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Discomadness wrote:
gstuart wrote:
Looking good mate
Paint shouldnt take too long to dry
Cheeky I know, when u get chance would u be able to take some piccies of the brakes lines please, back to front and also if possible the aircon lines within the engine Bay Area plse ,
know you’ve been very busy and thought if I quickly ask before u put the body back on
Thk u so much
Took this of the air con pipes in the engine bay mate
thk u for taking the time as that’s very handy
26th Jul 2018 10:22 pm
Discomadness
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Me and dad are both of the opinion it’s had a short engine at least. There’s a nasty mark on the inside of the timing cover consistent with a tensioner failure. Who knows.
Oh also I stripped the y branch off and removed the butterly, cleaned all the gunk out and re assembled. I also fitted a set of egr blanks woody32 kindly sent me. Can’t wait to hear her running now.
Going to be fun finding somewhere to regas the aircon who doesn’t want the gdp of a small country for the service. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
26th Jul 2018 10:32 pm
Discomadness
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gstuart wrote:
Discomadness wrote:
gstuart wrote:
Looking good mate
Paint shouldnt take too long to dry
Cheeky I know, when u get chance would u be able to take some piccies of the brakes lines please, back to front and also if possible the aircon lines within the engine Bay Area plse ,
know you’ve been very busy and thought if I quickly ask before u put the body back on
Thk u so much
Took this of the air con pipes in the engine bay mate
thk u for taking the time as that’s very handy
Absolutely no problem at all mate. It’s the least I can do for all the help you’ve given me ! Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
26th Jul 2018 10:34 pm
gstuart
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27th Jul 2018 12:03 am
Ja92mie
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I think ATS have a deal on groupon at the moment for AC regas
27th Jul 2018 6:28 am
Discomadness
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cheers buddy i’ll Look into that.Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
27th Jul 2018 9:27 am
gstuart
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Ja92mie wrote:
I think ATS have a deal on groupon at the moment for AC regas
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Afternoon guys.
Not much done today due to meetings with work but did manage to replace this...
And also these turned up at the same time as the back plates etc from af so fitted them on.
Now for a beer or seven. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
27th Jul 2018 6:13 pm
Dixie Dean
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Great thread guys, fascinating reading. Wish I could have the body off mine and get the underside and chassis all cleaned up and painted, but I would have to pay someone to do it!2008 D3 HSE Stornoway Grey with Ebony Leather, towing a Coachman VIP 575
27th Jul 2018 7:53 pm
Discomadness
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thankyou for that. It’s not as difficult as it looks. It’s just the 2 post lift that is. That took me a while to find at the right price.Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
27th Jul 2018 8:18 pm
Discomadness
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gstuart wrote:
Ja92mie wrote:
I think ATS have a deal on groupon at the moment for AC regas
I’m going to go and see the local one and have a chat before I book just in case. Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
27th Jul 2018 8:20 pm
gstuart
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Looking good mate and imagine ur very pleased with making so much progress
Ref the ac, see they also do a bacterial clean
27th Jul 2018 8:47 pm
Discomadness
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Hiya buddy. Yes I’m very pleased to have gotten through this far. Body going back on in the morning. I’m getting nervous about missing things but I think that’s just my nature. I’ve replaced all the o rings I can find on the air con pipes. Hopefully when it’s regassed it will be ok. There are still plenty of jobs to do. Some will have to wait until after holidays. Namely rear brakes. They are ok at the minute but I want to upgrade to v8 rear now I have the brembo fronts. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to just going for a drive in it after being off the road a year and then doing all this work ! Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
27th Jul 2018 9:07 pm
gstuart
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Hi mate
Can indeed understand that ref with the amount of work you’ve done that u haven’t missed anything
But will be fine as you’ve done one job at a time and I bet , once it all back up and running , will feel like a new car with all the 15x minute wishbones ,
27th Jul 2018 9:31 pm
Discomadness
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The 15 minute tears or the 10 minute upper fronts ?
Yeah your probably right, I’ve cast my eyes over as much as possible as often as possible while doing other jobs, double checked as much as I can.
Dads sorted 2 plumbobs out to make sure the chassis and body are lined up. One thing I’ve realised I have forgotten is to get a few litres of new brake fluid. Oops i’ll Grab some in the morning. I’ll take as many photos as possible as it goes back together.
Jarrod
Current : D3 2007 HSE - AKA the lemon
-beanie grille
-detango with led bulbs
-club body off rebuild. TWICE.
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i’ll Grab some in the morning. I’ll take as many photos as possible as it goes back together.
