HSK: Tony's Blagg

Haven’t really started fixing this car as yet.
Ordered a new fuel filter (Z518),
Found the system from the other white car – tank, pump, filter and lines;
Plan now is to clean out / check these lines and tank and install into RSR550, with the new filter and soft lines.

Am not sure about the fuel pump yet, the above pump isn’t the stock one, I’m not sure of the LPH needed for a replacement. The one currently in RSR550 has allegedly been changed but I don’t know what too — and the tank needs to be dropped to check, and has 27L of fuel in it.

Headed out to the Mighty Car Mods (unofficial) Meet tonight,
Earlier in the day went to Mikes and hammered the rear guards a bit as I’d noticed the tyre has been hitting.

On the way down at the Stirling turn off bridge I ran out of fuel :(, managed to limp the 500 or so metres to the Crafers BP and filled up. Drove the rest of the way to the meet at Gepps Cross no problems (25k’s). Stayed there for about 1.3hrs and headed back towards home.

Did Hindley and Rundle :P, but when I went to take off at Hutt St it died in the ass – same lack of fuel. RAA man hit the tank with a hammer and it got going again and I made it the 35ks home.

Un-complied, incomplete.

Things to do:

• Remove windscreen for cowl and roof rust repair
• Paint engine bay new colour
• Add new bump stops to new front struts
• Press out rear control arm bushes
• Do another lot of powder coating
• Tar front road facing body
• Install new front control arms and suspension
• Rebuild steering rack with new bush
• Install outer tie-rod ends
• Remove old sound deadening from interior
• Install new dynamat in interior
• …. and many more things 🙁

Registered, fuelled, driven.

Things to do:

• Swap doors with other white Alto
• Swap tailgate with other white Alto
• Get rear ‘seat’ re-trimmed with later style colours
• Install boost gauge on steering column
• Rebuild/swap steering rack
• Install new outer tie-rods (Chinese ones still haven’t left China..)

Ordered 2 sets of outer tie-rods from a Chinese company for possibly both Altos.
Total cost delivered matches cost of 2 genuine ones – undelivered.

If I’m unimpressed with the quality I’ll only use them on RSR550 and go genuine for RSR660

Update: Enquired about order status; received refund due to parts NLA