Rear lights

[sadgoth]

don\'t do it! You\'ll only miss her when she\'s gone!

OK so you do incur some costs with Rex ownership and things go wrong, (I\'m looking down the barrel of circa £2500 at the moment for work that needs doing) but its all worth it when you put your foot down!

After all, what\'s the alternative drive round in a Mondeo??? - Mark desperatly tries to bait Si with insults about his current mode of transport- :bandit

[grinder]

dont speak to me about mondeo\'s , i snapped the cambelt on the girlfriends about 5 weeks ago

so i had to buy here another car then - sheeesh - its all spend spend spend

and no money to do it with

if i sell it , then yes i will be very very sad - but i\'ll just stick the bike back on the road and use that

it just seem to be a calamity of probs at this moment in time

[sadgoth]

Tell me about it! I\'m also having to pay for my wedding in September (god knows where that\'s going to come from!!!). But Still not letting the Rex go, I\'ve put too much time & effort into that car!

If yours need work, you\'ll never get what you want for it, may as well do what you can youself and keep it off the road for a while, do the work gradually doesn\'t put huge holes in you bank account that way - just lots on little ones! :rolleyes:

[grinder]

yeah i know what you mean

never tried welding before - i wonder if fully comp insurance covers me for acidentally tourching it ?

[sadgoth]

The mate I\'m working on the LHD with was saying he\'s thinking about buying a MIG welder, he used to do a bit of welding on his old XR2 when he was at uni, says it isn\'t too difficult once you get into the swing of it, best to practice on old bits of sheet metal first to get a feel for getting the lines straight!

[grinder]

have just borrowed a MIG welder - so that helps

got loads of bits/scrap to practice on - so agin this is a start

i dont know how neat it needs to be though for the MOT - or are they just bothered about it being solding ?

its what to do first though - do i do the welding - or fix the rad ?

welding is free to thats a plus point - but both jobs are a biggie

i dont know - everything seems to be going against me at this moment in time

i need a rx7 group hug

[sadgoth]

I\'m sure Si has a suitable Smiley, but consider this an RX7 Group hug!

How bad is the leak in the Rad, does it need replacing? If so, have a dig with the welder! I\'m not sure on the regs for the MOT, I suspect being a solid weld is far more important than how it looks, also once it\'s welded whack some waxoil on the underside and you won\'t be able to see if the weld looks a bit messy as long as everything that needs welding is done!

[grinder]

the rad - the top has split on the plastic ( where the part number is ) - well its leaking out from under there - so its splattering anti freese all over the top of the engine - and its starting to run a bit warm now - very bad news - so that needs fixing

the welding - yeah i think im just gonna have a play - its just one is the front jacking point - so that could be interesting

and one of the other holes is a fair size and i can see wires thru it  

so on that i assume i have to rip half the interior out

everything sounds like a big job and no time for it

[gyrpere123]

cheer up mate i think i\'ve got a rad some were i\'ll pull it out and have a look at the condition of it. whens the next northwest meet. when you do the welding dont forget to disconect the battery otherwise you will blow the ecu up, that might just push you over cheers mark.

[grinder]

thanks matey - i spoke to the chap who is breaking the TII Cab and his has the same problem

the next meet is in 4 weeks time , but if you do have one im very happy to travel to pick it up

the welding - yeah thanks for that matey - i could picture the new thread in a few weeks

"ECU blown and how to remove foot shaped dent in drivers door"

thanks again guys

[gyrpere123]

the rad looks ok so best thing to do is for you to try it on yours just to make sure. i will be going over to manchester next week to pick some new seats and bits off Sam when they arrive so will arrange to meet you somewhere.    cheers mark

[grinder]

THATS FANTASTIC NEWS !!

so when are you looking to be going to manchester then ?

best idea is to tell me when and where you are coming from and i will have a look at a map and work out a good place to meet that isnt out of your way !

Best new i have heard today

[sadgoth]

see Grinder mate, it\'s not all bad after all

[grinder]

awwwwwwwwww its really made my day

thanks MRC Forum :wave

[gyrpere123]

n ice to see a T11 thats not awaiting a rebuild. seeing you trying so hard at rotorstock to beat that red s3 got me back to working on mine again. The parts off sam are coming over from japan so soon as they come i will be coming over from wakefeild to stockport but if you need it earlier i only live near the M1/ M62 junction. or are you going to the thorsby meet next week (japs outdoors meet). let me now.