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Diablo

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  1. I'm currently diagnosing my poor starting. Spill off pipes aren't in the greatest of conditions, so will replace. Would normally spent the £2 on some 4mm (I think) pipe and be done with it, but where the spill off pipes return to the ip, I noticed that the main feed pipe to the ip is a little bent/crushed. Is this enough to restrict fuel flow noticeably do you think, and therefore worth spending the £40 on a complete spill off pipe assembly?

    Not the easiest thing to photograph, but a few pics below

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  2. Not LR I know, but mechanics, so vaguely related.

    I need to change the ball joints on the other half's mini, however they are very happy remaining where they are.

    I have tried the big F.O. hammer and chisel, nowt.

    Then attached slide hammer (albeit at a bit of an angle due to the location of the pit under the car), which eventually yielded a hairline gap between the joint and the hub. Sharpened up chisel, got hammer out and enlarged gap - or so I thought. Instead it has just bent the ruddy flange.

    Have also tried a bit of heat (don't want to go too mad and melt the grease/seals) and various methods of trying to rotate the thing in the housing (hammer and chisel, large stilsons etc), but not thinking of budging.

    Any ideas? Short of cutting the thing off and making a right mess of the hub?

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  3. Vinylast - from a company called Rourkes

    Goes straight onto galv, no real prep needed (the usual degrease and a very light keying).

    Mine's been on probably three years now and, other than the filth, looks almost like I put it on yesterday. Fantastic stuff.

    Welcome to come and look my Landy if you want to.

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