Lcr rebuild no 2 :)

[paul-murphys]

my inbox is full so will delete some messages danny,

and scott sorry mate ;P

got most the ancilleries onto block tommoror got to fit new coolant lines and clutch flywheel and then stick it in the engine, its going together to good, keep thinking i buggered up somewhere lol,

 

[cupra-rich]

Looking tidy mate unlike your work area nothing changes there then. lol.

really cant wait to see this friday.

 

[paul-murphys]

Looking tidy mate unlike your work area nothing changes there then. lol.

really cant wait to see this friday.

my work area rocks and its coming too good, something bads got to happen lol

 

[cupra-rich]

don't be so negative man!! all will be good take your time and just double check everything.

 

[paul-murphys]

yeah taking time, just hope i dont forget anything, got to think a few weeks ago was working on vehicles worth 1,000.000 lol, so this leon should be piece of cake,

hope to be back fri mate, you still getting map adjusted??

and heres my new brake color lol

 

[cupra-rich]

yeah still going over to see nick friday morning full dyno sesh.

ha ha your leon should be a piece of cake mate compared to those masstiff's.

seen a feista today with the same colour callipier's hope your's will look better than that. lol

 

[paul-murphys]

i seen a porche today black with yellow and looked sexy

and i hope looks good too or will be going black for the stealth look

and mastiffs are a bugger lol, this leon should be easy peasy

 

[cupra-rich]

i'm sure your car will be buzzing mate

 

[paul-murphys]

i bloody hope so ive spent silly amount on it in last few weeks,

any news on the spacers yet mate?

 

[cupra-rich]

spacer's here by friday mate. asked about the 10mm one's they wanted £180 for 2set inc bolts. looks like a very good price we got the 15mm one for

 

[Murdered LCR]

Million quid lol what do you work on ?

 

[cupra.al]

Million quid lol what do you work on ?

above says mastiff which is a military vehicle i think so for a million quid its got to be.

not posted in this thread before but im always haveing a quick peak so i thought id comment sounds like a decent amount of work is being put into this leon with no exspence spared.
also sounds like you have a good job too somthing i think i would probally enjoy.

 

[paul-murphys]

above says mastiff which is a military vehicle i think so for a million quid its got to be.

not posted in this thread before but im always haveing a quick peak so i thought id comment sounds like a decent amount of work is being put into this leon with no exspence spared.
also sounds like you have a good job too somthing i think i would probally enjoy.

hi mate, thanks its been a good project and its basically a new car. spent silly amount on it but only live once so got to enjoy it,

and mastiffs are ok to work on apart from electrics as all armour but really good job and have saved so many lifes,

you a mechanic as well and if dont mind the sun and smell of poo join, afghans the only downfall.

 

[paul-murphys]

todays progress been stoped as i need a grinder to take a bit of the mani. i didnt want to as its been heat coated but looks like only option,

not using a gasket when put car back together as the oem is to small,

want to have the engine in tommorro and mostly wired up,

heres some more pics

 

[cupra-rich]

All looking good apart from grinding the manni does this void any warranty??

 

[cupra.al]

hi mate, thanks its been a good project and its basically a new car. spent silly amount on it but only live once so got to enjoy it,

and mastiffs are ok to work on apart from electrics as all armour but really good job and have saved so many lifes,

you a mechanic as well and if dont mind the sun and smell of poo join, afghans the only downfall.

im a qualified mechanic but gave it up as there was no money to be made,you must get the greatest job satisfaction out of saveing lifes not sure i could handle the smell of poo myself but id probally get use to it from craping myself with the taliban floating around.

 

[paul-murphys]

TODAYS PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOOD ENGINES IN CAR AND WIRED UP, ALLTHOUGH THE PLASTIC THING ALL COOLANT HOSES AND THE TEMPERTURE SENDER GO TO SNAPPED SO I GOT TO GET A NEW ONE OF THEM, GOT TO NOW BLEED BRAKES AND CLUTCH FIT INTERCOOLER PIPING AND THEN TOP UP ALL FLUIDS, AND ALSO GOT TO FIT DOWNPIPE, WHEN FITTING TURBO TO MANI I SPLIT THE STANDARD GASKET DOWN TO 4 PIECES AND ONE OF THEM WAS RIGHT SIZE SO USED THAT AND SHOULD HOPEFULLY WORK.

CANT WAIT TO GET HER BACK ON THE ROAD NOW

 

[paul-murphys]

im a qualified mechanic but gave it up as there was no money to be made,you must get the greatest job satisfaction out of saveing lifes not sure i could handle the smell of poo myself but id probally get use to it from craping myself with the taliban floating around.

lol its all good and i have saved myself thousands of pounds from being a mechanic doing all this work myself, you do all your work on your own car?

 

[Scott-o]

Legend mate! You arnt half cracking on lol picked up my flywheel from duhram tonight, shoulda arranged to drop in on the way back. Only occurred to me when I saw catterik garrison turn off! Haha

 

[cupra-rich]

good work there paul,keep it going will be well worth all the 16hour shifts.