legendswraith

thought a cambelt driven waterpump was odd in that case just take the accessory belt off then give the water pump pulley a wiggle if there is play in it then that is where the problem lies I have driven on dodgy water pumps before and if they let go in the middle of nowhere it will either give you an overheated engine or cost you a fortune in bottled water to keep topping it up to get you home

well you live and learn seems like bad engineering to me putting anything else on the cambelt but its obviously done for a reason but if a cambelt change exposes it then surely you are only looking at the waterpump and another hours labour max

if only i had the budget i would become the tim allen of the motoring world more power lol if only i could get free range in the machine shop again the plans i have

truly shocking must admit the captions in the corner of MOTD were humourous post game analysis ........the fight :D

now a cam belt is the only thing i will pay for through the nose if needs be because it gives the peace of mind if it does go then there is comeback on those that fitted it (within a reasonable length of time obviously)

not really gone into any depth on the is but i have never seen a motor yet that had the water pump powered by the cam belt because if it did then if the pump jammed it would blow your engine possibly. normally they are accessory driven so it should be somewhere around the belts at the front of the engine Its normally an easy job i've changed them on a cossie, a xr4x4 and a passat and its just a case of taking off the accessory drives then a few bolts and its off and as the haynes manual legend fitting is the reverse of removal unless its in a ridiculously difficult to get to place on an is then 5 hours for a remove and fit is a joke even if you did it fully with a water drain it would only add about an hour and you can get them off and on in an hour and a half the other two and a half hours must be the road test or an executive lunch

i amy well be interested matt at the minute i am getting the springs and rotors changed so this will be a case of taking stock and seeing what i need and cost. Thanks for the info fargo that guide is just what i was looking for it cleared up a few fuzzy areas i was experiencing top guide by the way thanks again for the help leg

thats ok i got failed for doing 60 when i could be doing 70 the first time theres always one tester who fails everyone the first time passed without any minors the second time but think thats cos i was being held back after failing my first test from throttling the loser :D good luck next time

so i can't put nitrous nozzles directly into the cockpit and do amateur dentistry on the side oh well :D i know it can have explosive effects if set up wrongly but i am not going to try and put 200bhp thru it was going to be sensible and i have already looked at TDi and probably will end up there but just fancy a go myself i fix jet engines for gods sake surely it can't be much harder (sounds like famous last words that innit )

In yet another hair brained scheme i am considering putting nitrous on the lex i would pay someone to do it for me but i have a real hankering to do some tinkering myself as the nights are drawing out so i reckon i want to have a dig myself prior to paying someone to sort the whole mess out for me :D so anyone know what bits you require for a full nos set up i ahve a vague idea but theres nothing worse than starting something then coming to the end and finding out you should have plumbed in a wibble valve too cheers Leg

yeah but it is on paypal as well so u can get your money back so its a gamble with a fallback

rain x is brilliant if you can drive at a constant 80mph in the wet and it does do the job its supposed too its just no good at low speeds

found this on ebay if anyone has a notion http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...7965077803&rd=1

there is a checklist for looking at the GS on the knowledgebase somewhere. Main things that crop up are wheel wobble at speed which is either brake rotors, wheel balancing or geometry set up other than that its the usual checks mines a 94 gs that had the same mileage on it as the one you are looking at and its rock solid and the best car i have owned to date even if its not the fastest good luck

hmm hovering lex well i can get my hands on a few harrier engines whos up for a 25000lbs of thrust engine swap :P cant promise you won't have to poke the nose out to see round corners though :)

with that money to spend have a look on the alienware website some really nice kit

what we could do with is a few sprayers that will do a good deal for bumpers bonnets etc if we all go to them i mean surely there has got to be a few good sprayers in each region any ideas or contacts ?

if you struggle to get omni page just give me a yell

theres something called omnipage have a look at that and tell me if its what you are after and i will check my resources

right so its pre scanned and on your system will have a look

think i know what you mean similar to jubilees but more robust and less unsightly

http://bioweb.usu.edu/computerroom/scanner/text.htm found that if its any help

could start a new thread how to A Team your lex lets see the best armoured vehicle you can make in 20 minuites with just sheet metal and a blow torch and it has to look like new as soon as you have ram raided the local tealeafs house and saved the day :D

aftershave !!! surely its the smell of optimax :D hugo boss every time

considering the spate of car thefts a batman style security system and some anti personnel rockets :P