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In your place i would beg borrow steal to keep her rolling
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as i said before respect, to you sir
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HighwayStar wrote:A few niggles took some time but hopefully it'll be back v soon.Compression test results excellent and apparently it sounds luuurvly.
Thanks for all the encouragement.
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and the words of caution.
It's good to have both, I just hope it turns out well and runs another 3 or more years for sentimental reasons I guess.
And it's just now as I like it.
HighwayStar wrote:Well I've only driven it the few miles home but I have to say it feels like a new engine particularly at the top end(Luke did some fettling to the exhaust manifold as well as the rest of the clean up) and sounds great.
Looks fabulous as well.
Tomorrow I'll take it and show it a motorway and see how the temps hold.
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It rolled 217k on the trip home.
Slarty wrote:
it's just that we subscrible to the theory of hitting it harder until it works.Or something falls off, in which case you've hit it too hard.
g.lewarne wrote:Are you 100% sure your temp that's sensor is working right?![]()
For a 15 quid second hand one might be worth a punt