Soldato
Gutted! Excuse for upgrades are always good though!
Wow, that's a pretty catastrophic started failure so make that happen!
What have you done to your car today?
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Gutted! Excuse for upgrades are always good though!
Wow, that's a pretty catastrophic started failure so make that happen!
Yea, to fix it I'm going to have to strip the front of the engine down to release the harness, then undo the insulation on the harness and then replace the wire. So how redo the insulation and fit a new starter motor.
Or... I could look for where it terminates up top, chop it and route a new wire to the starter and just leave a dead bear wire in the harness. The car seemed to bump start OK and drive with no code so fingers crossed no other wires are damaged.
Those dials have come out lovely!
I need to do mine, car is only 4 years old but it bugs me that the plastic is all swirly.
Only polish stuff I’ve got in at the moment is some old megs scratch x (Not the v2, the old stuff), not sure if that’d be any good?
I need to do mine, car is only 4 years old but it bugs me that the plastic is all swirly.
Only polish stuff I’ve got in at the moment is some old megs scratch x (Not the v2, the old stuff), not sure if that’d be any good?
Looks great Rotty.
Just fitted a new air intake hose on the 350gt. Thought it'd be a 2 minute job, turns out because the new silicone one doesn't compress like the oem rubber one I had to spend nearly an hour dismantling and re-assembling half the engine bay to squeeze it in
Just fitted a new air intake hose on the 350gt. Thought it'd be a 2 minute job, turns out because the new silicone one doesn't compress like the oem rubber one I had to spend nearly an hour dismantling and re-assembling half the engine bay to squeeze it in
Soldato
How reliable has it been over that time @Rotty
Caporegime
I think you might be the only person on here who has more car troubles than me. I would have bailed on that Mazda ages ago!
Associate
Replacing the cam cover gasket
its not caused me a problem since last oct lol.I think you might be the only person on here who has more car troubles than me. I would have bailed on that Mazda ages ago!
Associate
a follow up on yesterdays findings, the rod is out and has a slight bend. 
I have had a look at the block and the oil squirter that was hitting the piston is still in place so im confident the block can rebuilt. probably have to get re-bore with some oversized pistons and forged rods!
I have had a look at the block and the oil squirter that was hitting the piston is still in place so im confident the block can rebuilt. probably have to get re-bore with some oversized pistons and forged rods!
Associate
Did you change the tensioner seal as well or leave it?
Soldato
Time to go forged!a follow up on yesterdays findings, the rod is out and has a slight bend.
I have had a look at the block and the oil squirter that was hitting the piston is still in place so im confident the block can rebuilt. probably have to get re-bore with some oversized pistons and forged rods!
Soldato
Only thing I've done today to my car is book a new windscreen for a 16" crack that mysteriously appeared overnight.
Man of Honour
Stone chip in the obscuration band caused that
Soldato
If I post a pic of the crack in my windscreen, can you diagnose that too?
Associate
Yeah I've done the tensioner flat and half-moon seal too.
Man of Honour
He did say mysteriously
Caporegime
Did a pretty good service on the TT today, oils (both Engine and DSG), filters, brake pads and disks, and started on tired bushes. Still got new rear shocks to go on (one is well past it’s best) as well as possibly doing the fronts (but not ordered these yet). Also had chance to clean the engine bay, which was terrible!
Caporegime
A rock chipped my windscreen a few months ago, was looking into getting it repaired, but it cracked the next day. Was a genuine original 1980's BMW top-tint windscreen too 