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General => General discussion => Topic started by: SoundillusioN on 03 March 2013, 23:15
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Good to see you again Mr :whistle:
And there were more on their way. All of them bar the Vectra got my hands dirty, including the Golf which is hidden plus later, a focus. Packed up an hour ago! :grin:
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Love that old 3, cant see if it has another exhaust....
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Glad I left when I did then :laugh:
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Someone appears to have abandoned an Escort estate on your drive.
You should give your local council a call - they can normally get nuisance items like that removed.
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Someone appears to have abandoned an Escort estate on your drive.
You should give your local council a call - they can normally get nuisance items like that removed.
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Glad I left when I did then :laugh:
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Someone appears to have abandoned an Escort estate on your drive.
You should give your local council a call - they can normally get nuisance items like that removed.
Ah hush now, it's been far from it until yesterday. Other half's dog wagon for the last 11 years, serves it's purpose well and despite being a rot box it's very reliable.
Love that old 3, cant see if it has another exhaust....
Recently restored E21. Only one exhaust as it's only an 1800 but it's a lovely looker.
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Some have already seen the fun I was having on FB.
So while I defended the lady of house's daily I was aware of a slight miss-fire. Last night the dog wagon decided it was only going to fire on 3, I take a look and I find this.
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Where's the rest of it!?
Rest of spark plug without nut, flush in the hole.... Now what!?
(http://s22.postimage.org/94qprjjoh/Dog_Wagon_Sparks_1.jpg)
Its getting messy.
(http://s14.postimage.org/5lb2yrh35/Dog_Wagon_Sparks_4.jpg)
On the fly home made tools FTW! One of my biggest screwdrivers with the handle cut off to reveal the flat spot underneath that the plastic moulds to for the mole grips to grab on to.
(http://s23.postimage.org/ctmua9euj/Dog_Wagon_Sparks_5.jpg)
After lot's of swearing it was out, feck you Motorcraft!
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Thought it was best to remove the others, seems like the knackered one wasn't alone. :angry: This one still had half the ceramic and electrode in there so couldn't smack a tool in it. Didn't have a long enough drill bit so had to dig out as much of it as I could.
(http://s21.postimage.org/qp08wjfpz/Dog_Wagon_Sparks_7.jpg)
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Needed a different tool, time to ruin part of my bit set.
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Also made flat sides the other end for the mole grips.
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Fecking monkey metal and icing sugar ceramic.
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Last one was a biatch and after an hour I thought it was game over. Look at it!. How lucky was I with that electrode not dropping into the cylinder!
(http://s23.postimage.org/rwmi10z8r/Dog_Wagon_Sparks_13.jpg)
Cleaned up all the mess, replaced with some Germaness.
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5 hours later it was back on the road to fight another day.
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Did you copper grease the threads?
Pretty damned lucky I'd say to get even the first one out like that! A lot of the time it's a head off job.
Pretty solid engines though, don't worry about the swarf it'll just bore itself out to 1.7 litre (or 1.9 or whatever engine dependant). :grin:
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Did you copper grease the threads?
Pretty damned lucky I'd say to get even the first one out like that! A lot of the time it's a head off job.
Pretty solid engines though, don't worry about the swarf it'll just bore itself out to 1.7 litre (or 1.9 or whatever engine dependant). :grin:
Yep, I was prepping myself for a head off job.
No copper grease, never have and probably never will. Never had a problem like this with plugs I've fitted and I didn't fit the ones I had to remove. I'm not convinced copper grease is any good long term in a super hot area like this.
I'm pretty sure I did well to prevent any sh*t falling into the cylinders. Motors not bad, its an early 1600 Zetec. Only issue its given us before now was a sticking valve which was an easy fix.
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You do realise that other far superior cars are available to purchase easily, surely?
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:grin: vectra could be up for sale soon :whistle:
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Did you copper grease the threads?
Pretty damned lucky I'd say to get even the first one out like that! A lot of the time it's a head off job.
Pretty solid engines though, don't worry about the swarf it'll just bore itself out to 1.7 litre (or 1.9 or whatever engine dependant). :grin:
Yep, I was prepping myself for a head off job.
No copper grease, never have and probably never will. Never had a problem like this with plugs I've fitted and I didn't fit the ones I had to remove. I'm not convinced copper grease is any good long term in a super hot area like this.
I'm pretty sure I did well to prevent any sh*t falling into the cylinders. Motors not bad, its an early 1600 Zetec. Only issue its given us before now was a sticking valve which was an easy fix.
Nah not too bad motors really. My old boss didn't care for his one single bit. Some heavily diesely petrol caused the engine to cut out once and knock like mad. 5 mins later was absolutely fine but the oil level had shot up. :grin:
For Bristol street always grease the threads. You just knock roughly 3nm torque offf IIRC on those motors. Does help prevent seizing.
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copper slip, contains moisture, thus starting dissimilar metal corrosion :whistle:
oh and shaun, his and hers
http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=811383
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copper slip, contains moisture, thus starting dissimilar metal corrosion :whistle:
oh and shaun, his and hers
http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=811383
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Better go have a moan at the NVQ board then cause they tell ya to do it! As does NGK in some applications on the box and just give a reduced torque figure. ;)
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and - says cadburys on the side of the bus but it doesnt mean they sell it :grin:
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and - says cadburys on the side of the bus but it doesnt mean they sell it :grin:
Surely you should have gone with said beef but wasn't beef in my burger... haha :grin:
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You do realise that other far superior cars are available to purchase easily, surely?
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Yes, I would like it to be known I was no way involved in the purchase of this vehicle 10 years ago.. It owes us nothing, other people have have tried to kill it twice, written off twice! :grin: It's just a slave to us now, when it finally demands some ££££ then it shall go, until then, it will soldier on while it continues to cost very little to maintain.
copper slip, contains moisture, thus starting dissimilar metal corrosion :whistle:
oh and shaun, his and hers
http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=811383
:grin:
Yarp, greased sparks = unnecessary. FYI, these weren't really that seized, the sparks were fooked.
Good find for the his and hers, but no thank you. Anyway, the only thing that car shares is the colour, V6 :sick: cloth trim :sick: and three spokes :sick: all worse than what she has.
and - says cadburys on the side of the bus but it doesnt mean they sell it :grin:
Surely you should have gone with said beef but wasn't beef in my burger... haha :grin:
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YAY the PITA from sh!t parts.
had that happen on a few cars, out come the drill and tap set. would be suprised at how litte swarf actualy bothres and engine
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YAY the PITA from sh!t parts.
had that happen on a few cars, out come the drill and tap set. would be suprised at how litte swarf actualy bothres and engine
First time for me although I did have a Sierra many many moons ago that would let me take its sparks out prior to selling it so never bothered changing them.
I saw the top of the pistons on the escort and there was enough sooty gunk to catch any little bits that may have fallen in! :grin: