Zel's Fleet Blog - BX, Jag XJ-S, Sinclair C5, Mercedes 208D & 230TE, AC Model 70.

[CitroJim]

That's looking great Zel

[Zelandeth]

It's been a pretty busy week so haven't really had much chance to play around with car things. Trabant has mostly been out and about for local duties. Had an opportunity to get a photo where there's little on show to date things so grabbed it.



Did have some slight excitement a couple of days ago when I heard the sound of something bouncing off the underside of the floor and saw in my rear view mirror a bolt bouncing off into the verge of the A5. Thankfully not into the front of someone else's car or windscreen, so that was a win.

I was 90% certain it was one of the exhaust downpipe flange bolts (I'd planned to change them with the exhaust but the ones I'd bought were too short). However the 10% uncertainty of whether it was something critical meant it was a bit nerve wracking while I got to somewhere I could safely stop. Sure enough my suspicion was proven to be correct.



I need to get some further new ones that are the proper size (the internet was wrong *gasp*) as these are a bit too narrow but there are now spring washers hopefully stopping this from unbolting itself. Again.



I'll double nut it as well when the proper bolts are in. You don't want to go too crazy tightening it up given you're clamping against a cast iron assembly - an expensive cast iron assembly that I really don't want to break one of the ears off of.

[MattBLancs]

Plenty of copper grease on the threads too, then they might "just unscrew" in years to come (if needed) ?