After another saturday of doing bathroom DIY and nothing on the kitcar i just want to know what everyone else is up to?
I feel like im never going to get the chance to work on the car much anymore now i have far too much DIY and BABY work to do. Any one got any
idea's of how to find time do do car stuff? In the week it gets late before im finished doing house stuff and then i feel to tired to do any
garage time.
get a decorator in....
nothing that can be posted on a public forum - but the wife is just putting her clothes back on!
YAAAAAhhhOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
IKEA say no more
i went to get a can of petrol for the lawnmower but just couldnt waste it and ended up putting it in the car insted.
Set up a play pen for the baby in the garage. You know the thing a mobile made from spanners, cott from bonnet with wheel arch rockers on the
bottom.
Having spent the last 8 weekends pimping the house i'm doing bleep all today other than catching up on motorsport i've missed on sky plus and
a couple of beers.
Off to silverstone tomorrow for british gt if anyone is going?
[Edited on 16/8/08 by grazzledazzle]
Nothing.......had a rotten migraine that did'nt clear till 3pm...............
Nothing constructive, as i put my back out the other day moving a filing cabinet at work. Now back at work watching the rain come down!
fitted plastic saddle on remote to take out slack,sorted out dodgy connector on fuel guage .not a lot but got rid of a problem ,then went for a spin
to test it
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Originally posted by aerosam
nothing that can be posted on a public forum - but the wife is just putting her clothes back on!
YAAAAAhhhOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! [/quote
The window cleaner called today then !!]
worX - 16/8/08 at 04:25 PMJust went and swapped my wedding suit, because I don't fit in the one I bought 5 weeks ago!!!
13 days to go
Steve
chrisg - 16/8/08 at 04:39 PMengine mountings
And
Lager
Cheers
Chris
Stott - 16/8/08 at 04:43 PMI feel good now cos I actually went and did a bit to the car! sorting the pedal box, converting to non servo etc!
^^^^ Good luck on the wedding, enjoy! It will go far too quickly, trust me, and take a tip:
Everyone will be offering you a drink at the start of the night but you won't have enough hands, tell them "cheers, stick a pint behind the bar for me, I've got one at the moment" otherwise you'll decline a million drinks, drink all you have in your hands, then be buying your own all evening!
bilbo - 16/8/08 at 04:55 PMWell, it's been an important milestone in my build today - managed to finally fit the engine and gearbox
Had an abortive attempt last week when I managed to bend the cluch plate, but today it all went nicely. For such a big engine in such a little car, it all slipped in very well.
I'm a very happy chappy
[Edited on 16/8/08 by bilbo]
big_wasa - 16/8/08 at 05:00 PMWorking
But, extra dosh to spend on the car
smart51 - 16/8/08 at 05:16 PMMaking tailgate hinge mounts and experimenting with filler made from gelcoat and filler powder. It's good stuff actually. slightly runny so goes on easily and very sandable.
Stott - 16/8/08 at 05:17 PMThread diversion:
SWMBO has gone on a hen do, both kids have just left with their nan, fridge full of beer! job done
wonder how much I can get through and still wake at 4:30 for work............
David Jenkins - 16/8/08 at 05:21 PMWent shopping - went out for a blast in the toy car - cut out some abs sheet for rear wheel-arch protectors.
Not bad, all things considered...
BenB - 16/8/08 at 05:33 PMWent to the Q-plate meet @ the Ace Cafe then fixed an exhaust leak, tidied the garage and fabricated the adaptor plate for allow the TPS to attach to the K-tronic throttle body.....
eznfrank - 16/8/08 at 05:39 PMI wasted about £300 on a Wii, a Wii fit, Guitar Hero 3 and Wii play.
JoelP - 16/8/08 at 05:52 PMive been working today, just like i have for the last 20 days.
meany - 16/8/08 at 05:57 PMbeen at a classic and sportscar show all day......Tatton park ....be there again tomorrow all day aswell.
dr-fastlane - 16/8/08 at 06:05 PMTried to glue the side bodypanel behind the catalysator again, the heat released the glue and the alu bodypanel gets dented by it.
Thinking of re-panel the whole car again
caber - 16/8/08 at 06:10 PMBuilding a catch tank system to try and reduce oil leaks
Caber
wilkingj - 16/8/08 at 06:20 PMFixed the Fiesta rear wiper motor (caused smoke form the switch cluster).
Fixed the rear wiper on the Volvo. Shaft was seized from seal failing and the weather getting into it and corroding it up.
Unseized it, and bodged (rather well) the seal from the old fiesta wiper motor onto the Volvo shaft. Certinly wont happen again for a while.
All jobs cost me nowt but my time. All fixed from (useful) junk hoarded in the garage.
Slept most of the afternoon, and still feel tired.
Feel good about the cars, but still tired despite 11 hours sleep last night and a three more this afternoon.
Going to see the doc when I can get an appointment, as Its getting to me.
If the weather is OK tomorrow, then its a blast in the Viento, and start on the Boys Jago Geep, which I want gone from the drive (Been 2 years under a tarp).
martyn_16v - 16/8/08 at 06:23 PMBeen house hunting all day
SWMBO: Ooh, this is lovely. Big rooms, nicely decorated, good area, loads of stuff within walking distance, good schools, cheap. I like it.
ME: Garage too small. NEXT!
This could be difficult...
rusty nuts - 16/8/08 at 06:24 PMGeoff, you should have had a word with the Jago guys at Peterborough, They may have a buyer in mind?
minitici - 16/8/08 at 06:35 PMGot a Honda ATC185 trike working - blowtorch to clean spark plug
Then had a bottle of Pino Grigio - hic
davie h - 16/8/08 at 06:45 PMi've been at work all day and then home to a crazy 4 year old who wants to play power rangers and a 7 month baby that wants to be sick on me but both in bed now time for a beer
Davie
[Edited on 16/8/08 by davie h]
Stott - 16/8/08 at 07:06 PMWhich do you prefer, operation overdrive or mystic force?
It's mystic force for my 4 year old.......
StevieB - 16/8/08 at 07:16 PMI've had a good day - my wife was kind enough to voluntarily take our son to her parents for the day and stay there so I could get on ith the Indy a bit.
Managed to do some last bits of tidying to my scuttle (fitting gromets and seals for the gear linkage to go through nice and neatly) and also fitted all my clocks and switches to my Mac#1 carbon dash - it looks awsome BTW
locoR1 - 16/8/08 at 07:20 PMSpent the day doing DIY as well but mine was voluntarily
You should tell SWMBO that you'll do the decorating in winter! That's what I normally say then spend most of the winter in the garage
JUD - 16/8/08 at 08:15 PMClearing out the other half of my garage... now need to think of something to put in it.
stuart_g - 16/8/08 at 08:27 PMWent out for a long drive in the MNR with my daughter today. Loaded a new map into the power commander before going, what a difference.
I had a WRX scooby try to blow me away (emphasis on try), everytime he took his foot off the throttle flames shot out of the drainpipe he had instead of an exhaust
Dangle_kt - 16/8/08 at 08:51 PMTook a trip to machine mart to get my TIG set up and running (bench grinder, argon twin dial regulator and Arc kit - stinger and earth clamp for inverter) whilst taking my little lad for a run out/sleep for a few hours earning me the afternoon off so I could:
work on one of my two wheeled projects for a few hours (hush hush), sorted my sister in laws bio-orb(posh goldfish bowl) leak out, worked on my crf450r, then refitted the wheels to my long term restoration project on an ATC70.
been a gooooooood day - but not been near the kit car except to get my optimate trickle charger back off a mate.
DarrenW - 16/8/08 at 09:56 PMJust dug out parents front garden. 5 loads to tip so far. Another 4 to go at least. Love DIY so enjoying it.
