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Nice weekend.....worked on car

Post by Rocky » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:59 pm

Hi guys,

Since we had nice weather this weekend I decided to finally fix my squeaky brakes (any one at the national meet may have heard them). Stripped the down and applied copper grease on the back of the pads and the slides and now I have a squeak free car :D

I know this isn't the most technical achievement ever but for me it is :roll:

Has anyone else made use of a weekend sans rain this week?
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Post by NafemanNathan » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:01 pm

"BRAKES"!!!

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Post by Greg » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:25 pm

Me and my mate stripped down his Mini engine removed the valves re-lapped them and build it all back up I was taking it for a test drive at about 4pm, gotta love old mini's :lol:

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Post by nitin_s1 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:37 pm

I tried different food recipes and cooked all day today. :)

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Post by Rocky » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:38 pm

NafemanNathan wrote:"BRAKES"!!!
Damn you autocorrect :roll:
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Post by vanzep » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:11 pm

fitted recently aquired KV85's and new NKG platinum plugs :)
now ive got 3 sets of spare ht leads :roll: :lol:
fixed a rattle in the engine bay thats been bugging me for months - thats whats pleased me most :P
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:13 pm

vanzep wrote:fitted recently aquired KV85's and new NKG platinum plugs :)
now ive got 3 sets of spare ht leads :roll: :lol:
fixed a rattle in the engine bay thats been bugging me for months - thats whats pleased me most :P
What was your rattle? I have a sort of jingling rattle coming from mine at low RPM as the engine is put under load, I really need to sort it but not sure where to start :?

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Post by vanzep » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:22 pm

yeah mine was at 2000rpm - i was thinking the worst (as always) as had just done valve clearances after doing manual tensioner conversion and timing belts - turns out it was a loose bolt holding one of the mounting lugs from the mani/downpipe to the block - got it just in time :)
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:28 pm

I'm wondering if mine might be something similar... In my head the only thing I can imagine that would make the noise I'm hearing is a washer shaking around on a loose bolt. No idea if that's what it is mind, it's just that's the mental image the noise gives me :lol: I might have to go around the bay looking for loose bolts soon

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Post by A1ex » Sun Oct 07, 2012 10:29 pm

I also put a bit of dinos car on mine in the form of an oil catch can :)
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