I took the TZD to the garage for it's MOT yesterday.......except I turned around and cancelled it
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When I was doing the car, I decided (in Bandit wisdom) to replace the front w/bearing cos it sounded iffy....sort of do I/don't I kinda thing. I prob made things worse when I heated up the hub carrier to remove the lower ball joint. Anyway, I must of mullered the new bearing
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
I'll fit a new one next week and take her in for MOT. I still have some non MOT related stuff to do but all in all I'm quite pleased. I did an awfull bit of welding on the sill repair....just fucking horrible in places but atleast it's hidden behind the plastic wheel arch thingy!
Driving it put me back in BX floatiness! I'd got so used to the valver that at first it felt really odd. Only having 4000 rpm to play with was a bit of a shock too!!!! The differences between 'same models' is interesting too...i.e. My TD (when it was a roto diesel) used to have very little below 2000 rpm and then womf, the turbo kicked in and tailed off as the revs climbed. The TZD has more progressive torque with the turbo kicking in around the 3000....that'll be spot on for the motorway
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Sadly, the valver is now off the road and I miss it already. We'll run the TZD and the xanty until I've repaired my old TD but for the time being, I don't want to touch a nut, bolt, peice of tin, grinder, welder, grease, green blood or anything car related....once the tzd is mot'd...I am officially a man of liesure..............until I get bored
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)