Project 854 Gul Manual

[Ettienne]

Looking awesome, one more sleep!!

[M-R-P]

Very nice

[Ettienne]

Just to complete my smugness, it passed mot with 1 advisory (slight oil leak)

Just taxed it, may have a small drive over the weekend.

[Hybusamini]

Looking good

[kmb]

Very nice indeed

[MoleT-5R]

very nice Steve, enjoy

[Ettienne]

Steve is bringing the car to the southern meet tomorrow

[moosepowerlee]

love gul 850s really wish I hadn't sold mine now

[Ettienne]

love gul 850s really wish I hadn't sold mine now

What was the reg number maybe it's still about

[moosepowerlee]

owned 2003 till end 2004 gul 854 auto if remember rightly was m172voo may have been 157 been looking through albums trying to find pics of her but think they are in loft so going to have to go have a rummage I think

[MoleT-5R]

Steve is bringing the car to the southern meet tomorrow

Sorry I won't be able to come and have a look, much as I like a run down there, but I won't make it back in time for work tonight.

[Ettienne]

Cleaned the gul today and looks excellent, steve drove through a rain storm with it on the way down to the meet.

Looks much better now and I've been sorting the flaky roof trims today.

Will post a pic when I get them back on after paint.

[Ettienne]

Did a bit more over last week or so and a few jobs to do as well, basically mechanical stuff:

Meyle drop links
Meyle ball joints (detachable type ally)
Polybushing wishbones
Front engine mount poly
Upper engine mount poly
Subframe inserts
Meyle fuel filter
Oil, oil filter change.
New Cambelt (gen volvo)
New water lines, heater matrix and turbo water return
New vac lines
New lesjford springs
Bilstein b6 struts
New spring mounts
Bolts in valves.
New number plates
New wiper blades

Realigning some panels

So it's been serviced well.

Next job is a bloody good clean, then it's off my hands.

Still need to decide what's I'm doing about brakes.

[Ettienne]

Still working through the list of bits to do, around half way now.

I decided to remove the annoying alarm today, cobra / spy ball, managed to get if sorted and just need to clean up the wiring.

[Ettienne]

So I actually managed today to fit the:

bilstein b6s
Lesjford springsalong
new spring mounts
Aluminium wishbones
Polybushes
Meyle ball joints
Strutbrace
Meyle drop links
Polybushed top mount
Polybushed gearbox mount
Rear exhaust mount refurbed
Poly subframe inserts

Had a quick look under the rear and anything that needed it (not much at all) got krusted and under sealed, steve did all the wheel arches and inner wings (outside) already.

I krusted the inner wings (engine bay side) where needed (not a lot at all).


The car now drives 100% better now

The car now sits level as the front spring mounts had collapsed on standard springs, so much so that it now sits higher on lowering springs lol.

Just very minor things now and it's finally finished!!

[Ettienne]

It's getting there and sitting much better now, stribo was the knackered spring mounts this morning, it's not been cleaned in the pic yet, which is about all that's left to do thank god.

[Nealevo]

Are you bringing it to the VT gaydon meet next month?

[Ettienne]

Are you bringing it to the VT gaydon meet next month?

No I'll just be finishing silly bits off and drive it on school run for 2 weeks then retire it.

[Ettienne]

Blacked the bumper trims up and washed her but not waxed yet.

[Ettienne]

I changed all the suspension just in time before mot, good to know I drove 300 miles with it like this.