natalie project update 28 / 3 / 2010

well its been a while since i last updated on my project progress..kinda busy with all the repairing process.

on sunday last week, just have a bit of shopping at car accessories shop around malim, malacca. bought HKS super flow reloaded air filter since my simota air filter is too dirty and the rubber mounting had ripped apart. i also replaced the belting for alternator and compressor since the old one already wear out. next, i changed the battery to yokohama because the old battery dindnt have the enough juice to crank up the engine to start. hopefully this one will last long.

kau robek hatiku..see how dirty the old filter was

i just need a new rubber adapter, a tightening cable, knife and a screw driver

tadaaaaa..

the only problem with this air filter is the hood clearance issue. because of the large diameter compared to the old air filter, its a squezze fix.

replaced with new yokohama battery



new belting

since im free this week, thinking of going back to muar. since its been quite a while that i dindt go home..even my mom say " asek keja keja keja..belajar camane?? balek kampung pon dah jarang " hahaha..sory bu..

while im there, why not survey some workshop over here..heard a few worshop that is familiar with rwd car..and because my clutch plate was out, i sent natalie to Dnan auto to replace the clutch and also repair the oil leaks at the oil pan. the replacement was suppose to be around 3hour but it takes the whole day. and even after the clutch is replaced, as soon as i start the car, i noticed there is a problem. smoke was coming out from the gearbox. it turn out that they installed the wrong clutch bearing resulting the clutch cover to be spoiled and burned..there goes my exedy clutch..huhuhu..luckily the owner are willing to take the blame, and the next day, they replaced the bearing and clutch cover with new ones. all those problems with shifting gear is now gone. the only problem now is just the gearbox, which quite hard to downshift from 3rd to 2nd.

exedy clutch cover

the old clutch cover and plate. the clutch cover were quite severely damaged

trash can for this one

repaired the leaking on the oil pan. this was after some cleaning with wd40, but before that it was quite a mess. oil leftover was everywhere

i also managed to have a bit of shopping for the interior..the first plan was to re done the meter panel and replaced it with a plastic plate and installed all the new meter on it. but my carbon panel is not arrived yet, so i just installed the new meter on top of the original meter panel. bought a NRG performance meter which is oil temp and water temp. both of it cost me around rm640 including installation and adapters for sensors.quite expensive actually for a brand like that. beginner..nak beli defi ngan apexi tak mampu lagi..meter camni pon jadila.

adapter for sensor

also bought a HKS billet oil cap and AVS performance magnetic oil filter

the new AVS magnetic oil filter and the blue one is the adapter for oil temp meter

well thats all for now..duit dah habis..i need to save up some more money to proceed with this project..next on the list is paint job, long shaft and bucket seat