Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course!

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (Lee)

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:53:03 GMT

I have not needed for a while but sc oil from castle hill Toyota! about $35 trade price

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (ozhummer)

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 07:28:18 GMT

Do the restoration ! - I did one (some might say a little over the top - see Fast Fours & Rotaries Dec 2012) ...If you need any help finding the tricky stuff PM me - I've got global contacts ... even got the plastic ring that goes around the passenger air vent from a little dealer in resional Canada, they had it in their parts bin for 25 years! ..

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (Danmc)

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 16:48:43 GMT

Anyone know which fuel pump is quietest? There seem to be many available, most conversations about them are to do with increased horsepower. I just want stock or quietest.

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (Danmc)

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:15:20 GMT

worldwalker
Where abouts are you?

Get the SCer oil from GM, eaton recommend AC Delco and its the factory GM oil.

The bushes, there's a couple of options, if you go the whole hog on your rebuild parts, just buy the lot from twosrus.com and throw them in with everything else. If you get enough stuff from them you can get shipping down to about 25%, otherwise I'd look at amazon.com. I've purchased a lot of well known trusted american generic branded stuff from there and the quality is as good as factory, the shipping is unbeatable, within 2 weeks (even over chrissy) and cheap. A lot of parts can't be shipped (shocks) but for individual stuff you've forgotten, I wouldn't look elsewhere.

Thanks for that, I'm in Como, WA

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (Danmc)

Sun, 23 Jun 2013 14:14:06 GMT

chase_d
Don't suppose this is the one parked in Maddington? (Perth, WA)

Yep it was, we moved the shop though. Discovered some clown removed the wheel nuts from one wheel when I moved it too...

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (worldwalker)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:33:17 GMT

Where abouts are you?

Get the SCer oil from GM, eaton recommend AC Delco and its the factory GM oil.

The bushes, there's a couple of options, if you go the whole hog on your rebuild parts, just buy the lot from twosrus.com and throw them in with everything else. If you get enough stuff from them you can get shipping down to about 25%, otherwise I'd look at amazon.com. I've purchased a lot of well known trusted american generic branded stuff from there and the quality is as good as factory, the shipping is unbeatable, within 2 weeks (even over chrissy) and cheap. A lot of parts can't be shipped (shocks) but for individual stuff you've forgotten, I wouldn't look elsewhere.

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (chase_d)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:46:14 GMT

Don't suppose this is the one parked in Maddington? (Perth, WA)

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (dennis the menace)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:15:51 GMT

Good to see more SC's are being restored, rather than "stripped and tracked" (a little pot calling kettle there)

Go on, you know you want to - do the full strip and rebuild . . .

Re: Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (MR2QIK)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:40:10 GMT

Pics please :-)

Should I restore my SC AW11? Who am I kidding of course! (Danmc)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:34:30 GMT

I bought a little blue pearl aw11 SC a couple years back. It was supposed to be a car for employees to whizz about in (since she fitted through the shop doors) but she sat in front of my shop for 2 years. She was running when I parked her.

Now I look at her she is a mess. I tried to convince myself to cut my losses and sell her off, wreck her etc. I don't even fit in the silly little bugger!

But, I can't do it. Looking at the cute little beast I gotta fix her up.
So far this is the list;
Rust in passenger quarter under rear side window - about 50 cent sized.
Rust under the front guard when I peer in - bottom of A pillar. Doesn't look so bad but fingers crossed for when the panels come off.
New door - check I have 2 good spares for each side
New door trims - got them
New eyebrow - got it
New fuel pump and sort the electrics - dammit! order the pump I guess
Dash is cracked - got a perfect one out of a sad little black beast someone else killed, feeling guilty but it's so perfect! 4 hours working under a tarp on a car trailer in the rain in the wee hours is fun when you have a perfect dash to get out!
Speedo cable - got it.
New boot mat - think there is one around.
New wheel nuts (bloody church!) - located.
Seats have a slight imperfection when you look from about 2 inches away. Might bring myself to ignore it but I know where perfect seats might be.

New front bushes - no idea where to get them yet. Doing the ones on my elgrand right now (yep coffee break at 1.30 am) so feeling ok with tackling suspension.

Where do I get the bushes and the fuel pump? I think I need SC oil also.

Wish me luck!