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MOT

Car flew through it's MOT yesterday with no issues. Another year sorted then.

Posted by Lee on 07 April 2006 at 09:03

Hacked!!!

Website Blog got hacked again. The bastards. Put some more security on it now.

Why would anyone want to hack a personal website. More time on their hands than sense obviously.

Anyway car went OK at Wales. MOT later this week

Posted by Lee on 04 April 2006 at 22:52

2006 - Progress

Engine all back in - had water pump leak after 2 days so new water pump fitted. had a couple of minor water weeps. Had it pressure tested Monday night and now confident I've got them all. Goes much better now valve clearances all set correct.

Would take it to work but it's been non stop rain this week. Need to get some miles on it before a Wales trip planned at end of March.

Posted by Lee on 08 March 2006 at 23:20

Gallery

Gallery 4 is now up with some piccies I took whilst engine was out.

Posted by Lee on 24 February 2006 at 00:10

2006

Well engine is back in and started up great. However after 2 days the water pump let go!!! Anyway now sorted and back on the road. Will post some piccies in the gallery when I get a mo!

Posted by Lee on 20 February 2006 at 15:16

Progres

Well gearbox has returned with new layshaft and a new 3rd gear. A previous owner has drilled the box for a drain plug and smashed the magnet that was in the bottom of the maincase. This has been floating round the box!! Propshaft has been remade, bearings have been replaced in the lump, both mains and big ends. Valve clearances set today and rocker covers and water pump back on. will drop the lump off the engine stand this week and sort out the spigot bush, clutch and refit the gearbox. Barry is coming round next weekend for an engine installation day, so coming together slowly. Just need to get some new hoses and oil filter this week

Posted by Lee on 30 January 2006 at 00:13

Progress

Engine bay is now painted gloss black. Prop has gone away to be remade. Gearbox is with reconditioner. Rocker covers and sump have been painted and I have dropped a big end bearing cap to see if they need changing. No copper showing but I have decided to fit a set anyway. As soon as bits are sorted I will start putting back together.

Posted by Lee on 09 January 2006 at 23:43

Engine Bay

Well clutch is now removed and engine is sat on an engine stand in the garage. The engine bay has been cleaned, a couple of minor welds made and the whole engine bay has received a nice coat of red oxide primer.

Need to get bits now for some engine work.

Posted by Lee on 29 December 2005 at 23:46

Engine Removal

Success!! With the help of my mate Barry we successfully extracted lump, gearbox and prop yesterday. It was a struggle but now sitting on a trolley in my garage.

Posted by Lee on 13 December 2005 at 00:49

Engine removal

Weel took some photos as I prepare to take lump out either tomorrow or next weekend.

http://www.lees7.co.uk/gallery3.asp

Posted by Lee on 10 December 2005 at 18:22

Rad

Quiet on the car front for a while - but got in the garage tonight. Exhaust welded where downpipe had just started to come adrift and rad removed. Engine nearly ready to lift out

Posted by Lee on 09 December 2005 at 01:28

Website Move

Finally got around to moving the website from a tempory host. Means I can update the Rhocar section and put direct links to it when I get a minute.

Posted by Lee on 20 November 2005 at 00:54

Update

Well car came off the road in October and I have disconnected everything from the engine in preparation for dragging it out and changing the clutch and prop. Also I will re-condition the gearbox at the same time.
Unfortunately house stuff got in the way and I ended up sorting out our downstairs bathroom so my garage looks a tip at the moment. WIll sort out in the next few weeks, so I can play with the car over Christmas.

Posted by Lee on 18 November 2005 at 22:20

Disaster

Disaster !!!!! It appears my database that powers this journal has become corrupt and I have lost a couple of months postings. It looks like it was hacked into and all settings changed as well!!!
So I have now reset to an old copy of the database and I now have a daily job that pulls down a backup of the database and keeps a unique copy every day. That way I should be able to restore it at any time in the future !!!

Posted by Lee on 18 November 2005 at 22:13

Wing Mirrors

Have fitted some different wing mirrors kindly donated by my mate Barry. Brackets are a bit crude but seem to do the job. At least I can see behind me now as the last ones were next to useless

Posted by Lee on 07 July 2005 at 09:26

Water Woes

Managed to source a housing from the XR owners club (Thanks Scooby) Fitted Tues and no leaks. All is well again. Clutch release bearing is grumbling a bit, Hope it lasts to end of the summer.

Posted by Lee on 01 July 2005 at 00:13

Water Woes

Well I spoke too soon on the last blog, saying car had behaved well. Whilst in Newark I had noticed a single drop of water on front of engine. I started it up and couldn't see anything, so ignored it. Took it to work on the Monday and parked it outside when returned home. When I went to put it in the garage at night I noticed a "pool" of something underneath. Anyway on further inspection I traced it to a gasket under the temp sender housing. However on removal discovered the housing was cracked !!. Mr Ford don't sell em anymore so a post on the XR owners club forum tracked down a spare ( at a very reasonable price). Just waiting for it to turn up now.

Posted by Lee on 27 June 2005 at 09:28

Newark

Travelled to Newark for weekend. Car behaved great apart from I pulled the wire of the cigarette lighter. I fixed it on the club stand on Saturday. Also bought new gearknob, hacksawed an inch or so of gearstick on the stand as well as fitted it. It's much better now.

Posted by Lee on 20 June 2005 at 21:55

exhausts

Discovered a fuse blown for drivers sides lights. Replaced seems OK. Went to monthly meet tonight and noticed exhaust was coming adrift, where the flexible pipe meets the silencer. Friend of mine is going to mig weld it tomorrow.

Posted by Lee on 15 June 2005 at 01:27

Leccy Fan

Previously my Leccy fan was wired in to ignition. Which was fine most of the time, but if stopping for fuel on the Motorway it got a bit warm, so decided to wire it direct.

Initially wired it into the existing feed for the radio and clock (bad mistake) as only covered by 8 amp fuse, and after about half an hour driving it melted the fuse. So stopped at motor factors bought a new in-line fuse and 25 amp fuse and wired that direct. Seems all OK now.

Posted by Lee on 06 June 2005 at 09:28

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