worst job to do on a westfield

[bedlam age]

Thanks for the advice will check it out this weekend as the weather looks like it's going to be cr*p!  

[scruffythefirst]

rebuilding the car after crashing it has got to be the worst.

[oioi]

bolting the type9 gearbox mount down generally gets me cursing and swearing, as does topping up the gearbox oil (even with a hole in the side panel)

[Norman Verona]

Oioi, tack a bit of wire to two bolts pushed through the gearbox mounting plate next time you have it off (maybe I should reword that)

Turns a half hour job into 30 seconds.

[Morbius]

As far as worst job on a Westie - my vote is for the routing of the wires through the roll bar for a high level brake light! Not hard to do just b****y frustrating trying to get the wires to feed round the bar (I ended up having to use cotton first and then wire   )

Never doing that again!

Not so for me.

I pushed a stiff piece of wire up from the end where it goes on the body ( I chose the RHS for no particular reason except that it was easier in my garage).  The only fiddly bit was hooking the end through the hole feeding the back of the Brake light itself.  Gaffer tape the brake light wires to the 'mouse' wire, and Bob's my mother's brother (this last fact is always true for me, so in theory I should find nothing difficult).

Of course I fitted the light before I fitted the Roll Bar: wouldn't find it quite so easy in situ.

Worst job for me is fitting the throttle cable to the accelerator pedal after the scuttle is on: usually results in copious amounts of swearing on my part.  That said, after fitting the Jenveys, I had a longer tail at the pedal end and left that tyrapped to the pedal to make life easier next time.  Bob to the rescue again!

[cast iron]

Changing the type 9. On an Escort for example you can pull the engine forward and take it off the back of the engine, in a ruddy westfield there is that furkin cross member so the whole engine has to come out

[greeny]

Fitting a full cage and in particular fitting the side protection bars on a fully built car! A*** of a job!  

[Rory's Dad]

As far as worst job on a Westie - my vote is for the routing of the wires through the roll bar for a high level brake light! Not hard to do just b****y frustrating trying to get the wires to feed round the bar (I ended up having to use cotton first and then wire   )

Never doing that again!

I was expecting it to be really bad but it took two minutes using florists' wire as a leader.  Maybe I was just lucky    

Rory's Dad

[Ross]

Changing the diif to a quaife item keep snapping tools  

Ross

[j30fos]

converting from BEC to CEC lol its doing me head in

[LordB]

Another vote for V8 headers  

I remember, you gave that job for me to do!

that because he thought you had the ability of a 3 yr old.......nothing to do with your hands!!  lol    

[It Almost Looks Like A Car]

Worst job....cleaning dead animal from front wishbones, exhaust and rear wing....grim

[oioi]

Worst job....cleaning dead animal from front wishbones, exhaust and rear wing....grim

i just leave them there for the "road warrior" look

had splattered bird on the roll bar (just above my head) for ages.

[JeffC]

Worst job....cleaning dead animal from front wishbones, exhaust and rear wing....grim

i just leave them there for the "road warrior" look

had splattered bird on the roll bar (just above my head) for ages.

and a git shark on yer bonnet for a couple of years too  

[slippy]

Fitting Rac bar to a narrow was fun as was fitting the Westfield Sports Racing Seats in fact come to think most things on a narrow are a shunt