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Imagine the horrors of complete engine failure because the windscreen wiper got jammed on a twig.

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Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Suddenly a misfire appears.
When this happens to these cars, it is bad news.
 
It was overfuelling horribly so I flipping disconnected the battery and never touched it until I put a new O2 sensor in. O2 sensor did the job, but a previous misfire developed into something that sounded like it was running on 3 cylinders. Completely undrivable and missed MOT because of it.
 
New spark plugs are £60, I'll get the wires as well. Ignition coils are £1000 EACH from Mazda - I think I'll try and find aftermarket ones. The heat in the engine bay kills everything.
 

 
Lifted the UIM to access the 'rat's nest' below and coils etc. Two of the eight solenoids broke instantly.
 

 

 
I'm going to strip down the whole engine and replace rat's nest and check every single sensor. 
Look how meaningless and dark this whole thing is once you get to the heat soaked electronics.
 

 
The problem is:
I have to run the car as the coolant can eat through the irons if it sits
I can't run the car as it's running lumpy and unburnt fuel with cause bore wash which is really bad
I can't switch the car off after a short period of time as this floods the engine - I've only done this once (after ten seconds) and it was a pain in the arse to unflood it - if it's overfuelling I can't run the car for long.
I can't run the car inside the garage as it fucking stinks of fuel, and I can't put it outside because I can't push it into the garage unpowered.
To unflood it, you have to take the spark plugs out, and spin the engine over. The spark plugs are only accessible under the car in a small cavity. The clearance underneath is about two inches.
 
FUCK!

LOL, it's been hard!
 
I finished this recently.
 
Li'l* bit o' filler
 

 
Welded the door shut properly - it had started to crack.
 

 
Using this bastard:
 

 
Getting the door shut lined up perfect like:
 

 
 

TDI/XUD swap.

I used a nifty weld and puller tool, but it couldn't get it flat so had to fill it.
 

 
I was determined to get it flat!!
This is not flat
 

 

 

 
Dats flat:
 

 

 

One year to the day I crashed this beast I fixed everything! Hurrah!! Not a single dent or chip on the body (apart from the bonnet but I'll get that done by a pro).
 

 

 

 

 

 
Extremely pleased with it and shows what you can do if you just work at it.

Here's some pics yo! I don't claim to be a pro at this at all, so this was a learning process for me and if I do something like this again, there's things I will and won't do.
 

 

 
I cut across the narrowest part of the door shut panel as I thought it would be easier to weld and to avoid cracking of filler from the impact, it meant cutting through undamaged metal, but it was a risk I thought I'd take.
 

 
I just put the panel onto the overlap of the cut out part, clamped it all down, and then cut straight through it. I had to tack weld it several times to get everything lined up correctly, really stressful that bit.
 

 
I think this was as straight as I was going to get it:
 

 

 
There was dust everywhere:
 

 
I painted it literally straight after and you can see the dents in the rear wing.
 

LOL, it's been hard!
 
I finished this recently.
 
Li'l* bit o' filler
 

 
Welded the door shut properly - it had started to crack.
 

 
Using this bastard:
 

 
Getting the door shut lined up perfect like:
 

 
 

I haven't even driven the car since the last repair, and the door shut just wasn't cutting it. I attached the new panel and it was 2 to 3 mm out. Every time I looked at it, I knew I had to do something about it.
That involved removing all the spotwelds again, and pulling the panel and rewelding. Of course it never goes like that. I started using my crap SIP welder (I found out stands for "Shit! It's Poo!") which immediately blew a great big funking hole in an edge which is going to be a bastard to repair.
 
Here is my ghetto panel puller.
 

 
After no success welding something onto the body I had to drill into the panel and attach a slide hammer to it. It's not pretty!
 

 
This is nearly my original shutline which would get me a job in Austin Rover Pressed Steel factory in the 70's.
 

 
This is a two person job, one person to pull the stick wedged in a wheel with the door shut to line it up, and then the other to open the door and weld it on. Fortunately I stand on the wheel with my cock 'n' bawls straddling the slide hammer, pulling it out with my back, while doing the work of three hands with my two.
 

 
I devised a plan to mount a handle onto the wall, and then use a ratchet strap to pull my puller and then do it easily, but my straps have gone missing. BAWLS

LOL, it's been hard!
 
I finished this recently.
 
Li'l* bit o' filler
 

 
Welded the door shut properly - it had started to crack.
 

 
Using this bastard:
 

 
Getting the door shut lined up perfect like:
 

 
 

I haven't even driven the car since the last repair, and the door shut just wasn't cutting it. I attached the new panel and it was 2 to 3 mm out. Every time I looked at it, I knew I had to do something about it.
That involved removing all the spotwelds again, and pulling the panel and rewelding. Of course it never goes like that. I started using my crap SIP welder (I found out stands for "Shit! It's Poo!") which immediately blew a great big funking hole in an edge which is going to be a bastard to repair.
 
Here is my ghetto panel puller.
 

 
After no success welding something onto the body I had to drill into the panel and attach a slide hammer to it. It's not pretty!
 

 
This is nearly my original shutline which would get me a job in Austin Rover Pressed Steel factory in the 70's.
 

 
This is a two person job, one person to pull the stick wedged in a wheel with the door shut to line it up, and then the other to open the door and weld it on. Fortunately I stand on the wheel with my cock 'n' bawls straddling the slide hammer, pulling it out with my back, while doing the work of three hands with my two.
 

 
I devised a plan to mount a handle onto the wall, and then use a ratchet strap to pull my puller and then do it easily, but my straps have gone missing. BAWLS

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Nobody is saying appeal everything, I've had about four parking tickets, and I'm bewildered why anyone would want to pay £35/£70 for overstaying parking for five minutes, having one wheel over a yellow line or having the nerve to park on the edge of the kerb. No doubt I'll eventually get corrected by someone for some reason.
Anyone should feel free to pay it though, it makes no difference to me.

One of these in this colour:
 

 
I couldn't afford a car back then.

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.

Sensor looks completely mashed.
 
I've never got one out of a car without breaking it.
I have on a Saab though, they seem to be better quality and fit OK.

Thanks for your work.
 
Maybe it's time to get proper hosting though, the site has been up and down for ages - if the whole site is in one persons hands, anything could happen to it and I bet nobody wants to lose 10 years of quality shite postings.