So what have you done to your car today?

[feeutfo]

Got the Silver Bullet dirty. Very dirty. Looks like I've been rallying in it.

Had an oil level warning, so got to find a dealer around here as well.

Oh here we go... I'm not going under that thing for at least 6months. 

[doz]

Spent all day making after market parts fit. I've been rebuilding the VW engine and honestly nothing has bloody fitted. Bolts to long, holes out of line. It's been a right ballsache all sodden day. I can't believe how long it's taken me to achieve very little   

[aaronjb]

Got the Silver Bullet dirty. Very dirty. Looks like I've been rallying in it.

Had an oil level warning, so got to find a dealer around here as well.

Oh here we go... I'm not going under that thing for at least 6months. 

Just get him to take it through the car wash on the under body clean first Although .. Silver Bullet is the Rusty Bullet isn't it? Might come out having had some significant 'lightening' carried out

Remember to take the aerial off though if it's got a whip. Mine didn't survive the car wash on Sunday.  (Although I can't unscrew the aerial part anymore anyway )

[feeutfo]

Spent all day making after market parts fit. I've been rebuilding the VW engine and honestly nothing has bloody fitted. Bolts to long, holes out of line. It's been a right ballsache all sodden day. I can't believe how long it's taken me to achieve very little   

Reading through Haynes on her old polo, there is talk of not undoing the head bolts, or the block will warp. Or something along those lines anyway....?

Right, I thought. That's getting sold then. Wtf? (16v 1.4cc petrol)

[feeutfo]

Got the Silver Bullet dirty. Very dirty. Looks like I've been rallying in it.

Had an oil level warning, so got to find a dealer around here as well.

Oh here we go... I'm not going under that thing for at least 6months. 

Just get him to take it through the car wash on the under body clean first Although .. Silver Bullet is the Rusty Bullet isn't it? Might come out having had some significant 'lightening' carried out

Remember to take the aerial off though if it's got a whip. Mine didn't survive the car wash on Sunday.  (Although I can't unscrew the aerial part anymore anyway )

I reckon it'll hold more water in the body work than wash of muck. More of a rusty sponge one might say.

[VXL V6]

Utilised the extra horses now the CAT is no more!!! 

Cheers Loo Knee!

[feeutfo]

Utilised the extra horses now the CAT is no more!!! 

Cheers Loo Knee!

Ooh, tell us more.

[VXL V6]

Well there's no requirement to have a Cat on a diesel as they only have a Smog test at the MOT, however, there was some talk of a visual inspection being introduced into the revised MOT test which means that the Cat would need to exist.

So following on from a thread on here from one of our European members with a 2.5 TD, Loo Knee has worked out the best way to remove the innards from the Cat and weld it back together in a non-obvious way so that the MOT tester won't spot it.

Now have both the cars De-cated which helps a lot with the pulling away from standstill and improves MPG, especially on the motorway, it also paves the way to a remap.... 

Oh and should add that it's sharper more defined steering now it's been Pollybushed!

[paul.lovejoy]

finally fitted out the omega van ready for tools now

[Marks DTM Calib]

Removed the wishbones from AA's car and pressed the rear bushes out (using a good vice and a little heat), there not to bad although one is slightly worse than the other.

[jonnycool]

That's a big 'un Paul! 

[paul.lovejoy]

have to have a big van Jon becuase i  only have a little willy

[aaronjb]

Think you've got more shelf space in your van than I have in my whole garage.. house even!

P.S. Fancy coming and making me some shelving?

[paul.lovejoy]

cant wait to get my tools on them lol roll on tommorrow you can never have enough tools lmao what a knob i am at times

[aaronjb]

You're right about one thing.. I bought a Myford metal lathe at the weekend 

Really do need to build some nice wooden racking and a workbench in the garage, though!