Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 400000km

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

Just finished painting, it doesn't look the best
- the tape pulled up original paint
- the edges of paint along the tape were real bad
so I went back and did it again.
It's rust free and covered so that's good enough for me. I used acrylic primer and enamel white spray can.

I need the windscreen clips to get the trim back in, all in good time.

This is the best area I did








Pretty dodgy but goodenough for now


headlight cover rust free, looks pretty smooth

 

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

I've had a look at the bolts in the front end,
The LH balljoint - the bolt is stripped and so is the hole.
So I will try borrow a tap and get another bolt or buy a new balljoint.

The LH driveshaft is not fully seated in the box, but I cant get any meaningful force on it without a hoist I think. Maybe ramps...

More work coming soon

Thanks for all the inputs!

 

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

Thanks for the kind words, this is turning out to be a rescue mission, not yet a restoration. It's raining a lot here and the cars had enough winters damage already

Next time I will sand the areas down enough that the new paint matches the level without an edge on it.

I thought about not taping the roof but seemed the best way to go - the new paint isnt the same white as the old i'd rather have a small area off-white.

gone from this


to this

 

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

Yep this is a long term project car allright.

Thanks both fernando and stig for the painting advice, it was my first day, and i used 120 to rough it up, then 600 wet to wear down the edges on the tape, when i do the rear end rust, i think i'll sand back the front paint and redo it.

Went for a great drive to the hills for work today, fell in love with the car again on roads i used to travel often.
Bonus - the fella there has a engine crane and stand i can borrow indefinitely!
Ill find a 3sge to rebuild soon, thinking 2nd gen to keep it all going better and longer.

Still looking for tyres, think i'll have to just spring for the $150 or so per front and get it done with.

I could spend between 100 and 160, i think that with the lowered springs, new shocks, poly bushes and so on,
I might as well get the best tyres I can.

With the new balljoint and alignment, should be pretty nice.

 

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

What is the best way to put the black trim back on the car? liquid nails? double sided tape? glue?

still to deal with -
rhs dent behind door - knocking out from inside is tricky, the inner shell of the car is in the way of a decent hit.
rhs rear dent - just above and behind wheel arch, no real access to it inside.
lhs rear quarter - dented in, scratched, painted over for now, good from afar but far from good
rust on rear tailgate under bootlid, and top of hatch

but looking good in the right light

thanks again to Stig for the front lip bits, so so good to have it back on!

 

Re: Andrews 87 SX 3S-GE 386000km

Thanks I'll take the trim out from the inside and get someone to get the dents, there are a few paintless dent removal people nearby. It needs some levers and jimmying, better leave it to a pro

3m tape sounds good thanks.

Today I replaced the balljoint and torqued everything in there. Took it around the block and it feels good, will get an alignment with the new tyres.

Dizzy and timing stuff to be done soon, uni is taking a lot of time up.

Cheers!

 

Dizzy rebuild

Hi been a long time but back in action

Upto 397000km now and getting some money together for the body/engine in the coming year. It's come this far, gonna keep it going!

Changed the dizzy seals, cap, rotor, still pings but what can ya do on a budget.
Have to do the bearings but I want to use a vice.
The old cap seal broke apart in my hands, the one outside the rotor shaft was perfect but changed it anyway.

One thing - i didn't check which way the rotor pointed before i started taking it apart, got lucky and put it in the right way first time.
Did mark the timing spot for the dizzy tho, every bit helps

 

Amp and Sub install

Had this Sony Xplode 4 channel 500w amp for a few years, never used it, so got a sub on sale and went for it.
Took a day to run the wires and get the interior spot on

It has 1 pair of RCAs from the headunit to the amp, and the sub is bridged on the amp. The front speakers and rear 6x9s run off the headunit.
I can control the bass with boosters n tone etc on the headunit. It fades in with the rear speakers. It'd be nice to have the sub volume controlled independently but i'm very happy with it as it sounds.

I ran the power and remote wires down the left side under the carpet and the rca's down the right side. Ground wire goes to a bolt just behind the back seat. They come out through a hole in the rear seat carpet straight to the amp. Got 12mm MDF and cut a board, drilled it into the side plastics. I can remove it when I need but won't be for ages!






Through the old AC pipe grommet with lots of tape






I had to fix the parcel shelf, I moved the metal bar toward the rear, and added hinges and cord to the shelf so it works normally again!
The metal bar holds the sub in place very well, hard corners it doesn't budge.


Emptied the AC box, meaning to do this for ages. I didn't realise how big it was but doesn't weigh much at all

 

sub action

sub tests

The Mollusk + car walkaround

[video=youtube;fVw9LRhgyZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVw9LRhgyZE[/video]


Loopus in Fabula - Motherfunker

[video=youtube;2N_I_q93dcM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_I_q93dcM[/video]


Rage Against The Machine - Township Rebellion

[video=youtube;dxaakGI3EEI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaakGI3EEI[/video]

 

Gidgegannup WA

Red dirt fun at a beautiful lookout in the Perth Hills,
This day there was heavy smoke from fires ~400km south. A prescribed burn went out of control for the second time in as many weeks during the hottest part of the year. Fortunately no lives were lost but lots of bushland/property/homes/stuff.