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Today, 07:53 AM

admredux replied to a thread 2 car garage - E34 M5 and 'Special' Audi 200 20v Avant in Pride and Joy

Lovely machines! Welcome along !!! Sent from my SM-N950N using Tapatalk

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Today, 07:20 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

20210121_202611 by V G, on Flickr 20210121_202931 by V G, on Flickr Couldn't stand looking at the metal Rebadging has commenced, not sure...

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Yesterday, 02:50 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

20210120_131938 by V G, Flickr에서 Daytime shot

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Yesterday, 02:37 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

20210120_155256 by V G, Flickr에서 Got my shiny bracket on today - two m8 x1.25 20mm bolts from home depot and assorted nuts and washers later and...

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20-01-2021, 02:08 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Apparently, this is where the oil filter lives - tried a bunch of different tools on it and it won't budge - soaking in pb blaster before I get the...

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20-01-2021, 01:53 AM

admredux replied to a thread Suzuki Escudo in Pride and Joy

I'd love one very cool wee thing!

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17-01-2021, 04:14 PM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

A very good question. I'm a mechanical novice on a budget so a lot of reading/ research going into each process. Painting the cam cover is an easy,...

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17-01-2021, 01:45 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Attention to detail and ocd then came into the equation 20210116_164220 by V G, on Flickr 20210116_164656 by V G, on Flickr 20210116_154554...

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17-01-2021, 01:44 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

I had to give the cam a clean - couldn't sleep - a good dose of PB blaster and a scotch pad with a light touch got it clean enough! ...

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16-01-2021, 04:48 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

New intake gasket, replaced the thermal switch with a decent used one. Waiting on a bracket /support for the fuel injection lines, do I decided to...

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14-01-2021, 08:38 PM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Beautiful, there's my lunch time ! Thanks man ! Sent from my SM-N950N using Tapatalk

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14-01-2021, 07:12 PM

admredux replied to a thread Volvo V70s..... in R-Roads

Get the r, you deserve it, go on.

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14-01-2021, 07:08 PM

admredux replied to a thread Positive things you achieved/changed during the pandemic? in Motorway Services

Just don't do yoga or pilates with others, it really is, breathe in through your nose and out through your arse according to some yoga teacher...

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14-01-2021, 06:57 PM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Whipped off the kjet equivalent of a maf? Gave it a good cleaning with brakcleen. I'll redo it with fresh gaskets etc but fuel seems to be...

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14-01-2021, 06:54 PM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Cheers man, can use all the inspiration at this stage :) 22k is some money but the bertones and two doors are getting thin on the ground! Sent...

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12-01-2021, 01:20 AM

admredux replied to a thread How much is too much? in R-Roads

253k miles on our sequoia, 147,000 on the Prius, 153k miles on the 300d and 178k miles on the 242 turbo. I'd drive them all over my sequoia did 5000...

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10-01-2021, 05:15 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Lol thank God I looked back at the photos , the metal bits go on top of the injectors !

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10-01-2021, 01:41 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Found an intake gasket at the local autozone which was pretty amazing for a 37 yr old car! I threw the injectors in, but I think I can wait to get...

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10-01-2021, 01:36 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Flame trap cleaning, ended up just using the little screen in the kit I bought. The angle on the vacuum pipe is different on the turbo I guess? ...

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10-01-2021, 01:28 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Took out the old warm up regulator, it's a 128 The one I bought was a 078, very different inside, just checking the diaphragms were good, both are...

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10-01-2021, 01:17 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

The injector holders came out lovely after a good wash,I have the outer seals ordered but it'll take a week. Gave everything metal a good scrub of...

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09-01-2021, 05:50 PM

admredux replied to a thread Blowing off steam - The Rant Thread in Motorway Services

Yeah both my parents were secondary teachers and the anti-teacher mentality was pretty fecking strong before the onset of covid if we're all being...

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09-01-2021, 06:07 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

Testing the heating coil, looks alright? Under 30 is good right? Couldn't open the darn thing to save my life, a bit of overnight soakage in...

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08-01-2021, 08:24 PM

admredux replied to a thread Learning to Code in Bits and Bytes

Big time agree with the above. I work in accessibility and it's all HTML and CSS, very native software dependant.

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08-01-2021, 08:43 AM

admredux replied to a poll US Presidential Election 2020 in Motorway Services

Ye are a lot more constructive than I'd manage lads, I call troll! Didn't see many neo Nazis mixing it with the other riots did you? They'd have...

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08-01-2021, 03:38 AM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

The cat is never impressed,fecking wagon! Trying to ressurect the original engine before I give up and throw something dirty in there! The warm...

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07-01-2021, 08:44 PM

admredux replied to a thread The prancing moose ! 242 TIC in R-Roads

So yeah this happened Kjet bits off a running car, a lot of which may be useful while I rebuild/ cleanup what's on there so nice to get a job lot...

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07-01-2021, 03:39 PM

admredux replied to a thread I think I may be getting ill but it is not C19 in R-Roads

When I lived in Korea we had pretty severe winters today it's -18 today in Suwon for refs. Best car I ever had in the snow was my rwd, auto chairman,...

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07-01-2021, 07:25 AM

admredux replied to a poll US Presidential Election 2020 in Motorway Services

The apologists are out in force big time ! Fecking hell, this should have him removed for inviting the attack !

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07-01-2021, 03:11 AM

admredux replied to a poll US Presidential Election 2020 in Motorway Services

Ye have to promise me if he ends up in Shannon ye will turn him back ! Sent from my SM-N950N using Tapatalk

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