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General Discussion Area / Re: Can't reply....
« on: 08 October 2013, 22:48:12 »
i think the use of the word creamy there might be it.... 
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General Car Chat / Re: Oh FFS and buggerit
« on: 08 October 2013, 22:46:06 »
i'd quite like to be able to get to work really...... kind of need the money......
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General Car Chat / Re: looks clean
« on: 08 October 2013, 22:42:45 »
you're losing it broocie, it's an auto civvy mobile
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General Discussion Area / Re: Super Glue scratch fix
« on: 08 October 2013, 20:43:31 »
i use superglue to fill in deep lacquer chips and scratches on guitars on a regular basis.... works fine.... the issue with a car is that very few panels are flat, and horizontally so..... so it will tend to run.... although you can use activation pretreatment compounds and sprays, when you do, it doesn't set as clear .
on most finishes it can be rubbed back flat with the finish and polished up to a crystal clear almost invisible repair, even under close scrutiny....
on most finishes it can be rubbed back flat with the finish and polished up to a crystal clear almost invisible repair, even under close scrutiny....
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General Car Chat / Re: Oh FFS and buggerit
« on: 08 October 2013, 17:19:43 »
probably not knowing my luck....
i would deeply appreciate a look from someone who has more of a clue , feeling around the HBV seems dry, but i may be missing it.... i've had the wipers and scuttle off, and tried to get a look in with an admittedly rubbish torch.... and a bit of a feel about....
i can see slight coolant pooling on the seam ridge below the heater connection pipes.... am i right in thinking the lower of these is the "curly" pipe referred to above ??
again, the joint feels dry i think.... but my hands and specifically fingers are rather calloused and thanks to the nerve pressure in my neck, it's difficult to feel anything with any certainty....
there seems to be a bit of broken green plastic clip on the top pipe to/from the heater, but no real evidence of leakage from there...
i would deeply appreciate a look from someone who has more of a clue , feeling around the HBV seems dry, but i may be missing it.... i've had the wipers and scuttle off, and tried to get a look in with an admittedly rubbish torch.... and a bit of a feel about....
i can see slight coolant pooling on the seam ridge below the heater connection pipes.... am i right in thinking the lower of these is the "curly" pipe referred to above ??
again, the joint feels dry i think.... but my hands and specifically fingers are rather calloused and thanks to the nerve pressure in my neck, it's difficult to feel anything with any certainty....
there seems to be a bit of broken green plastic clip on the top pipe to/from the heater, but no real evidence of leakage from there...
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General Car Chat / Re: Oh FFS and buggerit
« on: 08 October 2013, 11:01:41 »
will do, I changed the HBV a week or two ago..... it's done about 100 miles since....
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General Car Chat / Re: Oh FFS and buggerit
« on: 08 October 2013, 01:33:16 »
it appears to be on the driver side, at the back of the engine bay somewhere..... so any pointers would be appreciated.
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General Car Chat / Oh FFS and buggerit
« on: 08 October 2013, 01:31:56 »
It seems , from the small cloud of escaping steam, and the minor drip, that the Mv6 has a bloody coolant leak..... no advisory on it from MOT this morning....
anyone local available to give me a hand finding it and fixing it in the next day or so ?
anyone local available to give me a hand finding it and fixing it in the next day or so ?
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General Car Chat / Re: Chrysler Voyager Centre
« on: 07 October 2013, 21:51:19 »
yeah again, and again not by choice.
i'll be having a rubbish decade at this rate
i'll be having a rubbish decade at this rate
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 October 2013, 21:50:06 »
Sadly not original, but as old(new) as the wishbones... and also as good quality
translation in to muppet speak please??
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General Car Chat / Re: Chrysler Voyager Centre
« on: 07 October 2013, 20:42:57 »That's what happens when you rush out to buy a car
no what happens then is that you get ripped off by a lying scumbag in St Helens , and saddled with a very expensive , although granted rather pretty, garage filler...
thing is we're also having to move house, and the prospective new place has no garage..... (but off road private parking for 4 cars)
so project Jag is going to need some thought....
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 October 2013, 20:39:06 »
The mv6 is still on it's first set of ball joints at 155.5k
would they need to have been separated when the wishbones and drop links were done 2 years ago? if so maybe there's some hope.....
otherwise.... i wonder what WIM would charge to fit them while doing a geometry job....
would they need to have been separated when the wishbones and drop links were done 2 years ago? if so maybe there's some hope.....
otherwise.... i wonder what WIM would charge to fit them while doing a geometry job....
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 07 October 2013, 13:51:35 »
changed number plate light bulbs, acquired new MOT..... she lives for another 12 months, 1 pair of advisories, N/S and O/S ball joint dust covers worn (but still preventing dirt ingress)
so.... new ball joints it is then..... at some point.....
so.... new ball joints it is then..... at some point.....
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General Car Chat / Re: Chrysler Voyager Centre
« on: 06 October 2013, 15:49:10 »
when i bought the Sintra, back in 99/00 we looked at the grand voyager, the servicing costs and intervals put me right off.
we liked the vehicle for the space, and comfort and equipment, but the running costs were unbelievable.. the sintra made far more sense, handled better, and was quicker and faster and more economical , despite it's already nose diving reputation,... i had mine for about 80'000 miles and to be fair it was pretty good, until the abs distribution pump failed at 99k , vx said the part had to come from the states and would take up to 12 weeks... that was when it got put aside and my first elite estate joined the family,
we liked the vehicle for the space, and comfort and equipment, but the running costs were unbelievable.. the sintra made far more sense, handled better, and was quicker and faster and more economical , despite it's already nose diving reputation,... i had mine for about 80'000 miles and to be fair it was pretty good, until the abs distribution pump failed at 99k , vx said the part had to come from the states and would take up to 12 weeks... that was when it got put aside and my first elite estate joined the family,
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General Car Chat / Re: Thanks to JamesV6CDX , and an acknowledgement of all the "i told you so's"
« on: 04 October 2013, 18:29:51 »
New sensor definitely required, EML back on after about 10 miles..... James had the foresight to loan me his gizmo to reset it...... 
coz i doubt i can get an O2 sensor this weekend...... (rather skint..... and not really got time)
coz i doubt i can get an O2 sensor this weekend...... (rather skint..... and not really got time)