My long promised blog

I'll give you that

Update 1 of A few
My local Santa aka Postman paid not 1 but 3 visits today
1st knock

Letterbox went

2nd knock... cant show you this one

Here's what I can show you some bits were polo parts and another for my new laptop

Forgot to open the flat one in the first pic buts that's just some FREE steel Ade would be proud

Update 2 of A few
I made nylon bushes up for my tie rods. Was gonna do poly bushes... but these cost me £12 rather than £50
Turned the end down to 35.5mm

Looking more like a cam so far

Cam made

Cut lines started

Bushes cut out

Holes drilled to 15mm to accept stainless insert and lips chamfered

Assembled

I want a lathe!!!!!

pork said:

I want a lathe!!!!!

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Tis an awesome bit of kit
Cost me £90 that included the tool trolley and everything in it

Sweet!

Need to invest in one, make making things a lot cheaper

Has for me so far just them bushes has saved me £70 nearly paid for itself already

$h#t just got serious

That is all

h701micra said:

$h#t just got serious
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Please tell me you are not joining the mscs carbon fibre wrap everything brigade...

h701micra said:

$h#t just got serious
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Carbon!!!

Wrap...?

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$h#t just got serious
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They're ladies tights, he's gunna put them over his lights to make them look tinted, getto stylee

It's the real stuffs just waiting for the resin. £120 for metre square which I thought was cheap
Ordered some wrap though to cheap out on larger parts like door cards

Arches strengthened and repainted



Oh and I fixed my hole
Here it was

Template

Mark & Cut

And again


Then along came the rain... so skipped pictures and hurried the buggery up to finish it. Once the welding was done... The sun came out.. ass hooollleee
So took a picture once I remembered

And yes I've dented it already

Finished my tie bars... finally
My lathe is clearly old and tired and wanted new bits here and there. So now its like new I cracked on
Finished my bushes in the same was as the first set
Made stainless steel inserts

And constructed em all


Ruined the paint by not letting it dry and touching it with polyurethane fingers
So resprayed em

Oh and those polyurethane fingers made this

Poly bushed engine mount
Still half a day to go too

So I wanted to mount coilovers again, but this time I didn't wanna be chopping em up etc I just wanna buy em and put em on.... so that's exactly what I did... by modifying my axle
Cut the base open and stretched it with a scissor jack

Tacked plate on

Now I had my boys outside so I used the mask to cover the welding arc to protect their eyes and welded blind. Didnt do bad I dont think

Grinder out

Other cut lines were welded and plated. Its not pretty but its Damn strong

Didn't plate the top cut was too fussy. So I filled it with weld like a boss

So welding blind today was entertaining. Wondering how you've just welded your one and only axle up :/ but it turned out ok
Forgot to take a final picture... so I'll get one later or tomorrow

Final picture of my new mount

Yes it is meant to be angled. Tis how K10s are

Another post because I didn't have permission to add my other photo in the previous post :/

I need to get my welder out and weld something....anything!

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MicrAde said:

I need to get my welder out and weld something....anything!

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Top and tail a fork and spoon.... SPORK

h701micra said:

Top and tail a fork and spoon.... SPORK

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Hmm I have a box of old cutlery

Sporks on Karl for JAE

I'll give it ago at the weekend

This must be added to the JAE checklist
MSC custom Sporks

h701micra said:

Finished my tie bars... finally
My lathe is clearly old and tired and wanted new bits here and there. So now its like new I cracked on
Finished my bushes in the same was as the first set
Made stainless steel inserts
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And constructed em all
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Ruined the paint by not letting it dry and touching it with polyurethane fingers
So resprayed em
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Oh and those polyurethane fingers made this
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Poly bushed engine mount
Still half a day to go too

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wheres mine?

Belly93 said:

wheres mine?

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I suppose I better start making a set eh

h701micra said:

I suppose I better start making a set eh

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im just messing need t sort it for mot before i spend anymore lol

Crack on then
Let me know if you need owt Adam

no bother cheers andy

Popped the engine out for tomorrow

Get the engine cleaned up a bit more. And repainted
Put the Gti-R hubs and brakes back on. Clean the engine bay up
Then update the hydro handbrake guide after my front brakes are done

you plumbing in all 4 brakes to the handbrake?

you plumbing in all 4 brakes to the handbrake?

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you plumbing in all 4 brakes to the handbrake?

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Nope but you have to redo em all if your doing it
You need a feed from the master cylinder which on a k10 goes into a splitter. Cant do that without a twin cylinder hydro... which doesnt fit

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Nope but you have to redo em all if your doing it
You need a feed from the master cylinder which on a k10 goes into a splitter. Cant do that without a twin cylinder hydro... which doesnt fit

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could you not plumb the master into the h/b yhen h/b into the splitter?

Belly93 said:

could you not plumb the master into the h/b yhen h/b into the splitter?

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Afraid not. As they split opposite.
They're linked front right/rear left and front left/ rear right so they'll split wrong
So you've got to run one of your lines from your cylinder through the hydro thrn split it for the rear

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Afraid not. As they split opposite.
They're linked front right/rear left and front left/ rear right so they'll split wrong
So you've got to run one of your lines from your cylinder through the hydro thrn split it for the rear

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so how do you actually plumb it into the rear?

Well after you've plumbed it from the master cylinder then the handbrake... splitter.. you go tooooo the brakes

so do you blank 2 holes off in the splitter at the front or remove it?

Remove it completely.
Use a t piece to split your pipes

I see

It's all a learning curve

So update today. After removing my engine last night, coz I can, I decided to do a bit
I stripped ancillaries and manifolds off my ga

Was actually nice and clean
Then I got it painted
Green is the new Black yo
Also added my sandwich plate ready for my oil cooler

Forgot to take any more pictures. But all removed parts were cleaned and were silvered including my gearbox
And I rebuilt my engine

I also finished my brake pipes too. Which means time to update the "hydraulic handbrake guide"

this not back together yet?

Someone wanted a hydraulic handbrake guide so had to do that first instead of putting the engine in

Wasnt me lol

is that a thermostatically controlled oil cooler plate, or is it just open... because racecar?

Just open.. coz racecar
I've been considering an oil stat to help bring it up to temp faster on start up... but I got told to use thinner oil.
So I use a 50/50 mix of magnetec and mobil 1

Bought this, tis worth a fair bit to be honest

That consists of;
An inline fuel filter
A permanent inline fuel pressure gauge
A proper boost referenced fuel pressure regulator (thought it was a standard cheap one)
And finally a malpassi petrol king fuel saver regulator

All for £20
Was debating fetching it. Glad I did. Ade convinced me too

So being where we are Twycross zoo for the kids it is

So I was taping up my conduit and got to the dim dip box... then thought that isn't needed as my lights are on my new custom loom.
So I unpicked it all


There's a few..


And what's now left. Wires are so overrated

For our @SirChris
Driver's seat
Rear (obviously)

Left

Right


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For our @SirChris

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See @enuo we are going to have to sort another harness bolt on the tunnel. The k11 seat belt lock is on the seat rail.