My Nova

[Darren]

Haha, I guess they're just waving because they like the sound :whistling:

I did think it strange when a guy in a truck wound down his window to hear the car, I'm sure he could hear it fine with the window up :lol:

 

[Darren]

2011 - 2012 MOT - Done

3 or 4 advisories which didn't include the yank number plates or my quiet exhaust.

2 on the front anti-rollbar bushings, front passenger wheel baring, think there was another too but can't remember. They were going to fail it on the windscreen washer as the tester couldn't find the button :doh:

 

[chris68coupe]

Mine past today as well.

 

[Darren]

I hope Danny looked after it. Some of my collegues saw it in the garage next door and described the car to me

 

[Laceytree]

Yay thats great news boys. We all dread the horrid MOT but at least you know alls ok for another year.

 

[TransAmDan]

Mine past on the 15th April, but not driven it due to waiting for parts. Looks like many of us are good for another year now.

 

[Darren]

The Nova's back on the road after replacing the carb's float, this one doesn't sink and flood the intake manifold Now looks like I need a new fan as the clutch unit on mine has become wobbly and started making noises. I can get a new clutch from the states for ?40 (?17 of that is for the part grrrr) or just get an electric fan. Looks like my old fan wasn't working properly too, as it should have had a heat sensitive coil on the back which was missing so it may not have been putting the maximum amount of air through anyway. Whatever I do I need to order it today so it can be fitted saturday so it's ready for the tunnel run... and club night

 

[TransAmDan]

Hope you get it sorted Darren. Sadly I don't have an spare electric fans about. Looking forward to hearing the purple hornies in the tunnel.

 

[Darren]

I've just ordered a replacement viscous clutch from Rock Auto, so I'll be sticking with the mechanical fan for now. May bolt an electric fan to the front of the radiator for traffic queues, but I'll need to remove the air con rad first. Don't worry, I'll definitely be in that tunnel

Btw, heard then saw you yesterday going up the hill towards the shell garage. Knew it was you before I saw the car :lol:

 

[TransAmDan]

Btw, heard then saw you yesterday going up the hill towards the shell garage. Knew it was you before I saw the car :lol:

Yeah that was probably me. I nipped to the post office quickly before last collection, parked in Asda. Saw the queue when I came out of asda to go up the road towards the Heroes and decided to go the long way down Stakes road.

 

[Darren]

That explains why I heard you on the heroes hill first. I heard the car, had a little smile thinking "That'll be Dan then", then a few moments later spot the bat going up past the asda entrance towards the shell garage.

 

[TransAmDan]

You are probably wondering why I didn't exit from that side of the Asda car park. Well it the darn speed humps that I cant get over.

 

[Darren]

It's a bad exit anyway, when i was driving my old fwd cars, they could never get any traction from that exit no matter what the weather conditions.

 

[mason]

here you go Darren i dun this a long time ago and forgot to show you it lol

 

[Darren]

That looks pretty cool. I do miss having white lettering on my tyres.

Just posted up a new time slip, things are getting bette. Still, lots of room for improvement.

 

[Darren]

4th of July and no yank to drive

But hopefully I'll be back on the road on Saturday, so long as there are no missing parts that I don't know about. I don't want any "I told you so's" either

 

[Darren]

Was soooooo close to having a working car again on Sunday (during the breaks in the weather). The (hopefully) last couple of parts are on their way now, and I'll get them installed once they arrive, then hopefully no more fuel leaks.

 

[Darren]

Jebus, it's been pretty much a year since I added anything here!

Got jacked at the weekend and found the cause of my transmission oil leak. I've temporarily fixed it with instant gasket and need to order an accumulator piston cover o-ring to make it stop leaking properly.

Anyway, jacked!!!

 

[TransAmDan]

I do like what you have done with it Darren. Getting lower at the front. Nice editing skills there.I was looking at that for a while, thinking I can see the angle of the car has changed, the wheels are in the same place. the back looks like its in the same place, then noticed its been moved down at the front, and you pipped in some brickwork at the top and edited the front of the board. Nice work.

Hope you get the leak sorted soon, and the temporary fix works until then.

 

[Darren]

The middle pic is the actual photo. The lower pic I had to photoshop as I'd forgotten to take a before pic, and the top pic is how I want the car looking when I fit shorter front springs.

Before -> Now: Raised the rear
Now -> Next: Lower the front

Here's the hopeful result...