the big fettle

Nice one Lardy feel free to have a dig cos i know I am a new start but will take all the advice I can get about going round warton, who knows, in a couple of years I might even get to go round on the back of the astra with a trophy

Perhaps we need to give your engine the magic 'Onslow Touch'! Let me know when you want the centre oil pickup pipe fitting and I'll pop round. Can't remember when we agreed to do this- our Facebook chat is a distant memory cos I was pi@@ed! - oops...

Well, tomorrow is the day when the required bits are purchased and the magic can begin. To set the scene - imagine van gough when he was whipping up master pieces like the sunflower and mona lisa - now imagine me wielding spanners and hammers - the result will be a item of joy to behold ( or it will self destruct the first time i turn it over ) Good luck everybody

lordy80 s/c wrote:The only thing I can "imagine" is whilst wielding the spanners "Onslow" in vest and shorts rips off yer ear like Van Gough the result of that being a right Jackson pollack....did ya see what I did there.....

Yep, I did, ............ talked complete P00

Janner Sean wrote:imagine van gough when he was whipping up master pieces like the sunflower and mona lisa

da vinci did the mona lisa

A nice shift of old artists to the more modern ones but the picture in your minds is all the same - a superbly engineered flying machine

Being an artist does that mean your gonna cut off one of your ears because your crash helmits to tight?

lordy80 s/c wrote:The only thing I can "imagine" is whilst wielding the spanners "Onslow" in vest and shorts rips off yer ear like Van Gough the result of that being a right Jackson pollack....did ya see what I did there.....

Sadly too true; banger driver Ryan Scott (team reject #76) is in hospital with serious head/brain injuries after an accident with a spanner at his workshop.

Hopefully I won't be losing various parts of my anatomy whilst building me engine!!!

If you need a hand let me know matey!

how did the accident with the spanner occur.. ? and please.. no jokes :s

The wallet is now a damn sight lighter and I have many new bits and no idea where any of them go! Onslow give me a bell whenever is alright for you and I will nip over with the new shiny pick up pipe and gearbox for some janner magic

Anyone got any good reasons I can give the wife when she finds the block in the dishwasher

No worries matey - what other parts have you bought?

Janner Sean wrote:Anyone got any good reasons I can give the wife when she finds the block in the dishwasher

How k1nky

Why have you popped the "block" into your Mrs

That should be an interesting bath time

Electric fuel pump, fuel regulator/filter, water pump,oil pump, gasket sets and a new tin of wd40. Going back next w/end for alternator, electric points, and piston rings. After that the wallet will be truely done in

ace234 wrote:how did the accident with the spanner occur.. ? and please.. no jokes :s

Not sure, read about it on facebook (no real details), apparently he's out of hospital now but has to have a brain scan on monday, so sounds fairly serious.

JUst been to mini sport to get some new piston rings only to find out they have discontinued them rings cos the piston was made by rover in 1664 and now am looking to have to by new pistons - the wallet can't take much more of this

sweet if you need new pistons get it bored out

Right - this engine has gotten a bit mental and I am now getting the engine rebored out to 1293 and the block decked on top of the new piston rings which means I will have to get the camshaft reprofiled and at some point new rockers and while I am at it I will have yo find some slicks to make the little beast go round the corners as fast as I hope it will go in a straight line This is taking over my life- The queen is getting some main bearing shells for valentine's for god sakes

Sean, you are now starting to sound like Onslow, that is of course a good thing. Please dont mention brakes to anyone though, as Andy D will get a complex and start worrying about his trainers and if there is enough tread etc to stop him as he walks across the workshop.