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[Arthur Foxhake]

The sex.

[DodgyBastard]

Zx is dead once again...

 

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[DodgyBastard]

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[DodgyBastard]

The ZX broke down in the centre of Edinburgh. AA guy comes out and checks a few things including the stop solenoid which was fine and cracks off an injector but there was no fuel getting through.
His verdict was the pump itself was knackered so he called for a flatbed to take me to the unit.
Got back to the unit and the car started so we just drove it home and it has been fine since.
Really need to get to the bottom of this...

[Dirk Diggler]

Bring it everywhere on the back of the Tranny?!

[Burnside]

Don't know if this will help you Foad but, 

 

Had a fault with a Renault 19 1.9 GTD years ago with it cutting out and not wanting to start again. Turned out the orange handled primer pump had a faulty seal [split] and every time I primed it to get it going again I was just putting a bigger airlock in the fuel system. 

 

Managed to fit a slightly later one from a newer shape 19 from a nearby scrapyard and away it went again. Shouldn't have sold it really as it was a good car but needed the cash. 

[Guest Hooli]

Front shocks is one job I hate. I've seen a spring compressor snap & I'm bloody glad I wasn't any closer to it when it happened.

[DodgyBastard]

Front shocks is one job I hate. I've seen a spring compressor snap & I'm bloody glad I wasn't any closer to it when it happened.

Funnily enough I was using really crap spring compressors before I found the better ones seen in the photo. They were the single prong type. I had compressed the spring just about enough when I realised that I needed to undo the top mount nut.

Armed with a breaker bar with an allen key bit attached and a 21mm spanner I set about trying to crack the nut off. As I cracked it, one of the compressors pinged off.

Luckily it didn't manage to hit anyone or anything but it was a terrifying experience.

It's one of the reasons I've been putting off changing the shocks.

 

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[DodgyBastard]

Bring it everywhere on the back of the Tranny?!

That's also broken...

 

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[Dirk Diggler]

That's a big AA truck though; ZX onto transit, transit / ZX combo onto AA truck

[omegod]

Do ZX's have a fuel pressure regulator? I had a VX that used to cut out and it was a faulty FPR that shut up shop when it got hot , would start again when cooled down

[Arthur Foxhake]

I've got a Lucas pump you can have for postage if you want it.

Injectors and lines as well.

Slightly turned up but not silly.

[Guest Hooli]

Funnily enough I was using really crap spring compressors before I found the better ones seen in the photo. They were the single prong type. I had compressed the spring just about enough when I realised that I needed to undo the top mount nut.

Armed with a breaker bar with an allen key bit attached and a 21mm spanner I set about trying to crack the nut off. As I cracked it, one of the compressors pinged off.

Luckily it didn't manage to hit anyone or anything but it was a terrifying experience.

It's one of the reasons I've been putting off changing the shocks.

 

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I was changing the springs on an Orion (fitting XR3i stuff) when a cheap spring compressor snapped a prong, it went away from me (thank gawd) and cracked a brick in the garage wall.

[anonymous user]

All the above is why I ended up paying over the nose for a Citroen specialist to sort out the rear spring on my C15. I was too scared in the end to attempt it myself.

[rainagain]

I found that if you wrap electrical tape round the prongs on spring compressors, not only does it stop them wrecking the paint on the springs it also stops them sliding about.

[DodgyBastard]

I found that if you wrap electrical tape round the prongs on spring compressors, not only does it stop them wrecking the paint on the springs it also stops them sliding about.

 

I'll give that a go next time. I find spring compressors absolutely terrifying to use. I'm tempted to fabricate some kind of hydraulic spring compressor jig/frame.

[DodgyBastard]

Today I fitted a top quality sound system to the Lada...

 

DSC_0856 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0857 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I can now drown out all of the strange noises with music. My battery powered portable tape deck just wasn't cutting it.

 

Have some more Lada pics...

 

Lada Riva 1500E by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Lada Riva 1500E by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Lada Riva 1500E by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Hopefully I can Make shitefest in it this weekend.

[Felly Magic]

I actually saw a beige D reg Riva estate I papped a few years back in Felixstowe when we were out for a drive on Saturday evening, it's an early estate, and glad to see it is still going strong

[sutty2006]

Have you picked that starter motor up yet?

[CreepingJesus]

I'll give that a go next time. I find spring compressors absolutely terrifying to use. I'm tempted to fabricate some kind of hydraulic spring compressor jig/frame.

Fabricate the sit on lever device that Eastern European bloke had? The one in the video I chucked on FB iirc?

[Guest]

I hate spring compressors,even after a quarter of a century of using them, I still tremble a little bit. My favoured way is : Take strut off car. Get 3 old wheels. 2 wheels side by side slightly apart under ramp. 1 wheel on top of the 2 wheels. Turn strut upside down and poke thread of shock through centre hole of wheel. Lower ramp to compress spring. Undo nut. Raise ramp. Voila.

[andy18s]

In the past I've been known to remove the top nut whilst the strut is still on the car,then jack it up allowing the spring to extend.

Putting it all back together took a bit of juggling but the weight of the car kept it all under control

[Cheezey]

I've been the in company of someone compressing a spring using a ramp in a nowhere near as careful method. Fortunately I had anticipated the inevitable and had retreated to a safe distance.

 

He had only just finished telling me how he had ended up in hospital many years ago with spring to puss related incident.

[Felly Magic]

The one I spotted t'other day, shame they deleted the roof rails on these

 

 

Also mini FOADwagon and a friend

 

[Kiltox]

I'll give that a go next time. I find spring compressors absolutely terrifying to use. I'm tempted to fabricate some kind of hydraulic spring compressor jig/frame.

You can buy such a thing - Automotech sell one

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I'll give that a go next time. I find spring compressors absolutely terrifying to use. I'm tempted to fabricate some kind of hydraulic spring compressor jig/frame.

Same. There is a chunk of concrete missing from my shed wall after doing a mates e46 front springs. How we laughed that day...

 

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[primeradoner]

I'll give that a go next time. I find spring compressors absolutely terrifying to use. I'm tempted to fabricate some kind of hydraulic spring compressor jig/frame.

Mrs PD called at my unit one day and witnessed me using spring compressors. She was so "impressed" she drove straight to machine mart and bought me one of their foot operated hydraulic jobs for a wedding anniversary present. Its great to use. Any Durham area shitters are welcome to use it if they want.

[DodgyBastard]

I replaced the fuel filter and fitted some clear fuel hose then bled the air out of the system.

Fingers crossed it continues to work.

In other news, I'm picking up a gold zx turbo-D estate today for £60..

 

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[DodgyBastard]

Nope, Still failing to proceed!

 

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Luckily I have a backup ZX

 

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