This weekends jobs

ian Harris · 09-07-12, 08:06 PM

Had Sunday afternoon to do some fiddling,
1st Job was reseal the Scuttle panel, last 3-4 days there has been a trickle of water on the passenger rubber mat so searched the forum and found the scuttle panel was a common cause, i removed the panel and did find the foam seal hanging off in numerous place and a puddle of water near the heater fan - I cleaned and dried everything and made a new seal with Wickes heavy duty draught excluder foam and then refitted it - fingers crossed.

Next job was move the parrot display, it had been fitted by the centre air vent but it was difficult to see in bright light, I removed the dash console and made a an L bracket so it now sits at the front of the binnacle in central view only hiding the immobiliser LED

Job 3 was to fit the Pipercross filter correctly - previous owner hadn't fitted the bracket so removed it and gave the alloy a polish and oiled the foam. My car didn't have the mounting point for the bracket so I drilled one through the lifting eye, once all fitted was still not happy - the filter was still bouncing around and still found nowhere to duct the cold feed pipe, for now the filter is cable tied to a hose to stop it bouncing into the rad.

Job 4 - new badges from eBay with silver carbon and green logo, looked really smart but rushed fitting them and should have warmed with a hair dryer so have ended with a couple of creases - fit needed a slight trim first as well, this job likely to be repeated in a few days.

Job 5 - saggy rear bumper - well not got that far as it was 9pm

peterzs · 09-07-12, 08:36 PM

Sounds a busy day, saggy bum on my to do list as well!!

One day!!

andy-81 · 10-07-12, 12:42 AM

is yours the 180 or 120? if its the 120, remove the bottom of the airbox and use the hole nearest the rear of the engine bay
if its a 180 then get a strip of stainless steel and bend it to the same diameter of the neck of the filter. once this is done bend a 90 degree angle in it drill a hole in the mounting section and fasten it to the battery tray.

Hope this helps pal

stamford · 10-07-12, 07:02 AM

It is surprising how much time is taken up by these 'little' jobs.

ian Harris · 10-07-12, 11:05 PM

Bad news - scuttle panel didn't cure it

Good news - now sorted the leak, the heater fan unit has a moisture drain which vents out through the bulkhead, the pipe had been kick off the box and was now venting straight on the carpet ( well rubber mat luckily)

Andy it is the 180 and cheers for that, I need to work out the cold air pipe and I like the idea of a bracket from battery tray.

andy-81 · 10-07-12, 11:53 PM

best way to route the cold air feed is to remove the front bumper and route it to the outer of the inner wing but inside the bumper so too keep it sort of dry, one of the 180 boys might be able to help you further with that one

mattie007 · 11-07-12, 07:15 AM

They do end up taking several hours, worth it in the end.
Andy, mines a 120 but I just removed the top of the airbox and placed the piperX filter on top of that. Is there another way to fit it?

andy-81 · 11-07-12, 08:14 AM

as i explained above, if you look at how the bottom of the airbox is fitted on the right hand side next to the battery you'll see two 8 or 10mm bolts holding the it on just undo these and make a bracket to fasten to one of the holes