Tofus Adventure: Registering The Car

[Tofu]

The car arrived last tuesday to the immediate accident and this has given me some time to focus on getting the car ready for passing the pits.

Overall, the car is in pretty good condition. I've spent the last week scouring the car for issues that need my immediate fixing and I must say a few have come up with a few and looks like my plan to have it done by next week will be on hold.

The car at the moment is stored in the garage and I ran it last night for 10 minutes to circulate the oil through the system. I gave it a few short bursts which produced a nice black circle of oil on the white wall behind the car. This left me with two thoughts:

1. Turbo seal gone.
   
2. Why did we paint the garage wall white.
   

Also letting it idle I have noted she is running quite rich. Super. As i looked through the engine bay I grab eye of a powersteering leak and I have noted numerous things not being fastened:

1. Radiator overflow bottle
   
2. Intercooler piping
   
3. AFM and Pod
   
4. THE f**kING INTERCOOLER!
   

So I grab some bolts and fasten the interooler to the mounts and am now looking for the mounts that are needed to hold the other parts. At least the engine is there.

Second, the electrics. half the globes in the interior are out, including the 3 omari gauges. The oil temp omari gauge is out showing the temp as the highest possible without even running the car. As I check the headlight it seems the right hand headlight does not work at all. Hits the relay and then is dead. Super

Third, the exterior. It is a bit of a pig but the photos i got showed the car and the kit in pristine condition. This is not the case. The front bumper has huge gashes in it, and also some deep scrathes down the sides of the car.

So not only do I have to focus on this I have to still resolve some issues:

1. Horn - Needs to be installed

2. Carpets and Roof Lining - Needs to be installed

3. Fan Cover - Needs to be installed.

4. Hose to run from water to the windscreens to wash them - Needs to have them installed.

This is as far as I got so far so here are the plans thus far:

1. 1. Rear Left hub to Nissan to have the studs replaced after the severing of them.
   
2. Install needed parts
   
3. Full service and Tune:
   • Replace Pads
     
   • Replace all fluids
     
   • Tune for 1.0 bar
     
   • Power Steering Leak
     
   • Turbo Gasket
     

[*]Electrics - Gauges and Headlight

[*]Paint and fixing of kit

The paint and kit can wait until after rego so this is what im chasing:

Electricians: Who do you recommend. I dont want a backyard job, I want a guy who knows Skylines.

Paint: The car and paint is calsonic blue and I need someone to go over the car doing little touchups, anyone know of anyone decent?

Cheers,

Andrew

Edited May 21, 2006 by Tofu

[Al]

The black stuff on your garage wall may not be oil from the turbo. If the car is running rich it is highly likely that the excess fuel, mixed with moisture and carbon from the exhaust is just spewing out. My car is running really rich on cold start and i have the same thing. A tune will help fix the problem.

If the car is not in the condition as discribed on purchase can't you chase it up with the importer?

All the best.

[Tofu]

Cheers for the advice, hopefully it is just that.

The car was a private sale and transported across from sydney