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Doc
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:43 am |
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Ok, What you up to today? (again lol)
I'm just about to strip the old mans hub off to change the wheel bearing.
Firstly though Breakfast and a cuppa.
What you got planned today Chris? Still working on the Chammy or is it one of the others today? |
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Chris H
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:49 am |
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have fun getting the mondeo apart, I always find fords an arse! Have a look in the project onion thread might give you some tips! The last page of it.
Well yesterday I got all the work done I needed to really.
The blue chamade got its new handbrake cables fitted.
I put the good one on the white chamade, seems to be doing the job.
Swapped the strut.
Washed it, its super bling when clean! lol Hoovered it out as well.
I also gave meddys clio a final flush and stuck coolant in. Hes pickign it up this afternoon.
Gave bens another flush but its still going brown after a few minutes running.
I ordered a new set of points and condensor for project Y as it decided to break down on us.
It ran then started to strutter then struggled to stay running.
Plugging in the timing light showed that the ignition was dissapearing for seconds at a time.
So they will be in later on today. |
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Doc
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:00 am |
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So you've not got much to do till later?
Ford have got a funny way of conecting their struts to the hub carrier, don't you think?
Or are renaults just differant to everyone else? |
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Chris H
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:14 am |
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nah bnothing really, clearing up the mesds and need to do an invoice for meddy.
the ford strut arrangment is shit, if you look in project onion you can see the trouble I had! |
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Doc
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:20 am |
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yea seen that   . Nice to see it's not just me that gets the shitty end of the stick. 
I've got to get this done cus it's going to piss it down in a minute and I've still got to get the accelorater cable from renault and fit that. (another BONE job) |
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Doc
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:22 am |
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ok it was inevitable, I'm stuck!
The bolt holding the bottom ball joint to the hub won't budge. I've undone the nut on the other side but it won't move an inch. The bolt is a female torx so I can't get a normal bolt over it.
I thought about undoing the joint from the bottom bolts but there arnt any, just 3 round lumps. How do I undo them? |
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Chris H
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:23 am |
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I assume you mean the lower balljoint? Its riveted to the arm. Theres a pinch bolt though that goes between the that and the hub. undo that then remove the strut along with it. |
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Chris H
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:26 am |
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heres a good pic of the white chammy to cheer us all up
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Doc
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:38 am |
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| I assume you mean the lower balljoint? Its riveted to the arm. Theres a pinch bolt though that goes between the that and the hub. undo that then remove the strut along with it. |
yea the pinch bolt won't come out, I've got the nut off the other end but I can't get it out. Thats stopping me taking the hub off, everything else is off just that 1 bolt.
Can you just hit it out or do they have to screw out? |
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Chris H
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Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:56 am |
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oh that bolt, i thought you meant the to p one.
bang it out mofo! |
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