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Only just got paid today so I couldnt order them online.. (where they were cheap!)

> Looking for spark plugs at supercheap
> All spark plugs are around $6 each
> Cheering
> Find NGK Iridiums right at bottom
> $21 each
> NOPE.

...ill just do them later never :lol:
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Daniel2019 wrote:Only just got paid today so I couldnt order them online.. (where they were cheap!)

> Looking for spark plugs at supercheap
> All spark plugs are around $6 each
> Cheering
> Find NGK Iridiums right at bottom
> $21 each
> NOPE.

...ill just do them later never :lol:
Dude, the reason why the irridiums are $21 compared to the $6 coppers is because they last much longer - and considering our rears are a pain to get to, this isn't a bad thing ;)
Then again, they are cheaper from Camskill, where I got mine :lol:
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I paid $70 for Iridiums from the UK a year ago.
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Yep. I would rather buy them online and save 50 odd dollars.. Earning $12 an hour sucks :cheers:

$120-$130 is too much for a set of spark plugs. I wouldve got them online but I only got paid today.
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Yeah, that was me at supercheap the other day too. Was considering it as I was already doing my leads and then i was like f**k THAT sh*t.
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Hopefully it doesn't rain tomorrow. Or for Phil's sake, hopefully it does. :lol:
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You don't need long life plugs in the rear bank. Just get coppers they are good for 50k! Takes 15 minutes to get the inlet manifold off.
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Who's driving up from Sydney? Anyone up for a convoy? :mrgreen:
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Vectose wrote:Hopefully it doesn't rain tomorrow. Or for Phil's sake, hopefully it does. :lol:
Rain and thunder storms are forcasted for tonite and tomorrow morning, but sunny afternoon. :roll: (it has already started to rain here)
For now it's still a go ahead, but if you get up in the morning and the weather looks crap you decide 'weather' to come.
If it gets rained out we can still do it another saturday ;)
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Update us here if it goes on or gets cancelled, weather forecast says intermittent rain till about midday.
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So how did it go?
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Went well, no more ticking :cheers:

I just got home haha. We finished around 9:30 or so. 12 hours of tappets :cheers:

Again big thank you to Phil for doing pretty much 3 sets of tappets back-to-back and to Vectose for help with the difficult jobs and guidance :mrgreen:
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DIY Tappet Day Review
We had a great day full of laughs, work and very dirty hands. Daniels hands even got dirty :lol: We all got to meet each other and you all are a great bunch of guys.
We had all 4 FTO's turn up. Everyone got stuck into stripping engines, mainly each owner stripped their own with Vectose and myself guiding them.
I had the great opportunity to adjust 3 engines tappets = 72 tappet screws :roll: All engines left quieter than they arrived.
Everyone reconstructed their own engines, again with guidence and help on the more difficult parts.
We started work @ 9am and finished work @ 9pm.
I believe all members learnt a lot about the FTO engine.

Only breakages/losses.....
bass_twitch = 1 broken bolt
sivan = 1 broken bolt
Daniel = 1 missing sensor plug lockdown clip (well I actually lost it :lol: )

Saying for the day "Be The Triangle" :lol:

Thanks for a great day and for the Jim Beam :D

Video..... I didn't get to film sivans (sorry mate)......I added my own engine to this video although I done my tappets 2 days earlier......


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Looks like a busy day!
Your neighbours must have been wondering what on earth was going on....
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Lol @ the transition song for me in the video :lol:

Cheers phil! :cheers:

@ Technikhaus - We killed a spider for one of the neighbours so I dont think they minded having to put up with us on Phil's lawn for the day
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god damnit brendan! the only time you turn up to event, i'm f**king working!
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Correction, I killed the spider. :lol:
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Vectose wrote:Correction, I killed the spider. :lol:
done your sway bar bushes yet?
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Will be doing all my bushes next week.
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Sure did have a great day and a quieter FTO :) Thanks again for the help fellas.
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