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cheers for you imput guys, mf quoted £689.72 for just cambelt kit, unfortantly as much as i would like to get it done by him a better deal by angel works presented itself,
£489.97 for both kits (aux and cam)
k-tech was a really good price too but due to the extra traveling time it would have...
wheres the best place quality for ££ in essex to get my cam belt and AUX done, inc all the tensioners and pullys etc the whole works....
any place sub £430 all in?
i wish i had read about this all happening earlier....i would have come and seen it all, and i bloody live in southend!!!
you all prob saw mine parked up on the way out of southend anyway.....just coming out of victoria avenue, im parked up on the side as slow down for the bell lights, GKZ 8485...
from what i have read about so far the max is only going to give you 1-2hp more than the BMC, and this is prob down the the design of the CAF, i think the max has a larger diameter CAF inlet, so i therory the extra 1=2hp is not going to be noticable as removing the spare wheel, so for the sake...
as i have only just bought the car, i still have the front of the old log book, do you think i could chance tracking down the guy that first owned it as see if i could talk to him?
is there any way just from looking into the engine bay, to assertain if the cam belt has been changed...
im lining up at the moment an cam belt change but i dont want to pay out if its recently been done, if that is the case i will just get the aux belts done as part of the 36k service.
as...
na it was a newer V6, the PH2 MK2 version, was blue with silver side vents and a loud zorst, although it didnt look like it was moving very fast when it was booted up the road,
could be a fake.......?
saw it yesturday, on the A127 just before cockoo corner, i was cleaning my silver 172 opposite where you pulled out,
any one off here, looked like a young driver
hi guys my pads have begun to were a little thin and under spirited driving they fade so much!!
so iv come to the conclusion i need some fast road pads to do the job but currently there is loads of disc left so im only looking to replace the pads atm,
dose anyone have any reconmendations of...
you might have seen me about im in and around rochford and southend centre every day. iv seen a few 1*2 around but didnt think any of you was on here as i dont see meny down the front should arange a meet at some point for everyone on here in the area
in theory if you get stupid low springs like 50+ then the tavel of the wheel when you jack it up would (could) course the spring to drop out, but thats when people fix in new or modified drop stops in to prevent the travel of the wheel when on 3 wheels or just jacked,
but most of the time...
mine was apsolutly pasted this morning from parking under a tree for ONE!!!! night....
the whole driverside handle to roof was caked no were to open the door, had to use pinky on corner of handle lol
straight down the jet wash and water power it!!
Right having searched through the forum i have come to the conclusion that my heater matrix is leaking.....
im having to keep toping up the expansion bottle, and the passanger footwell seems to keep getting damp, its only happend in the last week or so, so i want to get on top of this quick...
Right having searched through the forum i have come to the conclusion that my heater matrix is leaking.....
im having to keep toping up the expansion bottle, and the passanger footwell seems to keep getting damp, its only happend in the last week or so, so i want to get on top of this quick...
sound is a funny thing it can reverb of anything, so it can sound like its coming from places you wouldnt expect, i had a grinding/vibration noise once that i thought was coming from the gearbox on my metro GTi but one day while listening i put my hand on the HT coil and the noise stoped!! just...
As with all bank holidays the seafront has a shake down of bikes during the day but more recently cars during the night,
i was down there this morning, but who here attended today....who here has pics etc from previous days,
whos going to be attending tonight
pics to follow