18-06-2019, 09:33 AM
Thanks fella.
I have got ratchet spanners, in 8, 10, 13, 15, 17mm. The clamp bolt was 16mm....! It would have been very difficult to get in there with one too, just because there was about enough room for my hand and nothing else. The clamp was just crusty and old.
As for the cat, well, it turns out it's a Klarius item, and the correct one they list for this car/engine. It's a god awful piece of workmanship. I'm certain the garage who fitted it shouldn't have. If you have to alter something that much, just so it doesn't fit as badly, then something is wrong.
I have my suspicion about that garage anyway. When Carl Grimsley did the cambelt, he said he couldn't see any of the writing left on it. This is a belt, supposedly changed and having done less than 10k miles since. I've every suspicion they didn't change it.
But, onwards and upwards. I do actually enjoy working through and correcting all the faults and bodges. After the cat, I think it will be about there
I have got ratchet spanners, in 8, 10, 13, 15, 17mm. The clamp bolt was 16mm....! It would have been very difficult to get in there with one too, just because there was about enough room for my hand and nothing else. The clamp was just crusty and old.
As for the cat, well, it turns out it's a Klarius item, and the correct one they list for this car/engine. It's a god awful piece of workmanship. I'm certain the garage who fitted it shouldn't have. If you have to alter something that much, just so it doesn't fit as badly, then something is wrong.
I have my suspicion about that garage anyway. When Carl Grimsley did the cambelt, he said he couldn't see any of the writing left on it. This is a belt, supposedly changed and having done less than 10k miles since. I've every suspicion they didn't change it.
But, onwards and upwards. I do actually enjoy working through and correcting all the faults and bodges. After the cat, I think it will be about there
Cherry Red Rallye - Full on OEM resto.....