What did you do on your car today?
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
cut out rust on 1/4 panels and welded in fresh steel and fixed dent on front fender !
Bad Ass ???


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Re: What did you do on your car today?
that egg shell foam you can buy, it seems to work a fair bit better than the standard sound deadening that was in. i layered the carpet over it. The foam is thick and you lose a bit of space, but all i put back there is my jumper leads, overalls, hard hat and safety boots. and i have a cover over that section so its neat any way. even looks neat without my cover.
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Birkin race car, not much is standard
Lotus Elise 111R, almost everything is standard
'75 SP 1600 with a few mods
B8 A4 Avant tdi, towing made easy
Re: What did you do on your car today?
Jack SHIT! changing oil filter tonight... missed my bug this morning, taking a train is ASS! people who put egg on their bread and eat it on the train is ASSER... people who can't understand that the carriage cannot get any more full then still try to cram into it causing you to get squashed for an hour is ASSEST!
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Put a new blue park light in my bug so that it can go through the Road Worthy 

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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Fitted the inside mirror and the new number plate R185 for 2 number plates but the law is the law
better than a R500 Fine…………………………
better than a R500 Fine…………………………

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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Adjusted brakes all round.... but left rear adjusters are stuck, to I guess tomorrow the whole drum will have to come off 

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Re: What did you do on your car today?
today spent my day stripping car and will continue tommorow after i get back from picking up king and link pins and start making my list of metal replacement sections i will be needing...
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Ghia brakes, or lack there off. Refit the reservior just to find out that the pipe between the res and the mastercylinder is leaking metal piece........ wondering know if the master was faulty.
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Did some experimentation with tin last night, as a medium for Christn's door panels... No, not as visible panels, just as back plates to be sprayed-over or covered.
Although I managed to make nice round corners, both outward and inward. I noticed that spray painting tin is a painful exercise.
I used some silver quick drying spray paint and the imperfections show incredibly quickly.
Shaping tin with some tin shears, pliers, a hammer and a hundred-and-fifty-thousand year old "bank-skroef" didn't do much in the way of helping me
avoid imperfections either.
Got a new found respect for people who do metal work and spray painting in the process though.
Although I managed to make nice round corners, both outward and inward. I noticed that spray painting tin is a painful exercise.
I used some silver quick drying spray paint and the imperfections show incredibly quickly.
Shaping tin with some tin shears, pliers, a hammer and a hundred-and-fifty-thousand year old "bank-skroef" didn't do much in the way of helping me
avoid imperfections either.
Got a new found respect for people who do metal work and spray painting in the process though.
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Pulled Petrus' engine to fix an oil leak,
Replaced the engine - still leaking.
Pulled the engine again - found a crack at no3 in the case
Bought a recon from Vee motors
Fitted the new motor
Took car for a test drive - still leaks oil
Busy pulling motor again to investigate .....
Replaced the engine - still leaking.
Pulled the engine again - found a crack at no3 in the case
Bought a recon from Vee motors
Fitted the new motor
Took car for a test drive - still leaks oil
Busy pulling motor again to investigate .....
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Looked at her ... admired her ... Longed for a sunny day when I am not at work to give her some attention, and walked past her to get to work. 

Now where was that bolt from again ...?
And do I need to weld that together?
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And do I need to weld that together?
WiP: Work in Progress (Western Cape)
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Fitted oil cooler seals upside downjmvv wrote:Pulled Petrus' engine to fix an oil leak,
Replaced the engine - still leaking.
Pulled the engine again - found a crack at no3 in the case
Bought a recon from Vee motors
Fitted the new motor
Took car for a test drive - still leaks oil
Busy pulling motor again to investigate .....
Refitted motor.
Result: One house trained Beetle
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Re: What did you do on your car today?
Didn't do anything on my car today, but got my drivers' license at long last, without buying or bribing someone for it




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