Thought i would post a update, a little off topic but we are trading in our 2013 1.1 turbo diesel Rio for the new 2015 Cee'D 1.4 diesel, now back to the petrol sax
i have replaced all three exhaust rubbers with Kam Racing uprated ones they are about double the thickness of the originals and the mounting holes were shorter than the old ones, they hold the exhaust nicely, very stiff and has reduced movement.
Its been about a year since i put my bonnet pins on and the sea air down here on the coast has got to them, so i got some new ones but gave them a coat of clear lacquer before fitting them to hopefully slow the rust, makes a great improvement.
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Finally some might not like them but after seeing Predator's i liked the look so decided to give them ago, set of standard looking rear mud flaps, just like preds.
On to the new VTR, its done 158k and the engine looks like crap, old oil leak build up, blow from the exhaust, drivers door not locking or CL not working, drivers window falling out, bonnet not being able to close, no radio or front speakers fitted, rear speakers disconnected and the horn not working, also a flat battery.
i started by putting a spare battery i had in, then moved onto the drivers door, stripped the door card off and got my hand in there, moved the door latch and reconnected the CL and that fixed the door, i found the window guide clip in the door so replaced it with a new one, working fine now, i looked at the passenger door and decided the CL motor needs replacing, the boot CL was working fine, on to the horn removed it and plugged it into mine and tested, its broken so going to replace it, the bonnet cable was jammed under the fan mounting point, i released it but its stretched the cable you have to really pull the cable from inside to open it now, so might have to replace that not looked into if you can cut it down from inside, replaced the bonnet stay clip as it was being held up with cable ties, now onto the some real work, I've removed the rear bumper/backbox/spare wheel and cage, and disconnected and dropped the rear beam with wheels attached, giving me lots of room to cut the spare wheel cage mounts off, sand/wire brush and paint over the next few weeks, when i get some spare time
as you can see the aux belt is in bad shape noticed it when i was taking the horn off
If i can get photobucket to work for once i'll get pictures on