Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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pieter992
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Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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*** EDIT by admin / Auckland AC: moved this thread to Events section as it's the kind of thing this Club is all about. :D - mickeyduck
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Come along and help make this spanner day big!

It will be held at Hayden's house (big driveway and lawn). Hayden has ONE spare engine for parts, and a bunch of manual conversion things. if there is anything you want please let us know in advance so we can make sure we've got it for you :) Bring cash as the nearest ATM is either Albany mall or Torbay (approx 10 min). Please bring as many tools as you can Limited on tools we have to use.

We will be meeting at Westgate DSE 10am, have a mini run to Hayden's house and then kick off spanner day!
You are more than welcome to just come along say hi and help others out. :)

BYO Meat for a bbq in the afternoon as well.

Hayden's address is
44 Rodeo Drive
Redvale
In case you just want to meet us at his place!

Hope to see as many of you as we can!
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day 9th June 2012

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I'm in of course! Can't wait!
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day 9th June 2012

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Is it going to turn into a 'Fix Haydens V6 Lump Conversion' day? LOL :mrgreen:
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day 9th June 2012

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EssDub wrote:Is it going to turn into a 'Fix Haydens V6 Lump Conversion' day? LOL :mrgreen:
We can all stand there and laugh at him in his hard times if necessary :) but he is more likely to be running around looking at other peoples cars :)
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day 9th June 2012

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pieter992 wrote:
EssDub wrote:Is it going to turn into a 'Fix Haydens V6 Lump Conversion' day? LOL :mrgreen:
We can all stand there and laugh at him in his hard times if necessary :)
Good man :D LOL
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day 9th June 2012

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Will come but mr2 wont be available :) ill come help out
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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I'd suggest everyone have a good think about exactly what they want to achieve, then consider if it'll be do-able in the available time. Though one reason this is on a Saturday is so that if someone's car doesn't get finished there'll still be Sunday to sort things (thanks Hayden & family for that).

This would be an ideal opportunity to fit that car stereo / change your coolant / oil / brake pads etc.

As was stated, be sure to bring whatever tools you can muster.

Also, please be sure to bring whatever materials you might need - eg antifreeze etc... :idea:

In fact, if you post here on this thread what it is you want to achieve, the rest of us can try to bring whatever we can to help (the right tools etc).

We'll be meeting at DSE Westgate at 10am but if you do rock up to Hayden's place a little later in the day, here's where it's at:

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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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I would like to have my front brake pads and engine oil changed
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You better bring some with you then Michael. It'd be good to see you again anyway.
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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Oh also I'm going to have a turbo engine here for spare parts aswell. Already ripped out of the car.
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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Maybe I should bring my AW with the blown head gasket and we can chuck it in there...? :idea:

Won't take more than a day will it...? :lol:

On a more serious note my wife is working Saturday so I will have to shoot home to look after the boys but I'll meet you at Westgate and follow you to Hayden's at least. Whether I can make it to help out depends on how she goes with work. :(
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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We can do a head gasket in a day I'm sure. The only problem is do you want the head ground flat, or just new gasket put in there? From all the head gaskets I've done so far (only on s dubs mind you) the heads always turn out to be fine.
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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That was a very entertaining day. Thanks guys, lotsa fun.

It was raining at first so a lower turn-out than expected but we had a nice drive to Hayden's via some very scenic back roads, and the weather behaved perfectly the whole time we were there.

Thanks to Hayden and his folks for their hospitality. A great place for it too.

I do hope one or two of those wee fixes we tried actually proves to have worked...?

Essdub, next time we have a Spanner Day we need to get you on Skype as a consultant cos there's lots of SW's here in Auckland eh. :idea:

I'm looking forward to the next Spanner Day... stay tuned.
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Re: Auckland Spanner Day Saturday 9th June 2012

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mickeyduck wrote:That was a very entertaining day. Thanks guys, lotsa fun.

It was raining at first so a lower turn-out than expected but we had a nice drive to Hayden's via some very scenic back roads, and the weather behaved perfectly the whole time we were there.

Thanks to Hayden and his folks for their hospitality. A great place for it too.

I do hope one or two of those wee fixes we tried actually proves to have worked...?

Essdub, next time we have a Spanner Day we need to get you on Skype as a consultant cos there's lots of SW's here in Auckland eh. :idea:

I'm looking forward to the next Spanner Day... stay tuned.
if you want, lol.

I'll have my own Gen4 next time :D
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