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tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:39 pm

Well as spring seems to have arrived I thought I would bring the valver out and do the little jobs I have been putting off all winter, so I know have working remote locking, better drivers motor and working washwipe

Great! SO i took it for a spin to celebrate and the back box mounting came off and shook the clamp loose so the tail pipe dragged on the floor, right in the middle of town

I tied it up with a cloth and limped home, bloody cars!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:41 pm

aw shocking mate thats harsh i feel for ya taht sorta thing usually happens to me!!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:42 pm

Its all fixed now, prob is that the metal rod that the backbox mounting fits onto fell off years ago and its help up by tiewraps and a metal strap!

Post by **Vanny** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:39 pm

sounds scarily familiar, only i fixed mine with a rathe long fancing/roofing bolt which seems to be working a treat!

iain a · Post by **iain a** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:25 am

...yup, the same problem with my old red phase 1, it's generally welded on quite poorly....

Mike E (uk) · Post by **Mike E (uk)** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:21 am

Mine fell off years ago.

I bolted a 6" length of angle iron pointing down, and a length of studding horizontally through this to hang the exhaust rubber support from.

Added 2 large penny washers to spread the load on the thin bodywork,
and it is good still 6 years later.

Mike

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:47 am

Is it the mounting on the backbox thats come off, or the one on the car?

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:05 pm

Mine fell off years ago loL! has been held up with some trusty rope since!!
keep meaning to drill through from the corner of the boot and put a bolt through it but never got round to it loL!

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:58 pm

Kitch wrote:Is it the mounting on the backbox thats come off, or the one on the car?

The back box is a new scorpion one, its the one on the car thats gone west!

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:14 pm

You wanna check that corner for rust then mate, thats if you've never had it welded there. They usually rot behind the weld causing it to drop off.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:34 pm

It was getting a bit frilly but ive patched it up and thoroughly undersealed it, it will need welding at sometime in the future but as I dont let it get wet it should lats.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:51 am

Or as long as you haven't sealed the rust in underneath the underseal, as it'll rot quicker than you can say "BX milage car and aerial"

Post by **Mike P** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:59 am

Unlucky Tim, three steps forward, one step back

The day I clamped the XKR tailpipe to the Green 16v's back box, it came off on the way home and bounced down the road

Straight to work to get the welder out, should have done that in the first place.

Mike P.

tim leech · Post by **tim leech** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:18 pm

I leave the welding to those in the know mike!

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