tomcat59alan
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Dopey
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You mean by not owning a VW?
Careful now, I am rich and can afford a good lawyer.... as mine needs noting and not breaking down.....
Ordered a new set of tyres. Only 2 choices round here (255/65/16 not a popular size apparently). Bridgestone or Yokahoma. I went with the Yokas because they were nice looking AT tyres and 50 quid a corner cheaper.
Now just to get a VCU and all will be good in the world.
Now just to get a VCU and all will be good in the world.
Maybe I've just been lucky. Local motor factors still sell it at £5.75 for 1metre length. Specifically says for diesel spill piping on the packet5-6 years
RangeRoller dt
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People round here don’t recognise me with my bonnet closed
RangeRoller dt
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(He’s laughing because he knows I’m not joking)
You got your bus back on the road? Blimey!People round here don’t recognise me with my bonnet closed
Dopey
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The fun is adding bits to it....And pray where is the fun in not having unexpected stops now and again
RangeRoller dt
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Indeed, I have been taught by the best afterall
not bad for 26 and standing a year problem is my own personal list of what I want to do is far greater since.
And I’m never doing a windscreen again!
Problem for today is my battery box got obliterated some time ago, now have new clamp (thanks Alan) but rod doesn’t reach??
As you can see it is still bent, maybe the end snapped off? Not case of bending theclamp - the rod is below the battery?
If I push down on it feels like it pushes against the arch liner but won’t come up. Not taking liner out til I have fluid to do Bix’s calliper.
Still soaking the rear UJ and scraping the crud out as it’s eaten away by the penetration fluid. Got set of 4 new circlip pliers, one for every clip
tomcat59alan
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myfirstl322
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I think she's also a Dennis, never mind the spots, it's the stripes you've to watch.
tomcat59alan
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I know exactly what she is.I think she's also a Dennis.
myfirstl322
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Scotiawhiskers
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Several hours leaning into the bay with scraper, rags and solvents to get the block clear of used gasket. Looks like a tiny dimple between 2 and 4, probably from the factory but we can't get the block out and skimmed. So it will be back together as is and hope for the best. Unless anyone knows of a suitable filler for that sort of nick? We still think it was a jammed open or clogged injector that caused the issue though and that was just the weakness that succumbed.
tomcat59alan
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Have you tried some wet and dry wrapped around a piece of flat bar or similar, brake fluid is a good lubricant as recommended for use with a cylinder glaze buster.
Looks like the old rod has snapped. Mine stands a good inch or so above the battery and it is quite a chonkster.Indeed, I have been taught by the best afterall
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problem is my own personal list of what I want to do is far greater since.
And I’m never doing a windscreen again!
Problem for today is my battery box got obliterated some time ago, now have new clamp (thanks Alan) but rod doesn’t reach??
View attachment 247239 View attachment 247241
As you can see it is still bent, maybe the end snapped off? Not case of bending theclamp - the rod is below the battery?
If I push down on it feels like it pushes against the arch liner but won’t come up. Not taking liner out til I have fluid to do Bix’s calliper.
Still soaking the rear UJ and scraping the crud out as it’s eaten away by the penetration fluid. Got set of 4 new circlip pliers, one for every clip
If you stick your finger in the circlip when you remove it, you're less likely to have to fly across the universe and try to take out your eye. Same for refit.
Oh, check the grease nipples on your UJs, mine were quite long (GKN I belive, "borrowed" them from work) and I snapped one before I realised they had to be removed from the UJ before trying to fit them. The old ones were low profile and didn't cause problems when removed so I just switched them over. Bit harder to grease, but heyho.
