15-03-2016, 09:44 AM
We actually had a sunny warm day up here yesterday so I decided to catch up on a couple of jobs on the 306 (first time this year I have worked on a car without overalls),we have a trip down to London coming up in a few weeks so I thought I had better have a wee look at the old girl.
Did an oil and filter change then removed the aux belt tensioner as the engine has been noisy/squealy for quite a long time after start since the middle of last year - yup the bearing was noisy and lots of play in it.The only replacement I could get hold of quickly was an INA one from ECP so dashed over there and got it and a new belt.
As I put on another thread it took me longer to make the wheelarch splashguards/plastic panels secure than change the tensioner LOL - as I had found they were only loosely held together by one fastener,I did not have many small bolts in my spares box and it took me ages to find a couple of small nuts/bolts to secure the panels.
The front number plate has a chunk missing (bloody pheasants
) and is rusting gently away through one of the letters (anyway its getting obscured) - So I ordered a pair of plates from NENPP on ebay - 11.99 inc postage (incl outline and GB badge) - bargain and I though worth taking a risk for that price
The plates arrived safely 3 days later and they look ok - nice thick Perspex approx. 3mm - so will try to drill them without cracking the plastic - masking tape at the ready.
Did an oil and filter change then removed the aux belt tensioner as the engine has been noisy/squealy for quite a long time after start since the middle of last year - yup the bearing was noisy and lots of play in it.The only replacement I could get hold of quickly was an INA one from ECP so dashed over there and got it and a new belt.
As I put on another thread it took me longer to make the wheelarch splashguards/plastic panels secure than change the tensioner LOL - as I had found they were only loosely held together by one fastener,I did not have many small bolts in my spares box and it took me ages to find a couple of small nuts/bolts to secure the panels.
The front number plate has a chunk missing (bloody pheasants
) and is rusting gently away through one of the letters (anyway its getting obscured) - So I ordered a pair of plates from NENPP on ebay - 11.99 inc postage (incl outline and GB badge) - bargain and I though worth taking a risk for that price The plates arrived safely 3 days later and they look ok - nice thick Perspex approx. 3mm - so will try to drill them without cracking the plastic - masking tape at the ready.