Marina door handles Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Asimo said: Welcome to the Marches. That looks like a good shed! Thanks and yes we have bought a nice garage, the house is a bonus! Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Range Rover update...... I have had to arrange its demise, the cost of repair, currently being between jobs and the minor fact that its at a garage 150 miles away meant I cannot save it or even just park it up at home till funds recover. So sadly off to the scrappers it will go, I am a bit gutted really, I will miss that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Sorry to have to cancel at the last minute but glad you managed to get sorted! Marina door handles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 4 hours ago, worldofceri said: Sorry to have to cancel at the last minute but glad you managed to get sorted! No problem, it couldn't be helped, we live in strange or should that be interesting times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Update time, finally cleared enough stuff out of the garage to fit both project cars in, I am like a kid in a candy store, I can actually work on vehicles in comfort (sort of) and have all my tools to hand its great! I have also finally landed a new job which is good news but its meant a change of focus to getting my daily driver properly sorted. The Forester has been suffering of late, I had an engine warning light for a knock sensor fault on for quite a while and one of the wheel bearings is starting to get vocal. Firstly I had changed the knock sensor but with no result so I was a tad concerned that the issue ran deeper. After some research I decided to try and genuine knock sensor before trying anything else. A month or so later the knock sensor finally arrived from Japan, thankfully it was worth the wait, the engine fault is cured. Pattern part sensors for Subarus seem to be pointless! Now I know that its worth persevering with the car, I stripped out the offending hub, and have sent it off to a local garage to press out the bearing (i have to admit i like the idea of having my own press but cannot justify it for the odd job). Admire that chunky wheel arch and lack of hub! Whilst I was scrabbling about under the car I noticed a bit of oil leakage, the rocker covers need attention soon but there is also oil coming for what I think is the rear main seal, not looking forward to that job! Anyway enough negativity I thought I would share two of the more unusual features on this car, firstly it actually has a dipstick for the gearbox oil tucked under the air cleaner. I read that it had this in the handbook but it took a while to find as it was covered in oil and well hidden. Second oddity it has heating elements on the windscreen to unfreeze the wipers.... You don't see that everyday do you! dome, worldofceri, loserone and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 so youre too close to cavcraft now? are you salop or plastic scouser side of the border Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 I am in Cheshire according to the road signs but if I run down the road a bit 200 yards or so I would be in Shroppy, not sure what that makes me... lost probably... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 can you see the canal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Its about a mile away, If you loook at one of those map things we are very close to the village of Audlem, which I like to think is Cheshire's answer to Bedlam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 fairly posh then :P Marina door handles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Damn wish I had seen your post about the P38, would have tried buying it off you.... if it wasn't too Borked. Have to say, both your previous and current house (and land) are on my want list, out the way a bit and big enough for a good few cars, any local houses for sale ? 😅😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Minimad5 said: Damn wish I had seen your post about the P38, would have tried buying it off you.... if it wasn't too Borked. Have to say, both your previous and current house (and land) are on my want list, out the way a bit and big enough for a good few cars, any local houses for sale ? 😅😎 The timing of my P38s demise was crap, I would have rather sold it on but being mid house move and at the time and recovering from Covid, it wasn't an option. There are some other houses around this area for sale with a bit of space and garaging Right move is your friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 41 minutes ago, hairnet said: fairly posh then Helen says Hi! BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 Carrying on from yesterday, I spotted that one of the drive shaft boots on the other side had a small split. So as the car is incapacitated I decided to get down and dirty and tackle it. Firstly dugga dugga gun off the hub nut, strip off the brakes, pop the steering ball joint out of the hub...... Sorry hang on, actually mash the split pin so you can get a socket over the nut, then use the dugga dugga gun to get the nut off, then hammer the arm so it releases its vice like grip on the ball joint, then it pops out! After that the bolts holding the hub to the strut were easy apart from on of the bolts deciding to weld it self to the socket on the end of the gun, its currently soaking in oil and maybe I will be able to hammer it off later. Then scrabble under neath and knock out the roll pin that holds the drive shaft to the diff and wiggle it out, hey presto... Sorry about the lack of focus! After that I went to measure the boot as there are a couple of options, only to discover that my vernier calipers have run out of batteries and I don't have a spare. I think that will do for today because I have wall paper stripping duties to attend to........... privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 well like a lot of things this job escalated a tad... once I had the newly refreshed hub back (from having the bearing pressed in) I compared it to the supposed good side. At this point I realised that I really needed to replace that bearing as well. So off came the hub which as its a bit older and mankier than the other side was given an oil bath to help release the bolt for the ball joint. After a 24hr bath I managed to get the ball joint bolt out, without it shearing (a common problem on these). Then I sent it off for a new bearing and ball joint. About a week later i got it back and thought I will throw it all back together, easy..... Errr no, firstly on refitting one of the track rod ends I found that under no circumstances would the remains of the split pin come out of the shaft, I even tried drilling it out, no dice! Then I noticed a more expensive issue were I had gunned off the hub nut on the drivers side the thread on the drive shaft end had been damaged and couldn't be repaired. So a new CV joint was required.... so back to the house bashing whilst I waited for the postie to deliver....... My poor kitchen! Well it will look great when we are finished, hopefully. Finally the parts arrived, hmmmm shiney..... And everything finally went back together last night.... Finally got my daily driver back, might give it a celebratory wash at the weekend! Just tallied this up, even though I did most of the work myself it cost me about £350 in parts and £80 in labour oh well could have been worse. Asimo and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina door handles Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 A bit of a change of pace now did I mention my garage has a pit, a fucking pit!!! wooo and indeed hoooooo (this is a massive improvement for me as my last garage was a pop up Clarke one which was always the wrong temperature and held the damp in) but there is a slight issue.... When the Husband of the previous owner passed away the pit was filled in for safety. Actually that isn't the only issue if you are working over the pit area you are rather restricted on were you can put axle stands, which wouldn't really be an issue of you could work from in the pit! how they filled the area in is a bit quirky, when I pulled up the boards I found this. Initially I thought it had been filled with sand which would be an utter ball ache to dig out, until I noticed what looks like pond liner. When you lift the pond liner it reveals chunks of rubble underneath, so the sand is just to create a smooth surface. I would love to crack on and get all this dug out but first I need to replace all the boarding as its ropey and rotten I had some planks lying around but that only gave me enough wood to replace 2 boards. I am probably going to end up buying a load of planks unless any one can advise me of a more modern/cost effective way of safely covering a pit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Doesn't look very wide, scaffolding board? puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 mx5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpg.408c8d25f5f8434a87eaaa2ce0685365.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now