Car failed the MOT :(

[banned advertiser]

Just need to save for the 28mm copper pipes to run the length of car for water system.

It will be much easier, quicker and cheaper to use Hep20 for your rad, any plumbers merchant will have it, its push fit, cuts easy, can bend, adjust, reuse. More frost resistant, do I have to go on.

[FD3SNuttah]

they expand a fair bit tho when you get them really hot. but that plastic piping is good stuff, no waste! make sure you get the reinforcement fittings that go into the ends otherwise they might pop off.

Stu, i have a t2 shell that is pretty much solid if you want it for bits? i have a repair section for the outer sill (middle) too.

[Adriansturgess]

Anybody seen Grinder recently?

[grinder]

Anybody seen Grinder recently?

im in hiding matey !!

been an expensive day today - just spent over £3K on new windows for the house !!

then on the way home i spot a cosmo in the local garge - 36K on the clock 13b engine ( so not a tripple ) £2995 .. couldnt believe it

anyways back to my rusty rex !! LOL

i have had offers from kev and alban1973 to help patch her back up - so just need to sort it out with these guys to get her back into ship shape condition

i think where i went wrong doing the welding last year is that i patched her up rather than welding the whole lot together

looking like the seams of the cills need to be removed and completly plated over - this should stop it happeneing again ??

i have had more PM\'s of kev and allan than i can shake a stick at - so just need to work out which guy to pick - and to be honest - this is whats causing the problems !! LOL

hows that for a dilema - im annoyed that the car failed and now 2 people want to get me back in the rx ... i felt a lot of love on MRC in the last 24-36 hrs

if i can get the car sorted in the next month - then i can get the clutch done at pips and throw her down the strip to try and make the magic 100 mph figure

so thats about the size of it at this moment in time

Stu

God Bless MRC and all who share in her wealth of knowledge and the friendliness of its members  

[Adriansturgess]

You\'re not kidding, I could feel the love from here. It\'s good that there are people in the club who will gather round and help out in these critical situations. I mean not long ago you were talking about walking away from rotaries altogether. That\'s serious need of help.  

[grinder]

its the first time i have really called for help .. im usally the one offering it

help sean ages ago put his engine back into his TII ( all the pipes and wiring ) , me and shaun have helped Mulv remove and fit a single turbo , me and shaun went to help chris ( prisspringle ) try and start his car ...

i just need the help to be honest - i think if i can sort this problem once and for all it will set me on good footings

not sure if you have come accross my other thread ..

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8445&page=2&pp=40&highlight=dis-heartened

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13531&highlight=Rusty+Rusty+Rust

[Loxam]

Yay grinder!  I was fearing it would be you not at the meets!

[grinder]

just need to get the car sorted and my happy hat back on

still have lots of plans for the car - but when it fails the mot its like a real swift kick in the nuts

if i get it all sorted out then i think this year im gonna make more of an effort with her and try and take her out more - the MOT guy said that keeping her on the drive prob did her no good..driving a car is a lot healthier - you keep the engine bay warm , the exhaust hot to keep the water out of it - the exhaust gets shut of any moisure underneath , you keep the brakes free etc...

so rather than using her once a month i might make a promise to take her to work at least once a week to keep her happy

Stu

( not sure why the rex is a "she" )

[hotstepper1973]

hi stu Lorraine here im glad things r looking u for you both lol, cya soon

[alban1973]

Well, At last Grinder we all know is back again, gone has the monster  :2Mad demon telling him to give up and sell up, or even Scrap, :xconfused  as was once mentioned.. Thanks to Kev he will be back on the road with a grin from ear to ear.. He has helped out a lot with other people, now it is his turn to be helped...   Keep us all up to date..........      Result............................................ :rollin

[kev-yorks]

Stu, i have a t2 shell that is pretty much solid if you want it for bits? i have a repair section for the outer sill (middle) too.

On Stu\'s behalf i\'ll ask this one what where you after for the repair section might make our work a bit easier?
Kevin

[FD3SNuttah]

yeh sure man, its yours. i can take a picture of it if you want, but its the middle section of the sill. brand new from the dealers. i bought it for a tenner so you can have it for that Stu?! if you look on the FSM it will become apparent (it can go on either side) and has holes for the body kit to fit etc. its primered in black.

[grinder]

Nas ,

get a pic up - i have no idea if it will help - Kev might have a better idea

Stu

[FD3SNuttah]

dude please dont make me, its raining and it would be much more easy to go n look at your car! open your door and look straight down! its the *outter* sill section, you know the big curved bit going *between* the A piller and the C pillar where they meet the sill! lol  trust me bro its a BARGAIN of the century! you dont even want to know how much it costs at the dealers, its three figures!

[grinder]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH right

only 3 things worry be about it

1 - i need to get it sprayed once its on
2 - im not sure if it will help or hinder us - that means putting the seam back in and it only exists on one side ( well it doesnt really exist at all - this is what it failed on !! )
3 - how the hell i get it from you
4 - from what allan said - its easier to remove the seam completly and just have a flat peice welded from the outer sill section to the inner sill section - this way no water collects on it - i think the probs with it is that water runs down behind the side skirts , collects here and rots everything

lets see if kev spots this and comments

the only thing we could do it pick it up taking the car to his ?? - im sure that we head past your way

Stu

( raining..its sunshining up across here )