Nimminz' LSD GLT Daily - Part1

[Nimminz]

look what came in the post today



New ignition coil, will be put in tomorrow. Then new plugs, leads, dizzy cap and wheel spacers, come thursday if all goes well. Also got some mud flaps for free that might replace the rear ones i took off as they were nackered, air filter might get tried soon, didn't have time today. Hopefully and after market backbox might find its way onto the car soon. Just ordered a new exhaust centre box bracket, the one that broke on mine. HAPPY DAYS!!!

Oh and a photo i took of the glt next to its modern relative



Thanks for looking!

[sven360]

Having seen this in the flesh.

Hereby follows my report..........


Shiny with dusty wheels.

Tis nice like.

[SteveP]

Good effort! That pinstripe looks great, really suits it with the lighter wheels

[Nimminz]

Hello, Not been on for a while got a few things done:

-New Coil fitted
-New dizzy cap (thanks to sven360)
-New HT leads (thanks to sven360)
-New exhaust bracket fitted, just need another bolt and washer :/

-Got new Spark plugs (thanks to sven360), just got to be gapped and installed
-Got some 10mm spacers (thanks to sven360), tried them on the volvo wasn't too happy with the minimal amount of thread the nuts held so am making a profit on them
-Electric mirrors could possibly make it onto the car this weekend.
-New backbox worked out on paper, just need to get it done in the metal.

I have some photos to upload somewhere but that will wait lol

[sven360]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak ... 6707_n.jpg

How very dare you.

I loved them spacers

[Nimminz]

haha aye they looked good when i fitted them like but there was like 5mm of thread left on the studs past the alloy. Drove about with them but didn't like to give it too much round roundabouts etc lol

Tried fitting the Electric mirrors last night, took drivers door card off, found half the window mechanism lying at the bottom of the door :/





Then went looking for the rubber cable duct that the wires would need to pass through into the car, found it very hard to get the wires through, and the same from the other side. So I've given up on doing them, more hastle than they're worth. I'll clean them up, work the wiring out 100% then post them up for sale

Photo of the new exhaust bracket and my rotor arm, does it look in good nick?







Thanks for looking!

[sven360]

That rotor is FUBAR.

Buy a new one with the profit from the spacers

[Nimminz]

will do! cheers!

[Nimminz]

Have now replaced rotor arm, car is running great

Exhaust has started blowing again where the backbox has been rubbing on the drive shaft (excuse for better backbox), fanbelt(s) has started squeeling (not hard to sort i don't think), my wheel nuts are getting to the stage of needing replacing (OEM ones seem extremely easy to damage)
12mx12.5 thread am i correct? Haynes manual says nowt about them :/
Also what are the dimensions of standard wheel studs, one of mine is shorter than the rest and i don't trust it

cheers

edit: and a pic i took after replacing ignition stuff:

[volvosneverdie]

^ filthyjohn does undamagable, untarnishable wheel nuts for quite cheap.

Theres a thread somewhere.....

[Nimminz]

Aye think I saw that when I was looking for the size. Need them asap really cos I cant tighten a couple properly.

[jon-ovlov]

I was looking into wheel nuts, needed to know the size. Cheers! Want some anodized ones It'll put some colour into my black n silver car!

I think that shot of the rocker cover is fantastic Nimminz, the processing has brought out the texture, makes it pop out. Awesome.

[Nimminz]

cheers mate! I'm pretty sure thats the size, we will find out tomorrow when the nuts arrive.

Just a couple of photos:

New Rotor Arm:


Pretty sure its coming from the oil filler cap (fingers crossed). B19 one is supposed to be better, will try and get me hands on one


Tomorrow may see the start of a rear strut brace, new wheel nuts and putting a better switch in for my electric fan
we shal see

[sven360]

Tomorrow may see the start of a rear strut brace

Pretty worthless mod truth be told.

[Nimminz]

is it? thought it would have stopped a bit of flex in the back of the car, make it a tad more rigid? Sure i've seen it done on here.

It wont cost me anything for the metal and keeps me occupied lol