Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

[cwspellowe]

That's right, f*ck you all, you FCS12 attending barstewards. Want to see my pics from the weekend?

Here's the car being examined by the AA guy at Southwaite services. His incident report just said the word "modified" a lot and he didn't look best pleased that I didn't have a coolant bleed point on the heater matrix pipes, what with not even having any heater matrix pipes. He did a sniff test though that confirmed that yes, something between the block and head had gone and no, it wasn't going to make it more than about a mile without spewing up all its coolant again.



Once he decided he couldn't tow it, what with the lows and all that (which by the way, took about 5 seconds of him going "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, nope") he phoned in for a flat bed to come get it.

It also wouldn't fit on the flat bed. So it's 11pm, having left home at 6pm and only managing 106 miles exactly, and i've had enough, so I tell him to f*ck the bumper and just load it up. Cue lots of damaged paintwork and me signing waivers and FINALLY, at just about 12.30pm, we set off to my parents' house in Blackpool with a view to try and bodge something together with Mr Airey the next day.







So, the next day arrives, I run up to Halfords and get some horrible, horrible shit called Holts Wondarweld and nearly vomit when I open the bottle. It's nasty, filthy stuff but, with Mark's knowledgeable attitude of "f*ck it, just kill it" we fill the coolant system and add half a bottle for a dilution of 5%, the maximum recommended.

Doesn't work. Red shit everywhere, coolant still bubbling. Thermostat removed, engine stayed cold for ages but upon revving to a mere 1500rpm the thing empties itself all over my dads drive and turns it a real red oxide colour. Which he is NOT best please about.

I cry, Mark cries, everyone cries.. and Mark leaves me.

Ash23 on here dropped me a PM saturday night to say he had a decent head I could have for next to nothing but I didn't see it til Sunday morning. Cue frantic texting and phone calls to find Ash and see if he'd brought it with him and purely by chance he did. Mark, the nice lad that he is, ran it back to Blackpool along with a T55 torx bit, a breaker bar and an injector socket. Game on.

Old head







And an all too familiar sight







Finished it at 7pm last night, bit of a hiccup bleeding the fuel pump but got there eventually. Left it idling for half an hour and not a peep out of the header tank. Job done, all fixed, home time.

Bit ghey and soppy of me but massive thanks to everyone who helped me get home. Mark for his expertise and tools, Scott for hunting down Ash, Ash for taking the head on what I presume was the off chance that I'd want it...

You fellas really are a lovely bunch. f*ck you all for enjoying yourselves without me, but thanks a bunch for helping me get home. Legends.

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Good news though! I had my own FCS in Blackpool, where were you all?

I did pretty well, 2nd place in show, could have won it but for the damaged paint and the fact that MY RUBSTRIPS FELL OFF WITH THE BUMPY RIDE!?

Was being modest with 2nd place though. Was a good weekend, especially the bit where I cried