Project onthecheap

[Piggy]

Chemical metal reet

[Eeyore]

A cracking find there...

[Piggy]

A cracking find there...

Yeah 
Something to get my head round for fixing

[Eeyore]

A cracking find there...

Yeah 
Something to get my head round for fixing

good opportunity to plug your videos too...

[Piggy]

Sunny this evening...so did a bit cosmetically to the old gal...while I wait for a belt.
Got numberplate lights done and numberplates. Made a huge difference on the look of it. So much neater.
Pair of genuine peugeot numberplate fittings, covers and lamps £5.70 delivered! Win. £18 for both plates.
Also debadge rear and sides.

Also fitted little trim under handbrake, the cowling around the steering column which was missing and properly fitted the stereo which was just slotted in.

Pics:

                           

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And the need to next fix this:

   

And paint this black:

   

Also on list for next couple days is fit the new aux belt, yet to arrive, fit brand new pirrelli and the 10mm fuel lines...banjo also arrived:

   

[Piggy]

Got the "new" pirrelli on there today. Started the 10mm fuel lines but not finished that yet.

   

[Frosty]

Good stuff piggy, this is the great thing about 306s on a budget it's still surprising how much you can do to these cars

[Piggy]

Made mistake of ordering m14x1.5 banjo/bolt for the bosch inlet...need a m12. Silly tom306 for saying m14 on a very old thread i found in archives! Teach me for being lazy and not just measuring it.

So 10mm lines will have to wait their completion till next week.
Then hope to sort the loom(fixing rpm issue), fit the mint steering wheel that arrived today from Jonny, gut the cat and do a decent job of the exhaust and its ready to go.

Found this while cleaning the pickup.....worst I've ever seen...

   

Trickiest bit of fitting the 10mm line...donated from the racetractor is at least done...

   

[Piggy]

Having "issues" trying to get the rpm gauge to work...

   

But got some touch ups done on the back end:

   

Also fitted a "mint" steering wheel...its not so much but its better than the old one!

Exhaust next... May have to leave the rpm gauge issue to another day...the new owner loves wiring diagrams...so he can enjoy that one!

...almost ready for him now

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Oh yeah...r/c/l didnt work. Dont have the card either to recode unfortunately

[Piggy]

So a genuine item arrived today...all be it, only one, they sending another, their fault. Mist jets...third times a charm?
Anton said get the one that say "fiat" and sure enough I did and they were sealed in a genuine fiat/lancia packet.

But fitted to right side...note the spray difference.

   

Also rebodged the bodged exhaust.
Now has a center box and a center box as a back box.
Now doesnt vibrate or look like it will go puff in orange dust

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And a money shot... Little low at back due to boot of tools.

   

Got a aux belt to refit, tmic, clocks back in as cannot seem to get rpm going...

Then its wait for owner to collect...if I have a moment i may do a diy quickshift and gut the cat

[MY95]

Why a TMIC over FMIC Piggy? cost?
Ive got those Fiat washer jets, really good!

[Piggy]

Why a TMIC over FMIC Piggy? cost?
Ive got those Fiat washer jets, really good!

Coz it has a tmic.

And i dont have fmic

The lad is guna make his own mani adapter...later mod

[MY95]

Fair dos, crack on progress looking good! next few plans for this? or is the budget gone over already aha?

[Piggy]

We over £250. Think at about £292.
But he said max £300.
So all good.
I've got no more time tbh. Need to get on with FCS prep

[MY95]

Thought you might have been over the budget by now, done quite a bit for that budget though!

[pioneer DJ paddy]

Good work piggy lol looking well

[Piggy]

So had go ahead to finally black mask front lights. That and the cat being gutted and quick wash and my work here will be done...

Till we (I) build a rather epic ultimate onthecheap reliable veg burning engine and we fmic that.

[Piggy]

   

Its raining, so Im fighting silicone with oven aid

[Piggy]

Done.
All needs a clean n polish naturally...but hey ho.

   

Just the cat removal and pump the junk out the tank and put some less black gunge in!

[tim 306td]

Top work piggy its amazing what you can do on these without spending fortunes

[Piggy]

Also laquered the black on the rear lights...once its fully cured I'll flat it and polish then should blend in with the glass a little better

   

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Top work piggy its amazing what you can do on these without spending fortunes

Aye...
Doing the lights inc paint, laquer and some silicone cost about £6 as didnt use more than half a can of black, quick coat of laquer and some cheap silicone.

[cully]

MOT fail covering the reflectors

[Piggy]

Oh yeah...taken chance to renew any bad, not blown, bulbs (lamps) for future proofing if you will.

   

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MOT fail covering the reflectors

Ah but they aint the reflectors judt a design feature

...but thankyou for positive and encouraging constructive criticism

[Piggy]

Flushed the fuel system..pumped it dry and then added 5 litres of petrol...pumped dry...
Then added 20litres of white derv and had the return draining from pump till it came out clear.

   

Also...home brew quickshift.reduced throw by 20mm and it cost... £0.00. Just a piece of metal tube I got for free at metal merchants, big of grinder and welding. Win

   

[tigerstyle]

That's the yearly tax for this cost?

the paint over the rear lights isn't for me..

[Toms306]

I don't see the point in changing some working bulbs that will blow at some point for some more working bulbs that will blow at some point.

Surprising what you can do on that budget though.

[Piggy]

That's the yearly tax for this cost?

Not sure I understand the question?

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I don't see the point in changing some working bulbs that will blow at some point for some more working bulbs that will blow at some point.

Surprising what you can do on that budget though.

Picture doesn't show it...but the couple I replaced were going quite black...ready to blow

[Toms306]

He meant 'whats' the yearly tax. £145 a year if it was a hdi I assume.

[Piggy]

Was a dw8... So full wack I think

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Just checked...£185 a year

[Toms306]

Lol, wonder who decided they didn't want power, economy or cheap tax when that was new then!