Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Ded_Zebra

Cannot thank that post enough!!!!! Sweeeeeeeet:D:D:D:D:D

Supergurrier

Today I left my car at home so it has some time to work on its next plan to kill me and/or bankrupt me

maceocc2

I thought that plan was already in motion :pac:

Supergurrier

maceocc2 wrote: »

I thought that plan was already in motion :pac:

Yea but waiting on new locking bolts for the tie rod ends and front CV boots and have a race cat to go on also.

So at least the motion won't be sideways into a ditch

Bolts and nuts all tightened but want to make sure I know exactly why it worked loose before driving it again.

joujoujou

Bought this:

GvidoR

That jack makes life a little easier. :P

toastedpickles

Lidls finest

I got the handwash and axle stands I love that place sometimes

CianRyan

toastedpickles wrote: »

Lidls finest

I got the handwash and axle stands I love that place sometimes

Stanley hand wash?
I've hat the 1l tub for about two years now. Only about half gone.
Good stuff!

toastedpickles

CianRyan wrote: »

Stanley hand wash?
I've hat the 1l tub for about two years now. Only about half gone.
Good stuff!

I think thats it!

toastedpickles

Changed the ball joints today

So the wonder of K frame cars, you can jack it from the front, you just need a rather large jack

Take off the wheel



Undo the main screw, you need an 18mm socket and spanner for this, one to stop the nut from turning



Undo the three screws below the wishbone and pry the balljoint out



And its out



You shouldn't be able to do this with your thumb, clear sign its buggered




Fitting is the same as removal, job done!

Interslice

Will be doing mine sunday hopefully. Tops and bottoms, have new arb bushes and droplinks to bang on too. A good days work in it. Your looks handy enough .

toastedpickles

Interslice wrote: »

Will be doing mine sunday hopefully. Tops and bottoms, have new arb bushes and droplinks to bang on too. A good days work in it. Your looks handy enough .

Yeah it was, same on the other side too, gotta do the drop links next and that's that taken care of

Interslice

toastedpickles wrote: »

Yeah it was, same on the other side too, gotta do the drop links next and that's that taken care of

ti's handy being able to replace the aul balljoints for 20 wuid rather than a hundred odd for a wishbone.

What sprigloads that suspension? Looks a similar setup to my van.

toastedpickles

Interslice wrote: »

ti's handy being able to replace the aul balljoints for 20 wuid rather than a hundred odd for a wishbone.

What sprigloads that suspension? Looks a similar setup to my van.

20 quid each for mine

As for the loads, no clue I'm afraid!

Interslice

toastedpickles wrote: »

20 quid each for mine

As for the loads, no clue I'm afraid!

Mine were 20 each too. Got meyle HD. Suppposed to be daycent. Time will tell.

The springs up above the shock . Half asleep here.

toastedpickles

Interslice wrote: »

Mine were 20 each too. Got meyle HD. Suppposed to be daycent. Time will tell.

The springs up above the shock

Still no clue :pac: I'm half asleep so maybe ask again tomorrow :pac:

dgt

Not too much done with the auld XUD

I spent daylight dismantling more useful bits off the old engine and cleaning them up.

A few bits I needed were behind the timing cover. To remove it, remove the crank pulley. Simple, remove the 22mm bolt holding it in


Helps to use one of these on it :cool:


Looks a bit bare at the moment


Hats off to Killian Manning for the much needed inlet mani!

Tensioner and tensioner housing/engine mount back on. Note the tensioner in the slack position (and my muddy paw prints on said tensioner )


Then dismantled a governor and made this up


Piece by piece, day by day....

Interslice

dgt wrote: »

Helps to use one of these on it :cool:








Piece by piece, day by day....

That's a deadly yolk. Would love one of them for sunday. Have a hoor of a crank bolt to go at.

corkgsxr

What ya mean by k frame.

YbFocus

corkgsxr wrote: »

What ya mean by k frame.

It's the subframe type on those machines and others Cork. An old Google will show you

Supergurrier

Left it parked up and got a lift to work

cletus

Driving home in the rain yesterday, drivers side wiper stopped moving, would only travel an inch every third or so wipe.

Happily, on further inspection, the nut holding the wiper arm to the linkage had come loose. Took longer to get the spanner out than it did to fix the problem

joujoujou

(re)tested.

Passed.

maceocc2

Servicing a taxi with my neighbour yesterday, (well he was servicing and I was annoying him for tips ) and we found this mess of wires. Traced it back, they're for the taxi metre, sign and printer. Owner said he paid €1000 to have them installed. :O

Ded_Zebra

I didn't take any pictures because my phone died:(

Today I painted the sills in the Primera with under seal. They had been painted with it before to cover up rust (surface rust before anyone asks due to stone chips etc). The previous coat was starting to come off showing the metal under it so I cleaned them up, took off the old under seal and painted on fresh. That should keep the NCT man happy and the car going for another while

Next it was the turn of the CLK which got a service which included oil+filter, air filter, fluids toped up, spark plug inspection (Looked perfect) , brake inspection, a quick look at the suspension (needs inner tie rod ends as it turns out), lights checked. It also needs 2 front tyres. As well as all this it had an idling issue that was resolved with a TB clean.:)

gerardk55

Replaced Pollen Filter, Air Filter, topped up Oil and Water, and replaced one of the boot struts. (Thought I ordered two! Duh!) And gave it a well needed wash!

Voodoomelon

Purposely bought Jurassic Park on DVD today for the car to hear it in Logic 7, T-rex sounds unreal!

MetzgerMeister

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Purposely bought Jurassic Park on DVD today for the car to hear it in Logic 7, T-rex sounds unreal!

Try some Metallica next time! I'd say you'd be taken to never never land if you put Enter Sandman on full blast :P

Foxhole Norman

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Try some Metallica next time! I'd say you'd be taken to never never land if you put Enter Sandman on full blast :P

Now that, I'd love to see + hear.

GvidoR

Should put on something along the lines of Hucci, Apex Rise or Bro Safari instead. :P