What did you do today to your 3/S?

[GTOJOE]

Also this happened. long post.... but worth the read

Well we had 2 GTO's break down on this trip........ I think I am cursed. After we left Bruthen, John Howe [throwawayfool] and I headed back over the Great Alpine Road heading back to his house. We got half an hour out of Bruthen and the car died. Just cut out while cruising down a hill. Still had over to everything and the car would crank but not start. Found blown ECU fuse. Had no tools. No mobile reception and no spare fuses...... I found the AC fan was the right size so we took the 20amp fuse from that and put it in the ECU slot. took the 15amp fuse from the fog lights to use for the fan. Car started and we were on our way. 15 mins later it died again. This time we were really fucked cus we had no 20amp fuses left to use or shuffle. A local driving past stopped and took John into town. Bought 4 packets of fuse but that was all they had and it only contained 4 20A fuses. The local gave us about 7 25amp fuses and we got going again. Lasted 10 mins. New fuse. Lasted 5 mins.... new fuse. Got to Omeo and all the shops were closed and we were fast running out of fuses. It did one weird thing where it stopped but hadn't blown the fuse so it started up again..... We started really worrying then because what ever was failing was now failing without blowing a fuse.
Initially thought to be unrelated his car had a bad flat spot whre it would stutter and carry one but was fine under or above that point. It seemed identical to when my fuel pump resistor relay was failing and there was a delay between switching from high to low voltage. After blowing the 8th fuse right on the top of Hotham starting to head down again we realised it only seemed to happen when going slow or the revs where low. I checked and the mechanic who hotwired the fuel pump forgot to bypass the fuel pressure regulator relay which was causing the stutter/flat spot. I also suspected it was causing our issues and when it was switching between high and low voltage it was shorting out somehow. I also noticed the mechanic relocated it and it was getting hit by the weight on the gear shifter. So it's possible it was getting crushed by the weight and caused it to bend etc and short out. In the glove box I found an unused stereo adapter loom and ripped it apart. I used the wires to make a jumper and bypassed the relay. Replaced fuse number 9 and headed off with the aim to never let the revs drop below 3000rpm. We managed to get all the way to his work in Wodonga. We picked up his Land Rover and drove to the caltex. Picked up a tandem trailer then headed to his house. Finally home and in bed by 12:30.

So without John my car would still be stuck in Bright........ without me John would still be stuck on the Great Alpine Road with no phone reception

Eventually got my car loaded up on the trailer in Bright. Got home to my house at 4:30 and unloaded.

[donniekak]

Put the carbon fiber hood on it, installed a boost gauge, and Mbc. 12 psi feels much better than 5.

[box]

Then this happened 500kms from my house

That's rat shit man. Looks like the whole neighborhood came to have a nosey?

Atleast the paint looks mint, I never knew your car was actually red

[GTOJOE]

That's rat shit man. Looks like the whole neighborhood came to have a nosey?

Atleast the paint looks mint, I never knew your car was actually red

Happen during the Australian National Gathering. In the pic is a bunch of other GTO owners (and partners). I'll create a thread later with pics of the event.

[DK77]

Say it ain't so, Joe! At least your car looks good now... You planning to rebuild?

[GTOJOE]

Say it ain't so, Joe! At least your car looks good now... You planning to rebuild?

Yeah just gotta work out what damage has been done. Most likely I will buy another engine, rebuild that engine and drop it in. Finances permitting.

[MDoe8]

Last night I worked on my car for about 20 minutes. I ran out of Argon a few days prior and then ran out of mig wire last night and was welding steel too thin for stick. That ended last night pretty quickly.

[oohnoo]

Finally got a chance to button up the lower half of the car after I installed the motor/trans. Right off the bat noticed the boots were torn on the ball joints. Ordered new ones and when I went to put them on I thought now is the time to install the Stedeban Poly bushing I bought F*CKING 10 YEARS AGO.......LoL
Now I just have to decide whether to get the lower control arms cross members, etc PowderCoated or just clean them up and give them a quick gloss black spray paint.

[sergechronos]

Finally got a chance to button up the lower half of the car after I installed the motor/trans. Right off the bat noticed the boots were torn on the ball joints. Ordered new ones and when I went to put them on I thought now is the time to install the Stedeban Poly bushing I bought F*CKING 10 YEARS AGO.......LoL
Now I just have to decide whether to get the lower control arms cross members, etc PowderCoated or just clean them up and give them a quick gloss black spray paint.

Masterseries AG111 coating with the silver undercoat.. I'll be doing a brief demo video here in the next few days to show it off. It can be brushed on or spryed on, more durable than spray paint and is easily touched up (unlike powder coat.)

Get a quart of the silver undercoatand a quart of the AG111 top coat for like 35 bucks.

[oohnoo]

Very interesting from what I just researched on it. But where you getting it for $35 a quart. I only foind it on they're web site for $65 + $15 shipping.

MasterSeries AG 111- Gloss Black Chassis Kit- $64.95 - MasterSeries Coatings

Masterseries AG111 coating with the silver undercoat.. I'll be doing a brief demo video here in the next few days to show it off. It can be brushed on or spryed on, more durable than spray paint and is easily touched up (unlike powder coat.)

Get a quart of the silver undercoatand a quart of the AG111 top coat for like 35 bucks.