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thanks to TheBoy again...
« on: 17 February 2008, 18:27:15 »

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!  ;D
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #1 on: 17 February 2008, 18:34:04 »

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.
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #2 on: 17 February 2008, 18:53:44 »

Forum strikes again :y
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #3 on: 17 February 2008, 19:03:38 »

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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? :-X

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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #4 on: 17 February 2008, 19:23:06 »

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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? :-X

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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).
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #5 on: 17 February 2008, 19:43:43 »

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...  ;)
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #6 on: 17 February 2008, 19:49:37 »

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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 ;D
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #7 on: 17 February 2008, 19:59:00 »

I will gladly bring a V6 radiator......I need the space!
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« Reply #8 on: 17 February 2008, 20:04:03 »

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

 :D :D

Cheers mate  :y
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #9 on: 17 February 2008, 20:04:42 »

It stands me at a tenner but, is a known good un.....
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« Reply #10 on: 17 February 2008, 20:09:02 »

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

Done  :y

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  :(

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« Reply #11 on: 17 February 2008, 20:12:35 »

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

Done  :y

The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  :(

Nowhere near as bad as my MV6 did after I stretched its legs a bit  :'(
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« Reply #12 on: 17 February 2008, 20:14:26 »

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

Done  :y

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!
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Re: thanks to TheBoy again...
« Reply #13 on: 17 February 2008, 20:14:51 »

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The V6 looked like a parked Steam train today  :(


That bad??   :-/

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« Reply #14 on: 17 February 2008, 20:15:03 »

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

Done  :y

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 :y
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