Thanks
@FNQTan - I'll take some photos when my phone isn't flat! I'm still yet to figure out whether I should fork out the $35-40 for a fascia kit to surround the stereo or just not worry about it. Dash pad is pretty fucked at this point but i'll probably fill and flock it at some point. Or something. I'll see how I feel about it as time goes on. I want a mat for it, and i'm toying with the idea of making something like this, except with a yellow velour and fringe.
@jamesinc Not yet. I'm hoping to find someone dodgy who will refill R12 but I don't like my chances.
I'll grab some PAO 68 from IPD along with the $400 of other stuff I need, and I'll make sure I oil the o-rings :mrgreen:
I want to test fit the K cam before I order and measure valve clearances so I can order shims and hushers at the same time, but to do that I need a torque wrench and feeler gauges first.
Thanks for the advice mate, definitely will do.
I don't have the thermostat you mentioned so it's probably lucky that I've got a rotary switch from a '79 264 lined up. Especially helpful since the heater box I have came from a car with the same setup.
@carnut222 From the sounds of it i'm going with the best possible setup then! Adjustable is great.
I find that I really only want the air cond on 35C+ days during summer because my car sits outdoors in a car park all day while i'm at work, so it makes the first half of my commute home a bit of a living hell. Most of the time if the weather's a bit warm I like to have the window(s) down anyway.
Cheers
@Ghettobird I do too! And yes it's definitely hard to miss. The "What the fuck is that...?" looks that I get from people on a daily basis are hilarious, but that's usually the adults. Kids always yell "Wow look at that car!" or something to that effect.
Not a huge amount of other updates on the car itself unfortunately. I'm doing some work on Steph's 1988 240 wagon - B230F and AW55 (I think?), this weekend - going to change out her water pump as it's leaking pretty badly. Good practice for me. This is the beast:
Her photography skills are pretty fantastic so I'm trying to stay in her good books so that maybe she'll take some snaps of my car! The body is pretty rough and it needs some small stuff but overall it's not a bad car. I'll see if I can talk her into joining here.
Not sure when yet but i'm lined up to grab that switch, thermostat and wiring, headlight wipers, mud flaps, headrests, front and rear, boot carpet and spare wheel cover, parcel shelf carpet and maybe parcel shelf speakers and grilles, and headlights, depending on how much he wants. It has a much nicer dash pad and electric windows, but I can't be bothered swapping it since it's cracked anyway, and I don't really like electric windows. This is it:
And it's now minus rear right window, since one of the guys I've been dealing with over it, Alan, just had his broken. Stole an Airtex fuel pump off the back seat and that was the end of that.