Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Yep, all tty - anything vaguely modern is I think… Bolts are cheap from Renault though.
Project Car / Motorbike thread. Let's see 'em.
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Interesting event on Thursday. #2 was heading down for the weekend and the XR4 went all Christmas trees about 30 minutes away. Bit damp and night so the easiest thing was to chuck it on a trailer and bring it here.
Subsequent investigation found no codes logged or pending. In fact the car drove onto the trailer and off without any issues or lights. It is a 2008 model so the computer is quite basic and we came to the conclusion that it was probably fuel related. Injectors were cleaned about 3 months ago and they were sad. Anyway a full strip down of fuel system was in order and dropping the tank is supposed to be an arse of a job. And to change the fuel filter you need to drop the front of the tank anyway. Tank was pretty clean considering but the pump suction screen was quite dirty and had a lot of free material in it. The fuel filter was dated 2008... Yeah. So all cleaned up, new pump since it was out and for $180 made sense, new filter and blew out the lines and swapped injectors. New ones will be ordered.
In the process of all of that some grey black grease was on the front of the engine. More looking and the drivers inner CV boot had destroyed itself. So a new CV boot was also installed. When the old one came off we found that the last time a dodgy was done. The boot is a trilobe design and fits into CV outer. Last time they either couldn't get the right boot or were too lazy. The cut the inner portion of the old boot and tried to double up the new one over the top. Dodgy brothers inc. All back together and did 300km with no problems.
And here is das boot... (sic)
Subsequent investigation found no codes logged or pending. In fact the car drove onto the trailer and off without any issues or lights. It is a 2008 model so the computer is quite basic and we came to the conclusion that it was probably fuel related. Injectors were cleaned about 3 months ago and they were sad. Anyway a full strip down of fuel system was in order and dropping the tank is supposed to be an arse of a job. And to change the fuel filter you need to drop the front of the tank anyway. Tank was pretty clean considering but the pump suction screen was quite dirty and had a lot of free material in it. The fuel filter was dated 2008... Yeah. So all cleaned up, new pump since it was out and for $180 made sense, new filter and blew out the lines and swapped injectors. New ones will be ordered.
In the process of all of that some grey black grease was on the front of the engine. More looking and the drivers inner CV boot had destroyed itself. So a new CV boot was also installed. When the old one came off we found that the last time a dodgy was done. The boot is a trilobe design and fits into CV outer. Last time they either couldn't get the right boot or were too lazy. The cut the inner portion of the old boot and tried to double up the new one over the top. Dodgy brothers inc. All back together and did 300km with no problems.
And here is das boot... (sic)
dancaseyimages
Mountain bike pornographer
It sucks that people even try this dodgy stuff but with cost of living, I guess it might just get worse.Interesting event on Thursday. #2 was heading down for the weekend and the XR4 went all Christmas trees about 30 minutes away. Bit damp and night so the easiest thing was to chuck it on a trailer and bring it here.
Subsequent investigation found no codes logged or pending. In fact the car drove onto the trailer and off without any issues or lights. It is a 2008 model so the computer is quite basic and we came to the conclusion that it was probably fuel related. Injectors were cleaned about 3 months ago and they were sad. Anyway a full strip down of fuel system was in order and dropping the tank is supposed to be an arse of a job. And to change the fuel filter you need to drop the front of the tank anyway. Tank was pretty clean considering but the pump suction screen was quite dirty and had a lot of free material in it. The fuel filter was dated 2008... Yeah. So all cleaned up, new pump since it was out and for $180 made sense, new filter and blew out the lines and swapped injectors. New ones will be ordered.
In the process of all of that some grey black grease was on the front of the engine. More looking and the drivers inner CV boot had destroyed itself. So a new CV boot was also installed. When the old one came off we found that the last time a dodgy was done. The boot is a trilobe design and fits into CV outer. Last time they either couldn't get the right boot or were too lazy. The cut the inner portion of the old boot and tried to double up the new one over the top. Dodgy brothers inc. All back together and did 300km with no problems.
And here is das boot... (sic)
Your family are very lucky your handy with a spanner / finding issues and have trailer access.
I dread hearing experiences of mates who are still in the mechanical field and their multitude of issues with some of 'todays generation' and then saying they got 'ripped off' because they were a girl etc, but they took no time at all to try and see where the funny noise comes from etc so its required more hours than someone that would be able to help send their mechanic in a general direction.
Number 1 through 3 are all very capable. Two with trade background, two with mech engineering degrees. They have grown up with a lot of diy and could weld, use the lathe and mill long before leaving high school. Luck of the draw though. None do any wood working but they can learn that as they go.
Flow-Rider
Burner
I really don't understand the psychology of it but I wish I did, I can tell you that many deserve what they get. I've worked for some really dodgy people in my lifetime and even when you subtly point out to the customer they're getting ripped off they don't believe you. I can still remember a well known race car workshop in Brisbane that sold Glen Seton's old Cosworth Serria with an engine in it that had 3 different pistons, after they did a freshen up on it. The reason the engine failed was because they left a speed nut loose on the intake airbox that ended up in the engine. This shop is still going to this day and one of the busiest around, people think that his shit doesn't stink.
Thanks for that. Love the Singers and their attention to detail but I think Porsche have a case. You can't just reproduce their logo/naming/graphics anyway you want.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Singer even got a warning from Porsche over the ACS a few years ago. It seemed that they didn't take the hint.
Going around talking trash about air cooled 4 valve heads probably doesn't help either.
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Flow-Rider
Burner
It's nothing new, Bentley and Rolls Royce were doing all this type of stuff in the 90s.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Where can I get a Bentley or Rolls Royce with a 964 flat 6? Just jokes.
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MA1.76, don't waste my time on any others.
Flow-Rider
Burner
Roar even. The 4.0 porker is a thing of divine beauty. 9,700rpm of faaaaarrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkk!Meh! Overrated VWs.
Nothin beats the raw of a V12.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Flow-Rider
Burner
How many turbines? It is a good engine just not one of the greats.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
It's still a twin turbo, will look like this when it gets it's forged internals and new Linney GT1000 turbo kit installed.
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Are you weighing as you go? Keeping a tab on weights and guestimating or just fuck it? Composting loo?