What have you done to your car today?
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Attleborough, Norfolk
I worried as I'd never done one. Took less than an hour to swap it over and then a bit longer to do the fancy bleeding process. Longest part of the whole job was getting it up on ramps and the undertray off.chanlon1 said:AdyBish said:Whilst I was under the car I took a look at the water pump and stat. It definitely looks like it could still be the original pump. I’ve no history of it being changed and it’s pretty cruddy. The car is on 118000 miles so decided to replace it and have put an order in to Autodoc. More tinkering to come then Happy days
Interested to hear how this goes as it's something I think I need to do on mine. Hoping the fact it's electrical makes it easier.......
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Just been receiving parcel but here is a teaser of what's to come :evil:
chanlon1 said:AdyBish said:Whilst I was under the car I took a look at the water pump and stat. It definitely looks like it could still be the original pump. I’ve no history of it being changed and it’s pretty cruddy. The car is on 118000 miles so decided to replace it and have put an order in to Autodoc. More tinkering to come then Happy days
Interested to hear how this goes as it's something I think I need to do on mine. Hoping the fact it's electrical makes it easier.......
It looks like it should be a simple job to me. There may be a surprise breakage along the way, but that’s old cars for you. :roll: The parts have arrived so I hope to crack on with it soon. Good price and service from Autodoc. I’ll report back and let you know how it goes
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Fred Smith said:
They look good Fred.
And the respray is being done at my mates garage and he’s not charging me a lot. Probably half the cost you would be thinking of.
I get it back next Friday.
Then I’ve got a Gravity Exhaust to go on. Service and MOT. And also have some nice blue dials to fit.
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Fred Smith said:
These are fairly easy cars to work on and the parts are reasonable compared to a lot of other cars.
It’s nice to have a rolling project where you can improve bits and bobs over time.
Enjoy the journey with it Fred. You don’t need to do everything straight away.
TheDan said:Zedebee said:
That's a precarious place to put your glass of cola!
Changed the oil about 100 miles ago as can see from what I’ve what I dropped on the garage floor. The black (actually not as black as it looks) stuff came out of the VANOS oil pathways to/from the solenoids which don’t get a great deal of circulation. I won’t be drinking it 
Took the seats out to carpet clean underneath, they were grim. Took the time to clean all the seat rails, seats everything else I now had access. Then repaired a stone chip on a replacement wing that I may get on the car over the weekend.
Next up back brakes, and to stop the front from squealing every time I brake.
Next up back brakes, and to stop the front from squealing every time I brake.
Had the square set of 326’s for the Mrs E89 refurbished in a sparkle silver finish, look fantastic in sunlight. A good compromise between plain silver and shadow chrome… kind of in the middle.
The pair I bought from the forum really didn’t need doing at all, but I didn’t want to mess about trying to have two colour matched.
The pair I bought from the forum really didn’t need doing at all, but I didn’t want to mess about trying to have two colour matched.
T_J_G said:
I need to remove my seats to clean under them; I’m guessing that it’ll not be all that pleasant under them after 16 years! Daft question, but will the car be in transport mode if I disconnect the battery to remove the seats? It’s the one that’s put me off so far.
