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2025-02-03 Solid Steel Steering Rack Mount The old 3D printed solid plastic rack bushing was once again worn loose allowing the PAS rack to move around too much. Main reason is cos the PAS rack has a 0.5mm looser fitment compared to the spare manual-rack, which this plastic bushing was...

The old door stops were getting slightly worn & loose, so I cleaned & prepped some spare ones They fit more snug, without rattling & slide more smoothly

Thx for your advice Alex (y) It's good to hear that I may have the skills to venture into other professions, I just have to overcome my own anxiety to try careers I'm interested in :unsure: In other personal news, it's not been a good start to the year again :rolleyes:🫣 After a short few weeks...

All 4 brake pads & discs wearing very evenly since replacing them last year ? Front pads wearing very slowly ever since I stopped commuting to work in 2024 Rear pads hardly wear as usual Front caliper carrier rebuilt with fresh rubber All 4 brake calipers fitted & fully bled. Brakes...

2025-01-21 Rebuild GTIR Front Calipers With the rear calipers recently rebuilt, it's time to rebuild the front ones All stripped apart The left caliper had a slightly torn dust boot I had two different sets of GTIR rebuild kits. One by ERT #400647 & another by Frentech B54007...

Angled the PAS hose slightly to the side to clear the M/C and engine head to stop it rubbing/buzzing The throttle cam on the spare TB sat slightly mis-aligned So I cut & welded it 1cm slimmer Now it swings smoothly Took a quick teesside pic of her at this moment before work...

good shout, I remember the facelifts have a much bigger primary cat, more material, all located close to the hot manifold to eliminate the need for secondary cat under the gearstick (which is usually cooler & useless). I'll consider grabbing a facelift cat at some point as a last resort for next...

Tday straightened the alignment & swapped back to the new manifold The mapping needs more refining cos it keeps leaning out it certain spots or requires lots of fuel trim cos of the better flowing manifold

2025-01-06 Passed MOT Booked a new MOT for the afternoon. Cleaned the dizzy cap, Recalibrated the wideband sensor incase it was reading slightly off. To warm up the whole exhaust, especially boiling away any condensation trapped in the colder backbox to reduce any steam & have better chance...

2025-01-05 Ultrasonic Clean Fuel Injectors So last night after swapping the exhaust & mapping over, I noticed during idle the fuel trim was adding upto 8-15% extra fuel just to keep it at 14.7afr, suspecting the injectors are slightly clogged at low-duty. Guides online suggest few methods to...

2025-01-04 Failed MOT Drive her up down the road to warm her up before going to the local test centre on a chilly morning. The guy did a quick check over & hooked up the emissions test. She struggled with the first fast-idle test for 30sec, reading 0.54% CO (limit 0.30%) but a good 61ppm HC...

Replaced both worn/rusty tie-rod ends with new dust boots Reinstalled the power steering rack. Instead of having a power steering cooler, I simply plumbed the return hose straight back to the reservoir to simplify and I doubt it gets that hot anyway Replaced both worn out lower ball...

Epoxy primer & grey topcoat applied Chopping the rot off the drivers wing Welded Painted Also reinforced this corner which holds the front bumper end Painted black & reassembled. Went to fill the empty tank, fuel nozzle was able to be inserted ALL the way into the filler pipe...

Chopped the rust out Some of my worst welding with paper thin rusty steel and a very cramped dark garage ?? Patched the drivers side too After grinding the welds mostly flat, it's time to mixed the epoxy primer & polyurethane top coat. They are certainly beyond their best-use-by date...

Dismantling the front end was getting extensive as I removed the LED underglow, removed PAS cooler, front wings & reroute the loom ? Drivers sill ain't too bad, simple patch up Passenger side requires a more extensive patch ?

2024-12-26 Repair Rear Left Damper Turret Time to assess this rusty left turret mount Ah, wirebrushing the rust off reveal it's worse than I thought ? Gonna have to rebuild this section Chopped the rotten section out Grinded clean the thick CO2 canister cup which I'll re-use...

For the upcoming MOT I needed to reinstall the secondary cat but first I had to cut the old flange off (was for the janspeed exhaust) Cut the spare V-band off the old manifold, which I won't be using anymore Welded the V-band onto both ends

merry christmas m8 (y)

Welded brackets onto the pipe Recreating the cowel with a stainless lid Trimmed the edges Trimming the cowel to match the angle of the opening Old pipe vs new stainless pipe fits perfectly Old fuel filler vs new filler Hopefully I won't ever have to worry about it rotting...

Hey Beth Thanks for sharing this great find What a great review & a really mint preface-lift K11 ? Enjoyed watching that