Started work again in the 16v again recently. The steering rack is completely stripped down. It just needs cleaning up and degreasing and then I will get the alloy casing painted up. After that put it all back together with the Quaife innards. Well said I would do this about a month ago, but just... Continue Reading →
Headed out to the heart of the Peak District for a weekend of Mountain Biking. Driving across the Cat and Fiddle early morning on a glorious sunny autumnal day. It just doesn't get much better... Car is going really well, didn't miss a beat. Few little things to take care of like a new rear... Continue Reading →
Had the 8v out for a clean today and it was left out while I reorganised some of the garage interior. Unfortunately it rained and when I went to bring the car back in I found the interior a bit wet. The source was the aerial on the roof which would explain why the interior... Continue Reading →
Dropped some wheels off for refinishing at The Wheel Specialist in Manchester last weekend and picked them up first thing this morning. Here are the OZ Superleggeras - I like them a lot! These wheels were one of the first upgrades I bought for the 16v car and they have hardly ever been used. The... Continue Reading →
New compensator arrived on Tuesday with an adjustment screw. The new spring that the adjustment screw threads into is on a long back order from Peugeot. Painted the body of the compensator up to give it some rust protection and then took off the old one. The two M12 unions came off okay once the... Continue Reading →
Dropped the back box off (snapping the bolts on the clamping brackets in the process) and set to work cleaning up the brake pipes and unions. Over the last few days I've dosed it a few times in penetrating spray and have two out of the four brake unions loose and both the bolts that... Continue Reading →
So fitted the new catalyst, adjusted the headlights and having re-bled the rear brakes and ensured the compensator valve was free and moving, I thought that I had sorted the problem with the brakes, so dropped the car back in for the MOT retest on Monday. I found that I had slightly over filled the... Continue Reading →
Tackled the spare wheel cage today. I had some mild steel tubing, so made up an extra section - tacked in place: Neither the cage or spare wheel move about now. Welded up the additional section, cleaned the whole frame and gave it two coats of POR15 so should be able to get it fitted... Continue Reading →
The car didn't pass the MOT. The rear disc brakes were ineffective, the Carbon Monoxide was excessively high and one the headlights was slightly out with its aim. Headlight is easy. Exhaust is likely to be the catalytic converter which looks fairly ancient. So sourced a new one for £54 complete with a fitting kit.... Continue Reading →
I've recently been having some thoughts on fuel tanks. The fuel tank ideally needs to stay in the same position as this is good for centre of gravity. The standard position offers naturally good crash protection and doesn't interfere with the rear suspension. In fact the 106 Maxi cars had a special kevlar composite tank... Continue Reading →
Waiting for the MOT!
A few updates from the last few days... Friday: Thanks to a fellow 106 Rallye Register member who is breaking a car, I now have a pair of doors, a washer pump (of unknown working property) and some other bits and pieces. Hopefully get a big push on this over the weekend to finish it.... Continue Reading →
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