TC's V70R resurrection thread.

[Tomcat]

Thanks guys, hope to get these done for the weekend, then just have to hope they dont rub too much,lol.

[martybelfastt5]

rims look great !

[AndysR]

Nice updates, missed your previous one too. Have to say rear bumper looks phenomenal

[Tomcat]

Thanks Andy.. I've just had a read back through and apparently I missed a rather crucial update a good while back...

Car now has a fully rebuilt turbo on it. After buying a kit off Ebay so I could fit new seals and bearings to the turbo to stop it smoking I eventually realised that the shaft on the turbo was knackered, it was sent off to a specialist who sourced a good second hand shaft, fitted the new bearings and seals and also balanced it for a very cheap price.


Dissasembled.


Stripped.


Worn Shaft.


Rebuilt and balanced core

Hopefully this isnt a repost as I only looked back as far as September last year, I think it got fixed after that,lol..

[Tomcat]

Ooops.. Missed this as well...

Back in January..

Finally!!!!.. On Thursday I managed to get all my rear brakes replaced, new discs,pads, handbrake shoes, new fitting kit for the shoes, new handbrake cables. Took most of the morning as it was peeing down on and off (including hail at one point), I had to cut the old cables off with a grinder as they just wouldnt budge due to being completely worn through and siezed. Discs had seen much better days, they where badly scored and pitted, all nice and shiny and new now..

Forgot to take any after pics ( I know.. the best bit).. but here's some before pics..


Box of Goodies.


uugh.. Slightly worn then..


Yup that's had it too..


In bits..

All sorted now and back together.

[merc85]

well done mate she's getting there

[Tomcat]

Thanks, yeah she's a hell of a lot further along than I thought would be possible. Still plenty to do but that list is definatley getting a lot shorter.

[Tomcat]

Wheels are now finished and back together again, sadly I have one wheel that has four bolts that wont tighten up and another that just has the one. All bolts have thread lock on them to stop the unfastening, the five that wont fighten up at all I'm going to try some PTFE tape on them to get them to grip, as long as they tighten up a bit I'll be happy, at the moment all five are just loose and spinning.

[WOODY T5]

Looking good mate ad a couple off bolts go on my wheels when ad them done but no probs up too now tho

[Tomcat]

Looking good mate ad a couple off bolts go on my wheels when ad them done but no probs up too now tho

Thanks bud. I wouldnt worry but the four that are loose are all on the same wheel and near each other. I'll try with the PTFE Tape tomorrow. Just hope they'll run ok as they've got 235's fitted.

[Tomcat]

Well, wheels are now fitted, finally fitted a new front splitter and cleaned her up a bit..

[LiamT4]

Looking good.

[martybelfastt5]

great transformation tc!

[Volvostorm]

It looked stunning today mate!

[Tomcat]

It's been a busy couple of weeks with the car recently, got a few jobs done and some tidying up. I'm still working on getting rid of the intermitant ABS light and also getting the handbrake to actualy work properly (even though it's almost all new parts). Last weekend I swapped out the rear ABS sensors as they where coming up as faulty/intermitant, this was a complete pig of a job as it requires the fuel tank to be moved out of the way to get the wires past it, I also replaced the short length of fuel pipe from the tank to the filter which had been bodged when I bought the car. The fuel pipe was relatively easy to swap out as it was just a push fit at both ends, the abs sensors where a bloody nightmare though as the actual sensors where seizes in on both hubs, nothing some brute force and ignorance with a hammer couldnt rectify though.

The old (Bodged) fuel pipe and battered ABS sensors


Brakes after painting, I used silver as it was the only colour I had handy, glad I did though as it seems to go well with the wheels.






Also got around to fitting the rear lights I bought off Dan, had a few problems with these as one of them arrives broken, managed to repair it though and thankfully it's not visible unless you open the boot. Could do with getting hold of a replacement upper left hand rear light though if anyone knows of any?.


And a quick one of the car at one of the recent shows, now with a splitter finally fitted too.


Still lots to do, I'm hoping to try and get some of the remaining little faults sorted over the coming weeks, the handbrake I now have an idea on, the abs I will have to try and work out why its still logging the rear sensors as faulty and the minor smoking issue I'm gonna check the PCV replacement to make sure it's been done properly.

[martybelfastt5]

looking great tc spotted the gas monkey sticker big fan of the show myself even got bought some of their clothing for a recent birthday lol take it the ptfe idea worked ok?

[Tomcat]

Thanks Martyn, yeah it worked a treat bud. Big fan of Gas Monkey, I ordered myself some clothing and a sticker recently, cost a small fortune considering how little I ordered. Next time I'm getting it sent to a friend of mine in the states, he'll then ship it over to me.

[AndysR]

Car is looking spot on Craig, like the wheels and I think you're right with the choice of brake colour complements the wheels nicely

On a side note I can believe that you've finally treated yourself to one of your own front splitters, it's only been around 6 years since you first started making them.... lol

[stribo]

Car's looking great Craig, mind you, I see more of it on Facebook than I do on here.

[Tomcat]

Car is looking spot on Craig, like the wheels and I think you're right with the choice of brake colour complements the wheels nicely

On a side note I can believe that you've finally treated yourself to one of your own front splitters, it's only been around 6 years since you first started making them.... lol

Lol. funny that isnt it?.. I normal just cant find the time to make myself one. Thanks though Andy, praise from you means a lot bud.