V8 Supercharger
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As some of you know iv had nothing but sleepless nights for the last 5 nights or so because my mechanic mate managed to drop the supercharger oil fill/drain nut somewhere into the abyss of the engine bay.
This is supposed to be a dealer only part, or so i thought, but the dealers would only sell the complete supercharger.
Tried one or 2 generic looking nuts of the same size in there but to no joy, some were just slightly too small and some were slightly too big, and really did not want to force something in there as that would make the situation worse.
Nothing on ebay or breakers either as this is not a replacement part. Was about getting ready to have my pants pulled down by having the engine stripped down and supercharger taken off to see where this nut could have gone. This was not going to be easy and so i thought i would rather embarrassingly give Asad at MSL a quick call to say i wouldnt be able to make it to the Eurocharged day. When i told him why i swear he wanted to slap me over the phone
But as if it was nothing he said well why dont i just lend you the nut off my own supercharger until you get sorted. WTF i thought
. Was he really offering me a part here that we know there is no direct replacement for. But indeed he was, and a 300 mile trip later i had something the size of a 5p coin next to the car about ready to go in.
I had tried pretty much every breaker, every site and every nut and bolt manufacturer but they all said no, or at best get us the nut and we can see what it is your looking for. Well if i could get you my original nut then i wont have the problem will i
But one man helped me out and today im going out to find him a replacement.
Words cannot describe the relief at having my car back on the road and i cannot thank the Asad enough for helping my out on a very hot Saturday evening.
This is supposed to be a dealer only part, or so i thought, but the dealers would only sell the complete supercharger.
Tried one or 2 generic looking nuts of the same size in there but to no joy, some were just slightly too small and some were slightly too big, and really did not want to force something in there as that would make the situation worse.
Nothing on ebay or breakers either as this is not a replacement part. Was about getting ready to have my pants pulled down by having the engine stripped down and supercharger taken off to see where this nut could have gone. This was not going to be easy and so i thought i would rather embarrassingly give Asad at MSL a quick call to say i wouldnt be able to make it to the Eurocharged day. When i told him why i swear he wanted to slap me over the phone
But as if it was nothing he said well why dont i just lend you the nut off my own supercharger until you get sorted. WTF i thought
. Was he really offering me a part here that we know there is no direct replacement for. But indeed he was, and a 300 mile trip later i had something the size of a 5p coin next to the car about ready to go in.I had tried pretty much every breaker, every site and every nut and bolt manufacturer but they all said no, or at best get us the nut and we can see what it is your looking for. Well if i could get you my original nut then i wont have the problem will i
But one man helped me out and today im going out to find him a replacement.
Words cannot describe the relief at having my car back on the road and i cannot thank the Asad enough for helping my out on a very hot Saturday evening.
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