Bit of a crap update but update none the less haha. Finished 4th year of uni in the past few days, so just been chilling out. Means that I can do some work on the car I've been wanting to do for a while, before I go down to Coventry for my internship. Decided to mess about with my dissertation front cover before I handed it in, added a line below the title and changed my lecturer's name, I was surprised at how many people didn't notice haha.
Stripped down the front brakes, the bottom slider on both sides were sticking a bit, regreased them but not sure what else I can do to help them move a bit more freely? The pistons are moving fine and there wasn't any pitting on the sliders, they're just not returning that freely after applying the brakes.
My exhaust has been rattling a bit, doesn't sound like baffles, more that its hitting off something. Tried to find it, but once the car was up on stands it wouldn't rattle. My knocking noise is still there, I thought this might have been a droplink, so went to replace that whilst the car was up in the air, 10 minute job turned into a nightmare as usual haha. Ball joint started spinning on the droplink, and the allen key wouldn't fit. Got the grinder out to cut it off, but the track rod end was in the way. Went to take this out at the hub end to move it out the way, but the ball joint started spinning that... After an hour of hammering, got the track rod end free. Cut the ball joint side of the droplink off because I couldn't get to the back, cut a groove into the bit left to put a screwdriver in but the screwdriver wouldn't grip. Then my mole grips broke and I got pissed off haha. Went and bought new molegrips, and eventually just went mental with various tools and got the droplink off.
The drop link didn't fix it. The only thing that I've not replaced in terms of bushes is ARB and steering rack bushes, so I've ordered new ARB bushes and I'll go from there. Got a few parts I want to freshen up including a service, basically just want to make sure the car's 100% before I go down because I'll be away for 3 months. I'll be taking some basic tools down with me, so gave everything a clean and replaced the ratchet mech's (yeah I really need to get a life...).
In the mean time, I've just started cleaning the car, want to get it fully protected before I go down because I don't know if there's going to be any washing facilities down there. Started off with a full inside out clean, seats came out really well and looks almost brand new. The amount of crap that came off the DC2 recaro was disgusting, I keep my interior pretty clean so was a surprise haha. Ended up running about with just the SPG in for a few days whilst the DC2 seat dried.
All cleaned and back together.
Then came to the outside, only gave it a quick wash yesterday as I planned to machine it today but the rains been on and off all day.
The wheels need a good clay and polish too, so that's a job for tomorrow if the weathers good.
Here's a few pictures that got taken of the car up at the Monster Unit Track Night, as usual thanks to the guys who took them!
That's pretty much all, as said I leave in a month so just want to get everything sorted before then. Got a list of things to work through, everything's pretty tedious so just need to find motivation haha. On a side note, does anyone know where to get hub nuts? Honda wanted £7 each, which I'm struggling to justify...
Hope I didn't bore you too much!