benkitcher

Haha similar thing happened to me in a car park the other day, reversed out of a space, went for first but nothing :? Got me mate to push me back into me space :lol: , popped the bonnet, and the bolt had fallen out. Was nicely sat on top of the 'box. I used me spanner fingers, tightened up when back at work. Life would be boring without the rado!!!

Neil, I'm in sheffield and have similar thoughts on replacing steering parts on my VR. Before I splash out though i want to compare cars with someone else so if you want to meet up and have a comparison one day let me know. Oh and I work with jim needham, he told me about you when i bought my rado. Maybe we can get him out in his Mingi and show him what real cars are like? Ben

Fitted new header tank, tried to get rid of some rattles (failed :( ) and also found this on the front drivers arch after going to tesco this morning Why do people have to drive like complete retards and crash into my car?

Well I was originally going to use 90 brackets attached to the base and the back of the uprights, then screw down from the top of the parcel shelf supports as the wood fits nicely under the lip under the supports. However, using cardboard to make templates has works really well and once i'd carpeted them i found that if i located the top under the supports and tapped in the bottom with a hammer the flex in the supports pins them in really well. Again, give them a good tug and they'll come out, which i think is ideal if you have a bulb go. I accept that from an accustic point of veiw they're no good, but then neither is my poop head unit, poop stock wiring and poop front speakers :lol: Supreme; BMX, slicks, 100psi in the tyres and no brakes = london to brighton in no time!

Right, as a man of my word, i bring you pictures of the completion of the boot. Speakers in, sounds ok but needs a small amp i think to finish off. :D

Jay; bike has to have wheels out, luckily i've got them maxle's in me bike so its nice and easy. if you had normal bolt thru it would prob still be easier to put it on the back. As for spare, it would fit if i had one!! (Not sensible on a daily, but the RAC man likes coming out to work on a more unusual car) It doesn't need fixing if you get the front to back length right. As you can see, i did mine in 2 parts for ease of construction (also 8x4 sheets aren't wide enough) and they fit such that the back is restrained by the back of the boot and turrets, and the front has tabs that locate on the bit that sticks up before the rear footwell. Fit is snug, it doesn't move at all but if i need to get under it for any reason all i need is a little bit of muscle. Alex; I'm with you that its not as tidy as it could be, but tbh for me it serves a purpose. The car came with no rear seats and front seats that don't fold, so rears would be ornaments anyway :lol: and as said before, i like putting the bike in it and not worrying about scratching paint with a rack. To this end, its pointless making it really nice and plush as it gets covered in mud anyway I've had today off and have started on the uprights to go behind the turrets, up to back of boot. These are housing some 6x9's and are carpeted in the same material. I'll get a pic tomorrow. Ben (PS, my longest post ever)

Its not the prettiest in the world, but its ok. I got carpet from a roll end center, chipboard from b&q and a bit of glue and stuff, all in was £25. Fits a full bike well, and never have to give people lifts!

Hi, thanks for your replys guys. Kip, cheers for asking, I know old crappy wheels take up valuable space for a lot of us so fully understand your mate getting rid. Moneypit; where abouts are you? Any excuse to have a play on snake pass and i'm there :lol: Cheers

Hi Chaps, Cheeky I know, but I'm hoping someone in the S yorks area can help me out in a few weeks time (well, the start of Feb when i get paid!) by lending me a set of 4x100 wheels to trundle around on for a few days whilst i strip my schmidts and re-seal them. They're leaking air like mad now, I'm having to pump them up every few days (they'll be down to 11-12 psi within a week :shock: ) So, anyone got a spare set of wheels they wouldn't mind lending me for a few days? The shonkier the better really, it'd be fun to roll on rusty steelies if anyone's got some! :lol: Thanks in advance Ben

Stick with it i say. My VR has a pretty poor conversion from a 16v, wiring is untidy and the loom shorted and fused itself together back in october. There is very little interior and when i got it the heater matrix was bypassed. since then I've had misfires and crazy temp gague all in a couple of weeks. All this for £3k. I don't have kids or a mortgage, my only commitment is work 9-5 therefore i have plenty of free time, so i get suck in when owt goes wrong. I have the option of cycling to work if needs be so if its off the road for a few days its not problem. Oh, and i have no driveway and no garage, all work is done on a sheffield street. I use the car every day, have covered 4k miles in as many months and did 600 miles to edinburgh and back in 4 days last week. What I'm trying to say is that if you can afford the time, and have the option of not having a car for a few days try keeping it but doing bits and bobs yourself. The one thing you wont be able to do, the engine, is already done, everything else is possible no? Oh, and you can get the 'tow me anywhere' RAC option for £7 a month if all else fails! :lol:

Little update: Was going to get the false floor finanlly done over christmas, but the thing decided to start mis-firing on boxing day and the battery died on me christmas day. New battery, plugs, leads, rotor arm and dizzy cap on and shes runs beautifully again :D Drove to edinburgh and back for new year from sheffield and happy to say she did 600 trouble free miles in 4 days. Have to get some aero wipers sorted though, the A68 would have been fun if i could have seen where i was off!!

Evening chaps, I went out today to get myself a new oil filter and some oil, thinking if i just read the code off and gave it to the good halfords man he'd give me the right filter. Well having a 90 car that has a vr6 engine of unknown origin this proves difficult, and despite me trying to find the code on several occasions I've still not worked out what it is. I don't think there is a bar code on the chain cover (I'm not off out to check now anyway!) and i think thats the normal place to check. So is there another slamp on the block? Cheers in advance Ben

Are they both 18's?

Might get in trouble for suggesting this, but, Rota GTR's http://www.rarerims.co.uk/product_details_alloys.php?product_id=e1a7a1a4ea9dfdeddf7f8296ac9e696d&varient_id=c4db86e7e545c9f92ada2651ff83f4bc&colour_id=f92501fa61f50191cf9b2f51a04cf722&size_id=13&pcd_id= In bronze, on a silver rado. Got to be 18x9.5.

Yeah i got it from si, don't think the poor lad was keen to sell! I bought it wanting somehing a bit less mundane than the old a4 i was usung to do the 16 mile round trip every day, however the amount of work to get it to daily was a bit more than i expected :? Plans are just to make more reliable at the moment, heater had to be done since i was feckin freezin before. I've spent a little time on the interior today, been pricing up the flase floor too. Hopefully it'll be nice and tidy inside soonish. I'll get workin on it, get some pics :D