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[tunnie]

Hated doing wishbones myself on the V6, had to ask for the assistance of a small fat man 

Next time, just going to say fek it and get WIM to do it 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

today we have had one dislocation, two broken bones (nose and finger) one brused wrist ( could possibly be broken, i hope the swelling goes down some time soon and one handed typing takes forever lol) and lost about 1 pint of blood with 999 on standby ( scared the hell out my friend she was supplying us cupas all day and keeping the kids out of our hair )

I now have nice new shiney wishbones, droplinks and discs on my miss miggy though. SHe has put up one hell of a fight today we reckon every thing on her was orginal we started at 10 am and it took us 45 minutes to get the bolts out the calipers. i had a friend doing one side and i was doing the other working trying to do it at a resonable pace. the passenger side wasnt too bad at un doing the bolts compaired to the female dog of a side the drivers was but then on the other hand the drivers side wishbone went in a dream but the passanger side well it took us 4 hrs toget the pinch bolt in bloody thing. finally started wrapping up at 9 pm tonight thank god i dont have to pay for labour pmsl

tomorrow all i have left to do is a full brake bleed, replace the coolant, rebuild the tow bar and find the gas leak. next week as soon as i can ill get her alignment done and then back to the garage for them to look at the remedial work carried out they required for us to get her uk lpg cert.

IM going to hurt like hell tomorrow to my knees are shot im liping round think its because i have been on them all day (i hope so lol)

there is one thing i learned today....................... i never EVER EVER am going to change a set of wishbones EVER again im going to pay someone!!!!! pmsl

Never say never, Maria.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Hated doing wishbones myself on the V6, had to ask for the assistance of a small fat man 

Next time, just going to say fek it and get WIM to do it 

Would that be ---/---?

my post count has been docked before.

[Marie]

Think I found it yay !!!! Gas leak solved see once chubby has taken her for a run

[Marie]

An Army mechanic would have done it in half a day without spilling a drop of blood 

An army mechanic would have never come across the phenomenon known as the mighty Omega.

Oh, he has 

read out your post to the hubby and being ex army ( seen the light pmsl) he said an army lad would have bodged it pmsl.

[Marie]

JD.... really chuffed i have achieved so much with my car over the weekend its like driving a different car.

coolant flush
brake fluid change
tightened up the power stearing jublie clips as they wer loose,
changed the drop links
wishbones changed
new front brake discs and pads
moved the gas filler point from the towbar to by the petrol filler point.
moved the gas line out of the front wheel arch
found and fixed the gas leak on the vaporisor.
refurbed the towbar.
washed the motor

i must admit i can do a auto box change on a mig faster then changing the wishbones lol

next weeks jobs . return to have the remedial lpg stuff checked to get cert, get the gemetry set up correctly and get a back  massage !!!!

[The Red Baron]

well done. 

[Gaffers]

An Army mechanic would have done it in half a day without spilling a drop of blood 

An army mechanic would have never come across the phenomenon known as the mighty Omega.

Oh, he has 

read out your post to the hubby and being ex army ( seen the light pmsl) he said an army lad would have bodged it pmsl.

Like I said, fixed yet not a drop of blood spilt 

[I_want_an_Omega]

Just seen that you are "soon to be Lincs" ............ 

Fantastic, why are you coming up here and why? Just being nosey you understand .....

We came up here in 2008 to escape from the ratrace in the SE and love it - IMHO of course

Well done on the car BTW 

[Marie]

Just seen that you are "soon to be Lincs" ............ 

Fantastic, why are you coming up here and why? Just being nosey you understand .....

We came up here in 2008 to escape from the ratrace in the SE and love it - IMHO of course

Well done on the car BTW 

I have brought a house n cranwell my boys are moving up in December and I'll be a weekend mum as I'll be working in somerset for about 9 more years :/
but I want my boys to live somewhere they want to and not where I am posted.

y want to and not where I am posted.

[I_want_an_Omega]

Just seen that you are "soon to be Lincs" ............ 

Fantastic, why are you coming up here and why? Just being nosey you understand .....

We came up here in 2008 to escape from the ratrace in the SE and love it - IMHO of course

Well done on the car BTW 

I have brought a house n cranwell my boys are moving up in December and I'll be a weekend mum as I'll be working in somerset for about 9 more years :/
but I want my boys to live somewhere they want to and not where I am posted.

y want to and not where I am posted.

That's just down the road from us - well in Lincs terms anyway ........ Good luck with the move - although that will be a bit of a commute on a weekly basis wont it?

[Marie]

Yeah it will prob will end you every other week due to cost and working hours  have done it in 4hrs30 using the m5 a46 its quicker then a303, m25, a1 route

things we do for our other halves 

Moving up in december cant wait tbh once im up ill have to have a get together  have to get the garage set up asi like it first mind. 

[I_want_an_Omega]

Yeah it will prob will end you every other week due to cost and working hours  have done it in 4hrs30 using the m5 a46 its quicker then a303, m25, a1 route

things we do for our other halves 

Moving up in december cant wait tbh once im up ill have to have a get together  have to get the garage set up asi like it first mind. 

New A46 is rather good I must say ......... Then A17 and cut up through Leadenham would be the best bit for the last lap I'd think.

[Marie]

think the sat nav made me use the A17 last time i ran up not to bad a journey tbh.

plus with lpg its not going to cost the earth to run up and down reckon around 460 miles a weekend 2 tanks of gas @ £70

[I_want_an_Omega]

think the sat nav made me use the A17 last time i ran up not to bad a journey tbh.

plus with lpg its not going to cost the earth to run up and down reckon around 460 miles a weekend 2 tanks of gas @ £70

Doh - of course - there is a turning off the A17 direct into Cranwell. I was thinking of getting there from here! STUPID me ........ You will be getting through oil changes on a regular basis as well and should make a set of decent tyres last a year or so. Lots of opinions on OOF about tyres - and everything else come to think of it