What have you done to your car today......

What have you done to your car today......

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pmessling

2,284 posts

202 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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I sorned mine, not worth taxing it as i have a leaking rear shock which by the looks of the amount of oil, not worth driving until done.

But does mean i can now get on with my winter jobs.
Clutch, slave and master
handbrake
rewire my HIDS
Glue a clip back on my scuttle panel
glue the velco back on my drivers mate, adjust the carpet at the end of the footwell as the clutch pedal catches it, ( nothing to do with the clutch overall)

Byker28i

58,831 posts

216 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Drove it, got it dirty

Cerberaherts

1,651 posts

140 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Got home from a ste day at work. Pulled cerb from garage and went for a hack about. Still smiling! smile

NilsP

389 posts

116 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Recieved the refurbed coolant pipes/rails.
I'm really happy with the result.
Sand blasted, zinc plated an powder coated for £ 70 smile
Bargain compared to the stainless ones and looks really nice.
Can't wait to drive her again!


Byff

4,427 posts

260 months

Friday 3rd October 2014
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I've got 2 weeks off work.

Got it up on stands, removed the wheels and made a start on removing the inch thick of waxoyl that's doing a st job of preventing the chassis from rusting.

Hopefully, it'll be done before I have to go back to work.

thefrog

341 posts

218 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Get her new number plates, or rather her original ones. Moving to France at the end of the year and will take the Cerb along, so the private plate needed to go back to its owner or be lost forever.

I have the new V5, etc... but not the new plates yet, so can't drive her frown

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Byff said:
I've got 2 weeks off work.

Got it up on stands, removed the wheels and made a start on removing the inch thick of waxoyl that's doing a st job of preventing the chassis from rusting.

Hopefully, it'll be done before I have to go back to work.
Boy do I know that job....lying on my back in Feb in a concrete garage with wind blowing through scraping, scraping and more damned scraping. Bloody stuff gets everywhere. I found WD40 to be quite good at getting into the waxoyl and softening it up for scraping, did get through quite a few cans though.

FUBAR

17,062 posts

237 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Spent the weekend checking down the back of the sofa in readiness for the bill...



gruffalo

7,509 posts

225 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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But the stone chips add a certain something to a Cerb don't you think?

I will get mine done one day.

FUBAR

17,062 posts

237 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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gruffalo said:
But the stone chips add a certain something to a Cerb don't you think?

I will get mine done one day.
I quite enjoyed them but they beacme a problem when 2 or 3 join up and your left with 10p size holes in the paint hehe

Byff

4,427 posts

260 months

Tuesday 7th October 2014
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djstevec said:
Boy do I know that job....lying on my back in Feb in a concrete garage with wind blowing through scraping, scraping and more damned scraping. Bloody stuff gets everywhere. I found WD40 to be quite good at getting into the waxoyl and softening it up for scraping, did get through quite a few cans though.
Don't have the luxury of a garage, today has been spent lying on my back on a slopy driveway, scraping, painting and putting new suspension on the rear nearside.

My aim was a corner per day but I made good progress, so started the offside rear. The b'stard bottom bolt on the shock is siezed solid. Not happy, got a sore finger when the hammer slipped too frown


scerbera

102 posts

113 months

Tuesday 7th October 2014
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9 hours up on the ramp to get to the point of just about fitting the new slave cylinder. Absolute ball ache!

New exhaust has some bent studs between sections which made it very tricky to pull apart, tunnel heat shielding only held up with 4 small screws so that was easy but a total bodge. No waxoyl on the chassis at all.

Prop to diff bolts very tight.

Box off not too bad, then 2 hours plus to get the slave unit out, 4mm countersunk heads totally useless had to be drilled out then get the remaining threads out. Had to make 2 pullers as the slave was tight even with heat. Seals on the old unit non existent.

New aly unit in and clutch action now good with new slave and master in 1 week.

Some surface rust in places but superficial, drivers side chassis really good, looks like coolant has leaked on passenger side as some surface rust which will be treated and painted tomorrow.

Box to go back on and new heat shielding. Reverse cable to box fried and metled together.

All in all a st day but hopefully all back together tomorrow so I can get it on the dyno on thursday.

Brakes need attention next, servo is quite weak but not sure how it's supposed to be so will pop in a cerb friendly garage this week on way back from dyno session.

waveydavey1000

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148 posts

117 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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Hahaha...had a lucky escape. I started the Cerb up in the garage and let it warm through while I was tinkering about with a battery charger on the bench. Jumped in the car and went round to my mates house about 5 miles away. Got out the car and stopped the engine and to my horror realised I had left the keys at home in the garage....I quickly pressed the button and to my amazement it started!
Luckily I had restarted it before the immobiliser had kicked in, needless to say I drove staight home and collected the keys!

ukkid35

6,138 posts

172 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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scerbera said:
Some surface rust in places but superficial, drivers side chassis really good, looks like coolant has leaked on passenger side as some surface rust which will be treated and painted tomorrow.
When engine overheats the expansion tank dumps coolant directly on the passenger side chassis rail - Criminal!

I have tried to fashion an overflow pipe taking coolant from the expansion tank away from the engine bay.

Cerberaherts

1,651 posts

140 months

Sunday 19th October 2014
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Took it out, filled it with fuel. Drove it with vigour and malice until aforementioned fuel had expired. Took it home. Great day! smile

Vee8ight

734 posts

138 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Welded up another crack in the manifold and went for a nice drive to make sure it was good again wink

Tanguero

4,535 posts

200 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Well not today strictly, but sailed through the MOT with no advisories last week.

otp

116 posts

156 months

Monday 20th October 2014
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Possibly wrote it off !!

Byff

4,427 posts

260 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Finally finished tarting up my chassis!


Cerberaherts

1,651 posts

140 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Just spent the morning burning my way through a load of super-unleaded, the rebuilt engine pulls really well, now I've covered sufficient miles and it's had another oil change/check over that long accelerator travel is getting pushed further towards the carpet! What a great car the cerb is.... smile