its finally running
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after having owned the car for more than a year
replaced startermotor
renewed cams and followers and reshimmed valve clearances....the pump unit decided to pack up that drives water,oil and p/s
so in a nutshell i took the car to andy at apm for a newly built later model 4.2ajp to be fitted which was not cheap but then what is these days.
hopefully now il be able to get some pleasure out of the car rather than constantly working on it.
got to run it in for a couple thousand miles before dropping synthetic in it so 4k rpm limit till then but thats fine as im quite happy poodling around in her listening to that lovely exhaust tone
dont think ive ever been so excited about driving a car especially one that ive had for over a year and done less than 50 miles in her
ive now got the old lump that came out in my workshop so il start to strip that down and see exactly what failed on it then fully rebuild it in my own time.
on the plus side also, andy said the car was clean and straight on the underside with no rust issues which is a good sign;)
replaced startermotor
renewed cams and followers and reshimmed valve clearances....the pump unit decided to pack up that drives water,oil and p/s
so in a nutshell i took the car to andy at apm for a newly built later model 4.2ajp to be fitted which was not cheap but then what is these days.
hopefully now il be able to get some pleasure out of the car rather than constantly working on it.
got to run it in for a couple thousand miles before dropping synthetic in it so 4k rpm limit till then but thats fine as im quite happy poodling around in her listening to that lovely exhaust tone
dont think ive ever been so excited about driving a car especially one that ive had for over a year and done less than 50 miles in her
ive now got the old lump that came out in my workshop so il start to strip that down and see exactly what failed on it then fully rebuild it in my own time.
on the plus side also, andy said the car was clean and straight on the underside with no rust issues which is a good sign;)
Just a follow up to this thread i started FIVE years ago, how time flies!
Had 40,000 on the clock when i bought her..........Still has 40,000 on the clock 5 years later after the full engine rebuild by Andy at APM.
So in that time ive only just covered 500 miles of the 1500 run in period
Maybe after ive got the door lock issue sorted il start to use the car again but having my Gtr35 sitting here with a choice of 30 other cars to use its kinda hard to use the Cerb which is a shame really as one of my all time favourite cars ever since i was knee high to a grass hopper lol.
One thing i have noticed though is how the prices of them have rocketed which is also the case with all the Jap stuff we deal with, must be since the doors opened up in the States where these old skool type cars can now be legally imported and used on their roads.........there was a time when i was going to sell it and was gonna take a big hit on the money i had spent on the car (especially with the cost of the engine build and all) but looks like im now in equity with it which has to be a good thing
Still a great looking car on the roads today and nothing beats the sound of one of these cars, Awsome machines
Had 40,000 on the clock when i bought her..........Still has 40,000 on the clock 5 years later after the full engine rebuild by Andy at APM.
So in that time ive only just covered 500 miles of the 1500 run in period
Maybe after ive got the door lock issue sorted il start to use the car again but having my Gtr35 sitting here with a choice of 30 other cars to use its kinda hard to use the Cerb which is a shame really as one of my all time favourite cars ever since i was knee high to a grass hopper lol.
One thing i have noticed though is how the prices of them have rocketed which is also the case with all the Jap stuff we deal with, must be since the doors opened up in the States where these old skool type cars can now be legally imported and used on their roads.........there was a time when i was going to sell it and was gonna take a big hit on the money i had spent on the car (especially with the cost of the engine build and all) but looks like im now in equity with it which has to be a good thing
Still a great looking car on the roads today and nothing beats the sound of one of these cars, Awsome machines
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