Bmw, now pug 306 related, .)

[lozz]

Spent some more time on the old bus:

bottom engine mount was fubard, broke 3 hacksaw blades but managed to get it swapped out,
the bushes on the wishbones are fubard thats the next job, imight just replace them with poly bushes,

spent acouple of hours on the paint work, got most of the Ming off (tar/tree sap) with some Meths,.
then gave it 4 coats of Sonax paint renovator, the car looks silver now instead of the Manky looking grey colour,

got some paint made up at halfords, just waiting on a dent puller ariving off aMazon then iwill crack on with the dented tailgate,

[lozz]

done some more work, on the Damadged tail gate,
its getting there, Paint igot from Halfords was Spot on so Sumat went right for once,

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[lozz]

Not agood tool to remove dents:

but it did the job,

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[lozz]

Got rid of the standard wipers,

got these Areo blades from asda's 7 quid each, Straight fit no messing with adapters so they wont fall off,
theyre called quick clear,
well worth the money,

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[steve_earwig]

They do aero blades in the supermarkets here but as I seem to get through even decent ones (Valeo, Bosch etc.) like nobody's business I'm reluctant to try them.

The axeman cometh It's what ever you can get in there to do the job really, I've used car jacks to push out dents before...

[lozz]

Well thats it for the 306.
not spending anymore money or time on it,

just gotta replace the reg plates, there faded, and that its , feck it iwill run it into the ground,

need to empty the garage out, Big skip job and then iwill crack on with the old merc,

need to dig it out first

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[lozz]

They do aero blades in the supermarkets here but as I seem to get through even decent ones (Valeo, Bosch etc.) like nobody's business I'm reluctant to try them.

The axeman cometh It's what ever you can get in there to do the job really, I've used car jacks to push out dents before...

The wipers blades seem ok,
the last set igot where tesco ones, one of them fired off on the motorway they where only on the car 20mins.

if they need the adapters to fit on, there not worth buying,
if they fit on like standard blades they shouid stay put,

they seem to clear the screen better, and less noise, the ones what where on where Bosch, they made the screen streaky

[midsmike]

Wat merc is that lozz 190e ?

[lozz]

yeah its a 190e but not an ordinary one,

its a 2.3 cosworth lump, hopefully it will be back on the road for summer,

[midsmike]

Is it a proper 190 e cosworth or just got the lump in i love them cars theres a proper nice mint 1 drives around birmingham

[lozz]

its a full cosworth so ibelieve, its had a few mods in the late 90s mainly all the Mommo old skool stuff, wooden steering wheel etc,


iwill get some pics of it up once ive dragged it out the shed, just waiting for my mate to call up in his 4x4
The springs have snapped on it so its basicly sat on the floor,

once ive got it over the pitt in the garage,
iwill start replacing the springs, disks,/pads replace all the brake pipes, 6-8 mths work in it,

hardest bit is getting front wings for it, there rotten,

[lozz]

The 306 cost me some more coin today,
the aux belt tensioner decided to give up, went to the mainstealers, expecting to pay 60-70quid,

140odd quid, err you can keep that thanks where do they get there prices from ?
managed to get one for 63quid.

changed the cam belt. water pump and the other belts well iwas at it,
this cheap car is slowly turning into an expensive one, hopefully iwill get a year or so out of it now,

[steve_earwig]

I hope so mate, at this rate you could end up replacing everything but the body shell by then

[lozz]

Luckily the main bits have been Replaced at the last owners expense,

Exhaust, and disc and pad's, the Springs and shockers are new,
so its not too bad

just gotta change one Track rod end, theres slight movement in it of which ithought was the Droplinks

[highlander]

168 miles on 45 quids worth of petrol

Not the car's fault that you only bought a teaspoonful of fuel - fecking fuel duty is taking the piss!