bigman_10 - mk2 1.3 project

[bigman_10]

A bit of a useless post but i've just bought some more stuff off the bay nothing too exiting! i needed some big bumper indicators for my new big bumper that i picked up last night so i went on ebay and got myself some see through jobs!



also my pedal rubbers are shot so i decided to get some new ones, does any one know where i can get and accelerator rubber from?



all i need now is some clear side repeaters and fogs, i'm looking for some cheap xenons aswell and maybe an upgraded headlight loom or atleast the bits to do it myself! but we'll see! i seem to be spending far too much as of late! Its just that so easy to waste money on ebay!!!

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Luckily i came up my road just after the royal mail van that deliveered my lights and indicators was turning round! I hate it when you have to go an collect your 'delivered items'!!! anyway heres a before and after.



also observe the respray that i mention earlier!! the whole of the panel below the boot was resprayed and i had to regrove the left side as it had already been fillered by a bodyshop before and had crumbled slightly.

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In a dissapointing trip to the scrappy i ended up buying a mk3 steering wheel, along with some drilled glass for a rear spoiler. the glass with be going in at the weekend and hopefullly wont be to eventful!

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I've crashed the barstard!!!!! I'm officially the biggest nobber on this forum! I was just getting all the rust and body work sorted and with the new lights and spoiler fitted she was just coming together. then one night after work i decided to do this:





road signs arn't good for body work!

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right i've sourced the next one £320 quid thanks to dinx for being the middle woman ! its a 1.3 again this time 3 door and with a sunroof which is pretty good now its the summer!



The weekend i got it i decided to strip it and steam clean everything that could hold a smell as it was owned by a smoker and it had shed loads of dog hairs in the back!




Anyway i stripped it out and all was going as planned then i lifted the front carpets and got a huge wall of stink! the underfloor sound preoofing was soaking wet and i mean soaking i picked it out and it was pouring out with water as i carried it to the bin!



Also the carpets were pretty manky i think some oil had been spilt at some point in the boot as the carpet kept killing the steam cleaner. The seats were ridden with dog hairs and it took a good 3 hours to clean the carpets! the seats had there fair share of hair aswell and after a good clean all over and then a dosing of frebreze evrything smelt lemony fresh! i cleaned all the vinyll parts with the vinyll cleaner aswell and it came up real nice!



i cant find the pictures of when its clean  oh well i'll have a look again and get them posted!

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I had one of the funniest nights of my dubbing life last night! My dad was on the bay and he spotted a mk1 caddy not far from us that had just been posted so we rang the guy up after tea and went to look at it Luckily my mum was out at the time otherwise i think she'd have tried her hardest to put an end to the madness! £160 later dad bought his first caddy! i dont think the guy knew what he was selling to be honest i couldn't believe the price. it had a supposed blown head gasket but when we drove it home (an engine swap is on the cards so not too bothered  ) we found that it wasn't actually mixing oil and water and it wasn't loosing water, the top rad hose was roasting though and the bottom hose was cold as anything. So its probably either the water pump or a blocked termostat? hence the high runningn temp! Luckily enough i bought a full power steering set up about 2 months ago for 30 quid and the guy included a water pump so fingers crossed the engine is fine! it does need a new rocker gasket though and a good service  ! Any way driving home was the funniest thing because the brakes are sh!te and he had to brake about 500 yards early! how it passed an mot god knows !





its seen better days but there is absolutley no rust holes anywhere the bed is fantastic! the seats haven't got any rips atall! plus its only got 90 sumthing thousand on the clock and its a 1.6 petrol! i cant wait for the mods to start on this bad boy

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I dont think i'm meant to be driving! i was on my way to college (late as usual) and i was stuck in a lane of traffic and some lorry just ploughed straight into the back of me ruining the only straight panel on the flippin car! the rear bumper ironj is slightly bent but the lower panel below the boot is cream crackerd! Its bent it back so the boot wont close. i told the insurance and there sorting it out but i'm hoping they'll write it off and i might be able to gain a few quid buying it back plus the compensation? dunno but fingers crossed!

there are a few other things that i'm noticing now though. I think theres a problem with the clutch because if i stick it in neutral and rev it when it dies off theres a horrible clunking sound. when you do the same with the clutch in its fine? is this something to do with the release mech? plus the brake pedal is funky. you start braking and after a certain point it drops down a bit almost like its slipped. What about a new master cylinder? 22mm i think is on the cards.

i think i need to check all the gear linkage out aswell becuase theres a fair few noises that come form that way so i might need to replace a few bushes. the weekends job i think!