Big Dave's Autos

30/07/2025

Loads of stuff going on at minute,first job,timing belt kit.

28/12/2024

So,gets the used metering head out of the box for the Volvo,taken ages to find one from a running car,(customer supplied),anyway,within seconds realised it was seized solid,in fact worse than the one on the car,so after a few polite words and kicking some stuff about in the garage,I goes back to the car,now the one on the car that I stripped and freed off,would not work properly afterwards,car would fire then die,messed with it for days,got nowhere,I figured it was because I had to force it apart and the 6 shims inside that fine tune the fueling to each cylinder flew all over the place,so got mixed up,hence I eventually gave up,anyway back to now,so I'm constantly firing it back up,and trying to catch it on the throttle before it dies,no luck,then after about an hour managed to keep it running on 3 cylinders,just feathering the throttle,anyway over the space of another hour,3 turns to 4,then 5 ,then a set of spark plugs and more fuel eventually 6,now running almost perfect,and getting better the longer it runs,eventually I was able to drive it,first time it drove in over 22 years,drove well,couldn't believe I had actually fixed it first time around a d just needed a bit more percivearance on my part,anyway spare metering head on its way to a specialist for a rebuild,and car back to happy customer,amongst all this forgot to take a video of it running,sounded nicer than a lot of more modern motors.

23/12/2024

Well,it's back,now finally got the parts required to get her running again after many many years sat in a garage

15/10/2024

So,fuel metering head plunger seized on the Volvo,due to the worst stale fuel I think Ive ever seen,poured some out and couldn't even set fire to it 😂,anyway metering valve body stripped down,plunger freed off,hopefully it doesn't leak when back together,normally would just replace it but seems a refurbed one is around £1000 from Germany,so will see how this works out.

14/10/2024

Volvo 260,just over 10000miles,sat for 22 years,need to see if I can get her running again,looks like it just came out of the factory,all original,absolute credit to the owner.

20/09/2024

Been a pain this one,considering it was running when it went into storage,hmmm,not convinced,lots of new parts later,carb stripped,starter motor stripped,list goes on,but it finally lives,new set of plugs on way just to sort a small misfire.

07/09/2024

Next one,ford

07/09/2024

Well,one brought back from the dead,other needs an engine strip down,which I will do at a later date.

05/09/2024

Woke up in the 1930's this morning

28/08/2024

Bmw 520,in for headlight restoration due to poor beam pattern,and crap performance,also bit of rust repair on back wheel arch(note:I don't do paint 😂),all rust ground out and treated,filled and painted,not a bad job from 10feet away,certainly doesn't look worse.

14/08/2024

13/08/2024

Few days getting into the e30,be nice to wake up one day and not see it parked there 😂,just to point out,anywhere thats got primer on it,had either rust/dents/stone chips/lacquer peel or runs from previous paint job,the slog continues.