So what have you done to your car today?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Started prepping the Boxster for MOT. Started removing one of the rear calipers, which are held in place by a pair of 12mm diameter hex bolts.
One bolt came out without too much effort. The second could only be moved using a two foot breaker bar and all my weight / might pushing on it.
Got to a certain point and then the head wrung off the bolt. Christ knows how I am going to get it out now.
I think I might have to remove the hub so I can hold the bolt in a vice and then unwind the hub from the bolt. 

Porsche learnt how to do that from their Audi cousin. Or they found a stash of British Leyland spec bolts.

You haven't lived until you've had to remove a seized Lupo caliper bolt. VW, in their infinite wisdom, having integrated the slider mechanism into the internal allen bolt. Then decided to make them out of Dairylea, sprayed silver.

Meanwhile, in Zeke land, I've now done some brake line plumbing. I would have had it all done but for VX deciding to use two different sizes of union around the system, only one of which I had in stock...

This is common on loads of cars with split systems, particularly at the master cylinder and ABS end  (for the obvious reasons) 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Makes sense, just frustrating!

[VXL V6]

Took the last bits I want to keep as spares off the old daily. Will be scrapping it this week.

It's gone!

[TheBoy]

Drove it to the station, failed to find a parking space big enough (upper deck for parking is still closed due to lack of use), so had to abandon it in a space with the front wheels outside of the white box

On the return journey from Londun, Chilltern are only putting on one train per hour*.  So my trip from near the Tate Modern back to Brackley was well over 3 hours.  I knew I should have driven all the way, grrr, but still smarting from the last trip for work that is going to cost me a new windscreen.

Still, on the sort return trip of 28 miles to my local station, I had fun with a frisky RS6 (who had so much traction and acceleration from each roundabout, it was embarrassing....    ....but I bet I was having more fun!), and also saw the old bill do a box manoeuvre of a car, first time I've been up and close, very impressive.  Suspect it might have been a training exercise, rather than a real one.



*So, 1 train per hour, a 4 carriage DMU, near empty, going from Londun to Brum.  How are HS2 going to find 1200 passengers a train, fill 20 trains per hour, 24 hours a day? Which is what there business plan was for.   Not withstanding they have now said their trains can only carry 1100 passengers, and they can technically only run 16 an hour. Bless.

[Rangie]

Driven it back from Sussex with the caravan, now back in storage lovely run back and managed 22mpg not bad for a V8 towing a 26 foot caravan.

[Raeturbo]

Not bad, that's great for all that weight! Got the Evo in a local valet getting some richly deserved pampering. Then full service, timing belt, balance belt, Fuchs 10/50 pro s oil and filter, all transmission oils changed blah blah will take my mind off the cost of gas and Lecky anyway I guess

[Doctor Gollum]

Drove it home from work for the last time this morning.

[Rangie]

Not bad, that's great for all that weight! Got the Evo in a local valet getting some richly deserved pampering. Then full service, timing belt, balance belt, Fuchs 10/50 pro s oil and filter, all transmission oils changed blah blah will take my mind off the cost of gas and Lecky anyway I guess

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Yes I guess it's a minimum combined weight of 4.5 tons .

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Reassembled the o/s/r corner on the Boxster. Now have to find out how to get the handbrake cable from the rear hub to the handbrake lever. Looks like I will have to take the front engine cover off, inside the car to actually see the cable and how to route it.

[Doctor Gollum]

You might find that it runs through a tube

[Keith ABS]

 Put 6 month tax on the Monaro. £345

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Money well spent. 

[dave the builder]

The Omega's RFL is up to £360 for 12 months now
Zero CO on the MOT emissions ,and the roads have more holes than the Edam section of the cheese counter 

[countrywoman]

Made a ply template for door glass on the Austin and then started to work out how the hell the Omega window mech will fit , not to bad as happens but have to find something to attach it to the glass . Should have kept some glass back when I scraped the doner

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Made a ply template for door glass on the Austin and then started to work out how the hell the Omega window mech will fit , not to bad as happens but have to find something to attach it to the glass . Should have kept some glass back when I scraped the doner

You're mad, it's brilliant!