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Current State of Play... Water Pump, Cambelt Kit (unfortunately not a metal one Daniel), Coolant, Oil, Oil Filter and Payen Head Bolts bought O/S/F Wheel Off Front Bumper Off (Sheared one of the wing bolts, bad times!) Induction Kit Removed Ignition Cables/Coils Removed PAS Belt & Alternator...

I've not worked on Vaux's so didn't know they used them too.

Mmmmmmm 6cyl.

What a sweet place to shoot.

Awesome.

Hopefully GAZ will be quieter at this time of year and sort it quickly. It took them 13 weeks to make my custom set :(

It was more your drunken ramblings that cracked me up dude. I can understand people not knowing what they are, French cars are the only things I've come across held together with bloody Torx & ETorx.

LMFAO. :D. You're cracking me up tonight Richy!

I guess it could do to a drunk person ;)

It doesn't look the same at all Richy! The one I posted and the last one you posted are E Torx (or female). The other 2 are Torx (male).

This is an E-Torx socket...

ETorx. It's the opposite of torx.

It won't lol.

+1, albeit 35minutes way.

Room to swing a hammer? If you've got a small enough chisel, you can often literally knock them round and eventually loose/out with it.

I agree it's not the same as them doing it on track.

Is there enough space to weld some normal nuts too them?

That clio is clearly in the wrong place.

Was going to say, enough height difference and independent suspension will tripod like that.

It's only bad as I'm brassic this month. What with replacing all the brakes, then insurance renewal (which I'm paying in one), and tracker subscription due too before pay day. Fixing it's not an issue, always wanted to pull this engine apart anyway as I've never seen a stripped down K lol.

My spare cylinder head is going to be dropped off on Monday for a skim & pressure test at Ashby & Anderson on Whitehall Rd in Leeds. They come recommended by a trusted mate so all should be well. Will start the strip down this weekend most likely.

You'd need to register to see any of it.

Ta fella. It's a 2001 1.8 non VVC (120) if asked.

No that's meant to represent one of the admin lol.

That cracked me up Daniel, big time :)

I see you've been on theMGZR.co.uk then!

True, although I had given the bay a good clean this weekend previous anyway. Means I can clean all the oil/coolant off the block though.

Good call, we have an ECP in Leeds. Metal cambelts? Nope! There's various different HG kits, which one you use is dependent on the liner heights. The newer Multi Layered Steel (which I presume you are referring to) won't work properly if the liner height is less than a 3thou protusion...

The day has finally come; I've had the car nearly 2 years, and I'm pretty certain I now have the dreaded Head Gasket Failure, as shown in the following pictures. Coolant has been steadily disappearing for a couple of months now, and a black gunk has recently appeared in the expansion tank. Then...

Depends on your budget.