got it running

[zedy1]

just need to finsh the brakes and get an mot and barry wil be up and running soon, hoping to have the vr4 finshed for tommorow night.

[BraindG]

hehe, just got back from Zedy's - by the time i got to the garage, the engine was in and basically ready... , filled up with oil... plugged in the battery... looked at each other and started the car... took about 5-6 turns.. but then.. LIFE! vroom vroom..

had to mess with the idle to get it running right.. we then added driveshafts rebuilt suspension, put radiator back in.. but then we noticed a tonne of water on the ground... umg, so after a bit of hows yer father we located the leak... a pipe had cracked, so we just cut the pipe from there, and managed to get it on, its a bit tight... but should see the car leakless untill i get it replaced..

As Zedy said, bleed brakes, add gear box oil... (how much is needed btw?)MOT, tax disc.. and im legal.. HURRAH!... fingers crossed for tommorrow!..

[Spirit]

Great news Barry and Mo :-D ;)

[Brind]

Excellent!!!!

[Spirit]

add gear box oil... (how much is needed btw?)

Think its 8.9l capacity mate

[Bagofsand]

Glad to hear its all working. Guess you will be going straight to a private road to remind yourself why you have a VR4 :-D

[zedy1]

Think its 8.9l capacity mate

thats for the triptronic box i think manual is less!

[Spirit]

thats for the triptronic box i think manual is less!

D'oh ! Forgot Barry's was a manual - think it's 2.8L on those

[zedy1]

thats what went in :-D

[Nick VR4]

Thats Great News :D

[Kieran]

Have you got the champagne bottle on a rope to smash on the car when you relaunch it? :-D

[Spirit]

Have you got the champagne bottle on a rope to smash on the car when you relaunch it? :-D
LOL - if he did have there would be no champagne in it, he would have drunk that and replaced it with lemonade :D

[bonsai boy]

thats great news barry
good to hear its up and running :beerclash

[BraindG]

Just got the call... of to pick here up very shortly! fan-fecking-tastic!

[Kieran]

Just got the call... of to pick here up very shortly! fan-fecking-tastic!

:grouphug: :bighug: :happybd1: :band: :hurrah: :boing3: :boing4:

Enjoy Yourself!!! :thumb1: :band: :-D

[KiwiTT]

Have fun Guys on your Weekend. Lets see some piccies when its over.

[Spirit]

Drive carefully mate - get used to all that lovely power again ;)

[BraindG]

HURRAH!.... :smug:

Talk about paranoid though!... every noise i heard.. wassa?!.. you hear that?!.. wheres that coming from?! :stare: :uhoh2:

Ok, so kieran, you may want to look away at the picture below.. you might come down with something!....
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It needs a bit of a wash!...
:p

anyhoo!... Mo, your my hero.. what ever you need.. ever.. you got it!

[zedy1]

barry, what was the drive like, was it okay?

[Spirit]

Thats the picture we have all been waiting for - sooooo nice to have you back Barry :-D

[BraindG]

yeah, well it was fine, bit weird compared to the golf.. clutch super light, but that has already left my mind.. used to it already in other words...

there was an awfull ticking noise when i was leaving Blackburn.. it sounded like that metal plate on the back of the brake discs vibrating... but by the time i got here twas gone... will keep an ear out for it..

there was also an awfull stink of oil when i stopped for fuel... but ill keep an eye on oil levels.. and a nose out for any further smells..

apart from that, perfect.. handles perfectly.. had a bit of fun here and there.. but mostly on motorway... and a few round abouts.. not ragging it.. jsut staying in 3rd going round..

so yeah.. all in all.. nothing feels that wrong about it... those new discs/pads are tremendous.. did an emergency stop with them.. and bang.. i was stopped.. very nice!... cant wait to try them out on proper run!.....

[zedy1]

the oil smell could be $hit in exsaust or on the turbos when they were removed, i did tell the garage guy to pull the back plate back and he did pull it back cus it did make alot of noise when i drove the car out. also keep an eye on oil and water leaks (if any)

[wirdy]

GREAT NEWS BARRY.
You'll get loads of strange smells as Mo's oily pawprints get burned off all the hot bits!! Nowt to worry about.
Good to have another stick-shifter back into the fold.
:) :) :) :) :)

[Spirit]

those new discs/pads are tremendous.. did an emergency stop with them.. and bang.. i was stopped.. very nice!... cant wait to try them out on proper run!.....

So you gave 'em plenty of time to bed in then mate :-D

[BraindG]

yup.. a whole 50 miles :D

[Brind]

Bet you feel like a kid again!

So.. are you taking it on track at Japfest? or is that a stupid question. :D

[BraindG]

thats a stupid question :-b

[the_boy]

Nice one Barry, it's been a long time coming :)

[BraindG]

heheh - this is an email sent round at work. they are nasty :D :thinking: :wow:




-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 10:17
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....


Sorry let me rephrase that: You mean abusive driving!
-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:14
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....


I think this could be classed as an abusive email, maybe we should advise your superiors...


-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 10:10
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....


Everyone put a pound in and we will do sweep stake!
Two categories:
1. Mechanical failure
2. Human failure--> crash

-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:08
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....


I think that requires a sweep stake... I recon before the weekends out J



-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 10:00
To:{edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....



So when is it going to break again?

-----Original Message-----
From: Elder, Barry SITI-ITDCE22
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 09:58
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

nah, hes to nice...

-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 09:55
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

easy tiger.. it was Torben's idea to grass you up..





-----Original Message-----
From: Elder, Barry SITI-ITDCE22
Sent: 19 February 2004 09:54
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

up your arse if you carry on like that..

-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 09:52
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

I better call the police quickly then, where's it parked ?





-----Original Message-----
From: Elder, Barry SITI-ITDCE22
Sent: 19 February 2004 09:50
To: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

bleh, tax... getting that today..

-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Subject: RE: 7 Months Later....

when did you take this picture ?



If yesterday why's it on the road without any road tax ??



Naughty boy...





-----Original Message-----
From: {edit}
Sent: 19 February 2004 09:46
To: {edit}
Subject: 7 Months Later....

Its a bit dirty, but what the hell... its working!


{edit - Picture of car (the one i posted in this thread}


Regards,
Barry Elder
Integrated Management Team
GI SERVER TEAM
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