Soldato
I'd be interested to see what difference you think it makes when you do it. I'm planning on doing it later in the spring, once I've dealt with the rot and got a new MOT on it
What have you done to your car today?
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I'd be interested to see what difference you think it makes when you do it. I'm planning on doing it later in the spring, once I've dealt with the rot and got a new MOT on it
Looks like an easy PDR job that.Found a dent in the rear wing. 4 months after a respray down the whole left-hand side of the car
Is there easy access to the rear quarter panel from the wheel arch or inside? I know this is a 10-year-old 110,000-mile car, but such a pain. It HAD to be the repainted side
Soldato
Fitted a new anti rollbar drop link to my 2001 Focus. Need to do rocker cover gasket as picked up on MOT however looking at the top of the rocker cover I'm thinking it might be a perished breather pipe.
Also stripped my CBR600 to figure out why indicator is dim. Wiring all looks ok and it only gets lighter when I undo the nut holding the indicator on and doing it up. When I do it up again it goes dim again so constantly stripping, cleaning threads up etc because it looks like an earth problem. Grrr!
Also stripped my CBR600 to figure out why indicator is dim. Wiring all looks ok and it only gets lighter when I undo the nut holding the indicator on and doing it up. When I do it up again it goes dim again so constantly stripping, cleaning threads up etc because it looks like an earth problem. Grrr!
Good to hear, will investigate further.
Caporegime
MX5's rear brake caliper stuck on yesterday on the way home, brake material smells awful...
Took the caliper off and freed it all up, had to clump it one with a big hammer before I could get it off the disk.
Pads are toasted so I've got a new rear set. Test drive confirms the brakes are now functioning as they should again...
Replaced a drop link because I thought it to be the source of an annoying squeak, turns out that it was the source, but the drop link itself wasn't the issue. The cradle one end bolts into was pinching the rubber.
Fixed the horn, the wire had come off. Now I can express my displeasure again. Wait I mean, indicate my presence.
Took the caliper off and freed it all up, had to clump it one with a big hammer before I could get it off the disk.
Pads are toasted so I've got a new rear set. Test drive confirms the brakes are now functioning as they should again...
Replaced a drop link because I thought it to be the source of an annoying squeak, turns out that it was the source, but the drop link itself wasn't the issue. The cradle one end bolts into was pinching the rubber.
Fixed the horn, the wire had come off. Now I can express my displeasure again. Wait I mean, indicate my presence.
Don
Found a dent in the rear wing. 4 months after a respray down the whole left-hand side of the car
Looks like it might come out with the cold spray/heatgun approach? Might be a bit too small, but worth a try!
Soldato
Anyone have any suggestions about an issue on my RRS?
For the last couple of months, I've had an intermittent code P2135 OBD-II: Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch A / B Voltage Correlation. It would come on once every 1/2 weeks, then disappear for a while when I cleared it. The car didn't seem any different in terms of performance, it was simply the CEL that illuminated.
In the last week or two, it's started coming on more and more frequently, and has been joined by the codes P0139 (O2 sensor circuit slow response) and P0116 (engine coolant temperature circuit range / performance). The car still seems to run fine, although I did notice that the fan seemed to be coming on more often than before. The temperature gauge is fine and it isn't losing any coolant.
I tried cleaning the throttle body as it was very dirty, plus the throttle body electrical connector, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference. When cleaning it, I noticed a slight electric crackling noise coming from the throttle body electrics: it was barely audible, and I'm not sure if that's normal or not.
I can get a new throttle body and I'm confident enough to fit it myself, but as they're not particularly cheap, and returning stuff where I live is a nightmare, I'd rather be sure that's the issue before I go ahead and order one. To me, it totally makes sense that it would throw P2135 and P0139, but the P0116 is bugging me a little as I can't see how that would be related to the throttle body.
Any ideas? Should I just go ahead and change it or is there something else it could be?
For the last couple of months, I've had an intermittent code P2135 OBD-II: Throttle/Pedal Position Sensor/Switch A / B Voltage Correlation. It would come on once every 1/2 weeks, then disappear for a while when I cleared it. The car didn't seem any different in terms of performance, it was simply the CEL that illuminated.
In the last week or two, it's started coming on more and more frequently, and has been joined by the codes P0139 (O2 sensor circuit slow response) and P0116 (engine coolant temperature circuit range / performance). The car still seems to run fine, although I did notice that the fan seemed to be coming on more often than before. The temperature gauge is fine and it isn't losing any coolant.
I tried cleaning the throttle body as it was very dirty, plus the throttle body electrical connector, but that doesn't seem to have made any difference. When cleaning it, I noticed a slight electric crackling noise coming from the throttle body electrics: it was barely audible, and I'm not sure if that's normal or not.
I can get a new throttle body and I'm confident enough to fit it myself, but as they're not particularly cheap, and returning stuff where I live is a nightmare, I'd rather be sure that's the issue before I go ahead and order one. To me, it totally makes sense that it would throw P2135 and P0139, but the P0116 is bugging me a little as I can't see how that would be related to the throttle body.
Any ideas? Should I just go ahead and change it or is there something else it could be?
Caporegime
Earth fault, is one earth shared between all those circuits?
Soldato
Not as far as I can make out. The earths looked solid when I checked the easily accessible ones.
Caporegime
Replaced air filter on the MX5 with a fine mesh gauze to try and increase intake noise. It didn't have quite the effect I hoped for so I'm putting the cone filter back.
Caporegime
Replaced air filter on the MX5 with a fine mesh gauze to try and increase intake noise. It didn't have quite the effect I hoped for so I'm putting the cone filter back.
What's with these ghetto mods?! lol
Caporegime
Today on ghetto garage
Just ******* about. Spraying it with cans when the weather warms up.
Soldato
It’s Acme. I don’t think I say that enough tbh.
Soldato
The throttle position code appeared long before the O2 sensor code though, and my thoughts are that a faulty throttle body could cause overfueling which would throw an O2 sensor code.
Soldato
nvm
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Caporegime
I've got a photo from an old Scania during my stobart days where the odometer read 987654Km 
Caporegime
Crashed it.
Broke stuff.
Broke stuff.
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Caporegime
Oooh Acme. Didn't break yourself I hope?
Soldato
Only ego lol