February 6, 201510 yr I still washed it lol washed a honda crv too that I have for sale at the minute.
February 7, 201510 yr Went to watch the rallying last night... saw too many Subaru's to count both in the rally and there watching. Even the marshals were using Foresters! They had "Scooby Clinic" on the side :). My car has been in the garage since last night, heading round soon to sort the brakes, fit the drop links and rear brace :). Then hopefully going to watch more of the rally this afternoon if all goes well with the car. Rally is at these post codes for anyone interested... FY7 6QE FY1 1RU http://www.nwstages.co.uk/spectator_information.html Bit too far away for most of you though :(
February 7, 201510 yr Author Just about finished the engine bay. At the start with just fitted brace To toady Just got to finish off replacing the hoses and I'll be done
February 7, 201510 yr Author Haha new phone ! And the fact it's had a good clean under there. When I picked her up she was sat under a tree in a farmyard
February 7, 201510 yr Looks like mine will be getting the full works wash and wax, after doing 1000 miles this week it's looking like a reps car. Think the pressure washer will get some use today Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 7, 201510 yr Looks like mine will be getting the full works wash and wax, after doing 1000 miles this week it's looking like a reps car. Think the pressure washer will get some use today Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Just considering buying one Dog......any recommendations?.....I was looking at the Karcher K2. :)
February 7, 201510 yr changed power steering fluid this morning as the fluid was dark and pump makes noise again. easy enough 10 min job even in the cold. pump probably going to die any time soon.
February 7, 201510 yr Well today hasn't gone to plan, turns out both front calipers are leaking at the seals . Turns out I have alloy wishbones (bonus) just means the links I got wont fit so will swap them this week for the correct ones. Got a coolant leak on my lower rad hose so will replace that and the sump plug washer is leaking slightly. All this will be done next weekend . Currently fighting the rear strut brace, the near side doesn't seem to fit?
February 7, 201510 yr Today have fitted my intercooler and offside front suspension strut all newly painted and waxoyled
February 7, 201510 yr Done a quick ecu check. Flashed up knock sensor [emoji47] gonna reset and see if it crops up again. If anyone can let me know where it is in preparation please it'll be greatly appreciated. [emoji106]
February 7, 201510 yr Knock sensors bolted to the block at the back right ,you'll better off removing the tmic if it needs changing eventually .it's the black bit with a bolt in the middle with the white plug in this pic
February 7, 201510 yr Oh and today I man'd up , braved the cold and treated the old girl to a oil n filter change .... Did end up getting a bit side tracked while waiting for the oil to drain my ocd got the better of me [emoji4] ended up removing the windscreen washer bottle , filling it with bicarbonate soda and giving it a clean by stuffing some rags in it and poking them about with various screw drivers [emoji2]
February 7, 201510 yr these finally arrived so I will be putting them on and firing the old girl up 2 moz with decat upipe and big fat vf43 see if water lines etc are all ok , and a good engine bay clean :-)
February 8, 201510 yr Author image.jpg these finally arrived so I will be putting them on and firing the old girl up 2 moz with decat upipe and big fat vf43 see if water lines etc are all ok , and a good engine bay clean :-)Good luck fitting the intake hose mate, they re a bit of a pig if you don't remove the manifold, space is tight
February 8, 201510 yr Savage, bet you have one clean washer bottle now ;). Or did you do it as a form of entertainment? Well after 4 hours playing with my car yesterday we achieved... Tyre pressures checked Coolant leak found (replacing pipe next weekend) Sump plug nipped (washer replacement next weekend) Brakes diagnosed (leaking seals) Brake calipers cleaned to get rid of the fluid Diagnosed failing wheel bearing Discovered alloy wishbones Failed to fit droplinks (they are for steel wishbones) Failed to fit strut brace (wrong size... Inch too long??) On a good note, the car doesn't use oil or coolant! Engine is sweet . Just a couple of niggles to sort out and she's perfect again. Just cant brake until the calipers are sorted which is a slight problem with it being my daily...
February 8, 201510 yr Gaulson the Washer bottle was minging even though I did give it a rinse during the reshell and it's been bugging me for a while lol Today I sort of killed my neighbours bubble arched mk1 escort [emoji53] He spotted me heading towards the carriage way and decided he wanted to prove his N/A st engine running twin carbs was faster than my 21 yr old classic up the slip lane .... After the st engine spat it's guts out I gave him a lift home to collect his recovery truck. I Launched mine out of the lay by up to 70 mph , his face went white and he said "well this obviously ain't standard no wonder I couldn't keep up "[emoji5] Poor escort [emoji53]
February 8, 201510 yr Nice clean car again.... Good job I'm booked in for my SS exhaust next weekend....y-pipe totally snapped off from rest of exhaust now lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
February 8, 201510 yr Author Love that escort, so as a token offer will you be helping him build a new engine for it sav ?
February 8, 201510 yr Yeah I've got a soft spot for mk1 escorts [emoji7] I haven't got a clue what he's going to do with it he's just took it to his work shop and left it there for now . He's got a mk2 escort project with a v6 galaxy lump in it , 5 other cars ,does civic banger racing and runs his own garage so he hasn't got the time to even look at it. Spat all it's oil outta the crank seal so doesn't look like a quick fix [emoji19]
February 8, 201510 yr Savage, bet you have one clean washer bottle now ;). Or did you do it as a form of entertainment? Well after 4 hours playing with my car yesterday we achieved... Tyre pressures checked Coolant leak found (replacing pipe next weekend) Sump plug nipped (washer replacement next weekend) Brakes diagnosed (leaking seals) Brake calipers cleaned to get rid of the fluid Diagnosed failing wheel bearing Discovered alloy wishbones Failed to fit droplinks (they are for steel wishbones) Failed to fit strut brace (wrong size... Inch too long??) On a good note, the car doesn't use oil or coolant! Engine is sweet . Just a couple of niggles to sort out and she's perfect again. Just cant brake until the calipers are sorted which is a slight problem with it being my daily... Have words with Cusco about some reconditioned ones mate.
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