Soldato
Done the front blade today 
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What have you done to your car today?
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Caporegime
I'm a fan of that, nice work!
My afternoon has been spent turning arches that look like this:
Into arches that look like this:
Grinding, steam and scraping, brake cleaner, drying, seam sealer, primer, stone chip, chassis black... Not looking forward to doing the rear ones once all the relevant welding is done back there!
My afternoon has been spent turning arches that look like this:
Into arches that look like this:
Grinding, steam and scraping, brake cleaner, drying, seam sealer, primer, stone chip, chassis black... Not looking forward to doing the rear ones once all the relevant welding is done back there!
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Drove it in the sunshine. Ended up taking the scenic route. Three accidents on the M1 in the space of 1.5 miles (all separate incidents)! Crazy. Fair play to the emergency services. Had closed it to one lane by the last accident. Dived off at the junction and ended up taking a lovely scenic route.
Caporegime
In other news, my Corolla and I may be appearing in a Car Throttle video somewhen in the not-too-distant future... 
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Front cip off, partly stripped today. Getting the rest of the buses out tomorrow to measure up. Removing/treating rust and getting some paint on this week in the evenings hopefully.
Soldato
In other news, my Corolla and I may be appearing in a Car Throttle video somewhen in the not-too-distant future...
lol, nice. What is your Corolla if you don't mind me asking? (Don't read the thread regularly)
How's it going?
Changed the in tank fuel pump on the ZT last week and been getting some weird fuel starvation issues since. Very common for the ITPs to die, thought I was doing it a favour and in return it's made it even worse! 
Today I stripped it all back and re-installed, as well as checking the flow rates of both pumps. I think the secondary underbonnet fuel pump has now given up, there are 3 pumps in total. PITA when they go wrong.
At least it was a nice day to be crouched inside a hot car up to my elbow in diesel!
Today I stripped it all back and re-installed, as well as checking the flow rates of both pumps. I think the secondary underbonnet fuel pump has now given up, there are 3 pumps in total. PITA when they go wrong.
At least it was a nice day to be crouched inside a hot car up to my elbow in diesel!
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Caporegime
Soldato
What did it run?
Caporegime
14.91 was my best but im confident i can do better cos the launch wasnt perfect.
Soldato
Managed to find the mystery squeak (bonnet hinge) that's been bugging me since I bought it, and liberally allied grease to resolve.
Soldato
That’s the problem with those bird magnets.
Caporegime
Ha.
Soldato
I've got a mystery chirping coming from my R8, it is doing my head in so goes into Audi to have a listen next week. It's nowt serious, but can't work out what it is and it's annoying
Checked the high pressure fuel pump? My truck has a TSB out for a chirping HPFP
Over the weekend, not today, but got the Vantage out for the first time this year.
V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr
Slightly different driving experience to the runaround! Just 6x more power.
V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr
Took it over Haynes Motor Museum for the Breakfast Club.
Aston Martin V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on Flickr
Had a bit of a play with using the Virb 360 to create a super-wide angle in-car shot too.
V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on FlickrSlightly different driving experience to the runaround! Just 6x more power.
V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on FlickrTook it over Haynes Motor Museum for the Breakfast Club.
Aston Martin V12 Vantage S by James Thorburn, on FlickrHad a bit of a play with using the Virb 360 to create a super-wide angle in-car shot too.
