23-05-2016, 10:18 AM
Update! Yesterday Tom came over and we started doing some car things. Car jacked up. Subframe off. Stole a few bolts off the original subframe and swapped them over to the seam welded frame.Put one of the long wishbone bolts in and it broke the captive nut. ground down the sub frame to get a spanner on the nut but there was no way it was going in. turns out there are two different types of subframes and two different kind of bolts. The threads were completely different!
The original rallye frame has shorter bolts with a fat thread and washers, the PAS mount has long cylinders inside the frame and the frame itself has locating plastic cones.The later subframe has longer finer threaded bolts where the washer is built into the bolt head, shorter PAS mount cylinders, no locating tabs.
Anyway all fitted along with some Meyle HD wishbones. Front end is nice and tight but tracking is way out!
Subframe done next job was to swap out the gear fluid. Checked that we could open the breather before dropping it out the bottom. Filled up with 2L of genuine pug stuff. £16.90 from the dealer. Old stuff came out black with no metal to see. New stuff went in lovely and clear/golden.
We also went to change out the brake fluid but of course one the osr nipple snapped.
Shift light 3d printed holder also arrived but its all too small again so may complain to shapeways that im building stuff to specific sizes and its consistanly coming out about 2% smaller.
Car is now with carl chambers to have the heater matrix changed, fit braided lines, swap out the fluid and sort out the nipple.
The original rallye frame has shorter bolts with a fat thread and washers, the PAS mount has long cylinders inside the frame and the frame itself has locating plastic cones.The later subframe has longer finer threaded bolts where the washer is built into the bolt head, shorter PAS mount cylinders, no locating tabs.
Anyway all fitted along with some Meyle HD wishbones. Front end is nice and tight but tracking is way out!
Subframe done next job was to swap out the gear fluid. Checked that we could open the breather before dropping it out the bottom. Filled up with 2L of genuine pug stuff. £16.90 from the dealer. Old stuff came out black with no metal to see. New stuff went in lovely and clear/golden.
We also went to change out the brake fluid but of course one the osr nipple snapped.
Shift light 3d printed holder also arrived but its all too small again so may complain to shapeways that im building stuff to specific sizes and its consistanly coming out about 2% smaller.
Car is now with carl chambers to have the heater matrix changed, fit braided lines, swap out the fluid and sort out the nipple.