Soldato
Spent the morning swapping out the offside rear wheel bearing.
What have you done to your car today?
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Soldato
Pulled the dashboard off Desdemona as part of an attempt to swap out a broken choke cable for another one that we had. No dice as it turned out, for several reasons. So we just soldered a length of extra cable on the end of the existing one (which in retrospect is exactly what I should have done days ago) and stabbed the dash back together.
Soldato
Fixed some old giffer damage.
Dealer quoted the old man £300, I assume to replace the entire mirror! Part was £20 and took 5 minutes to fit..
Dealer quoted the old man £300, I assume to replace the entire mirror! Part was £20 and took 5 minutes to fit..
Associate
Lifted the engine out of my golf today, gearbox and turbo now off, plans are to strip it down and check the block, if its still OK then the block will go to a machine shop for a bore out to 1.9L so the rebuild can begin!
Im going to aim for around 320 - 330HP with forged rods, pistons and a hybrid turbo. while the engine is out im going to tidy the loom and engine bay as it needs a lick of paint and some proper heat shielding at the back.
*sorry for potato quality pics*
Im going to aim for around 320 - 330HP with forged rods, pistons and a hybrid turbo. while the engine is out im going to tidy the loom and engine bay as it needs a lick of paint and some proper heat shielding at the back.
*sorry for potato quality pics*
Soldato
Its no engine removal but im quite pleased with the outcome of 5mins work 
repainted the exhaust emblem (dont you all have them?) after it was looking rather sun bleached, i did touch up the missing bits just waiting for the paint to dry now.
repainted the exhaust emblem (dont you all have them?
) after it was looking rather sun bleached, i did touch up the missing bits just waiting for the paint to dry now. Spent a couple of hours on the Focus ST on Friday, cutting off the standard Ford exhaust system and replacing the mid-section & back-box for a Mountune equivalent. Could have been easier but the bolts between the cat & mid-section were in a rusty state so WD40 & a hammer was needed.
Sounds a lot better now, making the already great sounding 2.5T sound better (not stupidly annoyingly loud).
Sounds a lot better now, making the already great sounding 2.5T sound better (not stupidly annoyingly loud).
Soldato
I guess this counts! Finished setting up a Raspberry Pi with TeslaMate to record and display data streamed from Tesla's API. One of the overview pages:
Other pages are incredibly detailed! Cost/use per charging destination will be useful amongst a whole host of other stats.
Shame I'm not going anywhere at the moment...
Other pages are incredibly detailed! Cost/use per charging destination will be useful amongst a whole host of other stats.
Shame I'm not going anywhere at the moment...
Soldato
That looks awesome! How difficult to set up?I guess this counts! Finished setting up a Raspberry Pi with TeslaMate to record and display data streamed from Tesla's API. One of the overview pages:
Other pages are incredibly detailed! Cost/use per charging destination will be useful amongst a whole host of other stats.
Shame I'm not going anywhere at the moment...
Soldato
Not at all really. I only needed to utilise some vague knowledge of SQL to create some custom panels on that dashboard but you could probably get by without. Otherwise I've never used a Pi before and apart from the usual troubleshooting - mainly network issues - it was straightforward. Most people that run it over on the Tesla forum have zero coding/programming knowledge.
Caporegime
yes...I know I forgot to lift up the wiper blades
Soldato
Yay, you still have it. I also prefer to not lift wiper blades, helps remove the TFR on the blades.
AwesomeI guess this counts! Finished setting up a Raspberry Pi with TeslaMate to record and display data streamed from Tesla's API. One of the overview pages:
Other pages are incredibly detailed! Cost/use per charging destination will be useful amongst a whole host of other stats.
Shame I'm not going anywhere at the moment...
Soldato
Not today, but on Monday I fitted the windscreen to the escort and went for a first test drive around the estate. It goes pretty well.. Got a video for those who have facebook
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.dye...03064650993¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic
https://www.facebook.com/andrew.dye...03064650993¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic
Soldato
Haha love that! Stutututututu baaap baaaaaap
Looks an absolute hoot to drive!
Looks an absolute hoot to drive!
Man of Honour
Ping me a message if you want me to go over the tune for you, at least to get a decent basemap in there.
I'd rather not see you kill it already
Soldato
Please provide him with a moon-tune instead.