WITW - The PF Exxon Valdez!

[strummagnet]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Magnets on the fuel lines

Is this actually 'a thing' - Never heard of it......

[MikkiJayne]

It really is. It yields magical fuel consumption and power improvements by lining up all the fuel molecules as they go in to the engine

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

It really is. It yields magical fuel consumption and power improvements by lining up all the fuel molecules as they go in to the engine

Right up there in snake oil terms with my all-time favourite - the 'kettle' that injects magic steam into the inlet and somehow disposes of NOx and PM10. You had to buy the special water from the supplier too, as regular water was just not good enough My favourite bit about it was the kettle was in the boot, so by the time the magic steam reached the inlet manifold via some plastic tubing it had turned back into water

[Ronin]

So what are the plans for your fleet of 9 cars? are most of them just parts cars to feed customer car re storations?

surely keeping 9 D2's going is impossible time wise and probably financially too

[MikkiJayne]

Dolphin Grey S8 'Lilith' - the best one, never selling her
Big Red - daily driver
Barnfind FE - going to a new home when its finished
PF S8 - going to a new home asap
Murple - going back together eventually & may be a daily
T42 - 2.8 FWD, getting a 1.9TDI conversion for 1000 miles range
Avus not-FE with black & red - going back to Davey Blueyes eventually
39V Avus FE - gave it's life to save the barn find, shell getting weighed in
V7 Black FE - going back together eventually

[MikkiJayne]

Lots of rusty bits have gone off for powdercoating, including the springs which amazingly aren't broken! These have been blasted and will be recoated which will hopefully prevent cracks forming in the first place. They're then baked to make sure there is no moisture left in them before the zinc-rich powder primer is applied.



The powder oven is at 200C by the way - well below the annealing temperature of spring steel so it won't have any effect on the springiness of them

[steamship]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Dolphin Grey S8 'Lilith' - the best one, never selling her

So which mythic Lilith is it named after?

[MikkiJayne]

Whichever one you fancy She was so-named after I discovered she needed a new engine shortly after getting her home. Little did I know that she was one of the better examples, on the scale of what I've seen in the last few years, and so actually doesn't really deserve such a title. It stuck after I did the black and red interior though

[steamship]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Whichever one you fancy She was so-named after I discovered she needed a new engine shortly after getting her home. Little did I know that she was one of the better examples, on the scale of what I've seen in the last few years, and so actually doesn't really deserve such a title. It stuck after I did the black and red interior though

Probably the Seductress then.

[MikkiJayne]

The power steering leak has ruined the rear right subframe bushes. At £50 each, I'd rather not replace eight of them, so I cut up a bad subframe to rescue the bushes from that instead.



The donor subframe was toast anyway



Rescued used bushes in nice condition



This one has been dissolved by the power steering oil



The dirty bits are where the rubber was split



Someone has damaged the access holes for the rear arm mount



Some heat from the mapp torch and a little percussive maintenance and they're back in shape



This is one of the reasons for the catastrophic oil leaks - the last time the timing belt was done the special o-rings on all the cam end-caps weren't replaced but just smeared with silicone. There are two sizes of these, and alas this small one is NLA so I'll be experimenting with traditional round-section o-rings to seal these up again. Luckily the larger ones are still available from Tradition.



Cam locking tools kindly on loan from Prestige



The oil leaks have contributed to the oil cooler pipe being completely destroyed



Its as bad down on the block as Big Red was



Cleans up ok though.