What do you doing to your Wedge this weekend ?
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just replaced 1x sidelight and 1x driving lamp bulb...tip of the iceberg stuff ,i know, but every bit helps ....may seal my expansion tank neck with silicone sealant....ally replacement £145 + vat....anyone got a spare plastic one or one from a capri 2.8i????? will be attending W Mids TVRCC meet on sunday if it's on ...weather forecast is better !!!
GET IT OUT MORE
Problem with doing 3 week shifts at the moment. Doesn't get as much use as it deserves.
But, its going for another service soon and will be mostly fitting new red leads and another chrome filter so it should do faster
Start OK to get it out of the garage then floods on the restart to scare the locals
Took the plugs out and they were soaking in petrol. Don't worry Steve, it must be hibernating with the lack of use and needs a bit of WAKING UP so that the BIG BAD WEDGE remembers its roar
But, its going for another service soon and will be mostly fitting new red leads and another chrome filter so it should do faster
Start OK to get it out of the garage then floods on the restart to scare the locals
Took the plugs out and they were soaking in petrol. Don't worry Steve, it must be hibernating with the lack of use and needs a bit of WAKING UP so that the BIG BAD WEDGE remembers its roar2 sheds said:
Think it will be a four page spread ,and will take all day for pics and info,with some laps of the track
Excellent Steve
how did you cope with not having any pictures in Sprint last month, must have been a blow
Tim
Took afew crates of beer to get over the shock
so i found another magazine
Well - my wheels now look fantastic...
Shine was down with solvo... Alloy polish .. the
wheels are not laquered .. so I've covered this with
car polish 'turtle original' to protect from winter
salt corrusion.
Does anyone know of anything better...?
Headlamp / Wiring - well it's better than it
was but not fixed - but I have isolated the problem
down to 1 connector .. so I suspect a partly broken
wire .. so many be a releif bridge for the current
to take around the connector is in order... job for another day !
Shine was down with solvo... Alloy polish .. the
wheels are not laquered .. so I've covered this with
car polish 'turtle original' to protect from winter
salt corrusion.
Does anyone know of anything better...?
Headlamp / Wiring - well it's better than it
was but not fixed - but I have isolated the problem
down to 1 connector .. so I suspect a partly broken
wire .. so many be a releif bridge for the current
to take around the connector is in order... job for another day !
Hmmm - pledgy .. sounds like a good idea - it's only
silicon polish after all. I will try it some time and
see if it's better that the Turtle Wax.
Streaky - I did drive it twice .. well I had to spin
dry the wheels after cleaning them ...
Two trips up the local bypass .. excellent fun - roof down !
silicon polish after all. I will try it some time and
see if it's better that the Turtle Wax.
Streaky - I did drive it twice .. well I had to spin
dry the wheels after cleaning them ...
Two trips up the local bypass .. excellent fun - roof down !
Well guys,
as mentioned earlier I got the radiator out to see if this was the source of the coolent dripping from the bottom right(passenger) side of the rad.
Took it along to a local rad specialist today and had it pressure tested - no leaks
and 
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When I first noticed the drip I dried of that side of the rad to see if the leak was coming from either the top hose or the temp sensor. When I checked again there was a drip from the bottom of the rad but nothing on the rad between the the hose/sensor at the top and the bottom of the rad.
So, anyone got any ideas where the coolent could be coming from ?
KJR
as mentioned earlier I got the radiator out to see if this was the source of the coolent dripping from the bottom right(passenger) side of the rad.
Took it along to a local rad specialist today and had it pressure tested - no leaks
and . When I first noticed the drip I dried of that side of the rad to see if the leak was coming from either the top hose or the temp sensor. When I checked again there was a drip from the bottom of the rad but nothing on the rad between the the hose/sensor at the top and the bottom of the rad.
So, anyone got any ideas where the coolent could be coming from ?
KJR
kjr said:Almost anywhere! The ability and propensity for water to get anywhere is limited only by its molecule size and surface tension.
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So, anyone got any ideas where the coolent could be coming from ?
KJR
If the rad was not absolutely level, it could have run from the other side.
If the rad was warm, the 'trail' behind the drip could have evaporated.
If you put a container underneath, how much is it losing per hour (or day)? Does it lose it steadily throughout a day (replace the container hourly for eight hours or more)? Does it lose it mostly after a run?
Answers will all help towards analysis.
Streaky
>> Edited by streaky on Tuesday 18th November 16:25
I have fond (and not so fond) memories from my road rallying days. Enjoy - StreakyStreaky,
to try and answer you questions:
"If the rad was not absolutely level, it could have run from the other side."
The car was sitting in the garage, so I assume the floor is quite level.
"If the rad was warm, the 'trail' behind the drip could have evaporated."
Thr rad was cold as I noticed the pool under the car as I was preparing to take it out.
"If you put a container underneath, how much is it losing per hour (or day)? Does it lose it steadily throughout a day (replace the container hourly for eight hours or more)? Does it lose it mostly after a run?"
I never thought about checking this and as the rad is out now it is hard to check.
My plan now is to get all new hoses, the current ones are 14 years old, put it back together and see what happens.
Does anyone know of a coolent hose supplier, on-line, where I could get an idea of prices for "standard" hoses to compare with the likes of ACT for silicon hoses ?
to try and answer you questions:
"If the rad was not absolutely level, it could have run from the other side."
The car was sitting in the garage, so I assume the floor is quite level.
"If the rad was warm, the 'trail' behind the drip could have evaporated."
Thr rad was cold as I noticed the pool under the car as I was preparing to take it out.
"If you put a container underneath, how much is it losing per hour (or day)? Does it lose it steadily throughout a day (replace the container hourly for eight hours or more)? Does it lose it mostly after a run?"
I never thought about checking this and as the rad is out now it is hard to check.
My plan now is to get all new hoses, the current ones are 14 years old, put it back together and see what happens.
Does anyone know of a coolent hose supplier, on-line, where I could get an idea of prices for "standard" hoses to compare with the likes of ACT for silicon hoses ?
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