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Location: London, England
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Newbie not so new since......
Hi,
I think I have lost some of my newbie tendancies since this last weekend which I am very pleased about so here's a quick update on my car!!!!!! Background - about 3 months ago the car started running hotter than normal and at one point during a drive it reached 250!!!!!! So with useful advice from you guys, and after getting great help from a fellow Pelicanhead back home in England (AlanUK - cheers), I decided to strip out the fan + cooling ducts etc. To my shock I found an almighty amount of ****e covering my engine and in between all the fins so that no air could flow through the engine. With the aid of some hoovers, a lot of patience and a few smart remarks from neighbours I cleaned it up - you wouldn't believe what I found in there!!! I also took the time to do some highlighting and general cleaning before re-assembly this weekend. Result - to my utter surprise the 70T started and after a 50 mile drive the temp got to around 190 - pretty good don't you think? Also, the engine now looks a little cleaner although by no means prefect but at least it looks like someone actually cares!!!!!! Next purchase should really be a drip tray to prevent this happening again. So I think I have lost some newbie tendancies and am more comfortable getting down and dirty with a 32 year old!!!!!! Next thing is to figure out how to wire my fog lamps in - they are attached to the car, but the live wire (I assume) connecting them together is not wired in - should I wire it straight to the fuse box or piggyback the headlights? Anyway - cheers for the help and suport - at least I may be able to answer questions on fans + alternatirs now (BTW it took me almost a day to remove the fan the first time since I didn't know about the ground strap!!!!!). Cheers - and here's a not so good picture of the car (not sure how to attach but here goes nothing). Gareth
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07-22-2002, 01:16 AM
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Congratulations on your successful weekend. Before you know it you'll be stripping the engine and rebuilding the gearbox_grin.
The car looks great in the pic and that looks like a rather nice good old english country pub. Cheers Alan.UK |
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07-22-2002, 02:29 AM
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I can never resist a quick pint in a good old country pub on a sunny Sunday afternoon!!!!!
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