Just wanted to let Everyone know what a top bloke Fiecosdan is and how i can not recommend him highly enough to any and everyone who needs anything from general mechanics to fabrication work to even mild mapping

i have been to dan a few times in the past but when i got my car back and thought i was only running 0.8 bar i had no choice but to call dan up on Christmas eve as i had a track day "donno" on the 27th of December

after a pressure test dan found that i had a few boost leeks and after a few hours sorting out minor ones some caused by me and some not we had the car boosting back at 1.8 bar holding 1.5

I then asked Dan if he would like to come to Donno with me and even offered to pay for him to be a passenger as he had been working on my car, not expecting him to come as a on call mechanic he put it on himself to load the car up with numerous tools and spares anyway

Disaster struck at donno in the way of low oil pressure and gear box problems dan did try and drop the box to get me back out on track but unfortunately the whole box had to come out

28th at about 1:00 pm i rolled round dans with the car and we set about sorting out the box

a few hours later and the box was out





the problem was the gear selector cradle that sits on the top of the gearbox had come loose, whoever tightened it up last went a little over the top and what with aggressive gear changing it had just worked its way loose

there was only 1 fucked but we decided to Heli coil all 4 the top and side blots that was knowing it would never happen again




while dan was getting busy under the car i had a thought about my breather setup and the breather pipe that is meant to go to a catch tank has always fed straight back into the inlet on the track even with the new engine in there is a puff of smoke and im willing to be my bottom dolla that the reason for this is due to the breather chucking oil thought the engine



did go to here



now blocked off



i had to make some sort of catch tank and check this out



Like a glove



also not to waste the Aeroquip i nicked a breather pot from dans gearbox that will hold fluid when its chucking it out it can go in the pot and then when it cooled down / Stops it can run back in the transfer box not needing to top it up



the hole



Dan modding the cradle to take the pipe



all on and in place



Breather pipe fitted and in position



Had to take the down pipe off to get the box out anyway so why it was off dan said i may as well have another boss fitted as i can check the AFR and have the defi Ex Temp in at the same time







once dan started to put the box back in and the car back together i got busy with some heat wrap as me and Goldbum wasn’t sure if the exhaust was boiling the gearbox oil when the anti lag was on either way its i had a load of it and it cant be a bad thing





Random jubilee clips got the job done

all fitted in



rear diff hanger pick



random shots







well at 2:30 the car was back together and ready to go

Like i said i cant thank Dan enough he is a Star and please anyone needing any work done on there car that they feel they are not 100% on Dan is more than Capable as you can see from the Above

Cheers

Ben

 

excellent work Dan.

 

Top man DAN

Ben the car looks great, your crazy to want to swap it for an EVO....wtick with it and iron out al the probs and will put a smile on your face

 

Spot on that!

 

Nice one

So what you doin about low oil pressure? did it just get too hot and oil thin out??

 

Oil is down to being 10/40 semi running in oil which needs changing for 10/50 or 60 fully i hope has been fine since to be honest was only when i was caining the cnut out of it with goldbum it become a problem

 

top man dan

 

 

i remember seein a post of one of dans exhausts he made for hes fiesta, the work he done on it was very well thought out and done for the job and also very tidy

i plan to have some work done by him in future,, seeing this post though shows me hes VERY VERY hard working and even more smarter than i already thought he was

 

 

Don't get an Evo, Escos's have a better presense IMO... Evo's are just animal



Top man Dan, good to meet you to @ Donno

 

Well done Dan mate' I can imagine you will now have a lot of private work coming your way




Grete guy well done pal

 

is a good thing isnt it

as long as he can still make time for me

 

Dan seems the kind of guy to thrive off stuff like this so im sure he wont mind in the slightest . I on the other hand have become very lazy .. Monday to Friday is enough for me lol

 

Thrive off it your not wrong you would think he would want a day off but he was at it again mapping a customers car today

 

 

Good guy

 

Cheers Ben for the writeup, and everyone else for the kind words.





And you too.

 

 

He was giving too much lip for my liking the other day

As said, Dan is a Great Guy

Steve.

 

i've had the pleasure of his wisedom and his handywork

quality sean

 

i no were to go if i need anything doin on my motor

 

Forgot to add if you like tea or coffee take a flask

Steve.

 

Fiecos Dan no worries Dan

cossie4i is what hes allways like and i got a Tea after you wen even if it did taste like Caramel

turboboss just see your post wanted to pop down and say hello but have been to unwell

jay you got it mate

 

I had 2 of you's gunning at me, i was just protecting my corner and abit more.

i did show you where the kettle was, but you turned your nose up at it.




Yeah its been tasting real poor for last couple of days.

1st i thought it was the sugar, but it ended up being the milk, well in date, and seemed ok, but once in the tea, gave it a horrid taste.
But i'm a cold drink fan, so didn't bother me to much.



B9kos and Jay. cheers.

 

top stuff dan

 

 

good to see people like this about, top work fella

the welding on the lambda boss dan done compared to the other one, lol the original boss on it looks like a monkey has welded it on. where as dans looks flawless

good work fella