Yet Another Moonstone...

[Toms306]

Evening,

So a few of you know I recently bought my 12th 306...

A V plate HDi DTurbo in a crap colour but with the right amount of doors.

It came with a crank pulley in several pieces and a snapped cam belt. This is probably the most original 306 I've ever seen, never had the bumper/grill/hockey sticks off, never had the gearbox off, ALL wiring clips and plastic clips were still intact! Were before I got there anyway.

Don't really have many pics, but here's what I've done so far...

Firstly, strip down front end and remove knackered engine:



The broken crank pulley - good reason to not leave one knocking lol!





De-EGR'd, de-airconned and cleaned the bay.



Bought it some presents as ECP had a good sale on lol.



Shorter belt, 6PK1185.



Built up ready to go back in -





Did actually refit the loom before putting back as well but no pictures.

Back together but will it start first time? This engine came from the rear ended moonstone so hasnt been run for months. And surely I've cocked something up as usual...

http://youtu.be/KKS9wvnYf0g

Yay! Gotta be honest, I did not expect it to fire up that quick, if at all!

So back together...



Stick PP on to check why the EML's on...oh dear!



Turns out they were all previous faults except the EGR one (which I caused). So cleared them and light hasn't come back.

Overshadowed by the better coloured one...



Quick test on a private road and seems all good!





So current engine spec list is -

125k engine
Cambelt at 90k
New clutch cable, fork bushes and low milage clutch (Much nicer than the china clutch!)
Metal gear rods
De EGR
De air con
Full filter service
New genuine gaskets for inlet, exhaust and cat pipe


Interior extras -

Meridian leaf leathers
Sony Bluetooth headunit and Rockford fosgate door speakers courtesy of previous owner.


Current problems -

Leaking driveshaft seal - my own fault, forgot to buy any seals until it was too late
RCL stopped working today - will try resyncing first
Drivers rub strip clips broken - ordered clips
3rd brake light hanging out on one side
No oil level gauge on clocks, and cant reset service indicator, when trying to reset it flashes '-10-' but immediately flashes off again instead of counting down
Leaky front shocks, not sure how bad they are, will drive on them before deciding whether or not they need changed, don't seem bad from the bounce test.


So whats the plan for it? Well.... Possibly use it for a while, being as I've 'built' it up with good, checked parts and a low mileage engine, and the 3dr is causing a lot of practicality issues and still full of niggles, and 5dr seats are much more comfortable lol. The plan was to fix and sell on but I kinda like it so not totally sure yet tbh.