Subie Boys Next Wagon Resto

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Post by rtcb65 » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:29 pm

chridk wrote:So whats left to do on the mighty wagon boys ?. By the look of the photos theres just the upper door trims left, anything else on the purchase list still to come.
Hope to see this thing in the flesh before it rolls off the production line.
Will speak to you very soon hopefully.

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Hey Chris,

The exhaust goes on tomorrow we hope and the top door trims tomorrow and rest as they are finnished. Then the once and twice over to make sure everything is in right , done up, etc. Then the first start of the new engine .

To day doing the breaks check and rebleed , we found a block in one line and a split in another line. That is why we do the check over and over and over.

If you wish to see the car , you have about 10 days to get here. Roadworthy is set for early next week and goes about a week later.
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Post by brumbyrunner » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:09 pm

rtcb65 wrote:Only problem with sending sunnie up is , it will have to wait in line . Two brumbys are already in line.
chridk wrote:So whats left to do on the mighty wagon boys ?. By the look of the photos theres just the upper door trims left, anything else on the purchase list still to come.
Hope to see this thing in the flesh before it rolls off the production line.
Will speak to you very soon hopefully.

Cheers Chris
An here is someone waiting for Brumby #1 to start. :)
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Post by ror » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:21 pm

It's taken me a fair while to read through this, but worth it. Love the amount of detail.

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Post by rtcb65 » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:37 pm

The top of the doors have been worked out. The 3 of us had put our 2 cents in on the design and steve put it together.

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Post by bluesteel » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:49 pm

awesome looking door trims guys!
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Post by lovey80 » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:41 am

Oh my god, another quality personalisation!!! How does one get to the top of that line of Brumbies????

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Post by last celtic warrior » Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:21 pm

Ok, seems I get to share these pics before Rick does. How cool is that... LOL

This is how you mutilate "fairly good" MY door fabs.
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Here we see Rick screwing with fitting up the last door fab.
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A nice full brochure stile pic of the whole interior.
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And the spot the young owner is hopefully going to like driving from.
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And I did the small repair on the alarm today that I was unable to resolve the other day. Used salvaged parts out of a modem, as you do...
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Post by ror » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:33 pm

And I did the small repair on the alarm today that I was unable to resolve the other day. Used salvaged parts out of a modem, as you do...
I don't know why, but this just made me grin. :) Very impressive work on the door trims too. Can't wait for the big 'overview' pics once it's all done.

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Post by dibs » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:35 pm

s&*t you guys are great .

like me i bet others in here are envious of the products you put ot . but i guese any one can do it they gota just put there mind to it. look a stuart (brumbyrunner)and any others that have acheaved to build/restore a car to there specs

see ya soon steve were workin up there a fair bit now so il ring you soon

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Post by brumbyrunner » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:43 pm

Geez Rick you could have at least brushed your hair!
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Post by last celtic warrior » Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:00 pm

Yeah Stuart, I don't think he's even SEEN a comb before, but he does know how to use a spanner pretty good. And he's got a heart of gold (although it IS hairy and scruffy).

And Rick, don't take offence at my sarcastic use of the words "screwing with" in my last post. I think it's pretty obvious to anyone that sees and reads everything in this thread that you kinda know what you're doing with Subies...
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Post by rtcb65 » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:48 pm

Doing the once and twice overs of the car. Had to redo a couple of things , Eg : tail light connection, front indicator , trailer plug . Steve wired the alarm cut out into part of the ignition circuit . Still a couple of things to do. First engine fire up ( waiting for parts). Have to bleed brakes for the 4th time. ( finding small leaks . Changing parts out to fix that ). We will keep going over the car till happy with everything.
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Post by Matt » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:55 pm

The door trims are awesome. I love them...
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Post by rtcb65 » Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:40 pm

A successful first engine start today after replacing the coil , battery and finding out the timing was 180 out . Also gave it its first cut and polish . Now the paint feels like it should. Still having some trouble with the brakes. Over night the pedal goes soft. Tomorrow we are going to change out the master cylinder and see what happens . Everything else has been changed. All we can think of is air is some how getting in. Been over all the joins a number of times. If anyone has any ideas, Please let me know.
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Post by stamp_licker » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:13 pm

Here's a cheats way of bleeding the air out overnight or a day.Jam the pedal down as hard as you can with the cap off the master cylinder and leave it there overnight/day.
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Post by Matatak » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:45 pm

Brake Fluid Absorbs moisture.

leaving the cap off for extended periods is not a good idea.

altho not as important in a road car compared to a track car it can cause problems when there gets to much (3 to 4%) water


Good to hear its now running. cant wait to see some finished pics as it leaves
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Post by AlpineRaven » Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:12 pm

man.. i am speechless about this process... keep updated...
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Post by rtcb65 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:00 pm

Thanks to the couple who post about the brakes. Found the problem, Master cylinder was some how sucking air , so changed that out and gave it a tune. Then put the bottom plates on ( sump bash plate and the 2 side plates).
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Post by AndrewT » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:02 pm

Man that's unlucky, maybe you can claim warranty on the master cylinder is it a new one? Or did you hone the bore and install a seal kit in an existing one?

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Post by rtcb65 » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:43 pm

AndrewT wrote:Man that's unlucky, maybe you can claim warranty on the master cylinder is it a new one? Or did you hone the bore and install a seal kit in an existing one?
I put a kit in it. . i may have put a boot in backwards or something alike.
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