What have you done to your car today?
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CrazyBaptie
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rally-chris said:
Ill need to try this Chris - I have a set I tired to split ages ago but the bolts kept breaking! How much force did you put into it when the wheel was hot?
CrazyBaptie said:
Still a reasonable force, but considering I could not get the first bolts to move at all without any heat it definitely made a difference. I set the heat gun up with a flat nozzle on it, so it was directing heat across two bolt positions at a time. I undid the first of the bolts and then rotated the wheel around so that the second bolt remained Inc the heat zone whilst the next one around started preheating. I used only a normal 1/2” drive tommy bar, set in the middle, and applied torque to both ends at the same time so my hands now have blisters even though I was using gloves! Only took about 90 minutes to get all 80 bolts out.
Battery Charger hooked up and covered up with a soft breathable cover in the garage for winter hibernation.
Just the the usual of hoping for an early spring now :?
Just the the usual of hoping for an early spring now :?
Bulk oil ordered, 20l of the stuff for £56 isn't too shabby!
Quantum Platinum 5w40 from eBay, which it turns out is just rebadged Fuchs Titan GT1. LL04 approved so all is good, and I know Fuchs are well regarded too.
Quantum Platinum 5w40 from eBay, which it turns out is just rebadged Fuchs Titan GT1. LL04 approved so all is good, and I know Fuchs are well regarded too.
Spaniarduk
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mjennings23 said:
20l?! How many miles and oil changes do you do in a year?!
Aluminium DISA valve fitted. And replaced the air inlet hose which had a big split.
Spaniarduk said:
Will do the next 2 services on both the 2 cars we have, so 2 bottles will be sat for around 18 months, no issue with modern high quality synthetics
I dropped off the 108s for refurbishment and picked up these beauties!
Meanwhile, I prepped a spare set of brake callipers for powder coating. I had them shot blasted last week but didn’t pick them up straightaway, so they had a few surface rust spots already and a dose of rust remover was required. Then masked up with high temp tape and delivered to my local powder coater.
Chris
Meanwhile, I prepped a spare set of brake callipers for powder coating. I had them shot blasted last week but didn’t pick them up straightaway, so they had a few surface rust spots already and a dose of rust remover was required. Then masked up with high temp tape and delivered to my local powder coater.
Chris
Vijay said:
Good. But this is even better!
That’s magic!!Truth said:
It is briefly mentioned in my withdrawn car sale thread but I will do a more of a write up later once I get the car back from it’s current works. Basically I had to replace the rear wing due to corrosion and I bought a secondhand one in the same colour but it had some marks and needing painting anyway, so I asked the body shop to weld up the aerial hole at the same time whilst it was still off the car. I have a DAB head unit so it isn’t used anyway.
buzyg said:Now get driving it.Felix79 said:
Though not in the wet? :wink:
Collect it this Sat. Can't wait! After owning 4 e30's and a Mk1 MX-5 , I have learnt the hard way about RWD and the wet. I am actually going to my first car meet with it on Sunday, which will be the first one I've gone to in 4 years!
Mounted cruise control, aux port, short antenna and a new mid brake light.
Next to refurbish the leather interior.
Next to refurbish the leather interior.
Simon 3.2M
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Replaced a dodgy passenger side ballast unit and repaired the hole in the under tray - courtesy of the previous owner 
