I hate to be pedantic here
and this really isn't my bag (the thought of me doing car maintenance is laughable), but isn't "the round thing behind the fluid bottle" the vacuum assist unit (i.e. servo)?
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Nov 17, 2015 15:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Sorry. Poor phrasing. I meant 'unmount'. I need to get to the rear bolt on the thermostat and if I can unmount it and move it 3 inches up, it'd be grand. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Nov 17, 2015 15:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
You're still taking it off, so same thing. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Nov 17, 2015 15:36 ] |
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I hate to be pedantic here and this really isn't my bag (the thought of me doing car maintenance is laughable), but isn't "the round thing behind the fluid bottle" the vacuum assist unit (i.e. servo)?
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Nov 17, 2015 15:48 ] |
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It is - it's all one thing on Ford's though, so the whole lot has to come off. |
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| Author: | Mr Burrrrt [ Tue Nov 17, 2015 18:20 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Sorry. Poor phrasing. I meant 'unmount'. I need to get to the rear bolt on the thermostat and if I can unmount it and move it 3 inches up, it'd be grand. It seems extremely excessive to have to remove the brake servo to undo the thermostat housing. Do some internetting to find out. Maybe you just need a different shaped spanner or wrench. Mechanics have all sorts of weird things these days for undoing stuff in awkward locations. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 17:55 ] |
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Grim... wrote: A group of my friends are buying some cheap cars and going on a road trip to the Nürburgring in May next year. If anyone is interested in coming with us, drop me a PM for more info. Remember how I did that earlier this year? Well, we're doing it again, probably in May, but we're going to make that decision next year. Anyone want to come with? http://broadtrip.co.uk/ |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:11 ] |
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Possibly in, it's one for my bucket list. Doubt I can make the planning drinks though. Also, you should totes do it in VVTL-i Celicas - 190hp and they're ludicrously cheap (or were, at least, haven't looked at prices recently) |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:14 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Grim... wrote: A group of my friends are buying some cheap cars and going on a road trip to the Nürburgring in May next year. If anyone is interested in coming with us, drop me a PM for more info. Remember how I did that earlier this year? Well, we're doing it again, probably in May, but we're going to make that decision next year. Anyone want to come with? http://broadtrip.co.uk/ I would be interested but probably couldn't afford it right now tbh. Plus I fancy taking my Clio and that would be a bad idea. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:29 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Also, you should totes do it in VVTL-i Celicas - 190hp and they're ludicrously cheap (or were, at least, haven't looked at prices recently) The cheapest 3D Celica is £2k on Autotrader 
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:30 ] |
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Grim... wrote: GazChap wrote: Also, you should totes do it in VVTL-i Celicas - 190hp and they're ludicrously cheap (or were, at least, haven't looked at prices recently) The cheapest 3D Celica is £2k on Autotrader How much for a flat one? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:32 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: Grim... wrote: GazChap wrote: Also, you should totes do it in VVTL-i Celicas - 190hp and they're ludicrously cheap (or were, at least, haven't looked at prices recently) The cheapest 3D Celica is £2k on Autotrader How much for a flat one? 
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:34 ] |
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Grim... wrote: GazChap wrote: Also, you should totes do it in VVTL-i Celicas - 190hp and they're ludicrously cheap (or were, at least, haven't looked at prices recently) The cheapest 3D Celica is £2k on Autotrader Genuinely don't know what you mean by "3D" here 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:35 ] |
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I copy and pasted the wrong bit Basically all the 189bhp versions are spendy. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:42 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I copy and pasted the wrong bit Basically all the 189bhp versions are spendy. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... &logcode=p
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:44 ] |
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Could be fun. How much did you end up spending last year? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:47 ] |
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Ah. Yeah, they've gone up a bit then. Can get (ropey) GT-Fours for less than that! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:48 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Could be fun. How much did you end up spending last year? Assuming we sold the car like we were supposed to, it would have been about £500 all in. Maybe £600. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 18:55 ] |
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Not too bad at all then. Tempting. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 20:46 ] |
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GazChap wrote: Can get (ropey) GT-Fours for less than that! Don't forget the car has to be driven to Germany and back; a certain amount of reliability is necessary. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Nov 19, 2015 23:25 ] |
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I imagine you could get away without driving it back. 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:57 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: I imagine you could get away without driving it back. It's a long old walk. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 14:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Bit mucky. Not surprised it leaked. Trying to remove hoses at 2 degrees is not recommended. I will clean it up and install the new one tomorrow |
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| Author: | myp [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 15:45 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Bit mucky. Not surprised it leaked. Trying to remove hoses at 2 degrees is not recommended. I will clean it up and install the new one tomorrow Try a different angle if you can? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 18:52 ] |
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Title of your sex tape |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 20:02 ] |
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Vroom. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 22:42 ] |
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Race of Champions? Was it good fun? |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Sat Nov 21, 2015 23:20 ] |
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Anyone ever bought a space saver wheel online? I would like a Ford Fiesta 58 plate one to replace a 16'' wheel if one ever pops but when I google for one I've never heard of any of the shops. Any recommendations? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:16 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Race of Champions? Was it good fun? Yeah, it was pretty good. Cold, though. Fucking Hell, Vettel can drive. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:34 ] |
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Future Warrior wrote: MaliA wrote: Bit mucky. Not surprised it leaked. Trying to remove hoses at 2 degrees is not recommended. I will clean it up and install the new one tomorrow Try a different angle if you can? 1 bolt had sheared off, and the thread stripped in the engine. I stuck it on tightened it all up as best one can with 1/3 fixings absent and it was watertight. I ran it for 4 miles and the level dropped slightly which I think was an air lock. This morning, thete was no water loss so I stuck 1/3 bottle of Radweld I to it and there were no problems on the way in. So it is patched rather than fixed. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:40 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Race of Champions? Was it good fun? Yeah, it was pretty good. Cold, though. Fucking Hell, Vettel can drive. Looks awesome. How loud were the f1 cars? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:25 ] |
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The F1 was from 2013, so very very very. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:22 ] |
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Mr Russell wrote: Anyone ever bought a space saver wheel online? I would like a Ford Fiesta 58 plate one to replace a 16'' wheel if one ever pops but when I google for one I've never heard of any of the shops. Any recommendations? I bought a full size alloy for my Focus after one rim cracked going down a really big pothole. It came with a tyre which I got replaced and at the same time had the wheel checked over. Was half the price of getting a brand new one from a dealer. I've been searching through my email trying to find the details, but I'm not sure I still have them as this was back in 2008. I think I used http://www.breakeryard.com/ to find it. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:16 ] |
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There's plenty of new space saver wheels complete with the jack on eBay for reasonable prices. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:23 ] |
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I'll check out ebay and breakeryeard, thank you. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:59 ] |
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That breaker yard site rings a bell. I'm sure someone else recommended it a while back. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:15 ] |
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Me, perhaps. I use them for Land Rover bits every now and again. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:22 ] |
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I've used breakeryard for Clio bits. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:17 ] |
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Saw a BMW i8 today, kinda weird at the back, but generally nice. Didn't even know it existed before! |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:58 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Race of Champions? Was it good fun? Yeah, it was pretty good. Cold, though. Fucking Hell, Vettel can drive. IIRC didn't he win this, beating Schumacher in the process, whilst still very much a rookie driver, as it were. I think he was something like 17 years old at the time. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:02 ] |
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Bobbyaro wrote: Saw a BMW i8 today, kinda weird at the back Someone at Pistonheads mentioned that it looks exactly like a BMW shitting out a Porsche 911, and I cannot see anything different now. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:06 ] |
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DBSnappa wrote: Grim... wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Race of Champions? Was it good fun? Yeah, it was pretty good. Cold, though. Fucking Hell, Vettel can drive. IIRC didn't he win this, beating Schumacher in the process, whilst still very much a rookie driver, as it were. I think he was something like 17 years old at the time. Nope, he's not won before. Doesn't mean he didn't beat Schumacher though, as it's a knockout. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:21 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Nope, he's not won before. Doesn't mean he didn't beat Schumacher though, as it's a knockout.  Vettel and friend, yesterday |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:43 ] |
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The oil light on the Subarurururu flicked on a few times on my way in (it is strange driving it after the ka. You can see over things! You can get out of junctions! You can engage low range and clear a parking space!)). If it is dripping 70ml a day I think that isn't a terrible and is probably a leaky gasket. I shall change the oil filter and wipe down the crank cases to see where it is coming from before it goes in for the belts. Edit: coolant is clear as a bell. I ran my hand along the head gasket on one side and there was no oil. Suspect sump bolt or oil filter now. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:28 ] |
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I shall file this under "other expenses" I have a shop with no built in heating, the only warmth comes from an oil filled radiator as I have been told this is the cheapest option. It is 2000 watt, units of leccytricity 13p roughly. if I leave it on full bore for 10 hours how much will it cost me? I suppose it does click off and on occasionally so ambient temperature is a factor too, any idea how much its costing me to run it? |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:31 ] |
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2kw is two units per hour, so twenty in your ten hour day - £2.60 |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 14:41 ] |
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Space heaters are the way forward for workshops. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 18:46 ] |
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Dr Zoidbeard wrote: 2kw is two units per hour, so twenty in your ten hour day - £2.60 Thankyou
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Mon Dec 28, 2015 18:47 ] |
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Grim-beard... the noisy wrote: Space heaters are the way forward for workshops. Unfortunately it's a retail bike shop so members of the public etc etc |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Dec 29, 2015 19:28 ] |
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You decided on a car for your Ring trip in 2016 yet, Grim...? What about Mk2 MR2's? Jem and I are totally up for it now that I've driven on the continent, won't be quite so worried about it now
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Dec 29, 2015 21:25 ] |
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GazChap wrote: You decided on a car for your Ring trip in 2016 yet, Grim...? What about Mk2 MR2's? Jem and I are totally up for it now that I've driven on the continent, won't be quite so worried about it now The prelim meeting is in January. |
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