Back alley engine rebuild

[soothingduck]

Well my 1997 V70 T5 Auto pasted its MOT last Friday and the parts for the engine rebuild are piling up and on order soon to arrive. 3" 200 cell cat d/pipe and 2.5 s/steel Exhaust ordered off Graeme (due here about mid May-ish). Engine centre on stand by and all tools bought.

So I made a small start today with a new Volvo strut brace which as a piss poor silver paint finish.



Anyway being old and stupid I thought it would look better like this:





Bit of a rub down
2 coats of primer
rub down
4 coats of colour (stock car Orange)
rub down
3 coats of clear

Wanted to get this done early so the paint is nice and hard when I come to fit them.

[abdul]

Looking glod they woud suit my saffy

[abdul]

Shall I bring my srut brace down

[soothingduck]

Anytime for a fellow Manc just pull into the alley and watch the magic,
I also would do it for scousers if they have the receipts for the paint

[Tomcat]

Looking glod they woud suit my saffy

Umm...What?

You been at the wine gums again?

[mitchyboy01]

You going for the focus ST chavtastic look? Like it.

[merc85]

thats bright lol, at least they sent you the right one, my local dealer sent me one for a Left hand drive vehicle lol

[soothingduck]

Don't want it to go unnoticed

[artfulflounder]

Liking it....reminds me of the old malboro yamaha days....lol

[partsforvolvos.com]

that's bright!

[soothingduck]

Today I got a chance to tend to the sub-frame bushes.
I went for PFV bushes but would like them a bit stiffer,So I got some sikaflex 227 and filled the voids in them and carried on around the ring to make it a one piece one side jobby. You could use any silicone/polyurethane soft stuff will give a smaller increase in stiffness but wear out faster, harder stuff stiffer feel/last longer. But the polyurethane will bond well to the rubber so less chance of friction between the two so should last a long time (hopefully)



I will do the same to the engine mounts when I have them. The idea is just to give a " Better feel/closer connection between driver and engine" and aid handling a bit but not shake my chunks

Just need to let them cure for a couple of days,then fill the other sides. this should give them a week to go off.
I think I will be pulling the engine on Friday 9th it's getting close now

[claymore]

Or you could have fitted inserts in there, there is a member who makes them and sells them on here

[soothingduck]

yeah but they will not bond to the rubber so I think they will rub rather than act as one piece (could be talking ££££££££) so didn't fancy them.

[claymore]

They make a huge difference to the steering response

[stribo]

Or you could have fitted inserts in there, there is a member who makes them and sells them on here

Sponge did make them, I'm not sure if he still is.

[claymore]

Sponge did make them, I'm not sure if he still is.

Yep, he's still making them

[soothingduck]

They make a huge difference to the steering response

good that's the plan

[soothingduck]

Well on friday the 9th AM the last of my parts arrived,so I was about to start the next morning.went outside just for a quick look and way it up a bit so I would be ready for the morning,came in and had my tea (evening meal to you southern softies) when ten mins later BANG I had a massive heart attack along with a double lung infection. Anyway 19 days later i,m on the mend but still in the hospital.
No idea what i'm going to do now as i'm left with a lot of heart and lung damage and have been told " you will never be the man you was" I guess I'll just put it on hold for a while and see what turns up.

Anyway how about that as a update.....Bugger....Bugger....Bugger

[claymore]

Not the sort of update we like

[Doingitsideways]

Oh CRAP!!

Hope you mend well matey.

Best wishes from another Manc

Steve