What have you done to your car today......
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4.5 Being fully rebuilt by Dom. New pistons, billet con rods, crank regrind, oil pump rebuild, pas pump, rebuilt throttle bodies.............
Plus a Red Rose tune which, combined with Joolz’s whirlwind induction system and ACT sport exhaust (ceramic coated manifolds and collectors), should give an interesting package.
Hopefully good for the life of my ownership
If you want to see how far it’s come in my ownership, read the thread in the link below. It’s now essentially a new car, having had virtually everything been through and replaced if needed. Chassis, interior trim, paint, engine, electrics, the list seems endless.
Four years of work (not by me) and nearly finished.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Plus a Red Rose tune which, combined with Joolz’s whirlwind induction system and ACT sport exhaust (ceramic coated manifolds and collectors), should give an interesting package.
Hopefully good for the life of my ownership
If you want to see how far it’s come in my ownership, read the thread in the link below. It’s now essentially a new car, having had virtually everything been through and replaced if needed. Chassis, interior trim, paint, engine, electrics, the list seems endless.
Four years of work (not by me) and nearly finished.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by Revvit on Saturday 9th February 09:21
Revvit said:
If you want to see how far it’s come in my ownership, read the thread in the link below. It’s now essentially a new car, having had virtually everything been through and replaced if needed. Chassis, interior trim, paint, engine, electrics, the list seems endless.
Nice I think I've done about the same, I've spent over £30K on mine over the last 12 yearsI have driven my car for more than an hour or so for the first time in nearly two years
By the end of the trip I was even starting to enjoy driving, whereas for most of the time I was simply waiting for something to go wrong (which it did, but it was handled)
I am now fairly confident that I will be at DN21 in ten days time in the Cerb, but I have made sure that the backup car is working too
Here's a pic from DN18 in August 2017, which is effectively the last time I used the car
By the end of the trip I was even starting to enjoy driving, whereas for most of the time I was simply waiting for something to go wrong (which it did, but it was handled)
I am now fairly confident that I will be at DN21 in ten days time in the Cerb, but I have made sure that the backup car is working too
Here's a pic from DN18 in August 2017, which is effectively the last time I used the car
Edited by ukkid35 on Saturday 11th May 07:06
ukkid35 said:
I have driven my car for more than an hour or so for the first time in nearly two years
By the end of the trip I was even starting to enjoy driving, whereas for most of the time I was simply waiting for something to go wrong (which it did, but it was handled)
I am now fairly confident that I will be at DN21 in ten days time in the Cerb, but I have made sure that the backup car is working too
Here's a pic from DN18 in August 2017, which is effectively the last time I used the car
Superb shot ! By the end of the trip I was even starting to enjoy driving, whereas for most of the time I was simply waiting for something to go wrong (which it did, but it was handled)
I am now fairly confident that I will be at DN21 in ten days time in the Cerb, but I have made sure that the backup car is working too
Here's a pic from DN18 in August 2017, which is effectively the last time I used the car
Edited by ukkid35 on Saturday 11th May 07:06
BUT
What is DN21 for the Dullos amongst me ?
Ta !
Took out the steering wheel after my buttons failed this weekend. What a very easy thing to do to allow work on the dash/steering ribbon and everything around cables without being upside down in the footwell.
Just take the bolt out the steering column adjustment, disconnect a blue and black plug and disconnect the air vent pipe and ribbon cables - Voila
This makes it so easy to dismantle everything, test in the car. In my case it was the short ribbon cable running from the small PCB at the base of the column back to the plug behind the wheel boss. Oh and three of the little white plugs were really loose. I think some application of a hot glue gun will help it go back together.
I'll take the opportunity to refurb my steering wheel whilst it's all apart
Just take the bolt out the steering column adjustment, disconnect a blue and black plug and disconnect the air vent pipe and ribbon cables - Voila
This makes it so easy to dismantle everything, test in the car. In my case it was the short ribbon cable running from the small PCB at the base of the column back to the plug behind the wheel boss. Oh and three of the little white plugs were really loose. I think some application of a hot glue gun will help it go back together.
I'll take the opportunity to refurb my steering wheel whilst it's all apart
Byker28i said:
Just take the bolt out the steering column adjustment, disconnect a blue and black plug and disconnect the air vent pipe and ribbon cables - Voila
Now that does sound handy Paul!For the rest of us who need to do this and avoid wrestling with that stupid rubber boot type thing - do you mean as per this comment from SlvrCrb?
"First time I tried taking the boss off, was convinced voodoo was holding it on until I saw AndyAPM do it in less than 2 minutes. Take off steering wheel and loosen but DO NOT FULLY REMOVE centre bolt or you will lose teeth doing the next bit. Bolt steering wheel back on and use the wheel to push/pull (and I mean really feckin pull) the boss off the spigot. When it does come, take off wheel, take out centre bolt and voila. Helps to have seat fully forward and get your feet above the pedals and on the bulkhead to get leverage. It's tight and you'll be convinced the wheel will snap but it will come off eventually"
So basically as per your picture here - remove that centre bolt, as above, unplug the cables etc and the air pipe and Bob's your uncle?
From https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
NO!
If you look at the photos I've still got that all connected.
The black lever that adjusts the steering column up/down in and out. You need a 10mm socket for teh bolt head on the lever side and a 12mm spanner for the nut on the other side. Undo the nut, pull out the bolt and the whole steering assembly comes away, steering wheel all still attached.
There's a small 3 pin black plug and a larger blue plug together just under the main dash, and the 5 way and 10 way ribbon cable going to the indicator control box. Then it's just the air pipe. The whole of the vent pops out to make it simple to disconnect the pipe, but on my car I have a smaller pipe going into a larger one so it just all came out without disconnecting.
Easy
There's no need to remove the centre bolt on the steering hub, unless you really want to get at the ribbon cable. You can test it all easily without taking it apart, no worries about reassembling the indicator self cancelling etc.
If you look at the photos I've still got that all connected.
The black lever that adjusts the steering column up/down in and out. You need a 10mm socket for teh bolt head on the lever side and a 12mm spanner for the nut on the other side. Undo the nut, pull out the bolt and the whole steering assembly comes away, steering wheel all still attached.
There's a small 3 pin black plug and a larger blue plug together just under the main dash, and the 5 way and 10 way ribbon cable going to the indicator control box. Then it's just the air pipe. The whole of the vent pops out to make it simple to disconnect the pipe, but on my car I have a smaller pipe going into a larger one so it just all came out without disconnecting.
Easy
There's no need to remove the centre bolt on the steering hub, unless you really want to get at the ribbon cable. You can test it all easily without taking it apart, no worries about reassembling the indicator self cancelling etc.
gruffalo said:
Byker28i said:
It's in the conservatory, a great place for paint to dry....
To be honest I think she gave up on me years ago when I put car parts in the dishwasher...
I got a bTo be honest I think she gave up on me years ago when I put car parts in the dishwasher...
king at home once for cleaning a cylinder head in the bath, she wasn't impressed.
Next job replace the steering wheel, then onto door buttons
Door buttons, inside and out.
The drivers inside door button has been intermittent for a while, the outside is now playing up. Time to replace all of them.
RS now do red buttons for the outside, better than the boring black
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/push-button-switche...
and I've got red led inside ones to replace the current green ones.
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/push-button-switche...
Travelling back from Wales today so can stop off at Swansea and reclaim my soldering iron from my son.
Door buttons, inside and out.
The drivers inside door button has been intermittent for a while, the outside is now playing up. Time to replace all of them.
RS now do red buttons for the outside, better than the boring black
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/push-button-switche...
and I've got red led inside ones to replace the current green ones.
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/push-button-switche...
Travelling back from Wales today so can stop off at Swansea and reclaim my soldering iron from my son.
Aarrghhhh. Found the huge ribbon cable inside the hub had snapped as well about an inch from the end.
No way was I paying £80 for one. I've pulled the plug apart, cut the broken end off, sanded it down and soldered it onto the plug. Double sided cable tape to sick it at either end to give it some support, and all sorted.
No way was I paying £80 for one. I've pulled the plug apart, cut the broken end off, sanded it down and soldered it onto the plug. Double sided cable tape to sick it at either end to give it some support, and all sorted.
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