Sonicriot13

I hope so. I don't really want to miss Massa winning his first race of the season now do I? :wink:

Here we go. This is more like it! :D Yeah, Raikonnen will stuff it into the barriers and Massa will break down cos they push his car too hard. :grin: Bring it. I'm gonna miss the race though as I will be at the AGM and have no means to record it. I'm sure the Ferrari boys will do me proud this time. :D

Never heard of that?! I never really got into them that much I just remeber them being in Kerrang every week when I was about 14! :lol: :D 8)

Yeah, another white one. 8) I really like them in white.

Bl**dy hell. The Wildhearts. They're a blast from the past. They still going?

I'm on my 3rd: 1. J reg G60 2. K reg 2.0 valver 3. H reg G60 8)

Here we go. This is more like it! :D

Key word in that sentence is "fantasy". :wink: :lol: Hello, my name is vwdeviant. I think it's really funny to change people's quotes in a subtle way so that you would hardly notice but in a way that corrupts the original intent of the message beyond all recognition. I also like to write really small for no apparent reason.

To make you aske questions like that! :lol: :lol: Back on topic though I can't believe the very first race has been destroyed like this. Here was me hoping there wouldn't be any of this cr@p just so Massa can win fair and square....

Deviant, what's with the really small writing at the end of all your posts?

Rebuilt the head this evening. I can't wait for it to go back on tomorrow. Still a bit of work to do before I can get it started again though. Hopefully all going well it will be finished on Saturday evening.

Everyone loved the steward's decision to move Hamilton into third place. Now the decision is against Lewis all of a sudden they are a bunch of morons who don't know what they are doing. Mmmm... that's gonna go down well. *puts flame suit on and braces for impact* :lol: :lol: :lol:

You two timing bast*rd! :censored:

Yikes! I can't imagine that not being deliberate it's so far out! :shock: :(

Cheers mate! :cheers: And I seem to be having that affect on quite a few people at the moment! :lol: Yeah, the body work is straight as anything. It is a great little car, otherwise I wouldn't be putting so much effort in. Once the engine is sorted out I can start getting through the advisories from the last MOT. :D It's called obsessive compulsive disorder! I have it to, I haavvve it tooo, I have it too, I hhhhhaaavveeeee iiiiittt tttoooooo! :tongue: Fortunately I come to my senses when contemplating having body work done! 'Cos' that costs way too much!! :shock: To get compulsive about! :gag: Hmmmm... your symptoms sound very similar to mine. I also have an inbuilt fear of body work. Unfortunately I'm running out of other things to do on the Rado.... :pale:

Ordered a load more bits this morning. God the cost is adding up now! :pale: But I have always had this thing about replacing things that probably aren't necessary. Oh well. On the plus side it's really nice to be able to work into the evenings. So... this is my life.... :( :lol: Cleaned the block up a bit today: Also got the head back from being skimmed. Looks a lot better now. Hopefully I might even be able to start rebuilding it tomorrow. Fingers crossed....

Yeah, no worries matey! :D I'll pm you my mobile number and we can sort it all out.

Ah, with ya. But only you could spot that jim! :wink: :lol:

:lol: nice choice of words What? What can possibly be wrong with that sentence?! :lol:

I'm defo taking the rado as it hasn't been on a run since G-Werks. Well up for a convoy mate or if you want a lift that's cool too. Let me know. :D

Yes mate, gonna flush out everything. Then fill with vw stuff. The list of jobs I've got planned for the next few days is pretty long. Lucy isn't gonna see much of me this week! :lol: I shall indeed be off to the AGM on Sunday. Making a stand for merchandising manager. :D You gonna be there?

True, I mustn't forget how old the thing is I suppose. Funnily enough I'm changing the coolant now.... :lol: I just can't wait until it's all done. It's gonna be a properly sorted Mk2 when I'm finished. I really should learn to stop saying that. :lol:

Nice, so someone at some point has had a water leak and instead of sorting it out they've just kept topping up the coolant with water? :bad-words:

Didn't realise that. Oh well, I'm sure the guys will sort it out. Surely they weren't there when the head was manufactured?

Well, took the head into work so I could use the tools in the workshop to clean up the surface of the head and check for warpage etc. Um, now please don't ever mistake me for an expert in such things but I'm guessing the surface that meets the head gasket needs to be as flat as possible? Well, mine is pitted. And it's worse were the gasket had gone. So I'm assuming this was the cause. Please refer to the below image to which I have rendered white "circles" using highly sophisticated photo imaging techniques to highlight the offending areas: So I dropped it off at an engine specialist this afternoon to get it skimmed. Picking it up tomorrow. Also going in to VW tomorrow to order lots of gaskets and various other things I need before putting it all back together. :D