mikerajjers
Well-Known Member
Here are the modifications/repairs I've done over the last two weekends:
Car is a TD5 LHD MY2003
1. fitting new winch bumper + winch. The original plastic one got ripped off during an expedition to Romania. Had to take off the discreet winch mount, which I literally managed to use only once - now in my garage.
Original bumper - broken and being held together with wire - new bumper recently delivered on right
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New bumper fitted
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Had to cut away the horizontal bar at the front in order to fit the winch
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Section cut away - also took the opportunity to de-rust the surface using angle grinder and then sprayed Tectyl into the holes/cavities
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Painted rusty bits with silver hammerite - which incidentally almost matches the silver of the car
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And finally had to cut the plastic grille
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Next job was fixing the leading roof - which was beginning to get consistently worse. Guys at Autoglass did a free water-proof test and deduced that the window seals were all fine, including the sunroofs. Problem was with a crack in the gutter fill.
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Cleaned and cut away the portion with crack
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Filled with sillicone - will give it a coat of silver hammerite as well once it is dry
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And finally, need your help. Was filling the washer bottle up and found this loose in the engine bay - have absolutely no idea where it came from and found it resting at the top of the engine above the timing/cam belt next to the plastic engine cover. Any ideas what it is and where it came from/where does it go? Did not notice it last weekend when I was fitting the winch. Definitely didn't remove it myself and last time a mechanic worked on the car was about 3 months ago![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
D2 by michalrajnic, on Flickr
Thanks
Car is a TD5 LHD MY2003
1. fitting new winch bumper + winch. The original plastic one got ripped off during an expedition to Romania. Had to take off the discreet winch mount, which I literally managed to use only once - now in my garage.
Original bumper - broken and being held together with wire - new bumper recently delivered on right
![15448607338_6e324b02c1.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2Fpx99JW%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3950%2F15448607338_6e324b02c1.jpg&hash=27c898737656ae042166ffc0986dfa6e)
New bumper fitted
![15448797277_a193a0e7b5.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2Fpxa8cK%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5613%2F15448797277_a193a0e7b5.jpg&hash=bf351ed65622f4e18e9d3380ad68e951)
Had to cut away the horizontal bar at the front in order to fit the winch
![15448652968_d649d31a1d.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2Fpx9oiE%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3947%2F15448652968_d649d31a1d.jpg&hash=9038d6f33a7e9baf964db096aec77da5)
Section cut away - also took the opportunity to de-rust the surface using angle grinder and then sprayed Tectyl into the holes/cavities
![15448111099_eeafe15c22.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2Fpx6Be6%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3949%2F15448111099_eeafe15c22.jpg&hash=bbde75dcc7a47c296d775261a75b5407)
Painted rusty bits with silver hammerite - which incidentally almost matches the silver of the car
![15634737135_be821ec464.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2FpPA7Dn%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3934%2F15634737135_be821ec464.jpg&hash=272d236da0636b1dd97b11b7f56cccde)
And finally had to cut the plastic grille
![15013992454_d344c8dc85.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2FoSJCSS%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3956%2F15013992454_d344c8dc85.jpg&hash=194203173a03b377846f9a31b7771e10)
Next job was fixing the leading roof - which was beginning to get consistently worse. Guys at Autoglass did a free water-proof test and deduced that the window seals were all fine, including the sunroofs. Problem was with a crack in the gutter fill.
![](/lz/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3955%2F15448699617_cbeed01f96.jpg&hash=829df198b44ee4e35922f7a292a4ad4e)
Cleaned and cut away the portion with crack
![15449098340_345e8c0ea8.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2FpxbEGu%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3939%2F15449098340_345e8c0ea8.jpg&hash=b54afd6e65f989e3a6767d79f4a6df52)
Filled with sillicone - will give it a coat of silver hammerite as well once it is dry
![15632008591_42fde0d37b.jpg](/lz/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2F%5Burl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fflic.kr%2Fp%2FpPm8xv%5D%5Bimg%5Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3947%2F15632008591_42fde0d37b.jpg&hash=48ca93ffa71fb30e43b415e5437f89a4)
And finally, need your help. Was filling the washer bottle up and found this loose in the engine bay - have absolutely no idea where it came from and found it resting at the top of the engine above the timing/cam belt next to the plastic engine cover. Any ideas what it is and where it came from/where does it go? Did not notice it last weekend when I was fitting the winch. Definitely didn't remove it myself and last time a mechanic worked on the car was about 3 months ago
![](/lz/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3952%2F15447207468_a319144707.jpg&hash=5452531503bc5dd252d2f1b80324b1f8)
Thanks