My new 'Rado. It's good to be back..

[Overmind 10]

Thanks guys :)

That is an Eibach strut brace mate, I don't know the part number, where would I find it?

 

Thanks buddy, I am very happy with the gold plating and it's very reasonably priced as I sand blast and polish all the bits myself first. I did sandblast the plastic fuel filter cover and then gave it a coat of satin black to restore the original finish.

 

The blue pipe is the fuel return pipe from the engine to the fuel tank. I have done way with both the plastic fuel lines and replaced them with kunifer. The white/clear pipe is for fuel vapour to the carbon canister, but as my carbon canister has been removed to fit the carbonio induction kit I have just removed this all together and vented the vapour to atmosphere underneath the fuel tank.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Overmind

[martinb 0]

Wow...good work, I remember looking wishfully at the advert for this when it was for sale and thinking how clean it was but you are taking it to another level! Love the attention to detail!! :)

[Overmind 10]

Thanks buddy.

 

I've had a really good day today cracking on with the Corrado. Firstly I fitted the new discs and bearings with new genuine pickup rings plated silver.

No pads in yet, because I'm not sure what I'm going to go for and it's going to be a while before the car is on the road again so they would only be sitting around.

 

Hand brake cables all clipped in and Brake carriers and dampers bolted up and tight.

 

Brake pipes finished

 

Quick shots of the underside before I put the car back on its wheels

 

It's back on the ground! It's only taken 4 months :-s

 

Then this happened..

 

I have still got a couple of last jobs to do underneath but I was too excited at the prospect of getting it rolling again I couldn't wait another minute haha. I'm sitting here now trying to suss out recaro seat wiring.

 

Cheers guys.

Bryn.

[MarkFoster 0]

Jesus Bryn, you pushed on after I left! Great to see her rolling again.

 

M.

[Overmind 10]

Quick interior update.

 

Wiring finished and new sound deadening in.

 

Carpets back in

 

All finished. The recaro's work a treat now I'm really happy with them. The wiring loom looks all original as well :)

[davebirl 0]

The car looks great! Where did you get the back Sunroof Control Switch?

[24V Renshaw 0]

Love this cars attention to detail. What is the sound deadening matting you have used?

 

Jay

[GrahamU 5]

Lovely job, alot of work in a short time, nice one

[Overmind 10]

Thanks guys. The black sunroof switch came with the car when I bought it bud.

Cheers Jay, the sound deadening is simply 8mm carpet underlay. It makes the carpets feel nice and soft and 'spongey' as well :)

[MarkFoster 0]

Good to see you pushing on so quickly Bryn - my interior's been sitting in the loft since November! How'd you get on at Le Mans?

 

M.

[Overmind 10]

Cheers bud. Lemans was mad. I worked 31 hours straight between Saturday morning and Sunday evening alone, and it would have been more if our GT40 hadn't have blown up lol.

[Overmind 10]

Small update, been super busy with work so I haven't had time to do very much recently.

 

Brake lines, hand brake and abs wiring fixed to the rear beam with stainless P clips

 

Couple of shots of rear suspension now finished

 

Back on its wheels again

 

Cheers. Bryn.

[MarkFoster 0]

Drive it Bryn, dare ya! Lol

 

....mind you, I'm a fine one to talk!

 

M.

[Overmind 10]

Quick update, I've started removing the engine.

 

I've got to send the slam panel away to get it painted as there's a few bits I'm not happy with.

 

Front end off

 

Rad and coolant hoses off as it got dark

 

Since then I have disconnected everything except the engine mounts so it's ready to drop when I've got more time.

 

Cheers. Bryn.

[Overmind 10]

Quick update.

 

I cut the original brake bias valve off of the rear beam because it was heavily seized in place and decided I was going to fit a manually adjustable valve in the engine bay. After searching high and low I only found one option that would adjust two lines simultaneously which is made by Tilton and costs £300! (and I wasn't keen on using two single line valves because they would be a pain to synchronise.)

Not willing to pay such a ridiculous amount of money for the Tilton valve I decided to make my own. I modified an original VW load sensing valve and fabricated a bracket and an adjuster to mount it in the engine bay above the ABS pump.

 

The bracket

 

Test fit

 

Temporary fit with adjuster.

 

I've also bagged an aluminium vr6 rocker cover (cheers mark) which I'm going to vapour blast and partially polish. I've also started cleaning all the old wax and crap out of the engine bay, it's certainly not going to be a show bay, but it should tidy it up a bit. More pics of this later.

 

 

Cheers Bryn.

[Overmind 10]

Hey guys. It's been a while since my last update because I've lost heart in the project and scrapped it..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only joking!

 

The engine bay has come together nicely, I've mocked up all the brake pipes and tidied up the paintwork and wiring. As you can see I've removed the old subframe and front suspension etc so the car is now on a dolly.

 

 

Really naff pic of the arch and suspension, but I've cleaned the arches and removed any surface rust, treated the metal and schutzed them as per the rest of the underside. The coil overs have been cleaned and detailed, the top mounts were replaced recently so I've left them for now.

 

I then started on stripping the gearbox to inspect the internals and decide wether it was worth a rebuild or not.

 

After a quick clean

 

Full strip, seals and bearings removed and ready for vapour blasting

 

Not much going to be happening over the Christmas period due to funds (or lack of) but I will be doing a rust repair to the rear arches, so watch this space.

 

Cheers Bryn.

[robrado974 1]

Some major work going on there ,hats off to you mate

[MarkFoster 0]

Really like that bias valve mod Bryn, might have to get you to knock one up for me - whilst your sorting my gearbox, lol! ;)

[Otto 10]

Amazing thread, some brilliant work to inspire me with my own. Where did you get the zinc gold plating done? Or was it a home kit?

 

Regards Dave

[rado mc 0]

That's some extreme cleaning going, in the gear box esp! looks great.

[Wild-Animal 0]

Ahhhh keep the updates coming these Looking good!

[Overmind 10]

Thanks guys.

Mark, as soon as I know it works fully I'd be more than happy to knock one up for you.

 

Otto, the plating was done by Halstead Plating services (HPS) in Halstead, Essex. I have never tried the DIY kits but I get it done at HPS for a very reasonable price.

 

The gearbox was surprisingly easy to clean, the internals came up like new with very little effort considering they have been sitting in mucky old gear oil for the last 17 years.

[Overmind 10]

Gearbox casings now clean and vapour blasted, I'm very happy with the results :)

 

[Overmind 10]

I've been focussing on repairing the corrosion on the rear arches where they meet the sills for the last few evenings. They are starting to shape up nicely now, I'll get some decent pictures when they are finished.

 

Next jobs:

Build up the steering rack with new track rods and boots, then I can refit the front subframe up and start building up the front suspension. The priority is to get it back on all 4 wheels so I can move it around easier. Then I'll carry on with the gearbox rebuild and get the engine ready to go back in. I think it will come together quite quickly from this stage onwards.

 

Updates coming soon.

Bryn.

[Overmind 10]

Hey guys.

I've finished the rear arches now, and I'm pretty happy with the results.

 

Here's a before pic.

 

And finished.

 

The other side is much the same so I didn't bother taking pics. I have also mocked in the subframe to get all the alignment worked out.