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Done a few little bits yesterday. Started off with oil and filter change as the oil had went black with the graphogen assembly lube from initial run up. I have a magnetic sump plug which was nice and clean, oil looked ok nothing to see really. Cut filter open to check for swarf, a few very...

Had a day on the Extra today. Had to change the stack oil temp sender. Its buried under a load of pipes at the fronf of the block. Whipped front end and intercooler off for access, easy job as its all been off many times over the years Intercooler off giving easy access New sensor fitted, added...

Machine polished the rest today. For a small van there is a lot of panelling, 8 hours later and the rest is done. The fallout was horrendous on every panel, its had paint before to my suprise, the back doors are not the best but good enough. Overall it looks decent though. The future, need to...

Been waiting for the postman to deliver some small parcels for ages so i could make progress on the Extra, ordered them all a fortnight ago and just arrived. Had an issue with coolant temp sensor adaptor leaking from the threads even with a couple of wraps of ptfe, so ordered a tube of Loctite...

Nothing happening today so took advantage of the nice weather and cut/polished the passenger side of the noddy van. It had a big scuff on the passenger door, which came out easy after a couple of passes. Fallout was horrendous on it, needed a good coat of Korrosol Products in stock Came up...

Seats have come up great, will look good fitted (y)

Had a good look around the bodywork too, its looking well used im some places, and could benefit from a pair of front wings and a couple of other bits tidying up soon but still passes the ten foot test. Built to be driven, not to be washed :LOL: Had a good look round the underside, the front...

Updates from the weekend, Awaiting parts to finish off under the bonnet so cant really go any furthur forward until they arrive so doing the little bits. Finished the last little bits in the interior and give it a good clean up. Not too keen on the polished steering wheel anymore and fancied...

No special way of setting dephaser, If new it just needs to be checked its locked, then fitted. They are usually locked from new iirc.

Check cam timing as it has to be knacker, and check map sensor o rings as they can leak, if all good stick a new set of injectors in and reset the adaptives. Mine was the same, replaced all ign bits with no joy, stuck a new set of injectors in and was great after that.

Looks well just caught up with the build (y) Any feedback on the quality of the Kinugawa gtx2860r and how much did it set you back. Ive been looking at garrett gtx2860r gen2 for around 1k for core and comp cover, and these are tempting, but nearly garrett prices now.

Update Gearbox was getting a little bit noisy on the blue dci. Changed gearbox oil, when draining it out it did not look the best, totally black and a bit of a gold tinge in the top, not good! Changed for fresh NFJ and its much quieter and better shift, it doesn't really get a hard life so...

Ordered an Airtec cosworth grp a filter as the old JR cone filter i had was blue, did not really fit in with the new look. Forgot how big they are when unwrapping! Fitted, i planned on boxing it in but too big so can stay as is. Added some fuses for both fuel pumps under the bonnet. @DaveL485...

Mk1 kangoo is another good throwaway van at the moment, cheap as chips!

Cambelt is cheaper than taking the head off if it breaks, if in doubt do it.

They were great little knock about vans ten or so years ago when they were totally disposable. They all have that door click when the open even the gtts! A few years ago the pins seized on my drivers door, causing it to drop a bit which in turn caused it to need a massive slam to shut, which...

Stack temp sensor turned up today Done a back to back test with the old sensor and ir temp probe Old sensor said 40deg New genuine stack sensor reported 18deg difference Repeated the test with hot water and same result, original sensor seems to max out at 50deg. Stack sensor responds far...

Momentum is the same price round here, prob shoot back up after this is over:cautious:

Get an evol lower dogbone and chop it about until it fits.

@Mazz 7701473629, number 3 in the pic. https://www.allcarpartsfast.co.uk/renault/renault-7701473629-kit-filtr-seals/

If the manifold and exhaust housing face are both flat, best off using no gasket at all.

Corona update day 5 Converted the blue dci to van spec. Paint match looks great from down the street and slipped with the knife resulting in claret running all over. Ran out of tigerseal so only got one side done, one of those days when you regret starting something but nevermind :LOL: good job...

@Mazz will find the part number for you on dialogys (y)

Quite common for the o rings to leak on the oil filter housing. My orange dci had a mega tight filter on it when i bought it, had to use brute force to remove it which resulted in a drip from that area. I made the fatal mistake of nipping the banjo up a bit resulting in a gusher of a leak...

Cheers mate, was a good buzz with it wanting to start straight away, as i had issues with it starting on the old trigger wheel.

Ran it up to temp, little bit smokey initially from oil in the bores but soon cleared. A few issues to sort as top water hose is leaking around the bleed nipple (cheap s**t chinese hoses) might change for oem. Minor oil leak from the oil pressure gauge connection just needs some thread sealant...

Corona update Finished plumbing in the fuel system, officially hate braided hose and routing fuel lines, worst job ever :cautious: Bridged the fuel pump relay wiring to run the lift pump to fill swirl pot and leak check, only one minor leak and needed to nip a hose clip up. Fired main pump up...

Quite common for bearings to come apart like this when removing rear discs or drums. Looks to be ok wear wise from the pics, i would clean it up, regrease and retorque, will be fine. Before all car bearings changed to sealed cartridge type, you packed the wheel bearing full of grease as it came...

Try another coat on one piece and see if that sorts it out.

Its a shame i have not got all the bits to build it in lockdown. Might get engine mocked up though will see.