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General Discussion Area / Re: My Nurburg trip
« on: 17 November 2007, 22:59:42 »
Hmm. Some nice car porn there 
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: 123reg
« on: 17 November 2007, 22:08:58 »
They don't resolve for me.
Kevin
Edited to add:
Or maybe they do?
kevin_wood@Kevin:~> dig www.svp.co.uk
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> www.svp.co.uk
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48068
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.svp.co.uk. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.svp.co.uk. 16219 IN A 62.128.140.72
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
svp.co.uk. 16219 IN NS ns2.hosteurope.com.
svp.co.uk. 16219 IN NS ns.hosteurope.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.hosteurope.com. 26377 IN A 212.67.202.2
ns2.hosteurope.com. 3416 IN A 212.67.203.246
;; Query time: 17 msec
;; SERVER: 212.23.6.100#53(212.23.6.100)
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 17 22:23:18 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 128
Kevin
Edited to add:
Or maybe they do?
kevin_wood@Kevin:~> dig www.svp.co.uk
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> www.svp.co.uk
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48068
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.svp.co.uk. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.svp.co.uk. 16219 IN A 62.128.140.72
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
svp.co.uk. 16219 IN NS ns2.hosteurope.com.
svp.co.uk. 16219 IN NS ns.hosteurope.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns.hosteurope.com. 26377 IN A 212.67.202.2
ns2.hosteurope.com. 3416 IN A 212.67.203.246
;; Query time: 17 msec
;; SERVER: 212.23.6.100#53(212.23.6.100)
;; WHEN: Sat Nov 17 22:23:18 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 128
33873
General Discussion Area / Re: Bloody Bosses...who needs em...
« on: 16 November 2007, 13:09:04 »
Yes, absolutely. It's not on to tear a strip off people in public. If there's something to be said, it should be one to one.
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Stupid idea?
« on: 19 November 2007, 14:57:27 »
Just need someone to donate their Omega to Bernie and Leepu and we'll see what happens 
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/show/index.shtml
Kevin
http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/chopshop/show/index.shtml
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: SNOW
« on: 19 November 2007, 16:14:04 »Quote
I'd normally suggest an oxy-acetelene torch... but since it's an engine part, I'd assume it is a Bad Idea...?
Applied a little heat with a blowtorch, but it's got a vibration damper built into the pulley so didn't want to melt it.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: SNOW
« on: 19 November 2007, 15:18:57 »Quote
Cant you get somebody to put thier foot on the brake.....
Yep. Planning to do this tonight after getting the wheels on the floor.
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I also hope its not like the Omega V6 where it buggers the sprocket if you try the method you are by sheering the woodruff key.
Umm. Me too. The early MX5s had very troublesome crank nose / pulley arrangements anyway. This one's a 2000 model and apparently better but i'm still nervous. Depends where all the loads are going when you're grunting on the breaker bar I guess. Through the Woodruff key being less then ideal.
If I could get the outer pulley / vibration damper off I could probably fabricate a tool to lock the crank using its mounting bolts but I can't. :-/ Then I read reports on various forums that it doesn't come off unless the main crank pulley bolt is removed anyway, which sounds odd but might explain yesterday's lack of progress. Oh, for a decent workshop manual
General consensus if you believe what's on most Mazda forums is to strap a breaker bar onto it and turn the starter key...
Haven't come across anyone who's broken anything getting it off, even using the above method, which is encouraging.
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You do realise those bolts are often 200+Nm + angle tighten and require replacing once removed.
This one is 120 lb ft tightening torque, so not too bad in theory but it's just siezed, I think. Oh, well, another dousing in plus gas and some more grunting later...
Doesn't help that the anti-roll bar runs across the front of the engine at pully height. Maybe that'll have to come off
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: SNOW
« on: 19 November 2007, 14:52:21 »Quote
Bigger Hammer. If it doesn't loosen the pulley, close bonnet and hit that repeatedly. You'll feel much better, and blame the dents on her driving Grin
It's sounding increasingly like a job for sammy. Handbrake has already been found lacking while trying to undo the crank pulley bolt in 5th gear (no apparent means of locking flywheel).
One of these might help once the bolt's off: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht248-13-pce-harmonic-balance-puller/path/automotive-tools
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: SNOW
« on: 18 November 2007, 22:44:55 »
Just persisting down here. Has been all day. Not that I'd know, other than the water that was blowing under the garage door while I was changing swearing at Emma's cam belt.
Anyone got any tips regarding removing stubborn crank pullies? Tried by hand, hitting with hammer, tried a puller, puller with hammer, 1/2 a can of plus gas later no joy. Will have to remove entire pulley (it's a 2 part job like the V6) and separate on the bench. Would have done already if I had a socket the right size for the pulley bolt.
Kevin
Anyone got any tips regarding removing stubborn crank pullies? Tried by hand, hitting with hammer, tried a puller, puller with hammer, 1/2 a can of plus gas later no joy. Will have to remove entire pulley (it's a 2 part job like the V6) and separate on the bench. Would have done already if I had a socket the right size for the pulley bolt.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Any takers ?
« on: 17 November 2007, 19:32:23 »
I would only touch that, at any price, if I was at the registered keeper's address, siiting in his living room having a cup of tea following a satisfactory test drive and with an HPI report in my hand.
I'm sorry, he may be perfectly genuine, but there's enough in that ad to make folk smell a rat that he's got to expect nothing less than the above, if genuine.
Kevin
I'm sorry, he may be perfectly genuine, but there's enough in that ad to make folk smell a rat that he's got to expect nothing less than the above, if genuine.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Any takers ?
« on: 13 November 2007, 15:33:58 »
Collection from Nigeria...
Do they have palm trees there, even?
Kevin
Do they have palm trees there, even?
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all Senior NCOs
« on: 17 November 2007, 23:24:06 »Quote
If you stick a meega activated charcoal cabin air intake filter down the back of your trousers it will prevent them from being smelly Cheesy
Sound advice noted.
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all Senior NCOs
« on: 17 November 2007, 22:23:31 »Quote
Farting at the dinner table is probably frowned upon too
Thank break I'm not going, then. Not sure what's wrong with me today but...
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: cambelt slip - today's update
« on: 17 November 2007, 19:21:16 »Quote
Kevin
Kevin
Damn! That echo's back!
Damn! That echo's back!
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General Discussion Area / Re: cambelt slip - today's update
« on: 17 November 2007, 19:18:50 »
At least there's some compression so if there is damage it's only a slightly bent valve or two and the heads will probably have survived.
What are the highest and lowest readings?
Also, remember you are doing this test cold and the readings generally improve and become more consistent across cylinders when the engine is hot.
Additionally, the hydraulic lifters may not be fully pumped up, which will affect the readings - but it all depends what readings a good cylinder are returning against a bad cylinder. I'd normally expect them to be within 0.5 - 1 BAR (on a good engine that's just been run and if fully warmed up).
I'd run for a minute or two and have another go.
Kevin
Kevin
What are the highest and lowest readings?
Also, remember you are doing this test cold and the readings generally improve and become more consistent across cylinders when the engine is hot.
Additionally, the hydraulic lifters may not be fully pumped up, which will affect the readings - but it all depends what readings a good cylinder are returning against a bad cylinder. I'd normally expect them to be within 0.5 - 1 BAR (on a good engine that's just been run and if fully warmed up).
I'd run for a minute or two and have another go.
Kevin
Kevin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Low life scum
« on: 17 November 2007, 01:06:20 »
I don't think the number of parents / guardians is the issue. It's whether someone is there to take an interest in bringing them up properly and devoting a bit of time out of their busy lives to be with them. Too many kids get left to their own devices or parmed off onto anyone who'll look after them IMHO.
Kevin
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