well if mark is up for it we can do a weekend just for shits and giggles teach you the timing and such to be done

I will love the both of you for ever if you can make it north next weekend - ok, probably more a scary idea than an incentive but yeah, it would be greatly appreciated :laugh:

Just to whet your appetites, this was how Yellow sounded when we first got her going again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qne_Y3GfSRU

And this is how she sounded when we jump started her today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEZ1KoyZeDU&feature=youtu.be

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well if mark is up for it we can do a weekend just for shits and giggles teach you the timing and such to be done

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Things are settling for me atm,. so let's do this thing

when you thinking?

We can work something out lol still need to empty my lockup and drag it down to edinburgh but since we will be near mt sads I can see if he will let me take a shot of the special toy

Sounds good guys - we're planning on being there this weekend BUT Harper can arrange access Friday etc if thats more convenient - work out when's best for yourselves and let us know

Plenty juice and snacks provided as normal!

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We can work something out lol still need to empty my lockup and drag it down to edinburgh but since we will be near mt sads I can see if he will let me take a shot of the special toy

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I'm sure his special toy would be able to get the whole garage, concrete and all to Edinburgh if you strapped it to the back :laugh:

Might have my own wee new plaything for this weekend if all goes well Just lemme know when you're heading through and we can figure stuff out about everything, Will let you know Martyn

Sounds good guys, found a new water pump btw on ECP for £18.

Is your new play thing likely to be Italian still?

If this one goes ahead, it's Italian.... but that's for a non yellow thread

not bad, think they are a tad cheaper on ebay iirc...worth a look

Only worry with ebay is no guarantees we'd receive the part in time?!

Have to agree about Ebay. With Scotland effectively shutting down for 2 days mid-week it's not a risk I'm willing to take. I'll wait and see when you guys can make it up and decide then if it's worth taking a punt with ebay or not.

As has been said Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all possibles as the Rowett doesn't re-open until the 6th so we pretty much have the place to ourselves bar security and the occasional student/chinese visitor. Slackers that's us :laugh:

just so you know i stay around the corner from ECP if need be

That 2nd vid there, it still sounds tappety, im not happy with that like, although it sounded better in person on sat than last time I heard it, I hope that it wasn't a placebo

The tappety sound is just a cam shim out of tolerance. Can get the feeler gauge onto them this weekend if i'm up.

Would actually suggest that if the sound is bugging, we can always just swap Fiasco's cam and shims in for now. Belt needs to come off for the water pump anyway so it's only another 20 minute job in the middle of another one

If your confident that would work and it wont add too much time. Still need to investigate brake imbalance and replace with Fiasco parts if need be.

Well from memory, Fiasco wasn't tappety, so if we just shift the lot over, (remind me to bring a pen to number tappets) it'll be fine.

It's not as hot a cam as is in yellow (p75 866 cam).... so it'll lose it a tiny bit of power, but maybe, maybe will have a fractional (positive) effect on emissions. We can measure up the clearances on yellow anyway and number the shims so we can source the correct sized replacement for if we want to refit the p75 cam.

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Well from memory, Fiasco wasn't tappety, so if we just shift the lot over, (remind me to bring a pen to number tappets) it'll be fine.

It's not as hot a cam as is in yellow (p75 866 cam).... so it'll lose it a tiny bit of power, but maybe, maybe will have a fractional (positive) effect on emissions. We can measure up the clearances on yellow anyway and number the shims so we can source the correct sized replacement for if we want to refit the p75 cam.

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No your right...fiasco was just hooring loud lol.

to be fair, it was so loud there could have been world war three going on under the bonnet and we'd not have heard it :laugh:

But that was exhaust we can check tolerances on both and figure out fro there if it's worth swapping, but i reckon so for now

If it helps any I could scout out possible 8v donors in Persley on Thursday, assuming they're open.

Worth a quick check on passing, but given fiasco has what is needed just now, it's not absolutely essential

If anything is needed lemme know like I was saying ive got ecp around the corner and upull it on the way up and I can grab from a selection of fiats there

Oh mark the whole german section has been destroyed lol all gone now about 5 bmws left lol