Recent content by Mazz

top garage setup Austin, proper jealous here! also those wheel holders look ace too... how many bloody wheels do you need ?!

Top man, thank you

Thanks Brigsy that's exactly what I wanted to do but could not find the official part number and RPD never got back to me with an answer, and therefore I had no choice but to get in there myself and see what I could do to fix it since oil was dripping from it at idle, scary. If you could get...

Hi people, A quick random update to just continue my online service history record; We left the action with my car leaking copious amounts of oil everywhere. I could not fix it quickly as I’ve recently been told off for using the workshop too often and From now on I can only do it once a...

New car update, dealing with the little niggles common to big jobs done in a hurry. First things first let’s pass a legit MOT shall we ? Well, let’s say it would not have passed if I didn’t know the tester, but the faults were only minor, like headlight aim and a failed ball joint boot which...

(...) Time to wack the fuel tank, exhaust and rear axle on, man that was tricky with only 2 arms and legs !! At this point all I had to do was fit all the front suspension back on, fill up with fluids, check for leaks and turn the key. Ha!! Not there yet, crank but no start. It’s an...

(...) Wiring time ! all I had to do was repair the engine harness the best I could (not really my field this) as after eliminating the immobilizer wires from it this left two big gaps on the main power and ground wires. Tried to solder, couldn’t do a decent job with the tools I had, decided to...

(...) Not much left to strip off the red car at this point, next was the 172 axle with Whiteline ARB, followed shortly after by the exhaust and fuel tank. I decided, while I was there, to try and clean the intercooler the best I could. These get caked up in oil and carbon so it wasn’t a bad...

(...) Tried a Draper “clutch mate” aligning tool. if you ever thought about getting one, don’t bother, it’s made of plastic. Gets you in the neighborhood of where you need to be but it isn’t a proper aligning tool. New release bearing in, the old unit felt crusty but nothing was broken. I...

(...) Check out the difference from the 82hp K9K702 with fixed geometry KP35 and JC5 box and the 100hp K9K712 with the variable geometry turbo and big JR5 Laguna Box, the turbine size is dramatically different, although most of it is to accommodate for the VG mechanism man that 100 lump...

(...) with the black 100 gutted it was now time for the very last miles of the red car. Took it in the workshop to evacuate all the R134 out of it, then drove it home for the last time. Without even thinking too much about it I just parked it in the yard and started stripping it down...

so here we come to the job itself. Most people will find this funny but yes, I will be essentially downgrading a dCi 100 to 80 spec, and the reason for this is simple: widetrack. I’m a huge fan of this mod and I think every owner of a dCi that has any interest in driving should do it, if only...

Never doubted you’d pull this off, well done!

welcome to chapter 2 of this story, Even though it’s literally 4 or 5 people I’d like to thank everyone that commented on this thread, which is a mere diary for me, something like a service history but with pictures and comments, so thank you again and happy reading. With the hardest part...

Oh here we go, the last update for the red Initiale. Never thought I’d write this but it has come to a point where I have to be realistic about what I want to do with this car and sort some of its issues that are just out of financial reach, and more importantly, would make no sense at all. ...