robt964

ugggh - pictures like that bring back memories

Paul284pt

Hi Frank,

Such is the power of Rennlist etc! I think I may know who that could be, I have some pm chat (on the Pelican channel) with him in the past and he has links here in London.

Happy days.

Where's the pics Stu????

Best,
Paul

STUARTQ

I need some advice on the oil leaks.
As you can see the thermostat housing and everything around it is covered in thick oil.
From what I can see, most of the hoses seem to be leaking.
We've sprayed the area with degreaser and high pressure hosed it off, so clean now, but the only way around this is to remove the tank and refurb and replace the hoses.

John McM

Been there done that. Best idea is to replace all. The three long lines are expensive but the rest aren't too bad. You may want to check your oil cooler at the same time. Mine was caked with oil on the fins.

STUARTQ

There is also a leak at the oil cooler. For now we will clean this and try tightening the fitting and see if that stops the leak as it seems to be very minor.
Ideally I'd like to strip it all out and refurb, but I'm worried I'll run out of time. If tightening the fitting doesn't work and a new hose is required, it's coming out!

STUARTQ

Shots of the existing brake and suspension set up.
From what the previous owner has told me, the discs are non standard, but I don't know about the callipers.
Can anyone identify them?
I want to get the geometry checked and probably lower the car a few mm. At the moment I'm planning on using JZM. Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

ras62

The front fan temp sensor has an alloy washer behind that corrodes, I would check this as its likely to be what is causing the leak. It comes out easy and you will not spill any oil. The oil tank and thermostat is a bit more difficult, if its all clean then run the car to hot so the stat is open and see if you can ID which hose is leaking.
The brake calipers are standard C2, the discs are normal size but drilled so not OE

BLACK-BETTY

StanUK951

Looking good Stu. I've got some C4 rear calipers that are in good condition if you're interested (I've got the fronts too but you've got those!).

Centre Gravity seem to be the accepted best in suspension setups but perhaps for us mere mortals a decent indy like JZM should be ok. I use Jaz in Wembley, which I know is not far from you when you're in the UK, and they have a lot of racing experience, which is no bad thing when setting up suspension even for road use.

STUARTQ

Will pull out both the tank and rad and replace all the hose, it makes sense and get the bumpers off too. Spotted a few rust spots under the shark fins. Very minor and easy to treat. I've also found that the side skirts and fins have rubbed through the paint, so that will get done too.
Someone recently started a thread asking if anyone had their lower section of side skirt and bumpers painted to match the car rather than Black and I've decided to do it.

So jobs for next week.
Oil tank and Rad out and refurbished and new hoses.
Remove bumpers, and paint
Refurb all support brackets for them and the Side skirts
Remove and clean up rear light cluster.

John McM

Good decision. Mine were all past their best and I now have confidence to take the car on the track knowing that my cooling system is as good as it was when it left the factory. The risk with leaks is very real given the oil would leak out in front of the rear tyre from the system on that side of the car.

STUARTQ

Sorry Rob, didn't mean to make you feel sick!

robt964

Ha, I'd do it all again. In fact if you lived closer I'd pop over and help

9six4

My oil cooler fittings/lines have similar weeping. I'm just starting the process of replacing all of my oil lines due to similar issues, well maybe not as bad!

STUARTQ

I was just reading your thread! A few useful tips etc.

Rob,
The car is in Stanmore! Not so far from Acton

Stan,
What is the difference between C4 & C2 rear callipers?