17-01-2016, 06:57 PM
So work is underway to get the house ready to rent which means I have to be out of the garage and off the driveway by the end of March. The day started with helping dad removing some furniture and I also noticed the neighbours were out so ran it up to temp to check for the knocking myself.
![[Image: IMG_20160117_122322_zpsmi8qzbdq.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_122322_zpsmi8qzbdq.jpg)
It was all good up until 90 and then it started to knock. Im not going to worry about this for now as I can get it off the driveway and get an MOT with a crap engine but will definitely need to do something before it goes anywhere near the track or any real distance. I texted tom and he said he was on his way over anyway. Later in the afternoon I came back and we got cracking... and when I say we I mean Tom doing the work and me not really achieving much apart from shearing any bolt i could get my hands on... First off Tom replaced some of the brake lines but we found that this hole in the compensator isnt the standard m10 fitting... hopefully tom can find one at halfords tomorrow.
![[Image: IMG_20160117_143358_zpsxn2wvtrl.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_143358_zpsxn2wvtrl.jpg)
Next up I fitted a gti6 ARB to the refurbished beam. The beam i sent to stef was off the estate and had a smaller one. This is one i picked up from grant probably at least a year ago now but its finally fitted. New seals on and I did grease it up after taking the photo.
![[Image: IMG_20160117_153506_zpsxmt1rqr9.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_153506_zpsxmt1rqr9.jpg)
Tom then whipped out a surprise belated christmas present!
I can probably fit these myself!
![[Image: IMG_20160117_160513_zpsc4xsthqz.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_160513_zpsc4xsthqz.jpg)
The load compensator is super confusing but it seems to fit. We have no idea how it is meant to sit or how much pressure is meant to be on it. We salvaged two calliper brake lines from another beam which saved us making those up. Also note the red braided lines which Ive probably had for 2 or 3 years now but never made it onto any of my previous cars.
![[Image: IMG_20160117_160553_zpsajehpvfc.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_160553_zpsajehpvfc.jpg)
We got the beam up to the car and bolted it on. Solid beam mounts were added some time back so it will be interesting to see how the car handles with those. It was getting dark as we dropped the car down and I decided I wanted to ditch the yellow cyclones and put on my shadow chrome ones. Dark photos but I think it looks a lot better!
![[Image: IMG_20160117_164341_zpsmdsncez5.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_164341_zpsmdsncez5.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_20160117_164401_zpsomlf8uwf.jpg]](http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z327/srowell3/IMG_20160117_164401_zpsomlf8uwf.jpg)
As per usual big thanks to tom! It feels a lot better to have the car down on the ground. Just need to sort the last brake lines and work out how the compensator should be setup, fit some decent callipers, bleed the system, replace the exhaust and we should be able to go for a quick test drive.
It was all good up until 90 and then it started to knock. Im not going to worry about this for now as I can get it off the driveway and get an MOT with a crap engine but will definitely need to do something before it goes anywhere near the track or any real distance. I texted tom and he said he was on his way over anyway. Later in the afternoon I came back and we got cracking... and when I say we I mean Tom doing the work and me not really achieving much apart from shearing any bolt i could get my hands on... First off Tom replaced some of the brake lines but we found that this hole in the compensator isnt the standard m10 fitting... hopefully tom can find one at halfords tomorrow.
Next up I fitted a gti6 ARB to the refurbished beam. The beam i sent to stef was off the estate and had a smaller one. This is one i picked up from grant probably at least a year ago now but its finally fitted. New seals on and I did grease it up after taking the photo.
Tom then whipped out a surprise belated christmas present!
I can probably fit these myself! The load compensator is super confusing but it seems to fit. We have no idea how it is meant to sit or how much pressure is meant to be on it. We salvaged two calliper brake lines from another beam which saved us making those up. Also note the red braided lines which Ive probably had for 2 or 3 years now but never made it onto any of my previous cars.
We got the beam up to the car and bolted it on. Solid beam mounts were added some time back so it will be interesting to see how the car handles with those. It was getting dark as we dropped the car down and I decided I wanted to ditch the yellow cyclones and put on my shadow chrome ones. Dark photos but I think it looks a lot better!
As per usual big thanks to tom! It feels a lot better to have the car down on the ground. Just need to sort the last brake lines and work out how the compensator should be setup, fit some decent callipers, bleed the system, replace the exhaust and we should be able to go for a quick test drive.