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After pressure washing off the crud in the back arches of the ZT today, I'm going to be doing something similar myself in the very near future.........yours is looking fab Dave Out of interest, did you source a new cable duct for the other side, or was it a good second hand one? Brian |
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26th April 2020, 20:18 | #11252 | |
I really should get out more.......
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The cable duct I had to make good, a wire wheel brush on a drill and a flap wheel, and about 45 minutes, it came good and luckily it was just surface rust, I dont know why but I didnt take a pic of it cleaned up |
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26th April 2020, 20:39 | #11253 |
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Washed and polished all three this afternoon, managed to clay the boot and roof of the gold one, just ordered some more wax and sealer, bl00dy tiring all this cleaning malarkey!!
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26th April 2020, 23:32 | #11254 | |
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I didn't get mine from Rimmers - it came from XPart. # WJK100176 Cut the studs off flat with a Dremel, then drill out what's left and stick the riv nuts in the holes. |
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27th April 2020, 07:48 | #11255 |
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I need to do a front end strip down on the diesel Tourer this week, so today I'll look in here to remind myself about the intercooler and other gubbins. The inlet manifold is missing a couple of bolts but I think I have some replacements that I magpie'd during a scrapyard raid. It will also be a good time to bin the various slotted fixings used around the bumper and undertray. Lates and Pete had a devil of a time with them last year and I've got some serviceable fixings that will be better.
With that done I can solder in a new connector block for the front pad wear indicator and start taking a look at the wiring around it as it's a bit hotch-potch. With the bumper off I can sort out the accident damage it had when parked up at the NEC show last year. Some kind soul shoved in the o/s of the front bumper which has cracked the washer bottle so that will need cleaning and gluing up. While I'm at it may as well take the bonnet locks off and clean them out and polish the headlamps up. Might also be a good time to investigate if it has been modded somehow to try and bump the power up. I don't think it really works beyond over-fuelling. |
27th April 2020, 07:53 | #11256 | |
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I have a tool for rivnuts, just not at home like a lot of things that I could do with. |
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27th April 2020, 08:48 | #11257 | |
I really should get out more.......
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Hang on a minute...they're available???!!! I asked awhile back and they were NLA!!!! Now I see Rimmers says more stock arriving and people have actually managed to buy one! Mine is SOOOOO rusty! I need this part in my life, or rather, my car's life!!!! So glad you can get them again. Now where can I find one in stock lol! Off now to polish some nuts hahahaha |
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1 2 3 4 They have never budge and I jet wash under there regular.
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You would be better off trying to ‘weld’ the washer bottle Pete rather than trying to glue it, the plastic it’s made from doesn’t like 99% of adhesives on the market.
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27th April 2020, 10:54 | #11260 |
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So today I enabled DRL at 30% on my 75.
Also changed the unlocking from drivers door to all doors on the first press. changed the badge on the boot as it had lost all its colour….. Tried to see if I could change the bonnet latch from the under the bonnet to poking thru the grill...(I like that way better)… looks like I would have to remove the bumper and Radiator fan. The piece is just a simple switch over part otherwise.
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