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JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:40 pm

job done...all went well...so far so good but ill be happy after ive got a few morning cold starts out of the way before i say its cured....

job took about 3.5 hrs, thats including tea breaks and taking rain into account....bloody rain....got my big plastic sheet up and over the car...altho i forgot it is covered in oil so i got an oily car after it flapped about like mad in the wind...
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:29 am

I have a big blue tarpaulin I got from George which I use, I cable tie it to the bonnet hinges and the tow hook.

cable ties are dirt cheap from Aldi/Lidl so you don't mind chopping through them.
JB
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Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:17 am

i did once decide to put it over the bonnet as usual and then from the top of the bonnet onto top of garage...and then put bricks on it on the roof of the garage...was good, made a total working area bewteen car and garage...until the wind got up and i only just got the bricks in time before the sheet whipped them off and onto my head!
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:53 am

might have knocked some sense into you!
JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:16 pm

might have...
SpeedFreak
Level 8 User

Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 328

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:30 pm

Johnnyboy.

Drink some guiness and get on with it. Tappets will either go if you get it wrong or stay if yo8 get it right.

SLEDGEHAMMER


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JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:32 pm

errr...unless u missed my post i did do it this weekend...lol...without the aid of guiness...seems to have sorted it out...nice n quiet now, but i aint gunna hold my breath
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