Sams Scruffy Mk3!

[SoundillusioN]

shame about the starter!... you should find one easily enough though... how well did the paint job turn out then, you happy with it?

[rcsammy]

I dont know yet  i literally finished painting then set off back to uni again

It looked like it was a decent match, i think i will be going back in 2 weeks so it will be ready for Tcutting by then
If its not then it shall be going NATO green 

Im off to one of the scrapyards in coventry later today so hopefully i can pick up a decent starter motor and some other goodies, ahh i love scrapyards

[rcsammy]

Got a starter motor, its exactly the same as the original one so should work, £20 and got a receipt to take it back incase it doesnt work so cant complain

the tax on my astra runs out the end of this month so that will go up for sale wether the golf is working or not, but hopefully i will be driving the golf back up to coventry next weekend

[SoundillusioN]

cool, hope this puts your starting problems to bed and you can move on.

[rcsammy]

Cant beleive it! the new motor doesnt work, they said they will refund me if it doesnt fit or doesnt work but its just more hassle and more delays

well not much progress but i decided to get somthing done today so painted up some badges

[SoundillusioN]

Bummer about the starter....hope you get that sorted soon... cars looking a lot better than did when you first got it. 

[rcsammy]

Well sorry for the lack of updates.... but finally some progress!

Unfortunatly as im now at uni the whole time and dont get many chances to go back home the starting problem still isnt fixed(its really bugging me now)

But i've been after some wheels for a while and a friend decided to sell his MiM cups(exactly the same as ATS cups)
they should make a good little refurb project for me, theres very slight kurbing on a couple of them but other than that they just need sanding back down to metal and polishing up as the laquer is bubbling alot

heres the before a clean pic




the better condition wheel after a clean




and the rest look like this, you can see the toffee coloured specs where the laquers bubbled and dirts got underneath




they have the metal type valve stems on them which will be really awkward to clean, sand and polish around so i might take them and get the tyres and valves taken off/out.

[rcsammy]

im back home this weekend so had another go at tackling the starting problem, tried another started motor, its clicking now but still not turning over, guy at the scrapyard in Coventry suggested it could be the ignition switch and gave me one to try but that made no difference either, so im well and truly stumped now

anyway here it is, looking sorry for itself in the driveway, not bothered about the tyre as its bald anyway and i have the cups to go on

atleast the lights look good 

[rcsammy]

fiiiinaaally got the starting problem sorted(or so i hope... its been fine the last few days) which means i can get on with all the other jobs knowing im not wasting my time 

so i ripped out the alarm system as it seemed to be causing problems and was just generally messy, plus i didnt have the key or anything for it so i would prefer to not have it there, wasnt too bad to remove, alot of wires though 


I wasnt sure on the white front badge so decided to paint it black, and my blanks were cracked and starting to turn green so i got these black blanks off a friend which will do for now


new gear knob! 


and today i sanded off the final little bits of those drips down the side, that panel was also pretty scratched and chipped so as my spray can seems to be a pretty good match i thought i would touch it all up, i'll update tomorrow with how its turned out

[rcsammy]

and heres the panel after paint, im really happy with how its turned out for a rattle can in the driveway job, its a bit patchy at the moment but should be good once its all T cutted





I also made a plate to solve my gearstick problem, the plastic hook on the gearstick that stops it engaging reverse without being pushed down had worn down to the point that it would go into reverse instead of 1st which is obviously pretty dangerous.