Jhc32gt
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Hi, newbie here.
I'm Joe, from cornwall UK, I drive a 3200gt.
I bought it cheap, it's had a hard life and with no history, unknown mileage, and a write-off in its past I thought it would be perfect for me to have a play with.
It had some cooling issues which were presumed to be hgf, but turned out to just be a very leaky water pump. So first off it had a full cambelt service to put my mind at ease, and a new pump to fix the problem. It came with the throttle body replaced with the contactless (volvo?) modified unit, and I've since replaced the old pedal potentiometer with a contactless one too.
Thankfully it seems (so far) to not have any other major issues, but the list of little things to fix is a long one! (I'll leave that for the relevant section)
The bodykit is an unknown to me, but seems to be reasonably common on these and 4200's. It was fitted after the car was written off (not by me) and the car was resprayed at the same time. Future plans include a retrim inside and a full respray to tidy up the bodywork.
It's not a car for the purists... But I feel they can rest-easy knowing I'm doing all these terrible things to a car that would probably have ended up as spare parts eventually...
I'll be posting looking for some advice in the near future, hopefully you will be able to help.
Anyway, here it is.
I'm Joe, from cornwall UK, I drive a 3200gt.
I bought it cheap, it's had a hard life and with no history, unknown mileage, and a write-off in its past I thought it would be perfect for me to have a play with.
It had some cooling issues which were presumed to be hgf, but turned out to just be a very leaky water pump. So first off it had a full cambelt service to put my mind at ease, and a new pump to fix the problem. It came with the throttle body replaced with the contactless (volvo?) modified unit, and I've since replaced the old pedal potentiometer with a contactless one too.
Thankfully it seems (so far) to not have any other major issues, but the list of little things to fix is a long one! (I'll leave that for the relevant section)
The bodykit is an unknown to me, but seems to be reasonably common on these and 4200's. It was fitted after the car was written off (not by me) and the car was resprayed at the same time. Future plans include a retrim inside and a full respray to tidy up the bodywork.
It's not a car for the purists... But I feel they can rest-easy knowing I'm doing all these terrible things to a car that would probably have ended up as spare parts eventually...
I'll be posting looking for some advice in the near future, hopefully you will be able to help.
Anyway, here it is.
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