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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      This is why I do all my own work, terrified of what would happen if someone f**ked my car up. I wouldnt react well, especially my 21 :o...
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      DaveL485 reacted to Krarl's post in the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo with Like Like.
      Mate, your attention to detail is far greater than most of the 'specialists' I've seen I wouldn't worry about taking an old car to you...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread 1991 Tungsten Grey R21 Turbo.
      After this car went back to the owner he loved it so much it became his daily driver :) Fast forward to earlier this year, someone...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Its basically an oil cooler thing. I'm not keen, but its not my problem tbh, i'll leave that to the owner to sort :)
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Thank you, I'm cursed with a love of these stupid old things it seems. With current labour rates if you can't spanner yourself, its...
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      DaveL485 reacted to Krarl's post in the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo with Like Like.
      I absolutely love every one of your threads Dave Especially these ones, where people drop their car off and you spend your time being...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      The OE car has 2 intercoolers, a fat one sat low in the OS front wing getting a nice cold air feed from the front bumper. The second one...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Seen it - no thanks. I'd be at 1500-2k max for that, given it was sat for so long.
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Ah, forgot, I had to trim the rad top down to fit the chargecooler too, it wouldnt quite fit. Not convinced on the chargecooler, it gets...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      After i'd swapped the fans to the correct side (front) of the rad (lol), in it went. The old air filter box was in the boot, so I...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      I got most of it done, then got the car outside to flush the rad, which went well. Ran it with the flush in and no thermostat. FLushed...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Now we're on to the recomission items. Oil, oil filter, air filter, PS fluid, brake fluid, gearbox oil, coolant. New discs and pads up...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Sooooooooooo further digging and poking and listening and I found a missing bolt in the turbine housing, that bolts the core to the...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      HOWEVER, not wanting to ring Paul up and be like "Yeah you know I spent a shitload of your dosh well now im taking the head off too" I...
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      DaveL485 replied to the thread Black 1992 21 Turbo.
      Now on to the exhaust - well the vband turned up and I fitted it. Still blowing - as bad as before. Investigated further and - oh dear...
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