I forgot the following feeling:
Many times now (since I have the car) the following happens:
I make a step forward (and good progress) and then something happens and puts me back 2 steps which means im back at the beginning again.
Thats only happens when i come up with new ideas/projects and the fact that I want (and do) everything on my own on the car. (mechanical stuff, painting, electrical/wire jobs, etc etc)
Sometimes i really wonder why i dont just hand the car to someone else and let them do their work instead of going through all the struggle myself.
Im not a mechanic at all and before i got the 14 years ago, i basically had no mechanical knowledge whatsoever. I learned most of it in a "learning by doing" kinda way, which takes a lot of time and nerves.
I really do make my life harder with all of it but then on the other hand: it makes me incredibly happy and the passion and drive for it never stopped.
Anyway, enough of the that, i just wanted to give you some history to let you know why this weekend was rather frustrating.
I gave myself a new deadline: end of March/beginning of April. I will book the car for NCT around that time so she will be out on the road soon again.
This weekend i started to tidy a good few bits (front) and wires. I have the whole front off the car at the moment so it was easy enough to work away. One of the things that annoyed me for a while was the intercooler that has a slight movement (barely noticable actually) and all the wires in the engine bay.
So i started with the intecooler and pipes and made sure all is neat and bolt on perfectly fine. I also have 2 custom made intercooler brackets on the bottom of it so there is no movement. Looks kinda like this (its 2 of them):
http://i67.tinypic.com/mts8w5.jpg
But then....SNAP...one of the bolts actually snapped so now one side/bracket is loose. Not sure what to do now since half of the bolt is stuck as well so cant use the mounting point of the intercooler. Damit!
http://i67.tinypic.com/v3eizd.jpg
Trying to find out now if i can get some brackets made up for the top of the radiator to help mount it on from the top and not the bottom!
Pretty sure I saw them brackets somewhere before, just need to find out where to get them :(
Although the intercooler is still pretty neat and barely moves on the car but it annoys me that there is still some small tiny movement (HELLO ODC).
So thats a bit frustrating.
How the front looks at the moment: (nevermind the yellow tape, ran out of the black one ha)
http://i68.tinypic.com/etejyb.jpg
Also:
I got a frame made up for my standard passenger seat rails to fit my new seats. It is incredibly hard to find "ready-made" seat rails, im trying to find something for months!
So i was pretty deligthted when my buddy told me he could do something for me. He made the frame that i only needed to bolt onto the rails and then bolt the seat onto the whole lot to fit it.
Guys i was so excited! Did the whole lot yesterday.....
However, turns out the frame wasn't fitting properly, 1) the seat is way too high up 2) i could not bolt the rails into the chassis anymore since the frame wasn't angled properly. (after further inspection).
im so frustrated at this stage! Have a new pair of seats but cant get them to fit.
Maybe i should pick up on welding and metal-works, thats the only think i havent done yet...and do that myself too :(
More updates coming the next few days, feel like i wrote loads already :)