Rich.2211 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Loving this thread! I hope you can make the meet this Saturday Oh and the plate on the S15 is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wewsupra Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 looking good rob ,hope all is well mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Cheers guys... Still having issues bleeding the cooling system.. Fixed it the other day and put some rad flush in it to make sure its all cleared drove it.. Dropped it all out again topped it up today only to create another air lock and it turned into a big supra kettle again!! Going to try filling it from the rear pipes and see of that does it So more pissing around tomorrow! Fitted the front brakes today rears tomorrow as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Attention to detail is 1st class, i`m sure this will be a great car when you`ve finished with it, With the coolant thing its a good idea to get the front of the car in the air slightly when bleeding, then any air should naturally find its way to the rad, also might be worth checking the stat isnt seized especially with the car being stood for so long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks bud, just got to spend a lot of time on the little things too with this car.. I'm going to clear the wheel arches out at some point soon.. Clean everything down spray the plastics and bolts + wire brush + waxoyl the components Will be waxoyling the whole underside soon too when I have got rid of all the crap!! I did lift the nose up and fill from the rad before and it worked.. This time did the same and airlock again.. I may buy a copper T piece insert it in the rear top coolant pipes at the back of the engine and at the top of the T jubilee the garden hose to it and pressure fill it with the hose.. That should in theory push all the air round the system and out the rad cap? Here's hoping anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Good thread and good work mate. Love the transformation, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks mate I'm really enjoying bringing it back to life! My home brew pikey coolant flusher installed.. Soon find out if it works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Looking good dude, I like the idea of yellow brakes on a black car, my UKs are dark blue now and you can't see them too well unless your looking for them. Do you have any side on pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Quick iPhone side shot for you mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Cheers Rob, I like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxluc Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Those rims make it stand apart. Really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iky Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Very nice, she scrubs up quite well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Haha thanks.. Scrubbing was definitely needed too..!! After a good jet wash of the underside and arches can you see the light grey dirt smear all the way down the drive by the bushes? That's after copious amounts of brushing and hosing down it's still there!! It's like fine sand! Still it's nice to wake up and see this outside the window it's certainly a project but I'm loving it.. Looks completely different already and I've only had it a few weeks! My pikey flushing and rad purging brought out a whole load of like thick black sand out of the cooling system.. Kept on blasting it until it went from dark orange crud infested waters to clear Garden hose is the yellow pipe and the green was a spare part acting as a waste chute into the buckets This was after it started to run clear but it took about 6 buckets to get to that stage!! Definitely something I would highly recommend doing anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Nice find and love the attention to detail. I can see this is going to be a great car once you're finished with it! Love the pikey filling method, I will have to give this a go as I've had all sorts of problems trying to get the system on my car bled properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Same it's still not bled properly I don't think.. Right pain in the tits half tempted to give up and take it to a garage, heaters now blowing hot and cold.. So probably still an airlock.. Now it's misfiring again too think I've dribbled water into the plug bores again.. Gonna have to dry it all out and WD40 everything grrrr never known such an awkward cooling system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 heaters now blowing hot and cold.. So probably still an airlock.. Sorry, but do you mean they are blowing hot and cold or is it swinging between the two? There's a few known issue with the heaters which won't be related to the bleeding. If you can clarify I might be able to offer a few suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Seems to be warmish one second then normal cool outside temp the next...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 It was hot... Once lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Ah, then that will be an issue with coolant flow/air lock, not the heater matrix control valves. Back to where you were then, just wanted to check Good luck and keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Ah, then that will be an issue with coolant flow/air lock, not the heater matrix control valves. Back to where you were then, just wanted to check Good luck and keep us posted well it seems to be air free now as its not overheating at all and temps seem good.. still not very hot heaters lukewarm at best..! maybe there is a heater fault as well! what are they? control rod seems okay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 well it seems to be air free now as its not overheating at all and temps seem good.. still not very hot heaters lukewarm at best..! maybe there is a heater fault as well! what are they? control rod seems okay! The heater matrix is under the dash, you have to remove rather a lot to get to it, a bit of a bitch of a job mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 aye..well if thats the problem then so be it but im hoping not!!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Fitted my new rear discs.. Much better!!! Old one had a crack through it too! Before.. After.. Tried my mates 18" rota GTRs think I may need 19s if I go for grid drifts .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra Gaz Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Your making brilliant progress with this mate. I run 19s and I think they look right on Supra's, 18s look a little lost in the arches. You pay for it in ride quality though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_sri Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Cheers mate, there is plenty to do that's for sure, as the stuff gets bigger I'm sure progress will slow a little but I'm planning on doing a lot to this I think the 18s on it at the moment are okay but the GTRs there look lost in that style think you're right 19s would suit much better..! Ride quality can't be worse than my old clio so I guess I'm not too fussy about that So..... This happened... My OCD kicked in and I took the rear lights out to clean behind and metal polish the locking mech which looks much better now! Oh and my MVP titanium Knob fitted and polished up New stereo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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