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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)
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06-07-2013 5:20pm#1today I did something to my car, part 2
Original thread here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056307853
The £40 turbo....
Against a GT15
Beside the K03 for a 2.8!!! :eek:
It was off a big hoor of an engine.....
Doesn't take me long to get cracking with this one
It's practically like new
Now what is it off..... I ain't spillin.... Unless someone guesses it right of course :pac:
I have no doubts that unusual wastegate actuator will give it away though
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toastedpickles wrote: »A car?? :pac:
I had to say it :P
I'm gona guess some form of bmw or another pug?
No and no.... It is off a car though 0 -
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Merc?
Nissan?BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »Must be off some 3.0 Turbo or something? Please do tell...
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The £40 turbo....
Against a GT15
Beside the K03 for a 2.8!!! :eek:
It was off a big hoor of an engine.....
Doesn't take me long to get cracking with this one
It's practically like new
Now what is it off..... I ain't spillin.... Unless someone guesses it right of course :pac:
I have no doubts that unusual wastegate actuator will give it away though
I know ;-)0 -
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DGT are ya putting it in the 406? If you are would ya not have a problem with the injectors handling the extra heat.
Precombustion chambers, this is low tech remember
Spent the rest of the evening fitting it to the manifold just some adapting needed 
Clocked to the correct position
Housing cleaned
That'll do for now
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Rather large post incoming
So today at chateaux de pickles I set about putting in motion a plan for the car, until I hand it over to the brother in September, as some of you seen in the motors chat, I seen the car had previously been crashed, or dinged whichever you want to put it, this was going to cause problems down the line in changing the bumper as it wouldn't sit properly, so I got a new bumper reinforcement courtesy of Whelans scrappy in Portlaoise for 30 quid
Off with the old,along with 5 minutes of cursing it to the ground trying to get it off
I also found where the connection for the outside temp is and the horns! So woo
The old black one, new red one and the bumper that is to be no more very soon
Fitted it on the car to see how it looked as it was, didn't really like it, even though it wont be seen, it bugged me
Plus the rubber bits were coming off, nothing a bit of superglue cant fix
Next on the agenda, I toddled over to halfords to get paint made up, big thanks to tallon for helping out there, got this can for 15 quid made there and then while the motor factors wanted double and wouldn't have it till tomorrow
Nice and clean!
Now onto the fun bit, diy paint job...ish
While this was drying I got onto the bonnet lifter supports, while I didn't have any masking tape my date duct tape and that done the job just as good
Before
During
And after
After this I gave the reinforcement bar another coat of paint and a coat of lacquer, I think it turned out ok!
After this dried it went back on the body
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Thanks to 166man, my E34 is slowly starting to look better:D:D
I may get better pics of it in daylight, it looks fantastic!
Oh and while he was working on that, I changed the brake fluid and gearbox oil in his car, hence on ramps huge difference :cool:
So more of "Today I did something to someone else's car" :pac:0 -
Double post, for different cars and not enough space for pics and smileys :pac:
So I was having a bit of an issue with auld laime: Lack of power
A job I was dreading had to be done.... Clean the sender in the tank
For those that don't know, sender is under the seat, under a riveted cover, followed by a plastic cover :rolleyes: eventually....
Ah, traditional Peugeot. Make the hole for the sender not big enough for the ring.... Whoever designed that should have their ring broke!!!
However
Balls, it's different to my spare one :mad: I may clean it so. Dismantle it...
And we are met by this :eek:
Just look at the colour of the diesel that was in it!!!
Needless to say that wasn't the core problem, the pot on the pump was knackered
quick test drive revealed all power was restored and then some :cool: 0 -
Moving onto the E34
166mans excellent work :cool:
So I decided to break out the rotary and finish the bonnet
Bumper will be filled and resprayed don't worry
Yaaaay!
Then I decided to do the rest of that side of the car
It looks absolutely fantastic compared to before and I've been waiting years to see it shine like this 0 -
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I have a 1997 Laguna that in Nov'11 I could get a smell of coolant inside the car. So I lifted the carpet an it was wet with the stuff. Luckly I also have a 1998 Micra so put it on the road and parked the Laguna up. Joe Mallons quoted me around €400 or so for a new heater matrix kit so I left the car and saved a search on ebay UK for a matrix kit. One came up in April '12 with a starting price of £30. This was an original Valeo Renault part. About a min to go on the auction I put a bid of £35 and was the only bidder so got it for £30! And for bonus points it was free postage to an address in the UK. As we were due to go over in the summer (my wife is from England), and I was busy doing up the house I posted it to the OutLaws.
What with everything and the crap weather the second half of last year etc. I'm only getting round to sorting it now. Plus while I was taking out the dash to get at the matrix I kinda got carried away, one could call it DGT style! So I'm going to strip the car completely and clean everything and do general preventative measures.
and to bring the thread full circle I've decided to redye the rooflining as a smoker used to own it before me and tbh its filthy
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6 cylinder?
I wish! A rather small 1.8..... :pac:
A lazy day up here, just trial and error
First, source a suitable silicone pipe and pikey it to suit the oil return
The olde XUD on a pallet....
Glow plugs out, needed to clear the chambers of any fluids....
Once that's done, gearbox off!
And a seriously crappy clutch is unveiled :pac:
Glow plugs seemed ok so back they went
Original thermostat gets the bin :rolleyes:
More to do! :cool:0 -
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Just trial and error..... But the oil feed pipe is on
Standard K14 line and all just bent slightly to fit I also wasn't happy with my return pipe so I pikeyed in a Fiesta thermo hose. Much better fit :cool:
Cleaned up the engine some more
Just the downpipe to sort...!
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So I was having massive power lag in the RX8 at around 4 and 7k. So I talked to a dublin based rx8 guru and he said get a decatted midpipe so thats where I was this morning.
So this afternoon i took the midpipe out:
A bit blocked eh...
Anyway heres the old and new against each other:
Only issue was that the clamps and springs supplied with the midpipe don't seem to suit my catback as the springs were too short. The Original springs look spurious to me (in yellow). Also the pitch of the bolts and my original (flanged) nuts were different and I needed those to hold the larger diameter springs:
Anyway a couple of washers sorted that:
Apart from that no issues at all. The car is a different beast. It has a deep rasp and the car is much quicker to rev. It pops and bangs all the time and smells like f**k. Feels more torquey then when I got it too. I'm chuffed with it to be honest.0 -
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Nothing very interesting but I took a lot of photos doing it so now you lot have to endure them:P
Thanks again to Toyotafanboi for pointing the ad out to me:)
So I picked up a new left tail light and some floor mats for cheaps
As you can see the drivers mat is a bit worse for wear but I have a Blue Peter plan for that
Needed some cleaning. Had to scrub them out three time to get them as clean as I wanted:o I then dried them with the trusty Lidl wet vac.
Next for the tail light. I needed to replace the one on the car as one of the bolts that holds it on broke off so I had to use tape to hold it on for the last few months. I was hoping to use the lens of my light because it is in much better condition but it is bonded to the back so I'll have to make do with the new one.
You have to be careful with the black lines on the lights as they can be polished off very easily.
Here's a before:
Afters:
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In the turf shed is a corner full of Mk2 Cortina parts, undisturbed since the mid 70s.....
Sure you see our bench in some of the pics, there's a very battered tool chest resting there since the 70s.... In the other turf shed are paints in a cupboard there since the early 50s :pac:
Nothing quite that old here!
We do have one shed with a loft that I've never been in but it's full of things that the previous owner of the house had. From the lower level you can see that there is a few cinema type chairs up there 0 -
Nothing quite that old here!
We do have one shed with a loft that I've never been in but it's full of things that the previous owner of the house had. From the lower level you can see that there is a few cinema type chairs up there
Few led torches, and get up there, nothing like a good pillage...of your own property :pac:0 -
Nothing quite that old here!
We do have one shed with a loft that I've never been in but it's full of things that the previous owner of the house had. From the lower level you can see that there is a few cinema type chairs up there
Last previous owner of this place was in 1940 :pac: no excuses, go investigate! :cool:0 -
toastedpickles wrote: »Few led torches, and get up there, nothing like a good pillage...of your own property :pac:
The wood is very rotten so I think it'll fall down to me fairly soon
In the same shed there is a tub that's about 25l and it's full of antibiotics of some kind. I think the tub cost £3!!0 -
The wood is very rotten so I think it'll fall down to me fairly soon
In the same shed there is a tub that's about 25l and it's full of antibiotics of some kind. I think the tub cost £3!!
Lads....Ded_Zebra's sellin pills.... :pac:
We have a shed like that too, been here before the house apparently, found an empty bottle from 1850 in it one day, some mechanic owned it, so I'm sure I'll find more fun things!0 -
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