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27-10-2012, 05:54 PM
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Great progress today, all mechanical work complete. Everything back together and no spare nuts or bolts. I managed to work out the delrin bushes and got them installed too. Currently charging the battery charger, is that ironic or something? And depending on how long work runs for tomorrow, I'll get the brake flush and AFM wire both done tomorrow arvo and it can charge the battery overnight. I can't believe it all went back together so easily, I'm pretty ashamed that I took this long to fix it back up.
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12-11-2012, 01:25 PM
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Well the master cylinder is f**ked. Spent a good hour trying to just get it to prime. The damn thing just will not draw any fluid from the reservoir. So I've bought a new master online from a mob in Brisbane so hopefully it shows up tomorrow and I can bench prime it.
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21-11-2012, 11:07 AM
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Finally got some time to install the new brake master and it's working perfectly. It bled the cylinder as expected this time and and I bled both the rear brakes with the expected flow of fluid. I ran out of time last night so will finish bleeding the fronts and clutch tonight. I've also borrowed a soldering iron and I'll connect my AFM wire back to itself tonight too. If she starts I'll post a vid to prove it.
 On another note, does anyone want a set of 15x7" 'mesh' type wheels? 
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22-11-2012, 09:29 AM
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Brakes and clutch bled, AFM wire reconnected, dead battery.
 Grabbing a new one tonight and will be back on the road before the weekend.
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22-11-2012, 10:15 AM
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roll start biatch!
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22-11-2012, 10:19 AM
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OMFG I am dumb! I'm getting a new battery but you are totally right. Fark!
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22-11-2012, 10:22 AM
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if it's been sitting for ages. it probably needs alot of cranking. so battery is probably a better option. or at least a jump start.
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22-11-2012, 09:10 PM
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The Astina lives! Also batteries are friggen expensive.
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01-12-2012, 04:10 PM
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I've just given the car a clean bill of health after a nasty scraping sound on the first outing. It was wheel speed oriented, but not affected by brakes, and thankfully was just the rotor guard bent onto the rotor.
And I just realised I've got work tomorrow which means I can't come to the QLD mega day.
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01-12-2012, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Brisbane
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I always bend them haha. Glad that its all sweet Matt and i will be ripping into my new daily shortly so if you're really really keen to go for a long drive you're more than welcome hehe
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03-12-2012, 01:43 PM
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Oh man this car is super awesome. It's most likely due to actually driving it again, but it feels amazing. Boosts so strongly and I can whip corners like a gokart. Had a douche tailgating me yesterday, until we got to 2 sharp corners that I could take at the speed limit.
Also verry happy with the SP/GTX seats I got off rogerstrampoline, I think I would have been thrown around the car without them. And after driving mum's camry for 7 months the Astina feels like fitting into a small cardboard box.Definitely going to just keep the maintenance up at this stage. I'd like to get some slotted front rotors at some point in time. I'm also going to swap my fresh KU36s onto the Mazdaspeed rims and then sell the meshies. The only 'mods' I have kept are my gauges and I plan on getting them installed in the next few weeks. Last edited by derb; 03-12-2012 at 01:47 PM. |
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05-12-2012, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Malaysia
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awesome ride!! love it
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05-12-2012, 04:03 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Salisbury - Inner City
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would love to get a ride in this thing some day
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05-12-2012, 04:31 PM
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Next meet hit me up Mat.
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09-12-2012, 02:50 AM
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14-12-2012, 01:58 PM
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Thanks mate.
The car has been running flawlessly since it went back on the road. No leaks of anything anywhere and the swaybar isn't rubbing the upper LCA mount. I have heard it hit the mount point somewhere twice, but they were from pot holes. I've not heard anything while cornering so the setup is fine with me. I've booked into the local Jax as well tomorrow morning to get my KU36s put on the Mazdaspeed rims and a full alignment. Can't wait for the tyres, they have been sitting on my 'race rims' for probably over a year now without ever having 1 single kilometer put on them. And now I get to drop some computers from our city office to the Ipswich one. Back to getting paid to drive like the old job.
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14-12-2012, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Auckland
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Lookin good buddy, i never get bored of looking at the little BG's
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14-12-2012, 11:06 PM
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Will do man, cheers.
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