Classic Alfa Forums

Just so we can keep things all nice and confusing, I've figured we could start a thread where we could all post some pictures of what we've been working on each day

However, we can only post car related stuff here, so no pottery or cup cake recipes please

Please note that anything Bacon related is also a go !


I'll go first


Yesterday I was working on my S3 Sprint for a change !
Fitted the ignition and calbes, steering column and steering wheel, pedals and pins, secured the dashboard in place, and I was trying to figure out what to do with the radiator.

Then, I got excited and I stepped outside to work on my 75TS which had no dashboard or wiring.
However, I've got no pictures of that, so I'll just post pictures of my Sprint's work and some bacon instead of the 75 ...

And yesterday I was working on a citroen ds21

Managed to start the engine last month, and last night I managed to get the suspension lifting and lowering as it should

Woah it's being held up by a plastic bottle.

Supercharged16v wrote:
Please note that anything Bacon related is also a go !...

Not to disappoint .... and given you said it was ok ....

hahahahahahahaha

Good replies ! :p


So... YESTERDAY, I was working on rebuilding a pair of SOLEX carbs for a Spider S2 :p

I can post a picture of them later, but I think you've all seen carbs before

Yesterday I was buying parts for and working on this........

what is this ?

jag based kit car? 3.8? 4.2? 6 pot anyway, old smiths gauges, XJ6 base?

Ronart W152?

Not seen one of those for a while.

Lauren

Lauren and Kev are correct - Ronart with an XJ6 3.4 Jaguar running gear - and yes triple Webers with ram pipes - Do I have a thing about these??

I think you mixed your projects up Phil, coz I doubt that Jag engine would go in your red Sprint

where there's a will there's a way, you know that Chris!

not strictly yesterday, as it was tuesday, but i was doing this.


can anyone tell me the car, and what the front end was taken off to do....

hmmm....

well as far as I can tell, you removed the front end so you could do the belts, but what car.....


... it actually looks .... GERMAN

VW Corrado ?
Change lightbulbs ?

yes chris, whole front end off to do the cambelt.

that's bumper skin, headlamps, A/C rad, water rad, powers steering cooler, front panel etc etc

just to do the ruddy cambelt

also right on it being from the "best" car makers, german.

an audi A4 2.0 tdi

at least once everything was off access wasn't an issue






good guess on the head light bulbs jo, some cars are not far off as silly!

"good guess on the head light bulbs jo, some cars are not far off as silly!"

You must be referring to a Renault Megane!!

That pic of the A4 has confirmed that I will never again consider buying an A4 2.0 diesel. That's bonkers.

Veesix75 wrote:That pic of the A4 has confirmed that I will never again consider buying an A4 2.0 diesel. That's bonkers.

Well then something good came out of that picture
What year is it?

vecchioalfa wrote:"good guess on the head light bulbs jo, some cars are not far off as silly!"

You must be referring to a Renault Megane!!

Isn't is a wheel off job for a Megane ...

SteffenJ3316V wrote:

Veesix75 wrote:That pic of the A4 has confirmed that I will never again consider buying an A4 2.0 diesel. That's bonkers.

Well then something good came out of that picture
What year is it?

think it was a 2008 from memory

Bonkers. You can see why servicing costs are so astronomical. Another good reason not to buy a modern car!

Lauren

Well, yesterday I started working on the S2 33 I got last week...

First thing's first, I swapped the ugly metal wheels with the alloy ones of the convertible one and blew some air into the tyres.
Overall condition of the car seems to be in good shape, but the rear wheels are pointing at the wrong direction :/
I hope its just the rear hubs or even the complete rear axle for that matter, instead of being something bent on the chassis underneath...


Next step will be to replace the fuel tank and some fuel hoses, put some petrol in it, and see if I can save this engine.
Been told by previous owner that this engine has no compression, but still.... I got to see for myself

KevJTD wrote:not strictly yesterday, as it was tuesday, but i was doing this.


can anyone tell me the car, and what the front end was taken off to do....

Bit late now but you don't have to remove front panel and rads you get two long m8 bolts and put them in were the bumper bar bolts and slide it all forward same for Vw passats and most audis I've done to many to remember

Simonsud wrote:

KevJTD wrote:not strictly yesterday, as it was tuesday, but i was doing this.


can anyone tell me the car, and what the front end was taken off to do....

Bit late now but you don't have to remove front panel and rads you get two long m8 bolts and put them in were the bumper bar bolts and slide it all forward same for Vw passats and most audis I've done to many to remember

did see that but couldn't see why you'd want to leave the front panel there after taking everything off and still struggling with access.
for a little more effort the belt change was a doddle, time saved that way.

Agree to some degree but it can take just as long to get air out of cooling system and regas air con than doing whole job

Simonsud wrote:Agree to some degree but it can take just as long to get air out of cooling system and regas air con than doing whole job

fair point, was doing water pump too so draining/filling the cooling system was gonna happen anyway.

stil a pita job though

would much rather do a sud

Yesterday I got the Ronart back from the spray shop.

not as nice as yours phil, but not a bad one for me to mot yesterday

lovely condition

a 1964 model, very low mileage. just turned a milestone with me at the wheel