Hi all, so the Daihatsu virus has kicked on me and I bought another Cuore from Germany.
It was so cheap couldnt let it stand there.
Done before I have the car:
1x new Varta Battery
4x new Maxxis all season tyres
4x steel wheels with no tyres
2x new cv joint boots
2x new brake discs
1x new set brake pads
2x rear monroe shocks
Things to do:
Right sill welding
Rear chassis legs welding work wrong done
engine smokes a little white/blue at cyl 1
Compression all above 210psi
engine replacement maybe
clutch replacement together with engine replacement
gearbox axle oil seals while all is out
radiator replacement due age
thermostat
repair clock
front brake hoses
A/C retrofit?
rear window blinding
wheels?
done:
change spark plugs to iridium
change oil 5w30 C3 incl oil stop additive
Change cluster to sirion 1 with philips led
licence plate lights with philips led weatherproof ones
front marking leds also broke same led in it
gearbox oil
front LED H4 projector install
antenna replacement
shift knob
timing belt and tensioner
[quote=“enshiu, post:12, topic:7000”]…they welded over the old rust and passed TUV…[/quote]T.Ü.V. (German equivalent of M.O.T.) employees can be quite diverse in how they perform their duties. Some can be quite liberal and others seem overly strict. A couple weeks ago, I brought my Suzuki Wagon R to a T.Ü.V. inspection. The inspector went about hammering where there wasn’t any visible rust-through. The hammering was loud enough to hear through the glass pane separating the waiting room from the inspection bays. It was so loud that I was thinking, he could even find a hole in a new vehicle. What happened was that thinner metal due to internal rust was perforated. After having been called to the inspection hoist, I actually saw scale released through the severe hammering. On another occasion, having taken place 8 years ago in that same inspection facility, my old Skoda pulled through in a shabby condition I thought would’t be possible. However, a remark in the inspection report criticized the excessive amount of surface rust found.
If I were in your place, I would chase that rust with a flame from an oxygen/acetylene torch, as I plan doing myself, as soon as I can secure a set of tanks somewhere. This is the best method for locating sheetmetal which is clandestinely too thin to see from without. This way, you’ll avoid welding onto metal which will soon rust through and cause your work to end up futile, that is, if you’re not planning on brazing patches instead of electrically welding them on
