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Kevin Wood

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7155 on: 15 March 2014, 17:29:46 »
Cam belt, plugs, refurbed LPG injectors. Still residual bits of Omega on the front lawn but it's curry time. :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7156 on: 16 March 2014, 16:46:40 »
Quote from: tigers_gonads on 14 March 2014, 19:37:00
Washed my hair in a gallon of nice hot ATF  :'(

Cleaned the gearbox filter and refilled with nice fresh oil too  ;D

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7157 on: 16 March 2014, 17:40:30 »
Also on the gearbox theme ... Topped up my ATF (took just over half a litre) and moving on to get the antifreeze sorted as we speak  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7158 on: 16 March 2014, 17:48:47 »
Quote from: cem on 09 March 2014, 08:49:37
after clutch kit and oil change for clit last week , yesterday sanded the 5 year old summer tires (micheline pilot exalto)  with da sander and 80 grid (must confess it took more than 3 hours) .. reason was it had stil 5 mms of tread depth but surface nearly shining :-\ hopefully will see the results next weekend :)

and here is some info about tyre sanding


after last weeks snowy weather, finally this week summer tires are on.. results were very satisfactory after sanding (nearly a mm) .. inner surface was soft .. and the tires grip nearly as good as new on dry.. (cant see any difference).. but with the cost of 3+1 hours of da sanding and exhausted arms


[url=http://Reading/tipstricks/scrp_0505_sanding_race_tires_better_traction/








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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7159 on: 16 March 2014, 17:51:49 »
Fitted a new passengerside cat.
It turns out it's much easier to do this with another pair of hands rather than do it on my own. I spent more time waiting for the lambda sensor to cool down having given it a lick with the oxy-acetylene to get it out easier.

I hadn't realised quite how noisy it had got.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7160 on: 16 March 2014, 20:02:20 »
replaced two front tyres gave a good wash/polish and wax looking good :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7161 on: 16 March 2014, 20:30:59 »
Went on a 400 mile round trip yesterday to visit Robsey, Kevin Wood and Ken ( Nitro )  :o

Great to meet you guys' and thanks so much for all the help and advice on the car  ;)  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7162 on: 16 March 2014, 20:52:11 »
Got a puncture.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7163 on: 16 March 2014, 20:54:16 »
Went through some 25 squid's worth of petrol just messing about on some twisty roads 90 miles say total (to test the new rear shocks/springs) and it's much improved the handling especially with sports mode and TC off, Tyres also cling on well  ::) ;D ... Off to get a pair of Goodyear F1 Asym 2 for the rear this week some time.  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7164 on: 16 March 2014, 21:06:58 »
No really I did.
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« Reply #7165 on: 16 March 2014, 22:52:20 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 16 March 2014, 21:06:58
No really I did.
:o

Where? How? Repairable? :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7166 on: 16 March 2014, 23:00:34 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 16 March 2014, 22:52:20
Quote from: chrisgixer on 16 March 2014, 21:06:58
No really I did.
:o

Where? How? Repairable? :-\


In the middle of the tread.  :'( made a horrible flapping noise then a loud pop. Tyre went flat about 30 seconds after. I guess what ever stuck in the tyre made the noise as it flew out, then the tyre went down.

Probably repairable, but it ran flat for a while before I could pull over, so it might be buggered internally.  :'(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7167 on: 16 March 2014, 23:14:24 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 16 March 2014, 23:00:34
Quote from: Taxi Al on 16 March 2014, 22:52:20
Quote from: chrisgixer on 16 March 2014, 21:06:58
No really I did.
:o

Where? How? Repairable? :-\


In the middle of the tread.  :'( made a horrible flapping noise then a loud pop. Tyre went flat about 30 seconds after. I guess what ever stuck in the tyre made the noise as it flew out, then the tyre went down.

Probably repairable, but it ran flat for a while before I could pull over, so it might be buggered internally.  :'(

Here we go again...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7168 on: 17 March 2014, 07:35:07 »
Bought some new wheels on Thursday, I await their arrival today :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7169 on: 17 March 2014, 07:48:54 »
Yesterday I washed and polished my Omega.  :D

Today, it's having two new wishbones and a new driver's side cat as the current one is rattling  :-\
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