For random bits, like the trim at the bottom of the rear glass, how was that done? You just had good clean parts on hand for it? I wonder cause I do eventually plan on getting some of the ick scrubbed off of my car and that trim bit has all the black plastic peeled off of it, and the same in other places. Just wondering what can be rebuilt and what just happens cause of NOS parts.
Thank you Finny and Truckslammer. That means a lot to me.
Gracias Paul. Even though you live no where near me, I felt like your were next to me supporting this project. Thanks for the support!
Greenteagood: First I cleaned them with soap and water. Then I sanded them with 220 I believe to give something for the coating to adhere to. Make sure you choke back on the paintable rubberized coating. It's likes to go on heavy. After that I painted it with regular paint after the coating dried.
Thank you you for the kind words Vladi!
I haven't been in town for the last couple of weeks therefore, no work has been done to it. I will be gone for a couple of months. Can't wait to get back to working on it though.
Haven't been posting lately but I do catch up with everybody's threads on here when I have a chance. I haven't been living at home so no work has been done. But I have been buying parts here and there.
Some pics to keep the thread alive.
Ohh and I finally took the stupid rice can off. Lol.
Thanks for looking!
Did the exact same with mine. Wish it was a tad bigger in diameter for my application, but sounds great considering the price, modification needed and other EF non - wagon option exhausts left on the market.
Did the exact same with mine. Wish it was a tad bigger in diameter for my application, but sounds great considering the price, modification needed and other EF non - wagon option exhausts left on the market.
So its been almost a year since I've messed with the old girl. I will start daily driving it soon but first I need to fix a couple issues. First off the wagon would feel like it would turn off if you stepped on the pedal to hard so after some digging I checked the spark plugs and one of them had oil all over them. So I saw the seals were bad and switched out the valve cover with a valve cover that had good seals on them and it seemed to have fixed the bogging issue. But now my cooling fans don't want turn so I tested the fans and their working once power is hooked up to them so I'm going to check grounds, sensors, relays and stuff. Brake master cylinder isn't doing to great either so that is going to be switched out. My A/C isn't cold either but it's not a priority right now but other than that, its running pretty smooth. Thanks for looking.
So its been almost a year since I've messed with the old girl. I will start daily driving it soon but first I need to fix a couple issues. First off the wagon would feel like it would turn off if you stepped on the pedal to hard so after some digging I checked the spark plugs and one of them had oil all over them. So I saw the seals were bad and switched out the valve cover with a valve cover that had good seals on them and it seemed to have fixed the bogging issue. But now my cooling fans don't want turn so I tested the fans and their working once power is hooked up to them so I'm going to check grounds, sensors, relays and stuff. Brake master cylinder isn't doing to great either so that is going to be switched out. My A/C isn't cold either but it's not a priority right now but other than that, its running pretty smooth. Thanks for looking.
That valve cover looks great! Glad to see it on! Keep on getting the gremlins fixed to make her more enjoyable!
So its been almost a year since I've messed with the old girl. I will start daily driving it soon but first I need to fix a couple issues. First off the wagon would feel like it would turn off if you stepped on the pedal to hard so after some digging I checked the spark plugs and one of them had oil all over them. So I saw the seals were bad and switched out the valve cover with a valve cover that had good seals on them and it seemed to have fixed the bogging issue. But now my cooling fans don't want turn so I tested the fans and their working once power is hooked up to them so I'm going to check grounds, sensors, relays and stuff. Brake master cylinder isn't doing to great either so that is going to be switched out. My A/C isn't cold either but it's not a priority right now but other than that, its running pretty smooth. Thanks for looking.
Not yet. Soon though.
So I have a CEL. I turned the ignition on, pull downed the passenger side carpet from under the dashboard and observed the LED light on the top of the ECU. I reset the ECU to see if the code pops up again and it did. It flashed once for about a second and nothing else. I tried 2 other ECU's to see if they did the same thing and the same thing happens. My question is what's the ECU trying to say? Would it be 1-Oxygen content or 10-Intake air temperature? Also, I thought the LED on top of the ECU was supposed to repeat itself?
I just picked up the same exhaust! Can't wait to get it on. If you get yours done first throw up some pics for us, I'm curious if we will have to do any hanger adjustments to get it to line up correctly.
I just picked up the same exhaust! Can't wait to get it on. If you get yours done first throw up some pics for us, I'm curious if we will have to do any hanger adjustments to get it to line up correctly.
As soon as I get some cash flowing in I'm throwing this guy in. I'll definitely get some pics up.
I dropped off the wagon at the muffler shop today and asked them to do what they thought was best. They did some cutting. The wagon is super duper quite!
I dropped off the wagon at the muffler shop today and asked them to do what they thought was best. They did some cutting. The wagon is super duper quite!
Looks good. How much did the muffler shop charge for the muffler work?
Well I got the pedals officially bolted on. It was a pain in the butt! I had to zip tie the steering column so it would stop getting in my way.
Also removed the auto shifter assembly.
My original plan was to take out the motor, clean it up, do some maintenance, hook up the manual tranny, paint the engine bay, throw it back in and daily it but I figured if I gone this far I might as well go the extra mile. So I'm thinking of sticking a B series in it. With that said, I'm going to purchase a daily driver and leave the wagon sitting for a couple more months. Meanwhile, I'm going to refurbish/replace suspension and braking components.
Engine bay is close to being cleared out. Just have brake booster, harnesses and little thing here and there to remove. Next step is to paint the wheel wells and get the new bushings installed asap so I can get this engine bay prepped and painted. Thanks for reading!
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Gracias Paul. Even though you live no where near me, I felt like your were next to me supporting this project. Thanks for the support!
Greenteagood: First I cleaned them with soap and water. Then I sanded them with 220 I believe to give something for the coating to adhere to. Make sure you choke back on the paintable rubberized coating. It's likes to go on heavy. After that I painted it with regular paint after the coating dried.
Thank you you for the kind words Vladi!
I haven't been in town for the last couple of weeks therefore, no work has been done to it. I will be gone for a couple of months. Can't wait to get back to working on it though.
Haven't been posting lately but I do catch up with everybody's threads on here when I have a chance. I haven't been living at home so no work has been done. But I have been buying parts here and there.
Some pics to keep the thread alive.
Ohh and I finally took the stupid rice can off. Lol.
Thanks for looking!
That valve cover looks great! Glad to see it on! Keep on getting the gremlins fixed to make her more enjoyable!
Were you able to install that HKS exhaust?
So I have a CEL. I turned the ignition on, pull downed the passenger side carpet from under the dashboard and observed the LED light on the top of the ECU. I reset the ECU to see if the code pops up again and it did. It flashed once for about a second and nothing else. I tried 2 other ECU's to see if they did the same thing and the same thing happens. My question is what's the ECU trying to say? Would it be 1-Oxygen content or 10-Intake air temperature? Also, I thought the LED on top of the ECU was supposed to repeat itself?
Washed the wagons up.
Looks good. How much did the muffler shop charge for the muffler work?
Nice! It sounds super awesome.
A fair amount.
I pulled the engine today.
Got around to switching out the pedal assembly too.
Also removed the auto shifter assembly.
My original plan was to take out the motor, clean it up, do some maintenance, hook up the manual tranny, paint the engine bay, throw it back in and daily it but I figured if I gone this far I might as well go the extra mile. So I'm thinking of sticking a B series in it. With that said, I'm going to purchase a daily driver and leave the wagon sitting for a couple more months. Meanwhile, I'm going to refurbish/replace suspension and braking components.
Engine bay is close to being cleared out. Just have brake booster, harnesses and little thing here and there to remove. Next step is to paint the wheel wells and get the new bushings installed asap so I can get this engine bay prepped and painted. Thanks for reading!
Thanks man. I felt like if I've gone this far I might as well tidy up some other stuff.
Time to replace these crusty bushings!