James's 1996 850R "Minty"

Ex850R

jamesinc;96212 wroteThanks to @iceton1975 / Berry for sending me this mint steering wheel for the wagon

I bet that's off my old R!!!

jamesinc

egads (she/her)

jamesinc

Air conditioning is back omgggg

jamesinc

@Forg found a little shop in West Ryde, Mitrics, next to the station, really nice guy, good prices, will gas your a/c on the spot. Cash only.

jamesinc

The one upshot of being home sick is getting to open parcels

Philia_Bear

jamesinc;99721 wroteThe one upshot of being home sick is getting to open parcels

Moving to 302mm?

jamesinc

Philia_Bear;99722 wroteMoving to 302mm?

Yes

jamesinc

Cracked CV boot meant trip to A&L this morning for new driveshafts. Man you really can't complain at $88/driveshaft.

Philia_Bear

jamesinc;101093 wroteCracked CV boot meant trip to A&L this morning for new driveshafts. Man you really can't complain at $88/driveshaft.

A&L?

jamesinc

A&L Driveshafts

http://sydneycvjoints.com.au/

jamesinc

@Philia_Bear gonna need your help to set in a new bushing for the upper engine mount too. Old one is cracked. My usual pink slip guy was unavailable and I got some new guy dying to fail a bushing for having a split at the surface (not cracked mind you, it's a split like 1mm deep).

Philia_Bear

jamesinc;101104 wrote@Philia_Bear gonna need your help to set in a new bushing for the upper engine mount too. Old one is cracked. My usual pink slip guy was unavailable and I got some new guy dying to fail a bushing for having a split at the surface (not cracked mind you, it's a split like 1mm deep).

They are easy

jamesinc

Forum says they are fiddly? The big one on the engine side. OEM bushing -> OEM bushing.

Philia_Bear

We talking about the round one that connects to the firewall and is near the distributor?

Its easy as
But does require removing the airbox and the charge air pipe

nickm

Upper mount can be done with a bolt and some pipe possibly some large sockets.
Come to think of it I cut the old one out and pressed it in with pipe and a bolt.

jamesinc

Well I ordered it from FCP this morning, hopefully it turns up before the weekend.

nickm

I might have a spare need to look

AshDVS

jamesinc;101108 wroteForum says they are fiddly? The big one on the engine side. OEM bushing -> OEM bushing.

Easy as. Might be more fiddly on an LHD car??
There's an updated one available for the firewall side, which is just a better design and will have a longer service life.

jamesinc

AshDVS;101268 wrote
jamesinc;101108 wroteForum says they are fiddly? The big one on the engine side. OEM bushing -> OEM bushing.
Easy as. Might be more fiddly on an LHD car??
There's an updated one available for the firewall side, which is just a better design and will have a longer service life.

That one didn't fail inspection, so it can stay. With "you know what" happening next week I've already exhausted car parts budget for the next couple months.

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