In preparation for an uncoming track day I spent the vast majority of the past 2 weekends (20hr+) working on my boy.
I (not limited to and in no particular order):
*Pulled the engine out (again).
*Angle ground a part of the cross-member which was rubbing on the exhaust.
*Flushed out the engine.
*Did a major clean up of the wiring looms
*Fixed up a loose CV boot (and wiped vast quantities of greese from the engine bay)
*Cut a very accurate hole in my bonnet
*Bolted on a very shiny bonet scoop
*Removed leaking blow off valve (I could blow down it and feel the air leaking out! )
*Plumbed blow-by to very convenient plumb-back return.
*Rust proofed to the Nth degree
*Installed the piping for teh boost gauge.
*Broke a Tie rod end (and ordered two new ones.. $$$)
*Measured up space for a nice new air filter (replacing the POS I'm currently using)
*Put the engine back in.
*Put the engine back in.
*Put the bloody engine back in!!! (took a couple of tries)
And now I feel fan-bloody-tastic! I hate my job! Office work is so bad for you! I wish I'd become a mechanic.
/end rant
(sorry about the lack of pics - my cam decided to bounce of some rather hard pavers)
How was everyone else's weekend?
A good weekend is one spent under a car
I had my first weekend off in over two weeks, so I spent most of Saturday cleaning up around the house and doing long overdue washing, before cruising round to a rockin' lil' party some friends were throwing, which saw me party hard and wake up this morning in the sack with a buxom beauty! w00t!
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- evilgidget
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I hope you both remembered each other's name in the morning, maybe even what you did...(or didn't )
I don't get wekends off. i get about half a day a week in which to do everything...
but in that half day, i did manage to take a shitload of good stuff from my ex-parts car to the mum's good strong lockup, cleaned up the place a bit (i'm still Batch'n it while the boss is in hospital), hell even managed to attend a "Pimp & Ho" theme nite at a mates place...
I don't get wekends off. i get about half a day a week in which to do everything...
but in that half day, i did manage to take a shitload of good stuff from my ex-parts car to the mum's good strong lockup, cleaned up the place a bit (i'm still Batch'n it while the boss is in hospital), hell even managed to attend a "Pimp & Ho" theme nite at a mates place...
Having a 1.5 hour each way commute means I don't get jack done during the week. My list of weekend jobs/projects just keeps getting longer.
The wife every now an then thows a "why do you bother having that Suzuki when you never do anything with it" and the scary thing is it's starting to sound reasonable. Hell, it's been registered for 2 months and I still haven't even put the new rego label on, last time I drove it was back from getting a pink slip......*sigh*
The wife every now an then thows a "why do you bother having that Suzuki when you never do anything with it" and the scary thing is it's starting to sound reasonable. Hell, it's been registered for 2 months and I still haven't even put the new rego label on, last time I drove it was back from getting a pink slip......*sigh*
JJ
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Josh seems to win on best w/e count...
Got another panel painted on my boy this w/e. I seem to be making it a very drawn out process. Still, seeing the results is quite satisfying.
Note to anyone who ever intends to drive without their tail-gate:- You will be gassed.
Got another panel painted on my boy this w/e. I seem to be making it a very drawn out process. Still, seeing the results is quite satisfying.
Note to anyone who ever intends to drive without their tail-gate:- You will be gassed.
Adam, it's ironic that you say that, as we both knew each other's names before and after, however I spent most of today filling her in on what went on! *LOL*
"All I remember was that I had fun..."
HA!
"All I remember was that I had fun..."
HA!
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- evilgidget
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I'm sure we've all had that experience at least once too often...Josh wrote:Adam, it's ironic that you say that, as we both knew each other's names before and after, however I spent most of today filling her in on what went on! *LOL*
"All I remember was that I had fun..."
HA!
SHHHHH! The walls have ears!
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well generally most weekends i work... which is cool. it gets me out of the house!!!!
but this weekend i did a whole range of stuff!!! from freezing my butt off on the bus to go view a unit to going with my friend jess to watch her u.s. navy boyfriend march at the anzac day march to playing two up and the pokies at the eastlakes club!!!!! and mid week i had to go sydney (1st time since i was 10) for a training seminar!!! (and as all good work paid for seminars go... we all ended up in a dodgy pub!!!!....damn i had fun!!!! )
but this weekend i did a whole range of stuff!!! from freezing my butt off on the bus to go view a unit to going with my friend jess to watch her u.s. navy boyfriend march at the anzac day march to playing two up and the pokies at the eastlakes club!!!!! and mid week i had to go sydney (1st time since i was 10) for a training seminar!!! (and as all good work paid for seminars go... we all ended up in a dodgy pub!!!!....damn i had fun!!!! )
I better weekend than mine!
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