Finally got down to doing some work on the car on the weekend. Wasnt the best start tho, went to go and pick the car up on friday night and forgot the keys to the car
So back to Manchester is was for me. On saturday morning went back up to Huddersfield to get the car, as soon as i got there and jump started the car, it had a flat which would blow up, good job Tesco petrol station was near by so i could get some Tyre Weld!! After some time messing around i managed to set off and it was not the best drive back to Manchester i have had. With the wind as strong as it was and heavy rain, the fooked soft top was not making the drive nice at all!! On top of all of that, the car was shaking and didnt feel safe at all. By the time i got back home, i was soaked and i need of a cup of tea!!
First port of call was Euro, wanted to flush the oil and coolant out so got the fluids and set off to my mates to get the wheels and balancing sorted. The wheel that was flat when i went to get the car had a big flat spot on the face of the wheel so, had that sorted in no time. The rest of the wheels were off balance pretty bad so glad i had that done, didnt have a chance to do the tracking but will do it some time in the week.
After that, back to base to change the roof and interior. I decided to take the interior out first as the rear seats needed to come out in order for me to get to the roof. As the roof had leaked for some time in the past, the front seats were solid on the rails, after abit of lub, they were free but the passenger side was abit of a bitch to sort.
With the new seats in:
Managed to find some aftermarket sub wires and other little wires that i didnt know what they were for so left them to one side.
I got the roof off the off easily enough and had the new one fitted in an hour but trapped the cable underneath the frame which took me a while to figure out but it was impressed with myself.
The hood doesnt sit right tho so might have to take it off and take out some of the spacers. Here's how it looks:
I started to do a full service with putting the flush in and doing the spark plugs and air filter but i didnt need the plugs or air filter as they looked quite new,
. The oil tho, was dirty as anything and looked like it needed changing!!!
Changed the check panel:
Yesterday, didnt really have much time but managed to put a stereo in and sort out the excess wiring. Got some sound through the rear speakers but in going to get some new front ones so i have full sound. Also got a working aerial too.
Unfortunately i do have a few more issues to sort out. The clocks need new batteries, the fog lights wont come on, there is something draining the battery down, need a few clips and blubs, the indicator stalk needs changing, the rad fan stays on all the time and the deadlock needs a refurb!! Hopefully get most of it sorted this week!!!
