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Ell Diablo - Hydraulic Clutch In
So another good, productive day today, with great weather Smile

Wrap and reverse cable turned up in the post, got the manifold wrapped. Its enough to test the patience of the best of us....

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Also put a lick of paint on the wiper arms and scuttle panel. Freshens it up nicely:

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And also bought and old shitter of a china '6. Got it cheap as the previous owner didn't have a clue and tried modding it themselves, and ruined it.

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(11-04-2014, 06:34 PM)Grant Wrote: And also bought and old shitter of a china '6. Got it cheap as the previous owner didn't have a clue and tried modding it themselves, and ruined it.

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lmao


Some good progress grant Smile
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Mate, I wouldn't try cutting a scooby tunnel in to a 306, just do the whole floor plan so you get all the suspension pick ups and that and then you can use scooby seats too Smile
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(11-04-2014, 08:42 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Mate, I wouldn't try cutting a scooby tunnel in to a 306, just do the whole floor plan so you get all the suspension pick ups and that and then you can use scooby seats too Smile

This tbh, that's how 90% of rwd stuff is done to fwd cars cut scooby one out, line upto 306, cut 306, weld in scooby floor, job done haha
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I'm not fussed about using the seats from the scooby.

I plan on using different running gear to that of the scooby as well, so mounting the engine in a standard 306 bay won't be too much of an issue.

I'm not looking for AWD front engined. It's been done a fair few times before. RWD front engined however .... Big Grin
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Update:

So yesterday Myself and Niall set about dropping the new engine in. This was abruptly stopped, as the ECU set I had for the engine, had a PH3 BSI, and mine was a PH2, meaning different plugs, so that plan had to be stopped Sad

We then took the power steering unions to Pirtek, to have a pipe made up, for the EPAS setup. The chap at Pirtek braised the wrong end of the pipe on, meaning that didn't fit. So no power steering for me.

So we tried to get the AUX belt back on, but without a P/S pump as a pulley, this proved impossible to route and tension, so I now have nothing charging my batteries.



All in all, a shit day lmao



So to spend today trying to rectify the above, and get a working car again. f*cking thing Rofl
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Bad day. Better luck for today.
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Hope you get on well today Big Grin
Doesnt even own a 306.
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Looks good though! At least that's something.

I'd be tempted to get some matt black vinyl and have a go at doing the rub strips and front and rear bumpers in matt black (much like a phase 1) so it all ties-in with the wheel arch extensions and bonnet...
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So managed to find a way of tensioning the belt. Using a cam belt tensioner ninja

Belt I bought today was the wrong length though, so got to try again tomorrow. Third time lucky and all that!




(13-04-2014, 02:25 PM)C.A.R. Wrote: Looks good though! At least that's something.

I'd be tempted to get some matt black vinyl and have a go at doing the rub strips and front and rear bumpers in matt black (much like a phase 1) so it all ties-in with the wheel arch extensions and bonnet...


I've been toying with the idea, or alternatively colour coding the arches, but i think the latter may look a bit wank....
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So.... Finally managed to get my battery charging again. 4th belt lucky. Used a camblet tensioner in the end to get it going

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Pretty much the same as this (shamelessly nicked from Dum-Dum's old HDI project) Yes that's a 6PK698 lol

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And fitted my black harnesses that I swapped with Matt for my Red ones haha. Beautifully modelled by Kola:

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Then the plan is to get the power steering up and running on Thursday. Fingers crossed
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Amazing seats. Big Grin Got some many myself. Some stickers would finish this off nicely.
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(14-04-2014, 08:45 PM)SRowell Wrote: Amazing seats. Big Grin Got some many myself. Some stickers would finish this off nicely.

Yeah you need a shopping list on your doors! :-)
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Harnesses look sweet!! I'll be putting mine in tomorrow now Smile
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Update


I have working power steering.



That is all
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So it's gone a bit quiet in here lately, due to the fact that I am re-doing the driveway at home. Bit of a mammoth, had to take 2 weeks off work to get it done. Im off 'till tuesday to try and coplete it Dodgy

How it looked easter friday:

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Brickwork and fence going up:

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13"pier to support roller garage door:

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Starting to edge up for the paving:

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Fence boarded up:

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It goes all down the side and round the back of the house, so here is how the back is standing ATM:

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Bit more edging done

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Paving going down:

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Cut in the edges
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Just gotta tackle the brickwork on the front wall today. Rain isn't helping that though Sad

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Still to do:

Pave down side and rear of house
Bed in manhole cover in back garden
Cut in all paving
Pave other side of house
Wire in lights
Finish brickwork
Level and turf law area
All the pointing



in 4 days. Woo-f*cking-hooo



And now i have nowhere to work on my car due to the fear of messing up the new paving Doh lol
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Looking very nice mate,well done ThumbsUp
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Not bad for a pikey Wink
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tidy job that, mind the oil spills though from the odd french machine.
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Good effort, I take it the paving is down on more than earth and sand?
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I hope you installed a ninja pit in that driveway, and it's just concealed by a trap door Wink
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(01-05-2014, 07:54 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Good effort, I take it the paving is down on more than earth and sand?


No. Should it be then?
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Looking great grant Big Grin

I d 2 years at college to become a qualified bricklayer.mainly did garden walls and abit of site work before the resestion hit Sad

The front will be a doddle now all you have to do is run a line and lay to that Smile
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Wanna come and make me a driveway? lol Seriously though... I need a drive.























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(01-05-2014, 08:14 PM)Grant Wrote:
(01-05-2014, 07:54 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Good effort, I take it the paving is down on more than earth and sand?


No. Should it be then?

Your the landscaper/pikey/builder, you should know.

But all the ones I've seen that are just on hard packed dirt just sink and the smaller the stones the worse it is. Even stuff that only gets foot use gets uneven within a few years. I've seen pikey block paved driveways collapse under the weight of cars within a few weeks.
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I was joking mate Wink

Theres 4 inches of type 1 crushed concrete, 3 inches of MOT scalpings, and 2 inches of concrete, then the sand and block.

Overkill, but meh.
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TBH overkill on driveways is the way forward as redoing a sub standard job especially where there is some concrete involved is a mammoth job. The driveway at my parents old house I helped do and there's about 6 inches of reinforced concrete on top of MOT. Overkill for a driveway but itll never need re doing
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Exactly. The old driveway was about 10-12 inches of sold concrete. It was solid, just looked shite. That was a bastard to get up, and took about 2 grab loads to take away.


My grans driveway has 14 inches of reinforced concrete under it, and had a camper van parked on it for 12 years, and not to mention the 5 or so cars I have stored on it. Not moved an inch.
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So not much of an update. Had a pretty epic day in the new forest today for pugfest.

Didn't clean the car as CBA, but pompeymark managed to get some decent pics none-the-less

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And also picked up these for convoying. Makes it easier than keep ringing people.

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(11-05-2014, 08:51 PM)Grant Wrote: [Image: 10259350_1445811102332225_769323388054056588_n.jpg]

Like this picture mate Smile

How's the hydraulic clutch, it's std in the 407 but didn't feel like the same bite point all the time..is that me not used to it yet or..?
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