Andyg's Colgate Wagon Project thread

[dest]

They look good, needs some spacers on the front though

[Acidburn]

Looking good on them, reminds me of lee's avant.

Take the tints off yourself, start at one corner and just peel them off, thats what i've done in the past.

[andyg plym]

So today I fitted a set of really good condition A8 sport alloys.The bbs LM reps are not easy to keep clean and I thought best to remove for the remainder of the winter.The A8's have very good tyres..
What do we think?




The Le Mans will go back on in the spring and I am still toying with the idea of gold centres on them.....hmmmm

one thing is for certain....I have decided that at some point the tints have to go...I much prefered it when I owned it before when it had the Foliatec silver tints that were more subtle....(yes thats right even with the lurid paint job it can still look subtle)

[rynaqui]

If i makes you feel any better, I failed my MOT yesterday - German Plates got picked up for the first time in 4 years
I Sellotaped a set of standard paltes over and took it back 10 minutes later

[Error404]

Lucky escape wth the crank sprocket mate, you only get one of those!

If i makes you feel any better, I failed my MOT yesterday - German Plates got picked up for the first time in 4 years
I Sellotaped a set of standard paltes over and took it back 10 minutes later

[Christophski]

Sorry to hear that bud but nothing you can't sort. Good spot and good luck!

[rynaqui]

Close call there

Lucky here, most VRT/MOT testers are very lenient. Our company uses one specific vendor, gets the cars through a vrt in 5 minutes or so

But then the roads here are quite horrible, I have to be careful where I pass from with the S2

[andyg plym]

No crank bolt still tight and it was thread locked at the time too just didn't think you had to do same with sprocket bolts

[s2_bo]

Lucky escape on the crank sprocket bolts!
Was the crank bolt lose too? If so you need to replace the sprocket asap as the woodruff key will most likely be stressed if not cracked.

Annoying about the MOT, good luck getting it sorted!

[andyg plym]

Well what a nightmare day.....

these cars most certainly give you very good highs and incredible lows!

First off,last night noticed a clunking coming from the bottom of the engine area,it incresed with the revs.On inspection this morning I suspected the noise to be the bottom pulley,bearing in mind I had just replaced the cambelt....
look what I found

Anyone spot anything missing?Talk about 9 lives! I removed the front end and noticed that the damper part of the pulley had play in it.The other 3 also must of worked loose.So having matched up a bolt to use I made sure on using thread lock this time round,I wasn't aware that you had to on these bolts?

Anyway,moving on and today was also the dreaded MOT day...I read recently on the forum that its very rare an S2 goes through problem free and mine was no exception.Failed on:

rear wheel bearing
number plate bulb
tiny split on brake hose flexi
Rear braking system uneven
O/S sill needs welding....

Thats right....welding...2 small holes on the sill,FFS!!! I have only heard of 1 other S2 needing sills welding (S2_bo's) I wonder if being sat in a yard for 3+ years doing nothing hasn't helped?

On the plus side the tester passed it with no cat on it,he said as it was an import its excluded from needing a cat,even though it passed on emissions anyway.

Bit of a naff shot this next one but you can almost see the pearlescent coming through,I have never had a camera able to show this ever,if you look near the petrol cap you can just about make it out,but in the flesh it completely changes colour


I can't wait for it to be back on the road,hopefully by the weekend,at least I am slowly getting there,the engine just runs so smooth now! Still need to get the oil light issues sorted which I think I will just replace the 'cotton reel' and the sender under it as you can get them quite cheap now.

Next plan is....and I can't believe I am considering this but I **may** un-lower it

I am pig sick of the 5hit roads where I live..

[andyg plym]

Have you tested the voltage off the alternator to see if its working correctly?
Was the clutch OK in the end Andy?

not had a chance to rewire it yet

clutch is spot on!! Just unbelievably light!!

decided to refit the green doorcards as I finally sold the black leather interior to a new forum member

[Error404]

Have you tested the voltage off the alternator to see if its working correctly?
Was the clutch OK in the end Andy?

[targus]

check the alternator connections

[Timon]

Good job, Nice colour

[andyg plym]

Finally......its all back in one piece



had a couple of issues arise,the oil pressure and oil temp aux gauges were not working properly,just had a play with the big multi connectors on the bulkhead and at least got the oil pressure working.
The temp gauge maybe down to the dodgy connection on the spade connector on the actual sender.
Battery light stays on though,odd.vdo gauge reads just under 14 which tells me all is ok
just need to install V stream chips and 3 bar vmap

yes I know....I need to sort the bumper out