Monaco budget track build.

[Djw John]

Done some things. Some crucial, some very much not.

Sold the 182 a like exhaust and lucked upon a PMS one

(Pic from the ad, can't be bothered opening the garage for one) the one issue is that it's for a 182 manifold. So now I need one of them too!

Since it needs that this happened.

And this is for sale

I've fitted the wishbones and a braided brake line. Needing a new hard line for the front driverside.

Ditched the HPAS as it was leaking at a rubber to metal join on the high pressure side. We'll see if I end up going epas or just get built.

As @Djw Dave reminded me the other day, I got this as a fully working car. Now it's a big f**king jigsaw and I've not even driven it.

I am not a smart man.

 

[Djw John]

I need to learn to weld.....

Gone for full manual rack for the moment, will see how it feels. Need to do something about the PAS pump though before start up.

Got purple arb and wishbone bushes fitted.

Subframe is back on and the exhaust is in place too. Not secured but there.

Same old story, weeks of inactivity followed by an evening of bursting it.

 

[Crayola]

A mate of mine has a cup alternator setup if you want to sack that PAS and AC off mate

 

[Djw John]

Probably gonna be the best way of doing it.

Is he a generous mate who doesn't want top dollar or is he from Yorkshire 😉😂

 

[Crayola]

Probably gonna be the best way of doing it.

Is he a generous mate who doesn't want top dollar or is he from Yorkshire 😉😂

I'll have words with him and see what sort of price he wants lol

 

[Djw John]

Cheers lad

 

[Crayola]

Nah he sold it ffs

Might look into making a bracket for these

 

[Djw John]

Hi @tomsteer, you've been busy 😂

Bit more done today after getting motivated last night by going and watching @Djw Dave on track.

So exhaust is fully done, dodgy coil pack swapped, studs fitted.

Next is brake bleeding and ordering some bits. Very close to driveable again now.

 

[Djw John]

 

[tomsteer]

Hi @tomsteer, you've been busy 😂

Just enjoying the thread! Keep it up

 

[Djw John]

Was at the scrappies today getting some bits for the Saab when Dave reminded me (via text) to look for a cup alt setup off a Volvo or older Laguna. Couldn't find any but then stumbled across this.

So once I got home, went back out again to buy skirting, home again the Monaco looked like this.

Then, in the spirit of happy wife = happy life I cut all the skirting ready for painting and went back to the garage quietly and now got this

Delighted. If the the alt works then it was a bargain. If it doesn't then I've still got the bits that are getting harder to get. So I'm very happy.

 

[Martin_172]

Gone for full manual rack for the moment, will see how it feels. Need to do something about the PAS pump though before start up.

Have you tried epas before on one? Got it on the van if you want a shot to see what you think

 

[Djw John]

Aye driven Daves plenty but thanks. I'll see how I get on, the giant steering wheel will probably finally make sense!

 

[Martin_172]

I done a few runs in the van without it, screw that haha

Aye driven Daves plenty but thanks. I'll see how I get on, the giant steering wheel will probably finally make sense!

 

[Djw John]

Chucked onto a cuvva policy for a hour earlier to take it a quick run seeing as how I've not driven it yet. Left my phone in the Leon though as it fell out my pocket 😂 so no pics.

Overall happy, steering is heavy, it only broke down once and it took 4 seconds to fix so I'll take that.

Fitted the new brakes from @George@roadtrackraceparts before heading out

Calipers are honking but working so that's what concerns me most. Function > form

 

[Djw John]

Oh yeah, and alternator works. So far. So I'm very f**king chuffed at that.

 

[Djw John]

Not much else has happened this weekend but the kids were scooting around the front garden whilst I pottered.

Quick wash as it was minging from being in the garage for 2 months.

(Leon was worse, about 4K worth of bugs!)

Then did some destickering and restickering

 

[Djw John]

Deposit taken.

Cos I'm an arsehole.

 

[Djw Dave]

Deposit taken.

Cos I'm an arsehole.

How very CS.

 

[yeecup]

WTF...…….