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[rally515]

Hi guy's, so following the crash in the rear i,ve been a little down just recently with my pride and joy being damaged but this weekend has released a lot of anger if im honest with a beautiful weekend drive up, stay overnight at my grandmas and a great drive back.

So far this weekend i,ve done just over 200miles so the metro's had a decent going over haha

 

Obviously with a journey like that its bound to find problems needing sorting and this travel up north saw just that  ,

We,ve found that the tyres are re-moulds and not the best as on the way up i found out, we had a slight vibration which got worse the further we went.#

Next theething problem was the ruddy exhaust which is banging against the floor, subframe and tank (fuel tank that is!  ) due to the previous owner welding a piece in and i think the way its mounted is wrong but not taken note yet.

The third and last issue we,ve had is the fueling which is erratic, during throttle there's a hesitation as if im being flitchy on the pedals, im having to use the choke as a "boost" if you like for certain inclines and different engine loads, at first i/we suspected the points, dizzy ect.. as you normaly would but having found out that using the choke tops that and stalling at lights even when the engines warm it had to be the carb/fueling side of things.

Ohh and better say that in lancaster we had an overheating problem which we pulled over (naturaly) after seeing steam billow from th heater intake in the bonnet Ooopps haha, just another issue found is that the kenlow fan doesnt work so time for an upgrade on that front  .

 

Anywhoo heres some photo's from the weekend...

 

First up is are stop half way up to see what that vibration was:

 

Here's my mum enjoying my great driving from the back haha:

 

Then this finaly let go 20ish miles from my grandmas:

Lost almost all my steering when that went.

 

And after a very kind gentleman allowing me to use his jack (didnt take one DOH!  ) we had the spare on:

 

We arrived at are destination..

This was taken that day just a little later on:

 

Heres why a love my grandmas so much, this is the view from litraly outside her window!!:

 

Got back today and thought considering the journey cuey deserved a wash  :

 

So there we are. thats the weekend haha, really had a good weekend trip up there and even coming back to are little dump

 

Cheers

Cliff

[Ben_O]

That looks really clean mate.

 

Ben

[MINIMON]

Sell it.... That is all.

[rally515]

That looks really clean mate.

 

Ben

 

Yeah gave it abit of a wash but not invested in anything like polish, G3 aor clay bar yet so theres plenty of room for improvment

 

Thanks Ben

 

 

Sell it.... That is all.

 

 

Haha, no thankyou  , that is all..

 

Cliff

[olds_kool_lews]

Spotted a VP metro at retro show... Very clean!



Along with mine, there was only 4 metros there! Glad to see your still using it though, be good to see it repaired and made mint :)

[rally515]

Spotted a VP metro at retro show... Very clean!



Along with mine, there was only 4 metros there! Glad to see your still using it though, be good to see it repaired and made mint :)

 

 

Ooo that looks a belter Lewis, ahh yeah it will be repaired as soon as i get chance, had the estimator guy come round today and he's put it as a Cat C yet he's paying me 600 notes for me to put it right myself, was slightly confused as i thought Cat C meant it was a right off but seems not so today im quite a happy chap knowing i dont have to steal my own car from being crushed haha

 

Looks like i cant get that metro shell off this guy to repair mine due to lack of transport so if anyone knows of a car transporter who's available asap (tomorrow dinner at the latest) or another shell local to me please get it touch.

 

Cheers

Cliff

[rally515]

Hello again guys and ladymen

 

Did a little investigation today on the loose rust bits i,ve spotted this weekend just gone in the sunroof gutter....not good news im afraid :/

Turns out theres a hole or should i say a few holes around the gutter/ roof seam and front offside drainage (big hole in this area).

 

So as a temp repair for washing Cuey and to stop it getting wet inside i,ve put some metal mickey in after wire brushing the rust there up as best as i can, also used the hoover for the loose rust haha.

 

Another little task i did before that was to make to rear look a little prettyer and more so normal (ruddy women drivers ey  ),

So i went about this by using 1 metal working hammer, some heavy duty body repair hydraulic push/pull tooling and the usual socket set....

 

This is the result of two trial fits and a few hours later....

 

This was taken after id washed the car today and give the rear bumper (and exhaust tip ) a lick of paint to stop the cracked areas rusting and genraly looking terrible:

 

 

Heres a few of the sunroof gutter rust:

 

And the hole in question:

 

Might chop this exhaust tip down for now and stick a chrome tip on to smarten it up a litlle (opinions please ?):

 

All washed up and looking smart at the end of the days work on Cuey:

 

Also washed my old mans range rover, sandwiched my little car in!   :

 

Think mickey agree's it looks smashing (maybe not then haha):

[rally515]

Hello again Tmf forum of which is online 24/7 and awesome.....

 

So today someone delivered a..........DEAD METRO!!!!!!!!!! :'(  at my door and i proceeded today on cutting the poor thing up for the rear to repair cueyy.

 

It took a while to cut up as the grinder packed up half way through the job but it was warm and the brushes were fecked anywhoo, so i finished the job with an air cutting tool which is great!

 

So now i,ve chopped the remains up i,ve got a load of metro interior parts going spare plus the engine which im also looking to sell, had a rush about today as i thought i couldnt fit it in the yard so listed it on here quickly but i,ve started stripping all the front down and i'l take abit more time with price research ect.. and list as is appropriate.

 

Picture time  .....

 

KNOCK KNOCK!!, "i,ve come to deliver your metro mate" , splended cheers pal......Oh dear lord!!....  :

 

 

Only wanted 8 inches of the rear, got a whole metro instead hahahaha, tiz the hauders ways

 

I,ve stupidly not pictured the magic rear piece but i will soon enough get pictures up, now i just need to clear a load of mini and metro stuff so i can get cuey's rear in the garage and cue the music.

 

Ta ta for now people of this earth..

 

 

Cheers

Cliff

[Ben_O]

Madness!!

good luck with the work mate

 

Ben

[rally515]

Madness!!

good luck with the work mate

 

Ben

 

Ahh cheers ben haha i think , whats mad at the moment is this weather, never have i had this many days without being drenched whilst working on a car outside haha, not that im complaining or ought like ;)

Edited by rally515, 13 July 2013 - 04:36 PM.

[rally515]

So now i,ve got my laptop back from repairs i'l do a little update on a few bits and bobs i,ve been up to recently...

 

What i thought id better do is clean up a few parts under the "HOOOOD" because im bound to be under there quite a bit no doubt so might aswell make it look half decent.

 

First things first was to clean the discoloured washer bottle and rad reservoir, i havent managed to clean out all the muck inside that but im thinking some kettle de-scaler should clear it out no trouble:

 

 

Next up for a clean in the coming weeks are these parts, most just need stripping down or off the car and re-painting properly:

 

 

And i,ve remover the kenlow fan which wasnt working, will have a strip and look at the parts as i might be able to just buy new brushes and get it back up and running, if not i'l go to the scrappy in bolton and whip off a newer version of the kenlow:

 

Ohh and a little mock up here, not sure if its worth the hassle though :

 

 

Ta Ta

Cliff

[rally515]

Aha finaly i,ve got a picture of the new rear haha:

By the looks of things i,ve got a LOT of spotwelds to be drilling out haha, all in good fun ey ?

 

Here are some Before photos of parts i'l be re-furbing when the insurance runs out:

 

Gave the HT Leads a clean aswell today:

 

Also cleaned back and etch primed the bonnet catch and mech underneither (not pictured):

 

 

Thanks again

Cliff

[alex-95]

Shame about the bump cliff, Aleast it's getting sorted , Spot welds must be the funnest things to do, especially when you dont get the whole of it

Them cosmics look so good, you could try and find some 12" ones

[rally515]

Shame about the bump cliff, Aleast it's getting sorted , Spot welds must be the funnest things to do, especially when you dont get the whole of it

Them cosmics look so good, you could try and find some 12" ones

 

I know, tiz the way things go round me to be honest haha every good thing that happens for me goes breasts up somehow ahh well ..

 

Ahhg, can't wait for it haha will be th most boring time of my life i think, wouldn't be to bad if i did it once but i'l have to take the old panels off so doing after doing it TWICE i'l be sane no longer haha

 

Thats the only reason i,ve not put them on haha, anyone know of a set of 12" cosmics give me a bell and i'l have/swap them, although doubt anyone reading this has some

[alex-95]

 

Shame about the bump cliff, Aleast it's getting sorted , Spot welds must be the funnest things to do, especially when you dont get the whole of it

Them cosmics look so good, you could try and find some 12" ones

 

I know, tiz the way things go round me to be honest haha every good thing that happens for me goes breasts up somehow ahh well ..

 

Ahhg, can't wait for it haha will be th most boring time of my life i think, wouldn't be to bad if i did it once but i'l have to take the old panels off so doing after doing it TWICE i'l be sane no longer haha

 

Thats the only reason i,ve not put them on haha, anyone know of a set of 12" cosmics give me a bell and i'l have/swap them, although doubt anyone reading this has some

 

Haha have fun doing it

 

If I see any I'll give you a shout.