my second ha saloon

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my second ha saloon

Postby carmad » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:54 pm

got this today and decided to start a thread

it looks really ruff but it is honestly solid

heres a few pics to get started

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so at the min its resting in my shed with its bores full off deisel :roll:
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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby hbpeter » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:00 pm

Well saved that man. Look forward to seeing it all shiny.

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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby carmad » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:08 pm

HBPeter wrote:Well saved that man. Look forward to seeing it all shiny.

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if i can save the engine i am gonna make it very shiney :wink:
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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby pbottomley » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:00 pm

Lol was good to talk again Rory, i can get or locate egine bits so feel free to ask :goodluck:
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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby carmad » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:27 pm

cheers paul ill know better when i get stuck it

which to be honest wont be for a few weeks
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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby carmad » Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:40 pm

well this is how i got on today

i had a job to do early this moring so i didnt get to the shed till about 12 and i wanted to go home before 3 as i wanted to watch the f1

so i started stripping off all the rad hoses ect

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and i noticed a bit off a mark on the slam panel

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once i took out the radiator i found a few problems

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the car at some stage has had a fight with a lampost and lost

and the rad pipes where caked solid with *Bleep*

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not good :rolleyes: also i noticed that at some stage the engine has been frozen solid and the ice ect has forced out a core plug

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so got stuck in and pulled the engine out

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then went home and watched the f1

not bad for a couple off hours :thumb:
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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby hbpeter » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:05 pm

Dosent bode well for the engine. Can the body damage be sorted with out too much difficulty?

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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby pbottomley » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:11 pm

The engine can be rebuilt.... :wink:
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Postby hbpeter » Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:12 pm

We have the technology!

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Re: my second ha saloon

Postby carmad » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:56 pm

lol i done some digging but i found 8 chevette engines ( i thought i only had 4 )

so as a temp measure ill pic the best one to get her mot d
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