Kelvin berry

Hoping this is the right place to post but being a technophobe I'm not sure, but anyway I've booked for the saturday for my wife myself and my car, plus show plaque..

Im lookingfor day entry on saturday for my wife myself and my car, which category do I book through please.

Ok Greg, will do where do I find it?

I'm gonna take the dash out tomorrow and then I'm gonna take a video of the state of it all after I've removed the wings, if I can attach it on here I will do so you can all see thecondition of the car now. I'm really considering breaking it now because every job I try and do ends up to have been attempted already , half the wiring was disconnected behind the dash and some of the nuts were missing, once the soundproofing comes out I'll nook at the state of the bulkhead if it's rusted it's game over.

4 hours ago, Greg said:

Back from my hols......currently trapped a nerve in my neck so that has meant the same progress to my projects as before....nadder

Kelvin, as Andy says anything is savable, its whether its for economic or emotional reasons.  Mk2s have historically only be restored / saved for emotional reasons, but the tide is turning a little.

Ouch not nice having a trapped nerve hope you feel better soon greg, have decided not to get the ascona , am now not in a position to do the work on it and the  cav.

Yeah its gold, but lost the original post so can't find the pics, it's down Romford way somewhere, have just been informed that it might have been damaged on front before , the rear offside wheel arch has completely disappeared and the inner looks rough.

HELP!! Need a bit of grounding , I've got the chance of buying an opel ascona y reg, do I buy it and breaking for spares or do I buy it and do it up or is it to much to take on while I'm doing the lx , any advice would be greatly appreciated. ..

Not givingup no way,  yeah paid membership up about 2 month back so hope to see some faces to put to names on Saturday. 

Spent two days cleaning out scuttle and drain plugs searching for my leak, think I've found it coming in through the brake pedal at the back of the servo , so I think that's gotta come out to reseal it.

Best laid plans and all that,  what with one thing and another I've not had time to look at my car,  to say I'm not happy is an understatement,  I've ordered parts for it which didn't turn up when expected,  been unwell , and rain put a stop to it as well, it's my wife's birthday tomorrow and I'm spending time with her, so fingers crossed for good weather on Saturday and the parts to actually do some work on it. 

7 minutes ago, Greg said:

Perfect.....get the pics up and we will try to assist where needed.

Gotta strip the dash out to find a leak, hope it's not the screen.

Pics to follow...

I've got a week off work soon and I'm gonna be spending the time on my car getting some jobs done at last..

9 hours ago, chris m said:

Awesome John....I just need a working cav to take full advantage. Thanks for the update. 

I' in the same boat chris m.

Looks to be a good size , I've never been to one so hoping to have a good time and hopefully get a few bits ..

20 minutes ago, vxcalibre said:

as far as I know, they will be the same on all except 2 door........

Thanks I'll  have to have a look see if I can get them to sit properly. .

On 04/04/2018 at 19:34, vxcalibre said:

ive got the same problem, a bracket spotwelded for the dash has partly come away behind the clocks. its on my to do list

 

have an assistant with a hose outside,  douse the roof +screen etc while you hunt the 

On 05/04/2018 at 12:44, Greg said:

Ironically Kelvin, the rust holes in the footwells let this water out, so welding them up shows the issue.

Just had the sills and arches turn up, the arches are ok but the sills are for a 4 door now I'm wondering if they will fit or not..

44 minutes ago, vxcalibre said:

ive got the same problem, a bracket spotwelded for the dash has partly come away behind the clocks. its on my to do list

 

have an assistant with a hose outside,  douse the roof +screen etc while you hunt the leak.......

I'l try anything to find out where it' getting in.

3 hours ago, andy said:

If your dash is snug to the screen rubber, leave dash in, you'll never get it as back under the rubber as factory! Close, but never the same...

I think the dash has been out before as there's a gap between that and the screen and the edge of it is beginning to separate, I've a horrible feeling that the screens got to come out and be resealed.

41 minutes ago, vxcalibre said:

drop the interior light and visor, and the lining carefully, you'll get an idea if the roofs leaking from its front drains

I've checked the head lining and that's dry, have been contemplating taking the dash out and checking the bulkhead  before I do anymore to the Interior. 

45 minutes ago, andy said:

Even when my 130s scuttle drain rubbers were bunged up the motor didn't leak into the cabin, but I guess all are different! There should be a pretty good deal on the lock of rubber the motor sits on.

The sunroof should drain into the rear quarters, unless for some strange reason pipes were disconnected?

Water in footwell maybe a windscreen rubber?

Have checked sunroof drainage and mine had 4 drainage points, one in each corner. Have wondered if drain pipes have detached or leak.

The screen rubber looks to be sound. 

Woke up this morning to find puddles in both my footwells , have been checking the usual places ie winscreen door seals scuttle drains  it they seem ok,  i'm wondering if it could be the sunroof drainage as there was a little bit of water on the A post, has anybody come across this before help and advice needed please..

Good point, I've had the welder to look at other footwell and he said it's solid but still the jobs keep mounting up. Lol..

I see what you mean Greg dj2 , the mot guy seems to think it's not to bad on the outside. But will be looking into it further..

All it needs now is to be cleaned up and painted white I think it looks a lot better than it did..

The floors all welded and looking really good , I'm so excited now I can carry on with the restoration,  he only charmed me £60.