Visited Shaune today up in Sunny Wakefield, the rain held off as well, bonus
Exhaust system sorted as it fell off last week
The secondary box was furbar & the attaching pipe that fits in before it had a hole in it, so Shaune weled it up for me. A 2nd hand £5 box replaced the rusted one which was holed in more than one place & the back box was cleaned up before being put back on.
The rear exhaust hanger had detached itself, so this was welded back on. Inside of boot was a little damp & there was some rust, but was far less than i thought.
When i learned that the rear bumper was coming off, i was waitng for the huge amounts of rust. It wasn't that bad, its certainly not rust free, but Shaune reckons that's the best conditioned one he's seen in ages. So this summer i'll be busy getting the rust removed etc...to prolong the life of the car. I'll be buying an angle grinder, that'll shift dodgy metal in no time, i was impressed with shaune's black & decker.
While i was up there he kindly changed the gearbox oil. Only about 1 1/3 litres were removed, so wonder where the rest went
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Told Shaune about filling up on the breather side instead of the side which is more akward, cheers to vanny for that trick & even Shaune said that he'd use that method from now on
All the work done, set off & heard a nasty rubbing sound noise, so had to head back to Shaune to get it checked out, luckily hadn't gone that far. Turns out that the rotten metal that kept the bumper pressure at bay once it disintegrated & was removed, then caused the rear wheel arch to bend back into the tyre. Shaune put some muscle into the rear arch & now its no longer fouling against the tyre. Nice & no nasty noises down the M1 back to home
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Cheers mate.