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by **MattBlackMinibus** » Sat May 26, 2012 11:27 am

Luke wrote:not counting my chickens yet

We are

One fast chicken ... see you there!!

by **Luke** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:18 pm

good progress today

i now have a working column shift

here's a pic of the bracket i made to mount it :mrgreen:

still needs painting

by **Luke** » Sat May 26, 2012 6:19 pm

and some pics of the exhaust

by **mealic** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:07 pm

"Coming along nicely".It`s a long time since we`ve seen a comment like this Andy :lol:

by **Luke** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:47 pm

it is indeed :mrgreen:

now have the brakes all piped up

- just need to bleed them through

i will be redoing them though as i want to install line lock that ive got (for nice burnouts) but i havent got the fittings for it yet

by **MattBlackMinibus** » Wed May 30, 2012 12:36 am

You seem to be getting a lot of jobs ticked off the list recently Luke

What major tasks are left? What's the E.T.A. on the new rad?

by **Luke** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:18 pm

MattBlackMinibus wrote:You seem to be getting a lot of jobs ticked off the list recently Luke
What major tasks are left? What's the E.T.A. on the new rad?

yeah i'm doing good

got it running again today - 1st time with the new fuel pump and lines all run

i've also ordered the missing prop bolts (odd toyota thread) and some AFT fluid should be here friday

now all i need to do to get it ready for north weald is

tidy wiring
fit rad & pipe up
bleed brakes
wire up fans
run main battery cables
fit drivers seat
finish turbo oil drain
remove exhaust - take back to have O2 sensor boss welded in (this wasnt done at the time as we didnt have the boss)

and stuff for MOT

fit passangers seat
fit battery box
weld front crossmember
wire in toyota stalks (lights indicators, horn and wipers)

by **AlanN** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:42 pm

One-a-day then :lol:

by **Luke** » Wed May 30, 2012 10:53 pm

AlanN wrote:One-a-day then

got the cossy mk6 to get done too :lol:

by **AlanN** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:17 pm

Luke wrote:
AlanN wrote:One-a-day then
got the cossy mk6 to get done too

I think that still leaves you a few spare days :wink:

by **Luke** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:13 pm

Luke wrote:now all i need to do to get it ready for north weald is

tidy wiring
fit rad & pipe up
bleed brakes
wire up fans
run main battery cables
fit drivers seat
remove exhaust - take back to have O2 sensor boss welded in (this wasnt done at the time as we didnt have the boss)

and stuff for MOT

fit passangers seat
fit battery box
weld front crossmember
wire in toyota stalks (lights indicators, horn and wipers)

by **AlanN** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:19 pm

Great work as usual Luke, wish I had your skills and Im sure you'll sort them both intime

by **Luke** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:51 pm

couldnt get the brakes to bleed today

might have to hook up the easy bleeder to get it done

i'm half tempted to buy a new master cyl anyway

just to have a new one on

piece of mind and all that :lol:

i've piped up all the intake and run it - it now fires up 1st time and revs boosts etc

but as i've still not got a rad fitted i only dare run it for a few seconds at a time

i've also done all the seals to the gearbox cooler pipes as i'd forgot about them - props fully on now too

i think next i'll jack up the back and try running it through the gears on axle stands - if it works ok i'll take a risk on not driving it about untill the exhaust is done and the rad is back on just to save me some time :idea: