Nominal

And it is a lot cheaper.

Fabulous writeup!

Old Mates trying to understand the charger. 

Looks like you might need to buy it back and fix it up again.

Smoke grey or gtfo

Isn't that what @Bistro is doing?

I suppose they are building in a bit of triangulation to control side to side movement?

They don't have to be straight as there needs to be compliance in the bushings to allow wheel articulation.

Build up. Lol.

44 minutes ago, tortron said:

Have seen this with vws with broken window switches. Just always have the laptop plugged in bro vw life

I tailgated a Golf gti with the plate 321GO in the morrie today. When he could finally pass the car in front there were so many pops and bangs

/ling

9 hours ago, NOTAHO said:

Brand new belts sorted, had to do alot of work to make them fit though, 

Now to find a wof guy that's good with old cars 

Where abouts in Wellington are you? There are a couple of OS members who do wofs out Porirua/Plimmerton way.

Good to see the wagon getting some love!

Maybe wagnats ready next year?

9 hours ago, shizzl said:

Take that rental car!!!

 

boom instant depreciation haha

Heck, that's a well used rental.

On 16/02/2024 at 17:35, yoeddynz said:

Speaking of the best wheels ever made, I've still got my set of turbos to fit on the imp. Must get some tyres. 

Pinched this pic of FB just for the sponsorship

2 minutes ago, tortron said:

It's real good at keeping my shelf stuck to the ground. 

I brought it home, stripped 50nyears of grease and nicotine off it, then cleaned it ready to paint. And that's as far as I got. 

I moved it yesterday actually, so it's next on the painting list after this bike. Should have just used it as is

Yeah, cleaning up old machines is a mugs game in most cases.

Yeah, they should pay an extra tax for buying a Fiat.

I can see this in@Thousand Dollar Supercar 's future

Likely still cheaper to do an LS swap.

There is a lot of info online that might help identify where you need to shrink or stretch.

I like the allmetalshaping site as there are some very experienced people on there

e.g. first result off google 

e.g. https://www.allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?t=11929

Kent at tinmantech, MP&C and John Buchtenkirch are all worth listening to (reading)

I've done it a bit with an O/A torch, just heating a spot then cooling it with a damp rad, and also with a shrinking disk I made from something round and stainless on a sander/buffer thing. Not quite as flash as the one below though.

I've also seen a tutor get a hot spot using a car battery, some jumper leads and the carbon core from a D-cell battery.

What it means though is that on any particular day, 40% of the cars that you see on the road are not up to 'WOF Standard', so it's pretty hard to argue that 6 monthly or even yearly WOF's are 'keeping us safe' in any meaningful way.

23 minutes ago, Early jap nuter said:

Does anyone know the pass rates of wofs in general? Just say as a wof guy doing 10 wofs a day on any age car

Some stats from a couple of years ago said 40%, a lot are likely fairly BS (dud bulbs)