So.. recently i've been having abit of a heavy time at Uni & with a new job (trying to bring in some cash for the SpearMintMachine
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Hadn't driven her or had her out in nearly 4 weeks so today in the gorgeous sun I went to get her out, stuck a full tank in and found she wasn't running amazingly. So i took her back home and did the usual checks, found that some of my fuel lines were looking rather overly warn so went got some new braided hoses - installed them.
At the same time I gave her a top up of VW R32 Semi-Syth oil, refitted and tidied the pipes & some of the electrics on the engine bay.
One other cool thing i did today was start to colour code my engine bay - I forgot when i first got the car that I also got a tin of the paint used on the respray - enough left to do the engine bits i wanted to do.
So today I removed:
- Alternator
- Alternator Expansion Bracket
- Inlet Manifold
- Several Pipes
- Strut Brace
I then rubbed em all down (all the metal areas) and got em all shining and gorgeous, I was going to paint them straight but my dad gave me a good idea of painting them with hammerite first - to give some extra protection against rust (not that there is any).
Once it was dry I sprayed all the above bits with the Porsche Green paint that was used in the respray, and refitted them for the mean while.
Whilst doing this I found that my alternator expansion bracket although still intact (partially) was a tad rusty and had snapped - this would explain the belt squeeling sometimes & my occasional lack of battery (from not charging properly). - I've wipped it off and am gonna deal with it tomorrow morning.
Will put lots of pictures up tomorrow
*At the end of the month I intend on:
- Refurbing My Alloys
- Installing Crystal Lights on the rear
- Smoked Indicators on the front
- Leather interior