James
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 12:03 PM |
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Jobs left to do on the car
Like some of the other pathetically sad stories on here today, my car's been off the road for a couple of years as well. 
The challenge is no funds through being unemployed!
Oh, and lack of motivation through crappy garage with no space, light, power etc.
With the nice weather I've been getting itchy feet so I went and made a list of the jobs that need doing on it.
Some are jobs that were never done before SVA, some are faults that developed and some are upgrades.
In no particular order:
Move rear wings up 1"- they're too low and the tyres hit them
Fit correct fuses in fuse box
Fuel filler neck rubber has perished- needs replacing. Maybe fit on back panel instead of top?
Re-cover and replace inner side panels
Replace oil pressure gauge bulb
Change driver seat mount... too low?
Replace gear stick gaitor and surround. Secure gear stick knob.
Fit 3rd brake light (never fitted before SVA, wiring done)
Respray exhaust or replace with stainless (have already but needs 2" added into it cos mine's a wider car)
Replace split steering rack gaiter
Fix broken weld on front wing
Add antifreeze
Setup carb correctly- black exhaust and 10mpg suggests a problem there
Replace battery cover or move battery from p' footwell
Fix loose oil catch bottle
Replace main beam bulb (how the hell's that blown sitting in a garage!)
Paint and fit cambelt cover- got scared after finding loose bolt trapped between belt and alternator pulley! 
Mount screen, wipers, washers etc.
Do full nut and bolt check of car before driving!
Oh, and a bloody good clean!
So, all this to do with no money, with time that I should be spending job hunting! 
Don't know why I'm telling you this... guess I just wanted something to moan about and also thought writing the list here might help
motivate me and I know plenty of you lot would have this done in about a weekend! 
EDIT: Also setup suspension geometry! Never did this before SVA so it's all pretty random and God knows what it's doing to the tyres!
EDIT: Oh, and then save up tax, insurance and MOT!
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 23/4/10 by James]
[Edited on 23/4/10 by James]
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
- Muhammad Ali
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FFTS
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 12:09 PM |
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See the Samaritans help line of the Locost Forum
Thread Linky
Chris.
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iank
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 12:17 PM |
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Some of those are 5min and <£5 jobs so do those first.
Fuses, bulbs and antifreeze for example.
I find knocking a few easy ones off a list makes builds some motivation for the harder ones.
[Edited on 23/4/10 by iank]
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coozer
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 12:36 PM |
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Yep, apart from the stainless exhaust one they are all very easy.. the easy bit is making the list then working down it. That makes it easier than
easy to sort the easy peasy stuff out.
DO IT!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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gingerprince
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
I find knocking a few easy ones off a list makes builds some motivation for the harder ones.
Picking the "low hanging fruit" to use an annoying and overly-used business metaphore!
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 23/4/10 at 02:33 PM |
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James
This may make you feel better.......Mine is in a hundred bits and Im going to Stoney in it..... 8 days away.
pedals need fitted , brakes bled the cooling system plumbed in the entire engine bay rewired and new headlights side lights fitted.
Seats fitted and the 3.38 diff installed.
Oh and my health is crap so I work at the speed of a 486 pc...really slow.
The good things are my pals come round and help me drink coffee....plus put a bolt or two in....
you will get there and as for the money supply havent you got your coachs ticket to teach your brand of Karate?
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James
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 01:26 PM |
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You're right, a bunch of them are pretty simple to get done.
What is a bit more concerning, I've lost the damn manifold and silencer!!!
How can you lose some things that big!
Cheers,
James
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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights."
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iank
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 01:39 PM |
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I lost a house radiator, left it propped against the outside of my house for 30mins.
Never did find it 
You didn't leave it outside while working on the car?
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 03:40 PM |
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i make lists every week for work, for me i find it best to pick the worst thing on the list and set about it with determination. I hate leaving the
worst stuff til last!
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bob
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| posted on 10/10/11 at 08:15 PM |
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List of excuses 
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steve m
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| posted on 10/10/11 at 08:38 PM |
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Bob,
I have to agree !!
James, you bloody woose, pretty well 95% of those jobs are "5 mins each at the most"
perhaps the next Newlands visit will be at your house, and we can give you a good kicking about, and then fix your car!!
Trust me, my car was off the road for 4 years, and now its back, i really do enjoy it, and my excuses were not because a bulb was out
or the exhaust was the wrong colour !
Mine was health related (mine), grand kids /my children problems, and other family related, work also did not help!
plus knackered engine,
Come on, get these pathetic jobs done over the winter, and as a few have said, write a list, and tick each job off, i still do it now!
and you should see my list !!
Regards
Steve
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iank
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| posted on 10/10/11 at 10:36 PM |
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 11/10/11 at 12:10 AM |
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+^1
'i must save that linky'
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kipper
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| posted on 11/10/11 at 07:49 AM |
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a team
Will somone put up a pic of B,A,BARACUS and throw a chocolate bar at this guy .
Get on with it.
Seriously though I would tackle the anti freeze first as your list will grow if the weather turns.
Good luck.
Denis.
Where did that go?
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bob
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| posted on 11/10/11 at 02:10 PM |
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James.....Man up and deal with it!!
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scutter
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| posted on 14/10/11 at 08:14 PM |
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So, exactly what hs been done on the list then James?
ATB Dan.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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bob
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| posted on 25/10/11 at 09:17 AM |
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James, lets make an attempt to work through this list.maybe put in order of priority to go through MOT first.
19 months have past since the thread started so you have obviously a shorter list to work with, lets get stuck in. I can give you a bit of time on my
next off shift.
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richard
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| posted on 25/10/11 at 06:06 PM |
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are you guys talking about a serious garage day as love getting stuck into car work for a sarnie and a few mugs of tea, it amasing what you can get
done but need a long list of things and all the stuff to do them so you have a fall back when somthing stops work on one .
Rich
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