For those who don't know, I've been in the Caribbean playing in a band on a cruise ship since December and will be here until March 15th or so....Sooo I told my brother he could take the car out once a week if he really wanted to and I find out the other day that the clutch is rooted, so I guess he might have been a little hard on the Escort, but that's what it's made for I 'spose. I have to laugh though, it seems you can't escape unreliable cars even by leaving the country!! hahaha.

Its probably better to have a stuffed clutch...at least you know it wont end up with any panel damage before you get home[;^)]

Yeah! At least I can make a positive out of it hahaha. Ahh it's alright, at least I don't have to deal with it breaking on me when I get home now!

And it begins all over again (again). This is a far as I got today...it's too freaking hot.







As I said in a previous post, my brother told me the clutch sh!t itself, but now that I'm home and can hear it for myself, and from talking to some mates I now think the flywheel has come a little bit loose. So seeing as I don't have access to a hoist the easiest option is to pull the motor again (I've done it enough times with this silly car to be able to do it blindfolded I think!)

While the motor is out I'm treating myself to a new adjustable pedal box from Smcka, and then I might finally get around to putting in the Mallory Hyfire 6 I bought about 2 years ago...mmm launch control.

Might also put the dual throttle cable in if I can find it!

If a vicious vibration occurs when you use the clutch.
Make sure the Gearbox bell housing isn't cracked.

Have you got the engine out yet josh?

Nah not just yet, it's ready to be plucked out, just got to get around to it. At least I can do it at home this time around, won't take eleventy zillion years this time [:x)]

On another note I ordered the pedal box with braided hoses from Smckaperformance today. Can't wait to have some brake pedal feel again.

is jezza making these rocker covers on request by any chance?

cheers

Hey mate I'm not sure about that, PM him and ask. I have to fix a few things with it though. The O-ring at the bottom of the filler cap doesn't line up properly so oil leaks out of there, so I think I'm going to weld a baffle in, that should hopefully stop that...and it doesn't have the grooves down the side for the tabs in the gasket to wedge in to which makes it a right pain to put like the gasket up. Then I might grind the weld around the filler tube down if I can be bothered haha.

Rightio...so I was going to yank the motor out today, but got side-tracked with other things like motor bikes and stuff. I accquired a 4 stroke pit bike with a 138cc "race" motor in it (freaking flies!) and on top of that there are now 2 other bikes in the house aswell...a Honda CRF250 and CR125, and at the moment there's nowhere for them to go except the garage.

Here's what the garage looks like at the moment. Gotta make some room for the motor before I go pulling it out hahaha. Stupid fun hobbies. [88]



And I guess seeing as this is the Showroom section, here's my little basher...it's way more fun than I expected for a smaller bike!