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Dominic
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by Dominic » Mon May 24, 2010 1:17 pm
Well, by the weekend the project had progressed;
Headed off to the event on Sunday morning (without Louise after a mountain biking incident on Saturday). Got to within about a mile of the event and the engine overheated; turns out the header tank had split; leading to HGF. Apparently it's quite an easy fix, so I'm giving it a go (well how hard can it be?
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Here's hoping it's back on the road soon; we are planning to do a driving day near Balirgowrie on the 12th June.
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j2 lot
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by j2 lot » Mon May 24, 2010 3:25 pm
2015 Lotus Evora
2023 Skoda Kodiaq Sportline
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BiggestNizzy
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by BiggestNizzy » Mon May 24, 2010 3:28 pm
Sent from my ZX SPECTRUM +2A
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by smee » Mon May 24, 2010 9:45 pm
DOH! never mind, I'm assuming easy fix means no head skim?
S1 Elise - LRG MMC
Exige 390 LRG
GR Yaris
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VXJON
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by VXJON » Mon May 24, 2010 9:49 pm
Looks very cool on the knobblies
If I can help with the fix give me a call
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BiggestNizzy
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by BiggestNizzy » Mon May 24, 2010 10:00 pm
VXJON wrote:If I can help with the fix give me a call
Ditto
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Mike Scib
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by Mike Scib » Thu May 27, 2010 4:21 pm
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination).
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Dominic
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by Dominic » Tue Jun 01, 2010 1:22 pm
Oh the joys!
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by kenny » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:54 pm
Dom ripping the head off
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Dominic
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by Dominic » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:59 pm
So, leaks to date;
Water
oil,
more oil,
more water,
diesel
oil,
and some more diesel.
Fixes to date;
New header tank,
Head Gasket (+ other gaskets & bits for service)
Temp sensor
Thermostat
New Radiator
Going to be needing some of this soon;
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by kenny » Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:17 pm
Are there any leaks from the bits I put back on?
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by Noops » Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:16 pm
kenny wrote:Are there any leaks from the bits I put back on?
The above is probably why I diden't bother with a disco
, there is always something going wrong with them, even when they are running right
, happy spannering Dom
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Dominic
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by Dominic » Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:08 pm
kenny wrote:Are there any leaks from the bits I put back on?
Of course not Kenny. Bits that are now in the bin can't leak any more
Hoping it will be back together some time this week / weekend.
Dom
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by thinfourth » Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:14 pm
Its a landrover
if its not leaking its empty
Landrover 90 = Muddy shed spec
Fiat panda = Couldn't care less spec
Landrover ?? = Muddy shrek spec
Unimog 404S = Very slow silly offroader spec
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by smee » Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:34 pm
Easy to say this with clean hands from the background but this is part of the fun isn't it?
S1 Elise - LRG MMC
Exige 390 LRG
GR Yaris
Leighton T6.1
Looking good now its beefed up a bit - shame about the hgf. You cant get away from Elise failures - even when you don't own an Elise 
