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ok some progress today i got a pic showing where the amp will sit and i also got the clarions wired up they go alright
 also after working away in 30 odd degree heat and stupid wind the windows got tinted  amp  windows    few slight bubbles but for the grand total of $0 im not complaining. it is quite dark tho  also i have 2 weeks at boyer just after christmas wich will see a good start on whats planned for the ute now ive decided it looks nice time to make it go a little better. so ill possibly be buying a rebuilt exchange short motor through my brother in law for around the $1500 mark and get my head done with some minor port work and a shave and ill also grab a wade 1636 for it along with the auto sitting under a tarp serviced it should go fairly well. the ute should be done by the weekend maybe....only thing holding me up is a amp wiring kit but other than that nothing else is needed.
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today i picked up a wiring kit for $52 at super cheap came home and i dont know what got my attention but i looked at my cd player to notice it doesnt have the RCA plugs on it
so ive ran all the wiring then probably friday ill hook the amp up secure it to the floor etc ready to get it out for the weekend ill leave the RCA plugs and trigger wire tucked up in the dash then next week ill look at a new unit, i figured this cd player (sony) would be like the other 2 i have had but obviously it isnt
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amp is done all i need to do now is trim the speaker covers for the dash as they wont quite screw on
also im going to get this compression tested it doesnt seem to be burning oil as bad as i thought infact it hasnt used any recently, ill post the results of the compression test anyway.
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got the ute all back together for the weekend its now running 4 speakers off the head unit and then the 2 fusions off the amp should sound alright
 tuesday ill grab a head unit with the RCA inputs etc and get that all sorted.also a pic of the car out of the car port with the tint its pretty dark. 
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alright i couldnt really work anything out with the previous shifter so i painted the standard one matt black and fitted it, bad pics ill grab more tomorrow along with pics of the new head unit
 
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so got a new head unit today was going to grab a sony for $149 but super cheap has sold out
 so i went to repco and got a clarion for $129 so while this should be a good update its not few minutes with the stereo turned up a little in the driveway and one of the fusions have died (running off the amp)  and when i purchased them i was told theres no return as they were on sale wich is bloody annoying but what can you do.   either way amps all set up now so later on if i fell like it ill grab new speakers (not fusion) still sounds alright. now need to focus on the engine its gutless and no idea why it burns oil abit but it shouldnt be this slow im going to get the timing looked at may be able to tweak it abit, my mums old el with 370,000+ and head gasket issues went harder then this
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just chucked a couple of turbo blades on it in a weird way they kind of suit it, also got some exhaust clamps and put the tail pipe back on today (was quite loud before) now its all settled down it sounds pretty good and obviously not rediculously loud
 also i am pretty dissapointed a friend of ours bought my grandmas old bluebird approximately 3 weeks ago this car had nothing wrong with it when we sold it apart from being a little slow, i went there on monday to get the turbo blades off the eb to find the autos is playing up and theres a knock in the motor, Today i go there to tell him scrap that is picking up the eb shell on friday and it now blows a mountain of smoke  not very happy it was a good little car. end rant
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I was speaking to my brother inlaw tonight i mentioned that the ute is abit hard to start at times he said it could be a leaky injector so when i got home i put in my spare injectors, where the injector goes into the manifold was full of grease/dirt so i cleaned it out and gave it a spray with some throttle body and carbie cleaner around the injector port and with my finger and a rag gave it a wipe and reassembled it. It seemed to start easier wich could be a good sign i guess also tomorrow we are going to advance the timing so hopefully it goes abit better.
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so we advanced the timing by about 10 degrees distributor needs to be pulled out and moved to allow more but all i can say is wow it certainly accelerates alot faster now. i may have a play with it over the weekend but i may leave it as i dont have a timing light
also hopefully by january i should have a daily driver wich will then see body work start for a full reaspray, colours are (not all i have to choose )keep it white silver shockwave hot chilli red and this nice dark green i have seen it was on a xf with the number plates mpresv (impressive) cant remember it exactly.
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today we advanced the timing some more i took it for a drive and it pinged so i came home and backed it off abit doesnt seem to ping anymore but goes abit better then it did
also my XG may be playing monster truck as my xbox decided to s**t its self today see if i can get it going if not im going to run over it with the back wheel a few times 
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After some thinking i have decided at the start of next year this will be on the market i will be upgrading to an au and not doing much to it (exhaust, lowering, wheels).
i will post up photos i will be fixing the front bar and respraying the tray also if anyone is keen on my ute it comes with hotwires, magnums, the 15 inch alloys (all wheels picured in this thread) spare BTR, 3 spare wheels (2 turbo blades, 1 stockie) and the original cluster and steering wheel. looking for offers around $5,000
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picked up some supplies today
ill get paint and clear next pay. also never let your mum reverse your car out of the driveway she hit the fence  
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did some sanding today didnt get much time on it but the sander is ripping the paint off with ease
 not bad for a $50 sander using 80 gritt then once ove made a few repairs i will go over it with 320 then prime it.
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todays progress so far
got it all sanded and light coat of primer   my attempt with fibre glass a few months back for the indicator holes failed was first time using fiber glass.....so didnt bother filling them in again  started getting pretty windy so put it back in the shed for some high build spray putty  first light coat  after a few more  waiting for it to dry some more then ill give it a sand and final priming then it will be ready for paint. As you can also see grill is primed and so are the mirrors all thats left now is to sand the tray and prime that.
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worked yesterday had another go at it today drivers side of the bumpers pretty messed up full of fiber glass and body filler
so basically ive been working on the one section for majority of the afternoon it still needs more work.so i had a go at it and put some matt black over it to show the imperfections  sanded it back and had a look fixed up what i could see.  i figured the matt black would be hiding some things so i had some old primer on the shelf and used that and well the circles in black texta show where it needs work  so tomorrow i will be in the shed at 9 and hopefully after a few hours the bumper will be spot on ill have to get some xf indicators to fit into the bumper to fill the holes. Once the bumper is done i then have to sand the tray still yes the garage has dust every where
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