dicky96

Uh Oh It's snowing again in Soke - has been for the last hour..... hope I can find the Z in the morning!!!!!

Coulda been worse - could have looked like a Priughini :tongue_smilie: lol

And there was me thinking it looked like a Lambo :whistling::whistling::whistling: It stopped snowing now

Now that's more like proper snow! Aint stopped all day in Stoke and still snowing now How streamlined can a Z get?

Hmmm I may have slightly got caught on the hop........ :whistling: Started last night about 7ish Still snowing like a good'un Mate of mine in Norway is laughing again on msn today, says 'you had a few cm of snow and your country stopped again didn't it Rich'. He had 1 metre last night. I didnt' even bother ask if the trains and busses and schools are running in Norway cos I know it will be 'of course' School across the road from me is open today though so perhaps not English all are pussies lol Pics outside of my house about 10:30am today

Can I have one too? Named Anna and about 22yr old will do nicely thank you

Mate of mine who is into photography (and car photo shoots in particular) had a play with one of my pics - and this is the result :cool3:

Spooted the one in the For Sale section cheers

Arn't there any SWB TT then, even auto?

Funnily enough a good friend of mine (actually his lad did the respray on my car) is also in the market for a manual SWB TT Targa to own as a road car/show car - so he can keep his eye on me at shows so he says - and is willing to pay more than that to find the right car (though not silly money, apparently he says) and I haven't managed to find one for him either so who's hoarding them lol dicky

I just thought about this - that 'stance' thing that everyone was going about on another thread - not sure what was really meant by that but does mine have any of it? dicky

Nice one guys (esp rolandas) Given the pics I probably would have given it a go However Jeff already made me a damn good offer and also said he would look at what is causng the occasionally squeeling belt and the 'dancing on a rubber duck' noise so this time she goes down to Zedworld But seriously with the great help of this forum i'm gonna do some jobs on this car for sure! dicky

Jeff I'll give you a call tomorrow I really wouldn't mind trying myself as I gotta learn more about working on this car sooner rather than later... but if you can figure out the squeeky thing that sounds like someone treading on a rubber duck once per second and also the occasional squeeling belt while you are at it then I may just as well give it a miss on this occasion (coward) lol dicky

Hmmm sounds a bit complex But perhaps though it's really is time I ought to pluck up courage and have a go at something like this with a bit of advice from here So what is it then - take the front bumper off, the air filter and stuff thats behind the headlight panel, then the radiator. The fan? (is that attached to the radiator - its behind a big plastic housing) Then there is the plastic cover over the timing belt / fan belt What after that? The water pump must be behind on one of those pulleys I assume Or is it easier than that? I can get access to a garage (full facilities, ramps etc) at the weekend when he is not working as he let me have a key so it would be a shame not to have a go I guess Actually I also have a pulley or something that makes an odd squeaking noice (like someone repeatedly trod on an inflatable duck) sometimes when the car is ticking over esp when cold - and also occasionally I get a squealing belt noise when the car starts (goes away after a few secs or a minute if you hit the accelerator, or just on it's own) sometimes this also happens a couple of mins after the car is started, and very badly when i tried to jump start my van!! Possibly I can get all that sorted while I am at it then? dicky

@DazVert Yeah i'm trying to create a show quality car that is practical for road use (not a daily runabout) but she barely gets over speed humps even now. I worry how much lower the lip would be and how long it would last, so I decided not to fit one for practical reasons However most of you on here now know i am very open to suggestions.... that's how the car ended up as it is now, so...... :cool3:

Cheers guys, yeah I really enjoyed taking the pics - will probably use the park again when the interior is done in about a month Certainly the car was causing a lot of attention! Yeah that would do about the same job m8!! Nice one BTW I know I need a new back number plate - struggling to find anywhere local who can print me one the right size as it's non standard

Did a forum search - but is there a novices guide to changing the thermostat anywhere? Seems like a lot of you guys already did this at some point or other

You would not believe (or maybe you would) the stir this caused while taking these pics.... from people asking what it was to lots of people taking their own pics on phones and even professional camera kit And of course 'what is it' 'good luck selling it' and 'how much is it'. They seemed a bit disappointed when I pointed out these pics were fore the owners forum I had a lot of fun taking the pics and rather enjoyed the attention too :blush: dicky

Though next time I will try to park her somewhere level!

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Unfortunately all of the 35 degrees were farenheit ones..... but at least it was quite bright So what to do on a day like this... Ahh I know go to the local park :cool3:

Would that still affect my car Jeff, as I have an EVC boost controller on it. Hmm actually this Zed does seem to drink fuel even compared to my old blue one. I hadn't thought about it before as the cost of fuel is higher than back in 2009 when I had my first Z - but it does seem to get through a lot of it, rather than it just costing more for the same amount... Funnily enough I do have another problem I noticed since the car was sprayed white. I was gonna post about this separately but it may be to do with what Jeff just posted? Have a look at pics below. Yesterday the car was washed and polished After a 150 mile round trip I have a sooty deposit above the exhausts. Its always the same once it is washed it just soots up again and is worse if I just run around town a bit rather than on poen roads. And always seems worse on the offside, as it is now. Would that be due to running rich as the engine does not get up to temperature? OK so I must have a stuck thermostat. How easy is it to change? After I get the car cleaned again that is lol dicky

I didnt actually stop last night on the M6 to find out! Will take the car for a bit of a run today or tomorrow and then check Rich

I'm no mechanic as I said before but I would imagine this is a thermostat problem. The car has been running cool for a while, takes a while for the temp guage to move and it only goes about 1/4" way up at best and the heaters are working but not so hot as you would think Anyway last night I took the car for her first proper run since i got her back on the road. On the open road I was only getting the temp guage up to about 1/8th but the car was running fine and we were getting some warmth from the heaters. Leaving our friends house the car eventually warmed up a bit and the heaters started blowing warmish, but coming back up the M6 very late last night outdoors was minus several degrees once out of the built up areas and once I got up to 80 or so the heaters got cooler until they were just tepid and the temp guage dropped to the bottom and wouldn't move. The car was running fine though Just checked everything this morning , I have a radiator full of water and I know there is sufficient antifreeze in So is that a thermostat problem? If so is it something I can easily change myself? Will it do any damage if the engine is cooler than it should be? cheers dicky

sorry dzx By the time I got my car fixed it's too late to come and have a drink with you as we are going out this evening Next time. dicky