Re: Rescue alert ! Black turbo auto ? R8 ?
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 3:14 pm
Well..... Here's a long overdue update!
Apologies for the forum silence, but work has gotten just a little bit out of control. My already massively overworked team of 3 became a team of 1 (guess who) recently, which has meant I have had, at most, a couple of hours a week to play with cars!
Anyhoo..... Lets get you all caught up.
So, engine would now start up, but that meant we'd need some fluid attention:
Enter the oil flush, genuine Volvo filter (+10BHP, honest guv!) and new copper squasher washer. Result?
Healthy!
And to become more realiable, these potential smoke makers had to go...
Click the fingers.....
Finish off our service with a nice new air filter
And we're buttoned up ready to go..... Well, not for a while anyway, as we need to be able to stop as well. And a quick look at the rear brakes...
and the handbrake bias...
Suggests we're not even close to getting to the road yet.
Cables Off! (seized solid)
Which meant heatshield off
And whilst the Wheels were off.
You knew I would......
Even less surprising was that the rear shocks had long since bounced their last.
They were joined by this lot.....
Apologies for the forum silence, but work has gotten just a little bit out of control. My already massively overworked team of 3 became a team of 1 (guess who) recently, which has meant I have had, at most, a couple of hours a week to play with cars!
Anyhoo..... Lets get you all caught up.
So, engine would now start up, but that meant we'd need some fluid attention:
Enter the oil flush, genuine Volvo filter (+10BHP, honest guv!) and new copper squasher washer. Result?
Healthy!
And to become more realiable, these potential smoke makers had to go...
Click the fingers.....
Finish off our service with a nice new air filter
And we're buttoned up ready to go..... Well, not for a while anyway, as we need to be able to stop as well. And a quick look at the rear brakes...
and the handbrake bias...
Suggests we're not even close to getting to the road yet.
Cables Off! (seized solid)
Which meant heatshield off
And whilst the Wheels were off.
You knew I would......
Even less surprising was that the rear shocks had long since bounced their last.
They were joined by this lot.....