25-04-2019, 09:42 PM
(25-04-2019, 07:58 PM)Mighty306 Wrote: Hi Chris. I also have an 'R' reg 16v XSi in blaze yellow. When the GF first saw it she said it was 'baby poo' colour but is quite fond of it now! The paint on yours has come up really nice with a bit of effort.
Sounds like you have a fair bit to sort on the car. Have had to do a lot to mine. The cam belts require care on these twin cam engines & access is really limited. Seems like you're in to older cars though so must have some good spannering skills. Any questions, just ask.
Hope you get it back on the road soon & can start to enjoy it!
I will bud, thanks. found access to be tight but once i get the crane onto it and get the engine supported i can pull of the mounts and whatever to else to get at things, as well as raise and lower it as needed. can be no worse than doing it on a vw pd engine, they're tight too. ive a bit of experience on older cars, but with some of stuff ive got this is pretty fresh haha and with being low mileage things are surprisingly ok so far. might pick your brains with getting the belts tensioned properly, im hoping the tensioner has the wee indicator on it, timing belts make me nervous
