Mole's Gul T-5R

[volvokid]

Looking good, I still want a gull

[foammanmark]

Cheers for posting the pics up, and I'll hopefully see her at the meet next Sunday.

[MoleT-5R]

Cheers for posting the pics up, and I'll hopefully see her at the meet next Sunday.

You most certainly will see her this Sundays meet

My old car...................

nice to hear there's another past owner on here, what number owner were you ?? I'm slowly tracing the history of the car, as and when info comes about

That looks a lot better, I think the guls look better with dark grey / black trim, darker than from the factory.

Thats the bumpers natural coloured finish Steve, no die used, In fact I was scrubbing the old die off.

I think I know the owner a few before yourself had 60k or less when he had it and the twr pics

Steve I now you've already given me loads of info on the car, but are you able to fill in any more blanks on my owner list below an I also have jct5r to add when I know his position in the ownership history

[MoleT-5R]

right small update time, spent a few hours in the garage busily claying, polishing and waxing before she attended the Throckmorton Airshow meet, where she was lucky enough to be the only Gul on display
DSC_0821 by moleadrian, on Flickr
DSC_1091 by moleadrian, on Flickr
any way enough of standing around taking pic's of shiny cars and aeroplanes and on to some bits and pieces that have been sat here awaiting fitting, firstly the suspension kit I had off Neil back in October really needed to be done and in the process a few issues that had arisen got addressed so it was a case of killing a few birds with one stone. There has for a long time been an annoying rattle present but only heard at low speeds and whilst stripping out the rear suspension found the rear arb had snapped with explained the rattle, so I thought I'd just grab the one out of the scrap v70 and fit that, but this is a way thinner item to the T-5R one (17mm as opposed to 21mm) but I have fitted it as a temporary measure as in my mine an arb is than no arb

then the old rear suspension....lol complete with 2 different rear shocks ????

and the new stuff

well arse end done and will be on the fronts tomorrow, then a little refresh on the discs and calipers

[Nealevo]

Well it's about time

[MoleT-5R]

Well it's about time

I like to do everything at the same time, hate doing job's twice (inc gearboxes...lol), I have been out for a run with the rear end sorted and have to report it is all quiet now and the rear is feeling nice and firm, but with a good responsive feel, now the front end feels wishy washy (if you can understand that) and washing out in hard corners, which will hopefully be sorted tomorrow when the front end gets it's new toys fitted and then some more test driving...

[foammanmark]

Great update Adrian, and I still miss that car.....................

[Hound]

Looks great Ade... the only Gul in the village!

[Nealevo]

It's amazing what you get used too, until you fit new items and then it all makes sense again.

[MoleT-5R]

Great update Adrian, and I still miss that car.....................

I love it and she gets people talking, everyone seems to have some story to tell about a Gul when you meet them at a show or somewhere you've gone in her

Looks great Ade... the only Gul in the village!

It certainly is....trouble is everybody knows who it is around our way, she doesn't blend into the background like some other cars...lol

It's amazing what you get used too, until you fit new items and then it all makes sense again.

the green bitches suspension is way worse than the Guls, but I'm so used to it I really can chuck it about, it really surprises people in lighter modern cars when a 2 ton brick can beat them though the lanes around here, bring on the coilovers that I had hoped to fit this year.....oh well always next year

[Ettienne]

They certainly are an attention grabber, I've been using mine more and more it gets attention, where as the sonic p2 just gets over looked.

[MoleT-5R]

and my other Gul's got alot of interest too a Throckmorton, as I was putting them out I had a couple of people wanting to know if I was selling the models, could have made a good few quid if I had a supplier...
DSC_0757 by moleadrian, on Flickr

[craigoodwood]

do you want a set of nylon subframe bush inserts ive made, they were meant for biff but he sold up

[MoleT-5R]

do you want a set of nylon subframe bush inserts ive made, they were meant for biff but he sold up

sounds good to me pm me r.e. what you want for them mate sure we can come to some arrangement....

[MoleT-5R]

Right the front end is all sorted tonight and has been road tested, nice and quiet with no knocks or rattles, the front end know feels right and has lost the wishy washy feeling ( but what do you expect when you take it out for a run when you've only done half the job.... ). Showing great handling promise on a good flowing road like the evo triangle or the like, can't wait to give her a spirited test drive.


I do have a small oil issue to track and stop


and I need to replace both wheel arch liners and restore the bumper positioning back to normal

But I am happy with the ride and the way she sits

[MoleT-5R]

I'm currently having a small issue with the evap valve chucking up a fault code and inducing limp mode, as a short term fix I've swapped it out for the one off the olive T-5R and no further issues , so I could just get a new one or delete it all together and was wondering if anyone has done this and what is required load, to fool the ecu that it is still in the system as the pipe work has gone so why keep the valve.....any thoughts folks..???

[foammanmark]

Watching this thread with interest Adrian, and almost ready to buy her back after a few more jobs................

[claymore]

well, the T-10 hasn't got any, but I've never read the codes on it, I might just do it tomorrow just for a laugh.

[Doingitsideways]

well, the T-10 hasn't got any, but I've never read the codes on it, I might just do it tomorrow just for a laugh.

"999123 - Engine in boot"

[Dangerous Dave]

Adrian, suppose you could remove the working evap valve and test its resistance and add in a suitably valued resistor to stop the check engine light.

"999123 - Engine in boot"

Symptoms - Vibration/noise from rear of car, excessive fuel consumption, abnormal tyre wear, rear drifts when going round corners....

Fault Rectification - remove MIL indicator bulb and increase radio volume