Gutted for you, you've put so much into it.

 

i know mate and im not going to put anymore time for a change

 

Anything in mind

 

unlucky mate

got to draw a line somewhere sometimes...................

 

been down the garage for five to get some of the v power out of it and use in my other car and thought i would have a little nose at the engine

right here it goes lol after we heard the noise which sounds like a knock in the car park i drove it home and on the mountain the fan belt came off and i managed to get it back on but never looked right when i put it back as it was sitting funny on the idler so managed to creep home and get it in the garage

now when i looked at it tonight i felt the crank pulley and it was very loose so think the noise could have been the pulley as i unscrewed the crank pulley nut with my hand

so it might not be the bottom end after all and just that the crank pulley nut had worked it self loose that was causing the tapping noise and for my belt to come off

so will pick up new belt tomorrow after work and fit it and make sure crank pulleys nice and tight then start it up and let it run till warm and vary revs through out if its gone i will be a very happy guy but we will see

will keep you posted guys

 

fingers crossed!!!!

 

thanks mate

 

baited breath...hope it's nowt serious

 

Come on cat, whats the result mate, Hope its all good.... Been followin this project for a long time....

 

Good luck mate, hope shes not terminal

 

REALLY do hope its nothin serious mate followed this thread from the start and its been epic be a cryin shame if it ended like this and you had to break such a beautiful motor

 

thanks for the kind words guys

right guys been down the garage tonight and got the pulley bolt tight then replaced the old belt with a new one and then started up and all sounds fine, let it run up to temp and varied the rpm and sounded OK , so will take it for a blast in a day or so and re check and listen for noise but all sounds good so far and I'm very happy bunny at the moment

 

Thats very good news Lee.

I bet you gave out a huge Phew!!!!

 

you aint half wright there kev lets hope its ok after a little drive then i'll be happy again

 

good news for a change!!

pleased for you fella

 

Great news, now no more talk of selling up

 

nope

 

Excellent!

 

RESULT

 

Good news that Lee

 

bonus

 

hi guys been messing about with the car a little and instead of running one pulley for tension of the alt/powerstreering I'm making a new bracket up and will post some pics of it soon

i have also got my hands on a cusco 6 point roll cage so will be fitting this and also selling my seats and replacing them with light weight bucket seats and good harnesses

and some pic's of my roof lining that i just recovered in black suede as there were afew marks and where i removed handles to fit cage left holes so recovered to hide these heres some pics

 

Oooooooooooooh nice

 

right guys i got the pulley sorted and bit gutted that i cut the alternator bracket a while back as i cut where i could have put a pulley so made up a bracket and mounted it to that

never took pic's as i went along but here's it finished ( the pic shows the new fixed pulley to the right of intercooler pipe )









and some pics of the cage bolted in just need to tidy a few things up etc..









problem i found is now cage is in the gauges will not fit on drivers side so i removed my radio and will try fit then there

 

Looking good Lee Going to be a proper weapon now

 

Love that headlining mate

 

thanks guys, will have it's first run tomorrow as im going to the RB day at prodrive so will get some pics

 

Good luck Lee - am sure it will go like stink!

Jag

 

thanks fella had a great day today and so did my partner and daughter

only took a few of the car as it was looking rather dirty after the long drive there





and as im welsh thought it would be funny to put a sheep in the car





had to have one of me and my daughter



and when we did the rev off and horns for r burns the anti lag left a little mark opps........ sorry

 

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