Another build thread

[jason 82]

What a bitch ! I feel really bad for you after building the car twice. What's up with it ? Not had the best of luck hey ? 1 diff failure, 1 crash & now a breakdown. Sounds like your car is a female, always a catastrophe & costing shit loads of cash. Get divorced ! It's the future lol

[skov]

Originally Posted by jason 82

What a bitch ! I feel really bad for you after building the car twice. What's up with it ? Not had the best of luck hey ? 1 diff failure, 1 crash & now a breakdown. Sounds like your car is a female, always a catastrophe & costing shit loads of cash. Get divorced ! It's the future lol

Don't mention the d-word... the wife was not a happy bunny when I told her I'd broken down and was going to be home late
She's not a fan of my bit on the side at the best of times!

Hopefully not too catastrophic this time - my alternator belt snapped.

Wouldn't be too much of a problem except that it also drives the water pump on the 1.6, and I've no idea how long I'd be driving it for whilst the coolant was boiling off
Turns out my warning lights aren't very visible when the sun's out....

[james3004]

That's rubbish luck mate

[CTWV50]

Bummer! Note to self - "replace alternator belt!". I think I did actually when I bought the donor 3 tears ago as it was already on it's way out.

Dominator headlight look good though, hey!

[skov]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Bummer! Note to self - "replace alternator belt!". I think I did actually when I bought the donor 3 tears ago as it was already on it's way out.

If it's had 3 tears it probably does need replacing
Mine was about 3 years old and had done just over 2000 miles when it went
The previous owner snapped it just before he sold it too, which is slightly
worrying...

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Dominator headlight look good though, hey!

Thanks mate. Glad that they look good, as they serve no practical purpose - May as well have a pair of candles on the front of the car

[CTWV50]

Originally Posted by skov

..........as they serve no practical purpose - May as well have a pair of candles on the front of the car

Ahahahaha! Why?

[skov]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

Ahahahaha! Why?

Because they illuminate the road about as well as a pair of candles would!

[Davidbolam]

What a bummer mate. Fortunately they are really easy to replace. Hopefully there won't be any damage from the water pump

When are you going to change the steering wheel???

[CTWV50]

I got a genuine mazda one, probably no different, but even without use it managed to stretch and I had to tighten it up when I rebuilt the car.

[skov]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

What a bummer mate. Fortunately they are really easy to replace. Hopefully there won't be any damage from the water pump

When are you going to change the steering wheel???

Yeah, the belt's easy to replace. The worry is that the overheating might have fcucked up my freshly rebuilt engine

I'm in no rush to change the steering wheel. The one on there does the job nicely! Plus I'm pretty much skint at the moment

Originally Posted by CTWV50

I got a genuine mazda one, probably no different, but even without use it managed to stretch and I had to tighten it up when I rebuilt the car.

I think mine was a Mazda one too... and I tightened it up recently as it had stretched a bit!