EA SVO. Buying bits for turbo :D

Seats look in good nick! Recaros are so good though

by **justa6** » January 7th, 2012, 12:26 pm

looks clean. what's the go with the eb front grill bit.

by **89.SVO** » January 7th, 2012, 1:00 pm

hypoeb : sell me yours

justa6: the what now?

by **LUXO_8** » January 7th, 2012, 1:07 pm

That's a stock svo grille

by **89.SVO** » January 7th, 2012, 2:22 pm

oh. thats what he meant. yeah. factory bro

by **89.SVO** » January 7th, 2012, 2:36 pm

sanded back the pacies i bought off EBGLT

and gloss blacked the arms with new bushes

once it all dries i'll put them in

by **justa6** » January 7th, 2012, 3:37 pm

ah righto. thought it was an eb one with the ford badge taken off it.

by **89.SVO** » January 7th, 2012, 4:14 pm

you can clearly see it's not oval. and has SVO stamped into it

by **TUFED6** » January 7th, 2012, 4:25 pm

Paint never sticks to extractors, gonna have to get them coated if your serious. Otherwise looks pretty nice, should come up really good with a polish.

by **89.SVO** » January 7th, 2012, 7:41 pm

damn. already painted them

by **89.SVO** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:47 pm

I've finally gotten motivated and got stuck into getting this on the road. I sold my Valiant for a decent sum. So that money is going straight into the SVO.
I finally fitted the trailing arms and Watts link pictured above.
Also it was at the exhaust joint today. Got Pacemakers fitted, 100 cell cat and a 3.5" dump tip.
I have it booked in with the paintless dent removal guy next Thursday. Get rid of all the parking dents and dents in the boot lid.
Then all that's left to do is replace the rear calipers with already rebuilt units i have in the shed, replace lower ball joints, replace windscreen and get a spot of rust fixed above the windscreen. Then that's it. ready for roady and rego.

pics of Pacies and dump tip

by **XR_Lightning** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:53 pm

looks like its coming along alrite man

by **Dansedgli** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:54 pm

Why are you putting pacies on it if its going to be turbo?

by **89.SVO** » May 3rd, 2012, 6:59 pm

lol it's taken me over 2 years to get it registered. so it'll probably be N/A for ages. i'll be doing the other driveline stuff first. shorter diff gears, decide what i'm doing gearbox wise. And like i thought once it is eventually turbo i can sell the complete exhaust

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » May 3rd, 2012, 7:21 pm

How many kms on this thing?

by **89.SVO** » May 3rd, 2012, 7:31 pm

Like 140,000

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » May 3rd, 2012, 9:08 pm

Not to bad at all! Looks the goods.

by **89.SVO** » May 3rd, 2012, 9:28 pm

Michael (HYPOEB) wrote:Not to bad at all! Looks the goods.

thanks man. looks the same as yours. just yours has a sunroof.

i want a sunroof

by **89.SVO** » May 5th, 2012, 1:25 pm

Got the rear calipers changed over after work yesterday. now the handbrake works

and another thing crossed off the list

But when it come to bleeding the brakes. the front bleed nipples were blocked solid and ran out of time to be able to clean them out at work. I'll get onto that soon.

by **Devo** » May 5th, 2012, 2:14 pm

looking good man, ive always loved ea svo's!

by **89.SVO** » May 5th, 2012, 2:20 pm

Devo wrote:looking good man, ive always loved ea svo's!

thanks dude

by **89.SVO** » May 12th, 2012, 7:08 pm

so last week i fitted 2 new 225/50R16 Supercats to her. So now all 4 are good. Fitted the rebuilt rear calipers as above and unblocked the front bleed screws. she actually pulls up now.

All that's left:
Lower ball joints
Rust above front screen fixed
New windscreen

by **89.SVO** » September 5th, 2012, 7:17 am

got my arse into gear, again, to try get this on the road before C4C. Replaced the injectors with standard units (had AU ones in it) as they were leaking. Got it up on stands, and pulled the front stubs out to replace all ball joints. Plus now also the front calipers have seized up (probably from sitting for so long) so i'll get them rebuilt.

by **Ef_frmnt** » September 5th, 2012, 10:40 am

Rebuild them yourself.. usually just need some emery tape and the seals.

by **89.SVO** » September 5th, 2012, 6:15 pm

Ef_frmnt wrote:Rebuild them yourself.. usually just need some emery tape and the seals.

honestly. 0 fucks. also with the way life is at the moment i haven't got the time. i'll just get Norm to do it at Specialist clutch and brake. It's all about who you know.

by **Ef_frmnt** » September 5th, 2012, 7:02 pm

Would take less time to pop the pistons out and put a new seal in, than it would to drop them off somewhere, not to mention cheaper lol. If you gave zero fucks then they wouldn't be getting done.. gotta learn somehow!

by **89.SVO** » September 5th, 2012, 7:38 pm

Ef_frmnt wrote:Would take less time to pop the pistons out and put a new seal in, than it would to drop them off somewhere, not to mention cheaper lol. If you gave zero fucks then they wouldn't be getting done.. gotta learn somehow!

won't pass a roady with no front brakes. i reckon they'll need a hone. They aren't working at all.

by **Ef_frmnt** » September 5th, 2012, 7:42 pm

That's what the emery tape is for! You can buy rebuild kits with new pistons as well, but most of the time giving them a clean up will do it as they don't have a massive range of travel. Easy job!

by **89.SVO** » September 5th, 2012, 7:44 pm

i remember ringing Bursons last time. and the rebuild kit was just 10 bucks shy of just getting a shop to rebuild them.

by **Ef_frmnt** » September 5th, 2012, 8:06 pm

Yeah but that rebuild wouldn't have been with new pistons. The bores will not need a hone, just sand them smooth. I used to rebuild underground landcruiser brakes and they rarely needed new pistons and they are 4 piston calipers driving around in water all day everyday. Best bet is to pull them apart, post some photos of the caliper and the piston if you need guidance on their serviceability and go from there.

by **89.SVO** » September 9th, 2012, 10:29 am

went down to Melbourne yesterday and picked this up

3" turbo back mandrel bent exhaust. Also 5 DF LTD wheels. So that makes a total of 9 DF LTD and 7 DL LTD wheels that i have.

And also this.

EL GT steering wheel. Gunna put it in the LTD. If it doesn't look any good i'll resell it

by **89.SVO** » September 9th, 2012, 10:32 am

The new daily in question

by **89.SVO** » September 9th, 2012, 10:38 am

Also fitted up the "rebuilt" stubs and refitted the rotors Thursday night. Gunna pull the front calipers off tomorrow night for rebuilding this week.
May have to get in there with a pressure washer and clean the struts etc :thumbsup:

by **89.SVO** » September 10th, 2012, 10:07 pm

front calipers are off ready to be rebuilt. bought this too (minus the bell mouth). T70. T4 flange. .8 front. .81 rear. Just a chinese one though. Also have all the adaptors for oil lines etc. and the fitting to be welded onto the sump. May get a spare sump to do that too.

by **Ef_frmnt** » September 10th, 2012, 10:46 pm

Strip the calipers!

That LTD looks mint.. put the GT wheel on it then sell the whole car to me

by **89.SVO** » September 11th, 2012, 7:14 am

it is pretty clean. 5L, dual fuel, tough souning exhaust, slammed, Morel stereo. Good cruiser

by **Rollin** » September 11th, 2012, 9:09 pm : **Ef_frmnt Likes this post**

Ebay has caliper kits pretty cheap if you can stand to wait a few days for postage. Them and a sheet of 1200grit sandpaper is all you need.

by **89.SVO** » September 11th, 2012, 9:57 pm

Rollin wrote:Ebay has caliper kits pretty cheap if you can stand to wait a few days for postage. Them and a sheet of 1200grit sandpaper is all you need.

too late. They were dropped off today to be rebuilt. Found out why the front brakes were so shit. The RHF caliper must have had scale build up and when i've retracted the pistons to do pads the RHF one has jammed. So it wasn't working at all. Now it might actually stop lol.

by **needfordspeed** » September 11th, 2012, 11:08 pm

EA_SVO_90 wrote:The new daily in question

That looks awesome

by **89.SVO** » September 12th, 2012, 7:05 am

needfordspeed wrote:
EA_SVO_90 wrote:The new daily in question

That looks awesome

thanks man. i've gone for the less is more approach for the LTD. Stop spending money on the daily and more on the SVO

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