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[tunnie]

he's a nice chap, not only did he let me nick borrow some oil and a filter, but also attempted to tighten the handbrake on the Estate.

I greased up all the door locking pins cause they made horrible sqeeking noisies on bumpy roads, very annoying. Greased them up, silent inside now  

Bad news i have discovered another water leak.... (remember this is MaxV6's old Estate which had more leaks than a cullendar)

This time its the rad, could see it steaming away on the drivers side after it was hot with the bonnet up. Looking underneath to two locking  'pins'? where the rad slots into the chassis, is dripping in coolant  

So thats getting changed at the party next week..... MarkDTM could i have one of those nice V6 rads i saw stacked in your garage?  

Other than that, running well. Went to the scrappy yesterday, picked up a replacement SatNav speaker, wired that in, also got a bose speaker for TheBoy, and a new breather plenum pipe thingy.

Had a good go at cleaning the breathers, but going to finish the job next weekend, the throttle bodys need to come off for a good job. The breathers look like someone had shat down them!  

So give that a good clean along with the free oil, its running well.

On top of that managed to walk the dog for 2 hours, clean the garage to fit the 2.2 in there, as i can't be bothered to de-frost it tommorow morning!  

[TheBoy]

i think rad is fubar.

you'll need to strip the handbrake down i'm afraid, so take something harsh to clean drums.  Might be worth getting some spare shoes (£12 from 'Frauds) as yours seemed to be getting down.  Disc and pads ok, though integral drum is suspect.  try to get more wd40 on all those heatshield bolts later in week.

sort out vac as well, that will help.

I think you may need to investigate drivers cam gasket.

[MikeDundee]

Forum strikes again

[Kevin Wood]

he's a nice chap, not only did he let me nick borrow some oil and a filter, but also attempted to tighten the handbrake on the Estate.

Looking for his spanner, no doubt.  

I remember Lthe rear disks coming off that a year ago at the cambelt do and the lining fell off the handbrake shoes. I hopeassume it got a new set then?

Kevin

[TheBoy]

he's a nice chap, not only did he let me nick borrow some oil and a filter, but also attempted to tighten the handbrake on the Estate.

Looking for his spanner, no doubt.  

I remember Lthe rear disks coming off that a year ago at the cambelt do and the lining fell off the handbrake shoes. I hopeassume it got a new set then?

Kevin

Said spanner missing

Yes, had new shoes, but not much meat left on them.  Adjusters needed a lot of adjustment to get near drum (Tunnie was in a hurry, so not as good a job as it should be).

[JamesV6CDX]

I thought laidback did these brakes at the last cambelt event?

I know of an extremely reduced cost BRAND NEW genuine GM radiator that would be perfect for the Estate, if that one's weeping.

We'll have a chat about it on MSN tomorrow while we're pretending to look busy working...  

[TheBoy]

I thought laidback did these brakes at the last cambelt event?

I know of an extremely reduced cost BRAND NEW genuine GM radiator that would be perfect for the Estate, if that one's weeping.

We'll have a chat about it on MSN tomorrow while we're pretending to look busy working...  

Yes, he did.  I'm guessing a garage has messed with it since then, as the adjustment on these was way off (still is, but better).  Either that or MaxV6 forgets to take the handbrake off

[Marks DTM Calib]

I will gladly bring a V6 radiator......I need the space!

[tunnie]

I will gladly bring a V6 radiator......I need the space!

 

Cheers mate  

[Marks DTM Calib]

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....

[tunnie]

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....

Done  

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  

[TheBoy]

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....

Done  

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  

Nowhere near as bad as my MV6 did after I stretched its legs a bit  

[tunnie]

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....

Done  

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  

Nowhere near as bad as my MV6 did after I stretched its legs a bit  

Think yours was running a bit rich, strong smell of fuel burnt fuel when i was following you!

[JamesV6CDX]

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  

That bad??   :-/

[TheBoy]

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....

Done  

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  

Nowhere near as bad as my MV6 did after I stretched its legs a bit  

Think yours was running a bit rich, strong smell of fuel burnt fuel when i was following you!

Was cold, so on full choke