Well done, don’t the hours fly by when having fun working on a car, the satisfaction of completion, yourself. 
and $ saved.
Ah yes, Joy indeed - and lets not forget the rejuvenation effects of engine oil and grease in the hair.
Thanks Joe, your video got me inspired to have a go at it myself!
call me a masochist, but when I change a harmonic balancer, I also thoroughly degrease and clean the front of the engine
with these old cars, a spotless engine underside is startling to the MOT inspector
Ok,
You’re a masochist!
What is an MOT and what on earth do they inspect??
That is the British (and old-fashioned Oz) term for an annual registration inspection, by an authorised mechanic
The intention is to prevent unroadworthy vehicles
They can be extremely strict…technically ANY oil leak is a fail
this makes older vehicles difficult, especially with rear main oil seal etc
If your vehicles is presented in tip-top shape, sometimes they will overlook something like that
On another forum with vehicles in the USA, I cannot believe the rusted out POS that are allowed to drive, spring hangers & chassis rusted etc
I was just joshin you - I know what they are, was around when they were first introduced as the 10 year test - blue triangles an’ all …
So glad we don’t have anything like that in Canada, just another govt revenue stream IMHO …
I’m a far better judge of the roadworthiness of my vehicle than some dick with a clipboard, plus I don’t really see a lot of wrecks tooling around, most people drive new cars; I feel like an exception with a 25 year old daily.
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I was talking to my tyre guy yesterday while the XJR was getting the wheels aligned and he related some horror stories from when cars that have been imported into NZ get checked (certified) to be allowed on the roads. One, a V8 Audi was hard to start and eventually they burnt the starter out. This meant it had to go to a sparkle to get fixed. They rebuilt/replaced the starter and was amazed that it didn’t fire up when they took a spark plug out oil shot out of the cylinder.
The compliance ‘officer’ had apparently pour 18.5 litres of oil into the engine, thinking that it would find it’s own level and any excess would flow into the gearbox. Not sure where they got the guy from but he wasn’t an NZ native (of either colour)
Larry, let’s hope your “new” HB is going to last a long time or better yet, you’ll never have to deal with it again. I’m so confident that I cut up that flat steel bar to make adapters for my new subframe bushing installation.
Inspection on 25 year old cars and older in Texas … Horn … Brakes … headlights. $7 inspection … shaweet !
I can relate to that.