#SuperGrover - Now with new owners!

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Chrisco mentioned that you'd painted something blue.

Looks like my old utes colour.

Good to see progress :D
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Been doing a bit of car stuff lately , its good to be back into it..

Ute may* be getting painted finally

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* no guarantees it'll ALL be painted
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Bonnet looks pretty neat mate
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LOK15 wrote:Been doing a bit of car stuff lately , its good to be back into it..

Ute may* be getting painted finally

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* no guarantees it'll ALL be painted

Just paint it one colour and itll be done man! Stop faffing around with the airbrushing :lol:
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I like the engine bay blue, nice colour! and the holden logo is mint!
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Well its running again , and i made a start on the rear disc conversion , but forgot i need the new seals from the commodore.. So hopefully tomorrow i can source some and maybe get it back on the ground so i can test drive it!
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LOK15 wrote:Well its running again , and i made a start on the rear disc conversion , but forgot i need the new seals from the commodore.. So hopefully tomorrow i can source some and maybe get it back on the ground so i can test drive it!
What seals? For the bearings?

You should not do it bring the bits to nationals and I'll do the rear one for you and you can do the fronts for Amys.

Not even joking. I can almost do them in my sleep lol.
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Jonno wrote:
LOK15 wrote:Well its running again , and i made a start on the rear disc conversion , but forgot i need the new seals from the commodore.. So hopefully tomorrow i can source some and maybe get it back on the ground so i can test drive it!
What seals? For the bearings?

You should not do it bring the bits to nationals and I'll do the rear one for you and you can do the fronts for Amys.

Not even joking. I can almost do them in my sleep lol.
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Yeah mine did as well
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Changed the ear bearings and seals , had to cut the old ones off with a grinder and chisel , found a nice piece of pipe the right diameter so pressing the new bearings on was a piece of piss.. Just awaiting supercheap to open so i can grab some pads as the ones in the calipers are pretty much dead.

Hoping to get it back onto its feet by the afternoon and have the bonnet modded around the back of the scoop where its touching.

Its getting close to Nationals time , so starting to get a little stressed its not going to be 100% ready.
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So nationals done and dusted. brakes worked well , apart from me forgetting to put return springs on the handbrake mounts. Car ran continuously on 7 cylinders , auto got very low on fluid and started slipping.

It made lots of noise and turned heads , but didnt go fast.

will snap a few photos of it tomorrow...
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Hey Off topic.

Have you read this thread at all?

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Jonno wrote:Hey Off topic.

Have you read this thread at all?

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yes , i have saved all th photobucket pics of this build , so once they disappear , i'll edit and reupload all the pics from another site ( when i find one that'll be forever free!!! )
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Update time...

Well i did a compression test on cylinders 2, 4 , 6 and 8 , they were all around the 140 mark, and checked the spark in all 8 cylinders , its still running rough. I temp tested all the exhaust pipes and number 4 and 8 were noticeably colder than 2 and 6. Im now officially stumped why its got compression and spark, but is missing on those cylinders.
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Have you tried gapping the plugs down to see if it makes a difference? (On those cylinders)
It may be still losing spark when the plug is in the cylinder and you can't see it.
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