So what have you done to your car today?

[The Sheriff]

More parts removed, preparing the DTI for it's final journey to the fragmentor, removed the cylinder head following a request from a member, christ they are bloody heavy 

Some members are heavy, some, like me, are not 

[omegod]

More parts removed, preparing the DTI for it's final journey to the fragmentor, removed the cylinder head following a request from a member, christ they are bloody heavy 

Some members are heavy, some, like me, are not 

my member is quite weighty actually , yours must be minuscule

[The Sheriff]

More parts removed, preparing the DTI for it's final journey to the fragmentor, removed the cylinder head following a request from a member, christ they are bloody heavy 

Some members are heavy, some, like me, are not 

my member is quite weighty actually , yours must be minuscule

You can say it, but you can't smell it

[TheBoy]

Put that tyre with the hole/blister on the back of TBE. Must remember to hide the keys, else she's liable to use it, then who'll cooka nd clean for me

[Mr Gav]

Changed the Rear sub frame/diff mounts this evening, the old ones are well past their best 

[05omegav6]

Changed the Rear sub frame/diff mounts this evening, the old ones are well past their best 

Can I have them if you're to bin them

[chrisgixer]

Changed the Rear sub frame/diff mounts this evening, the old ones are well past their best 

.....good news

[Mr Gav]

Changed the Rear sub frame/diff mounts this evening, the old ones are well past their best 

.....good news

Definitely  You can see a chunk of ally on the one on the right that came adrift too,
Got a misting OSR damper too that needs sorting, would like a set of B4`s but cant afford it at the moment so I`ll have to make do.

[Mr Gav]

Can I have them if you're to bin them

I`m gonna look into trying to do something with poly but if I don`t think i`ll be able to do it then you`re welcome to them 

[05omegav6]

Can I have them if you're to bin them

I`m gonna look into trying to do something with poly but if I don`t think i`ll be able to do it then you`re welcome to them 

Ta

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Took Exhaust cat section to magic welding man, who put me a nice new flange on (old flange corroded badly, but rest of cat in reasonable shape) also weld on a better 'taper' on the end of the other Cat. (ie the bit that goes just inside the flared piece of pipe)

Went home, the plan being to smooth off the welds, climb under the V6, remove the heat shields, give them a paint up, pop them back, fit the exhaust.

so....

Angle-grinded too much off the weld, thus making a neat little slit in the exhaust pipe.
Sheared a thread when trying to remove the heat shields. Got one shield off ok in the end, then got another - which on closer inspection was so badly corroded it's in no way worth painting. There's a bit of a mish-mash of studs and nuts n bolts holding the shields on, so clearly they've been off and on before, with the same sheared thread problem.

So net worth of tonight-
-Flange fitted to 1 exhaust pipe
-Hole repaired in other exhaust pipe - I then get flap-wheel happy and make the hole again 
-Remove 1 heat shield, snapping a thread
-Removed 2nd heat shield - it's had it. Need another.

a bit of a 1 step forward, 2 steps back sort of day 

[aaronjb]

I would tax the RX8 (which expired last night, oops) .. if the DVLA web site was working 

[05omegav6]

Finally made a start on reattaching the back box rear hanger

Have used some sooperdooper epoxy gunge to stick it on, and clamped it with the towbar mounting. Managed to snap two of the heatshield studs, only to find that the useless bodging arsewits who repaired it last time it was rear ended had used mastic to reattach the heat shield

Fortunately, being the far superior estate model, I can actually access and drill all the mounting points from the boot/sparewheel well without breaking a sweat

Job for Sunday now, but will give the epoxy chance to set, then I shall liberally apply a gallon of brushable seam sealer over the entire thing to stop it rotting away.

Also found out that it needs a new screen as it has developed a six inch crack (insert comment of choice here) right infront of the steering wheel

[05omegav6]

Finished the exhaust hanger repair...

Have riveted the repair panel to give it a bit of extra support, although me hanging off the hanger didn't so much as make it creak, so probably overkill

Four bolts fitted for the heatshield...

Order of assembly went:

Paint
Bolt
Seam sealer
Washer
Seam sealer
Body shell
Seam sealer
Washer
Seam sealer
Nut
Seam sealer
Liberal coat of paint
Washer
Heat shield
Washer
Lock nut

Exhaust back on and all tickety boo just needs a new screen and I can get it MoTd...

[4x4]

Washed the truck today,she has some battle scars from sunday but nothing that a bit of t cut and polish wont sort out