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Hi folks,

I've been posting and hanging around for a while now, and finally decided I should introduce myself.

I won't go into massive amounts of detail here, but I will direct your to my blog http://rednels.com.

G

Alright, I give up. What's the "79" refer to?

Can you give us a clue?

Wait, let me guess.

Is it the 79th car of 250 made for Australia in a limited colour and interior style perhaps?

ak_perth wrote:Is it the 79th car of 250 made for Australia in a limited colour and interior style perhaps

Clever man!

I took the opportunity to replace the coil pack, ignition leads, and spark plugs today. Job took about 1.5 hours as I took my time explaining the steps, and letting my son help..... http://rednels.com/2011/05/a-bright-spark/

Have now got the HSD coilovers on and have updated the blog.... http://rednels.com

Will be doing a final update soon and wrap up these.

G

mazdatenfive wrote:After seeing your blog coilover pics, seems you need to replace your steering ball joint rubbers.

Sure do! On the list once I've tracked down some parts....

G

Decided to replace a few things this weekend, being the fuel filter, O² narrow-band sensor and the differential axle-shaft seal. The car was sometimes idiling roughly and blowing black smoke when stomped on... so me thinks the O² was original (they only last about 6 or so years). The diff was leaking and you would have noticed this on my photos of the new exhaust system - the smell of burnt diff oil isn't pleasant!

Full post and pics on my blog - > http://rednels.com

G

The 02 sensor doesnt do anything past 4k and something like half throttle.

Dann

Further updates.... added a strut brace and alarm/remote locking etc.

Story and pics on the blog http://rednels.com

G