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 by PistolPete on Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:00 pm
Hi Everyone, We picked up our Frontera last week from a family friend who just didnt want to spend anymore money on it when the head gasket went for a second time. It's cost £200 and it's a project for me and my Dad to work on and hopefully enjoy some laning in soon. Here's a pic:  It's a 2.216v Petrol and as mentioned the headgasket had failed. The previous owner spent some serious cash on it aswell, last year had the bottom end rebuilt with a bill for £1400! We pulled the head off it today, looks like it failed on No.4:  I'm saying number 4 because there's some sign of tracking between the water jacket and the pot and also because of the colouration of the exhaust valves and the piston:  I have a spare head from an X20XEV so I'm taking both heads into work tomorrow for a light skim and a pressure test, hopefully one will be OK! This forum's been a lot of help already with plenty of advice on this particular job. My manifold is cracked aswell so I'll be looking to get hold of one of those nice tubular jobs I've seen on here! Any comments or further hints greatly appreciated! Thanks, Pete.
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by swampy-72 on Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:22 pm
welcome chap same colour as mine before the lovely shade of rust took over,  next derby notts meet end of next month keep an eye out for it if it aint broke i didnt try to fix it
if your not ment to mend things with a hammer why is it the first tool i put my hands on
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by bobbinsjob on Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:23 pm
 to FOG. Dont miss out on the National meet at Bala viewtopic.php?f=106&t=28482
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by PistolPete on Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:42 pm
Great stuff, where do the local meets take place and when?
Thanks,
Pete.
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by N1ova on Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:15 pm
Hi and welcome to fog 
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by Nottingham on Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:18 pm
Hi Mate Welcome to the family  Regarding Meets, just follwow the link in my Signature and keep an eye on it, as we probably going to do another one by the end of Feb. Would be nice to seeing you there.
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by paul01 on Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:36 am
welcome to fog
hope to see you at the next meet
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by vargas on Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:02 pm
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by 4x4 bobby on Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:12 pm
Welcome to FOG hope you get plenty of fun out of it when its fixed.
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by Welshy_Pete on Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:22 pm
Hello welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay!
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by Alfie on Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:51 am
Hello and Welcome to the gang. Light travels faster than sound.This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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just out of interest how long did she go inbetween both h/g failures ?
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