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Baz
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #20 on: Jun 10th, 2012, 11:16pm » |
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Daniel.....
Don't change the front. I think it looks brilliant. I would have been tempted (for a nonosecond) to flog my S Class and buy it!!!
Seriously though, I personally have never really been keen on the pre-facelift Scorpio and having owned a load of S Reg Facelift 24v's over the years I always liked the later look.... Yours take the facelift to the next level
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #21 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 12:43am » |
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on Jun 9th, 2012, 9:52pm, rich1 wrote:What happened to the front? Looks like it's melted
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Looks like a possible Australian version of the Scorp 
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Daniel
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #22 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 8:02am » |
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Thanks baz and everyone for comments good to know what peoples opinion is.
Jonncab i never thought of it like that but looking at it i suppose it does 
Thaks again guys
Dan 
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Matt
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #23 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 9:04am » |
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that would be a falcon then
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #24 on: Jun 11th, 2012, 12:19pm » |
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FWIW I like it.
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Daniel
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #25 on: Jun 18th, 2012, 1:52pm » |
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Hi all
I am going to slow down with the number of posts i make because i am on just over 200 already 
Thought id add this picture of the engines 2nd clean really pleased with how its turned out a LOT of hard work but its well worth it when they turn out like this
Before clean
After
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Baz
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #26 on: Jun 18th, 2012, 3:07pm » |
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Daniel.....I think you need to paint your nuts.....(No pun intended)
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Mike H
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #27 on: Jun 18th, 2012, 3:46pm » |
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Maybe some nice stainless acorn ones
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Daniel
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #28 on: Jun 18th, 2012, 4:08pm » |
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Ok Baz thanks for that 
Didnt know you could get them
They do look a bit nasty now dont they because the engine is cleaner.
Where would i get them from?
And What size are they 10mm? M6? 
Dan
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Mike H
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #29 on: Jun 19th, 2012, 5:50pm » |
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10mm I think. eBay? Maybe shawstainless
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Jeff
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #30 on: Jun 19th, 2012, 8:36pm » |
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Careful!
Nuts and bolts are measured 'across flats' and that is the spanner size required.
But the thread size is much smaller: for these nuts on the inlet manifold cover that we are considering here, they are 10mm A/F, which is an M6 bolt (or in this case, a stud).
So don't go and buy a handful of M10 nuts. I think it would be immediately obvious you had the wrong size if you did...as these are 17mm A/F.
It's all written down and fixed and ever more shall be so. If you need to look the sizes up, get yourself a set of Zeus tables, a little pocket sized booklet full of wonderful engineering wonderfulness. Or go mad and invest in Machinery's Handbook...haha if it's still published....oh and don't forget we had it sorted here in Blighty with a perfectly functioning imperial set of standards using 1/16ths - 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 and so on (as you will see in your socket set) and this was fine until we lost it completely and went metric. Then the trouble started.
See where my signature tag below comes from? Don't get me started......
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #31 on: Jun 19th, 2012, 9:48pm » |
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thanks jeff
I think they are 10mm M6 thread
Bag of 10 for £1.47 i think from b&q but im going to take one off in the car park and compare them before i buy. Found them in my dads various tradepoint/screwfix books being a property maintenance man there are loads in the cupboard
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #32 on: Jun 19th, 2012, 10:57pm » |
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Yes, you are quite right, but don't refer to them as 10mm - that's only the spanner (A/F) size. It's M6 nuts you need, and I would try and get stainless steel if you can. Or if you really want to go mad, see if you can get titanium ones. The key to my Nissan 300ZX is titanium.
So that's good then, innit 
Oh and by the way, got me a tube of Autosol today.....
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Mike H
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #33 on: Jun 20th, 2012, 1:15pm » |
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I meant of course 10mm A/F (across flats), that'd be 6mm thread then.
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Daniel
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Re: Show Us Your Scorpio (s) 2
« Reply #34 on: Jun 20th, 2012, 1:55pm » |
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Nice one Jeff for getting your Autosol good luck with it mate (got your wire wool?) Let me know how you get on. I took some photos before and after so you can see the real difference if youve got a camera that is I might try some titanium ones but if they are too much i will just get stainless.
Dan
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