Updates SOON!

Have a few updates for ye and I promise I will post them soon :)

Evenings are dark and cold, perfect weather to get the blog (and forum thread) updated!


Soooooooooooooooooon, I promise!

The hardship (sometimes)

As promised here now all the updates from the last couple of weeks.

You might have read my last post which basically told you most of it already :D My S14 is fully road legal now!!


The last few weeks before NCT were some hardship I have to say.
Besides going to work 8hrs a day, trying to have a private life and meet friends (which never really worked, i’m so sorry!!), working on your career, visiting evening courses to educate yourself (including learning how to speak Japanese), taking care of my babies (dogs and boyfriend), i've also tried to get my S14 road worthy as fast as possible.

Im pretty sure there is people out there who have a far busier life and even kids/family and all that, but i must say it stressed me out big time and i basically had no time for anything else.
Now do i complain about it or wish it would have been any other way? HELL NO!

Besides all that (and being broke from buying more car parts), i’m pretty happy about all that. Well...now i am happy because now it is finally all worth it.
Everyday after work i find myself nearly running out of the office, to get my car and drive her home. With a big fat smile on my face. :)
All worth it.
 But what caused all the hardship that i actually somehow enjoyed?
 The car. A passion. A Hobby. Its my kind of mediation.
If you are a true car enthusiast you just live for it.
Sound weird doesn't it?

But what really caused me stress most of the time were unforeseen circumstances.
A hose that suddenly broke. A part that gave up. Something else i might messed up on my one. Lack of patience or time which caused me to hurry and make an unnecessary mistake.
It can be pretty frustrating at times and makes you seriously wonder: why do I do this again?

The worst part of it all was, to discover a nasty crack in the thermostat housing 4 days before NCT. Not only does this not work (car overheating) but it also leaked constantly which prevented me to somehow quick fix it (at least for NCT!)
In the end a worn hose clip caused me most of the trouble on the way to the NCT Centre (during the night), and I awkwardly had to stop 4 times on the way (within 20km) to put the intercooler hose back in place...who would have thought of a worn hose clip that suddenly gets loose!?
Anyway....
Also seat rails. I REALLY DONT LIKE SEAT RAILS.
I thought this would be all easy and straight forward...but once again...it is not haha.
They cost me so much time and nerves (not only me, i’m Sorry Denis and Timmy haha!), but in the end,  of course it worked.

But thats the thing... it always works in the end. Or at least in my case. I always try very hard to get it all don and sometimes maybe a bit too hard. And sleep? What is that? When i actually went for my NCT, i haven't slept 48 hours around that time because i was preparing the car, went to work, prepared the car, went to NCT (3AM!!) and back to work.
 But I also would like to simply say:
 First of all APOLOGIES to all my friends who didn't see me for a while...i simply had no time left.
 And THANK YOU for those people who helped me on short notice or helped me with certain tasks that i couldn't finish on my own.

All in All....i learned once again so much about my car. By now there is nothing that i would not do on my own.

Now i wrote way more about myself than about the car haha.

So to summarize:

-all lights/wiring issues sorted
-boot lock finally working again
-new very rare headlights finally fitted after i was hiding them for so long
- interior almost finished the way i wanted it too (carpet, new Sparco seats+harness)
-awesome dukes of hazzard-horn fitted (yep....thats right)
-discovered a problem with the subframe (more soon)
-fixed and fully upgraded my water cooling system (new waterpump,thermostat, thermostat housing, GKTech fan, belts etc)
-new bumper will be fitted soon as well (stay tuned for that one)
-new intercooler brackets (to hold them up)
-full new exhaust system

Pics tomorrow!

ROAD LEGAL! :D

Its been only a month since i update this, but it feels like forever and SO MUCH happened!

I will split ALL updates in more posts over the next few days because otherwise it simply gets too much :)

For now i would like to let you know though, that my baby is fully road legal now!

Since i couldn't attend the first round of IDC (half sick :( ), i thought i at least have to take her for a short spin today...the weather was just too good!
And i think i truly needed it after all the stress i had lately, so here we have two pictures.

More will follow soon!

Almost there! Now the wire-fun begins!

Hey guys,

its been a little while again since I updated my blog or the forums but that doesn't mean nothing has been done in the meantime.
I simply have no time to sit down and upload pictures and write about my progress. So much is going on in my life atm (which is all positive and good) and I have been working on Nessy in the meantime as well.

For all who are curious, I will give you a (picture-less) update now!

I have replaced the waterpump, thermostat and fan and put everything back together. Unfortunately i cracked the thermostat housing while putting it back, a new one is on the way already.
I ran into one problem while fitting everything, it was the fan catching slightly on one of the hoses. With some suggestions from the forum and some research I wanted to fix the problem but then the funniest thing happened.
Before I did some blocking of pipes, cutting etc, I actually just took all pipes off (intercooler pipes) and put them back on, but moved them slightly. With that little trick i was a bit playing around until i managed to clear the fan area. It is still very close to the hose (2mm) but will definitely do it now.
After that I had her up and running and everything went fine.

Since I have an aftermarket steering wheel (Personal) I had to get the horn sorted, so my S14 will pass NCT (MOT). Since electronics and wires are not my cup of tea, I asked a buddy for help, who did a fantastic job!
We also measured a few wires/plugs to see what was working and not which helped me learn more about my care and aallllllll the wires.

My next plan is now:

Fix (solder) the reverse light wires
Fix (solder) the indicator wires
Fix (solder) the washer wires


Not sure if the breaking-wire is a thing now with S-bodys or if its just my luck haha.

Not much is left now and I also booked an appointment with NCT in 3 weeks time.
That means in exactly 3 weeks she will be out on the road again!!

Stay tuned for that!!!!! :)

Cornelia

Valentine's selfie

A snapshot from today....while spending some quality time with my baby haha

Waterpump replaced, fan on

Latest update:

Almost everything is back on, but i discovered that the fan actually hits one of the hoses (top left corner on the pic)
Gonna see how i can tweek around that to make all the way free for the new fan :)

Many more plans ahead for this weekend as well :D

Picture update

Im almost there! Spent 2 hours in the unit last Sunday, it was sooo cold and I was all on my own :(
But thats fine :D

Only the belt and fan needs to go on and all is replaced then :)

Who can spot the rookie mistake tho? :(

Waterpump update

 Hey guys,

barely have time to update my blog but here we go :)

So as per last post, I was finally able to get off the pulley to reach the waterpump.

I took of the fan before violently using the crowbar, since it was completly stuck on it.

looked like this before:

 With some help of a friend, we got it off :).

Since I had to wait for the thermostat and belt until today, the waterpump+ the rest hasnt been replaced yet. That will happen tomorrow though :)

I also spent a lil bit of time on my indicators and corner lights. To treat them with a bit of love and polish to make them look cleaner again :)

Looks like this:

Tomorrow I will also do a few interior changes, stay tuned for that :D

So in my last post I wrote.....and did:

So the plan is: 

Getting the fan removed and replace the waterpump (which was the original task)

get seat rails for the Sparco seats   (got only one though)

put in the carpet and sort interior the way I like it (tomorrow)

Sort the issue with the left wheel (bit tucked in) and adjust the coilovers to have her nice and ready for NCT (MOT) in February.

Not too bad for now....cant wait for tomorrow now :)

More parts!

Hi everyone :)

i hope you had a good start into the new year?!

Mine certanly started awesome and continues to be good so far. But its only January, so lets have a look what I got.

In the meantime I received a few bits and pieces but I havent made a pic for every item/part.

However, this picture I can show you :) 

My brand new Gktech fan which should help keeping the engine nice and cool.

I still havent managed to get the old fan off, it is truly an act of violance by now haha.

I shall try my luck during the week again.

I as well got a brand new front bumper last month, which I wont show you yet because it will be something unusual and I cant wait to see if it will look as good as I picture it in my head :)

So the plan is: 

Getting the fan removed and replace the waterpump (which was the original task)

get seat rails for the Sparco seats 

put in the carpet and sort interior the way I like it

Sort the issue with the left wheel (bit tucked in) and adjust the coilovers to have her nice and ready for NCT (MOT) in February.

More pictures and updates soon :)