Dr_Jekyll & Mr_Hyde Estate Project

[dr_jekyll]

Couple more bits sorted today. Been having some charginging issues recently that have been intermitten. Started of seeming like belt slip. Bitch would sit and squeal every morning on start up and you could phisically watch the volts increase once the audiable noise had gone. Neglected this for a month before changing so once it had been changed and the volts were reading between 13.3 and 13.7 volts i just pressumed the battery was tired and a halfords drop test confirmed my alternator was good and battery was slack... well lets fast forward. Still havnt got a new battery yet so volts have been down and the car needed a jump this morning. Now after jumping it i decided just to bung the lead from the block to the chassis just to see if an earth had anything to do with it..... allow and behold it did [FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR] so way to make myself look like an idiot [THUMBS UP SIGN]

Top wire is the oem earth and bottom is the replacement. When i moved the battery to the boot i replaced the power cable with the thicker merc unit shown in the picture and also fashioned thos into an earth for the battery to the boot. But as stated had overlooked the engine to chassis earth so lesson learnt i suppose.

Right some people may have seen my rant about the "arie pronk" strut brace that was purchased for part of my xmas present it had been bugging the shit out of me so when i was presented with the chance today i gave it another crack.
As tom stated in the thread about this the car it was tested on was a ph1 left hooker but sold as fully compatable between left and right and all phases. Should of clocked this but i didnt.

The major problem as shown was that the strut brace pushed against the reservior comprimising the seals to the point of leaking.

So when a friend was breaking a ph1 and offered me one for free i couldnt resist the chance to have a fiddle. Now im not sure if its the way ive made my brake lines, difference between phases or master cylinders but to fit the bottle my copper lines needed to be re-bent. after that it went straight on. Re-bled the brakes, checked the sensor worked and checked for leaks. Spot on and seems fine [THUMBS UP SIGN]
So back to the brace. With the bottle no longer rubbing it seems to fit "alright" (very tight to fit)

Any way currently waiting to hear from paypal wether or not i can get a refund and have to send this back. I know the bottle seems like a pointless excersise but it was either play with the car and pretend it needed to be fixed or or clean the house [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]