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Nathan's Daily Drive BB4

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Engine & Transmission Oil Change. New Valve Cover & Heat Shi

Post by NafemanNathan » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:20 pm

Well the big oil change has come and gone. Just short of 5 litres of Fuchs Titan Race Pro S and I dare say she probably needed it ;) ...

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And then enough Amsoil MTF to renew the probably once-in-it's-life-time-replaced-before transmission oil to what's that?.... Rid the gearbox of it's 5th gear crunch?! Nooooo?!..... YES! :D

Took her for a spin today with the family to a BBQ and she's shiftin pretty damn slick now I must say. I was hoping she would ;-)

Then thanks to Rich and his skills I managed to simply remove three bolts to remove this sucker...

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To give it a quick wire-brushing down...

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Before applying lashings of Krust...

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To allow to dry...

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Before spraying satin black...

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It's a relatively naff finish, but it's consistant and possibly only a temporary fix, that looks much MUCH better than it did ;-)

Then I put it all back together with one awesomely white valve cover 8-) (Again excuse the shocking pictures... My camera couldn't cope with how white it actually is :lol: )...

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Post by indigolemon » Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:28 pm

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Need to get me some Amsoil MTF :)
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Post by nucleustylzlude » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:08 pm

Very tidy job bud. 8)

This lude is seeing more and more love and updates than old bessy - anything happening in the background?
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Re: Nathan's Daily Drive BB4

Post by NafemanNathan » Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:28 pm

nucleustylzlude wrote:This lude is seeing more and more love and updates than old bessy - anything happening in the background?
Nearly did this weekend actually!... But no :lol:
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Post by Merlin » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:26 am

Yay! for sweet gear changes, new MTF makes the world of difference 8-) The bay is looking good as well.
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Post by mart609 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:28 am

looking good 8-)

Still got 3 bottles of that Amsoil in the garage waiting to go in mine at some point :lol:
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Re: Nathan's Daily Drive BB4

Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:36 am

Do it guys!... Then you can vote in my pole ;) :D
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Post by bristol_bb4 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:52 pm

very nice mate 8-) you need to do something with the vtec solenoid though its annoying me how dirty it is :evil:
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Re: Nathan's Daily Drive BB4

Post by NafemanNathan » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:07 pm

:lol: I'll colour it in with my black perminant marker if you like... The VC letters seem to be holding up alright :P

Does look a tad orange/brown doesn't it? :oops:
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Post by bristol_bb4 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:09 pm

LOL would look a frickin damn sight better! loving the white cover though, desperately need to do mine next! im almost too embarrassed to post up pics of my new mani because my cover looks so aweful :(
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