Morning

Plastering is all done just waiting for it to dry then can get cracking

broke my heart to pay £20 b & Q delivery charge grrr I miss the works van

 

so you have just had something plastered, your going to wait for it to dry and then your gonna start cracking

I wouldnt have bother having it plastered

 

sorted out somewhere to have my head helicoiled, luckily its in stockport as well so Iwill bring my head tomorrow and then I will pop out and get it helicoiled.

 

cue the smart *** comments about having my head helicoiled

 

gonna cost £35 for the head, and about £10 to have an exhaust manifold stud re tapped

 

then I have to get a head gasket set and new timing belt as well

 

also need a new oil filter, and oil as 2 of my pistons are holding a shed load of water

 

then I have the great task of trying to put it back together again

 

gonna sort out a sump oil leak as well

 

I hate torx sockets though

 

but I suppose it stops thread rounding etc etc

 

Cant believe how many nuts and bolts I have though, god knows where they go when I put things back

 

cue next adventure
"I started my car and it made a banging noise, followed by rough running and plumes of smoke"

 

bloomin head socket bolts were tight though I had to do it in 2 sittings. First one I did 6, then I had some pasta and watched the gp then I cracked the other 4

 

im gonna post a thread in technical in a min about the best way to clean pistons

 

also need to check something as my exhaust valves are all whiteish, whereas the inlets have a build up of carbon. Apparently the exhaust manifold can warp which breaks a stud, so Im thinking it could have been drawing a bit of air in there

 

gonna ring bms in a min and get the cost of a head gasket set

 

I can get one near me for about £45 which includes the head bolts. I can get them on ebay as well for about £15+ postage but they dont have the head bolts. Suppose in total I can get it for less than £30 inc head bolts from ebay, but I want to get it done this week.

Also need a new plug lead as the bottom end of it has been blown away

 

thought subarus were a money pit

 

got a cracking bruise on my little finger knuckle joint

 

bugger, though this post was going to be a page but it isnt, I have miscalculated by 10

 

wonder how Ste is getting along with his shifts

 

the offer of £20 still stands for the fridge

 

still need to put another satelitte access point in one of the rooms

 

then I can watch the tv in that room without interference

 

need to try and work out how I can stream internet tv from my computers to the main tv, then I can watch football on the big screen instead of the small screen

 

5 more to go and then thats a page

 

although it wont be a full page to myself, as mr scoobyveryclean got the corner on this page

 

im not bitter