Well after fixing the weeping ext housing seal I think I might have finally got the ute where I have fixed pretty much sorted out all the major problems. One thing I did notice with the ext seal is to get it out do need to drive a thin screwdriver into the side where it touches the housing I tried for a few mins with just the seal leaver and found it too tight as the hook was just piercing the seal metal and not actually moving. But once I drove the side in a few mm then it came out easy as.
Haven't really given the ute a decent test since I replaced the manifold gaskets as last time I was up home the wife was following me in her car. But this arvo heading back to Town I had to overtake a ute on a dirt road on the first main hill as I leave Mathinna. Well I stuck the boot in and gee I was rather impressed on how well it got passed him. Looking forward now to fitting the Mace CAI when I can afford it and see how much better again it will go.
Also while I was over the pit today I had a look at the servo cover and it's a bit tricky to get to now I have the Pacemaker Y pipe. Might have a chat to the trans bloke who is fitting a cooler in a few weeks and see if he reckons the Y pipe needs to come off? If it does I will have to fit the Corvette servo myself as I don't want him to rack up too much time, where as I was going to have him fit the new servo and boost valve when he services it next.
On another note I am looking at repainting the whole bonnet at some point, maybe next year. I'm not real happy with the small section I painted and just buffed the rest. At first glance it looks ok but I am really anel and want it to look really good. So I plan to remove the bonnet and emblem and paint the entire thing and hit it with some primer as there a slightly shallow spot around where the dent from the strut was made and that was quite hard to repair given the metal stretched, plus there was some stone chips that are noticeable even though I hit some white over it, but some thick primer and rub back will fix it no worries. Plus the paint is a really close match but I can still notice the difference in shade when you compare the edge of the new against the edge of the old.
While I was at the other home I picked up my old lambs wool seat cover and brought that back. Think I mentioned I am going to see if it will fit under the new cover on the drivers side. I have decided that I won't fit a lambs wool cover on the passenger side as it doesn't get used enough.