Started Resto work on my S3

naah me brain powers normaly include the robin hood theory such as robbing the wheels off wheelie bins to make it easier to fit full engines n gearboxes but still put the wheels back on the bin when ive done

and finding alternative methods to getting tools n equipment on the cheap or borrowing things to get a perfect job done rather than struggle without and also if i cannot obtain the equipment needed find a bloody good way to make me own thing to do the same job

so i guess me superhero braincell is used for doing good

johnny curt 1 said:

so i guess me superhero braincell is used for doing good

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not like robbin asda trollies for the castors, to make bogies out of?


but there really smooth an roll nice on concy floors....
an they only cost a quid......

nrgserv said:

not like robbin asda trollies for the castors, to make bogies out of?


but there really smooth an roll nice on concy floors....
an they only cost a quid......

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trust me borrowing wheelie bin axles is the way forward ill bet 1 axle can take a tonne easy

johnny curt 1 said:

trust me borrowing wheelie bin axles is the way forward ill bet 1 axle can take a tonne easy

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ah, but their omni-directional!
trollies go everywhere!

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but it is more of a permenant thing......

nrgserv said:

ah, but their omni-directional!
trollies go everywhere!

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but it is more of a permenant thing......

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do yer need any tescos trolley wheels as i see the nice kids round here have delivered a fresh batch of em to the river near me house

johnny curt 1 said:

do yer need any tescos trolley wheels as i see the nice kids round here have delivered a fresh batch of em to the river near me house

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They've do the same here.....what really warms my heart is they provide this service for free..........bless

johnny curt 1 said:

do yer need any tescos trolley wheels as i see the nice kids round here have delivered a fresh batch of em to the river near me house

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pmsl
prefer asda meself, but yo can never have too many castors!

did yo get to b20wnx's at the weekend?

nrgserv said:

pmsl
prefer asda meself, but yo can never have too many castors!

did yo get to b20wnx's at the weekend?

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not a chance the slitty front caliaper is siezed solid now even with me brand new flexi hoses i baked the fook out of it getting to the next exit on the motorway ) gotta wait for me brand new one to arrive from slittyland ( shipped direct from mitsubishi factory supplier in japan ) might be able to fix the bugger at weekend

and yer wanna see the wickes flatbed trolleys appearing on the football fields now and again

and i was so tired the other nite i went to tescos for the father in laws crate of guinness i didnt realise id stolen a tescos basket till i leaft it on the counter in his house lol

bugger.
managed to get "otherwise engaged" meself, but wil have a trip over soon.
find the b&q trollies a bit cumbersome, but they do make good mobile workbenches.
(tho mine aint b&q, as it dont have a brake on it!)

nrgserv said:

bugger.
managed to get "otherwise engaged" meself, but wil have a trip over soon.
find the b&q trollies a bit cumbersome, but they do make good mobile workbenches.
(tho mine aint b&q, as it dont have a brake on it!)

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found a few disabled people hoists outside a hospital thats being refurbed a couple of weeks ago i just wish id grabbed one now to see if i could convert it to an engine hoist

johnny curt 1 said:

found a few disabled people hoists outside a hospital thats being refurbed a couple of weeks ago i just wish id grabbed one now to see if i could convert it to an engine hoist

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Probably just as well, it'd probably smell of ****


This build is ****ing me orf ATM. Got to the point that I could start looking at handbrake and Disrto pump adjustments....and the starter decided to go "Fsssszzztttt". Literally. Taken it apart...and the comutator is utterly fooked.

**sigh** more fooking money...:doh:

dirtyrhino said:

...and the comutator is utterly fooked.

...:doh:

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:nopics:

dirtyrhino said:

Probably just as well, it'd probably smell of ****


This build is ****ing me orf ATM. Got to the point that I could start looking at handbrake and Disrto pump adjustments....and the starter decided to go "Fsssszzztttt". Literally. Taken it apart...and the comutator is utterly fooked.

**sigh** more fooking money...:doh:

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i dunt mind the smell of **** its what they invented jeyes fluid for it was the hydraulic ram and pump i had me eye on looked beefy enough to lift a fair owd useless lump ( looked like it would lift an engine too)

Sorry - no pics - I kinda threw it in the scrap bin in a fit of rage and emptied the lot this morning down the scrappy.
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The parts arrived today for the handbrake assy (or lack of it) so I spent a few hours on it today (before I got called out on a service call) rebuilding it all with new shiny bits.
Also primed the roof after spending a happy hour bashing the **** out of it with my hammers and my old but faithful dollies. I'll post a few pics once the roof is dry.

lol rhino, i been ****ed atm since starting lol.....
getting a bit further with it but just taking me time.
keep going it will be worth it in the end

New starter, new handbrake parts, and a lot of ****ing about this week....comedy wiring, missing bolts, ****ed Halfshaft seals, buggered output seals, missing nuts..the ****ing list just goes on and on.

Thought i'd sorted the smoke out, but it came back yesterday, so I whipped the "reconditioned" injectors out, as i thought i'd give them a clean.....only to find the valve sping inside the adjuster flapping around in 3 of them.....so i shoved them on the test rig....and the needle just allows fuel to **** out at an alarming rate in a single, direct stream.... and carbon into the seat.....and the seats are scored to ****, along with the needles, missing pins...... if they've been reconditioned, i'm the queen of ****ing sheeba.

Lots of painting and priming has been done, just need to prime the inside of the seatbox and thats finished, and i can paint the rest of smidge while i wait for more parts :doh:

Annoyingly, the recoil belts that were 2fitted2 won't go behind the seats, so i'll have to find somewhere to put them, or go original static

Some piccies:

looking good rhino, its too cold and wet today to go do anything, looking for big shed ect to build at side of house so i can get heater in there and fick about whenever i want (will also double up as a dog keeper inner (he keeps escaping)....

b20wnx said:

looking good rhino, its too cold and wet today to go do anything, looking for big shed ect to build at side of house so i can get heater in there and fick about whenever i want (will also double up as a dog keeper inner (he keeps escaping)....

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Shove him in the back of the landy - instant pikey Prevention

I forgot to mention - i've got two rear doors going fer sale BTW...

got your pm rhino and will sort that out tomorrow afternoon. did you forget that i dont have a back on me beast..... think i have found the perfect shed and fence panels... reasonably local and can probably make it into the full length of the house......