The dog rough estate

[DeeTurbo]

Today I did the wishbone, damper on the passenger side, the rear discs and pads only to find more problems.

The dust covers for the pistons on both calipers are damaged, the sliders need greasing, the mounts axle at the front need replacing and the dam axle is shot on the drivers side!

What have I done to deserve this car?

I think the biggest plus on the car is that there is hardly any rust under the car unlike my well looked after hatchback.

After replacing the wishbones I've now found the tires scrub a lot more on the arches. Next weekend I'll be putting higher springs in so that will cure that.

A little tip when doing the passenger strut, ball joint or wishbone to stop the drive shaft popping out and pissing oil over your drive. If you tie a strap around the hub then around the front cross member or aircon pipe that will hold the hub in the right place while you work there.



I also noticed someone hadn't put the front pads in right, the anti clatter springs weren't pushing against the top of the caliper. Instead they were going through the hole.

See what I mean.


Fixed


Looks like someone had been driving with the brakes on, the back of these pads look like they've seen a lot of heat.


Crappy mounts.


Tears in the dust cover.


You can see the pads aren't wearing evenly.


New pads and discs fitted.


I broke a trox bit trying to get the disc screw out, both sides were seized in there and I had to drill them out in the end.


I also swapped the lift pump to try cure the starting issue. To my surprise when draining the old pump I found it to be full of sand!


Well the pump didn't cure it

The other things I now think it could be are HP pump, starter -spinning too slow (but I've been able to start a HDI on an almost dead battery before), timing or a dodgy FPS.

My money is on the HP pump. We will see next week when I replace it and I'll be able to check the timing then also.