My G40 update!

joeg40 · Post by **joeg40** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 10:48 am

i see you were talking about the guides on the water pump, just looked at mine the other day and one guide had come loose and is now rattleing and letting the cambelt move right over nearly touching the block, bugger..... is it a big big job to change water pump?? gonna do cam belt at same time

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:00 pm

Water pump's easy enough if you're happy doing the cam belt. Just take the cam belt off, remove the bolts holding the back plate of the cam belt cover to the engine, remove the bolts holding the water pump in and remove the pump from behind the cover.

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:50 pm

tonight was quite a productive evening for the G! i finished polishing the panels so now the whole car has had one colour restore coat, and a polish coat! looking shiney but there is still room for improvement!

i have now ripped out the old speaker cables and replaced them with new, thicker cable! also put in the cables for a CD changer!
wiring isn't one of my favourite jobs but it had to be done!

now i can put most of the dash and interior back together ready for the road!

now all i am waiting on is the engine bits to be done (couple of weekends) and an alarm to be fitted!

then, i final wash and polish and a bit of touch up here and there and she'll be rolling back onto the road (after MOT and tax)

i'm counting the days!

regards
Doug

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 11:15 pm

put all the dash back together today, hoovered the interior and put the seats back in! nice to finally see the interior in one peice again!

lower cam covered turned up today so we'll be getting on with that on saturday!

i'll keep ya posted!

regards
Doug

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:14 pm

cam belt fitted, drive belts fitted, new oil filter put on and new oil put in!

bought a new stereo this week, new front speakers, and an alarm.

also sorted out a slight wiring fault tonight which we now know what was happening.

hoping a couple of weeks n she'll be ready for MOT!

can't wait

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:16 pm

after three weeks stood with the front up on ramps, she has finally come back down to earth!

today i changed the rocker cover gasket and the clutch cable. so she was ready to come off the blocks as all the engine bit have now been completed!

suprising how low it seems now its off the blocks!

so the first stage of the project is nearly complete, its taken 2-3 months to carry out (bad spate of weather in the middle) but the time is nearly here! just a little bit of titilating and she will be ready to go for an MOT. can't have here going dirty now can we?

i'll be posting some before and after shots of her very soon, the difference is quite amazing!

regards
Doug

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:31 pm

Sounds like you've been having fun!!

Cant wait to see the pics, which wheels do you have??

James.

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 3:55 pm

currently i have the original 13" bbs's. they are in reasonable condition with light curbing around the very outer edge! there is also the odd light mark or, i wanna say chunk but its not as bad as the word, out of a couple of the wheels!

gonna do a small bit of refurbing myself, just on the outer edge, a light sanding just to remove any sharp bits and then go round with a small paint brush to tidy it up a bit more!