It's IN!!!!......It's out

[scott beeland]

Mucho spannering from me and Gromit today and the XE finally dropped into place.......Then we discovered there was no clutch function    so it's all been dragged out again and it's back on the garage floor      

Supposed uprated helix version of std cover plate.

Except when the bolts are tightened on the clutch assy the fingers dissapear inside the cover therefore rendering the clutch non operable.

Added to phils van troubles; a mad search for a short oil filter for the xe and a puncture in the Xantia tyre we've had what you might refer to as a sh*t day and I'm giving serious consideration to breaking the car

[SADDLEWORTH]

The joys of motoring  

[pistonbroke2]

To Morrows Easter Day Scott

All will come good in the end.

You dont want an easy life do you

or you wouldnt have bought a Westy

and you certainly wouldnt work for the N.H.

Peter.

[scott beeland]

Like easter day when everything is fuggin shut so I can't sort anything out?

[pete g]

scott what part number your clutch cover.

will check mine to see if same if you want.

[scott beeland]

Can you pm me your part number and I'll see if I can dig mine out.

Thanks

[brianm]

Scott, I hope you are having a slightly less ****e experience of installing your new XE than I am, Cos I cannot figure aproblem that I haven't had. Can we torch them both together?, kind of a group trash thing. Head off again tomorrow,            

Did I mention A***??

B.

[pete g]

scott you have pm

brian

what now

[scott beeland]

Scott, I hope you are having a slightly less ****e experience of installing your new XE than I am, Cos I cannot figure aproblem that I haven't had. Can we torch them both together?, kind of a group trash thing. Head off again tomorrow,            

Did I mention A***??

B.

Mine doesn't feel any less shi* than that at the moment..And torching the whole lot is high on the agenda at present here too.

I won't even be venturing into the garage tomorrow

[brianm]

Don't know Pete, Still got water oil mix, got mayo only slightly in water, and mayo, ish in catch tank. Used about a gallon of fairy to shift the residue. f*****n sick of orderin Vauxhall head gaskets.

Plus a rattle at about 4K on hard accel.

Plus a rattle on start up, sounds like tappets, but wasn't there 100 miles ago. Goes when hot but comes back  on cold start.

Comps are still 200+ all round hot or cold.

tomorrow will see the old head back on.

Rapidly losin the will,

Bri.

[pete g]

what a b*******  

hope mine goes more smoothly

[pistonbroke]

Hang on in there scotty , your place is booked for curbs an we all wanna see ya fly  

[neilwillis]

I'm saying nothing about Zetecs here, Scott would probably blow a gasket.

I hope you get it sorted soon mate.

Go crack open an Easter egg, and go back to it tomorrow, it'll all seem much less of a problem when you've slept on it.

[perksy]

it'll all seem much less of a problem when you've slept on it.

Agree, sometimes it pays to have a break from it and then you'll come back and look at it in a different way.

Too much work gone into it now Scott,

It'll fly when it's all working  

[stu.graham]

Scott, did you get my message about the short oil filter        

It will be all worth it in the end Scott