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By MountainRunner,
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Hey Guys,

I'm excited to report that Buffy is almost back to normal. (yes my cars name is Buffy the V8 slayer, I've watched early 1990's Bathurst reruns one too many times lol).

Anyway, I have had all four mag wheels rolled and repaired to get them round again. The process damaged the outside lip of the wheels so I painted them black. Not too sure if I like it or not at this stage and I am contemplating painting the rims just black. Any comments ?

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The guard has also been fixed and looks great. Just need to give her a full polish now.

Yesterday I was at Mick's from Signature Performance and we changed every fluid in the car. The front and rear diff oil was a bit burned along with the gearbox oil, the engine oil was bad and the 4WD oil was yuk. We did the proper bleed using the wire under the kicker panel to run the 4WD pump. The flow was sad for the first few runs of the pump but as the new oil came through the flow also improved. I'm hoping to notice a better response from the 4WD system next time I hit the track.

So next is a catch can and a tuning session on the dyno. Then I should be right for track day.

On the handling front, I have front camber adjusters coming and should be ready. I'll probably run the street tyres at the track to get a baseline of where I'm at.

Many of you know this has been a long process getting her back running. I can't wait to get into some cruises etc once she is all sorted.

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The rim repair guy is down the gold coast, his name is Noel 55376380. Price was really good. I just gave him all four wheels. Nice to not have that vibration anymore. I think they got damaged from age, potholes and ripplestrips.

She has been off the road for a while, the car was perfect until I started some mods that didn't go so well. But all of that has been sorted now and I have a two stage plan with Mick to get her where I want. Can't wait. I have missed so many cool events.

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