Recent content by Grims_Puma

Finally got it sorted, the oil was treacle black

Wow this is not as easy as I had hoped, the sump plug will not budge for love nor money, I actually just snapped my 13 mm wrench trying to loosen it, the 1/2 inch did nothing either, gonna have to take it to the garage they put it on far to bloody tight. Rocker cover was easier to change lol

This is Awsome, I have never don't anything more complicated then change my tyre and this was easy, only irritating part was that I didn't let the glue dry a bit before putting the rubber gasket in, and it kept popping out so I had to sit and hold it unti it set lol, leak is stopped now so I'm...

What does that do?

Ok so the tine has come for me to have to think about selling the puma as it's just not practical for me anymore, which is a shame as I'm quite fond of the old beast even if she does spend all her time breaking. (currently sorting an electrical problem and oil leak) So I would like to know your...

Yeah I have heard Gunk mentioned a few times now, I really need something that can get at all the bitty areas as I had an oil leak which got everywhere I'll try a jet wash but just be selective where I spray

Can you jet wash a Puma engine? I decided my engine bay was nasty (and there is an oil leak somewhere so a clean up will help me find the culprit) I took a sponge and some fairy liquid to it this morning and the top looks rather impressive now still a lot more to go thouogh. Has anyone jet...

ok so i have replaced the speedo sensor and it still has not sorted the problem, a neighbour of mine has a diagnostic programme and we plugged it in, it came up with a "speedo sensor A" fault according to the book that is the instrument cluster or similar, i know the instrument cluster guages...

Thanks for that, mine is a digital display, it used to work intermitantly it worked in summer then stopped in winter for some reason now it just stopped alltogether, will try all od them and see what i come up with thanks

Any ideas on why my speedo and Millage guage have stopped working? i'm guessing they are connected. Whats the fix for this? Thanks

Yeah I think i need more Lacquer on it, am seeking the help of a pro so hopefully he will be able to help me out. I used 1 small can of Lacquer already on it but it is a big area, it came with the spray paint from Ford. Hopefully I will soon be able to upload some better photos of the paint...

As you can see paint is clearly not right OK so these are the pics from start to finish, it is not the best job you would have ever seen but for my first time it is not bad, I would have been a lot happier if the paint had come out shinny, I am having someone look at it for me and show me how...

If it does not buff up and get shiney I will take it to a mate who I know of and get him to show me how to do it, these things should be easy lol

yeah I did that one coat up and down next left to right it looks horrible though. I Will upload my pics later, wish I had just left the spraying to the body shop as that is the easiest part removing the rust is the expensive bit for them.

So after years of rusty arches I decided to finally tackle them, I sanded away the rust, applied the filler, sanded that away thought all is going good here. I then primer'd it left it to dry for 24 hrs, sanded that down till I thought it was smooth, then sprayed it (with paint matched from the...