Month: October 2011
People say I’m a bit slow
For the second weekend in a row, not real progress to report.
The race car is off the hoist and is standing on its own 4 feet for the first time in 10 odd months.
The S15 needs the auto gearbox taken out, and a manual put back in, so getting ready to do that on the hoist, maybe next weekend.
Going to do some nights this week to get the race car firewall complete, I’m having race car progress withdrawal…
Car progress of a different kind
Got my new tyres put onto the newly painted rims, and they are now on the car.
Spent the rest of the night putting it all back together, as I need to drive it to work tomorrow as the Navara has died again…
Tip 234 – Don’t buy a modern Nissan with a diesel engine – they have issues. Oh, and its just been recalled by Nissan, again, because the rims are cracking and breaking – great.
I had planned to leave the dash and wiring all out, as I am still waiting for the alarm to come into stock. I’ll now have to pull it all apart again when then alarm arrives.
I also pulled out the instrument cluster, pulled it all apart and un-soldered the beeper from the circuit board inside the instruments and put it all back together. The beeper would go off (beep, beep, beep, f-ing beep) if the key was in the ignition and the drivers door was opened. ie When I was working on the car, with the door open and the keys in the ignition so I could have the car stereo on playing music – Beep, Beep, Beeeeeeeeeeeep………
Anyway, it don’t make any sounds any more.
Much ado about nothing
No race car progress to report this week 😦
Saturday morning was an early one, with the air-con guy turning up to hook up the refrigeration lines for the air-con in the shed. With that complete, it was time to do some shopping.
First on the list was some paint, then a car alarm. I bought a new road car, but it needs some wheels painted and a new alarm fitted. Spent the rest of the arvo doing some other little bits on the new car, with my trusty helper Sophie sitting in the passenger seat, watching a video, telling me how I should be doing things 🙂 Add in some more playing with the kids, and just like that, Saturday was over.
Sunday was going to be a couple of hours of paint wheels, then the rest of the day on the race car. At around ten minutes to 7 (yes, pm), the rims were finally painted….. There was no day left for the race car.
The rims are the originals from the race car.
The colour that I bought for these was too dark for my liking. I originally wanted a bronze metallic colour, but couldn’t anything at the paint shop that I liked, so I had gone for a dark metallic silver pearly colour. I found some older silver metallic paint, and mixed the two together. Turned out really close to the bronzy type colour that I was looking for! A definite case of more arse than class here – but I’ll take it.
And a pic of the new girl, on her first trip under my ownership…
I towed it home, as it was much easier that going all the way home, loading up the kids, driving all the way back, then home again…
And yes, that stupid white banner across the windscreen is already gone, as are the 20″ wheels.
She’s currently on axle stands, in a few pieces – as you would expect from me 🙂
Mike Joss Racing 