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I have a vegetarian friend, who tells me Llentil burgers are good, put me down for a couple of dozen Edited by - tbird on 10 Apr 2010 01:19:36

On the journeys I have done so far, albeit not in hot weather, there was no difference, before and after, I hope there is little difference in air flow beneath the sump and may even be some ram effect from above the front of sump guard and through front fins, I will know better after the trip to Greece, hopefully 😬 not tim

Quick cheap fix may be to get a decent fitter to wire brush inside of rims, circular wire brush on drill best but technicaly elf and safety now precludes the use of these, then coat the mating surface with black sticky gunk (technical term 😬) (tyre fitters usually have this to hand) then refit tyres. works on my Audi which had same problem Tim

Sump guard I think the pics are self explanatory, I can take measurements if needed but mostly done by eye Made some U brackets with one tail longer than other (to enable guard to be fitted) from flat bar stock about 4mm thick x 25mm wide heated and formed around some solid round bar of same dimensions as chassis tube, Drilled for bolt to allow it to be tightened down on chassis heat and twisted the long tail to allow to be parallel to front of sump when attached to chassis and angled back slightly towards sump Make up some shims for inside U bracket to protect chassis, I used cut up plastic oil bottle Piece of 3mm Galv slightly wider than front of sump and for mine about the same length so just slightly less than square This was bent to slightly more than 90 degrees, accross the centre, a couple of trial fittings gave the angle, what I was trying to achieve was a slightly sloping front edge and the rear edge just in contact with the fins on bottom of sump. Drilled the plate and long tails to bolt Plate to bracket. Found that as bolts tightened the plate tended to shift position so its a good idea to slot the plate to allow fine adjustment, you might want to do it more neatly than I achieved <img data-cke-saved-src="" src=""images/smilies/mad.gif"" alt=""angry" smiley"="" class=""smiley""> The plate was bolted to brackets not welded for simplicity of fitting and removal I guess the plate could be as long as you want it to be although may need support at rear, I wanted to minimize loss of clearance and any effects on oil cooling so am trying this solution first Please ask if any further info or pics would help Tim

would it not be simpler to just heighten the suspension a little 🤔 save all the other changes required, although I guess lifting the engine has less impact on handling

Thats OK Alex, I was probably been over touchy, I blame me ormones you now, all the rain has deprived me of an adrenalin fix recently, had spent all day under the car doing fans or more particularly about an hour doing 7 of the 8 bolts and forever doing the 8th, anyway no Bats taken home and I have even lept to your defence on surgery thread 😬 Billyboy, strangely enough on the way to make sum guard I hit a rock and removed a fin, luckily got away with no cracked sump, but culdn't find fin to weld back on. Edited by - tbird on 8 Apr 2010 14:09:22

Billyboy, yes dry sump, but don't see why the way I have done it would not work on any sump. At the moment it is more for protection of the front of sump and fins although it could easily be adapted to cover as much of the sump as required, I was also a little concerned about cooling and clearance hence keeping it as small as possible. I have some pics, on a friends camera and as soon as he mails them across I will post them either here or on picassa with a write up of what we did. Epimetheus once fans were off it became obvious that a substantial part of the noise seems to be from the bearings inside the fan, I still have them so thanks for the suggestion, I will give it a whirl Dave J anything that involes a hammer gets my vote, maybe I can fully refurb them and then if someone else in the club needs a free pair they can have them Edited by - tbird on 8 Apr 2010 11:31:39

Eugene good idea although with the butterfly type Dzus its not too bad, the really annoying bolt today was the one above the bottom hose holding the nearside fan, I think if doing fans again I would remove top hose so I could remove air baffle, it would have probably been quicker in the long run. Tim

Actually, showing my own stupidity, the only other awkward job I have done recently was fabricating and fitting a sump guard/protector and, having only got some low ramps handy, spent about 3 hours messing underneath fitting brackets and guard with very little room to swing the proverbial cat, just I tightened the last bolt it dawned on me it would have been a little easier if I had removed the nosecone, at least it would have stopped the bl00dy numberplate guillotining me every time I moved, never mind live and learn 😬 Tim

OK apologies to all for touchiness reasons I have not had nosecone off are two fold, not had any need to so no point in just messing and am currently without suitable garage space for working on car, so if its sunny I have been driving it and if not its been in friends V small and crowded garage, today I borrowed a large and comfortable garage to do fans, but back to the question The Fans have done, Presumably, about 12k miles if they have been on from new, recently have been noticing a noise similar to when a leaf gets into a fan only louder, a bit like when you were a kid and stuck some card to your bike forks to make a noise, Any way, as explained about garage, while a local Garage was doing oil change and spanner check he checked over the fans and they were rocking on the spindles and catching the casing, also if I spin the fans manually they sound like a well oiled ratchet. Strange that both are the same! anyway as we are driving down to Greece in it in a couple of weeks thought better to be safe than sorry and chuck new ones in, nice and quiet now. hope mine is a one off and yours are fine Tim Edited by - tbird on 7 Apr 2010 23:43:06

Guys I am not unsure how to remove Dzus fasteners, have removed thousands of the little bleeders from many an aircraft, however I had never had the nosecone of a 7, having only had it a few months,just wanted to make sure there were not any hidden wires etc I needed to be aware of, and while I am quite capable of removing a radiator it is not required to change the fans, anyway fans done. and I apologise for asking a simple question next time i will figure it out on my own ☹️ Thanks to those who understood that occasionaly we are all new to some tasks Tim

Gavin Hi, I think some cars, maybe earlier ones, not sure, have standard captive dzus that need a screwdriver or coin to turn, later cars and some retro fit use dzus fasteners with a built in turner a bit like a butterfly nut, similar to the one here Tim Must type faster 😬 although coin still useful for top 2 which on my car are normal Edited by - tbird on 7 Apr 2010 10:16:55 Edited by - tbird on 7 Apr 2010 10:18:32

yep thats the moment I want to avoid, I think blanket on floor to start is the way forward Ta Tim

Suspect people out purchasing popcorn and will be along later 😬

Cheers John, just wanted to avoid one of those "Only fools and horses chandelier moments" when undoing the dzus fasteners 😬

Hi, I need to replace the cooling fans on my CSR 200 tomorrow, so need to remove nose cone, previous owner, I think, has kindly fitted the turn button type dzus fasteners underneath, so don't need to get a stubby in, any pitfalls I need to be aware of cheers Tim Edited by - tbird on 7 Apr 2010 23:41:33

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*arrowup*hope they got extra points for the pig poster in rear window 😬 861 sorry number not quite in image but 🥰 Edited by - tbird on 5 Apr 2010 14:03:48

talking of yummy things, got up this morning and SWMBO making fresh Hot cross buns, straight from oven with lashings of butter, yummmmmmmmmmy 😬

Beverlonian, that's an impressively shiny machine, If I fit mud flaps will mine stay that shiny 😬

does thishelp or cheaper and slightly more choice here and another and finally LMGTFY 😬 Tim Edited by - tbird on 4 Apr 2010 21:28:44 Edited by - tbird on 4 Apr 2010 21:32:25

I use one of these it fits to one of bolts of the windscreen stanchion, little bit of a fag putting disc in but only once a year, very secure, both speed and wandering fingers Tim

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hmm hadn't thought of that, maybe that's why wagon wheels seem smaller as well

can you still get the ones with currants in? mind the chocolate seems to have got much thinner since I was a young un ☹️