Recent content by Phil747

Morning all. Sad day today, time to say goodbye. until the next :)

My only guess would be the small nut that sits on the end of the turbos compressor, again a guess. 2 reasons why i suspect this. first being aluminum particles similar in thickness to the compressor blades. I found these inside the intake manifold. Second, car is 1999 model, one turbo is dated...

Morning Chaps. Back in 2009 when I bought this beast if I asked myself the question "where will I be in 7 years time?". I would of never answered recently married and expecting my first child. So because of this I feel its time to sell on the former love of my life. I use the word...

first thing i ever fixed on mine was the same bulbs, never figured out how they came out and ended up cracking one. probably in a rush as it was my first night of ownership. ended up instead fitting one of those flexible LED strips in there, never looked back.

Morning all, finished the night shift but wide awake, decided to re condition the cam covers for the 3200. Cant really be bothered with shot blasting or nitro moors, so fed them to the laser, works a treat. time for a bacon butty me thinks :)

Phil, nice work. I like that very much. Off to get angle grinder.....

well done, and yeah i will admit im jealous. Can i borrow it? Phil

One of those length of string questions, depends on a whole load of things. For a nice setup of a puddle hopper like a 737 between 20-60K. For something a bit special like a trans-atlantic jet or concorde using an actual aircraft then its around 90-140K. Working on the Falcon900ex tonight...

depends on what you want?

Bizarre as it sounds its actually what i do for a living. Buy old jets and convert them into simulators. 500 quid was the winning bid, not bad as these things go for silly money. However the company i got it off folded, so still dont know if i will get it or not. we will see. glad i didn't...

Okay confession time. I went on ebay drunk and bought.... the front end of an Airbus A320! still got to go and get it. Make a good summerhouse or an outside toilet i suppose?

Ouch indeed, I bought the car for a restoration project.. and my god that's what i got. However got a nice shiny rebuilt engine ready to go back in... but not until ive removed the right side intercooler first!! Just wish i had more time to enjoy her, 3000 miles in over 6 years of ownership...

Thanks Deano, you have answered a question that's been nagging me for the past 5 years. My engine went bang, well it didn't go bang, more like a loud thud thud thud noise, when it happened first thing i did was to look up as i thought it was a low flying helicopter or something... Turns...

It was autoshield who rebuilt my engine. saw Marios last week so hes looking also, might give him a call tomorrow. Rex, might take you up on your offer, cheers

Cheers Phil. Greg was the first person I asked. And yeah i did have a moment of excitement on that ebay listing, however was confused by the grey cover.. thought "mine didnt have that" Cheers Guys