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[VXL V6]

That's excellent! 

[henryd]

Sounds nice Lozzzz,is that a Crapi hiding in the corner?

[dbug]

Nice one mate - good feeling or what 

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks guys, its an amazing feeling.  the capri is my brothers, its a constant reminder that i could loose all my hards work in a heart beat. Its written off, 4 weeks after he finished a major project on it

[omega3000]

Thats got to be a great feeling loz , congrats on that and sounds great 

[lozzzzzz]

Its been a little while since an update.  Having got it all planned out to get the car MOT'd at the start of next month, the BMW went and did something very selfish and run out of MOT itself (a month ago oooops).  Turns out the insurance is due soon too, so it looks like the Scimitar being on the road will be set back another month.  I'm alright with that though really, the weather wil be better (maybe) and I can finish all the niggle jobs properly. 

So I know the Beemer needs the Trailing arm bushes sorting (it waggles around a bit and all the front it new so I assumend it was the notorious traiing arm bushes). 
I bought a tool and set of Poly bushes. 


But when I got them apart I found they were ok!!!  They aren't new, but they're by no means worn out. 


I think I'll stick with putting the poly's in though, it should make things better.  I eventually found the culprit, one of the upper ball joints was very sloppy, so thats on its way too.  When trying to extract it, I managed to dismantle it rather than pull it all out. 




On the Scimitar front, The correct colour'd paint has finally arrived and I've put a thick coating on the underside of the bonnet and got the doors off and stripped down ready for painting too. 


More to come (although it will probable be delayed with putting the BMW back together)

[ozzycat]

  this is absalutly fantastic lozzz it sounds amazin and anoyher month will soon pass its great to see all your hard work paying off brilliant project  ozzy

[lozzzzzz]

Thanks ozzy, thats rhe kind of message that fuels the project

[omega3000]

Is the colour already on the underside of the bonnet , cant make it out  You wont be the first to mislay your mot , ive done it by 2 months once  local police were very helpful with pointing it out to me  but lenient 

[lozzzzzz]

Yeah the Bonnet is done and taking a while to dry, I did pay it on thick!!


Its strange, this isn't really the place to be telling folk about the BMW, yet here I am posting general garage progress, it might be that I'm justifying my reasons for the slow updates on the Scimitar?

The poly bushes arrived for the E36's trailing arms yesterday, and they are HHHHAAAAAARRRRRDDD, they are really solid!  I had to careful not to drop them as they might have cracked

I hope they don't transmit a disproportionate amount of road noise. 

The removal tool served to squeeze them into place and I took the opportunity to clean and stonechip the whole area.  Which was in incredably good shape, they really don't look far off new, which was very pleasing to see as these cars seem to go at the rear arches sometimes.  Anyway.....



Then with no other parts having arrived I cleaned the doors down and started painting.  There are a few difficult to reach areas so I only got the one done, but I'm pleased with progress. 


More to come

[lozzzzzz]

The Propshaft if up for grabs now if anyone wants it?



The gaiter is perished and split, but the sliding joint is in very good shape. 



Am I alllowed to sell here?  I couldn't find the "new topic" button in the for sale section?

[henryd]

The Propshaft if up for grabs now if anyone wants it?



The gaiter is perished and split, but the sliding joint is in very good shape. 



Am I alllowed to sell here?  I couldn't find the "new topic" button in the for sale section?

You need a few more posts before you can sell mate

[lozzzzzz]

I would have thought the 173 might cover it

What is the magic number?

[Entwood]

I would have thought the 173 might cover it

What is the magic number?

250 ... as it says in the guide to the forum .... 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90684.0

[Kevin Wood]

I would have thought the 173 might cover it

What is the magic number?

250 ... as it says in the guide to the forum .... 

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90684.0

Indeed and, in any case, we try to keep the buying and selling restricted to Omega related items rather than let it descend into a general autojumble (or just jumble!) which would dilute the section to such an extent that it would be less easy to find the parts most likely to be of interest to our membership.