16-04-2016, 08:46 PM
(This post was last modified: 19-04-2016, 04:44 PM by laurence_13.)
Finally managed to find myself another phase 1 dt, I will try my very best not to f*ck this one up!
Randomly logged onto here the other day and saw JJ0063s for sale thread, and after following various project threads of the car decided I wanted it.
Persuaded a mate to take me the 4-4.5 hour drive up to norfolk to pick it up, leaving at 3.30am... got up there trouble free, instantly fell in love with the car, had a quick look over and handed over the money!
2 hours into the journey home the temperature starts creeping up... in the 50mph average speed limit with no hard shoulder. Fuuuck. Turned on the fans and it dropped back down, reached around 100 before any hard shoulder appeared so we pulled over...
![[Image: image1_zpsls56sbit.jpg]](http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/laurence_13/image1_zpsls56sbit.jpg)
Had a fag and contemplated life for 10 minutes and let her cool down and assess the situation... right hand side of the rad had a leak, didn't have any water and both needed a piss so desperate times and all that. Then realised there was a perfectly good crystal clear puddle/pond lower down the embankment (not ideal I know) anyway, got her up to level and limped her onto the next garage, got some radweld (pikey I know) and jammed that in, bled the system and topped up coolant and hoped for the best. All seemed well so cruised on back another 2 hours and made it home, no more coolant loss and no more overheating.
![[Image: image2_zpsuq8aumtm.jpg]](http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/laurence_13/image2_zpsuq8aumtm.jpg)
Plans;
New rad.
New aux tensioner
Sort out key as its pretty manky.
Possibly start building a more serious engine out of the old XUD lump still sat in the sigma in the yard.
FMIC.
Play with the bosch pump a bit (if anyone has any info to whats actually been done to this one, would be much appreciated!)
New wheels...
Possibly a bit lower.
General tidy up!
All in all I'm dead happy to be back in a 306.. and it was well worth the 11 hour journey! Cheers JJ
Randomly logged onto here the other day and saw JJ0063s for sale thread, and after following various project threads of the car decided I wanted it.
Persuaded a mate to take me the 4-4.5 hour drive up to norfolk to pick it up, leaving at 3.30am... got up there trouble free, instantly fell in love with the car, had a quick look over and handed over the money!
2 hours into the journey home the temperature starts creeping up... in the 50mph average speed limit with no hard shoulder. Fuuuck. Turned on the fans and it dropped back down, reached around 100 before any hard shoulder appeared so we pulled over...
![[Image: image1_zpsls56sbit.jpg]](http://s655.photobucket.com/user/laurence_13/media/image1_zpsls56sbit.jpg.html)
Had a fag and contemplated life for 10 minutes and let her cool down and assess the situation... right hand side of the rad had a leak, didn't have any water and both needed a piss so desperate times and all that. Then realised there was a perfectly good crystal clear puddle/pond lower down the embankment (not ideal I know) anyway, got her up to level and limped her onto the next garage, got some radweld (pikey I know) and jammed that in, bled the system and topped up coolant and hoped for the best. All seemed well so cruised on back another 2 hours and made it home, no more coolant loss and no more overheating.
![[Image: image2_zpsuq8aumtm.jpg]](http://s655.photobucket.com/user/laurence_13/media/image2_zpsuq8aumtm.jpg.html)
Plans;
New rad.
New aux tensioner
Sort out key as its pretty manky.
Possibly start building a more serious engine out of the old XUD lump still sat in the sigma in the yard.
FMIC.
Play with the bosch pump a bit (if anyone has any info to whats actually been done to this one, would be much appreciated!)
New wheels...
Possibly a bit lower.
General tidy up!
All in all I'm dead happy to be back in a 306.. and it was well worth the 11 hour journey! Cheers JJ