What have you done to your car today?

Matt82 · 28 Apr 2013 at 20:47

Not my car but a tool i use a lot

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p...000-electric-impact-wrench?da=1&TC=SRC-impact
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My impact gun had been misbehaving for a while, wouldnt work reliably, which i thought was down to brushes. had a closer look and it turned out that i had damaged the cable. Stripped it down, took a few inches from the cable, and now my impact gun is reliable again

GarethSouthgate · 28 Apr 2013 at 21:14

sigma said:
Trying to find my ****ing locking wheel nut key.

If I can't find it then I'm not sure I'll bother buying another set. More hassle than they're worth.

It's a no go

****!

Matt82 said:
Not my car but a tool i use a lot

I do quite enjoying buying new tools. Even simple ones like swan-neck spanners! Sad but I'm sure we've all been there wishing we had the right tool!

Pabl0 · 28 Apr 2013 at 21:34

Drove it to a local garage with the girlfriend and she walked away with a StreetKa. Sigh :rolleyes:

Secretly kind of like the thing.

Edit, I also buy tools that i don't have a current use for! This week i've got some flexi extensions and some adapters for my Makita impact gun... all still in the wrapper with all the other bits i will one day use!

Matt82 · 28 Apr 2013 at 22:15

sigma said:
I do quite enjoying buying new tools. Even simple ones like swan-neck spanners! Sad but I'm sure we've all been there wishing we had the right tool!

I think tool obsession is a really common male thing, which is good for me, because it makes fixing/building things far less of a chore if i get to add a new tool to the collection

GarethSouthgate · 28 Apr 2013 at 22:18

I have dreams of building a garage with a workshop one day.

*fap fap fap*

Howard · 29 Apr 2013 at 08:13

Voxination said:
Washed and hoovered it, realized whilst hoovering the back that when you open the rear passenger side door the trim does this

Back to the bodyshop it goes

Wow, that's ineptitude :/

Irish_Tom · 29 Apr 2013 at 08:52

Made a start on my list yesterday and will attempt the rest of it next weekend.

Cleaned both the Mondeo and MX-5 inside and out, rotated the wheels on both cars, solved a rattle on both cars, fixed one of the 5's headrests and repaired a Sat Nav.

All in all, a good days work.

Next weekend I will replace the thermostat, clean the EGR and inlet manifold, fix the paintwork issues and have a look at the parking sensor and brake pedal sensor.

-westy- · 29 Apr 2013 at 10:45

Don't the wheels rotate when you drive?

Christurbo · 29 Apr 2013 at 11:02

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The weekly Sunday clean

Irish_Tom · 29 Apr 2013 at 13:09

-westy- said:
Don't the wheels rotate when you drive?

Quiet you!

You know what I mean

neverender · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:09

Dropped in //M branded floormats; gained 50bhp.

Unicorn · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:12

Bought some team heko wind deflectors, I had them on old car and want some more

Pete19s · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:12

Finally got round to fitting a new stereo. Old one has been dead for well over a year

What an utter ball ache! Didn't have the right keys to get the old one out so had to remove the center console & dash panel. Good job too as the old cage was not coming out otherwise. Then, THEN there was the mess that was the wiring. I want to find the person that made this mess & kick them in the groin. Repeatedly.

New one is all fitted now, just need to cut a hole in the cubby hole at the back of the arm rest. The rear USB cable is about 4" too short to nicely feed in the hole at the back where the filler/boot release levers pop through.

Unicorn · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:15

Pete19s said:
Finally got round to fitting a new stereo. Old one has been dead for well over a year What an utter ball ache! Didn't have the right keys to get the old one out so had to remove the center console & dash panel. Good job too as the old cage was not coming out otherwise. Then, THEN there was the mess that was the wiring. I want to find the person that made this mess & kick them in the groin. Repeatedly.

New one is all fitted now, just need to cut a hole in the cubby hole at the back of the arm rest. The rear USB cable is about 4" too short to nicely feed in the hole at the back where the filler/boot release levers pop through.

That wiring is a mess :O Pictures when done

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Tr1p · 29 Apr 2013 at 18:12

Changed my thermostat today, car get's up to temperature a quicker now and doesn't drop to under the quarter mark on the temperature gauge at motorway speed. Sit's bang in the middle. Don't know if it's in my head but also seems to idle better now :confused:

The coolant came out bright orange when I drained it!

Rybo89 · 29 Apr 2013 at 18:58

Sat in my car, checked facebook. Seen a old work friend of mine has just had a Focus RS bought for him by his parents.

Chewed steering wheel.

Vigoro · 29 Apr 2013 at 19:37

Took the car out and mapped it as i noticed that AFR's were really rich this weekend.

Looked at logs, found more boost somewhere!

LizardKing · 29 Apr 2013 at 19:37

Been getting a really bad misfire since getting the car back from the garage a few weeks back.
Took it to a different garage who knows how to fix cars.

Note the soot around the top of the plug

Bunch of cowboys damaged the HT Leads causing them to arc.

lordrobs · 29 Apr 2013 at 21:02

Drove it to Halfords to get some cleaning stuff, decided it was too nice an evening to drive straight home and came back via a 14 mile detour through the countryside

Matt82 · 29 Apr 2013 at 21:25

LizardKing said:
Been getting a really bad misfire since getting the car back from the garage a few weeks back.
Took it to a different garage who knows how to fix cars.

Note the soot around the top of the plug

Bunch of cowboys damaged the HT Leads causing them to arc.

are you 100% sure it was the HT? do you have any better pics of the head of the plug? that is seriously messy and you absolutely want to get to the bottom of the cause of that