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[Pie]

I know about having the fuel level low... I'm not that daft

[yorkshirechris]

Got some more wet & dry, some rattle cans for the wheels (Nissan Arctic White for some reason, I just wanted "white" personally!)..

Got LOADS of underlay for the new carpets... literally enough to underlay the whole car 3 times it is fairly thin stuff... and it was cheap

Got some Engine Flush, because I've been advised to try it to stop (or make better) the smoking for now till we get the head off & replace the seals/rings...

So naturally I got a new oil filter, and I got some proper oil - Duckhams 20W50 (4.5L) - t'was only £12.99! Cheaper than halfords own brand!

What else did I get... oh a small toolbox for my crimp terminals & wiring tools I'm going to end up with more toolboxes than tools.

[blacktulip]

you may need a new cv joint chris.

[yorkshirechris]

If the noise is when I'm turning right... would it be the left hand side then? Or would it just be the side which the noise is coming from, whichever side that is? I can't hear the same noise when turning left.

[blacktulip]

lol not too sure actually.

[sazal]

Could it be your bearings? Go to a car park and put her on full lock and in reverse, then put ya foot down so you spin round. If she does the knocking noise then it will most likely be your bearings....

Your floor looks really neat, is that just normal blue paint? And, you gotta say if its easy to fit the carpet! I want to get one for Lil, not too sure though whether to splash out for a newton commercial one....

[yorkshirechris]

Cheers Sazal I'll do that if I can find a car park around here quiet enough

It's 1 pack poly paint, I got it from a specialist trade paint place, not sure what the B&Q equivalent is but the paint I got is meant to be like £20 for a 2.5litre. I've only used about half a litre too I ALWAYS buy loads more than I need, in case of touching up, but I think I went over the top this time, lol.

[sazal]

Hehe, its fun, you have to go pretty quick too to see if you can hear the knocking!! Best to go to a pub car park during the day, theyre always pretty empty!!

Is the blue the same as yours? Or is it just a near match? Id quite like to do my floors, ive got white hammerite, but its a lot brighter than the other paint...would be good if I could get a better match!

[yorkshirechris]

Best to go to a pub car park during the day, theyre always pretty empty!!

Not around here they aren't! !

It's quite a way off actually - that far off that I'm not even considering painting the oversills or front valance the same colour, as I beleive it will ruin it.

I have a picture somewhere comparing the colours...
ahh here it is :

[sazal]

Ah yeah it is quite a bit darker....

Hehe, Ive got a car park I always go to if she makes any kinda knocking noises! The perfect car park for spinning round I say! I dont like doin it though, cause I bet people always wonder what the hell im doin!! Hehe.

[yorkshirechris]

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"Here she is again, that nutter in the Mini, whats she playing at!!"

[sazal]

Hehe, yeah Theres a row of shops over the road as well, there always really busy! I always wait for the landlord to come out and ask what im doing! "Im just checking my wheel bearings!".

[yorkshirechris]

Bit of a setback today

Replaced the ultimate engine steady bar bushes. In the process, realised that one of the bolts that holds the engine steady on to the head - the very front one which goes through the thermostat housing - has snapped inside the head - it just pulled out. It was siliconed in, and the whole thermostat housing was siliconed around the edge. Naturally we had to take the bolts out to replaced the steady bushes, and when we put everything back, water now písses out of the thermostat housing, onto the fan and sprays everywhere on the passengers side of the engine bay - straight onto the flasher units and wiper motor and straight out of the front of the grille.

Why on earth couldn't the idiot who managed to overtighten it just fix it properly? All it needs is the housing taking off, the bolt remains drilling out and a new bolt threading in. Couple of hours work? >
I take it it was the same idiot that overtightened the bolts on the Timing Chain Cover and then took it all off and put blue sealer around the gasket, instead of having the holes drilled out again and the bolts re-threaded. Why bodge things?

Seeing as though we had no "proper" sealer to put around it, we used exhaust gum (the only thing we had available at the time) - which didn't last 10 seconds (literally) so I've had to limp home with it, spraying water out.

So an oil leak, and a water leak that I have to deal with - all because of some w*nker who's bodged it up.

Apart from that, used some Engine Flush with the oil to try stop it smoking - I don't believe its made any difference at all but we'll soon see. Put some new good quality 20W50 oil in and a new oil filter on anyway, so thats something not to worry about for a while.

Looks like I will have to call Steve at Minifixit on Monday morning and hopefully he will be able to sort out the water leak sometime this week. Not prepared to drive her anywhere until it's done because of the chance of overheating due to water píssing EVERYWHERE.

[sazal]

Poor evey.....poor chris

[Se7enS1ns]

Another fun day at Big Dans Customs.... i think Bodge Dans Shop of Horrors would be more appropriate with our recent look on my folks driveway.