Panda (Classic) Grumbleweed

[firstcar-Y10]

good lord. what 'ya doing man?

bit more easy to do on a 2wd. >_<

Getting engine bay envy with all these super tidy cars about now so been looking at my leggy slightly noisy quarter million mile Y10 box on the car vs the 30 odd thousand mile Panda box I've got in the garage with shorter gearing and decided to swap 'em. Just waiting for my ebay clutch to turn up and a core plug as the one behind the flywheel looks to be weeping a bit so poor old Grumbleweed's gonna be on stands for about a week!

So, that's a week to clean and paint all the bits I usually can't get to..

 

[VmanC]

New clutch is it Andrew?

Edit: You've answered me one minute before I've asked.

 

[Aston Martin]

OK so what's missing here?

The wheel.

 

[Dragon Man]

So, that's a week to clean and paint all the bits I usually can't get to..

True Story! yeah i made use of the fact my gear box was out for a while by painting all the things.

still, good mileage on that gearbox

 

[jatkinson]

Looking good dude , Im doing the same with My Cinquecento , little bit of a ball ake getting the box Cleaned down to be painted , BUt worth it in the End

 

[purple haze]

Nice work Andrew....cost me 25 quid to get mine sand blasted before I painted it.

How about a black for the box??...could suit grumble and easy to keep clean.

 

[pandamaniac]

Kev
Just surprised yours wasn't done in a Purple Haze, or possibly a Blue Rinse
Dave

 

[firstcar-Y10]

To be honest I'm probably not planning to paint the 'box, just getting it in clean and trying to keep it that way. The old one was painted black when it went in and looks terrible now with all the paint flaking away. (mind you, that was 15 years ago)
Core plug's here, bushes for the linkage and I missed a parcel today so either clutch or oil (using a Millers GL4 for all you gearbox oil controversy buffs) so nearly ready to go but no chance to do it now 'till next Thursday.
Slightly off topic but sort of redesigned the rear quarter panel of my neighbours 500 Monday night reversing off the drive. Insurance headache here I come

 

[panda panda]

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Slightly off topic but sort of redesigned the rear quarter panel of my neighbours 500 Monday night reversing off the drive. Insurance headache here I come

Uh oh, any pictures of the damage? , I'm sure AstonMartin wants to see a mangled 500, it's his favourite car after the Panda

 

[firstcar-Y10]

Clutch is here!
Best not post pics of the damage till the insurance company's all done, (probably), suffice to say repairers say an entire new panel's required

 

[Aston Martin]

Slightly off topic but sort of redesigned the rear quarter panel of my neighbours 500 Monday night reversing off the drive. Insurance headache here I come

On the bright side you got a 500 off the roads.

 

[firstcar-Y10]

On the bright side you got a 500 off the roads.

No, they're spoiling your nefarious gloating because I think it's going in the Fiat dealers for repair, so guess what they use for courtesy cars....

 

[VmanC]

Just looked up nefarious.

 

[firstcar-Y10]

so, tonight I have mostly been entertaining myself painting the metal bodies of my screenwash pumps green... Day off tomorrow finally though so I might just have the gearbox back in soon!

 

[firstcar-Y10]

new clutch, new core plug. Breaking off for lunch due to inclement weather now.Gearbox and engine are now bolted back together - pics later on.

 

[panda panda]

There's nothing quite like a bit of shiny metal to give a bloke a boost

 

[ysidfa]

So having found my phone with the pictures on, here's the finished interior for those that weren't at the meet last week:

Pretty pleased with it still got to do something about the holes where the seat back adjustment isn't but overall.. happy.

now if i had a hole in a seat like that i would make up a red handle with EJECT wrote on it in white.

OTT?

I can supply a Yellow stripey handle and sticker saying "DANGER DO NOT PULL HANDLE" from a BAE Hawk Ejector seat?



Would fit quite nicely Along with a small round sticker to cover the rough edges?

Just read through your thread! Seen this car a couple of times and I love it! Oh to have the space for a second car!!

Tom

 

[firstcar-Y10]

progress so far:

box is back in and hanging off my nice repainted mount, now busy cleaning & tidying the linkage.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Owwwww, Shiney :spin:

 

[firstcar-Y10]

Well, he's back together and looking good, now if I could just stop the gearbox oil leaking out he'd be good to go..oh and the coolant....and the petrol of course. But APART from that, ready to rollMaybe the petrol will wash the oil off the drive eh.