What have you done to your car today?
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I made this:
My E64 650i doesn't have much in the way of cubby holes. Even the solitary cup-holder is an afterthought. What it does have is a removable ashtray.
Traced around the ashtray.
Cut out on the band saw.
Routed so it sits flush.
Hole-sawed the opening.
Routed the edges.
Routed the middle out and rounded the edges.
Wood-stained and polished.
Nothing here.
Fits nice and snug.
There we go. Nice and handy.
I'll probably get some darker wood stain and some varnish to make is fit with the rest of the wood in the car a little better, but as a proof of concept it turned out pretty good.
My E64 650i doesn't have much in the way of cubby holes. Even the solitary cup-holder is an afterthought. What it does have is a removable ashtray.
Traced around the ashtray.
Cut out on the band saw.
Routed so it sits flush.
Hole-sawed the opening.
Routed the edges.
Routed the middle out and rounded the edges.
Wood-stained and polished.
Nothing here.
Fits nice and snug.
There we go. Nice and handy.
I'll probably get some darker wood stain and some varnish to make is fit with the rest of the wood in the car a little better, but as a proof of concept it turned out pretty good.
23 which I think is quite good for the amount of rust which was creeping up and minor bushes it needed.
Thats good. I was gonna say anything over 1.8K is a win for one which has been sitting and has no MOT (presumably)
It did until September 6 owner car. No advisories on the last one but with it being sat in the garage it was getting on a bit with the rust. Still he’s driven it all the way to London and not had any issues so think it’s ok.
Think they’re great cars for their time.
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Beautifully made but that's probably one of the chavviest things I've seen this yearThere we go. Nice and handy.
Why does a 5 minute job take 5 hours ?? All I had to do was remove rear pads and disc and fit a new set- This is on my 2010 Focus - Took me ages to jack it up with both rear wheels off ground - used two trolley jacks - one ordinary hydraulioc jack and scissor jack - then protect all slabs with cardboard - Got caliper off then attacked two bolts holding caliper carrier on - spanner slipped !!! - so tried sockets - wouldn't fit due to clearance so ended with ring spanner and tube - off they came - Then before went any further I got my new piston pusher back inna - rather screwer back inna - Didn't fit !!!!!!!!!!! the pegs were too far apart - went to mate over road - his was the same - so Being as pegs were pressed in I pressed out two outer ones - measured up under the car in the shade and to close for my glasses - drilled two holes - hammered in pins and 2mm to close - so out came the file and eventually it fitted - Next get piston back in -started winding and winding and winding - didn't realise you had to screw outer bit up - anyway done it - The rest was piece of cake - Now the other side - Nice - all the bolt's were done up just right - changed discs and pads and done and all working fine.
Now we come to the first spanner slip - all I can say is I wasn't wearing my watch - I felt it when it happened but that was it - got in took overalls off and wife had a fit - what have you done - why/where - Oh didn't feel it. Skin nicely peeled off.
Now we come to the first spanner slip - all I can say is I wasn't wearing my watch - I felt it when it happened but that was it - got in took overalls off and wife had a fit - what have you done - why/where - Oh didn't feel it. Skin nicely peeled off.
That's a nice wound DXP55 
Since pa bought his '68 Land Rover IIa, it's been wearing a Weber 28/36 DCD carb of indeterminate age, origin and condition. I've tried different jets in it and it still hoses fuel through the engine (the Landy has averaged ~9mpg in the time he's owned it), and we've had a stock Zenith 36IV carb that pa rebuilt waiting to go on for ages. Finally managed to snag the casting that goes between carb and inlet manifold recently, so I set about changing them over. Fired straight up, now running nice and cleanly after a bit of mixture screw tweaking. Still got to figure out a throttle control link yet, as the previous owner removed part of the stock arrangement when they fitted the Weber and these bits are made of unobtainium at the moment. I tried using cable today to bodge a sort-of link up, but it doesn't really work.
If y'all want a giggle, I'll snag a photo of the adaptor casting used to fit the Weber DCD to the Landy manifold. It might genuinely be the worst bit of design work I've ever seen.
Since pa bought his '68 Land Rover IIa, it's been wearing a Weber 28/36 DCD carb of indeterminate age, origin and condition. I've tried different jets in it and it still hoses fuel through the engine (the Landy has averaged ~9mpg in the time he's owned it), and we've had a stock Zenith 36IV carb that pa rebuilt waiting to go on for ages. Finally managed to snag the casting that goes between carb and inlet manifold recently, so I set about changing them over. Fired straight up, now running nice and cleanly after a bit of mixture screw tweaking. Still got to figure out a throttle control link yet, as the previous owner removed part of the stock arrangement when they fitted the Weber and these bits are made of unobtainium at the moment. I tried using cable today to bodge a sort-of link up, but it doesn't really work.
If y'all want a giggle, I'll snag a photo of the adaptor casting used to fit the Weber DCD to the Landy manifold. It might genuinely be the worst bit of design work I've ever seen.
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Bluefin is 17% off right now, so ordered it for the Fiesta, 1.0 125 Ecoboost.
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Car (VW golf mk5 1.9TDI) failed MOT on Saturday on emissions, So i change the oil and put in a bottle of cataclean and drove low gear high revs on Sunday, booked for a retest for today (Monday) and failed again, now going to change the fuel, air, oil filters tomorrow.
Sweet Jesus
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Topped it up with a bit of Asda petrol as Shell/Momentum wasn't an option unfortunately.
Fuel needle went lower than it originally was before I put a couple of gallons of Asda in
Fuel needle went lower than it originally was before I put a couple of gallons of Asda in
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That reminds me, I've still got a Bluefin handheld ornament from the Octavia. Never been able to bring myself to bin it. They give you an amazing £25 off if you want to use it on another car
Ha, I wouldn't bother then!
Changing the oil, air and fuel filter isn't going to fix an emissions problem... You've got a sensor issue, an exhaust issue or an airleak
Had my engine light come on although the car was driving fine. Conveniently had an OBD dongle in the car so checked it out and got P006A which is a MAF/MAP sensor issue. Cleared the error and proceeded to drive 115 miles and it hasn't come back on. Suppose I'd best hook both sensors out later and give them a clean just in case.