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Anybody watching this series on Discovery channel at the moment.

It's on Monday nights.

It doesn't go into great mechanical depth but does touch it a little bit.

Good entertaining show, something a lot of shows lack at the moment.

I wouldn't mind working their. Seems a good place to work.

Chris
 
yeah it does go abit in to depth with how the engine works and stuff that goes wrong and why and how!

its an ace show. and yeah cool place to work.
 
Anybody watch it this week? Was quite ingenious with the BMW.

The engine looked a bit busted from the broken valve though! :eek:
 
Seemed odd that the lad who only seconds before tried to turn the engine over, decided the cam belt was snapped. Forgive me for being wrong but if you think the belt is snapped the last thing you do is try and turn it over.

Secondly, although it did fit, at no point did anyone mention the fact that the engine was coming from an E30 and going into an E36. Bit of a gamble for £200 and the waste of 3 men and 3 working hours.

Last week, the issue with the mini exhaust? Wasted a lot of time messing about with the downpipe only to find it was the wrong one and then bodged it to make it fit.

And as for the blonde bird, whats the point? Just a bit of fluff to improve viewing figures. Don't get me wrong its a good show but I wouldn't take my car to them.
 
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They made it clear it was coming from an E36. The narrator even said the two model numbers, E30 and E36. :confused:

The downpipe was the right one, they thought it was the wrong one so didn't fit it, then realised it was so did fit it. :confused:
 
Tesla said:
They made it clear it was coming from an E36. The narrator even said the two model numbers, E30 and E36. :confused:

The downpipe was the right one, they thought it was the wrong one so didn't fit it, then realised it was so did fit it. :confused:
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The car in the scrap yard was an E30. Once the engine was back at the garage the narration said no one thought to mention the cars were different - hence why they had to fiddle around to make it fit.

The garage owner was very proud of the "Fix" of the downpipe and then realised the replacement was the right one. This is the owner of the garage getting it wrong.
 
EddScott said:
The car in the scrap yard was an E30. Once the engine was back at the garage the narration said no one thought to mention the cars were different - hence why they had to fiddle around to make it fit.
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I see what you mean now. I thought you meant the show overlooked it.

I also liked the idea that they spent 2 hours removing the engine before checking it would turn via the crank. lol.
 
If anything, the engine issue may well have been "over-egged" to improve the viewing. Thinking about it when they got back, one of the lads knew exactly what model number each engine was (think he might be ex-BMW) so I guess they had a fair idea it would fit.

They just seem a bit lax in thier work. The one lad that actually seemed on top of it is the one with the Anglia - he went mental last week when the builders stood on his toolbox :) He loves his tools that one - the vibrating torque wrench seemed a particular favorite :D
 
I think his name is Wayne. He seems a bit mental and the sort of bloke that would probably get on you boobies.

But he is passionate about what he does.
 
pretty good show, went home last weekend so caught an episode, should have shoved a series link on sky+ when I was at it too...

Unfortunately don't have sky at uni so it kinda sucks :(
 
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