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2011

General Discussion Area / Cam cover gaskets - done

« on: 25 March 2007, 18:09:59 »

Right, finished at last

Took me more that "2hrs to do both sides" Mr DTM!  And I only did one side, albeit the passenger one.

Seems to have stopped leaking . Changed the plugs, and gave the throttle body up whilst I was at it. Have to try another 0 - 60 now .

Flushed with success, though I would change the PAS belt on the Rover, but failed, as the effing idiots sold me the wrong belt   - going by the part numbers, I reckon new one is 5mm shorter.

2012

General Discussion Area / Rover exhaust

« on: 24 March 2007, 16:59:56 »

I was tidying the garage, as Mrs TheBoy pulls up on the drive. My, my, that sounds throaty.  And due an MOT soon (have to check when).  So I guess next weekend is going to be putting on a new backbox for her  

2013

General Discussion Area / Thanks to JamesV6CDX - again

« on: 19 February 2007, 18:32:51 »

Again, I would like to say a big thanks to JamesV6CDX, and his mate Markie who probably won't see this, for taking the time to come over and do the Rover cambelt. Great guys, both of them

And a thumbs up from Mrs TheBoy, performance is now 'back like it should be' according to her

Thanks guys

2014

General Discussion Area / Drax - should I take Tech2

« on: 21 March 2007, 22:27:18 »

No, I don't imagine for a minute that the Tech2 could control Drax....

But should I take it?

2015

General Discussion Area / Tyre wear

« on: 21 March 2007, 15:44:07 »

Something odd as happened to my car.  It passed its MOT 3 weeks ago, and I know the tyres were all OK, bit low but still some miles left in them.

So imagine my surprise when parked up on full lock at the weekend I see the osf inside shoulder was worn bald.

A quick trip to Wheels In Motion yesterday to put a pair of new Dunlops on it, and the best remain 2 tyres on the front. Alas, one of those has little left either, but they found 2 of the wheels were no longer round.

Once on the machine, the geometry was way off, but we couldn't see a single reason for it - it was as if more than one setting had adjusted. Tony had no choice but to re-setup from scratch.  Fortunately, I had my old settings, so we have a base to start from.

So currently, I need a pair of MV6 wheels, and a pair of Dunlops to go on them  


But, what happened between MOT and the weekend to cause such very drastic wear on the tyre - it was camber type wear, that much even I know.

2016

General Discussion Area / Migration - any better?

« on: 09 March 2007, 19:37:26 »

Since we've migrated to the new VM on the 3rd March, has there been a performance improvement? Worse? No different?

Obviously, ignoring the fact that the W2K3 host crashed 3 days ago...

All constructive feedback welcome.

2017

General Discussion Area / Bugger

« on: 06 March 2007, 21:29:40 »

Due to being late cox all the motorways were 'dangle berries'ed, I may have got snapped by a camera van, doing 60 in a 50mph stretch on empty dual carriageway in London  

2018

General Discussion Area / Oppps

« on: 05 March 2007, 21:18:47 »

Sorry about that. Bloody Windows...

2019

General Discussion Area / Autobox software update

« on: 14 February 2007, 22:21:54 »

OK, I've done a few now, I would appreciate some simple feedback, so vote away  

2020

General Discussion Area / Planned outage - 28/02/07

« on: 27 February 2007, 21:21:14 »

This is the first stage of a maintenence plan to move forum to new VM.  This is to fit a new disk, kindly donated by ClarCE, to host the VM on.  The current disk has been sounding like a bag of nails for a while now

We expect the outage to last for around 45mins between 6pm and 8pm

We apologise for the inconvenience caused by this preventative maintenence.


Phase 2 - building the VMs - will continue over the next few days.

Phase 3 - migrating the forum to new main VM - will involve a further outage in a week or so, more details nearer the time.

2021

General Discussion Area / V6 Cambelt party - Brackley

« on: 19 February 2007, 13:10:59 »

If anyone's v6 cambelt is due, there is going to be a v6 cambelt party in Brackley this Saturday.  

Numbers are going to have to be limited do to space/time restrictions though.

Any experts at v6 cambelts prepared to lend a hand are also very welcome

If you have a 4 pot Omega that needs one, see Tunnie's 2.2 cambelt party thread, being held on same day about 1/2 mile away.

Depending on numbers, we will have the BBQ on, and beer (for those local/staying/passengers)...  ...hopefully, those from Tunnie's 4 pot cambelt bash will pop along later as well

Please reply to this thread if your are interested in coming, and whether its to lend a hand, get your cambelt changed, or just want to pop in to say hello.

As said, places are likely to be limited.

2022

General Discussion Area / Forum outage this afternoon

« on: 04 March 2007, 11:31:28 »

There will be an outage this afternoon as part of Phase 3 of the migration to new disks.  During this time, you will see a message about it being in Maintenence, or you will get no response ('Page cannot be displayed').

There are a number of things that can go wrong at this stage, so it may take a while.  Current testing is putting this stage at about 1.5hrs.

There will be an update nearer the time...

2023

General Discussion Area / CDR2006 SAFE near Brackley?

« on: 02 March 2007, 21:40:12 »

Seems to be common fault, I have a theory.

Anyone near me with that fault, would you let me do a test.  If it works, you have your system fixed, if it doesn't, nothing lost....    ....you probably will need your carpass though...

2024

General Discussion Area / Cambelt party tools

« on: 26 February 2007, 14:25:24 »

OK, trying to get tools back to their rightful owners. MaxV6 now has his BBQ stuff and rad.


I have:
Loctite cap - MDTM
Halfords E12 - ?
Rubber mallet - ?
Tweezers - ?

Missing:
Halfords E10
Halfords E11
Halfords rachet spanner 12/13mm


MDTM has:
Halfords E10 - TB

Missing:
Draper Pro E12
Various Stanley screwdrivers
2.2 camlock - Tunnie


Can those who had work done just double check under bonnet, esp the sides, for missing sockets and small screwdrivers

2025

General Discussion Area / Cruise - Pedal Switches

« on: 03 February 2007, 21:34:59 »

What pedal switches have you got...