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steering rack bushes installed this evening Old/new comparison Initial test drive not much to report firmed up the 'dead centre' on the steering wheel and there's a bit more resistance on lock almost like having a slightly flat tyre. Read lots of horrible accounts of how hard this install is but looks like it applies to new shape cars, got underneath mine and it's as simple as undoing the four rack mounts, I would measure the width of the bush as there are two sizes, which it says late classics moved onto the 30mm width around 99 As you can see my97 car also uses the ksr202 30mm bush. Easiest install I found is to undo all 4 mount bolts and wiggle it loose, it will drop around 10mm. The n/s is easy just pull off the old bush and insert new one, The o/s is a bit trickier as there's no room either side of the rack to extract it, luckily the classics power steering lines don't interfere with the lowering of the rack and you can just pull the old bush down and out. The new one is obviously a bit harder to get in, after reading about people disconnecting the steering column I thought there has to be an easier way. If you lube up both sides of the bush with fairy liquid or some other lubricant that will dry, you can feed it straight back in the way it came out, so straight up and over the top of the rack, there's just enough room to make sure it all aligns up aboutlignst the front, then put brackets on and do up, found a torque spec of 44ftlbs so I've done it to that and I'll keep an eye on it

One's for frothy frappe skinny latte iced mokka ****** and the other is for beer☺ Steering rack bushes

Get martin to do the rockers they are a ball ache ! Mat as well if the engine's coming our

Just installed these

Got better things to waste my money on !

Getting too old for all that malarkey these days matt

Haha what to say gambit hasn't already bought me that. His fantasies get weirder

Yeah well shiny engine stuff includes a new d/v & catch can, sort of torn haha

Haha alright for those who can, big !Removed! tent, double airbed tasty sleeping bag &proper pillows think I'll be warm enough

I hope so haha I'm counting on it just pm gambit that you've paid I'm going down sat afternoon and camping this time save getting up at 5 ☺ Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

You have to go to the santa pod website and either buy a weekend ticket or Sunday one [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Sone new hoses, possibly oil temp & water temp gauges, and some shiny bits for the engine bay or re bush the back end With a group n kit ? obviously hoses gauges and dress up are easy to do myself but I keep thinking get the back end done for comfort ? Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

What's your budget and waht year ? Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Yeah mate I know you wouldn't have them yet ☺ Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Paid up hook a brother up with a pass ! Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Good news on the head reapir, Scraping Could be the disc dust shield just rubbing when on lock, hard to see really but you can prise it away slifhtly with a large screwdriver, also have a look and see if there's any rust on top of disc that could be catching Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Lol http://www.scoobyparts.com/interior/gauges-fitting-pods Just do what nick did buy all the bits and take it martins Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Headgasket on the 2.5's are a known weak point. Cheaper tax too apart from that I'm not sure as never looked into the sg &sh versions, 6k does sound a bit steep, is it a main dealer? Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Welcome Looks nice that mate [emoji3] Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Depends on what your after, the only real 'cheap' mods would be to start re bushing everything & swapping to harder mounts see if it still has the rubbish oem droplinks, uprating anti roll bars or changing pads/discs/braided lines if not already changed Most of the usual mods will have already done been in conjunction with the remap. (If you change wheels I'll be interested in seeing how they look on mine) [emoji51] Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

I wouldn't worry about the two in the pics at the top, was the light grey one by the transmission tunnel ? Never found out what they are but I've always assumed they are for some form of diagnostic, The back one that looks like odb2 is probibaly the ssm1 connector,what year is your car ? Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

You can get sandwich plates that fit between filter and block or adapted sump plugs that the sensor goes through, Most people get an adaptor that sits in one of the blocked of oil ways on top of the block. Lots of options Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Stupid emmissions! They need to ban busses from city centres of they have any hope of meeting the eu targets. What we need to do is have one day a year mass protest and everyone who normally travels into city's by car should take the bus, taht way they'd see how in efficent public transport really is. Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk

Haha don't get matt started Sent from my SM-G850F using Tapatalk