markg wrote:
Just twist it together and wrap some insulation tape round it. It only needs to last a month before you get bored of it and sell it anyway.
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue May 12, 2015 12:42 ] |
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Time to buy a Puma. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 12:50 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Time to buy a Puma. Heh. Yeah. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:02 ] |
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MaliA wrote: 2 snapped coils springs failed emissions - suspect cat abs light on passenger door does not open from outside Ouch Get a puma |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Is it not somewhat undrivable with the two broken springs? Did they let you take it home again? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:09 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Is it not somewhat undrivable with the two broken springs? Did they let you take it home again? It is sat in the garage and he is pricing the job up... I think k it is the cat which will be painful, and the abs Light. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Sweepstake! £160 parts, £300 labour (I'm assuming the ABS fault is a sensor). |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:13 ] |
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I think 200 parts, 250 labour. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:13 ] |
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MaliA wrote: I think 200 parts, 250 labour. Or 90% of a puma... |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:13 ] |
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Wait - is it a Ford garage? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:13 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Wait - is it a Ford garage? No. Independent place that does up minis and beetles. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:21 ] |
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MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: I think 200 parts, 250 labour. Or 90% of a puma... You'd best wait and see what happens in the Puma's MOT next week. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 13:28 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Sweepstake! £160 parts, £300 labour (I'm assuming the ABS fault is a sensor). My obd2 readers says it is a sensor fault. P500 Code |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 12, 2015 15:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Springs and fitting £140 plugs, oil and air filter should see it through emissions £120 passenger door £60 They will trace the abs thing. It needed new oil and plugs and filters anyway. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue May 12, 2015 22:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
School me on butt connectors and crimping when it comes to car wiring, guys. I've got a Dension Gateway MP3 jobbie to plug into the 650. It requires a 12V feed, so I'm basically wanting to come off the power supply for the CD Changer for this. Rather than using Scotchloks (the results of which I've seen in the dashboard of my Celica when everything started going crazy with the electricals until I got a guy to fix it) I figured I'd chop the power connector for the CDC off, then join it back together with a butt connector for both the 12V and GND wires, with the ones for the Dension coming out of one end. This is a sound idea, right? It seemed to work OK other than there not being much room for manoeuvre within the car itself so I ended up pulling the crimps out while trying to wrestle the CDC's power connector back into the unit. I might try again tomorrow evening but see if I can remove the glovebox to give me more room, but if butt crimping (lolzors) is no good, what's the alternative? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Tue May 12, 2015 23:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Chocolate block connectors? |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue May 12, 2015 23:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
GazChap wrote: Rather than using Scotchloks (the results of which I've seen in the dashboard of my Celica when everything started going crazy with the electricals until I got a guy to fix it) I figured I'd chop the power connector for the CDC off, then join it back together with a butt connector for both the 12V and GND wires, with the ones for the Dension coming out of one end. This is a sound idea, right? It seemed to work OK other than there not being much room for manoeuvre within the car itself so I ended up pulling the crimps out while trying to wrestle the CDC's power connector back into the unit. I might try again tomorrow evening but see if I can remove the glovebox to give me more room, but if butt crimping (lolzors) is no good, what's the alternative? I seem to recall doing something similar to this with my dad when we were installing a new stereo (with subs and amped 6x9s) and an alarm on my Fiesta (my second car, bought it off my mum). Was a bit fiddly with some of the shorter wires but once done, it worked well enough. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 12:35 ] |
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Sounds like a daft question, but would speaker wire (stranded core) be suitable for extending the wires coming off the power connector that I've removed? (which are also stranded core, and look like speaker wire to me) I assume it'd be fine given that it looks like what's already in the power connector, but if speaker wire is going to be unsuitable for carrying power I don't want to cause any problems... |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 12:36 ] |
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Trooper wrote: Chocolate block connectors? Not much room at the car side to wrestle them in, and would probably foul the CDC at the rear when I try and reinstall it. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed May 13, 2015 12:44 ] |
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It's certainly not ideal, but as long as the draw won't be too high, speaker wire will be fine. What are you connecting to it? Electrical wire is so cheap you should probably just go an pick up a few meters, but unless you're wiring in a high-power head unit or your lights or something it should be okay. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 12:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
It'll be powering the CD changer in the car, as well as the Dension Gateway unit that I've bought. Both should be fairly low loads, although in theory the Dension can charge USB devices so that might put it into high-draw levels? Will nip into Maplin at lunchtime and see if I can get them to sell me some suitable wire. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Wed May 13, 2015 12:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
GazChap wrote: Trooper wrote: Chocolate block connectors? Not much room at the car side to wrestle them in, and would probably foul the CDC at the rear when I try and reinstall it. Can't you just solder the wires together? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 13:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
No, there's not enough movement in the cable that's still in the car to really give me much room to work with a soldering iron without risking damaging the trim in the car - although apparently if I can remove the glovebox I can pull the cable down further and that'll give me more scope. Basically, what I'm taking from this is that BMW are a bit stingey when it comes to cable length. |
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| Author: | markg [ Wed May 13, 2015 13:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Just twist it together and wrap some insulation tape round it. It only needs to last a month before you get bored of it and sell it anyway. |
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| Author: | Jem [ Wed May 13, 2015 13:48 ] |
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markg wrote: Just twist it together and wrap some insulation tape round it. It only needs to last a month before you get bored of it and sell it anyway.
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 14:08 ] |
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The man has a point. |
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| Author: | Joans [ Wed May 13, 2015 22:01 ] |
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markg wrote: Just twist it together and wrap some insulation tape round it. It only needs to last a month before you get bored of it and sell it anyway. I once bodged a 3.5" hard drive into an amiga 1200 like this. Not only with the power cable (from the floppy drive), but with every individual wire of the ribbon cable. It worked surprisingly well. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed May 13, 2015 22:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
I managed to pull the offending cable down from behind the glove box which gave much better access to the connections on the thing. As a result, I now have a fully working MP3 and USB player in the car complete with A2DP Bluetooth audio. So now I just need to decide whether to stick to playing music from my phone, or whether to try and dig out one of my old iPods and hook that up permanently. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 14, 2015 16:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Grim... wrote: Sweepstake! £160 parts, £300 labour (I'm assuming the ABS fault is a sensor). Abs fault was..... alternator charging at 16v causing the light to come on. New alternator needed |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu May 14, 2015 16:56 ] |
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Ouch. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu May 14, 2015 16:59 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Ouch. Should have bought a Puma |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 15, 2015 16:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Mot Test pass! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri May 15, 2015 16:53 ] |
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Finally! |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Fri May 15, 2015 16:57 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Mot Test pass! 
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 15, 2015 17:03 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: MaliA wrote: Mot Test pass! That holds big car's mirror on. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri May 22, 2015 19:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
I saw a Ferrari limo today in Bradford. It had the region F12 Fat. I was quite amazed. It sounded good |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sat May 23, 2015 21:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
I saw a Tesla Model S on the A556 near Mere today. Didn't know what it was as I didn't recognise the badge, but Mrs. W saw what it was. Looks rather swish. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat May 23, 2015 21:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Went to Prescott hill climb today. Some lovely French oddities there. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sun May 24, 2015 13:54 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Went to Prescott hill climb today. Some lovely French oddities there. I assume you're referring to that guy's trousers. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:06 ] |
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Cras wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Went to Prescott hill climb today. Some lovely French oddities there. I assume you're referring to that guy's trousers. I suspect they are M&S rather than French. My dad wears very similar ones 
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Ooohh that black one is ripped off in GTAV. Attachment: pigalle.JPG
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:17 ] |
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I’m not convinced. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:21 ] |
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That one looks more like a Lamborghini Espada to me 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:24 ] |
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Especially when you consider the name. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun May 24, 2015 14:37 ] |
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That's not a great angle, I'll go into the game and find one and and get a pic, the headlight configuration is the clincher for me. Does anyone know what the make and model of the car is in Zoidberg's pic? The site I lifted the GTA image from lists the influences as: Pigalle by Lampadati Influences: Alpine A310, Maserati Ghibli |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun May 24, 2015 15:04 ] |
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It’s a Citron, I think. It’s got the look, and it’s parked with others. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun May 24, 2015 15:11 ] |
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I even got it resprayed black so it's the same colour.... Some innocent people died to bring you these images. Attachment: carfanny.JPG
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun May 24, 2015 15:35 ] |
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It's a Citroen SM |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Sun May 24, 2015 16:48 ] |
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So if you Google Citroen SM, and then look at my pics of the car in GTAV there, that's what it is - it's a Citroen SM. The headlights/number plate configuration is a dead-ringer. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sun May 24, 2015 17:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
The front end is fairly SM-like, but the back end is totally different. Like most GTA cars it's bits from a number of vehicles mashed together. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue May 26, 2015 9:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Now exhaust is blowing on big car. Fuck's sake. hopefully I can patch it with a tin can later tonight. It is very noisy. |
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