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quote:Originally posted by TLegate I would be requiring some strong medication by now....
quote:Originally posted by Rob.Hendriks With the port capped off and the engine running quite a bit better, car was loaded on the trailer yet again and off on the 200km trip to the certifier at 0500hrs, on an clear, icy, -4C morn. Nine hours and 180 odd pages of dotting the i's and crossing t's later, thinking everything was finally done and dusted, I was informed that there was one other issue... all safety critical bolts e.g. caliper mounts, engine mounts, drive shaft connections, etc., must have spring washers fitted !! As we are more than aware, this goes against all engineering principles and best practices for bolts in a high vibration environment, especially as these bolts are all loctited/torqued into drilled and tapped holes. However reason does not prevail and it was off home to install spring washers. Now one would be forgiven for thinking that reason would prevail and once fitted, a photo could be taken and sent to the certifier. No, that would be too easy, it was back on the trailer for another 400km round trip, just to have half a dozen photos taken. Anyway, certifier is happy, paperwork is completed and hopefully it will pass scrutiny of the auditors and others, so 2700 can finally get to the next step - compliance inspection and WoF (MoT) NB. All safety critical bolts with spring washers fitted, will be replaced with aircraft grade drilled head bolts and loctited/lockwired. I will not drive a car around with spring washers fitted under these bolts and would not recommend that anyone does this