Knappster's latest activity

One of Empires own 90s in the sand. Fair but more power than me, same diffs but no TC and about 1T lighter 🤣

Got some gas bottles on the exhaust down pipe nuts, all three are off but wound out two of the studs, not to worry shall buy some new ones, when I've saved up! Fitted a downpipe from Empire, looks quite well made, shame it doesnt fit a bit...

You could try one of the patina oils that act like a clear coat, something like owatrol oil etc. this will keep them looking original, but stop them rusting. It is used a lot on old tractors etc to preserve the work worn look but prevent it...

Black. It breaks up the bulkhead.

A few more tasks done at the weekend...removing rear springs, draining the oil and stripping the brake calipers for a good clean and inspect. Plus an M20 x 2.5 die nut that popped up on Fleabay arrived: And used to clean up the threads on the...

Finally after 5 years Ive managed to take a VNT TD5 around Marquenterre and its nothing short of incredible. Near limitless power and torque on tap when i need it. No huge run ups, no flooring it and snatching 3rd. Just driving up, mostly with...

A short bit of video… The official Video from the event…. You can see us at scruntineering around 4 mins in, and then again at 27 mins!

Morning all, Top end of the v8 looked a bit rough so I've had that all out and rebuilt that, got a different gearbox has the previous wouldn't marry up so now I'm looking at getting the thing running. Spins lovely on the starter with a...

Cheers folks, I'll try and pop things in the logical places on here from now on. Thanks for the link Steve

Rear springs both done now and shocks replaced! I just need to find a new nut for one sides top mounting as I stripped one. Also just wondering what springs it looks like I removed? They look a little thicker so heavy duty? The new ones I've...

https://www.empiretuning.co.uk/product/stainless-td5-dummy-cat-downpipe/ Same apparently.

No. I bought it planning to de-cat my 2001 D2, and when I got under it to start I realised it never had one in the first place 🤣🤣

Attempted to take the down pipe of my TD5, bloody hell the nuts were tight! Map gas didn't help much so I thought better of it and gave up. Cut the hedge instead.

Thanks. One side done.

I can confirm the 300tdi, Little Blue, is still running straight and true, no adjustment required!

Few photos of hours of blood, sweat and beers and photos of the final result. Who said drinking alcohol was bad for you… oh bugger just realized it should have been painted red 😝

Not much to report today, few little bits finished off, like the new black tow ball and cover fitted , new fuse box cover decal and the steering wheel bolted in thats after doing the tracking which was 1 degree negative which to consider it was...

Front arches fitted, and fair play they came with pleant of spare hammer in clips which is unusual. Rear light covers installed and new tailgate chains. The Heritage steering wheel arrived, fitted temporary as the left indicator stalk is a bit...

I knew what you meant! You’re probably still elated from not having to pay the ATC again! One more year for me…if the buggers don’t change it.

Oops corrected to 1984

Took mine to post office....They said no cant do it, the option is not there. Talked to DVLA on webchat. Girl said no reason it wouldn't be historic. Try another post office. Second post office said no cant do it. Phoned DVLA and was...

I can confirm the government web page has changed to 1 Jan 2025. My 110 was born Nov 1984. Received The V11 road tax demand , took that and the V5 to the post office. Handed over documents and asked for historic status... He laughed, worrying...

Refitted one of the spats on the rear. I’m not a fan of the original clips with the wee plastic push in pin, so I got some M6 Stainless spire clips and used those. I’ve definitely got a much more solid fixing, but I’m thinking of taking it back...

What have I done today... well discovered my cowboy rebuilt wheel cylinder is still leaking, so new cylinders it is! Then I started to change the springs as I have a whole new set to go on (just standard height/duty britpart, nothing special)...

Sorn’d her. 😢 After roughly 1k miles of testing, she’ll be hibernating until I return. On the plus side, she’s only got 18 months until she’s Tax & MOT exempt. ☺️

Folk who come back with an out come are:vb-angel2::)

That's them. Thanks for your help. It has never had steps on while I've owned it so they must have been cut down a long while back. I can;t recall removing the left over bits but they can head for the scrap. Cheers

Mine did just that.

Sorry — didn’t think to update you. It’s sorted now. The mechanic said the adjuster (at the master cylinder I assume) was wound right the way out and he hadn’t adjusted it when he fitted the new clutch. My theory is that the fluid expanded in...

I found a replacement bumper made a noticeable improvement. The old bumper on mine was a painted black one with rust showing through. I fitted a galvanised one, used but I good condition. I see yours is galvanised but looks tired. It might be...