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Old 26th February 2020, 21:49   #10871
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Washer jets can be boiled on the hob in a saucepan of water with no problems. Does a good job of clearing the crud.
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Old 26th February 2020, 22:03   #10872
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Washer jets can be boiled on the hob in a saucepan of water with no problems. Does a good job of clearing the crud.
Or change them to Ford focus jets 😎

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Old 26th February 2020, 22:25   #10873
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Took the Bear out for a good run. Needed to get the cobwebs out of the back boxes.
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Old 27th February 2020, 08:22   #10874
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Old 27th February 2020, 10:05   #10875
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Fixed the rattling heat shield. The area around the oversized washers had disintegrated so time for a new method of repair.

A video on YouTube suggests using a bottle cap to avoid a reaction with the aluminium but unfortunately a bottle top wasn't going to cut it with size of hole I had. I decided to use the bottoms of four cans of coca cola (other brands are available). I drilled an 8mm hole in each of the cans, using snips cut off the bottom of the cans (be careful at this stage, I put a large gash in my thumb after catching it on the edge of the can) and then flattened them with a rubber mallet.

I fitted them using a longer 10mm bolt than the one already fitted. I put a new large washer on top of the aluminium can for extra strength. Hopefully this will slow down the process that disintegrates the heat shield.
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Old 27th February 2020, 13:55   #10876
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Fixed the rattling heat shield. .....
Which heat shield was rattling?

The reaction seems to be between the bolts and the aluminium so I've changed to stainless steel bolts.
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Old 27th February 2020, 18:43   #10877
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It’s the front one. Stainless steel bolts are a good shout if I ever have to consider getting a new shield, hopefully this fix will be good for a couple of years. Time will tell.

I will have a look at the other shields and consider replacing the bolts with stainless steel ones.
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Old 27th February 2020, 19:31   #10878
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The heat shields disintegrate because of a galvanic interaction between the aluminum shield and the steel bolts.

Stainless bolts will just make things worse
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Old 27th February 2020, 20:56   #10879
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Took it to the garage for a major service, trans fluid, brake fluids, antifreeze, oils and filters, belts etc etc plus new brakes , disks and tyres. All going well she’ll be good for a few more years yet while my wallet recovers
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Old 28th February 2020, 11:50   #10880
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It’s the front one. Stainless steel bolts are a good shout if I ever have to consider getting a new shield, hopefully this fix will be good for a couple of years. Time will tell.

I will have a look at the other shields and consider replacing the bolts with stainless steel ones.

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The heat shields disintegrate because of a galvanic interaction between the aluminum shield and the steel bolts.

Stainless bolts will just make things worse
In that case, how about swapping the stainless bolts for aluminium bolts?

(NB. I did use aluminium strips, like this posts 9-14).
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