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A bit more info, I just took the motor apart (just removed 2 nuts) and it is FULL of carbon dust, so I'm thinking I could replace the brushes and see what happens since they look a bit short. Everything else in there looks about right, nothing broken.

Hey everyone, today I decided to try and find the solution to a long running problem in the old car; the heater doesn't work. Yes it's probably not the most important thing in a car, but driving during winter is hell when you can't see out of the windscreen! :eek: So this all started years ago when ...

sven '2' wrote:That is funny

SA version: 'stobiing' putting a (either yours or someone you stole it from) 'fully sic WRX bro' into a telegraph pole (=stobie pole in SA) at 180 kph

"and not living to tell the tale"

maxxair wrote:im just putting up the photo's now here> showthread.php?p=151254#post151254

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Ahh thanks, some good photos there they should help a bit when I get around to doing mine cheers!

Yeah the car is under cover at the moment, but not in a fully enclosed garage, just a car port which means it is out of the rain at least. As for taking the windscreen out to fix the rust, we were going to do that anyway since it needs new rubber (front and back), and yeah also the plan for the mome...

Hmm I see, so a cutout seems the best (safest) option. In which case it will have to wait a few months until I start the metal course at tafe so I at least know a little about metalwork. It's nice to know it could be worse, but also a bit disappointing that it got this bad in the first place. Have a...

Hey everyone, just signed up here today and posted a hello on the new members thread, and I'm looking for some help/advice. I've just inherited the old family car (1981 GL wagon) from my brother who never looked after it or cared for it very much :( Mechanically it's fine, and it runs and goes well....

Hey everyone, my first post ever haha! My names Sam from SA, and I guess I just inherited the old family car; a 1981 GL wagon 4WD. We've had it from new in 81', first it was my dad's, then my brothers about 6 or 7 years ago and now he's gotten himself a 03' WRX, so now the old wagon comes to me! I h...