Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Titzon Toast · 29-03-2020 05:57PM

My friend threw me the keys to his new workshop for today. The luxury of having a ramp. I didn't know myself.
New Iridium plugs, high tension leads, 02 sensor distributer cap, rotar arm and a fuel filter.
I'd read that changing the filter on these was a nightmare and it's true!

Over the next few days it's getting a timing belt kit, water pump, clutch kit and a new gearbox with an LSD. I'll be "helping" with all of that lot

Titzon Toast · 29-03-2020 05:57PM

cletus · 30-03-2020 01:24AM

So you were so happy with it you posted 3 times???

Jaysus, they only named the big Apple twice

Titzon Toast · 30-03-2020 01:51AM

Sheet, I didn't realise that! I was having a nightmare posting the pics. My bad.

Titzon Toast · 30-03-2020 06:52PM

Doing some repairs and prepping the skirts from the Motegi kit I bought a few months ago.
She's finally coming together now.

Titzon Toast · 31-03-2020 06:30PM

Busy day today.

Clutch kit and LSD box installed. Car stripped and some priming done.

Titzon Toast · 02-04-2020 01:06PM

Nearly there, we ran out of paint. Need to hit the roof and bonnet later on.

traco · 02-04-2020 04:03PM

Just out of curiosity what would a bumper respray cost if i took it off the car?

The big merc has a chip on the rear and few surface scratches - I was going to have a go at it myself with a spray can.
The front had a nudge or something as there are a few scratches and I see the paint cracked in two places but the bumper feels solid over all. The front is less noticeable but probably more work in prep involved.

Voodoomelon · 02-04-2020 05:25PM

Not much, you can get colour matched paint on eBay, clear and base is only about €30, few sanding materials, about a fifth the price of a pro job.

traco · 03-04-2020 09:43AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Not much, you can get colour matched paint on eBay, clear and base is only about €30, few sanding materials, about a fifth the price of a pro job.

So a pro job would be about €200? Will check online for items, its not a priority job at the moment anyway.

MrCostington · 03-04-2020 10:29AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Not much, you can get colour matched paint on eBay, clear and base is only about €30, few sanding materials, about a fifth the price of a pro job.

Also Vinny Bryne's as recommenced to me on here do that for E20 IIRC just call ahead with your paint code. Nice, helpful people too. Guess they are closed now though... but normally you can collect or have it posted.

https://www.vinnybyrne.com/

traco · 03-04-2020 05:45PM

MrCostington wrote: »

Also Vinny Bryne's as recommenced to me on here do that for E20 IIRC just call ahead with your paint code. Nice, helpful people too. Guess they are closed now though... but normally you can collect or have it posted.

https://www.vinnybyrne.com/

I've bought from them before. Will mix to a code and really good quality. I had a shopping cart picked a few weeks back just for budget purposes. Should have pulled the trigger now in hindsight.

Titzon Toast · 03-04-2020 05:54PM

Put it all back together today. Very pleased with how it turned out.

Mar4ix · 10-04-2020 05:53PM

managed to get to motorfactors, got some paint, my audi side aluminium panels were flaking off, so got some etch primer paint and matt finish. looks not bad. ok for 12 years old car.

corks finest · 12-04-2020 10:54AM

Went to take sump nut off yesterday no joy,hammer involved,also rounding of nut,
(Wanted to get every drop out rather than use my vac pump
Anyway had to resort to it in the end up,but didn't I knock over the shagging pump cannister and fecking oil all over my drive,so wire brush,Daz,old T shirt,brake cleaner used to clean up,one bollox of a day

Titzon Toast · 12-04-2020 12:57PM

corks finest wrote: »

Went to take sump nut off yesterday no joy,hammer involved,also rounding of nut,
(Wanted to get every drop out rather than use my vac pump
Anyway had to resort to it in the end up,but didn't I knock over the shagging pump cannister and fecking oil all over my drive,so wire brush,Daz,old T shirt,brake cleaner used to clean up,one bollox of a day

At least you had a nice day for it though eh?!

corks finest · 12-04-2020 04:12PM

Titzon Toast wrote: »

At least you had a nice day for it though eh?!

Up to then absolutely great, normally on a Honda insight ,sump nut is different as in its a square insert,this one( changed car last summer)it's a bloody 17 spanner job,I crucified it

Ubbquittious · 12-04-2020 11:08PM

Voodoomelon · 13-04-2020 11:02PM

This is what I did today and every day for the next year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCyyUiFANNw

Make sure to follow along!

newmember2 · 14-04-2020 01:32AM

Replaced the driver's door window in the A8. The outer pane had a crack in it since I bought it. The crack made no difference to it's function, and it's taken me over a year of scouring the web to eventually track down a direct replacement that is marked as an 'Acoustic' pane like the original. I found a seller on €bay with not one but two identical to my own, and as it turned out he needed the two as the first one he sent me was broken on arrival so he kindly sent me on the other one, which thankfully arrived intact.

Midnight_EG · 14-04-2020 01:11PM

Voodoomelon, do you also have a silver X5?

Voodoomelon · 14-04-2020 02:00PM

Nope, jeeps ain't my thing.

Midnight_EG · 14-04-2020 02:02PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Nope, jeeps ain't my thing.

Ah OK, I pass an 850 regularly in Dublin and he has an X5 outside usually too... Not you so!

traco · 15-04-2020 08:28AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

This is what I did today and every day for the next year:

Make sure to follow along!

Nice car, sounds like the fundamentals are all there and she fired up nicely. I've subscribed to follow along as I am also traveling down the V12 road at present in an exercise of stupidity.

Voodoomelon · 27-04-2020 12:09AM

Check out the backed-out banjo bolt, this is why the valve covers came off to check em:

Episode 3 landing this week.

L-M · 27-04-2020 08:05AM

https://youtu.be/-DSuc2a_Y_M

I’m sure you’ve seen the above, Might be of help if not.

I didn’t realise he just sells them on at the end , kinda of makes me want my 45 minutes back

Voodoomelon · 27-04-2020 01:28PM

Aye I referenced his vids a few times, useful resource, but he skips some of the detail which is understandable as there's so much of it.

Kenny Logins · 27-04-2020 04:22PM

Jaysis. The oiling bar banjo bolt was an issue on the E24, you'd think they'd have it sorted by E31. :pac:

Tzardine · 03-05-2020 03:52PM

A few weeks ago i did the water pump and thermostat on my Mk2 Fiesta.

I noticed the metal coolant pipe was badly corroded. After doing the job I put everything back together but was not happy with the pipe. Would not have had any faith in it. Took it off today and it was in bad shape, but then it has been there for 35 years.

I had a new one made up from a chap in the UK in aluminium so it should see her right for another 35 years.

I put everything back together, and put a new gasket on the thermostat housing ( i did not do it when i changed the thermostat previously, as I knew it was coming back off). Torqued everything back up and started the car to circulate the coolant. There was some weeping from the thermostat housing. I nipped up the bolts and the bloody housing cracked. :mad:

Not the end of the world - found a NOS one on ebay for £15 so I bought two.

The new gasket that I put on was noticeably thinner than the previous one. Reckon this is the cause.

Ah well - an excuse to turn some spanners when the new bits come again

scannerd · 03-05-2020 08:43PM

Finished of valve covers and seals to complete 6 month long project to top end refresh this:

to this:

time to drive and enjoy I hope

Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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