So an update so to speak. The car is in need of some work so I've spent the best part of £400 in bits.........
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Rear Pads and Drilled/Grooved Discs
Front Wheel Bearings
Both Driveshafts
ARB Polybushes
40MM Apex Springs
Strut Top Mounts & Bearings
Kam Racing Linkages
OBP Quickshift
Rocker Cover Gasket
MK2 Airbox with K&N Panel Filter
Millers Fully Synth Engine Oil
Fuchs Fully Synth Gearbox Oil
So I cracked on with the rear brakes first which were a complete bastard...... The car has 116K on it and I reckon they'd never been apart since the came off the production line.
The sliders in the bottom of the calipers were seized solid, so much so that I bent them on the way out. The retaining screws for the discs were also stuck solid so they were a twat aswell!!
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While I was in there I gave the inner arches a quick blast with AS G101.... Absolutely awesome stuff. Took all of the road grime off straight away and that was at approx 10:1 dilution. I'm gonna give a proper going over before winter I think.
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Once I've sorted the rust which luckily is recoverable. Had a good poke around today and found that although there is moisture trapped in the inner arch it hasn't eaten away too much at the points that commonly go. Boot floor is good and chassis beams are solid too.
Rain stopped play so after it stopped lashing down I did the Rpcker Gasket and Oil + Filter change. Millers fully synth has completely changed the running of the engine, a lot quieter, smoother and pulls noticeably better.
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That's it for now........ Next is the nigh on front end rebuild.........