So what have you done to your car today?

[omega3000]

Began the Silver Bullet's front-end strip-down after last week's full frontal unfortunate demolition attempt incident.

Am hopeful that I can straighten the rad, but will deffo need new headlight adjusters .... I reckon .... 

That's the last time I let TB get involved at a meet

[andyc]

Removed these


from the Astra Engine because of this



I brought the car with a broken belt so was not down to me but having said that the rollers and tensioner are all still ok

Andy

[Marks DTM Calib]

And the water pump......and was it fitted correctly in the first place (e.g. tensioner correctly).

TB, I have a set of alloy adjusters here if you ened them

[TheBoy]

And the water pump......and was it fitted correctly in the first place (e.g. tensioner correctly).

TB, I have a set of alloy adjusters here if you ened them

Eh?

[Marks DTM Calib]

And the water pump......and was it fitted correctly in the first place (e.g. tensioner correctly).

TB, I have a set of alloy adjusters here if you ened them

Eh?

Alloy headlight adjusters

[andyc]

Pump is spot on not a thing wrong with it although i'm changing it anyway. It just seems the belt gave up, i have seen it happen before but not often

Andy

[Marks DTM Calib]

The only time I have seen that happen is with an under tensioned (e.g. poorly fitted) belt which jumped, the cam then locks and the belt gets stripped. The only reason why we spotted the cause is beacuse I was curious as to the fault (mainly I wanted to know the cuase so as not to waste cash) and measured, checked and trial fitted a replacement belt using the original components in the original positions and it was slack.

Should I add that the one I repaired had been fitted by a main dealer in Leicester near the Rugby ground.....(about 6-7 years ago) 

[andyc]

Once i got the head stripped i then carried on building a new wiring loom for the Manta. Reason for this is the old fuse box was in the way of the motor for the steering coloum so it needed moving and the onlt place to fit it was in the passangers side foot well. I've aslo gone from the old style fuse to the blade fuse by using a modded Mk3 Cav fuse box

Fuse Box so far


And how its forming on the dash support panel, the loom will run underneath the panel when iys finished. If your wondering what the geen ties are they are ties for holding up your plants


Andy

[martin42]

changed the coolant and thermostat on the escort this afternoon,all of 5 mins lol 

[VXL V6]

Drove the 3.2.... nice and smooth compared to the DTi... Then thought to myself 'must get leather interior for the DTi'

[omega3000]

changed the coolant and thermostat on the escort this afternoon,all of 5 mins lol 

Same time as the MV6 then 

[05omegav6]

Left it at work  so that I could drive a proper lorry up to Barnsley monday night, and again today to drive upto Manchester land back home tomorrow



Probably

[Kevin Wood]

Left it at work  so that I could drive a proper lorry up to Barnsley monday night, and again today to drive upto Manchester land back home tomorrow



Probably

'ampstead weren't good enough fer you, were it? You 'ad to go poncin' off ter Barnsley...

etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxL-WyC-nIg

All the best. I take it the new career plan is progressing?

[05omegav6]

  Aye

[feeutfo]

Played with mapping the gas map. Moved the dots up a bit so the green lime matched the blue line. Tickle here, tickle there.

Btw, hot start available on the latest software.