Scared the bejeeeeeeezuz outta me when we started it, heard this knocking i'd never heard before. Almost shitmyself thinking it was big end failure. But it wasnt. After letting the engine tick over for a few minutes, oil reached up round the head and the knocking stopped. Still pretty weird though.
Anyway, once it'd warmed up, my friend took it off the pit and I took it for a blip around the shed. Scared me in first a little lol, it's pretty quick like. Can't wait to get the GTE airbox on, once i get the pipe as it'll really quieten down the induction and make it much smoother i'd imagine.
Anyway. Apart from that, got some more tinkering done. Started tidying up the wires behind the dash for the digi dash. Noticed my handbrake light isnt working on the dash, tested it, bulbs fine, there must be a break in the wire or the switch at the handbrake is fooked. Which is annoying as it means i'll have to take out probably the 2 fornt seats and half the dash, just for a wee light
Apart from that, I iddnt do much else to the car. Put some anti rust stuff on the arches where they had went a bit ginger.
Over the last few days, i'd been spraying my rear lights too, heres some pics.
Spray arrived on theeeeee 27th. So i got stuck in, started cleaning the lights and put them away until the next day as it was pretty late.
So, even thoguh it was raining, the next day i took to the shed and got spraying.
Shoelaces+holes in H beam+halogen heater=Happy Paul.
As i was about to hang up one of the lights, the shoelace dropped outta my hand and the light smacked off the floor ><
The corner smashed
This i what it shoulda looked like..
Ah well. Happens doesnt it? Sickening thing was, i've another set of lights sitting in the boot of my car, another spare set.. and guess what, the RH side is broke in the exact same place. Gutted.
So i hung them up to dry in the shed, with a halogen heater keeping the shed nice and cosy.
And here it is, finished off.
Obviously, that's too dark. But that's ok, going too dark means i can sand it down and go lighter, so i wasn't bothered.
Here's the other one i sanded down, this is what they'll look like, only with lacquer on top to give it a nice shine.
Oh and one more thing, oil cooler ^^
, i need that special spray, can i get it locally? like auto zone? 
