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That’d be great if I can lay my hands on a betterer gasket 👌
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Emissions are low as anything. 0.5 out of a max 3.5 for CO 138 out of a max 1200 for HC. Cleanest running old Vauxhall I’ve had yet!
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Looks like the new cork pan gasket is leaking too. Which is a pain in the ass. Probably going to need a new one and plenty of sealant.
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Passed with two advisories. Nearside rear wheel bearing noisy (I had heard it a while back, glad it’s a wheel bearing not the diff) and nearside rear wheel arch slight corrosion. he was very impressed with it, and the emissions were really low too! It does run good 👌
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How bad is the gold one? I mean, it was your first car…. If you’re sentimental about it, why not make that one a good runner? You can enjoy it again then. I wish I’d never sold my first car mk3 fiesta to a mate because it never saw the road again and was scrapped.
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I’d love a 190 cosworth. The e36 is a nice car but lacks character in comparison to to the 190.
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MOT booked in on Monday. 2nd test since it was recommissioned. sill check - they’re still there. They’ve not disintegrated over winter! Couple of things to note. The gearbox has bled on my nice clean garage floor. Great. Looks like it’s coming from the selector shaft, that’s a new one. I think pretty much every orifice on this box has leaked. oil pooled up in that gap behind the nut. Not entirely sure what the next move is… time for a service. The 20l of 20/50 heavy duty diesel oil came in useful again. Probably got enough for 3/4 more after this one. now this should be interesting. We all know the fuel tank was crusty inside… looks a bit brown oh that’s very brown Well that’s 12 months and about 2500 miles worth of fuel. I think this year I’ll be tanking the tank off for a refurb.
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Front bumper looks much better after using automatic transmission fluid to spruce it up. Wish I’d done this sooner.
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Well. It’s temporarily fixed. Both high/low pipes have been changed, however the front ram pipes are leaking. Ok, not as much as the others were, but still leaking. Can’t afford to replace them so it’ll have to leak ever so slightly until I can. gave the new pipes some temp bitumen coating until I can do the others.
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Pipes took some getting out. Luckily I made two tools for the assistance of the extraction process. First was made from 3mm side guard lamp bracket, which bent immediately. The second was made from an 8mm thick shift rod out of a truck gearbox. That one didn’t mess about. the seals were extracted by running an m10 bolt into it and using the same extraction tool to remove.
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Yeah, not keen to be honest, but they seam to be the only company selling the pipes. These are going to get a liberal dose of waxoil once fitted and operational
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Yes. They leak for fun. Which is a pain. The high / low pressure pipes come in 4 sections which if bought completely will set you back 500, then there’s the two to the front ram and two to the back so another 500. Then the seals are 20 quid a throw……. Very expensive system to keep on top of. Normal roll bar system and the pulley/belt system will cost 250 second hand. So yeah, a cheaper version. Won’t handle as good though.
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My worst fears hit me yesterday. The pipe is split. it’s also stuck in the valve block, which is going to take some getting out without damaging the block. ordered two new metal pipes, pointless doing one and not the other as it looks like it’s leaking too. This job is going to cost me just over £250 so far and that’s doing it myself.
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Noticed the other day that the power steering fluid was going down. Couldn’t see any leaks. The reason? Some c**ts swapped the cap over with the ACE cap. So it’s the ACE system that’s leaking.. great. If these run out of fluid the pump sets on fire. Lovely! Here’s the leak bottom pipe connection is leaking only when engine is running though. Bottom pipe is rusty but hopefully not leaking itself. I’ll be replacing the seal in the block on Thursday.
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First FTP today. pulled into to Tesco for some go go juice. Put 25 quid in, then the fucker wouldn’t start. Popped the bonnet and checked my 1p hadn’t dislodged. Nope. Tried to start again nope. Got out again and checked the digital clicky clacky connections, all ok, then it fired on one cylinder. Restarted on 2, then 3 then 4. Think it flooded itself. No idea why. Let’s see if it gets me to work in the morning. My Landrover is too broken to use.
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I drove past it a few weeks ago in a gritter and nearly swung in for a look. 5k though!!! Jesus!
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Loving this already. tip I learned not long ago. If you have some thick metal to weld to and struggle to get good penetration, warm the surface up first. I’ve just bought a Map Gas burner off Amazon. Works a treat. I need to do the wheel arch on my Manta at some point, I might look to this for some pointers.
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Oooooo a fox body. These look great fun! Rock auto is your friend.
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“Sorry my 6 yr old kid managed to log on my eBay account and buy 14 cars in one night” kinda story? Had that a few times in the past.
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Hurrah. Plates are on. Front was ok, rear plate had just been screwed through the rear panel (twats) and the original holes were missing the screw holders. Someone sent me those in the post, and two extra for my B series manta. Rear plate is now stuck on correctly.
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I finally got my tool box into my freshly painted garage. Then washed the Carlton and put her in there. doesn’t she look cozy in there! don’t get comfortable. There’s a rusty old manta going in tomorrow. Shame really lol.