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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:09 am 
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Can I give one tiny, Maybe obvious piece of advice.
Loctite the ARB brackets. :)
I did my new ones up nice and tight with washers etc. The vibration and load un-did all the bolts very quickly. lost one bracket and other was holding on by 2-3 threads on last remaining bolt.
There... There's my contribution :)


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:56 am 
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Wise words Dave :)

I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to nuts / bolts and threads.

I think I have about 8 different types of Loctite :)

I used a medium strength version on the ARB bolts and swapped them for stainless ones as the torque setting for them is quite low.

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290 is your friend :)

It allows you to build & test then loctite afterwards.

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Yes I have some 290 that I used all over the Westfield as I didn't assemble it.

I also used the 290 on the suspension arms as the procedure for tightening the bolts isn't really compatible with standard threadlockers (you'd break the material when you do the final tighten).

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So its been a few months since I posted an update, I haven't been idle but I have not achieved as much as I would have liked.

The back of the car is now finished with the exception of bleeding the brakes and doing the wheel alignment.

I went for some EBC Yellowstuff brakepads after hearing good things about them:

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They have a break in surface and a built in anti-squeel pad which will be interesting to see if it works.

I also went for a new shim kit from TCB:

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The only other thing I had to replace was the handbrake balancing cable as this part somehow went missing:

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I refitted the my rear Cusco brace as well. As I have mentioned elsewhere I've decided to go for an OEM look so as the brace was a little tatty I decided to paint the strut brackets and fitted the OEM cover to the Cusco brace:

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I quite like the look that it gives - I'm going to try and modify a pair of the end covers to fit as well.

With that the rear of the car is complete.

Moving to the front of the car I've been steadily working to get things ready, I had an exhaust manifold skimmed, they seem to have done a good job:

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I've also decided on and purchased a clutch. I've decided on a Competition Clutch Stage 2, this is a full face organic clutch rated to 400lbft. I expect the pedal to be heavy but should cope easily with the power I have planned.

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The last of this round of purchases was a catalytic converter, its a 200 cell sports cat constructed from stainless steel:

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I plan on having this cut and welded into the Hayward and Scott exhaust that I have, hopefully it will be sufficent to pass an MOT emissions test.

I've also made a start on removing the ancillaries from the engine. I've got as far as this:

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Whilst removing the engine oil cooler and lines I was surprised to find them badly corroded. The coating on the oil cooler was flaking and damaged, the Aeroquip fittings have suffered significant corrosion and in one case actually cracked:

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I guess it is obvious in hindsight but these Aeroquip fittings are totally unsuited to being used on a road car in the UK with our salty roads. I moved to these fittings after seeing the corrosion on the previous steel fittings I had. When I refit the cooler I'm going to revert to the steel versions and coat them with a heavy duty grease.

Lastly for this update, I've decided that with work and winter setting in that progress on the car is going to be really slow, we also want to get some work done on the house and garden and the car is in the way. To that end I've decided to entrust a respected garage with finishing of the work. The car is going to be trailered up there in a couple of weekends time and I expect to have it back sometime in early Spring. I'm going to make a few trips so there will still be more piccies to come.

The plan is for the garage to get the engine installed and all the suspension work done then have the car MOT'd so that the new engine can be run in. Once its got a few miles under its belt I'll then drive it home and start planning the next two phases of work which will be ECU and injectors followed by a respray. :)

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Something I've seen many times on modified cars, my own past cars included, is that time & again 'uprated' parts only last a fraction of the time of standard ones when used on the road as an everyday car.
Nowadays I tend to use the standard part where possible unless there is good reason to change.

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Wise word Chris. :)

I'm hoping that with more care and protection and that the car won't be a daily driver that the parts and car will wear a bit better once its all finished.

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Can you find stainless steel fitting Mike?

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I've had a quick look and it would seem that they are not easily obtainable. I'll do a thorough search however. The oil cooler isn't going to be fitted back on the car until its all run in. So there is plenty of time.

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Actually it would seem that Pirtek - the hydraulic hose franchise has some offerings in stainless steel. :)

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So this weekend was time for the car to get sent away to be finished.

TrackToyFour kindly agreed to help me get the car up there by use of his trailer, tow vehicle and driving.

I'm glad we had such a big tow vehicle as the Four is quite heavy and we had all the parts and the 2nd engine to transport.

On Friday evening we loaded up the car and parts ready for a quick getaway on Saturday morning. I find these things often take longer than you might think and what with loading the engine and manouvering the Celica with no power it took about 3 hours to get everything sorted.

The end result though:

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Thanks have to go to TrackToyFour, Diceman and the missus who all helped push the car and help get it loaded up.

Saturday was a chilly start:

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We made fairly good time, taking it fairly easy as we were towing.

Arriving up north we unloaded the trailer - I was pleased to see the car looking quite so good after sat for a year. There is a bit of moss growing on it if you look closely but still! It clearly benefited from the wash I gave it before loading it on the trailer.

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Lastly we pushed the car into the workshop where it will be living for the next few months, whilst its finished off.

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We then had a long drive back in shocking weather.

Apologies for the boring post but quite a big step in the cars build so thought I had better record it. :)

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Looks like a different car after the wash.

Looking forward to seeing it finished :)

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That looks very much like my memory of Martin Kingston's (old) workshop.

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Good job you moved it. Them two scrotes look like they're about to try and steal it


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It was a 500 mile round trip all in one day so it felt like Mission Accomplished :D

Looking forward to seeing the Four rolling under its own power in the new year.

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