Most reputable tyre or alignment places do the assessment for free. You get charged for an adjustment. Report this garage to trading standards!So what was the £50 for? Shocking.
Most reputable tyre or alignment places do the assessment for free. You get charged for an adjustment. Report this garage to trading standards!
haha you'll give me a complexProbably just the camera angle, but that thermostat looks absolutely huge or you have really small hands!
Thanks Mark, I'll take it apart and soak the part to get paint off and go from there. Hopefully it solves itThe washer jets are crimped like that from the factory to provide the spray.
You can unbolt them from the engine bay bulkhead and possibly clear the small hole in the crimped end.
I think I've got an old school version of the timing light, inherited from a customer 35 degrees you say? Magic number?WRT the dizzy timing; get a timing light if you haven't got one (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110711496588)
unplug the vacuum hose from the distributor, set the distributor so that max advance is about 35 degrees.
plug the vacuum hose back in, drive.
yep. Turns out its not 42.Thanks Mark, I'll take it apart and soak the part to get paint off and go from there. Hopefully it solves it
I think I've got an old school version of the timing light, inherited from a customer 35 degrees you say? Magic number?
Boom, quote of the dayyep. Turns out its not 42.
Cool atmospheric photo in the trees, calendar shot that!Went up to Caffeine & Machine on Wednesday for their Japanese night , some kool stuff attending, quite a few R32 GTR's,350's and some nice old Hondas , Only my Z though and the oldest car there to, they even gave me a nice space in the trees
Great news with the engine score Richie. On the clutch issue, it probably is the slave cylinder but also worth checking the master cylinder push rod seal inside the car. Had similar issue and found the master was weeping at the push rod seal inside the car. Could have got nasty if undetected.Some Dixie progress for update on that project thread, but now in a very good mood as I just scored a complete 18R-G twin cam engine for the Celica! Excellent news as it means I can do a complete engine and gearbox build without needing to lay the Celica up for months on end with no engine. I was going to convert its 18R single cam to R-G spec, but this acquisition makes the whole process much easier.
As for Z stuff, red Fairlady Z might need a new clutch slave; between use, the clutch pedal is going very soft. Pumps back up with a couple of pushes, but makes me think air is getting in somewhere.
+1 thats what happened to mine recently. my carpet was soaked in brake fluid.Great news with the engine score Richie. On the clutch issue, it probably is the slave cylinder but also worth checking the master cylinder push rod seal inside the car. Had similar issue and found the master was weeping at the push rod seal inside the car. Could have got nasty if undetected.
Thanks - I'll check this out next time I'm over there. Don't fancy the sound of that at all. Thankfully, I use Automec DOT5 brake fluid, so it won't destroy the paint and encourage rust like other fluids.Great news with the engine score Richie. On the clutch issue, it probably is the slave cylinder but also worth checking the master cylinder push rod seal inside the car. Had similar issue and found the master was weeping at the push rod seal inside the car. Could have got nasty if undetected.