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At the moment there are no badges at all on the car except on the alloys. And no sorry no build thread

I got bored and cut the original one up meshed it then sprayed it black. I'm in two minds about the mesh size though, I could change it for smaller gauge mesh yet. Before After

The front badge has gone too now, the only ones left are on the alloys

I gotta admit it does look cleaner without

Part of the outer ring of the "H" had been snapped and looked messy so I wanted to remove it but was cautious of leaving 2 little holes. Anyways today I took it off only to find NO HOLES!!! Whoop whoop!!! Now I am in debate, do I leave it badge-less? Replace it with a shiny new "H"?? Or the...

I forgot to reply to this, but my aircon is now completely removed. The replacement belt is only 7mm shorter than the original so I could of used the original one and lost the excess on the alternator adjustment. I went to a local place called Electroparts in Daventry and he had a listing for an...

Cheers dude, I'll give them a shout B)

Right, the nightmare is finally over!! In this pic you can see an indent where the woodruff had been jammed against the cog and how far apart the keyways were! Also to give you an idea of the previous owners hamfistedness, at the bottom of the pic you can see a cover for the wiring, those...

I used a dirty great big socket welded to a piece of box section with the centre drilled so I could fit a 19mm socket in the middle. I'm fully aware I had to remove the pulley, I'm the one who lost the knuckles doing it! I'll post some pictures up tonight of the tools and the position and if...

The only thing we can think of was it wasn't put in properly when the timing belt was changed before. Last night was the first time I've taken it out so I ***ume it's been like it for at least the last two months that I've owned it! It had been pushed in through the first pulley but not the...

Have just had a text, a new woodruff key will be with me tonight!! Fingers crossed this'll sort it

Found the timing issue! The woodruff key in the crank pulley was bent in an "S" shape and only through the outer pulley not the inner timing cog. The only thing keeping them in sync was the pressure of the bolt!!! My timing was 30 degrees out when the cam and outer crank pulley were tdc. When...

Still won't start, dammit!!

New seal and belt kit courtesy of my mate with the teg, he bought them by mistake for one of his Civics. So far it's only cost me temper and knuckles!

New seal should be here at dinner so hopefully I'll be back on the road in the morning and won't have to walk to work anymore woohoo!

Because I was rushing to get it all back together and didn't check if the bottom pulley was tdc when I put the cam belt back on. Schoolboy error, I know! One thing I did do was get the air con pump out though and the new belt fits perfects :)

At the moment the old seal is still in but the car won't be run until I have the new seal. I have to set the timing up now cuz I did try to start it but it ain't happening so the only thing I can think is the timing is way off

Retainer made and fits well

Where's the fun in that!?! Making one can't be rocket science :) famous last words