The final hurrah – S13, 25K miles, 1 owner from new, full refurb

**Daz** · 19-01-2016, 20:08

Originally Posted by Petrol

Struggled to get anything done due to the bad weather but I have built up the IC and washer bottle

Pete, whats your method for cleaning the plastic washer bottle as that look brand new. Mine is a stained yellow colour and would like to get it looking fresh and new again.

**Jonny Wilkinson** · 19-01-2016, 20:09

Dishwasher tablet

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**Daz** · 19-01-2016, 20:18

Originally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson

Dishwasher tablet

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With warm water I'm guessing? I'll give that a try. Thanks Jonny.

**Petrol** · 19-01-2016, 21:39

Originally Posted by rd_jon

Rubber deposits from the belt?

That's what I first thought but the belt looks intact

Originally Posted by pointz

I had those deposits on my idler so curious to know where they may of come from! When i rubbed them with my finger it kinda felt like a tar'y substance and smudged!

Mines exactly the same, it feels too hard to be belt deposits

Originally Posted by Dastardly

I think those deposits are from the belt slipping on the idler, I've seen it once before on a vw. Maybe the belt was too tight or too loose.

What I can't weigh up is, it's not on the tensioner

Originally Posted by Daz

With warm water I'm guessing? I'll give that a try. Thanks Jonny.

Yes, warm water and a dishwasher tablet. Might take a few days to clean up.

Took the rocker covers off

Pretty pleased with this lot

**Chriscooke** · 19-01-2016, 21:48

That's squeaky clean in there

**Daz** · 19-01-2016, 22:02

Originally Posted by Petrol

Yes, warm water and a dishwasher tablet. Might take a few days to clean up.

Cheers Pete

**Dastardly** · 20-01-2016, 17:14

Perhaps then someone fitted that idler and it had a anti rust coating that they forgot to clean off?

**Petrol** · 20-01-2016, 21:51

I doubt it's had a new idler as it's only done 25K miles. I don't think it's anything to worry about, I'll just clean it up

Prepping a few engine brackets ready for a repaint, these just need blasting

Deox tank works slow when it's cold

Front bumper upper bracket is two pressed steel plates spot welded together.

The problem here is the seams are quite deep and can harbor rust. These are the spot welds

Spot welds can be drilled out with special drills. 6 & 8mm are the only sizes I have ever needed

Don't buy cheap drills though as they only last two minutes

Branded stuff FTW

It's just a case of drilling through one skin. I will plug weld this back together

Opened up to find this

Never a dull moment huh

**Chriscooke** · 20-01-2016, 23:25

Wow, I'd of left that piece seeing as it looked decent

**Jonny Wilkinson** · 21-01-2016, 06:57

Mine was the same only a bit frilly in places too once I'd Deoxy-ed it.

I replaced it with a new OEM item that I resprayed with zinc primer and a couple of coats of good quality black paint in the hope that it will last another 20 odd years

IIRC, it was about £60 including the VAT.

**Petrol** · 22-01-2016, 22:48

I'm sure it will last more than another 20 odd years

Cleaned the paint off the rockers + other stuff on the to do list

Surprised I got the heat shields off the manifold

I can't do much with these, the main shield is spot welded together so will have to fit it as is.

I'm trying to be a bit sympathetic on this refurb, keeping a bit of originality.
Everything else is being cleaned up "proper"

**pointz** · 23-01-2016, 00:05

Can't believe how much rust was in that seam, especially seeing as it looked decent from the outside! Cracking work Pete

**Petrol** · 23-01-2016, 19:47

Originally Posted by pointz

Can't believe how much rust was in that seam, especially seeing as it looked decent from the outside! Cracking work Pete

It was a bit of a mess. Rather than burning any paint off welding it back together, I'm going to bond it

Painted the rockers

Removed the rust from the pop up covers

Painted over the primed areas and left them outside in the rain

Amateur

**Dastardly** · 23-01-2016, 21:18

What paint did you use for the cam covers?

**Jonny Wilkinson** · 24-01-2016, 11:27

I've only just got to look at those pictures of the cam belt and the deposits. I reckon its from the car being sat for a time and the belt has partly welded itself to the roller. Once the car was restarted, bits of the belt have come away on the roller.

I'd just clean the roller off and replace the belt.

**Petrol** · 25-01-2016, 21:28

Originally Posted by Dastardly

What paint did you use for the cam covers?

Cam covers don't get that hot so normal car paint - 2K etch primer followed by 2K solid

Originally Posted by Jonny Wilkinson

I've only just got to look at those pictures of the cam belt and the deposits. I reckon its from the car being sat for a time and the belt has partly welded itself to the roller. Once the car was restarted, bits of the belt have come away on the roller.

I'd just clean the roller off and replace the belt.

That sound like a plan

Painted the cam belt covers with same stuff as the rocker covers but black

Pas tank

Made a start on the Bumper bracket. Rot cut out and made a repair section

Cleaning up the starter motor.

**Petrol** · 28-01-2016, 22:01

Couple of pics of engine, lots more to do but getting there

**pointz** · 06-02-2016, 21:20

Engine looks like new already so much pride and attention to detail, whats next?

**filthy animal** · 06-02-2016, 21:26

Engine looks cool. Just had mine rebuilt. Yours looks nice with the black cam pulley cover

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**Dastardly** · 07-02-2016, 08:31

Engine does look excellent.

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