good stuff

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

fitted the powder coated wishbone carriers cleaned out the area six wishbones and re greased them also fitted the powder coated front anti roll bar and fitted powerflex bushes not the floflex ones


the reason why i decided not to fit the floflex bushes, comparing them in this picture

the one on the left is the floflex bush in a unknown bracket (not a si one) the bush is a lot smaller than the powderflex bush on the right which is the same visually to the standard ford bush and fits nice and snug in the proper si bracket , the floflex bush in the proper si bracket doesnt fit snug at all and would do no favours when it comes to handling, unless fitted with 2 of the unknown ford brackets (i do have a ford part number for it if anyone wants it)






all fitted also fitted new drop links while i was at it

also decided to give the runabout a service got some tesco oil pretty cheap so thought why not

got new oil filter, sump plug washer, fuel filter and air filter



the airbox was covered in oil i checked the breathers all seemed fine so i gave it a big clean out and fitted the new filter



also cleaned out the spi unit which was also a bit dirty





thats it for the runabout now comes off the road in 2 weeks then im off to florida then come back and get the si back on the tarmac

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

Thats an interesting observation about them bushes Phil, no wonder you text me about it a while ago.

My floflex bushes seem to fit very snug in the brackets, they might be different brackets who knows, I will go check later during the week, whats the part number on it? I'll run it through microcat to see if I can find it.

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If the bracket fits the bush and the car I don't see why it matters if its an SI bracket or not.

Loving Tesco oil!

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Really good progress there phil

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Im jelous of got anti roll bar, I tried fishing my rear one up this weekend but it hasn't aged well, did you use a grinder on it or just cams it? Thats if you did it. Good work pal!

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I thought floflex only made rear ARB bushes, not front ones... that might be why

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

looks great, tell me if you notice the difference

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fifi

yeah! she runs again!! sounds pretty awesome but has a misfire and we suspect the fuel has gone stale after being sat for 2 years so on tuesday im gona take the fuel filter off and pump the old fuel out has 1/4 of a tank still in it, then put 15 litres of fresh fuel in it, put new exaust clamp on the backbox, fit the lower s brace, put the hoses on the back of the inlet fit buy a new starter motor as the old one seized and delayed starting it so i nicked the one from the runabout and then my mate un seized it te other one and iput it on the runabout and it wouldnt start so going to a get a new one on and put that on the si and the other on the runabout also i changed every gasket on the car except one and that one leaked the thermostat housing where it meet the head doh! and its not charging not sure if i removed enough powder coat on the front mount or i put one of the connections on wrong so going to try and borrow a muilti meter

the runabout comes off the road on thursday so i gotta get the bits soon

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awesome hammond!

get them things sorted soonish then or your gonna have to live with them haha

good stuff, 2 years is along time for it to be off the road but atleast its running.

nice to know its running again

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Brilliant phil, bet you were grinning from ear to ear when she churned into life after all this time!

Really excited about seeing her at fitp again, not seen her for 2 years

Nice one mate

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nice work phil , bet it was great to hear her running again, you still on target for getting the Si on the road in april?

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Rip Ben Elvin (jam)

yeah its the same with my saph, even tho ive had that insured all the time its been off the road!

i'll be booking my mot as soon as its running again