'01 Silver - The daily commute smile machine! (Turbo build)

[jvanzyl]

There's £3 p&p on that plug, have a look at Brands Hatch Performance and see what they have to help.

Is this the same thing?
https://shopbhp.com/products/bosch-chargecooler-connector-2-way?_pos=1&_sid=7901f05fe&_ss=r

[Call the midlife!]

Certainly looks like it..

[jvanzyl]

Certainly looks like it..

This and many other cost saving initiatives brought to up by @Call the midlife! ... thanks man!

Is the fiat radiator still what people buy for the charge cooling?

[jvanzyl]

This and many other cost saving initiatives brought to up by @Call the midlife! ... thanks man!

lol they charge £9.50 for shipping...

[Call the midlife!]

lol they charge £9.50 for shipping...

Hahahaha! Sorry, I forgot about the minimum spend shenanigans, thought you might have more to get.

[jvanzyl]

Hahahaha! Sorry, I forgot about the minimum spend shenanigans, thought you might have more to get.

Well I do! But couldn't actually find anything to get from them!

[jvanzyl]

I've now got a matching set of front and rear UR braces.. yay! Time to unmatch them.. colour wise at least!

[jvanzyl]

Some layers of primer later...

[tomaky]

Nice!!! Getting there! Toyota Greyish blue, Brilliant!!

[jvanzyl]

Another MOT done

[jvanzyl]

Finally managed to get a service done (it's been a while but not that many miles).

Oil, oil filter, air filter, maf clean and new spark plugs..

The best part was I managed to get 2/3 boys to pay a bit of attention and learn something (I think/hope) with me.

Oh and I fitted the painted strut brace as well- it does make the engine bay look a bit neater and less cluttered...

[Chilli Girl]

Great work John.

[jvanzyl]

Great work John.

Thank you!

[tomaky]

Nicely done!

[jvanzyl]

So I picked up my argon gas at lunch time today. Lovely drive there and back. A 20L bottle fits perfectly behind the seats.

[jvanzyl]

So I picked up my argon gas at lunch time today. Lovely drive there and back. A 20L bottle fits perfectly behind the seats.

just as an aside.. how tight do the nuts have to be connecting the regulator to the bottle? It's just that I thought I had them fairly tight but I still get air escaping.. do people just add plumbers tape? or just tighten till the spanner breaks kind of thing? @Carolyn

[Call the midlife!]

just as an aside.. how tight do the nuts have to be connecting the regulator to the bottle? It's just that I thought I had them fairly tight but I still get air escaping.. do people just add plumbers tape? or just tighten till the spanner breaks kind of thing? @Carolyn

Are they the same thread/pitch? BSP vs NPT or anything like that?

[Carolyn]

just as an aside.. how tight do the nuts have to be connecting the regulator to the bottle? It's just that I thought I had them fairly tight but I still get air escaping.. do people just add plumbers tape? or just tighten till the spanner breaks kind of thing? @Carolyn

Make sure the tapered surfaces are clean and tighten until it's gas-tight.

[AJRFulton]

Can't say I've ever had any issues with significant gas escaping a cylinder.

Usually give surface a wipe, put round a bit of PTFE tape and tighten them spanner tight (i.e. as tight as I can get the spanner without forcing it).

As previous has said, are the threads the same?

[jvanzyl]

Thanks all- threads are the same and clean and have ordered a proper size spanner and will apply some tape.

Spanner will only be here on the weekend so oh well.. patience! 

[jvanzyl]

Recent deliveries..

• Oil & Water lines
• Charge cooler pump
• Charge cooler bracket
• plug thingy for charge cooler pump
• 4x6 charge cooler cooler
• Cinquento radiator
• new normal radiator

waiting for:

• Innovate wideband sensor
• pressure sensor for EMU
• afr wiring for EMU

Still to order:
3" flexi, v band clamps, 200 cell cat, muffler and various mandrel bends to make the following:
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Then decide on bov, boost controller.. and figure out ever else I'm missing..

[jvanzyl]

Still need to figure out depth of proportions etc..
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[jvanzyl]

Tonight's drive home took an unexpected turn for the worse... a nice big bottle of milk opened up on a corner and poured out on the passenger side.

What I initially thought was bad..



Then became worse


Then I thought it was better


Then I looked at how much I'd extracted and realised how much more there was still in there..


So things basically escalated


Until they couldn't go any further


And now I'm just going to have to wait a few days for things to dry..



Definitely worth it in terms of the amount of milk I could rinse out with the hose pipe.. have no idea if I'll still be thinking that when I have to put it all back together again.

[Mezula24]

Tonight's drive home took an unexpected turn for the worse... a nice big bottle of milk opened up on a corner and poured out on the passenger side.

What I initially thought was bad..



Then became worse


Then I thought it was better


Then I looked at how much I'd extracted and realised how much more there was still in there..


So things basically escalated


Until they couldn't go any further


And now I'm just going to have to wait a few days for things to dry..



Definitely worth it in terms of the amount of milk I could rinse out with the hose pipe.. have no idea if I'll still be thinking that when I have to put it all back together again.

" No point crying over spilt milk ? "
Sometimes it definitely is.

[Topdownman]

"Daddy, I dont like vacuum cleaner milk"....