re vin 5222 now on its way to UK

[theningiachicken]

(01 Dec 2019, 11:15)steve.s Wrote: Hi All

a quick update...i am starting a youtube blog soon on repairs!

so car now arrived, and about the condition i thought it was.

a few pluses a few minuses. passenger door will not open, tried quite a few times, but don't want to break handle. interior console loose so no power window switches connected, and as yet i have not put a battery on the car to test anything.

wiring a bit of a mess, some underdash pics of where things go would help if anyone has any. the heating vent system is a mess, someone has been at work under dash, part of an airbox was under the hood, as were varies ducts, 2 craig speakers (in good condition!)..as far as i know non of it a mot failure, so need to get the important bits done then vent system last...

middle console is loose, all switches disconnected...i need to re-label all cables to where they should go.

started paint strip on bonnet, i will upload vids, did a test of nitromoors vs Frost paint stripper...wait to see which won!.

plus points frame looks really good, have not seen any corrosion (yet!). most parts there i think except clock and craig, seats not too bad think a repair and colour they will be fine.
original wheels were included and apart from a little rim damage on one i am hoping a smart repair rather than complete refurb.(so save £££)

carpets  little faded in places but think they will clean up...brakes work!, even handbrake holds of sorts. steering column moves so already ordered the grommet thingy!.

i am likely going to sell the set of wheels on it, they are spoked, with middle spinners, not quite sure how they come off yet.

usual sun stained dash, little bit of damage, hoping to save it though with repair and recolour.

headliners hopeless, need a recover.

already have a fuel pump kit, alternator belt, oil filter/oil, air filter, front lights, fog light parts to fit.

going to flush through with petrol, bit at a time, take of injector hoses to and flush those into jam jars...

going to change the trans filter...before trying to drive (if it starts after 15 years!), i was told engine does rotate though.

Steve

hiya Steve
congrats on the purchase, just wondering if you would like to have the vlogs uploaded to the club's Youtube channel as it would be a great help to the channel. im up for discussing it with you over PM if your intrested.

[steve.s]

Hi All

i keep forgetting to update...

restoration of 5222 is slow but sure!.

thanks to Chris P for the tank, now built up with all new kit inside, and ready to go into car.

old closing plate came up a treat, now cleaning the whole area where the tank sits....i dont like to built things dirty.

sent lots bolts brackets etc to be re-plated, and had the intake and various other parts vapour blasted. trying to get engine looking as best as i can, not immaculate but good hopefully.

hopefully if i get running i can then clean up the aircon compressor and 2 valve covers....

Rear bumper off and cleaned up the bare end...Vod painted and now has new heater pipe, rebuilt pump, plugs, HT leads, injector hoses, new oil. Have new fuel filter and auto box filter ready to fit. oil sender at bottom left of engine leaking oil so have one to fit.

as soon as my tank is back in will be pumping clean fuel through, and injectors into glass jars. injectors i have de-rusted and cleaned up...will see if they still work.

so hopefully soon will try that first start......exciting times!.

car jacked up at front at the moment...odd though front left wheel will not turn, right does freely...more investigation required.
Thankfully the frame is very good, as are the springs and suspension components, even the calipers look ok, so i think it must have been garaged at least some of its life or warmer climate.

interior wiring bit of a mess, but it does turn over....squirted plenty of WD40 down intakes and spark plug holes.

some paint been stripped but drivers door and driver rear panel not......taken off T panel and took it to soda blasters as a test piece.....will be interesting to see how it is...

so....just waiting yet another package from Dgo...

Steve
5222

[Chris Williams]

Quote:as soon as my tank is back in will be pumping clean fuel through, and injectors into glass jars. injectors i have de-rusted and cleaned up...will see if they still work.

I have just done my own VOD, a job I hate doing. I know you have put WD40 down the bores but does the engine turn over freely anyway? My fav way for flushing the fuel system is (now you have done the tank) when it's all back in place disconnect the main fuel line from the metering head and bodge it to the return and flush through, disposing of the fuel coming down the return to the tank (clearly disconnected) then change the filter. Not sure what if anything you have done with the metering head as yet, but so long as you can get the plunger out you can often get them cleaned up enough to work.
I did the injector check on my car the other day and the 3 on the left bank were pathetic (car ran ok though) the 3 on the right bank were ok however. So have changed them all for good luck.
Chris

[steve.s]

(30 May 2020, 09:29)Chris Williams Wrote:

Quote:as soon as my tank is back in will be pumping clean fuel through, and injectors into glass jars. injectors i have de-rusted and cleaned up...will see if they still work.

I have just done my own VOD, a job I hate doing. I know you have put WD40 down the bores but does the engine turn over freely anyway? My fav way for flushing the fuel system is (now you have done the tank) when it's all back in place disconnect the main fuel line from the metering head and bodge it to the return and flush through, disposing of the fuel coming down the return to the tank (clearly disconnected) then change the filter. Not sure what if anything you have done with the metering head as yet, but so long as you can get the plunger out you can often get them cleaned up enough to work.
I did the injector check on my car the other day and the 3 on the left bank were pathetic (car ran ok though) the 3 on the right bank were ok however. So have changed them all for good luck.
Chris

Hi Chris

Thank you for the reply.
i have took apart the metering unit, but kept the black unit and the flap thing together...the bottom of the unit with a dozen M6 or so bolts i sent to be vapour blasted and came up a treat...

i also had the butterfly unit vapour blasted on the outside, and again looks great...

just waiting for a Dgo gasket to put things back together.

the flap unit i have not vapour blasted as i thought it looked fragile, and finely balanced...so am just going to clean it with wire brushes.

once i have built it up i was going to connect tank and flush through to the main fuel how to engine, then change the filter and flush again. then connect the metering unit, injectors into glass jars, and return into a jar near the tank, then pump plenty of fuel around.

my problem is when i take something off i want it looking good so spend ages refurbing it!. but it slows down my starting her up work.

one front wheel will not turn (towed in into my garage) so need to investigate. the passenger side spins fine...

calipers look good

did you keep your old injectors and fancy selling a couple of one or two of mine are poor?

at the moment could do without another £300 on injectors, as theres lots to spend on, and i always like to refurb something if i can. my old injectors the heads were a bit crusty, so de-rusted them, cleaned them up in WD40 etc, and soaked in petrol so they look ok, will see if they fire reasonably .

i hooked them up to a fuel pump i had....but it only reaches about 3 bar and they would not fire!.

Thankyou

Regards

Steve

[Chris Williams]

Quote:did you keep your old injectors and fancy selling a couple of one or two of mine are poor?

at the moment could do without another £300 on injectors, as theres lots to spend on, and i always like to refurb something if i can. my old injectors the heads were a bit crusty, so de-rusted them, cleaned them up in WD40 etc, and soaked in petrol so they look ok, will see if they fire reasonably .

To be honest I would rather keep hold of the 3 good spares, the bad ones are in the scrap bin (but your welcome to them). You can get them much cheaper (circa £30 each if you shop around) mine came from a local Bosch specialist and worked out at just over 30 each, they may have been getting rid of them as they were the last in stock. However they do a lot of re-furbishing of K-Jet stuff, just search for Ken Mills Injection. Though they do also pop up on ebay occasionally:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSCH-0437502...2749.l2649

[Stuart Rees]

Sounds like you're making good progress Steve.

I would take the metering head off the fuel mixture unit (flappy thing) it's just 3 long screws (be sure to WD40 them first)

Do this, to check the plunger isn't stuck... or to see if the O ring is intact.
Be careful though not to drop the metal plunger as it could slip out of the metering head easily and damage on a hard floor.

I've also just bought some injectors from Latvia @£28 each. You need the (0 437 502 022) ones.
Saying that an Ultrasonic cleaning company like this

http://www.injectortune.co.uk/

Could clean them up like new. I've no experience with them and as long as it's cheaper than replacing of course. 

Best of luck