What did you do to your 2002 today !

[SydneyTii]

Found another good reason not to install a TEP battery holder?

Bloody remarkable little car!

Edited September 4, 2020 by SydneyTii

[ray_]

1 hour ago, golf02 said:

Today I went through 1/2 of my carburetors, it started with a hooped starter, remove carbs, look at carbs, open spare parts stash and viola two dcoe rebuild kits, so well project creep strikes! And no I have not taken the starter out yet.

 

 

Starters are for wusses. Just park on a hill.

 

[fastricky]

Finally got around to doing a little preventative maintenance on some surface rust in the front fenders. Wash/Acetone/Eastwood Rust Treatment. ?

[flagoworld]

Test fit! Looks like ill need to do something with the battery as it doesn’t fit there ?

 

The never ending struggle ?

 

 

[rcf925]

7 minutes ago, flagoworld said:

Test fit! Looks like ill need to do something with the battery as it doesn’t fit there ?

 

The never ending struggle ?

 

 

 

If your talking under the back seat for battery, I used an AGM Miata battery under seat, You can lay down battery if you have too but I left mine upright and it fits

[ray_]

13 minutes ago, flagoworld said:

Test fit! Looks like ill need to do something with the battery as it doesn’t fit there ?

 

The never ending struggle ?

 

 

No one sits back there 

 

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[Mike G]

4 minutes ago, rcf925 said:

 

If your talking under the back seat for battery, I used an AGM Miata battery under seat, You can lay down battery if you have too but I left mine upright and it fits

with e24 seats? I couldn’t even get my amp to fit under the e24 seats. 

[flagoworld]

22 minutes ago, Mike G said:

with e24 seats? I couldn’t even get my amp to fit under the e24 seats. 

 

Yeah i need about a half inch more space and i have a motorcycle battery under there... For now, since as ray says no one sits there, im just gonna leave that one seat floating there

[flagoworld]

15 minutes ago, flagoworld said:

 

Yeah i need about a half inch more space and i have a motorcycle battery under there... For now, since as ray says no one sits there, im just gonna leave that one seat floating there

 

 

Huh... I actually may have enough space by about 1mm. I just need to reorganize the battery cable so it goes to the side of the battery instead of overtop. Damn, how lucky is that?

[man_mark_7]

Out with the old, in with the new. Finished up the 3.91 LSD, H&R springs, Bilstein, rebuilt driveshaft, new brake pads & drum install today. Shake down run felt great - except for the 14mm wrench that fell out of some nook in the underbody about 1/4mi into the run. Luckily I was listening intently and heard it drop and was able to circle back and grab it from the center of the road without even getting out of the car!

 

 

[tech71]

My plates/stickers finally arrived!

Took Survivor on the first drive since being pushed into my garage 17 months ago. 

Probably its first foray onto the roads as a street legal car in 27 years.

It performed pretty good considering how long it's been out of action , put 30 miles on it and drove home without a hiccup. 

It still needs some tinkering of course. Its running way rich, I can smell it and idle is a little ragged.

Time to check the float level maybe just put on another carb.

But it drove well, stopped well in a straight line and the 5 speed transmission is quiet and shifts smooth.

Nice to have a smile on my face, its been awhile

Edited September 5, 2020 by tech71

[VWJake]

Chamonix ‘73 

 

No pics so perhaps it didn’t happen...

 

bled the brakes and clutch, installed the P clamps on the parking brake cables. I installed the new center link, new inner and outer tierod ends and blasted/painted/installed the old tie rod center sections. I put the front wheels on the car just because. I finally drilled the rivets on the heater box. What a mess of nut shells and maple seeds. After removing the seized fan motor I was able to free it up and get it running nicely again. 
 

Next time out I’ll focus more on the heater box so I can get it back in and then install the steering column.

[0257]

After installing the Hellas, A/C and stereo I was getting a little jump in my fuel and water gauges, After reading a few posts on the topic, I decided I should try upgrading the negative battery post-to-body ground, as the current wire was only 10 gauge and connected to the soldered on relay holder.  Found a spare hot battery cable, connected it to the closest radiator bolt mount, and voila — rock solid needles.  Thanks for saving me doing something stupid like pulling out the instrument panel.  Yes, I promise to get a more correct cable and a more correct mounting point sometime this decade.

[jscaptura1]

Finally fixed the seat runner bolt that had sheared off years (and years, and years) ago!

[ray_]

22 minutes ago, 0257 said:

After installing the Hellas, A/C and stereo I was getting a little jump in my fuel and water gauges, After reading a few posts on the topic, I decided I should try upgrading the negative battery post-to-body ground, as the current wire was only 10 gauge and connected to the soldered on relay holder.  Found a spare hot battery cable, connected it to the closest radiator bolt mount, and voila — rock solid needles.  Thanks for saving me doing something stupid like pulling out the instrument panel.  Yes, I promise to get a more correct cable and a more correct mounting point sometime this decade.

Well you do have a dubious history of letting the smoke out.

 

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