The Barark

[Barark]

My name is Vivian Neilson, I am an Mr2 addict, I own a 1986 Mr2 AW11. It has the current mods.

1600 BT 20v fitted with c56 5 speed gearbox.
Has had the shocks and suspension bushes replaced.
10mm roll bar fitted to the rear.
15 rims, 195s front, 205s rear.
Sw20 brake master cylinder and booster fitted.
SW20 muffler and 2 1/2" piping
Twin pot front brakes. 270mm rotors.
Rear is face lift brakes
A Mines ECU

[Ash Kelly Barr]

Sick AW! Mines ecu is cool too! How's the exhaust being 2 1/2"?? Going to do mine soon

[Barark]

Loud without being obnoxious, really sounds good.

[Barark]

Car sitting on the gravel today, but still looking as good as ever.

Hit a pothole doing some of the roads around the back of Albany, i now have a bent right front mag. YAY ME!!.

In other news, I replaced the front brakes, C+ pads, they are holding up really well, had to buy a new set of the V pins that hold the brakes apart as one side was missing, Overall, 6/10 on difficulty, first time working on twinpot brakes, found them quite nice, next time around will be much easier.

[Barark]

Installed new stereo, fuses and adjusted lights for my wof, looks like i will be having my north/south engine mounts refreshed with rubber. Have taken of my headlight covers ready for my paint test. Will post photos tomorrow.

[MR2Pearl]

Installed new stereo, fuses and adjusted lights for my wof, looks like i will be having my north/south engine mounts refreshed with rubber. Have taken of my headlight covers ready for my paint test. Will post photos tomorrow.

I think you need to start giving some credit to your girlfriend.

[Barark]

New North/South Engine mounts, brake and head lights working well again, Got 2 days to sand and paint the bonnet! tick tock....

[MR2Pearl]

New North/South Engine mounts, brake and head lights working well again, Got 2 days to sand and paint the bonnet! tick tock....

Again - credit to the girlfriend who organised the whole thing. Big ups to SAS Manukau - they really looked after me! Got it done at below trade price. I have a special gift

[MR2Pearl]

Viv and son (Zac) sanding the bonnet for a respray. He's such a champ!

[Barark]

New North/South Engine mounts, brake and head lights working well again, Got 2 days to sand and paint the bonnet! tick tock....

Again - credit to the girlfriend who organised the whole thing. Big ups to SAS Manukau - they really looked after me! Got it done at below trade price. I have a special gift

You had to do it you are the office manager at the mechanic.... but why should you only get credit...

Would like to thank Wayne the mechanic, Ben the sas guy, Abdul the courier, Michelle the lady you phoned to ask then to pick up the package, mike the courier who dropped it to sas, Gareth the inwards guy at sas who signed for it, Phil who picked it up again, Abdul again for dropping it off again, Wayne again for putting them in. I would like to thank gull for the gas to get me to and from the mechanic, telecom spark for helping with communication, the energy companies that host my house, the workshop, sas workshop.

If i have missed you out please PM me and i will add you to the list.

[Barark]

Birthday yesterday.... Finally got some new non-buckled wheels! Ready for the raglan run. Pulled apart my door, apparently my passenger window only goes down from the drivers side switch and only up from the passengers side, the opposite directions don't trigger the relay which is a bit weird. might replace the door management box and see what happens.

[Sinturion]

Most likely the door switches themselves - common problem on the AWs

[Barark]

Not a lot to report, apart from upkeep i havent done alot, completely swamped between uni and work.

Update on the car:
- Full service
- New Belts
- Fixed wiring in windows and indicator

New Problems:
- Either the front engine mount that was done, was done badly, OR the engine is not mounted properly. I have had all engine monts desintergate and the mechanic seems to think it may be the engine is in the wrong place.
- 3000 rpm problem is back again on a different ecu. Might have to run on the Mines tuned ECU.

Thats all for now!

[Benckj]

^^blame the girlfriend.