The MOT coming round has prompted a spate of progress on this.
First up was my hard won NOS passenger drive shaft. (Both boots shot on the old one and grease and gearbox oil everywhere was getting tiresome.
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The O/S driveshaft outer boot was also worse for wear due to some careless span wrong by a previous owner so a new GKN one was fitted:
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Got myself one of these for removing the joint in situ:
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They are amazing.
I have increased the value of the car 1000% with that rarest of rare parts.
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While there I noticed that the ball joints were both loose and old.
My local factors only had Nappa in stock. Let’s hope they are ok.
Got to love previous mechanics. Near side pinch bolt was in from the wrong side so the caliper had to come off to remove it.
Offside was a non-sport ball joint with the 10mm bolts!
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New boots. I was going to go for PS3s, but I noticed that ps4s are much better reviewed, and a couple of German tyre tests on a golf gti put the Michelin Primacy 4 neck and neck with the ps4 for lap time, with the benefit of lower cost, greater comfort and less road noise… we will see. They have to be better than the barely legal Toyo proxies anyway.
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Gearbox refilled:
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Then it fought me. Last mot job is headlamp washers. They were working but the N/S one constantly leaked fluid so it drained the reservoir in a couple of hours.
So, on the advice of the collective wisdom of this forum, I fitted an in-line one way valve in each line. Nada. Jets don’t work any more. Pump works fine. If I pull the hoses off the back of the jets, there is a good jet of water coming out of both (after the one way valve, so they are not reversed or faulty)
Ok, I think. Maybe not enough pressure from the pump. Removes bumper. Fits replacement washer jets I had in stock. Removes one way valves
Test results.
Pull hoses from jets, pump works, hoses clear, good stream of water.
Connect bike pump to hoses, water squirts out of the jets.
Put it all together and the passenger jet works ok (if a little lazy) and the drivers one doesn’t work. 😡😡😡😡
I quit. How fussy are MOT testers about headlamp washers? 🤣