My life in cars - Capri & XR3i

[RoadworkUK]

Your usual astounding work, Trig. Looks utterly fantastic.

[Shadow]

What a story. A great read. Well done on all your hard work.

[grogee]

@trigger I can see the effort you've put into this thread, it's really great to read and you've obviously got some top notch shite repair and resto skills in your noggin.

I think it helps that you have a shite-curious wife who is happy to drive the rammel you pass in her direction. 

It's a great historical record of a heroic shiter, those BL cars look absolutely lovely after your efforts and I bet they're all still working so well done. 

Keep up the good work! 

[trigger]

Thanks guys, today's MOT test was a big fat fail...

I didn't even get it off the driveway until I found a big puddle of oil in the garage! Bugger! The sump has rotted through and is drip drip dripping all over the floor

Still better it happens now than on the A12 down to the garage, so new sump and gasket ordered of eBay for £78 and a wait for it to arrive before I can rebook it back in again

[Matty]

12 minutes ago, trigger said:

Thanks guys, today's MOT test was a big fat fail...

I didn't even get it off the driveway until I found a big puddle of oil in the garage! Bugger! The sump has rotted through and is drip drip dripping all over the floor

Still better it happens now than on the A12 down to the garage, so new sump and gasket ordered of eBay for £78 and a wait for it to arrive before I can rebook it back in again

Bad do, but like you said better to know now than too late. Onwards and upwards!

[trigger]

So Saturday was spent fitting this bastard 

What a git of a job, every time you pushed the sump into the gearbox end the gasket would push itself off again, after the 4th attempt I managed to fit it without it coming back off and so far it seems to be holding up leak free, whilst the sump was off (managed to push my screwdriver through it so it was definitely rotten) we took the strainer off and gave that a clean, it all looked good though.

So with that job sorted I ran it down to my trusty MOT station where I got this!

Yay! 4 months of work has paid off, it drives really nicely too, clutch is a little squeaky and feels like it might be dragging which I need to look into but apart from that I'm very happy!