nice work as always.
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/09/22 17:30:12
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week of up and downs, busted my nut to get the car together for todays RSOC vic Annual Concourse day. spent friday night polishing and waxing, decided on saturday to take the car for a small trip just to double check all the fuel side of things. and it died.  this little bugger bought the whole shebang to a halt. the very small inpump screen was full of gunk. im gather 6 years worth of old steel tank + all the little bits of dust from having it sitting around for the last 3 months. cleaned it out and it all ran fine. tucked it back up in the garage and then today drove it to jells park for the concourse. all went well on the trip there but as i entered the park i noticed the car surging. barely managed to get the car home. think there has been a follow on effect from having the car starved of fuel, as the pre pump is getting plenty of fuel into the swirl pot but the car wont run over 1500rpm or any kind of load, so im presuming its a fuel pressure issue.
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/09/23 21:04:58
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RSOC concourse day was today? Damn, had I have known I would have dropped by for a vist. Would've been a brilliant day for a car show.
Boot install looks very neat. Makes me want to redo mine already.
I'm sure you'll sort out the fuelling issue.
Can you PM me the cost of your cage. Thinking of getting one.
Thanks, Shaun
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/11/04 15:29:44
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So i finally decided yesterday to actually go have a look at this thing and work out why its not running right.
Seems the fuel pressure reg has failed and the fuel rail is actually getting no pressure. which is a relief in a way due to it being relatively easy to fix, but the old reg is only a year or so old.
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RE: mk2 4 door ghia
2013/12/24 23:37:39
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Finally got around to getting this going again, fitted new fuel reg to find only half the problem had been fixed. also needed 4x new coil packs too as they had been highly stressed on the drive home trying to ignite a very lean fuel mixture new reg. 
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