Rusty911
A2OC Donor
Another update.
During the week removed the starter motor, stripped, cleaned, lubed and refitted: no more squeal! That, I have to say, makes a massive difference to the whole feel of the car. All for about 10p Best of all, the starter is much easier to remove than the previous 1.4 petrol's one.
Could resist no longer: fitted club stickers, A2 20yr anniversary stickers and A2OC 'RS' style side badges (which are perfect as just lift that big slab of dark colour on the side). Delighted with all of these.
As per elsewhere, oil pressure light came up on Friday. Long and short, got it home on assumption that sender most likely culprit. Borrowed a pressure gauge the next day, oil pressure behaving perfectly. Fitted new sender (Haas as that's all I could get from Euros at short notice, although to be fair that's not a terrible make). Now all fine.
Fuel light: I've got quite used to that flashing up randomly. Suddenly I realised it's not done it for a couple of days. Might be that the fuel level has gone down and away from an iffy part of the sender / cluster / whatever. Will brim the tank this week and see if it returns.
Did a gear-oil change on Saturday night: old oil looked, well, old. It didn't look metallic, milky or smell too awful though. Nevertheless, even the standard Euro's GL4 75-90 Fully Synthetic I used resulted in a noticeably improved change. Will see if I can lube the tower at some point as well and call it a day at that point. Box itself feels absolutely fine.
By same token, driver's door is random as to whether it triggers interior light etc. Sometimes it'll behave correctly when manually locking (and trigger central locking), sometimes it won't. When it won't, the internal locking rocker switch fails to work. I'm assuming door module or A-post loom. Oddly, today the car's in a fantastic mood, so it's all started working again. Have decided to use purely manual locking for a while in hope any sulky micro-switches might get some exercise. Failing that, I see I need to remove module and check the switches and for dry joints. If that fails, look at door loom.
Need to add 'noises, rattles, creaks and groans' to the jobs list, as took it on a long run yesterday and the interior had that horrible 'not quite solid' very used car feel. There are so many very slight noises it's going to take a while to get them all gone. In the past if I can't get on top of them I've removed all suspect trims, added in felt where I can and then use little dobs of Wurth Bond and Seal as it goes back together. These stop any creaks or rattles but I don't use so much as to prevent dismantling in the future. Noises: I hate them ?
I have to say, although the car feels very different to the 1.4AUA petrol I had before, it was still fun to drive the length of the A272 yesterday. The re-mapped engine really pulls it along well and it was very impressive up some of those lovely twisty uphill drags you get on this route. So success in most regards: it started, got there. Started again, got back and entertained in both directions. With caveats, I'll call that a win for its official maiden voyage.
Latest total:
Car £250
Wheels: £100
Fuel: £110
Valeting materials: £10
Rear springs: £33
Key cutting (no chips, manual locking only): £25
Rear bump stops (pair): £14
Various paints / abrasives from stock: £10.
MOT: £37
Air freshener: £3
Parts taken from Lasi (price reduction to dealer as result of): £100
Timing belt (bare), Dayco: £35
Oil Filter: £4
Oil let's say roughly £25.
Air filter: £10
Deproman wiper arm rebuild: £35
Deproman check-strap rebuild x1: £25
Deproman electronic services: £35
Postage with returns for above: £22
Old set eBay mudflaps: £5
Rear window repair: £0
Webasto exhaust repair: £0
Club regalia £28
Wiper blade £15
GummiPfleger sealant restorer (1/3rd bottle) £3.50
Roof seals strip (1/3rd roll) £3.50
Used Parts (hatch trim, 2x remotes, right hand vent, wheel centre puller) £35
Rear spring bases £13
eBay A2 carpet set in black: £11
Thermostat £9
Temperature sender £12
Oil pressure sensor: £12
Gear Oil £7
(Less theoretical value of spare 15"'s (£75)
Running total at this point: £963
Still to go at this point:
Climate control.
Centre vent repair. Wanted: vent lever! I think the rest looks O.K., just need the actual lever. Will be nice not to use a pencil to adjust it ...
Flat and polish or have painted the bonnet (only cleaned so far).
Upgrade main beam bulbs possibly.
Split and clean headlights, re-polish.
During the week removed the starter motor, stripped, cleaned, lubed and refitted: no more squeal! That, I have to say, makes a massive difference to the whole feel of the car. All for about 10p Best of all, the starter is much easier to remove than the previous 1.4 petrol's one.
Could resist no longer: fitted club stickers, A2 20yr anniversary stickers and A2OC 'RS' style side badges (which are perfect as just lift that big slab of dark colour on the side). Delighted with all of these.
As per elsewhere, oil pressure light came up on Friday. Long and short, got it home on assumption that sender most likely culprit. Borrowed a pressure gauge the next day, oil pressure behaving perfectly. Fitted new sender (Haas as that's all I could get from Euros at short notice, although to be fair that's not a terrible make). Now all fine.
Fuel light: I've got quite used to that flashing up randomly. Suddenly I realised it's not done it for a couple of days. Might be that the fuel level has gone down and away from an iffy part of the sender / cluster / whatever. Will brim the tank this week and see if it returns.
Did a gear-oil change on Saturday night: old oil looked, well, old. It didn't look metallic, milky or smell too awful though. Nevertheless, even the standard Euro's GL4 75-90 Fully Synthetic I used resulted in a noticeably improved change. Will see if I can lube the tower at some point as well and call it a day at that point. Box itself feels absolutely fine.
By same token, driver's door is random as to whether it triggers interior light etc. Sometimes it'll behave correctly when manually locking (and trigger central locking), sometimes it won't. When it won't, the internal locking rocker switch fails to work. I'm assuming door module or A-post loom. Oddly, today the car's in a fantastic mood, so it's all started working again. Have decided to use purely manual locking for a while in hope any sulky micro-switches might get some exercise. Failing that, I see I need to remove module and check the switches and for dry joints. If that fails, look at door loom.
Need to add 'noises, rattles, creaks and groans' to the jobs list, as took it on a long run yesterday and the interior had that horrible 'not quite solid' very used car feel. There are so many very slight noises it's going to take a while to get them all gone. In the past if I can't get on top of them I've removed all suspect trims, added in felt where I can and then use little dobs of Wurth Bond and Seal as it goes back together. These stop any creaks or rattles but I don't use so much as to prevent dismantling in the future. Noises: I hate them ?
I have to say, although the car feels very different to the 1.4AUA petrol I had before, it was still fun to drive the length of the A272 yesterday. The re-mapped engine really pulls it along well and it was very impressive up some of those lovely twisty uphill drags you get on this route. So success in most regards: it started, got there. Started again, got back and entertained in both directions. With caveats, I'll call that a win for its official maiden voyage.
Latest total:
Car £250
Wheels: £100
Fuel: £110
Valeting materials: £10
Rear springs: £33
Key cutting (no chips, manual locking only): £25
Rear bump stops (pair): £14
Various paints / abrasives from stock: £10.
MOT: £37
Air freshener: £3
Parts taken from Lasi (price reduction to dealer as result of): £100
Timing belt (bare), Dayco: £35
Oil Filter: £4
Oil let's say roughly £25.
Air filter: £10
Deproman wiper arm rebuild: £35
Deproman check-strap rebuild x1: £25
Deproman electronic services: £35
Postage with returns for above: £22
Old set eBay mudflaps: £5
Rear window repair: £0
Webasto exhaust repair: £0
Club regalia £28
Wiper blade £15
GummiPfleger sealant restorer (1/3rd bottle) £3.50
Roof seals strip (1/3rd roll) £3.50
Used Parts (hatch trim, 2x remotes, right hand vent, wheel centre puller) £35
Rear spring bases £13
eBay A2 carpet set in black: £11
Thermostat £9
Temperature sender £12
Oil pressure sensor: £12
Gear Oil £7
(Less theoretical value of spare 15"'s (£75)
Running total at this point: £963
Still to go at this point:
Climate control.
Centre vent repair. Wanted: vent lever! I think the rest looks O.K., just need the actual lever. Will be nice not to use a pencil to adjust it ...
Flat and polish or have painted the bonnet (only cleaned so far).
Upgrade main beam bulbs possibly.
Split and clean headlights, re-polish.