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That seems strange, what's the difference and do you have any idea why?
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Wow. I really enjoy following your D2 repair stories, thanks for posting them! Special thanks for the pictures
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At least with the "small fire" you simultaneously heated all 6 bolts on the driveshaft flange
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The bolts for the front are in direct contact with the subframe mounts and so have a larger washer to spread the load. The rears go through the large bracing plates and so have a smaller washer as the plate spreads the load.
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Crumbs that's a serious amount of bodging. Was the PO doing the work themselves or was it done by a trader? I think you mentioned in another thread. At least it's all fixable so far and makes me realise how fortunate I am to have a well maintained one (just have to keep it that way!).
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There is a silver lining to all this, which is that this is my car which I bought for scrap money, and not one of your cars which you had thought was being maintained properly! I would not want to have had this conversation with any of you guys! + I prefer the stills to the video - more to see and time to dwell on the detail than in a video clip.
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Kersteman Garage in Bristol, which if you google Streetview it appears to literally be a lockup-garage. Ironically, I have every receipt from when the car was 1 year old, so I can accurately date all the bodges and hacks and know how much it cost to do the damage
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I'm gob smacked how bad the bodge job is, and I thought mine took the **** with bodges on that wow
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