1. dirtyrhino

    Started Resto work on my S3

    Rolled Smidge out onto the driveway today. Why ? To whip the rad off, and get the timing cover off... andwhy ? Cos the fapping emissions are still ****e, and since fitting my replacement pump, the irregular mis-fire i had is now a LOT more noticeable, and shows the smoke following the misfire...
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    is it me or.............?

    Do you have webbed toes ?
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Bloody tinterweb - mines been a bit iffy of late, too. Propshafts, exhaust studs, N/S door hinges, O/S Wing and a bumpstop back on today. Plus i've fitted a wading pipe to the flywheelhousing, ready for when he's back on the road.
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Yeah, i'm still here Tom :D Wish I had more time to crack on properly, but it's all delay, Work, delay, Work, Work, delay and more bloody work ATM >:/ I promised an update, so here it is ;) I've been quiet, but not completely idle. Managed to get the Head back on the lump - we found the gasket...
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Sorry, i'm a bit **** - i've been a bit bogged down ATM with service calls at work, and not been finishing until late. Things have come screaming to a mahoooosive halt ATM. I'm waiting on some parts - most of which are bits I need to fit in order to move on to the next bit of work.... kinda...
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    Yet another Series 3 200TDI project

    I'm gettng to the point of thinking aboot a conversion next year. Mine ****ing me orf ATM. The steering damper basically reduces the bump-steer and road vibration on the steering wheel. Cheap enough to replace if that ones FUBAR'd. Clutch cover bolts ya can get from paddocks or FF fer a couple...
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    The Restoration Hall of Shame

    Said i'd find pics of a Trailer I had to weld up for a friend a year or two back after he said he thought the front was "sagging a bit"...... found the pics. This was a pair of T4 van rear ends, chopped and "welded" together to an A frame.... This is the join of the two halves...Before...
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    The Restoration Hall of Shame

    This be in your own build thread.....
  9. dirtyrhino

    Started Resto work on my S3

    It's been one of those weeks this week. Fitted the replacement injectors and some other bits and bobs, which managed to prove one thing without a doubt: The head needed to come off >:/ Spent a "happy" 45 mins draining the lump, pulling off parts, undoing bolts and pipes, then one small hernia...
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    Yet another Series 3 200TDI project

    that looks a little like a Sunbeam? Good to see yer plodding on - wish I had a workshop - we've been looking around for bloody ages down here for one.
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Cheers buddy - if yer gettin gthe bits collected, lemmie know - i'll find summat to wrap them in to keep them safe ;)
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    I forgot to mention - i've got two rear doors going fer sale BTW...
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    Slipping Clutch

    Good point on the slave, makes sense really, i'd already done mine a week before the fooking clutch decided to collapse >:/
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    Slipping Clutch

    floors out, tunnel out seatbox out, props off, drain both boxes, remove slave cylinder (swear as the pipe kinks/breaks/union siezes), gearstick assy off the top of the box, xferbox selector, handbrake assy, hook up a crane to the box, remove bellhousing bolts....swear as you find bolts missing /...
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Shove him in the back of the landy - instant pikey Prevention :D
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    New starter, new handbrake parts, and a lot of ****ing about this week....comedy wiring, missing bolts, ****ed Halfshaft seals, buggered output seals, missing nuts..the ****ing list just goes on and on. Thought i'd sorted the smoke out, but it came back yesterday, so I whipped the...
  17. dirtyrhino

    Started Resto work on my S3

    Sorry - no pics - I kinda threw it in the scrap bin in a fit of rage and emptied the lot this morning down the scrappy. --------------------------------------------- The parts arrived today for the handbrake assy (or lack of it) so I spent a few hours on it today (before I got called out on a...
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    dash panel

    Show us what you have on there ATM, and maybe one of us can post a similar "assembled" photo ;)
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    Started Resto work on my S3

    Probably just as well, it'd probably smell of **** :D This build is ****ing me orf ATM. Got to the point that I could start looking at handbrake and Disrto pump adjustments....and the starter decided to go "Fsssszzztttt". Literally. Taken it apart...and the comutator is utterly fooked...