_shaun_

price on a center console surrond posted to scotland?

the amount of time uve spent doing everything right the first time i think will really pay off on the re assembaly of it.only issue id think about is any tight joins or where bushes go might be worth blanking them from powercoating so it doesnt get to tight although am sure youve already thought of this! be really good to see it once its done certainly need to come down to one of the shows!

shes getting there! looks nice in black but i did love that gold color! each to there own tho. all i actualy need todo for japfest is change my valve stem seals and even that am strugglign to find time cant imagine having all this work todo before japfest ha!

ha ive got a cv joint todo but i think ill likely just take them up with me next time and lauch till it fails then swap it out ha. boot doesnt bother me its just the grease shit gets everywhere.

some how managed to lose the adapter for my comp tester anyone know the correct thread/pitch so i can order a new one? cheers shaun

its fine dan you can be the test monkey to see if my memory serves correct! sure you dont mind changing th boots a few times

the poly ones are ment to be pretty bad for splitting. i belive if memory serves correct it was socks that had them. id asked where he got them from when i was looking for some and he told me to stay clear as they just didnt have enough movement so just split

Ended up whipping out my spare head today just used a deep 10mm with a big magnet on it and pushed down seems to pop out the collets and grab them safely just need to think of a decent way to refit them that tool appears to be state side only so time it arrives it's abit close to fest

ha will do what valve stem seals did u you? the tool they used is a valve keeper remover. or blue point GA317 just struggling to locate one in the uk

aye thats the one i thought it would be only one way to tell really. mine are very lightly flared and work fine just depends because your on stock suspention

if its the same one am thinking thats on ebay yea they roll the arch and you can adjust the arm to flare them slightly aswell. miester do there coilovers on finance but dunno if thats something you want to get into

see i have a compressor and a comp tester which is really all you need but its only a wee baby compressor so doubt it would keep up with the demand. i have a spare head in the house so think ill do a few practice shots on it so i no what am getting myself into. from what i understand the starlet springs dont take much to compress so i dont see striping it down hard just fidigty as hell to re install

am at a comp now so found the link its here http://lextreme.com/valve_seals.html

aye its a one off rally car. you could have it made but dont expect a bill anything less than 3k+

PSSSH!!! that looks a tad on the small side to me ha!

cheers atleast i no it works ha! i take it you just fired a load of soft string down with the cams out and used a breaker bar to rotate the engine on the crank pully? did u lock it in place at all? i dont have a link but ive seen a guide on a lexus v8 and the guy uses a magnetic tool he bascily pushes it onto the spring retainer to compress the spring and its hollow with a magnet inside that attracts catches and holds the collets as they ping off. was going to look to see something like that. its a weekend car so no rush really its away to get its suspention done then theres no plans for it till japfest so provided i feel this is the best way for me ill just park the car safely somewhere and take my time.

mine are rolled and flared on solid coilovers and theres only been tiny rubbing when i had a boot full of tools and hit a bump. if its a decent arch roller just stick it on here and sell it on i often debate buying one to be honest

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to cut a long story short i need to change the valve stem seals in the car while i dont mind removing the head its the cost of the new headgasket/bolts and all the other parts am aswell changing as the car already had a new headgasket last year. that and apart from the stem seals the engine runs bang on so i dont really want to start opening it up and possibly causing issues. so who has actualy done this be it using the rope down spark plug chamber or compressed air? and is it actualy worth it or is it just a can of worms. any advise or special tools advised? not to be rude but am after people that have actualy done valve stem seals before not people whos dad's sister's cousin once done it while he was ball deep in priests daughter. cheers shaun

have you gutted the pcv valve? it only opens under vacuum so if your can is set up isnt air tight it wouldnt open the pcv valve at all and cause smoke

think am loosing it when i looked on camskill am sure it said call for prices ha! aye some places are daft my wee local tyre store has ballistic prices i asked if they could price up a set of yoko pradas and he came back with £130 a corner fitted! i laughted and said i can have have them delivered to my door for £50 a corner and its £12 for you to fit them guy replyed no you cant we cant even get them that cheap. this was at lunchtime and 10am the next morning camskills had them delivered and i walked into the shop with them and a copy of the reciept and they guy was speachless.

ahh thats not to bad to be honest i looked online and in a 15" most where quoting my £120 each tyre

i totaly forgot to send that money for the oil cap ha! give me a good deal on the oil cap and this and ill fire the pennys over now

i did suspect as much but dont ask dont get any idea if they have an RRP or its all just down to a garages mark up?

so if someone wanted to purchase a set would you be able to help? obvoiusly with some money to make it worth you/your dads time