So what have you done to your car today?

[Doctor Gollum]

Broken it... Expensive repair coming I suspect

Here do...

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALT102-ALTERNATOR-OPEL-SAAB-VAUXHALL-/201306551183?hash=item2edece338f%3Ag%3A1boAAOSwPhdVAesq&_trkparms=pageci%253A2b49a5bd-665c-11e6-b7d9-74dbd1803c83%257Cparentrq%253Aa4eae65a1560a358977cc272ffff2214%257Ciid%253A2

[Lazydocker]

Broken it... Expensive repair coming I suspect

Here do...

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALT102-ALTERNATOR-OPEL-SAAB-VAUXHALL-/201306551183?hash=item2edece338f%3Ag%3A1boAAOSwPhdVAesq&_trkparms=pageci%253A2b49a5bd-665c-11e6-b7d9-74dbd1803c83%257Cparentrq%253Aa4eae65a1560a358977cc272ffff2214%257Ciid%253A2

Thanks. Any chance you're heading to Pembrokeshire with some tools too?

In all seriousness, I'll bite the bullet and pay someone to fit it if needs be

[annihilator]

elite came back after having a new cambelt kit,water pump,poly belt and the damaged sump pan replaced and most importantly another 12 months mot.
John.

[TheBoy]

Sadly, work commitments, and the shenanigans with one of bro's shops have prevented any prepping before presenting it.

Spill the beans
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What, that I've been busy at work, and that I've spent all my spare time over at bro's who's shop fit "hasn't gone well"

[TheBoy]

Never got either Omega to misbehave significantly

"Not trying hard enough"

[Doctor Gollum]

Never got either Omega to misbehave significantly

"Not trying hard enough"

Ahem

[EMD]

Well windscreen trim has come loose again  Shall call them out for the 4th time 

[Shackeng]

Put the gearbox back in the TD with a new thrust washer, new filter and fresh fluid. Drives nicely on the test run. I'll check the level again in a week or so. Next job is to see if I can swap the gear change shaft from my AR25 into the new Senny AR35. But it can wait.

[STEMO]

Put the gearbox back in the TD with a new thrust washer, new filter and fresh fluid. Drives nicely on the test run. I'll check the level again in a week or so. Next job is to see if I can swap the gear change shaft from my AR25 into the new Senny AR35. But it can wait.

Nice one, Chris. Are you the go-to fella for gearbox problems now? 

[Shackeng]

Put the gearbox back in the TD with a new thrust washer, new filter and fresh fluid. Drives nicely on the test run. I'll check the level again in a week or so. Next job is to see if I can swap the gear change shaft from my AR25 into the new Senny AR35. But it can wait.

Nice one, Chris. Are you the go-to fella for gearbox problems now? 

No No No! I'm too old for this sort of work, but I can't resist a challenge, which ends up by me regretting it.

[STEMO]

Well....you've persevered and done a great job. 

[biggriffin]

Went to work and washed it, saved me £6.00.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Repainted one of my alloys at work last night. Refitted it today and took another one off to refurb at work tonight.
Also took one of the rear track rods off the car, which I have brought to work to see if a I can free it off.

[biggriffin]

Repainted one of my alloys at work last night. Refitted it today and took another one off to refurb at work tonight.
Also took one of the rear track rods off the car, which I have brought to work to see if a I can free it off.

Clamp in vise and heat it up to red hot, un screw, then dump in bucket of waste oil, re-assemble, with lots of copper-slip.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Clamped it very tight in vice, heated as hot as I could with a heat gun, got a big pair of stilsons on the end, it unscrewed very nicely. This was the outer end. Did the same with the inner end, pushed hard on the stilsons, it rounded the "nut" section in the centre of the rod and chewed up the visible threads while it was at it. Its officially shagged. Need a new pair.