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I knew it would arrive next day but 07:25 was a bit of a surprise. I'd only been out of bed ten minutes.

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:57 am The Bosch “silver” are, well, silver which is probably less offensive than the blue.

Good batteries the Bosch S5s IME.

Explosive Newt wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:53 am

GG. wrote: Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:33 am Sounds good on the surface - I just crunched the numbers versus someone doing a 9-5 and I work an extra 105 of their working days per year - roughly half again!

Jeez - I was about to do this and I realised it would not be good for my mental health to know the data....

It's only the equivalent of working 9-5 every single day of the year or 10.5 hour days.

Fair play to you, @GG.. You've clearly got a plan and a goal and you're working to achieve it.

Aslong as you have a defined goal it’s good. I averaged 106 hours a week for 12 weeks straight and no days off, 3 weeks at home and then the same again. After a year I had a house deposit though so that was the aim.

Now I do between 84 and 90 hours a week for 4 weeks, no days off but followed by 4 weeks off.

Tiredness hits you in different ways and it’s just not sustainable and healthy.

Work hard when you’re young to give your future self an easier time.

Dave!

GG. wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:45 am

Sundayjumper wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:57 am The Bosch “silver” are, well, silver which is probably less offensive than the blue.

Good batteries the Bosch S5s IME.

Yausas are also pretty good, I find.

And yeah, Tayna are excellent. They do one thing, and they do it well.

Engine mounts done. Undertray a bit of a faff but not actually difficult - although it turns out there’s a couple of rivnuts missing from the chassis so I’ll need to replace those. I may as well fit new stainless hardware while I’m there.

With the car then up in the air the engine mounts are incredibly easy. One big bolt holding it to the engine, four small ones to the chassis. Jack the engine up a bit, swap them over, done. This is turning out to be a very easy car to work on.

Old ones clearly fcuked. I got hold of a pair of vgc s/h mounts for £47 from someone upgrading to Challenge spec mounts vs. buying new at almost £200 . They will be a big improvement.

Alternator does indeed look very easy to get to too

Wait which Ferrari is it which needs an engine out service every few years as nothing is accessible?

355 & earlier are engine-out for cam belt change as the belts are at the bulkhead end. For the 360 they put an access panel in the bulkhead so you can do it from inside the car.

Not my pic:

They could say that about any of them and people would be happy to pay. I imagine the percentage of Ferrari owners prepared to get their hands dirty is minute.

I’d imagine the older ones like 355 / 512 are a little more tricky and more ‘bespoke’ where I’d have thought by the 360 they had put some thought into efficient build and maintenance.

Ferrari 360 appealing more and more. Nice working on stuff which has actually been designed with future serviceability in mind.

integrale_evo wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:38 pm I imagine the percentage of Ferrari owners prepared to get their hands dirty is minute.

For newer ones I'm sure you're right but for slightly older ones there's quite a strong DIY scene and there's a wealth of info out there.

integrale_evo wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:38 pm I’d imagine the older ones like 355 / 512 are a little more tricky and more ‘bespoke’...

Everything before the 360 was as you say... "bespoke". Interesting thing with the 512 though - the flat 12 engine sits directly on top of the gearbox and the drive is transferred downwards by a couple of idler gears. The clutch is simply under a cover, you can change it without removing either engine or gearbox ! I assume this was an accident, rather than deliberately for ease of replacement

Down to a much more mundane update...
Fabia. MOT. Yay! (though the offside front lower shock bolt was loose. Like, nearly falling off loose, so they handily tightened that up).
Might get the clutch done now that's out of the way. And drive it again. 464 miles since the last MOT.

JonMad wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 3:22 pm 464 miles since the last MOT.

It's not the number of miles, it's what you do with them. A reasonable number of those were much much harder than road miles !

I probably sat in the passenger seat for 1/4 of those miles

Audi ticked over 10,000 miles today. I’m going to get it serviced now just to change the oil, even though it’s on long life service intervals. My commute should be a bit shorter soon so that’ll stop it racking up the miles as quickly. Still 22 miles to the nearer office and 45ish to the further one but I guess a petrol engine isn’t out of the question next time.

Jobbo wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:00 pm I probably sat in the passenger seat for 1/4 of those miles

Audi ticked over 10,000 miles today. I’m going to get it serviced now just to change the oil, even though it’s on long life service intervals. My commute should be a bit shorter soon so that’ll stop it racking up the miles as quickly. Still 22 miles to the nearer office and 45ish to the further one but I guess a petrol engine isn’t out of the question next time.

Looking forward to updates about Castle Jobson.

Sorry, I wasn’t attention whoring. Just want to make it ours before posting about it; I deal with enough property transactions every day not to get ahead of myself.

Wasn't suggesting you were.

New (to me) seats for the Lotus.



Ignore the questionable pads, they will be replaced when I have the money, but in the mean time they help stop me from scratching them up.