curves.asia 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Finally rained in Auckland this afternoon, which does bring some good and bad news. The leakage points mentioned are not leaking, double checked when I got home from work before. BUT... the bottom section of the driver's door seal is seeping water into the cabin in small amounts traceable easy because one part of the bottom section was really damp. Does anyone know where I can get these seals? EDIT: Took out the seals and then putting them back in again, did a temp. fix by preventing water using a towel Edited January 15, 2013 by curves.asia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2013 Washed the car this afternoon, which also served as a "tester" to my driver door sealing problems - the problem's quite obvious now, because the door's dropped a bit by around 1cm so there's a gap between the drainage seal and the door frames which meant that water could easily flow in and pool at the bottom and entering the footwells... Another roadblock it seems Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e30ftw 410 Report post Posted January 18, 2013 How has the door dropped 1cm?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 How has the door dropped 1cm?? It's not aligned with the rear window frames whateveryoucall and you can actually move it (the door) up and down i.e. just feels "loose"... need a picture to explain it but yeah, it's definitely dropped Probably the pin on the hinges need tightening or what nots... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 42 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 You mean 1mm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2013 You mean 1mm? Probs 3-5mm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) Work's started again for the year so had my hands full over the last few weeks... though most of the work on the car is almost done tho, which is a rather good feeling also retrofitted foglights from a mate too Just a couple of things, the carpet's still out and one side still needs to be water-tested - passed the first time around with minimal re-dos. So over the next whenever I'm free the carpet's going in, need a new H3 bulb for the right fogs, fog relay... Edited January 31, 2013 by curves.asia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 All the work's been done today The carpet's gone back in, and then took out the door and pretty much the pins and the bushings on the driver's door hinge(s). It was pretty much frozen solid because of all the rust build up on the bolts. So after CRC-ing for ages, got the pins and the bushings out, cleaned them before putting them back in and then re-aligned the door, the end result (left is before and right is after): One step away from doing a manual conversion Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 Mother nature was kind enough to give the car a full weather test last night and this morning... the car passed! I have no leaks so far, either that or there's a small one that's not enough for the carpet to damp in. But, I would safely say it's a 90% job done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubman 39 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 pour a litre of water, or use a hose, down each side of black HVAC vents below the windscreen haha not being a d*ck, but might as well do it now lol, as the weather's giving it a pre-soak Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 3, 2013 pour a litre of water, or use a hose, down each side of black HVAC vents below the windscreen haha not being a d*ck, but might as well do it now lol, as the weather's giving it a pre-soak I've done that multiple times prior to putting the carpet in so I was happy with the results and have the balls to put the carpet back in hahaha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 Trying to gather bits and pieces for the car these few days, at the moment looking for engine bay bonnet seal, K8 relay for the fogs, H3 bulb for one of the fogs has gone bung, passenger side mirror. Anyone selling or knows anyone selling these please flick me a PM thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubman 39 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) visit Ray HellBM for relay and mirror for best bet, you got the dual button fog light switch already? Repco etc for fog light bulb and which bonnet seal? the two that goes down the side or main one up the top of bonnet? Edited February 5, 2013 by dubman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) visit Ray HellBM for relay and mirror for best bet, you got the dual button fog light switch already? Repco etc for fog light bulb and which bonnet seal? the two that goes down the side or main one up the top of bonnet? Yeah will get them bulbs from Repco, bonnet seals however are the ones that goes down the side. Got the switches and all, after a few drives the relay decided to shot out as well as the passenger side fog light :| Edited February 5, 2013 by curves.asia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Over the weekend managed to get my hands on L0WBMW's old interiors and swapped them in as well. Love the new interior, freshens up the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Just another random update for future references sake... - Will be sourcing some parts from fellow member JKSE i.e. the driver's door handle, the K8 relay and the passenger side mirror hopefully the logistics of that will be sorted by the end of the week hopefully... - Going to check the dizzy cap and possibly replacing the whole thing plus the cables to get started on the internals, as far as I've checked when I first bought the car the sparks are okay... Having busy weekends so hardly having proper time to show some love with the car Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
curves.asia 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2013 Boring words-no-pictures update. Parts from Jon arrived this week... only had time to put in the fogs relay. The lights have been playing up lately I've no idea why but probably a problem with the wiring or something... :| Looking to re-freshen up the side mirrors with flat black or colour match it alpinewhite... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
