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13 hours ago, ½cwt said:

TBH, I'd just take it off and go with the press to avoid risking damage to the casting.

I'd happily loan you my induction heater if we were closer unless you fancy meeting somewhere halfway between you and Kettering.

Thats a very kind offer, thanks very much. If I cant make progress over the next few days I might get in touch and take you up on it.

Thanks again.

12 hours ago, ½cwt said:

If you are down to hitting it, a magnetic induction heater would help a lot, it only heats the rod it is applied to not the alloy around it and some how even though het expands it allows it to slip out more easily.

You won't like this hindsight, but were you using a 6 or 12 point socket?  A 6 point is a must to reduce the chance of burring off the hex, or did the whole bolt head shear off?

Used 6 point socket. Hex was already burred, so I guess a previous owner had tried to remove the droplink using an open ended spanner on the hex, and gave up.

Induction heater would be nice, but I dont have access to one, and couldnt justify buying one for this.

Plan is to carry on drilling, and if that doesnt do it, take the hub off and take it to work and press it out.

19 hours ago, ½cwt said:

Still a slow process without an impact wrench I'm afraid even with heat.  Work it both ways to break down the corrosion trapping it in place into a powder more quickly.

Some progress of sorts today. Did the o/s/f one and it came of reasonably easily. Then went back to the nearside.

I thought I had got it moving and started to work it back and forth.......................and then the hex wrung off !

Have started drilling through it now, with 4, 5, 6 mm drill bits. Gave it a good whacking again with a lump hammer half an hour ago. It didnt budge but I managed to whack my thumb with the lump hammer, so now got that familiar throbbing, plus cuts & grazes.

Have to start a run of night shifts now so play is postponed for the moment. 

You can say that again. 🤪

Attempted to remove o/s/f drop link. Got as far as slicing the link off to access the 17mm hex. Moved it very slightly with maximum effort and a 3 foot breaker bar.

Looks like much heat will be required.

Checked and cleaned the plugs, fitted new plug tubes, and one new coil pack as I found a few small cracks in one.

Also cleaned up around the engine where the oil dripping from the leaky plug tubes had made a bit of a mess.

Another vote for Tayna.Which reminds me, I need one for my 2.7 as well. Its going back on the road at the start of next month - hopefully. 

Sen this car in the flesh / metal three times this week. Looks stunning. 😎

Took the upright and driveshaft assembly to work and managed to get the remains of the old caliper bolt out.

Thread looked a bit chewed as expected so ran a tap through it and it looks ok now.

Just need to order a new bolt now and hopefully ready to reassemble the o/s/r corner, fingers crossed. 

Cant remember how to post pics. 🙄😂

Removed o/s/r upright, complete with driveshaft so I can take it to work tomorrow and hopefully remove the snapped caliper bolt from the upright.

Plan is to clamp the bolt as tight as possible in a big vie and then wind the upright  round and round to undo said bolt, which is tighter than a very very tight thing.

Then see how the thread looks once its out.

One of those jobs I wish I had never started. Only wanted to clean up the inside faces of the discs.

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The new one looks gorgeous Steve. 

You would not believe how tight it was. I used plus gas, and also tried diesel, every time it moved a bit. Also, each time it loosened a bit I then tightened it a bit again.

Even with an 18 inch breaker bar I had to put all my weight on it to budge it.

Got it well over half way out, then the head of the bolt wrung off.

I have wound three nuts onto it and then tried to wind it out on the rear most one. It wont budge.

I think I may have to remove the whole hub, put the shank of the bolt in a vice, and then try and wind the hub off it.

Then probably find out the thread is shagged and have to source another hub anyway.

Should have bought an MX5. 🤣

Started removing o/s/r caliper. Undid the bottom allen bolt ok. Started removing the top one and it was very tight indeed.

Couldnt move it with normal 3/8 ratchet and had to use an 18inch breaker bar.

Got it half way out and the head sheared off the bolt, with about 15mm still inside the hub.

God knows how Im going to wind it out with no head on it.

Welding a nut on the end might be a possibility I suppose.

Could have done without it, but thats old cars for you.

On 3/1/2022 at 11:13 AM, dpg123 said:

It's literally a school and a collection of houses (and lots of Unionists).

Sounds like my kind of place, although it really should have at least one pub. 😂

On 2/25/2022 at 3:25 PM, EXY said:

LoL, small world I'm about 18 miles NE from Legacurry

Pleased to hear you are making headway.

I lived not too far away from the age of 11 until almost 20, and this is the first time Ive ever heard of the place. 😄

Mine happens to be a manual but I would be more than happy to drive a Tiptronic. In fact if I buy another Boxster in the future, I may well make sure its a Tip.

I wouldnt pay much more than £1000 for that car. You wont know what other issues it might have until you take the engine out and fit the replacement engine.

It might still have other expensive issues which need to be fixed. you also wont know how good the replacement engine is until its fitted and running.Its a big gamble.

You could probably pick up a runner for not much more than the starting bid, which needs some work, which you could budget to do over a year or two.

All assuming you can do most of your own work. If you would be paying garage rates to have work done then the sums will never add up.

Mine came with Sport design, and Im not that keen on them to be honest. And yes, they are a pain to keep clean and not easy to refurb. Voted for Turbo twists.

On 11/26/2021 at 8:01 PM, Scubaregs said:

1 forward gear, 5 reverse.

Same as  a WW2  Italian tank then. 🤪

Dont tempt me. I have several reasons not to. Im 62 with severe arthritis in my knees, particularly the right one, due to me on a KH 250 losing a fight with the back of a Hillman Hunter at high speed in 1976. Need a new knee joint in the near future.right foot is permanently dropped andleft kidney also doesnt work from the same accident.     Im getting too old to go through something like that again.

In 2008 I lost my job of 20 years which was almost walking distance from home, and struggled to find another one. I did find one but its 17 miles away and no possibility of public transport for commuting.

April 2009 got stopped on the M11 on a CBR600 doing 125mph. Immediate thought was, that my licence was gone and therefore, so was my new job. I felt physically sick.

Miraculously the copper let me off with 95mph, so 3 points and a fine, as long as I promised to slow down.

I have never had the self discipline to ride bikes within the law, so decided I have had a good run and it was time to hang up the helmet.

I have stuck to it ever since, but Christ knows it isnt easy.

I need to stop looking at this thread. I gave up bikes in 2009 after almost 35 years, but its like an alcoholic keep wandering up the booze aisle in the supermarket looking at this. It never goes away. 

On 10/23/2021 at 7:26 PM, 999mch said:

Swapped wheels and tyres over as old fronts worn badly, and managed to pick up a good second set a couple of weeks back. Just need to get a 4 wheel alignment done next week. Think the new ones look pretty good

I would recommend Tyresmart at Witham for four wheel alignment. 

Meanwhile, little tin Khan gets driven around London in an armoured Range Rover. 

As less environmentally friendly vehicle would be very difficult to find.

May have to do the same on mine. A scan a few months ago threw up a code relating to airbag light. Discovered the bulb was blown and replaced it.

Now the airbag light stays on all the time.