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 Been to Hemel Hempstead
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Foden
Level 4 User

Joined: 16 Mar 2004
Posts: 85

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:59 am

Yep, been there.
Met a great chap who sold me a gear box for my phase1, hope to be fitting it this Sat. if all goes well, will keep you informed of the outcome.
Cheers Reno1916v, and thanks for the door mirror, and by the way, did your mate fix his brake fluid leak?
ps. took nearly three hours to get home, stuck in the big car park! (M25)
Reno1916v
Level 2 User

Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 51

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:55 am

yes sorted out leak and also sold my blue phase 1 back to using the black chamade Laughing
Foden
Level 4 User

Joined: 16 Mar 2004
Posts: 85

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 2:31 pm

Box is great, with the help of a mate we took the subframe off changed the box and all is well!
While the subframe was off it got a good clean. I found a split in the front which i miged, a quick squirt of black paint and it don't look too bad.
Right hand rear subframe bolt had to be ground away as the captive nut was spinning, new nut and bolt fixed that problem.
Glad your mate fixed his brake fluid leak, did the copper washers fit?
Also, hope you got a good price for the blue one, looked good, not as good as the black one of course.
Cheers again mate, if your down my way, pop in!
Chris H
Forum Moderator

Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:13 pm

the subframes all split at the front.

Thought I would add that...
huwwatkins
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Joined: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 2317

Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 3:49 pm

You could have stuck a spanner on the captive nut, its what I did..
Foden
Level 4 User

Joined: 16 Mar 2004
Posts: 85

Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:24 pm

tried the spanner trick, the whole lot was solid. The bolt would just turn with a windy tool! Ground the head off the bolt and drove a chisle between the body and the bush to get the subframe down, took plenty smacks to move it.
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