Since i last posted, a loooooong while back, shit has hit the fan.
well, the fabia has just decided that like a vicious dog its going to turn around and bite its owner.
It all started with the clutch slipping, this obviously needed addressing so a new clutch was bought. keeping in line with Lances theory of break it upgrade it, i went for a single mass flywheel conversion instead of the unreliable expensive to replace dual mass flywheel option.
After a long hard day Ben, Shaun and me, with the support of others managed to wrestle the gearbox off of the fabia, replace the clutch and reassemble, all in time for tea and a beer.
So all good so far right besides shelling out for the clutch?
Wrong!!!
Snapped a bolt on the lower engine mount :/ down to the motor factors to find a suitable replacement.
of course bad things do happen in threes……… but when?
Anyhows, it was commnnup to MOT time so a few little things needed “adjusting”. Tyres were on the limit so it was on to a different set of wheels for the MOT, inner and outer CV boots on the passenegers side needed replacing. On jacking the car up i found a snapped droplink….. so that was number 3. Several discussions with others and a final word with Joshua saw him coming over with an angle grinder to take the antiroll bar out, who needs it, its impossible to body roll anyways.
By now it was MOT friendly, YAY.
Untill Possibly the worst thing ever to happen to that poor car yet, happened. Driving to Joshes i hit a cats eye with the bottom of the gearbox and it sent a nice crack all the way round the box, along with taking out a nice chunk of the gearbox casting in which a bolt used to sit.
I am now a pretty mad, out of pocket person. i had to buy a new gearbox, and pretty quickly as being without a car isnt all that great. Not only that but i have to fight with the old gearbox again to take it off, for the 2nd time in 6 weeks :/ tempted to fit a short shifter or something before the new one goes in……. hmmmmm.
anyways the new box arrived yestrday, and here she is…….
Hopefully it will go in this sunday without to much of a struggle, fingers crossed.
Now im pretty sure that bad spell is now over, so on to better things, i think i may have sorted out a pretty cheap remap, its only a generic map but it will see me by for a bit, im desperate to change the coulour of the wheels, the bronze hasnt grown on me at all yet, And im gonna get my arse into gear with some minor front bumper work and some interior bits n bobs.
Watch this space 
