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joe1972 said:
running sweet...best its ever run.
I think the original engine was probably on its way out even when I first bought it
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good stuff. bought a lump off ebay a fortnight ago for £97, including efi. picked it up on the friday pm and had swapped it and running on sunday pm. have used it to work and back for a fortnight and it purrs apart from a slight water issue (water pump not head gasket,) have fit a good water pump and thermostat this afternoon so will give it a run out tomorrow
 
3.5 efi said:
good stuff. bought a lump off ebay a fortnight ago for £97, including efi. picked it up on the friday pm and had swapped it and running on sunday pm. have used it to work and back for a fortnight and it purrs apart from a slight water issue (water pump not head gasket,) have fit a good water pump and thermostat this afternoon so will give it a run out tomorrow
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Cool!:D

Thats a good price...
I reckon if/when I do another v8 engine change I'll prob do a few things differently, and prob be much quicker at it too...like finding and buying the missing parts for the replacement serp engine was a real pain in the ass
 
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new tyres pretty good..

just need to make sure i engage difflok properly.. done all mornin without it.. wondered why i kept gettin stuck..

and they modified the rear arches all by themselves...
 
nick2303 said:
and its now time to remove my anti roll bar from the rear... well i might as well seein as its detached one side all by itself..
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Yeah, they are great for road handling, but a complete waste of time off roading...in fact you'll be better off without!
 
Will probably gettin there tommorrow at about 10.30 I reckon.
Its 45mins trundling along the M62 for me...would go faster, but not on muddies!
Am trying to twist Robs arm to bring his disco. He'll prob be in the passenger seat of mine otherwise.
see ya there chap
 
wheel bearing collapsed... fit new one.. easy peasy..:D

brake pipe from flexi to caliper broke... got brake pipe flare tool and pipe and made a new one.. all good..:D

went for test drive... peddle settlin to floor, not good... got out, pool of fluid under car...:confused:

pipe above flexi pipe has holed,:mad: off to work in hour and half, not got time to make a new one,,,:mad:


no tong for me tmos... gonna be fixin mi brakes.....:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
nick2303 said:
wheel bearing collapsed... fit new one.. easy peasy..:D

brake pipe from flexi to caliper broke... got brake pipe flare tool and pipe and made a new one.. all good..:D

went for test drive... peddle settlin to floor, not good... got out, pool of fluid under car...:confused:

pipe above flexi pipe has holed,:mad: off to work in hour and half, not got time to make a new one,,,:mad:


no tong for me tmos... gonna be fixin mi brakes.....:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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Ahh ****e!...not good:eek:...:doh:

Ok matey. Hope ya get it fixed ok. When I did a load of brake work on the 3.5EFi black beast a while back I bought a bulk load of fittings and copper pipe, so if ya need anything let me know chap.

Good luck with it....forecast is for a bit of rain in the morning but clear in the afternoon & temp is a bit higher than today to;)

til next time
 
joe1972 said:
Will probably gettin there tommorrow at about 10.30 I reckon.
Its 45mins trundling along the M62 for me...would go faster, but not on muddies!
Am trying to twist Robs arm to bring his disco. He'll prob be in the passenger seat of mine otherwise.
see ya there chap
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will look out for you joe,will be there for about half nine
 
joe1972 said:
Ahh ****e!...not good:eek:...:doh:

Ok matey. Hope ya get it fixed ok. When I did a load of brake work on the 3.5EFi black beast a while back I bought a bulk load of fittings and copper pipe, so if ya need anything let me know chap.

Good luck with it....forecast is for a bit of rain in the morning but clear in the afternoon & temp is a bit higher than today to;)

til next time
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gutted.. was lookin fwd to showin ya how its done....
 
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