TX Shitbox Coupe

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PS - seriously but, just do it. Come to think of it i may have a brass 4 puck solid clutch floating around here somewhere but say goodbye to your driveline if you fit that.

PPS - this is also why i was trying to convince you to just build a mild N/A 2L.
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Awesome! Clutch discs come at me.
LOL since when have I given a s*#t about the drive line.

Yeah but lame and stuff.

Have a scourage bros. I got time off tomorrow and a solid weekend on it so I might pull something cray out of the wood work.
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I am just starting to reassemble dash and gauges. Making sure everything actually works
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moley wrote:I am just starting to reassemble dash and gauges. Making sure everything actually works
Yes most of that is somewhat important.
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Had to change the fuel gauge coz that didn't work.
New one I put in works but sometimes I have to tap it.
Still have no temp gauge. This the sender may have pooed itself
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Did you install crickets in your car?
That's what I'm hearing on this thread haha
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:( un called for.

The coupes been stranded at the top of the drive way. Got the bike back so I've been stuffing around with it...
I might do a car shuffle today and get it into the shed rip the box out and have a look at the diff
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I can't do anything to mine. So I been flat out at home
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Happy new year useless post 2389423ty.01010

So. Not much happened at all over the break. I got sick rode the bike a few times and the coupe sat stuck at the top of the driveway and didn't do much of anything.
I didn't end up taking it to Summernats in the state it was in. I was pretty keen on ripping it up on the grass events but it wasn't meant to be. Next year.
Anyways failed target on just being a useless lazy c*#t. No excuse.
We look these instead.
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Amy's had a few alternator problems which was a real pain in the ass. She got the windows tinted and did a few happy laps at Summernats.
I just turned mine on washed it and drove it around. I think I did two skids for some kids cause I'm nice like that.
Did not break anything. Drove in and drove home. Elkin was proud cause like f*#k were we pushing/dragging/fork lifting it onto a trailer/tilt tray.
Never again.

Anyway. The other day we started talking about getting cars started and going etc. It hadn't been started for a bit so took a few cranks but got there.
Still chugs along fine. SMashed it out of the drive way and got the red car back in the garage.

Anyways Elkin suggested starting on working out the problem. Diff without pulling the plate off seems to spin o-k but hard to tell with no load on it.
Tail shaft is out and we are pulling the box out.
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The rebuild...
So last night we procured upper and lower control arms for the front. I'm going to replace the front arms. Further back I've complained about the drivers side having positive camber. We through it was the ball just and they were replaced. So no further luck so we think it could be the lower arm is bent.
Replace the lot and add new bushes. Worth doing anyway.

Gearboxxxxxxxx for now we are chucking in the spare 4 speed I have. Bolt it to the 1600 just in case. We want to get it moving normally again. So we need to check the diff also.

The underbonnet wiring has always been untidy. It's not dodge but considering that I threw it in originally thinking the car wouldn't run I'm going to clean it up for the track day. More a scruitneering point of view. I don't want to lug the thing all the way there for them to tell me "your wiring relay isn't secured please come back another time"... Poo.

At the same time we will start putting the 2L together. I may have a clutch sorted but that's tba at the moment. We will see how things pan out.
It needs the sump switched and the head swapped out. New gasket and what not. Will check a few things with it before I bother pulling it to pieces.

The idea is get that ready with the 1600 in there. It's battled hell before so it can do it again if we need. If the 2L is done I can swap them out.
1600 is basically the back up motor. Switch it out and go if needed.

Diff. f*#k knows. Hoping it's alright? If not I'm in a spot of bother because the only diff i can find around the place is $150 and that's bulls*#t for a Gemi diff with standard brakes on it. Might see if I can just swap out a centre.
Wtb centre/welded or not.

And then go from there. Inside is fine I might put my pedal box in with proper foot rests the coupes clutch pedal has got a 'rare spares' thingo on it and always falls off. It's in the centre console in case I ever get pulled over and that's the only thing they ask about.

Oohh and I need tyres to.
Something i need to work out also.
Anyway that's where that's at. From what I've seen there should be a shitload of Gemi Coupes at Nationals this year so should be neat to have it there.
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Did you get an alternator old fruit?
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Negative
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Progress report.

- 2L is in pieces. Has 1.0mm over bore and flat tops. I thought that was neat.
- Bores look ok there's a lot of junk in there though. It's blown a head gasket and the fella I got it off had a crack and replacing it. News is you're supposed to clean everything up before putting it back together...
Isn't screaming for a hone but Scott and Elkin are saying do it. So I'll get it done. I'll throw bearings and probably rings at it. Maybe? f*#k I dunno we will see.

I've made a mess in the engine bay. f*#cking wires everywhere. Will plod along with it again tonight. Just cleaning it up ahumming and ahhing about hiding the wiring under the guards. That took hours lol.
I need to get the front wheels off and pull the control arms out. Ordering new bushes and ball joints. Hopefully that fixes the cambering on the drivers side as mentioned before.
It's f*#k all progress but something small is better than nothing or so I keep telling myself.

Target to drive and run week leading the 11th of March. Got invited to an Isuzu club shindig so Ideally want it driving and tested by then. I might pull the box out tonight and go.
Still need a clutch to suit G200 flywheel to.
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Definately hone it, you are wasting your time if you dont. Tell me you didnt pull the 161 out BEFORE you had this engine built?
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No i don't make stupid mistakes like that.

It's getting honed I haven't bothered updating this yet. I just need to work out some details and go from there.
1600 staying in the thing till it's done. No point pulling things out when there's nothing to go back in.
If all goes well might have a change to get it together on the weekend.
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Chrisco come around on friday and we actually switched the gearboxes over.

Took it for a test drive.

Clunk.
So it IS the diff...

In other news waiting on adjustable ball joints as mentioned by tobytj earlier in this nonsense.
Lower ones are all done just waiting to be put on. We even put new bushes in!
2L massively behind but I may hold off on it now. Coin is tight so It'll be a stretch on it. Who knows stupider things have happened in less time.
There's nothing wrong with the 1600 as seeing as Nick will be running his I'm keen to run mine as well.
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