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[Ormes]

MOT Passed... No advisories.  Just taxed...

 

Me - "Has it passed"

MOT man - "It has a page full of advisories"

Me - "OH"

MOT man - "only joking... I can usually always find something... but it's passed with no advisories"

Me - "Wooohoooo"

 

[hairy]

[Nev]

 

Shame it's raining tonight, or won't that stop you ?!

Edited by Nev, 14 May 2015 - 07:19 PM.

[Ali87]

It's not raining here!

[Ormes]

 

Shame it's raining tonight, or won't that stop you ?!

 

Too much rain!!!  Hoping for dry roads after work today... or tomorrow morning.

 

[Nev]

It's not raining here!

 

...yet !

 

Good luck with the Hoon.  

Edited by Nev, 15 May 2015 - 07:16 AM.

[Ali87]

It's not raining here!

  ...yet !   Good luck with the Hoon.  

cheers Nev, well there's still snow on the hills here so you never know!

[Ormes]

Drove the VX for the first time in the dry since my MOT yesterday evening and again this morning... It is great to be back... I'd forgotten how quick a stage 2 turbo is

 

[hairy]

C'mon then Alex, set up the next meet!

[Ormes]

Fitted new gear knob (thanks Mollie6) and the Passanger footrest I've had in the garage for a few years, then gave the interior a clean:

 

Fitted new rear tow hook:

 

Gave the exterior a clean:

 

 

[Captain Vimes]

The bottom of your car is cleaner than the top of mine

[Ormes]

Small update:

Fitted a CG Lock and had a test drive... the fit is a little "amateurish" but it does do the job... so far I like it.

 

 

Over the weekend I happened to notice that the o/s/r inboard toe link ball joint was weaping some lube... inspected and found a 5mm cut in the boot. Despite the toe link assembly x 2 being less than 18 months old, I have bought new inner ball joints (genuine Lotus), and will replace them pretty soon.

 

Ripped the dash plates off in readiness for fitting my Shift-I shift light.  In the process of cleaning up the double sided foam tape... definately going to use velcro when refitting!

 

Also, ordered the bits for a gearbox breather and will fit soon... I have just bought a sheet metal bender/folder so hoping I can make some elaborate and pointless bracket to hang it off

 

One last thing... the tow hook needs to be spaced by washers to get it to play nicely with the diffuser, so I got one spacer (washer) laser cut by a company I found online... awaiting delivery before the verdict

 

[Nev]

Shiney shiney, now come for a drive with Nipper and I and I will show you where all the dirt in the west country is !

[Ormes]

Shiney shiney, now come for a drive with Nipper and I and I will show you where all the dirt in the west country is !

 

...only if your missus cleans it afterwards

 

Just noticed that the bloody cam to crank breather is weaping again and the jubilees have cut into the silicone... new one on order.

[Nev]

Shiney shiney, now come for a drive with Nipper and I and I will show you where all the dirt in the west country is !

  ...only if your missus cleans it afterwards   Just noticed that the bloody cam to crank breather is weaping again and the jubilees have cut into the silicone... new one on order.

IMO silicone ones can't cope with the heat and you'll probably end up replacing an off the shelf item soon again. I'd recommend buying a proper reinforced oil resistant pipe from a reputable manufacturer. I bought some Goodridge stuff for my turbo oil return pipe (which must get well hot) and it is still going strong after 25k miles.

Edited by Nev, 22 June 2015 - 06:59 PM.

[Ormes]

UPDATE:

Made and fitted a gearbox breather kit.

Bought some parts, a sheet metal bender and bench grinder:

 

After making cardboard templates etc., I cut some stainless steel:

 

Bent, polished and drilled (bit on the right is a test bit):

 

The finished kit... including an optional ingress cover:

 

(More to follow)

[Ormes]

Fitted... left off the ingress cover for now as I rarely use it in the wet:

 

 

 

[Nev]

Impressive

[hairy]

Tidy

[Nev]

Mmmm, nice sheet brake. What width and thickness steel can it bend ?