Ke15 Sl Sprinter

[silverra23]

ke20nut - can't reply to your PM as you have elected to not receive PM's apparently

[TE278U]

I agree its score of the year.. buggered if I know where I am storing it yet, but one problem at a time hehe.

 

i may be able to help out with the storage side of things :y:

 

even at a reasonable rate :hammer:

[duggy]

i want it want it i want it, lol looks awsome plz keep it original

[nickyboy]

you sir now own my most favorite car on this forum!

 

i know this is going to be an amazing build!

[philbey]

wash and polish, I want to see how she spruces up.

 

Magic score. Was it advertised?

[silverra23]

No didn't come up on ads... found it though "connections" :hammer:

[LukeAE71]

Nice find, will be good to see it once you have cleaned the good inch deep layer of dust from it.

 

I reckon it will come up quite nice underneath all that :hammer:

[parrot]

As you will have gathered from my Toymods posts, I am insanely jealous.

 

This is one of those pickups that you dream about, but they never happen.

 

Look forward to seeing it in time.

[silverra23]

Update - this thing is amazing!

 

New battery, a little bit of "Start Ya Bastard" down the carby throats and she fired up.

 

Idles perfectly and in a quick run around the block seems to purr like a kitten. No coughs or hiccups!

 

Brakes are dodgy, but that could be just me forgetting about lack of vacuum assistance.

 

Home tomorrow on a tow truck, and then we can get into the clean up :hammer:

[camerondownunder88]

When I got my 15 my master brake cyclinder had gunked up and I got it recoed for $140 all new EVERYTHING on it really.

 

Also K-B motors from factory have a larger cam in them they do get up and boggie nicely for a K motor..lol

 

Cameron

[ScottKE1X]

This is one of those dream finds! Do a full detail on it and leave it as it is!!

 

can't wait to see pics of it cleaned up... Looks museum worthy.

 

Scott.

[camerondownunder88]

Just was looking and noticed your seats don't have head rests. But do they have holes for them to be installed sticking out the top?

 

Cameron

[silverra23]

Yes they do have holes in them for the head rests, with little plugs in the holes.

[silverra23]

OK K engine gurus.. rollaclub diagnostic services required.

 

As tow truck drivers were dicking me about, I took the challenge and decided to drive this little beast back to work where it will be living for a little while.

 

Started and purred away and let it idle to warm up while I organised a vicroads temp rego. Drove away no real dramas though I think the rear brakes are seized-ish.

 

However after only a kay or so the oil smoke cloud behind me was pretty nasty, and power dropped right off. So i decided I didn't want to toast it, pulled over, called another towie and came back on the back of a flat bed.

 

When it got back here, it started up fine, no real smoke cloud, and no horrible noises from the engine - in fact the boys here commented on how quiet it is.

 

So any ideas what would cause a drop off in power and lots of blue smoke when the engine is warm and under load??

[KE30_KE35_KE55]

OK K engine gurus.. rollaclub diagnostic services required.

 

As tow truck drivers were dicking me about, I took the challenge and decided to drive this little beast back to work where it will be living for a little while.

 

Started and purred away and let it idle to warm up while I organised a vicroads temp rego. Drove away no real dramas though I think the rear brakes are seized-ish.

 

However after only a kay or so the oil smoke cloud behind me was pretty nasty, and power dropped right off. So i decided I didn't want to toast it, pulled over, called another towie and came back on the back of a flat bed.

 

When it got back here, it started up fine, no real smoke cloud, and no horrible noises from the engine - in fact the boys here commented on how quiet it is.

 

So any ideas what would cause a drop off in power and lots of blue smoke when the engine is warm and under load??

 

 

Stale fuel perhaps??