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Hi Matty Firstly, does anyone know if cooling issues were a problem with this motor (Astron 1850, 4G51) ? Does anyone know some of the common problems with this motor? No, there's no particular cooling problems with any of the Astron engines. Common problems can be a noisy timing chain from worn gui...

Hi Gnever, The sedans changed from about 1981 or 1982 depending which country you are from. None of the panels from a 1979 Galant will fit a 1982 Galant sedan . However the wagon platform stayed the same all the way through until 1984 (1986 in Australia). This means: All wagon panels are basically i...

yep, she's looking great :thumpsup: Any plans of putting some pinstriping back on? i know a lot of people get rid of the pinstriping after a respray but i think it can make a car look a bit incomplete. I reckon even a very subtle one can really finish off a car especially if you are going the sleepe...

If your cranking is slow and your battery discharged overnight, you might have a short somewhere. Try disconnecting the earth from your battery, set your multimeter to measure Amps and measure how much current drain you are getting from negative terminal to ground. Should be less than 50mA (or 0.05 ...

its not consistent, runs rich with clouds of black smoke then runs lean and keeps leaning out till it seems like its going to completely stall out then picks back up, backfires randomly some times it will let you rev it and its smooth on deceleration ive run out of shit to check, any other suggesti...

Nice, Igor. The new wheels look great

ive been thinking a bit about it, putting gh scorp front struts/brakes and disc brake diff in, but I was wondering about the proportioning valves, as i don't have this part from the donor car.. i remember asking the same thing a while back. I haven't changed mine over yet so I can't give you my per...

76GalantSport wrote:You wouldn't happen to know what the E12 option code is would you? I've found that d20 is manual gearbox and the A57 is the sports pack but I can't find anything on E12.

i think it's the code for the 1.6L saturn

Welcome to the site Eagle 321, I love the pics of your old rally 'colt'. Brilliant. Good to hear that you are trying to save and restore a '76 coupe. The site isn't as busy as it used to be so it might take time to get replies to all your questions but in the meantime thankfully there's a lot of goo...

Hi 1979GE, sad to hear about your blue one getting wiped out by a fallen tree :( . Did you ever get around to repainting that one? i never saw any pics go up. Congrats on your two new GEs -they are in amazing condition. I'm pretty sure that's the rare leather interior option in your white GE? - but ...

Nice caps, Dave

75wagon wrote: As for retaining them, I have a few ideas, but haven't decided which one yet.
Dave...

Have you considered simply using silicon to hold them in place?

I think there are a few Japan-ophile and nerdy types on here, I would say.
Welcome to the site, Matt!

There's a pic of one on Skap's for sale thread- scroll down near the bottom.
http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=10225

i'm pretty sure i have a couple spare up in my roof if you're having trouble finding one.

71GA wrote:Okay so I ended up getting some 185 60 13. I'm really happy with how they came out.

I'd be really happy too -they look perfect.

nicely documented repairs

Hi Joseph, welcome aboard!
What's are the big plans? Was it your intention to go out and buy a Challenger from the outset or did you kind of stumble upon it somewhere?

I had the same symptoms with my 4G52 a few years back- turned out to be the plug where the distributor wires come out and plug into the electrical system. It was super annoying because it was intermittent and was happening often enough that I couldn't trust the car. Ended up finding it by simply let...

Wow, top effort.
Looks fantastic.
I'm normally one for factory colours but that yellow is great and the hue is certainly from the right era. Love it

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/9960_832248753471444_1553460256_n.jpg Holy crap.. That's a work horse right there. Wonder how many tons of bananas, bricks and what-not this thing has hauled in its' lifetime. Don't know how the driveline stays together with the body ben...

If the autochoke is disconnected or not working properly, the engine won't idle on its' own without blipping the throttle until it has warmed up.
Does this help?

great! is the drive-shaft fitted yet?

I've only just noticed your front corner indicators have been deleted. Do you know why it was done?

Top work, Matt -she's lookin good
That's a lot of work done in a short space of time -major props.

How different does it ride and handle now with that rack conversion -are you happy with the result so far?
Any downsides?

That's cool Tubby - I like it.

makes me wonder what a whole car done in fish scales would look like

amber are only ever turn signals over here

another great pic of the wagon and good to see the coupe out on the road too.
How was the mitsu meet? Was there much ol' school cool?

Hey ddt have you got any close up pics of the wheels I have some montegos but with red accents which I want to remove. I just sussing out there I should leave the recessed buts natural metal or paint them black, grey, charcoal etc. Hey Brendon Check out an old closeup I found of one of my rims belo...

In between all that "product testing" make sure you drink plenty of Pokari Sweat and Calpis Water to keep your fluid levels up

Thanks A57C. A little big for my first foray into alloy casting, :P but beggars cant be choosers, assuming the price is right... as, I'm hoping not to, but this model could be damaged in the process of making the mold. Could you tell me, how much it would cost, to land one of these kits in Australi...

Way to go, Leigh
Is your diff stock also?

nice, Dave

Are the wheels you ordered a gold mesh? What colours are you thinking about for the car itself? Solid or metallic?