I can only agree with your rejection of shoddy fuel lines!!
Good luck with the brakes. It looks like a job that is just time consuming if you have the right tools. But I'd want someone who knows what they're doing to check it out. You can definitely save a lot of cash doing it DIY though.
Marty, this is all in jest. I'm very grateful for the work you've done and no one takes care of a car like you do. You put all but a very few professionals to shame.
I have to admit I did ask whether Marty was going to take the seats out but I got a firm "No" :(
No harm done! I think it's time to get some Gliptone, the cracks at the front of the bolsters are starting to show.
It sounds great :)
ooh ok then :)
Marty was grinning at this point, but it wasn't quite so much fun once the sun went down and it was bloody freezing
Much neater without the hard lines!
Orangebean wrote:
even when emulating Morat's driving style round the lanes.
I was testing ABS dammit! :)
And now, thanks to some heroic work from Marty - it's all toasty warm!
And no leaks :)
I have loads of exciting photos to share, but I'll spare you... I'll just say that the new hosing run is much neater than the original and I'm one happy camper.
Of course, on the long day it was 2degrees max and today when there was jus the plumbing under the bonnet left to do it was 8 degrees, but I was still smug at 22 degrees and AUTO on the way home. I no longer have to switch on all the seats and screens on startup.
dazer2000 wrote:
Should have it back for Friday !
Then new discs and pads all round next week.........cant wait to get my hands dirty on her again !
If you haven't snapped your credit card in two by the time you get the gearbox in, I can thoroughly recommend the EBC Greenstuff pads and grooved/dimpled rotors. Really good pedal on mine and no fade, even when I'm being a bit of a tit on country roads.
I just drove to Swindon from Yorkshire so I can help* Marty replace the heater core in The Duchess.
The gauge on the dash showed 1 degree pretty much all the way and my feet had nearly fallen off by the time I got to the hotel.
Holy crap, I can still feel my toes warming up, three hours after arriving!
If it wasn't for the heated screens, it would have been lethal. As it was I had to wipe the drivers window when I got to a roundabout. I'm looking forward to a nice warm drive back North!
- lift/pass/make tea as directed
Not wishing to be a party pooper, but would your vehicle still have type approval/MOT/Insurance after you modified a rather fundamental system?
What he said :)
I'd question using Goodridge hoses at all, they don't have a stellar reputation for reliability. I was a member on the Fiat Coupe and BMW E30 forums and both reported failures.
Of course, headlinings were the most popular option for attention at Summer Camp this year (hopefully we'll do one) - you should come over!
Is there a simple step by step anywhere for clearing the roof drains? I have to park the Duchess with her nose facing up hill at the moment :(
Sounds like there's a setting requiring Captcha and another setting to say how many log in attempts are required before Captcha fires up.
Or it's just b0rken :)
Ahh this - the problem was that I had a faulty sensor and the Nanocom reported the fault against the wrong sensor (front left IIRC)
I think the next step was to watch the live values when driving (under 4mph or something small because the ECU switches off comms above that speed) and we saw bad readings from a different sensor (Rear left?)
Don't bother with swapping the ECU just yet. Try recording the live values and compare with the fault report. Marty might have done a quick resistance test as well while I wasn't looking because he was already suspicious of the ABS sensor fault screen on the Nanocom.
The latest (released since summer camp) version of the Nanocom firmware has patch notes that imply this fault is fixed but I don't think anyone has test to confirm that the right sensors read in the right places.
Welcome Ash :)
Marty fitted my thermostats so I don't know the part No but I'm sure he'll sell you a pair from stock.
The heated seats are epic, if you have the uprated thermostat. Marty persuaded me against my OEM-only fetish that they were a good idea and with the cabin heat disconnected over winter I've thanked him pretty much every morning since!