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The parts I need to fix the oil leaks have finally arrived and I can start moving forward with the project again

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In there is the speedo drive o-ring and seal and also a new power steering hose, will be fitting them as soon as I get some time (hopefully this week) and get the car back on the ground to get that exhaust sorted out

Awesome project so far mate. Look forward to your posts!

thanks mate, unfortunately at the moment it's little job that must be done before I can get back into the bigger jobs

Friday I fitted the power steering hose and the seals for the speedo drive, but for the awd piston in the back of the box there is no seal,

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So I pulled it out and ran a bead of sealant around it and put it back in

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I then filled the fluids back up and started the car to bleed the power steering and left it up on the stands. Im going away for a week so will leave it up there and check for any signs of leaks when I get home, it should all be good and I can move onto other things

  • 2 weeks later...

I'm back from my holiday and went out to the garage cause the car was left on the stands and its dry under there, so the oil leaks are all fixed and I can move on

While I had it in the air I knew it required new castor rods cause it would squirm under brakes and really didn't feel safe at all. I had a set sitting around from a front cut I had years ago, they aren't damaged at all and decided to throw them on. 41580F8E-B3BF-4FF4-9969-68C1691B18AE.jpg That's a photo of the old ones showing how flogged out they were
A8D99E18-CF3A-497E-A3A1-37456936598E.jpg And the replacements now in the car :)

  • 1 month later...

Woke up this morning to the post man dropping something off and I ended up with this box

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Was very happy cause I knew what was inside of it

B664247D-CCE5-442A-9B91-F8C545ADE0D4.jpg It's was my 2x3>3.5in midori front pipes and the final piece I needed for my new exhaust and after all this wait here is what I've gone with

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It's midori front pipes, venom 3.5in 100cpi cat and a kakimoto 3.5in stainless cat back. Now being a typical Japanese exhaust the center muffler is actually only 3in, so I bought a magna flow muffler to replace it and ensure the whole exhaust it 3.5in

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