As it failed the mot we have been working on it.

 

First it failed on the rear fog, it has had the rear reverse light wired as a fog but it just lights up both reverse lights and not very bright so took it all out and blanked off the top reverse light so its much brighter now and you cant tell its been blanked out so thats one job done.

 

Second was to do a boost leak test, can hear a big leak coming from the passenger side low down, couldnt see it so could be near the turbo??

 

Worse fail was it has a split on the passenger side inner arch?? not sure how its happened, doesnt look like its been in a crash so not sure if someone has hit something hard and its gone but the original weld has gone so we tried to weld it up but the welder is having an off day LOL so need a new welder now :cry:

 

Its detting at higher boost so checked the timing and it was advanced slightly but not a huge amount, tbh i was expecting it to be highly advanced but was only around 17 tdc so put it back to 15.

 

Also fit new a few bits i got the other day ie new boot carpet, cardboard and spare wheel, fit the new nose panel and now ran out of time as the footie is on shortly and mikey bean should be around prestons way on them m6 with some more goodies for my car including my 99 spec front :D

 

Mike

I changed my smics today lol!!. Is it the big black thing just above the the passenger smic??

yup

i thought the carbon canister could cause minor boost leaks aswell

 

yeh it can as its part of the pressure system but its easy enough to remove :)

Great work Mike! Looks mucho nice :D

Good work Buddy.

Another update :)

 

I'm a dick :p

 

2 stupid moments on the 300 so far

 

First removed the jap kendwood double din stereo and fitted a jvc mp3 player which i was given but came with no loom, anyway found a look in the loft which fit it but wasnt the correct plug for the car so had to cut it to splice it in, easy you would think yes??? nothing i havnt done a hundred times but this time i cut the wrong end and cut the wires on the terminal that fits into the stereo back :nelson::smw: i was happily snipping wires until i realised LOL

 

Anyway after having to pop all the connectors out of the terminal block and solder them all on...again all is well and i now have a uk stereo :D

 

and for my next stupid moment.

 

my car had a big boost leak on the passenger side, was pi55ing out so over the last few weeks i have removed all the pipework to see where its coming from and nothing? so presumed it was the manifold or turbo to manifold gasket as it sounds like its coming from there.

 

So had another go a few days ago, plugged the boost leak detector in and pressurised the system with my dads stupidly big compressor and again hissing from that side so i'm under the car feeling around and cant feel anything :( then i press the dipstick in harder and the boost leak detector pops off LOL i do think i had a leak from down there but possibly fixed it when messing but i asked my dad how much pressure he was putting through the system and it was something silly so no wonder it was leaking :nana2:

 

So no more leaks for me, just need to change the o2 sensor now and the car is pretty much done apart from a good service :)

Sounds like you've been having car repair lessons from Mikey Bean! :rofl:

 

Glad it's coming along. :)

Sounds like you've been having car repair lessons from Mikey Bean! :rofl:

 

Glad it's coming along. :)

 

:nono: We don't want a mod closing his own thread now do we:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

Good work there Mike

Another update :)

 

I'm a dick :p

 

2 stupid moments on the 300 so far

 

First removed the jap kendwood double din stereo and fitted a jvc mp3 player which i was given but came with no loom, anyway found a look in the loft which fit it but wasnt the correct plug for the car so had to cut it to splice it in, easy you would think yes??? nothing i havnt done a hundred times but this time i cut the wrong end and cut the wires on the terminal that fits into the stereo back :nelson::smw: i was happily snipping wires until i realised LOL

 

Anyway after having to pop all the connectors out of the terminal block and solder them all on...again all is well and i now have a uk stereo :D

 

and for my next stupid moment.

 

my car had a big boost leak on the passenger side, was pi55ing out so over the last few weeks i have removed all the pipework to see where its coming from and nothing? so presumed it was the manifold or turbo to manifold gasket as it sounds like its coming from there.

 

So had another go a few days ago, plugged the boost leak detector in and pressurised the system with my dads stupidly big compressor and again hissing from that side so i'm under the car feeling around and cant feel anything :( then i press the dipstick in harder and the boost leak detector pops off LOL i do think i had a leak from down there but possibly fixed it when messing but i asked my dad how much pressure he was putting through the system and it was something silly so no wonder it was leaking :nana2:

 

So no more leaks for me, just need to change the o2 sensor now and the car is pretty much done apart from a good service :)

 

bloody hell Mike your losing your touch:D...when i tested mine i only took it up to working presure which is 15psi and it was the 2 rubber couplings from the tubs to the hard pipes,few turns on the double ended jubilee clips and all was well

bloody hell Mike your losing your touch:D...when i tested mine i only took it up to working presure which is 15psi and it was the 2 rubber couplings from the tubs to the hard pipes,few turns on the double ended jubilee clips and all was well

 

I think my dad was putting around 4 bar through it :rofl: so i suppose all the other connections are really good for not leaking :smash:

a nice easy fix for a change :D

a nice easy fix for a change :D

 

yea very rare with these things dave...how are you and becky mate???

Well done - your getting there matey.

Well just spent another £300 :nelson::smash:

 

Wife will kill me LOL

 

Couldnt miss out on it tbh!! full set of GTR brembos front and back for £300 :D no discs like but even with new discs its gonna be around £500 ish so i'm pleased

 

Mike

Congrats it's coming together mate, will pop down this week and have a gander, I have got some near enough new R33 GTR front pads left if you want them, they are black diamond..;)

 

cheers Jon:duffer:

Congrats it's coming together mate, will pop down this week and have a gander, I have got some near enough new R33 GTR front pads left if you want them, they are black diamond..;)

 

cheers Jon:duffer:

 

Nice one jon ;)

 

What brings you on this site bud :) hows your supra doing?

Well just spent another £300 :nelson::smash:

 

Wife will kill me LOL

 

Couldnt miss out on it tbh!! full set of GTR brembos front and back for £300 :D no discs like but even with new discs its gonna be around £500 ish so i'm pleased

 

Mike

 

BARGAIN!!!!! :bow:

Nice one jon ;)

 

What brings you on this site bud :) hows your supra doing?

 

Just visiting mate, (and keeping one eye on the Zeds forsale):cool:

Would never rule out not getting another zed...

 

Not done much else to the supe really, just little jobs really, just hoping a certain mate is gonna upgrade his single setup shortly...:nelson::hyper:

 

will see you shortly mate

 

cheers Jon

Another little job today :)

 

Fitted a mines adjustable fuel pressure regulator with gauge :cool:

 

I did have a braided fuel kit on but i didnt want to chop into it and possibly wreck it so sold that and for the time being just fitted standard fuel line.

 

So set it up to the oem fuel pressure of 43.4 psi and all it well :)

 

Then i got rained off..................again :rolleyes:

 

Not doing too much tomorrow, just boxing a few bits up that are sold ready for posting on monday then its out for several beers to watch the match and possibly stay out to make a night of it :hyper:

several beers??? thats quite precise lol

several beers??? thats quite precise lol

 

Going out at 1pm and were staying out then going to a charity do at 7pm then staying out so its going to get messy tomorrow :wack::hyper:

kewl mate, have a good time bud