xtriple Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yes, I've had a butchers now as well and they do look easy(ish) certainly easier than old inboard Jaguar ones. Also, can't see why the fronts are 6hours to do either, they look like a million other cars which are an hour per side. Perhaps there is a special 'speed' that is needed to be used on Rolls Royce products when working on them? You know, like that one just between 'dead slow' and 'full stop'. I do sometimes fear that my beloveds up at Specialist cars take the wee-wee a bit on times, but then, no other fucker will work on this car so what am I to do? The next nearest specialist is Bournemouth and with my luck and this car, it'd need repairing at both ends of the journey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yes, it does look a tad tricky with splined shafts and stuff but still... Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Perhaps there is a special 'speed' that is needed to be used on Rolls Royce products when working on them? You know, like that one just between 'dead slow' and 'full stop'. I do sometimes fear that my beloveds up at Specialist cars take the wee-wee a bit on times, but then, no other fucker will work on this car so what am I to do? The next nearest specialist is Bournemouth and with my luck and this car, it'd need repairing at both ends of the journey! You have to factor in head scratching, tea drinking, biscuit dunking and teeth sucking. xtriple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 You have to factor in head scratching, tea drinking, biscuit dunking and teeth sucking.Dry cleaning those Gucci overalls probably costs a fair bit too. Brodders, Rusty_Rocket, The Moog and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Its all just nuts and bolts......That exploded diagram doesnt look particularly complicated, I would say no harder than the front hub of a Frontera or similar 4x4 with an auto locking hub. I guess the two days thing is to justify having a shiny workshop thats cleaner than most restaurant kitchens, with a Bently logo emblazoned on the floor, surgically clean tools each set in a blue felt-lined cutout in an individual drawer in a tool chest, a white overall wearing apprentice who retrieves the tool, who passes it to the second-mechanic who wipes it on a clean bit of cotton before handing it to the chief mechanic who unscrews the nut then hands it back to the second-mechanic who wipes it on a different bit of cloth, hands it back to the apprentice who slots it back into its storage place while Mozart plays from a 30k Bang and Olufsen stereo in the corner. Then they have to stop for a while because its Pimms O'clock. At least, thats what I imagine a Bently garage should be like. I think I might be disappointed with the reality. rml2345, Lacquer Peel, For Fiats Sake and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Its all just nuts and bolts......That exploded diagram doesnt look particularly complicated, I would say no harder than the front hub of a Frontera or similar 4x4 with an auto locking hub. I guess the two days thing is to justify having a shiny workshop thats cleaner than most restaurant kitchens, with a Bently logo emblazoned on the floor, surgically clean tools each set in a blue felt-lined cutout in an individual drawer in a tool chest, a white overall wearing apprentice who retrieves the tool, who passes it to the second-mechanic who wipes it on a clean bit of cotton before handing it to the chief mechanic who unscrews the nut then hands it back to the second-mechanic who wipes it on a different bit of cloth, hands it back to the apprentice who slots it back into its storage place while Mozart plays from a 30k Bang and Olufsen stereo in the corner. Then they have to stop for a while because its Pimms O'clock. At least, thats what I imagine a Bently garage should be like. I think I might be disappointed with the reality.I fear you would be VERY disappointed! Though I must admit, it is the cleanest, tidiest workshop I have ever been in, not posh but very ordered, quiet and well laid out. Other thing is: I really like them all up there (even though my inherent distrust of garages/mechanics/car sales places initially left me open to cynicism) and they do know their stuff, knowledge like that is worth fortunes and takes a long time to gain. When all else fails, they ask the 'old man' who has done and seen, it all, usually several times over. Also, they have to pay for the holidays in Barbados somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yes, it does look a tad tricky with splined shafts and stuff but still... Looks no more difficult than my old Discovery. The only way that'd take two days is because it's all rusted together & snaps when you start to undo it. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Full of hope I headed to the unit to see about getting the Renault fired up and having set the points gap and sorting the ignition timing (I hope, anyway) I decided to see if there was a spark before attempting to fire up off a remote fuel supply. There is no spark. The rotor arm, distributor cap and spark plugs are all new but the coil, condenser and leads are all old so I guess I need to spend more money to make any further progress. It is also too hot in the unit to even move, so rather than lose my temper I just went home again. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I bought an impact driver for the decking I'm attempting to build out the back of the house. It's flippin brilliant, it whacks huge screws in 2 seconds, which is great as my old 12v electric screw driver/drill was hopeless. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I was right The old shocks were so badly fucked they were easily compressible by hand (!) and didn't rebound, so there was literally no rear suspension. Rear ride hight is something like +25mm on before. It doesn't look as good now admittedly (at the back at least), but it's levelled the front out a bit and I won't be as averse to travelling places in the rear now. Hopefully it's stopped that bloody banging noise too. andrew e, anonymous user, Urko and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 I bought an impact driver for the decking I'm attempting to build out the back of the house. It's flippin brilliant, it whacks huge screws in 2 seconds, which is great as my old 12v electric screw driver/drill was hopeless. they are brilliant bits of kit, they will happily do wheel nuts (as long as they weren't done by the local tyre fitting Gorilla) and loads of stuff on a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 As reported on the Franken-goona thread, normality has been restored. FTP on friday morning, obviously on strike over the voting. WD40 in the UCH & sealant around the sunroof should have fixed it again. Urko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Impact wrench is for loosening nuts, impact driver is for screwing stuff in, both bloody excellent !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 It's been absolutely pissing down and thunder/lightening here today, which pissed me off. So I decided as a pick me up to do a little retail therapy. The plan was to buy a pair of recon calipers, front pads and fitting kit for my mk2 Granada. The mot is due soon and one of the calipers is sticking.Anyway, I ended up on my favourite Ford specialist website (in Germany!) and spotted some other stuff I want for the car too... So, some £700 odd quid later I've now got a shit load of bits coming over ready for my blitzing of the car in a couple of weeks time when I'm off work for a week! One of the parts is a used but good bonnet which, try as I might I just can not find in this country. I was going to weld my old one but it really is dead. Rotten all along the front edge and it's full of filler too. I probably shouldn't of spent that much with the Capri undergoing a full resto and all but sod it! Lacquer Peel, Skizzer and xtriple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Looks no more difficult than my old Discovery. The only way that'd take two days is because it's all rusted together & snaps when you start to undo it.Rust? Do you mind chap? This is a fine and prestigious example of pre Brexit British engineering at its very best! Rust, the very idea.... :) danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Yes we all know, a Bentley doesn't rust; however, it may corrode slightly burraston2006, Skizzer and Pete-M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Yesterday chodweaver & I went to a secret storage facility near Rhyl to help* with an engine swap on Ciaran's broken winnebago. Neither of us had done an engine swap before, so naively went into it with an optimistic "how hard can it be!" Thankfully there was a proper mechanic there to show us "just how hard it can be". Even though it was the same type, the replacement engine came from a Renault 21, so every bolt on piece needed swapping over. Flywheel, clutch, mounts, pulleys, water pump, oil pump, sump, turbo. Everything! We even had to take a hacksaw to the block so it could fit around the diff. Brilliant day though. It's still not finished worldofceri, andrew e, Fat_Pirate and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 News 24 hours late, on the way to Shitefest I stopped at services on the M4 so the dog could have a pee, this was in the car-park On the way back stopped at the same services, on the other side and parked next to a Bentley S3 Continental Flying Spur the chap was on his way back to Devon after a RREC Rally, I suspect that Shitefest was more fun. danthecapriman, Tamworthbay, EssDeeWon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 A4 is handling a lot better and with less knocking. Susepnsion has settled and the back is at a nice height now but the front still has a reasonably silly arch gap. Good enough for now though and there's other things that need doing so front shocks (adjustable?) aren't on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 The haunted Rover is ever more haunted. It runs considerably better the more I drive it. During the trip to Shitefest, it morphed into a veritable race car. I guess the engine is finally breaking in after its rebuild.Honestly, it doesn't accelerate anymore, it explodes forward. Thrust is uninterrupted until beyond 110 OMGMPH, although I vociferously deny having ever tested this on a deserted, dark, rainy A38 near Lichfield. I'd say 120 is realistically possible given a long enough run up. Interestingly, the wind noise disappears at speeds over 90, as if someone flicked a switch. However, the headlights continue to play up in many entertaining fashions, i.e. they shine only left, or only right, sometimes even both, or suddenly none at all. I guess the fusebox being molten around the respective fuses might contribute to the issue. But the most severe defect I had to fix today, was that the interior light did no longer come on, when the driver's door was opened. andy18s, Lacquer Peel, Cleon-Fonte and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 It lives! dave21478, danthecapriman, Coprolalia and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I have been polishing. Was satisfying. HMC, Heidel_Kakao, Sheefag and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlabamaShrimp Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 ^^^I did that with my red Fiesta. Though not as initially badly faded it's back to being patchy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urko Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Why does red paint do that? My old Sierra did it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Why does red paint do that? My old Sierra did it too. some red pigments are unstable in UV light, they do seem to be improving things a bit now but then you don't see that many red cars at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 You should have left it at 'half and half'. That would have got some looks! Nice finish. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Is there a UV blocking top coat you can use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
For Fiats Sake Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I found using a sealing polish (can't think of the name but i use AutoGlym), goes on and dries like windowlene and buff off, will protect your handy work longer. Extra Gloss Protection! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I hit it with T-Cut then followed up with Turtlewax Colour Magic - it reckons it seals the paint, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Is there a UV blocking top coat you can use? andrew e and Pillock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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