Well, Cortina is at the MOT place

[Daveyboy20]

After doin all the bushes and ball joints, new tyres etc. its getting the tracking laser aligned and then the emmisions done (hopefully, it seems to be burning more oil than it did last week need to get the new engine in really)

 

Problem is, the other day i had the 'great' idea to chop my bodged up backbox off and replace it with some ally scaffold bar from my mates work. Problem is he didnt get it to me till 10pm last night, car booked in 9am this mornin. So there i am last night with a full length scaffold bar and an angle grinder, cut it down and bodged it on but coz he didnt have time to make the bends it fouled the rear valance, had to use the end of the bar with the claw to grasp the pipe and stick the other end of the pipe over the original mount . Probably gonna fail, we'll see. After all this work it'd be annoying to fail on something stupid that ive done!

[Burns]

good luck matey

[Copey]

fingers crossed for you mate!!

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

good luck

[wolf666]

gud look mate

[Stu_B]

Good luck mate

 

If it fails at least you get to do a massive burnout, ain't nothing as good as a burnout done in anger

[Daveyboy20]

Cheers fellas, still havent hear anythin yet fingers crossed!

 

If it fails at least you get to do a massive burnout, ain't nothing as good as a burnout done in anger

 

[Daveyboy20]

Useless!! gave them the car 9am, just got a call, 4:20pm

 

Garage --"Have you had the track rod eds off mate?"

 

Me -- "Err, no, why?"

 

Garage -- "Coz they're totally seized"

 

Me -- "Have you tried using a pair of stilsons on the end and spanner on the nut?"

 

Garage -- "No. I'll try that"

 

 

What the fook?

[Burns]

sounds like a right spanner

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

so whats happened then dont they have gas bottles it woudnt be the first time ive taken a car and they heated the nut up then job done

[Daveyboy20]

Yeah they've tryed heating it, the fellas in idiot. Umming and arring when i went in, typical mechanic. I'm not gonna let a garage do any work for me again, i didnt really want to this time i just thought after doing all the work id get some 'professionals' to track it properly. So i give it to some goon who cant even remove a nut and is bound to be totting up the labour charge and hourly rate. Useless. Gave it to them at 9am yesterday, rushed about in the morning getting it ready and all they did yesterday were the emmisions Wish id just got my rulers out and done the trackin myself.

 

Can he fail my exhuast if its too loud? is there anything in the MOT that governs loudness? He was grumbling when i went in before tht it was too loud Im not very happy with this garage

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i dont think they have anything as such to test for the noise but they can be funny about it

 

on my escort it was a full 2" system straight through it did have one box at the rear but no baffles id removed them and he didnt mention it atall

 

it passed

[Copey]

HAHAHA omg!!! what the hell...and these people call themselve 'profesionals'...

[Noodles]

i did that on the tig spax all round. carbon airbox, back box straight tough passed no probs, escort failed on moisture in the head light WTF!!!!

[Copey]

i did that on the tig spax all round. carbon airbox, back box straight tough passed no probs, escort failed on moisture in the head light WTF!!!!

 

thats just petty!!

 

and the noise thing, i doubt it will fail, i mean look at the scoobys that go around, plus things with v8's etc

[Daveyboy20]

PASSED

 

Had a big chat with the fella he's sound, He reckons i should get new rackrods and nuts though as he ones on it are a bit perished but he finally sorted it anyway - jobs a goodun!

 

Drives brilliantly now with the bushes ball joints and tracking ( plus sounds awesome )

 

Woohoo! 12 months ticket, cost me a bit though

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

nice one are you going to ford fair with it

[antz]

as long as its road legal

[Daveyboy20]

Not going to Ford Fair unfortunately bit short on funds at the mo, next big event though im there, want to go to some SantPod weekends soon and do run what you brung for a laugh! May get the 2.0 in soon should be quite rapid with the 4 speed 1.6 box and diff. it handles so well now its a right surprise! I cant wait to feel it with lowered suspension and uprated shocks!!

[Doc]

good luck with it mate