So what did you do in your garage/shed/drive today?
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About time someone started this thread what with all the talented this forum has, myself just a little engine change on a Chevrolet Kalos 
Then started to prepare some new metal for the father in laws X type, 11 year old jag and the sills have already rotted through
So what you been up-to?
Then started to prepare some new metal for the father in laws X type, 11 year old jag and the sills have already rotted through
So what you been up-to?
Edited by chryslerben on Sunday 13th November 20:39
On saturday I helped a mate change the timing belt & tensioner and water pump on his Fabia VRS.
On sunday, for another mate, I fixed a binding rear brake (shoe retaining pins had pulled through the caps, or whatever they're called) and fitted a new steering rack gaiter on a Peugeot 207.
I diagnosed a faulty temperature sensor on another Fabia VRS.
I finished off a few bits on my MG Midget engine and I started cleaning up the gearbox ready for a lick of paint and new gaskets & oil seals.
On sunday, for another mate, I fixed a binding rear brake (shoe retaining pins had pulled through the caps, or whatever they're called) and fitted a new steering rack gaiter on a Peugeot 207.
I diagnosed a faulty temperature sensor on another Fabia VRS.
I finished off a few bits on my MG Midget engine and I started cleaning up the gearbox ready for a lick of paint and new gaskets & oil seals.
I need a tidy up. Too many toys have worked their way onto the floor now. Parking for 1 car only at the minute. Bikes, scooters, old pram and allsorts seems to have taken over.
Edit - i have the same wing protector as OP
Edit - i have the same wing protector as OP
Edited by MDMA . on Monday 14th November 16:32
Edited by MDMA . on Monday 14th November 18:17
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GreenV8S said:
PaulKemp said:
Amongst other things
Looks very shiny, but I don't recognise it. You seem to have too many cam drive pulleys - is one of them an oil pump drive?
You will note the engine does not have a distributor and the ignition is now provided by Megajolt which requires a 36-1 trigger wheel which I've put on the front of the auxiliary drive pully
Currently making brackets to mount the intercooler on my RX-7. This is the current phase of the great rebuild continuing... started as an "I'll just sort a few problems out" kinda thing. That was six months ago now and at the lowest point it meant the entire front of the car from the windscreen forwards was taken apart 
Y'know how it is...
anyway, intercooler brackets. Turns out whoever mounted it in the first place used two 12"-long "brackets" attached to the bottom corners of the matrix, but neglected to use the two mounts halfway up the side of the I/C. This meant that not only was the entire thing held on only by the pipes and two long, extremely springy thin pieces of steel, but the two mounts that weren't utilised left M6 holes open directly to the core. Hmmmm, might explain the boost leak that I could never cure then.
This entire stripdown has been a lesson, start to finish, in why you should never trust anyone else to work on your car unless you want a succession of lash-ups and "that'll do"s holding it all together
Y'know how it is...anyway, intercooler brackets. Turns out whoever mounted it in the first place used two 12"-long "brackets" attached to the bottom corners of the matrix, but neglected to use the two mounts halfway up the side of the I/C. This meant that not only was the entire thing held on only by the pipes and two long, extremely springy thin pieces of steel, but the two mounts that weren't utilised left M6 holes open directly to the core. Hmmmm, might explain the boost leak that I could never cure then.
This entire stripdown has been a lesson, start to finish, in why you should never trust anyone else to work on your car unless you want a succession of lash-ups and "that'll do"s holding it all together
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