Filip's GTV TS Clubsport project

[Filip 124]

And a general sit rep...

[GTV-TB 315]

Is it so healthy to put on Biltema 36-592 on pytt i pannan?....isn't it a peculiar taste?

 

Are you pissed at the car?, I see that you have expressed yourself on the side window.

[Alfaduden 226]

Jag undrar, står det fitta på andra sidan?

 

In English:
I wonder if it state "vagina" on the other side...

[Filip 124]

Is it so healthy to put on Biltema 36-592 on pytt i pannan?....isn't it a peculiar taste?

 

Are you pissed at the car?, I see that you have expressed yourself on the side window.

 

Hahah, damn it. BIltema stuff all over. 

Actually their silicone grease is terrible. Compared it to a similar product from ATE, for example, the one from Biltema "melts" really quickly and acts like olive oil on whatever you used on. Also, the one supplied in caliper repair kits, like Budweg, is a looooooot  better. 

I'm pretty much assuming that you knew this already, GTV-TB, but... someone else might see this and save 20 SEK... 

 

 

I'm not angry with my car. Just frustrated because I want to test drive it and try the ABS, feel what sort of difference the lower subframe brace makes and see if the thermostat is broken...  Instead, I get to lie underneath it for a few more weeks fixing brake lines, spraying them with body and adding mounting points to the exhaust. Grrr. 

 

Jag undrar, står det fitta på andra sidan?

 

In English:

I wonder if it state "vagina" on the other side...

 

It might, soon. 

[Filip 124]

I'm currently rebuilding the rear brake lines since they were in poor condition right where they connect to the brake force regulator. The regulator had a lot of surface rust and the fittings were seized. In order to get the four brake line nuts off, I had to heat them up, hammer a smaller socket (13 & 10, IIRC) onto them and break them loose with a short, quick yank. 
To anyone who's also doing this:    you'll need two sizes of brake line nuts, two regular M10x1 that's also found in the front and rear pipe-hose connections and two larger, weird nuts that measure M12x1 (Called B5L if you use Quick Brake products).

 

I've trial-fitted everything and will fit it all again this weekend and bleed the system. Will also try to take some decent photos, tho it's hard since the garage is dark and my camera is shitty 

Edited March 4, 2014 by Filip

[Filip 124]

Yeaah! No leaks in the brake system!

Now I just gotta buy more brake fluid (ran out... what a noob) and change the rear bleeder screws. Thought they would be new since the previous owner changed the pads and the discs, but no...

And bleed the whole damn thing.

[GTV-TB 315]

Soon the time for seat belt on excitement.  

[Filip 124]

Yeah, I've had enough of bending copper tubes in my spare time now... Looking forward to test driving and investigating the ABS problem!

[GTV-TB 315]

Hi Filip plumber man, you should be able to use the same diagnostic procedure with flash codes that are used on the Alfa 145 2E ABS unit on your 2Si ABS unit.

 

Just to find connector T8 (blue/white wire I think) and earth it to make diagnosis, to reset the ABS ECU disconnect T8 and engage the ignition switch 20 times.

 

 

 

ABS_Bosch2E_2Si.pdf

[Filip 124]

Hi Filip plumber man, you should be able to use the same diagnostic procedure with flash codes that are used on the Alfa 145 2E ABS unit on your 2Si ABS unit.

 

Just to find connector T8 (blue/white wire I think) and earth it to make diagnosis, to reset the ABS ECU disconnect T8 and engage the ignition switch 20 times.

 

 

If I were still a gamer, I'd say LOL. 

 

If you were sitting with some drinking buddies, making jokes about old cars, and you would try to make up a messed up diagnostic procedure, you would end up with something like this.. 

 

 

Thanks, GTV-TB! I will look into this. 

[Filip 124]

My plan to complete the car by the end of March has probably derailed. 

 

Bicycle crash at decent speed, tore off pretty much all the skin off of my knee (no head injuries or broken wrists!).

Gonna take many weeks before it has fully healed and I have full mobility. 

[GTV-TB 315]

Damn it was sad to hear, but it's good to hear that  head and bones fared from your accident.
I can only wish you a speedy recovery.

[Damgreg 94]

Bicycle crashes... Remember me some good rides  

Go for a break and come back stronger in order to finish your gtv 

[Alfaduden 226]

Ahh... Bad news. Hope you recover quickly!

[Filip 124]

Damn it was sad to hear, but it's good to hear that  head and bones fared from your accident.

I can only wish you a speedy recovery.

 

 

Bicycle crashes... Remember me some good rides  

Go for a break and come back stronger in order to finish your gtv 

 

 

Ahh... Bad news. Hope you recover quickly!

 

Thanks guys! I can almost walk now. Not in stairs ofc because those 20 stitches make themselves known, but... 

 

Just gonna take a break from crawling around underneath the GTV and collect parts for a while instead. 

A thermostat and some badges to begin with.

 

Anyone got ideas for badges? Don't feel like paying 60-70 Euro for a new front and rear badge. I read somewhere that you can "rebuild" them by changing the actual emblem, the sticker. At least some versions of Alfa badges...?

[GTV-TB 315]

Hi Filip mobile yet?.. maybe these can help (those in the picture, you know what they are from :-) so that you can crawl around underneath the GTV for your thread needs to be updated with some exciting problems/solutions, I don't mean to rush you.

 

 

[Filip 124]

Hahah, sure! Walking is no problem, but stairs and crawling under cars are problems...

Be assured, some car related issues will appear in no time

[Filip 124]

The rear bleed screws... what size are they, really? 

I've read that they should be either M10x1 or M8x1.25. Mine are not... 

 

Managed to bleed the system today with really worn rear screws, so I will replace them when I switch from Biltema (keep calm) brake fluid to ATE Racing Blue 

[GTV-TB 315]

If I'm not completely wrong on it

 

Casting iron caliper  M7x1.0

 

Alloy caliper             M10X1.0

 

 

You know where you can get ahold of them

Edited March 28, 2014 by GTV-TB

[Filip 124]

If I'm not completely wrong on it

 

Casting iron caliper  M7x1.0

 

Alloy caliper             M10X1.0

 

 

You know where you can get ahold of them

 

It is definitely smaller than M8, tho my guess would have been M6. Thanks!   Autoexperten is closer to where I live, so the white house with blue letters on it won't get my money this time... 

[Filip 124]

By the way, I'm gonna try this: 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALFA-ROMEO-72mm-Aufklber-2x-REPERATUR-147-146-145-166-156-155-Emblem-easyFIX-/111046497916?pt=DE_Autoteile&fits=Make%3AAlfa+Romeo&hash=item19dae3167c

 

We'll see... I'd prefer new genuine badges but my paint job doesn't really warrant new badges    

[GTV-TB 315]

OE  badges fade fast, so those is maybe better.

[Filip 124]

Time will tell 

 

 

My deadline is May 1 and I need to get the following things done... 

 

1. Fit the license plates. Very complicated!
2. Torque up everything... caliper brackets being the most important, hehe!
3. Go for a test drive... I've rebuilt so many brake components that I'm a little nervous about this 
4. Hook up the ABS thingy to an Examiner thingy and see what it has to say for itself... 
5. Check the engine mounts. The car has an interesting rocking thing going when driving with a heavy right foot and fast shifting, almost as if an engine mount is cracked or if they are all ruined. 
6. Check if the thermostat is busted. 
7. Change the above
8. Fit the grille and the "badge facelift kit" 
9. Rebuild the exhaust, involving moving the second silencer and suspending it properly. 
10. Driiiive it! 

[GTV-TB 315]

Getting busy, I can see  , good luck.

[Filip 124]

[*]Torque up everything... caliper brackets being the most important

Easier said than done. My torque wrench is too big (... That's what he said!) and the jackstands aren't tall enough. Will do this when I get the exhaust problems fixed >_>