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Sort of ironic the grubby Jeep has mega shiny chrome wheels, and the cleaner one has the dull stock ones!Stock
Chrome
What have you done to your car today?
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Haha i thought that, i think the difference being the stock one being stolen from a for sale advert
The real bizarre thing is why there's no dirt on the chrome wheels. Like the guy only cleans the wheels and ignores the body!
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That'll be the issue then....
Clearly such a straightforward job of changing the temperature sensor couldn't go without another discovery...Owners of R56 Mini's should know better than anyone that you *never* celebrate your car's reliability
I was initially going to remove the driver's side headlamp to get at the sensor from above as you can at least see it and the wiring clearly, as opposed to removing the arch liner (potentially breaking all the clips etc in the process). However 1 of the 4 headlamp bolts decided it would just turn constantly without undoing, so apparently the captive nut has become un-captive
I'll address that another day thoughEnded up going in via the bulb access panel in the arch liner and changing it blind.
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You lot make me look like a n00b chump as I came in here to say my 9 year old car blew it's first bulb over the weekend... The dipped beam lamp and it cost me a grand total of £8.99 to fox it and I'm happy with that
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I wish the things I came in here to post were like that.
Today I changed the ignition leads on the E30, which is actually a bit of a pain, and they are actually really expensive... Only to find that wasn't the issue at all, the symptoms are more pronounced now and I can tell with a fair degree of certainty that it is fuel starvation not spark, so I am going to swap in my spare fuel pump tomorrow. Which fortunately is pretty easy on an E30, its under the rear seat squab and under a metal plate in the floor.
During my diagnosis I also stripped the threads on one of the bolt holes for the distributor cap... Not difficult to fix, but difficult to fix with the radiator in the car... I am not doing the cooling system bleeding rigamaroll again so it will have to be held in with two bolts until a later time, it seems sturdy enough.
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Yeah its a bit of a maze round there.
I should have said, the car feels great now, more pointy and agile, and I don't even have adjustable top mounts, yet. I'm at Anglesey this time next week, should be fun! (prays for a dry day)
I should have said, the car feels great now, more pointy and agile, and I don't even have adjustable top mounts, yet. I'm at Anglesey this time next week, should be fun! (prays for a dry day)
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As long as you start them by hand you'll be alright.New plugs, I always have a deep fear of cross-threading them.
I also torque them to factory spec now just in case.
A piece of fuel hose stuck over the end of the plug works as a useful flexible tool for inserting it and starting it by hand.
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As long as you start them by hand you'll be alright.
I also torque them to factory spec now just in case.
A piece of fuel hose stuck over the end of the plug works as a useful flexible tool for inserting it and starting it by hand.
Fuel hose has given me so much more confidence with spark plugs, its the bestest way.
Got around to fitting the bonnet strut kit for the Mustang.
It's absolutely stupid that Ford sell the kits
Yet they give you an old school bonnet prop..
Fitting it took 5 mins, most of that was having to cut and shape a 1" hole where the battery cover sits over one of the mounting points, but the kit is simply 4 bolt on mounts and that's it!
I left the original prop (front) just in case it's needed..
Snap! I did the same to my car at the weekend. Really simple to do, although I realised I after bolting it on that I'd forgotten to re-route the washer hose so had to take one off again.
Not sure on the correct routing, I just saw a CJ Pony video on fitting it and they put the washer tube tucked behind the strut connection point, so mirrored that and it seems to work!
I could get the tube out and put it back (just) without removing anything, it compresses and will just squeeze between strut and mount as I wanted to remove a bit of slack.
As long as you start them by hand you'll be alright.
I also torque them to factory spec now just in case.
A piece of fuel hose stuck over the end of the plug works as a useful flexible tool for inserting it and starting it by hand.
I did have a hose on standby but my halfords kit had a proper socket and a decent extension so threaded it in by hand until it was tight and just gave them a little nip up with the ratchet - Torque wrenches that go down to 12nm are pretty expensive.
Ahh fair enough.
I am lucky enough to have one that was from my Dads old toolkit when he worked in pharma.
I think it goes down to about 4nm!
e; holy bejeesus https://www.steritool.com/stainless...-torque-wrench-30-250-in-lbs-4-0-27-7-nm.aspx
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Haha i thought that, i think the difference being the stock one being stolen from a for sale advert
The real bizarre thing is why there's no dirt on the chrome wheels. Like the guy only cleans the wheels and ignores the body!
I've more than one set of wheels for my pickup - the AT ones when I take them off I give a good clean up LOL (they also get much less use so so far have stayed in better condition), while the regular road set I'm much lazier about cleaning.
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Changed camshaft oil seal, cleaned rear timing belt cover, fitted rear timing belt cover seals, the cover, and the pulley.
As for how I torqued the pulley bolt... Is it dumb if it works?
Also removed the sump, the oil pickup tube, and the turbo. The shaft in the turbo has a fairly significant amount of play lol.
As for how I torqued the pulley bolt... Is it dumb if it works?
Also removed the sump, the oil pickup tube, and the turbo. The shaft in the turbo has a fairly significant amount of play lol.
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Drove it too fast and potentially have been caught speeding.
On my way into work doing 35 in a 30 and suddenly see a Camera Van
He was in the back, window open…
Only my own fault, could have been worse but hopefully with all the mythology applied and my Speedometer over reading I will dodge the bullet, unlikely I know!
On my way into work doing 35 in a 30 and suddenly see a Camera Van
He was in the back, window open…
Only my own fault, could have been worse but hopefully with all the mythology applied and my Speedometer over reading I will dodge the bullet, unlikely I know!
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Drove it too fast and potentially have been caught speeding.
On my way into work doing 35 in a 30 and suddenly see a Camera Van
He was in the back, window open…
Only my own fault, could have been worse but hopefully with all the mythology applied and my Speedometer over reading I will dodge the bullet, unlikely I know!
Might be on the cusp if actual speed is 33