new owner but old owner wants a slap

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:40 pm

mills wrote:It wasn't this 1 by any chance

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/post230678.html#p230678

it certainly is why have a bought a lemon lol nothing was advised as the previous owner was unaware of the 1 lowering springg( suprised as it goes left slightly and is now visable since i picked up on it lol)

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:42 pm

CARRisma wrote:Ever since 2001, I've stuck with fully synthetic Mobil 1 oils: 0w40 (New Life), 15w50, 10w60 (Extended Life) and Mobil Super 3000 X1 5W-40. However, during my last oil change last month, I've now switched to Shell Helix Ultra 5w40. Much cheaper from Euro Car Parts. And as @crigal.bb6 has said - If it's good enough for Ferrari, I'm sure it's good enough for our 2.2 litre 4 cylinder engines.

so generally ppl say 5w 40 fully synth as im used to nissans and using 10w 40 part synth??

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:36 pm

[quote="EdThe209thOfHisName"]My old springs, those...only one fitted though

Good luck getting it straight again

Another 5w40 believer here too FWIW

[/quote

Good luck ?? Does this car have a history i should know about lmao
Aslong it not a lemon ill have her sorted lol

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:50 pm

Yeah got the box has 3 eibachs and the original front passenger spring as soon as i opened the box i checked the spring and found the one that was fitted so a wee bit confused lol

pbryant_knight · Post by **pbryant_knight** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:12 pm

Unless they were a bugger to fit so he put one one (to replace the most damaged) and thought "Ah, Screw this".

Thats the only explanation really? Even if the previous owner had no idea there was a different spring on the car, surely he would have noticed that there was a different spring in the box?

Peter

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:11 pm

well a bit of an up date ... new master and slave other front spring fitted , rears to do soon along with service and new drop link as 1 snapped while changing spring weird i know but it was rotten all the rubber was crusty

Post by **Kawa** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:02 pm

I've always used Castrol 10w40 Magnetec Semi. Anything else I've tried made the top end sound a bit rattly.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:17 pm

seanp1981 wrote: and new drop link as 1 snapped while changing spring weird i know but it was rotten all the rubber was crusty

Very common.

seanp1981 · Post by **seanp1981** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:35 pm

Well clutch pedal reajusted throttle cable tightened on with the service lol

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:37 pm

One odd spring now thats just plain crazy

i did all 4 on my 4G recently and "it was a pain" but not hard in comparison to some i've worked on, the rears were the more difficult I have to say.

I too had crusty drop link rubbers, all 4 have now been changed, much better handling now

plus i'm in the process of changing the track rod ends on the front as they are well fubared, plus a genuine Honda steering rack boot as i have a split one... should be here in a couple of days