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Re: [doc] Full service



Paul, I am at a loose end (ish) at the moment and would be happy to take the job on if interested.

The Diesel Centre has all the parts you mention except the water pump which can be had from Renault (R30TX) - Darren Bowker has a supply of them on the shelf, mail me off-list for his number. Be sure to replace the hoses and jubilee clips if/when doing the pump, and take out the steel pipe that supplies the back of the pump and Hammerite it. You probably want to replace the cap and rotor while in there too, 'cos they're cheap and easy to get to when the intake manifold is off. Also suggest fitting a self-bleed kit if you don't already have one. Also change all the intake manifold O-rings.

Front brake calipers are Ford Cortina and I took the ones off Tinny (my project car) down to SOC in Headcorn on Friday. They relieved me of the old ones and £54 and I came back with two shiny new reconditioned ones. Not tried taking the rears down. there yet.

Martin

Paul Feagan wrote:

Took my D out of it's carcoon today - bit late in the season I know. Despite
being in there all winter it started first time :) I said to my son, Simon,
"If was Mark Bourne, I'd probably do all the right things now like check the
fluids, tyre pressures and everything. But I'm not so let's just drive it".
Everything seemed okay, except the car seemed a bit sluggish and pulled
increasingly to the right. Then my old overheating problem came back. Not
the one where I overheat in traffic, but the one where I overheat when going
fast - think I need to flush the cooling system and maybe even need a new
cooling pump. Then the pull to the right got worse and the brakes starting
squeaking - think the front brake is seized on. Sure enough the wheel was
hot.
So we limped home and the brakes got worse and worse. I have to do an
emergency stop to just, er, stop.
As a result, I'm going to ask my mate who has a garage down the road to do a
full service. I think it would be nice if I could provide him with the
following:
Brake replacement part numbers, pads, callipers etc. or equiv
Oil filter part number or equiv
Air filter part number or equiv
Plugs, points part numbers or equiv
Cooling pump part numbers or equiv
Best oil to use in an oil change
Any other bits I have forgotten or despite my obvious encyclopaedic (sic)
knowledge of cars did not know existed, then please let me know.

I'm sure that all this info is in some back issue or old email but if anyone
knows of the top of their head then I'd be grateful for a reply. Please
remember that I only discovered that the engine was in the rear after the
first time I broke down so don't get technical!









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