Educational and intuitive builds, modifications and solutions to all things mechanical on a tight budget. Over the coming years I hope to document all my projects, how I went about them and how they turned out in an educational series of videos. Feel free to message me with any questions or queries.
Max Foley Mechanical Engineer Kawana, Australia maxf@engineer.com
Satisfactory result at an amateur level nice work. For professional results we spray and use top quality paints I personally can’t stand the look of rolled paint jobs on items that deserve better.
Hello I currently have a Golf 5 Gti with the AXX engine mark, I had to buy a new engine with the mark because the old one was broken, I wonder if I can do a swap from a newer year BWE engine?
Im digging out my two 3/4 inch sheet transoms plywood from the inside,don't have much experience and don,t know anyone that does,so here i am,the wood looks like there is epoxy around the outdrive as i can see the mat on both sides about 20 inches from the sides.Once i get the first piece fit.Im at 13 min now and im in to new territory,set up will be important.
My timing chain scrapes inside the cover grinds inside and metal pieces are blocking the pick up pipe. Iv took to 5 mechanics and had timing chain re timed and replaced twice. Third time at the mechanics rn i have no hope in someone fixing this. Was fine before i got chain replaced wish i never did it now and just let it snap one day lol
How did you do the corners with the new glass? Did you overlap each strip of glass to the intersecting? Curious as I’m doing the same repair to my boat. Thanks
You’re the first person I’ve seen use red thread locker of little tty bolts. Seen blue or without several times. Ever have any problems getting them out or do you hit with heat first or use very minimal?
good work /and not so easy/ , the reason for carb is overused pcv -oil separator - you should replace it asap otherwise carb will appear on the intake, valves quickly
They look ok, you could have made better use of the space, some rolling draws on one side would have been a better use of the space, all u can do now is pile stuff in very un organised. Don’t get me wrong you did a great job just think it through a bit more don’t just get stuck on they are boxes for seats on a boat u really need to optimise all free space. They will now end up having crap put in because u can’t put anything of value or fragile in them
Nice job only fault is u should have spread a cabisol mix on with a tile trowl prior to fitting your half sheets of plywood. What it does is fill any voids that you will have due to the two surfaces not being dead flat. Otherwise your getting there. It’s the little things when doing this work. Have to say I didn’t like the look or how they were left open at the transom, the stringers. Youmist a opportunity to make sure you will get 0 water infiltrating
NICE... a Land Rover Discovery and a Peugeot. Both my favs. I have a 96 D1 300tdi. Used to have a Peugeot 505. I'm also about to paint, but on aluminium.
Hey mate, I see you suggest HSY for parts but on their website it says they don't sell to the public and only to "Automotive Wholesale and Trade industry only." How did you get around this? Great content btw!
Amazing series of videos on this project! Absolutely love it and really appreciate documenting so much, very hard to find information condensed, thank you so much!
As long as you apply the additional coat in 24 hours no sand is required. I recommend 3 coats instead of 2, there was a few dark patches of primer you can see through in the light with 2 coats.
How much money did you spend on the main transom rebuild? And any idea on how much time approx all up. Bit of a guess I know. Over how many days about. Cheers Mick
Great work. I've got a 200,000km mk5 gti that I started working on myself and have found this video invaluable. Your idle cleaning up makes me want to do the same for my chain and tensioner. Out of curiosity, where do you generally source parts from? I'm having trouble finding quality parts in Aus and have had to shop around heaps. Cheers.
@@cheapthrillsgarage thanks mate I'll have a look at HSY. I've had good results so far from Run Auto. Sometimes Rock Auto in the states seems to work out pretty well too. Chinese market seems to saturate all my search results normally. Cheers!
