Cheers dude :)Quote:
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Cheers Matrin.Quote:
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Cheers dude :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff16v
Cheers Matrin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin
Shiney and SWEET!
Nice one Benn
Nice to see it driving again dude!! bet you been looking forward to doing that for ages!!
Cool man.
Cheers Dar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dar
Its been way to long since it been driven.Quote:
Originally Posted by novaguy08
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Jay
Popped to halfords this morning and bought some plastic paint for some of the plastic trims as the cream doesnt go with the black headliner or leather... Yes thats right leather lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/IMG_7894.jpg
Seems ok... So.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/IMG_7896.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/IMG_7897.jpg
Then have been pissing about getting the bonnet pull to work, got it to work with just the dick pushed in..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...h_MVI_7895.jpg
But wouldn't work with the bonnet down. Messed about trying different set ups and crap. Gave up, came back and have finely sorted it. So that's nice nice and have tidied up the wiring and boost pipes and bits under the slam pannel.
We noticed last weekend i have a light oil leak so got under to see where its comming from. There's a nut that's screwed in to the sandwich plate, i think its leaking from around that. But while laying under there i noticed this..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/IMG_7898.jpg
Looks like its been rubbing on.... Oh :(
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/IMG_7900.jpg
Yes that's the banjo bolt from the oil cooler, funking stupid thing! This is why another reason why i've never used one before. Any one else has this prob? Any fix?
LOL @ the vid.
Looking good mate. I've been out driving in mine!
Cheers dude, had my dad in tears watching it, And good man, drive nice?
Oh thats not good news on the Banjo, nice to see it up and running!
Yeah drives nice, need a longer test drive.
Rick thinks the sandwich plate looks like its to far around..
Id replace it personally and the boltQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
What? Bolt yes.
Both the plate and the bolt
Why the plate?
Sorry not the plate the line and the bolt
Ah yeah if i really need to run it then yeah i'll have to both.
Result!! :D
Right i've pulled the cooler and sandwich plate off. The cooler had no oil in it, i wonder what temp the thermostate in the sandwich plate opens at...
Had peeps says you need the cooler others say you do... What do i do?
The shaft seems very close to the chassis tho.. Can nova tie bars be fitted on the wrong side?
Think it opens at about 100 degrees but I might be wrong. I've personally fitted them to every let conversion I've done, never an xe though.
Tie bars are same both sides. Wheel moves back a lot when you lower car so shafts obv do too. I have fitted lower front tie bar brackets etc to move the wheel back forward a bit more.
Set up is the same as before on the xe, so nothing should be different really.
Might just seem very close.
If its 100deg, then should witht he rad fan comming on and off that must be up around that so it would have opened, but the cooler didnt have any oil in it..
Coolant and Oil heat up at different rates.
100deg coolant temp will be no where near 100deg oil temp.
Oil will get much hotter when your actually driving it though the higher revs etc
Oh and im pretty sure the sandwich plate only goes on in one position???
Mine would only seem to sit in one place anyway and not rotate
Yeah but you get what i mean, its been warn enough and surely the oil gets hotter faster.. From the look of it the sandwich plate will fit anyway around...
Dude when you come down friday take a looky at mine fella, for reference if its any help.
Coming on well Benn, all these small problems are sent here to test you but it will be fine in the end no matter how much you want to smash it now lol It will be well worth it once its complete as it looks the dogs already :thumb: :thumb:
Will do dude, cheers :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Saloony
Cheers James, am much happier now its running better. The cooler probs sorted for the time as its off..lol If it really needs it i'll get any banjo bolt and fitting and get some custom pipes made up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
Hope it will look good when finished...:confused:
Amen to that we've all been at the spanner throwing stage at some point!lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
I would seriously advise fitting an oil cooler, that turbo will heat the oil up no end without one. But crack on Benn, youre nearly there mate! :D
Benn - I struggle to get my LET to run oil temps over 95 degrees. When i used to really hammer it for say 20 mins (on the road) it would just hit 95 and thats with a calibrated oil temp sensor. I never ran an oil cooler but was planning on doing it this time. Is there no way to by pass the thermostat and have it open all the time? I was going to get a sandwich plate from TX autosport, they have holes for 2x sensors and 2 x oil feeds. Not sure if they have a thermostat on them.
You know my thoughts on the cooler mate. You've got plenty of time to sort something out, maybe a Mocal remote stat, before your next Coombe outing.
Something like this setup -
An take off plate in place of the current sandwich plate and oil filter (they come in 2 types) - http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/index.php?cPath=340_527
The run your lines to a remote filter housing and obviously a stat & cooler
eg.
Remote filter plate:
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/images/RFH1Product.jpg
Oil stats:
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/images/OILSTATS.jpg
Give Rally Design a buzz as they'll know the best way to do it. May be better to run the take off to the remote filter housing then use a sandwich plate there rathr than the external stat.
Yeah have been pissed off and then chilled, as i've said on mig if its really the best then i'll fit a cooler, just check where it bolts on too and get some pipes made up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Oh right, good to know that, dont need or what the stat open all the time as that wont let the oil heat up at all which would be bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by garethcolley
As long as it will sit a bit father around it will be fine, it did seem to far around cause the big nut on the plate was pushed hard in to the block.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Tbh not gonna mess able with remove ones and stuff, a std one will and should do. Cheers tho. Mot friday....
Homo just get a mocal stat that bolts where the std vaux one does. This is what i have and you can rotate it to suit! fit on myne is spot on!
Why waist the money? When i can just fit the standard one just moved around a bit..
have you sorted /found where the bolt is rubbing?
Yeah look at the pics, its the banjo bolt for the oil cooler, for a temp fit so i can mot it i've removed the cooler and sarnie plate.
sorry fag, sure i read on the last page that it couldnt be turned?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
and to keep everything hidden and tidy a mocal cooler located in the inner wing!
Theres nothing to stop it from the look of it.. It just sits flat on the bottom.
And a std cooler sits in the inner wing...
sounds like the locating stub has snapped off, which is causing it to be able to be fitted, and tightened up at any rotation, i had one like that, but ditched it.
a new GM one has a locating stub that sticks out, and into the bottom of the oil pump, so it can only be fitted one way
Ah mine has that, but still looked like it would fit anyway...
I didnt like the std cooler, looks crap and the 2 i had leaked, mocal set up looks 100x neater, but just depends if you want to splash the cash!