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General Discussion Area / Re: Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 15 June 2023, 09:17:48 »
'Kin hell, rung around a few plumbers - they all want an £80 call out charge before they start!
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General Discussion Area / Re: retirement age
« on: 14 June 2023, 16:43:35 »Ok. You heard it here first, I'm not old.Roll onI was 70 last week (yes, I kept that quiet) and I am at the peak of my fitness. Honest
You are now in Gods waiting room. Expect a bony finger to tap you on the shoulder very soon.
Come with me old lad he'll say, your time here is done.
You're not 'proper old' until you have a beige cardigan with wooden buttons you can dribble into, whilst aimlessly staring out of the window of a care home for the terminally bewildered.
Yes you are, there was a time when I was twice as old as you, I'm not any more, so you're catching me up fast!
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General Discussion Area / Re: Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 14 June 2023, 10:21:48 »
Might have to get a plumber in, getting too old for this.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 14 June 2023, 10:20:46 »Is it a shower unit or shower over the bath.
If it's over the bath, remove the panel and you might find isolator valves under there along with the pump.
No it's a separate shower.
There is a valve to stop the cold water tank draining and a valve to shut off the hot water tank to the taps, I think.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 14 June 2023, 10:07:26 »Do you not have a shut off valve on both tanks
Too slow... Must be on Spanish time
I think so, but what about the pump?
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General Discussion Area / Re: How did we manage without the internet?
« on: 14 June 2023, 09:27:26 »
If we went on holiday in this country, we went on 'speck'.
Sussed out a few places when we got there, and chose the one that looked the best.
Sussed out a few places when we got there, and chose the one that looked the best.
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General Discussion Area / Re: retirement age
« on: 14 June 2023, 09:01:02 »I was 70 last week (yes, I kept that quiet) and I am at the peak of my fitness. Honest
Your just a kid compared with me.
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General Discussion Area / Changing a shower mixer valve.
« on: 14 June 2023, 08:40:36 »
Set up is hot and cold water tanks + pump.
Do I drain down the hot and cold water tanks and isolate the pump?
Do I drain down the hot and cold water tanks and isolate the pump?
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General Car Chat / Re: Astra K - again
« on: 13 June 2023, 09:40:02 »Happened on mine 3 or 4 times, as you say, glow plug. But mine is a J, never happened on the wife's K.On second thoughts, having read some of the replies, it merely means a non-emissions fault.
I usually just take it to my local indie, who is very reasonable for code reading, but I know you like to do this yourself
Thanks, yup, I've searched the forums, mainly happens on the diesels - glow plugs - no mention of it happening on a petrol.
I just hope that the ECM is not cream crackered.
Looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and book it into the Stealers .
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General Car Chat / Re: Astra K - again
« on: 12 June 2023, 14:27:09 »On second thoughts, having read some of the replies, it merely means a non-emissions fault.
I usually just take it to my local indie, who is very reasonable for code reading, but I know you like to do this yourself
Not particularly, but I wouldn't trust any of the indies. around here, loads of bad reports, and the main dealer will be a rip off!
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General Car Chat / Re: Astra K - again
« on: 12 June 2023, 14:19:26 »
Anyone got access to Vauxhall/Opel technical service bulletins?
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General Car Chat / Re: Astra K - again
« on: 12 June 2023, 13:35:23 »On second thoughts, having read some of the replies, it merely means a non-emissions fault.
I usually just take it to my local indie, who is very reasonable for code reading, but I know you like to do this yourself
Thanks, yup, I've searched the forums, mainly happens on the diesels - glow plugs - no mention of it happening on a petrol.
I just hope that the ECM is not cream crackered.
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General Car Chat / Astra K - again
« on: 12 June 2023, 12:28:59 »
Got a message come up on my display (it's a 1.4 Petrol) 'Service Vehicle Soon'.
Went and bought an iCarsoft Vauxhall V2 code reader.
If I try to read the ECM I get the following message ;-
Lost communication with DC/DC converter control module A on bus B.
It has no problems reading Mrs AA's 1.4 Sri.
Any ideas please.
It reads all other modules OK with no fault codes.
Went and bought an iCarsoft Vauxhall V2 code reader.
If I try to read the ECM I get the following message ;-
Lost communication with DC/DC converter control module A on bus B.
It has no problems reading Mrs AA's 1.4 Sri.
Any ideas please.
It reads all other modules OK with no fault codes.
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General Car Chat / Re: Anyone on here got an Astra K auto?
« on: 09 June 2023, 18:01:23 »Well, I won't be doing that again.When you put the cover back on, and the lever stuck in park, did a little bit of poo come out?
Took the cover off the the gear selector, can't see bugger all underneath it.
Clipped it back on, selector wouldn't come out of park!
Took the cover back off, wiggled the selector, eventually it came out of park.
Put the cover back on and it seem to select OK now.
Bloody cars!
Nothing like the Omega set up in there :'(
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 09 June 2023, 13:07:30 »
Astra K auto boxes!