What did you do today?

[Hooli]

Can do, I've had that on a bike before.

[Scruffy Bodger]

Would a collapsed flexi not also cause this?

It certainly can.

[dean36014]

Spent yesterday trying to remove a simple bolt out the engine block of the Vel Satis. This needed to come out so I could insert a pin into the crank to lock it at tdc. Four fucking hours spent trying to shift it, involving hammering smaller sockets over it, blowtorch, Irwin bolt removers, more blow torch, finally dragging the welder out and welding nuts to it. The little fucker is still holding tight so I gave up, plus there's barely anything left to grip now. So cambelt done the hardway measuring tdc, finding the cam timing was slightly out and finally putting a belt on it. Gave up at 8pm last night. To be fair although it had a gates belt on it that looked distinctly past its sell by date, it had a genuine Renault water pump and tensioner. Fuck knows wether it will run again! Backs in bits today so can't finish the reassembly.

[SiC]

I'd be rather nervous starting that without having the crank locked after changing the belt!

Remember to turn the engine over a good 10-20 odd times before locking everything up. I found the belt took quite a bit to find it's natural tension with the tensioner.

[AutoshiteBoy]

Would a collapsed flexi not also cause this?

My mate was waiting for me when the car was dropped off yesterday and he stripped with calliper and brake pads. Rebuilt it all with the new pads. Bled the brakes and I did 100 miles the morning down the A19 and across the North Yorkshire moors. Theres also a third of a tank of petrol left in it, so maybe it had been binding? Anyways, its spotty dog now.

I wasn't too impressed with Matthewsons. I parked it up, completed all the paperwork and then the old man said it was too new for him. So I said I'd just take it home, no problem. He then started haggling over the reserve price I set on it. Given the last 600 there made close to £4k out the door, and I didn't think it was a patch on mine, I didn't think £1,500 was out the way. Its just had a pair of new goodyears, new battery and the like and its mint. New remote fob. Its faultless. I'll not mention what Rover 800 series do there. So I'm not too happy. I've left it there but came away feeling distinctly uneasy.

[Nibblet]

That sounds distinctly dodgy to me.

[dean36014]

I'd be rather nervous starting that without having the crank locked after changing the belt!

Remember to turn the engine over a good 10-20 odd times before locking everything up. I found the belt took quite a bit to find it's natural tension with the tensioner.

It's been turned over numerous times with the plugs out. It's not a keyway on the crank so it's only the cam pulleys that float, no dephaser either. It already had marks on the crank sprocket so I'm suspecting the last time it was changed they couldn't get the plug out either.

[AutoshiteBoy]

That sounds distinctly dodgy to me.

Especially when I'd sent them an email prior and subsequently held a conversation over the phone before bringing it down. The old man was implying he would only take it in as his son has so said in that conversation. I said 3 times that I'd happily drive it home and not convenience them further.

[red5]

Something dodgy there. tread carefully - I suspect a fiddle/tuck-up.

[PhilA]

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