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Dec 16, 2019 17:51:37 GMT
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Weather played ball today , so inlet off (after working around the effing non releasable quick release hose couplings...any advice on how to uncouple them gratefully received) ,inverted manifold , remnant drilled out and flared 10mm copper pipe bonded in with some jb weld. Hopefully this will cure eventually as not sure how many decades old the tubes were. Just to be on the safe side i have fitted eveything back up barring that hose connection which i will leave until tomorrow.    A gentle tappy-tap on a small 1/4" socket persuaded a lovely flare on the copper. If this fix doesn't hold water (boom tish..I'm here all week) , i will go with plan b of making a screw in fitting. |
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Last Edit: Dec 16, 2019 19:12:15 GMT by strikey
'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Dec 17, 2019 17:22:32 GMT
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bloomin lovely solution to a flared end! love the simplicity of it...and the result is great.
if it does not seal, I would think a threaded insert or tapped hole and fitting would work well....
nice job.
JP
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I know its spelled Norman Luxury Yacht, but its pronounced Throat Wobbler Mangrove!
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Dec 17, 2019 17:55:01 GMT
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bloomin lovely solution to a flared end! love the simplicity of it...and the result is great. if it does not seal, I would think a threaded insert or tapped hole and fitting would work well.... nice job. JP cheers jp , full adherence to the k.i.s.s principal. if only the rest of the job went as simply today. fitted the rest of the bits back on in less than 5 minutes...then two and a half hours to bleed the #*#*ing thing!!! ended up gutting the stat and back flushing everything ..twice. had a quick blast around the village and no obvious signs of and H/G issues but time will tell. it did have a bit of a stutter but i think that was down the the massive amount of water that had sprayed everywhere during the "process"!! trouble is that now when daylight is on my side i need to drop some h2o out to squeeze some antifreeze in. oh , the insert worked like a dream! |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Now you see there is a huge difference between 'Bodging' and a 'PAE' fix (Practical and Economical) which in this case is perfectly suited on a vehicle that has little money invested in it - more to the point it just involved a common sense approach - No pop rivets / cut down coke cans / filler reinforced newspaper or bathroom sealer required what so ever
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Dec 18, 2019 11:50:06 GMT
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Now you see there is a huge difference between 'Bodging' and a 'PAE' fix (Practical and Economical) which in this case is perfectly suited on a vehicle that has little money invested in it - more to the point it just involved a common sense approach - No pop rivets / cut down coke cans / filler reinforced newspaper or bathroom sealer required what so ever ........YET!!! 😉 |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Dec 19, 2019 15:08:53 GMT
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More copper micro-bore pipe to the rescue. Figured if i could gently clamp the top and bottom hoses i could drain just the rad and refill with straight antifreeze. Bent a couple of pieces of pipe back on themselves..top one clamped with a quick clamp , bottom held shut with a cable tie due to lack of space. Drained...refilled...quick bleed...all seems well , so far. Hopefully consider this a close shave as a head/head gasket job certainly falls outside economically viable for the old tub unfortunately.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 11, 2020 16:27:54 GMT
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back from christmas hols and have got some miles on the old thing and i think i have got away with the head gasket (kiss of death planted). it became apparent though that it wasn't running as well as it had or starting as easily as it always has , i needed to feather the throttle from cold , just like the good old days with a tired old carb. when i took the throttle body off the manifold i only disconnected the throttle cable/electric connections/vac lines leaving fuel pipes untouched so figured it shouldn't be too much? a bit of googlage seemed to point to the idle control unit. despite some precautionary application of generic contact cleaner when i reassembled the system i pulled the plugs off the throttle body yesterday and gave the contacts a good lagging of servisol cleaner and put back as a last attempt before swapping bits over. with baited breath this morning....normal service resumed...started beautifully and idles like a sewing machine. i love this stuff!!  |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 11, 2020 17:09:30 GMT
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I had a W reg Independence from new. Cracking car that encourages hooning around at relatively low speeds!
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Jan 11, 2020 17:32:44 GMT
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still puts a smile on my chops!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 19, 2020 19:47:27 GMT
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Today was one of those days where you scrape by , by the skin of your teeth. The new stat arrived to replace the one i had to gut and i fitted it yesterday with no further dramas. So glad i did as we had our hardest frost of the winter and ended up scraping the INSIDE of the screen. Oh the luxury of heat , that thing that had been missing for a few weeks. Mind you the up side of such a clear morning was a stunning view on my commute. Kind of made working on a sunday less of a grind!!   |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 19, 2020 22:17:54 GMT
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And upon viewing the pics my immediate thought was the cheeky sod has only just got back from the previous hols probably to just collect the post and do his laundry and has now got back on the plane  |
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bricol
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Sat at work just looking at RR, having used my 91 106 and had a hoot thrashing it into work - the joys of a featherweight car. Passed it's MOT with no issues Friday afternoon having been abandoned in the back garden for over a year.
Must be the best 400 quid I ever spent, 18 years ago, for all the abuse it's taken since.
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Jan 20, 2020 12:09:28 GMT
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Sat at work just looking at RR, having used my 91 106 and had a hoot thrashing it into work - the joys of a featherweight car. Passed it's MOT with no issues Friday afternoon having been abandoned in the back garden for over a year. Must be the best 400 quid I ever spent, 18 years ago, for all the abuse it's taken since. £400 ÷ 18 years....shoots down my £300 ÷ soon to be 3!! |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 20, 2020 12:12:17 GMT
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And upon viewing the pics my immediate thought was the cheeky sod has only just got back from the previous hols probably to just collect the post and do his laundry and has now got back on the plane Sssssshhhh....only 9.5 weeks and we will be....but don't tell anyone. That was a stunning morning yesterday but it has been horrific since september. Ill try and find a "normal service" pic later! |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Jan 20, 2020 12:25:44 GMT
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Spot the deliberate mistake...  .....yup , it should be UNDER the car. Well it was till it sheared off at the join between the cats. I knew i should have changed the soggy gearbox mount! Made for an entertaining drive home from work though!! |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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And ordered a new gearbox mount for full on belt and braces. Think thats what finished what the tinworms started!
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Mar 29, 2020 19:44:43 GMT
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 Lovely morning again. |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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Mar 29, 2020 19:45:53 GMT
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Goodness...nearly 3 years between these 2 shots. |
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating
'80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip
'97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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