Welshname's Monaco 172

[Ray Gin]

Not sure if I would have driven that far for a 172 that needed work and belts done. In saying that, you seem confident enough to work on it yourself, so shouldn't be that much of an issue!

 

[welshname]

I will compression test it at some point but tbh it'll make no difference, if it's shagged I'm not rebuilding it, it'll just get swapped when it goes.

And yeah that sounds good for oulton.

Not sure if I would have driven that far for a 172 that needed work and belts done. In saying that, you seem confident enough to work on it yourself, so shouldn't be that much of an issue!

I've driven further FLOL. Picked the fiesta up from Woking. But it needs belts yeah but it's been well maintained and the "work" is all small stuff that I would do as a matter of course on any car tbh.

 

[Ray Gin]

I've driven further FLOL. Picked the fiesta up from Woking. But it needs belts yeah but it's been well maintained and the "work" is all small stuff that I would do as a matter of course on any car tbh.

Lol fair doos! I'll keep an eye on the updates.

 

[welshname]

Gates cambelt kit arrived today. Fingers crossed the aux kit is here tomorrow.

 

[JamesBryan]

Having you got the timing tools or borrowing some?

 

[welshname]

Borrowing some genuine ones. Picking them up tonight from a friend. Also going to attempt to pick up the pas pump, dogbone and maybe upper engine mount tonight

 

[welshname]

Aux belt kit has turned up today thank god. Last piece of the puzzle so I can crack on this evening/weekend.

Auxbelt Kit by welshname, on Flickr

 

[Cub.]

You doing the waterpump?

 

[welshname]

Nah, just the PAS Pump.

It's perfectly fine and if it gets noisy or starts leaking £54 for the whole aux setup again isn't the end of the world.

 

[Clart]

I'd 100% be doing the dephaser too.

 

[Jon.G]

How much is the dephaser these days, I'd have bought one too even though there is no noise now. You just never know with these things.

I need to sort my PAS out tomorrow morning then I'll fire round to help you (weather permitting)

 

[welshname]

Yeah no worries and they're about £130 for the dephaser.

 

[Mr R.]

£120 from Adam.

 

[jesus]

I bought the Trophy with the belts just done. I got them done again straight away as they didn't do the dephaser. Worth doing!

 

[welshname]

Got on with stripping the rest of bits down tonight. Pas pump off and swapped over (took over an hour just to get that done, was a nightmare to get off, then a nightmare to get back on.) Took ages and ages to get the new one on until I realised if I put the top bolt in I could tap it round that as a pivot point.

Got the top and bottom belt covers off but I'm now stuck as I can't find my torque wrench. Going to have to either buy another or borrow one. FML.

 

[Matthew]

Defo do the dephaser and waterpump at the same time if you can.

 

[Jon.G]

Got on with stripping the rest of bits down tonight. Pas pump off and swapped over (took over an hour just to get that done, was a nightmare to get off, then a nightmare to get back on.) Took ages and ages to get the new one on until I realised if I put the top bolt in I could tap it round that as a pivot point.

Got the top and bottom belt covers off but I'm now stuck as I can't find my torque wrench. Going to have to either buy another or borrow one. FML.

I'll bring mine round. Need anything else?

 

[welshname]

A new back after tonight. In agony lol!

Think that's everything tbh. Drop me a text in the morning when you're free. I'll probably be making a start on getting the old belt, tensioners and pulleys off tbh.

 

[JoeyD]

Fingers crossed, it's correct!

 

[JamesBryan]

Cranked it over by hand to see if it's right?

Coolant is low too!

 

[welshname]

Yeah. Joey is just being paranoid. He spent all day going "oh dear" whenever a bolt was touched.

And yeah it's low. Going to flush it in a week or two anyway so I'll probably just top it up with water for now.

Tomorrow I'll get the aux done and refil the PAS system and see how we get on. The weather today made things a little more time consuming than I'd hoped.

 

[Gally]

Lovely project Rhys.

I'm a massive Monaco fan.

 

[welshname]

Cheers. It looks like a shed on my drive, but I promise it's pretty clean FLOL!

 

[JoeyD]

Turn it over. Be reet.

 

[aucky]

Not hanging about with this!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Have you changed the dephaser and the waterpump ?

New sparks ?

What about the pistons ?

 

[welshname]

Not hanging about with this!

Too right. I'm just getting these done along with the PAS to get it on the road. In a week it'll be getting a full service.

Have you changed the dephaser and the waterpump ?

New sparks ?

What about the pistons ?

Swapped the gearbox too, and the subframe, and the engine, and the car...

 

[Jon.G]

First mod: Sidelight removal. Done.

 

[welshname]

FLOL! Forgot you two pikeys got your hands on the headlights. Like I said, I was going to do them as soon as I picked the car up but it was late and I was tired so hadn't bothered yet.

Cheers for your help today. I'd have been screwed without a second pair of hands.

 

[Jon.G]

No probs. Always like to get stuck.

 

[JoeyD]

Lol can't see through the lens anyway. Misty as fwark!

 

[welshname]

Yeah, that headlight is faded badly. Needs a lot of correction tbf but that comes after it can be driven again.

 

[aucky]

I have a spare pair of Xenons for spare/repair if you want them cheap? Something rattles inside, I've never bothered to look at what needs replacing.

 

[welshname]

So. There are zero pictures but everything is up and running. It's been a long weekend but it's paid off.

Massive thanks to Jon.G JoeyD and Jonff for their help, would have been very stuck without more than one pair of hands. Also cheers to Scrooge for some on the phone help even though he was busy doing other stuff at the unit.

I've just quickly cleaned the car and now I'm cleaning myself before going out and enjoying a proper drive in it.

 

[Jon.G]

Anytime bruv. Enjoy

 

[Jonff]

Nae bother. Although I'm going to be having nightmares about PAS fluid for the rest of my life LOL!

 

[welshname]

That was one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen. I'd been saying all along that the PAS was the thing I was most worried about being okay and then at the most tense moment imaginable...VOLCANO!

Was putting the car back together today after Jon had left and saw what looked like a "G" on my brake lines, so I wiped them with my hoodie to find these hidden underneath.

Hidden Gem by welshname, on Flickr

They were that covered in s**t that without close inspection they just looked like standard lines! Very happy with that as it was on my list of things to do.

 

[welshname]

Bit of a slow one at work today so got a list together of things I want to do/purchase next month:

Jobs to do. by welshname, on Flickr

Pretty long list but it'll be worth while I think.

 

[Scrooge]

Great progress dude!

 

[JamesBryan]

Not do the oil, filter and spark plugs when you did the belts?

Did my dogbone mount yesterday, tried to do it without a vice... top tip, use a vice. I did in the end.