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Theres not much to me and I manage, you'll be reet!
They go pretty high too: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/whiteley/Winter%20Rebuild/IMG_3199.jpg
DON'T get that one, they're crap. Bend and give up.
I have this one, 100x more substantial and cheaper too:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Arcan-3-ton-low-profile-trolley-service-lift-jack-NEW_W0QQitemZ290375296157QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Lifting_Moving_Equipment?hash=item439bb7649d
I've got a 172 engined and tracked Valver as a trackday toy and a standard 16v with full leather interior, narrowtrack etc for a daily driver. Theyre both good fun in their own way.
Assuming you get a half decent one, a 16v will still be a massive giggle coming from a 1.2 :)
As Mark said I had one fail recently and shear off exactly as you say. It was on a Mk1 but with the 4th front g'box mount too so the same setup as a 1*2.
I replaced the whole mount rather than the thread itself. I couldn't get the remaining thread out of the mount so that was decided for me.
I'll get stocked up with tools over time, theyre not cheap mind. Yeah bigger/better than what I was looking at Mark, its a 100L 3HP 13.2CFM jobby. Should be upto spraying looking at the ratings of spray guns Gaz :)
Rust you say? I must be lucky having 2 Mk1's without any then :D
And as for the engine... it came out a rolled Ph1 172.... which failed to corner properly due to it's massive weight.
;)
FPR = fuel pressure regulator.
The silver round thing with the pipe coming off it to the right. This is an early Ph1 rail with the regulating being done at the rail:
A ph2 rail wouldn't have that silver thing there, the hole for it would be blocked off.
If it looks identical, then you'll have a later Ph1 rail which is the same as Ph2's. Earlier Ph1's have a FPR clipped onto the rail whereas late Ph1/Ph2 had the hole blocked and were regulated at the tank.
Do you have 1 fuel line or 2 going to the rail?