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he says the noise is from the front though..... another thing that makes a scrapeing noise is the edge of the disc, on old discs the rust flakes off and can grind between the disc and carrier for a few moments.

an alternative is www.blackcircles.com thinking about a pair of falcons for mine.

I love working for a garage, insured on anything upto 40K in value in buisness hours

The only welding experiance i have is gasless mig, very much in the goose droppings style............

Ok so whats your automotive history? This has probably been done before though. To get it started mine is........ K11 micra 1.0 16v 1993 pug 205 1.1 1991 ford KA 1999 vauxhall nova 1.4.. converted it to 1.6 GT/E 1990 rover metro 1.1 1991 renault clio 1.4RT 1997 VW scirocco GT2 1992...

That is terrible, i have never experianced anything like it and genuinly dont know what i can say. From the sound of it there was nothing you could do and i hope you are ok man.

OK the ''interesting'' shade of brown that is my interior is starting to loose is's novalty value, is there any kind of paint that stays slightly flexible that i can use on the doorcards? acrylic? or i think theres a K10 with a grey interior in a local scrapper... how much should i be looking...

hello and welcome, from a fellow newbie:laugh:

I wish they were led's back when i had a play with some, i thought they were 12v so held the wires together with my fingers for a test...... it made me sware a bit:doh: (they were to light the dash on my old nova, worked very well with the white dial kit and orange needles)

if they are normal neons they run at 110vAC if i remember right, the inverter is built into the adaptor plug. it would be farely easy to mount this under the dash with a switch for its supply but make sure the wires to the tubes are out of the way and any joints are well insulated.

Yep that sort of thing happens all the time, i work at a mot test station and have burst a corroded brake pipe before. i always put planty of force into it because its better to blow in the garage than when you need to do an emergency stop.... my tip, grease your brake pipes.... we paint them...

yep i know scrappys are not the best places to get things from, i am as certain as i can be thet the gearbox is fine apart from a couple of bearings so i might have a go at them myself when i get a quiet afternoon at work, using the scrapper box as a temporary measure.... if it turnes out to be...

My gf is a size 14 and nowhere near what i would call fat:wasntme:

Apparantly my boss can get a clutch kit for about £40 from sheffield imported factors, it will be getting changed just so i know its right:grinning: EDIT# Found a LUK online for £27.34 +vat so maby £30 with my trade discount?? no question its having 1 now:grinning...

cheers i will ring them to get it off the car next week, my own has only done 59K but the previous owner had it for 18 months and had just passed his test when he got it......... safe to say its had some abuse:alien:

The box on my car is makeing a whineing noise on acceleration in every 1 of its 4 gears that varies with engine revs, so most likley the input shaft bearings..... is this a DIY-able job? i have found another 4 speed box in the local scrapper with 55k on it for £40 or £50 if they remove it...

i have been told by my local ice guru that rear speakers wreck the soundstage, he laughed (a lot) when he saw them in my K10 and made me promise to remove them :upside: in his own car he has subs in the back and each front door speaker has its own amp...... the sound is chrystal clear...

The stone guard will be what i called the heat shield, somtimes suprises me how many names the same part can have :laugh:

looks very nice and professional that mate, am in the planning stage of a boot build for the K10, not using 3d imaging to plan it though... thats beyond me so a scrap of paper and a pen will do and need access for the spare too :laugh:

the brake binding is probably the pads sticking in the carrier, to cure this the pads need removing and cleaning on the ends along with the carrier being cleaned and greases with copper slip/copper grease (same thing different name) but the scrapeing noise sounds like the pads are worn out...