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General What have you done for her/him recently?
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General What have you done for her/him recently?
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:yum: Looks fab Craig! 
top day spent under the bonnet.
-new timing belt, fitted non broken belt cover
-checked valve clearances and compressions and caused much smugness from father in law as neither had moved noticably since he built the engine 100,000 miles ago
-fitted nice neat freshly painted cam cover
-got horn working. (dodgy wiring and blown fuse)
-removed washer bottle and pumps and replaced with one off Jangcys ST I spent ages cleaning up. sad but true.
-cleaned up round edges of engine bay with rag and loked all smug
interior tomorrow
Andrew
-new timing belt, fitted non broken belt cover
-checked valve clearances and compressions and caused much smugness from father in law as neither had moved noticably since he built the engine 100,000 miles ago
-fitted nice neat freshly painted cam cover
-got horn working. (dodgy wiring and blown fuse)
-removed washer bottle and pumps and replaced with one off Jangcys ST I spent ages cleaning up. sad but true.
-cleaned up round edges of engine bay with rag and loked all smug
interior tomorrow
Andrew
Hey Andrew....sounds like your not going to be able to stop!!...dont forget a bar of soap, warm water massage into carpet with fingers...hey presto like new...Heike will be offering a mobile green carpet cleaning service soon!!
Good to see things are going well under the bonnet...
Not so good here...after Bianca stopped at the end of the road the other day new HT leads, points and condenser were fitted yesterday as points were shagged...Yippee..big fat sparks!!!!....but still not starting??? Hmmm...timing maybe???
Went out just a min ago to check....thought check fuel while i'm here as could not smell any. (was pumping through when brokedown) and no fuel being pumped through now!!!! Oh the joys of Panda ownership :bang:
But we all know its worth it..
kev
Good to see things are going well under the bonnet...
Not so good here...after Bianca stopped at the end of the road the other day new HT leads, points and condenser were fitted yesterday as points were shagged...Yippee..big fat sparks!!!!....but still not starting??? Hmmm...timing maybe???
Went out just a min ago to check....thought check fuel while i'm here as could not smell any. (was pumping through when brokedown) and no fuel being pumped through now!!!! Oh the joys of Panda ownership :bang:
But we all know its worth it..
kev
Following lots of mouthfuls of petrol....suck..suck...suck...plahhh..Bianca is now running...hip hip hooray...went out for a drive and my next comment was "where have the brakes gone???"....."Oh been like that for awhile"...
Yep...you guessed...next job brakes!!!
kev
Yep...you guessed...next job brakes!!!
kev
You'll need to get her running right to drive up here with that mobile cleaning service, just get back to me with a quote eh
interior spruce up is going well anyway, so far I've...sat down in front of the computer with a cup of coffee. It'll pick up later I'm sure
Andrew
interior spruce up is going well anyway, so far I've...sat down in front of the computer with a cup of coffee. It'll pick up later I'm sure
Andrew
In the last week Sparky's had a new nearside hub carrier and track rod end, discs and pads all round on the front and finally fitted a set of UT 5 1/2J Speedline alloys. Today I fitted a cinq' steering wheel and tomorrow I'm gonna fit a new off side suspension wishbone, a new cam cover gasket (if I can get it from the local sources) and possibly bleed the brakes... Oh yeah, I might clean out all the gack from the engine bay caused by the leaky cam cover gasket!!
Wish me luck!!
Luke.
Wish me luck!!
Luke.
So much going on........i think we will all deserve that break in the new forest come summer...
kev
kev
So much going on........i think we will all deserve that break in the new forest come summer...
kev
Hell yea. lol.
Removed earthing hedgehogs off of the inner wings on my Sisley yesterday and cleaned them up, also changed all female connectors on the wires. Were all in a flippin awful state.
No wonder Headlamp switch lasted days, replacement heavy duty halfords switch lasted about 6 months, then the plastic spade connector insulator thing on the end of the wire into the switch started to smoke when sitting at traffic
Thought it was about time that job I kept putting off was done.
So hopfully thats sorted it.
If the Wiring dosen't over heat in the next week or two when the lights are on I might even put a replacement origional switch back in. :slayer:
Jon.
No wonder Headlamp switch lasted days, replacement heavy duty halfords switch lasted about 6 months, then the plastic spade connector insulator thing on the end of the wire into the switch started to smoke when sitting at traffic
Thought it was about time that job I kept putting off was done.
So hopfully thats sorted it.
If the Wiring dosen't over heat in the next week or two when the lights are on I might even put a replacement origional switch back in. :slayer:
Jon.
Talking of Sisley jobs...Been putting the rest of Sid together today as the girlfriend of my mate where Sid is has been kicking off about him!!!!
So time to get it shifted...Bolted all the bits on to get him rolling.
Still stuff to do (Brakes, gear linkage etc)..Problem is the more i look at him i keep thinking "While i'm here i will replace that thing, save me doing it later."
This could be never ending!!!!!!!...
kev
So time to get it shifted...Bolted all the bits on to get him rolling.
Still stuff to do (Brakes, gear linkage etc)..Problem is the more i look at him i keep thinking "While i'm here i will replace that thing, save me doing it later."
This could be never ending!!!!!!!...
kev
Got Manda back from the lock up that she has been living in for the past 3 weeks. As we have had courgie home and got her mot done and thought we would use her a bit. Manda is looking very dusty but that will be sorted tomorrow.
After pumping her rear tyre up she roared into life. (first turn of the key)
So if all goes well with the weather she will get a good clean tomorrow and then the rear brakes sorted some point this week.
Manda rocks!!!:slayer:
After pumping her rear tyre up she roared into life. (first turn of the key)
So if all goes well with the weather she will get a good clean tomorrow and then the rear brakes sorted some point this week.
Manda rocks!!!:slayer:
OP
OP
I took mine out for a good blasting today. Thrashed her down the A31 and even over took a new M5! the look on the blokes face was pricely, but he soon showed of his money and power by blasting past me and over the horizon.
the outcome was not what i would have liked. between the readings of 45-80 on the clock, she was shaking horribly, then past the 80 mark i think i managed to "drive through" the probelm. I had problems before form 65+ witht he old wheels, but more with the new Cinq alloys. I have had them balanced. All be it by a polish man with a dull look on his face when he was told what to do. i think there could be a possible buckle/kink in one of the wheels. so i might end up forking out to have them checked and, if possible trued up or replaced. which would be much to my disgust considering i've spent about £100 on them already.
Oh and i fixed my rad yesterday too
the outcome was not what i would have liked. between the readings of 45-80 on the clock, she was shaking horribly, then past the 80 mark i think i managed to "drive through" the probelm. I had problems before form 65+ witht he old wheels, but more with the new Cinq alloys. I have had them balanced. All be it by a polish man with a dull look on his face when he was told what to do. i think there could be a possible buckle/kink in one of the wheels. so i might end up forking out to have them checked and, if possible trued up or replaced. which would be much to my disgust considering i've spent about £100 on them already.
Oh and i fixed my rad yesterday too
Good to hear Manda's back..get that polish out!!..haha......those brakes will soon be done!!!
Sounds odd Craig...worth checking out..
kev
....those brakes will soon be done!!!Sounds odd Craig...worth checking out..
kev
OP
OP
Yeah i'm not sure where to take it, my two local garages are annoying, my frequent one, is the one that has aparently balanced them fine, the other wont do anywork for me because the tyres protrude the arches. whcih is fair enough i geuss.
I've been looking for some 14" rims, because the 13" with low pro change the gearing, and when you get over 60 it reads about 10mph ahead of what the satnav says. Jai, the uno mod recently picke dup some 14", crome (i think) wheels which are almost identical to UT wheels, i guess something like that with low profile rubber could resolve the issue. means money though... which i'm in short supply of.
I've been looking for some 14" rims, because the 13" with low pro change the gearing, and when you get over 60 it reads about 10mph ahead of what the satnav says. Jai, the uno mod recently picke dup some 14", crome (i think) wheels which are almost identical to UT wheels, i guess something like that with low profile rubber could resolve the issue. means money though... which i'm in short supply of.
Good to hear Manda's back..get that polish out!!..haha..
Sounds odd Craig...worth checking out..
kev
Oh trust me kev........... after seeing the rodster today you know john will have manda as clean
How did the clean of the big silver bus go? lol
I hate cleaning that car!!!....nice as it is to drive it just does not interest me...could polish my pandas all day though...
kev
kev
The wheels Jai has are 1980's Croma wheels in 14". The same style of wheels were also available with series 2 Strada Abarth 130TC's, though I've no idea if the offset is the same. Jai had them diamond cut and black powder coated and they are indeed absolutely gorgeous :yum:
As to your balance problem, have you had the tyres themselves checked? I had some wheels balanced last year and even though they balanced fine on the machine they were still vibrating and tracking badly on the road. Turned out that one of the tyres was deformed, so changing that sorted out the worst of the problem
Tough decision Craig..could always put your wheels on ebay...
