WITW - The PF Exxon Valdez!

[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.

[tintin]

"percussive maintenance" - the thing you do to cars when WD40 doesn't work

[Nick Jones]

Originally Posted by tintin

"percussive maintenance" - the thing you do to cars when WD40 doesn't work

To me, the phrase “percussive maintenance” encompasses a whole spectrum of violence from a gentle persuading tickle to walloping the crap out something. This must be why the extended hammer family in my garage is 17 strong….

Pleased to see that I’m not the only one that thinks that reclaiming perfectly good parts from an otherwise useless assembly is a reasonable thing to do….

Nick