Today I acquired...........

[owas]

We have a runabout at work with 300k miles on it

 

[God mode restorations]

Gti6 are great cars..I do belive I have a complete interior in the loft for one..

 

[Johnseat]

I almost died in a last of the production line 306 HDI D Turbo in 2005.
Gti6 body kit and suspension made it look really nice but that rear axle is very unpredictable, several times the car skipped its **** out and one morning it caught me out and spun across a carriageway.
Match the rear axle to Pirelli P6000 tyres and they become very sketchy.

 

[God mode restorations]

Yes.the rear axle do suffera lot of problems. Main one bring the needle bearings seize up and then you have no suspension at all. But the axles can be made and upgraded to handle really well.

 

[Jim Davey]

I almost died in a last of the production line 306 HDI D Turbo in 2005.
Gti6 body kit and suspension made it look really nice but that rear axle is very unpredictable, several times the car skipped its **** out and one morning it caught me out and spun across a carriageway.
Match the rear axle to Pirelli P6000 tyres and they become very sketchy.

We on the Gti6 Forum lovingly refer to P6000's a Ditchfinders.

 

[Jim Davey]

Yes.the rear axle do suffera lot of problems. Main one bring the needle bearings seize up and then you have no suspension at all. But the axles can be made and upgraded to handle really well.

If you have deep enough pockets this is possible.

 

[dazza]

Record Number 3 vice and stanley no 4 plane.

Whats the best way to clean up the vice? It looks in good nick apart from the rust. I have a battery charger but its one of them smart ones unless i can piggy back off a battery?

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

@dazza
Use a car battery, for the de rusting tank, connect the battery charger to the battery.

That's how I use the smart charger I have.

If the plane still cuts well, when you dismantle the frog, marks it location to the body. Or you will have a devils own job in setting it up.

 

[dobbslc]

Dazza!
Flip flops and vices balanced on the edge of the bench probably don't mix......

 

[dazza]

Dazza!
Flip flops and vices balanced on the edge of the bench probably don't mix......

I was excited to get them unboxed i usually put my boots on when working in the garage.

 

[Bill Edwards]

Record Number 3 vice and stanley no 4 plane.

Whats the best way to clean up the vice? It looks in good nick apart from the rust. I have a battery charger but its one of them smart ones unless i can piggy back off a battery?

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Wire wheel in a grinder would work fine for the exterior bits.

 

[Turbo]

Nice car, I manufacture solid rear beam mounts to remove the passive rear steer on those. Makes the handling a bit more predictable if you like to press on let's say

I've made my own mounts for 205's before which is the same setup as a 306.

The twit that fitted the axle bought 4 new febi mounts for it but only fitted 2 and re-used the old knackered mounts on one side! Luckily he left the other mounts in the boot along with the brake backplates. Why did he not fit them before fitting the hubs & brakes? I'm going to remove the axle tomorrow and check everything, goodness knows what else the numpty has messed with!

 

[penfold]

7075-T651 1/4" ali plate. Decent sized bit. Needed to make a sort of splash back for the shelves I made for above the cooker, protect the wood from the usual cooking muck coming off it.

Ali is an awful material to make a splashback out of; the first time anyone cleans it it will get scratched. Stainless ones are almost as bad, although at least they don't corrode much.

 

[mpats]

Ali is an awful material to make a splashback out of; the first time anyone cleans it it will get scratched. Stainless ones are almost as bad, although at least they don't corrode much.

This is very true, although it's on the underside of a shelf, so no really a splash back, and won't be quite so visible. Plus t was free!

 

[tinman123]

If you have deep enough pockets this is possible.

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is that a kick stand for a 306?

no fault but if you had that setup on a 306 over here youd leave the axle in the first pothole youd meet..

 

[dan.taylor.1]

2 nearly new Kennedy 4" heavy duty deep throat G clamps for 10 quid, a 19mm Allen key (don't need it but it was 1 pound!) and a moore and wright 4-5" micrometer for 1 pound too!

 

[Jim Davey]

is that a kick stand for a 306?

no fault but if you had that setup on a 306 over here youd leave the axle in the first pothole youd meet..

It's a coilover adaption to meet class regs (not my work btw) that stipulate original suspension pickup points and geometry. You can't just turret the rear trailing arms unfortunately, hence the rather complicated workaround solution.

 

[anto44]

I picked up a second hand rtech plasma 30c this week. very happy with it so far

 

[Ton-up]

It's a coilover adaption to meet class regs (not my work btw) that stipulate original suspension pickup points and geometry. You can't just turret the rear trailing arms unfortunately, hence the rather complicated workaround solution.

Is there another link behind the shock, holding the bottom so it can only move in a straight vertical plane? I know that a photo can make it look all wrong, but the scrub line looks bad too!

 

[Robotstar5]

Not quite aquired today, more a case of looking through some boxes I'd moved from my parents house a few months ago...

Both big cans nearly full, just hope no active ingredients have evaporated from the Plus Gas

Not sure what some of the tools are so I will post some seperate pictures to get them identified, then I can price them and stick a for sale post up.