That'll be the custard off the road for a while then!

Should have rebuilt the engine when i had it out last time, but it seemed to run so sweetly i thought i would get away with it for a while yet, so we never touched the bottom end, but obviously i was wong with that choice

Oh well, that'll give me something interesting to do over winter then

 

Shame mate



Good luck with build

 

Bollox - Sure you will suss it out and bring it back better than before

 

but like you said,something to do over the winter.

 

perfect time for it to happen though mate, just over winter!

shouldnt take long to rebuild though. good luck.

 

another reliable cozzy then

 

damn was trying to think of something funny about a broken SHELL and BIRD'S custard.........but i couldn't


give it the steve austin build........bigger, stronger, faster

pugo

 

theres definatly potential there!

 

LOL

Im sure there is room for plenty of jokes about it, but cant think of any right now, probably not in the right frame of mind.

The downside to the timing is that ive actually got a lot on my plate at the moment anyway as i have two other cars i have to do first before i can even look at the cossie, as ive been neglecting them too long at its expense and cant continue to do so as they are more important.

Will be a good excuse for a better spec next time though, so will certainly be qiucker than ever before once i eventually can spend the time to sort it.

 

what happend mate?

did it just let go?

 

Sorry to hear that Chip, hope you get it fixed soon.

 

Like you said right time to make it more powerfull

Sorry it broke

Steve.

 

Perfect opertunity for more power dude!

Do you want an engine building?

Alex

 

There was a top end rattle (obviously due to oil pressure loss when the shell spun i guess), i limped it home with that, on the way (only about 2 miles) it developed a knock so i decided it was time to pull it apart.

Its spun a big end, havent had a chance to look at the mains yet as it was outside and started pissing it down before i got a chance to pull those off.

Crank is visibly scored though, so not going to make any difference if its spun a main or not now as if im rebuilding it then i will line bore it anyway so couldnt care less if the mains have spun too.

Shame, have been really enjoying driving it lately as well

Doesnt look like there is any reason for the failure other than just using an old engine hard, all looks worn out rather than any dramatic reason for the failure.

 

Wounder mate!

You'll sort it ok i'm sure!

 

Nice of you Alex


Will be helpful to chip having no time, but i think its money


i know that feeling

 

Thanks for the offer alex, but the way i see it, building engines is fun, and if im spending the money on the bits i want to have the fun of building it myself.

Otherwise it would be like me spending all night chatting some bird up and buying her drinks and then getting you to shag her at the end of the evening instead of doing it myself.

(awaits jokes from alex about the fact that in both cases it would mean at least the job got done properly, with the correct tools, lol)

 

sorry to hear it mate

 

Damn you spotted my angle!

Oh well in which case give me your fwd xe mini project instead

 

Next time something fucks up for you i will make sure to follow it up with demands to hand over all your worldly goods too you coont

Mini project is coming along nicely though thats one of the things i want done before i even look at the cossie!

Im just waiting to find out about a new workshop though as mine got torn down so im currently borrowing some spaces on my parents drive and a few garages, but have no proper workshop any more

 

Bugger, sorry to hear this mate

 

chip if you get a decent size workshop ill rent some space off ya to keep costs down as i got my cabrio in me garage meaning the cossie lives on the road

 

rent??? what about squatters rights, just get in there

 

FEEL FREE!

 

sorry to hear that M8,

must be something in the air, my cossie run the shaft today as well but i wont go into details on how

 

Might be a bit of a trek for you to keep going to somerset to work on it though!

 

sorry to here bout that dude , hope ya sort it and it comes bak better

 

Sorry to hear the bad news chip. Was looking forward to seeing the custard lump to brighten my day

 

Wounder!

 

I would do the normal thing at this point and start going "bloody cossies" or "i should have gone jap" or something like that, but truth is:

Old worn bottom end + lots of boost + drive like i stole it = obvious result.

 

i was looking forward to seeing the car in the flesh.

ahh well sure you will get bored of it being off the road soon and get your finger out

 

Oh Bollax !! Shonky fords

Still might have mine out by the time you fix it

Al....

 

sorry to hear this chip i was looking forward to seeing this oh well will just have to wait longer now lol

 

Feel free to pop round and see it any time you want, and bring an engine crane with you

Im not too fussed about having it on the road at the moment as probably wouldnt have driven it much through winter anyway, so will probably aim to get it back on the road about april/may time.