Jay 
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Just read that start to finish, good luck with getting it started mate  
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Ash_EP3 
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Good luck mate  
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spankyjames 
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ash you should pop round his house today, have a chat etc
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Ash_EP3 
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quote: Originally posted by spankyjames 
ash you should pop round his house today, have a chat etc 
   
 
I might pop over later maybe, I have some work to do for tomorrow! how's it going?
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scaron5188 
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cheers lads, 
 
jayM- appriciate u reading through   
 
pop over tomorrow ash, jus got to sort the gears out now   everything else is plumbed, plugged in redy to go, my mate is getting me some vauxhall  oil and coolant tomoz for a tener   mates rates lol. and fingers crossed she'll tick over 1st time, daveybee has reasured that it will   
 
  
 
and back on her feet   lol 
 
  
 
cant wait to get it running (as longs it does lol) 
 
really good feeling when we dropped it dwon on its wheels today, proud of myself if thats fair to say   
 
and a really big thanks to my mate, spankyjames, cheers for all the help buddy   
 
cheers, aaron 
 
[Edited on 02-04-2009 by scaron5188]
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spankyjames 
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all in a days work lol, nah i like doing engine conversions anyway
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scaron5188 
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haha, not far off a day really mate   lol 
 
yea was quite good fun really, also learnt alot  
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Dale 
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nearly there, I know the feeling of getting it back on the floor. It took me 4 weeks from start to finish. such a good feeling and the first drive is the best.
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scaron5188 
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cheers mate, but ran into some problems, wont frickin start, have left a thread in help zone if anyone would care to take a look and.....HELP lol
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scaron5188 
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success, she is running, just needed more power steering fuid and shes perfect from what we can tell, so fooking happy   
 
cheers daveybee for the engine 
 
and big thanks to spankyjames for all the help!!! couldnt have done it with out you buddy     
 
aaron 
 
[Edited on 04-04-2009 by scaron5188]
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podge17 
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so y wouldnt it start then?
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scaron5188 
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school boy error really lol 
 
when we were bolting the live ant trace onto the starter motor, we broke the wire going into the coil, whoops lol 
 
so put my old starter on, and it is sorted  
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blackmagic 
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my diagnosis is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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spankyjames 
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quote: Originally posted by blackmagic 
my diagnosis is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
   
 
 
well you do work for vauxhall lol
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scaron5188 
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quote: Originally posted by spankyjames 
quote: Originally posted by blackmagic 
my diagnosis is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
   
 
 
well you do work for vauxhall lol 
   
 
haha yea, but me and james realised why,, u just said to try it   lol
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scaron5188 
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nopt much of an update: 
 
put some cool freebee dust caps on... 
 
  
  
 
and just got back from castle combe, what a great day, cheers ian, willay and jr. 
i got a fairly warm welcome   
still getting to know some of the lads off here   
 
couple of pics of my car on the stand: 
 
  
  
 
Aaron 
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chunky_nb 
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saw your car on stand along with fazzas on saturday, looks lovely, makes me wish i kept mine
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scaron5188 
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cheers mate, just the paint work lets it down imo. fazzas is a beast, cant wait for it to be finished. 
 
should have  
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Dale 
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looking good, love your wheel   
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scaron5188 
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cheers buddy, i love your wheels to, i want some for track use   lol
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Dale 
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i bought mine new from ebay  
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scaron5188 
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will have to have a look   
 
how much if u dont mind me asking  
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ash87 
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Saw your car at combe on sat, looks smart mate.
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scaron5188 
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cheers buddy   just need to sort the paintwork out really, to many paint chips and scratches for my liking lol 
 
were you on the stand?
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fazza 
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oooh looks nice there mate. 
 
was eyeing yours up on the stand mate, is lovely. 
 
arden is such a sweet colour when clean   
 
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