Tinkering with XS

Wow the standard bumper really isn't up to a lot is it!

Nice XS, uncommon colour - mine is Monza Red which is not seen very much at all. Or as my boss calls it ...ginger

Failed on some more rot I had missed, where one of the cats are next to the chassis it has rotted the chassis from the heat. Both front shocks need changing. The horn doesn't work, there is a light bulb out and the emissions are through the roof. Not much really

Seam to have been welding all weekend but will the help of Killajoules it's nearly ready for the retest









I haven't got a picture of the finished chassis, Killajoules has, but this is what it was like before



Just front shocks and the service to do now

Been there, done that, getting better every new bit you weld on

What are you doing about the emissions being through the roof?

marccleave said:

What are you doing about the emissions being through the roof?

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Engine flush, full engine service then take it to the MOT down a fast road in a low gear. Can't go far as there is no MOT or tax on it atm

stutab said:

Engine flush, full engine service then take it to the MOT down a fast road in a low gear. Can't go far as there is no MOT or tax on it atm

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Whats it running like?

I had sky high emissions and really bad consumption on the old 3.9 I had, turned out the lambda sensors, AFM, and coolant temp sensor were all goosed, after that lot was sorted it ran better than ever and achieved around 18mpg driven sensibly

If after your thrashing the emissions are still high get that little lot swapped out all at once, piece meal only prolongs your suffering

Cheers for the advice. It runs sweet, changed the plugs and runs even better so hopefully a good service will cure it, if not I will try anything

Using my 110 as a tool bench



Half way through the day Stus welder developed a fault, the wire wlded itself into the sheath, so we ruched to mine and picked up my old Cebora which more than adequatly filled the gaps.









Front reassembled after rebuilding all the headlights

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I love this picture

That certainly is a cracking picture! Excellent!

Cracking or crackling?

And 8n all that he didn't swear once from being burned with weld spatter

I swore 'once' from weld spatter, what were all the other times for?

It passed the mot today. Couple of fixes to tidy up the front end and she can have it back.