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General Car Chat / remember and pay for any bits you buy promptly, else...

« on: 07 June 2012, 21:59:54 »

 ...they may be sold to someone else.

Elite pete was selling some facelift parts, after some messages I agreed to buy a pair of mirrors off him, on the 27th may. He replied with payment details on the 28th. I had a busy weekend, and finally set up payment to his bank as requested on the 6th june. I got a message today saying he had sold them to someone else on the 31st.

Ken

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General Discussion Area / beware the evils of Strong Drink...and ebay

« on: 27 May 2012, 22:48:41 »

I came home from work one friday, totally p155ed off, no matter how much effort I put in the job seems to grow and I get extra stuff to do to make up for someone who......., no, not on an open forum 

So A couple of cans to relax, thinking how could I relax more at work, well I have recently moved the repair/test facility to a larger room at the bottom of the factory so I could take the guitar in and practise at lunchtimes. Mmm another can, I could do with an amp, something classy, a quick look on fleabay, plenty bargains, look Marshall amps currently no or 99p bids, great so I stick a few quid on, you know you are not going to win a Marshall for a few quid, so you stick a £5 on here, a £5 on there etc.

I woke up on Sat morning to read the Email " congratulations hope you enjoy your Marshall amplifier..."  Oh Sh1T..... what have I bought 
















However a Marshall 150W amp for £2.50 is not bad.........Trouble is I got to go down to Norfolk to pick it up 

Ken

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General Car Chat / Yipee, LPG down !

« on: 10 May 2012, 19:48:20 »

There is a local place in Batley where I have been filling up for a while. They were stable at about 68p/L for months, then it jumped up to 78p/L. I was not happy, however it dropped a couple of weeks ago back to 74p/L and is now at 69.9p/L. Thats an extra £5 per week I save 

Is the price dropping all over ?.

Ken

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General Car Chat / If only I had more parking space ......

« on: 03 May 2012, 20:47:40 »

Looks beautiful, bet it goes like stink, and just the thing to park at work, next to all the BMW's, Audi's, Golf's etc http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-2792CC-REG-TAZ-6220-/120903203760?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c26647bb0

Anyone like to guess how much it will go for ?.

Anyone know of a garage to rent around Dewsbury ? 

Ken

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General Discussion Area / Well, the real reason why ITV digital failed

« on: 27 March 2012, 00:06:59 »

Anyone see BBC 1 tonight, about why ITV Digital failed ?. It seems someone cracked the cards they were using, and somehow there was always a good supply of up to date cracks available on the Net. It also appears that a company based in israel company was involved, who just happened to be part of the News International group.

Mr Murdoch taking care of competition.

Ken

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General Discussion Area / Sqcre Blue, merde de due, I hate french pick pockets

« on: 14 March 2012, 21:37:23 »

Greet:ings Guys,
I have just finished a week in malalaysia, sorted the machine, it was the gearbox was low on oil so it was running too hot so the encoder
was way outside its temp specs, so was dying quick .

Went for a quick break in Paris only to get robbed on the underground, lost my wallet which had all the business cards, plus this dam froggy keyboqrd is AZERT insteqd of qwerty so my typing is crqp.

Impressive architechiture, nice place, amazine sights, good wine, except the sh°°t on the underground

Ken

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General Discussion Area / What do you do on a plane for 14hrs ?

« on: 01 March 2012, 22:28:17 »

Its my own fault I suppose, a customer's machine is missbehaving, they have sent out mechanical guys who have replaced most of the control system, but there are still problems. I showed a bit of interest, trying to be helpful, and got "volunteered" to go out to have a look. And its in Malaysia. 

I though I had the problem sused, we reconned it was the speed encoder so sent out a brand new one, and I worked out a protection system to stop blowing the driver chips, but the new encoder doesn't work,  and i am going to have to take a scope, DVM, better a soldering iron just in case, plus solder spare boards etc etc. Excess bagage is going to be a joke, and I have to carry the lot, imaging wandering around a foreign factory pulling a suitcase with you 

On the brighter side, the out flight takes about 14 hrs, but it is only 6hrs coming back. Time travel ?. 

Ken

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General Car Chat / OOF Postal Service, anything need picked up down south ?.

« on: 25 February 2012, 21:47:17 »

I am going down to Suffolk tomorrow morning to pick up some bits from Twiglet, and prob coming back up the M1 to Leeds. Anyone need anything picked up ?. Small detours OK  .

Ken

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Omega General Help / Are rubber boots available for the V6 ?.

« on: 25 February 2012, 21:44:37 »

tracing a missfire  today, I discovered one of the coil pack rubber boots is split. Are the boots available ?. I know they are for the 2.2, but they look different.

Cheers Ken

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General Car Chat / Do sensors wear out ?.

« on: 11 February 2012, 22:27:18 »

Quite often cars have problems and the advice is replace the sensor with a genuine one, because pattern ones don't last.

If I'm not mistaken sensors like the cam and crank sensors, are basically coils of wire connected with cables to the main loom. Now a coil of wire doesn't wear out, it either breaks or develops internal shorts, so I guess its likely to be the connecting cable that breaks down, esp the V6 crank sensor cable that is very close to the exhaust. The break may be intermittent so the fault will come and go, but that's it.

Is it not worth while trying to replace the connecting cable with new wire, either heat rated or flexible wire ?. That way the original good quality VX sensor is kept and it should last as long as the repair does. Modern technology means we have good sealing epoxy available, and cables that must be better than those used 10 years ago, and if you remember the cost of a new cam sensor is £60, then ....

Ken

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General Car Chat / Quick fixer up ?

« on: 05 February 2012, 23:23:52 »

you know we understand migs and their little faults, well here's a vehicle that needs similar care and attention  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/jcb-digger-/360431135056?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item53eb5ea950 I particularly like the " very little brakes " . So if you are ever behind a JCB, leave plenty space. 

Ken

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General Car Chat / This sounds cheap

« on: 23 January 2012, 23:14:59 »

Just noticed a trade-in on fleabay, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190630454428?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 for £850. Low mileage as well. Except he says spares or repairs. Is there something he's not telling us, or he just wants it off his forecourt.

Daft thing is I will have spent getting on for this amount on recent repairs/tyres on mine. Its getting silly out there......

Ken

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Omega General Help / Cam pulleys, tensioners are they sealed items ?

« on: 23 January 2012, 23:09:26 »

My cam belt etc was replaced about 15K miles ago, but when I start there is a screeching sound for about 20secs, sounds like from the cambelt area. I have an oil leak from I think the front camshaft seals, is it poss that the oil has washed the lubricant out of the pulleys and they are running dry ?.

Ken

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General Car Chat / quick way of cleaning out the breather Y pipe.

« on: 22 January 2012, 21:05:17 »

I was cleaning my breathers, and found the Y pipe was fairly well blocked. My son came up with the bright idea of using a compressor to blow the gunk out. This works very well, provided you don't aim the open end at anything. Imagine a load of mayo ejected at high speed, splattering onto a rag, its going to bounce back. 

He has managed to get the worst off his trousers     


Seriously it is good, gets serious mayo out fast and the air flow blows it clean.

Ken

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Omega General Help / cut out on the M62

« on: 10 January 2012, 21:48:21 »

Greetings,
I was driving home tonight, just got to the road works section with the hard shoulder coned off  , and the spanner light came on. I didn't notice if I was in limp mode as I was going down hill at 50mph. Within 30 secs or so she cut out and I had to coast to the next junction. I got onto the hard shoulder, and within 1 or 2 spins she restarted. I set off again, spanner light out, OK for a couple miles then cut out again, she restarted with 3 or 4 spins. Another 2 cut outs until home, however after 1hr rest she starts fine. I read the codes and got P0340 (8 ), P0340 (4), and P0335 (?). I was running on LPG at the time and didn't think to change to petrol. Any ideas ?, could it be the dreaded crank sensor ?.

Ken