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another job nearly completed with scraps of steel... robbed a bit out of dads workshop... im sure he'll be ****** when he finds out tomorrow.....
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I have had that front bumper on and off that many times now I just need to stare at it and off it comes. Truth be told, I got that fed up with crappy rusted fasteners when I put it back on the last time that I bought a few packs of new fasteners and it made life so much easier. Not having to re-use shagged out plastic inserts and the thing staying where I put it as I went to the other end to adjust it was just great and I have plenty left over for this time.
My big problem is going to be Mrs NW when she gets her Sherlock Holmes kit out and sees the big black oil stain where the old alternator is, thats when the trouble is going to start. Expect a thread on how to deal with that pretty soon.
(the oil stain, not the boss, I will have to cope on my own with her)
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that was a fun game to play when i worked as an agri mechanic... throw a few random nuts and bolts under someones tractor and watch the panic when they thought they had it all back together properly
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Or leave a unused filter after an engineer had changed 100.that was a fun game to play when i worked as an agri mechanic... throw a few random nuts and bolts under someones tractor and watch the panic when they thought they had it all back together properly
On a sampling system.
Watch them trying to work out what one is not changed.
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Yes, and?You rotten ......'s.
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I will confess, you did have me for a minute, no bolts on the floor, thanks.
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The missing nut will rattle on Sunday.
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I think I have told this story before but here goes, I am sure @brightspark will relate to this, many years ago, there was a garage on Norton road in Stockton, Chapmans Garage and Jean Chapman, one of the brothers was a Motor Engineer of the old school. Having said that he was always open to a new idea and he set up a system whereby all the bits from a job all went in the same container. So my dad, walking across the workshop one day found a bolt or something on the floor and of course put it safe. Three times they took that gearbox apart, still a leftover part on the bench. To his credit my father confessed and there were some choice words and the car was duly repaired.
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What brand of alternator was it you had?
Cargo are semi decent aftermarket alternators if you can find one of them. The oil leaking into the alternator is also maybe part of the problem?
There is a top alternator guy a couple mile from my house. If I can help in any way let me know. Aka either get a good new one from him and post it to you or send yours for rebuild by him. He is literally the best in the business and rebuilt 20 or so for me and family and zero issues years later.
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There was no oil leaking into the alternator, that is oil leaking out of the vac pump on the back, which of course is the part that failed, you cannot buy it separately, not that I have found anyhow. You can buy them for other Vauxhall models, just not for mine and when I did look the price of the pump on it's own for say the Zafira, was of course more than the cost of the whole unit. I think the one I ended up buying was Morelli. But I need to check that. It was in a blue box anyhow! :-)
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the front of the center two floor beams are finished and all the floor cross braces added, and the tailgate is nearly done...another job nearly completed with scraps of steel... robbed a bit out of dads workshop... im sure he'll be ****** when he finds out tomorrow.....
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Put washing powder on it to soak up the oil. Brush that up with a dustpan and brush and then add more washing powder and boiling water and brush with a stiff brush. Works well.
