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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 13 May 2020, 18:00:42 »Oh....and a mower is not strictly a car.That depends on how it is being used...
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General Car Chat / Re: Little bit of a hole......
« on: 13 May 2020, 17:56:44 »
Arse end looks fine 
That front camber needs re doing, because they clearly didn't even try
That front camber needs re doing, because they clearly didn't even try
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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance mystery
« on: 13 May 2020, 17:34:15 »
That is one purpose, the other is to give a dubious car a legitimate identity in order to make a profit from selling on the legitimised car such as a cut and shut...
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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance mystery
« on: 13 May 2020, 17:19:53 »I don't understand why an astra insured by you Terry ,at your address in midsomer norton is being used by your son Jonny ,30 miles away in Chippenham and you are using a Vectra and Omega (when lock-down allows)You say that, dodgy garage sells cloned car to a normal person who then taxes and insures it as a normal person would
Jonny may be a "named driver" but that's not how insurance works
Maybe Jonny has now taken out his own insurance on the Astra ,being the keeper and main driver
I expect it's an admin error your end ,NOT the insurance company's error
OR....
there being a cloned astra knocking about on the same plates
people don't tend to pay for the Tax ,or insurance or MOT a cloned car
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 17:17:49 »
1. Find a working car and jump leads. Ensure that the battery terminals are securely connected to the respective batteries.
2. Park the working car next to, BUT NOT TOUCHING, the broken one in such a way that the batteries are as close as possible... ie if the working car is the Omega, so that the nearside wing is next to the Vauxhall badge on the Vectra Grill.
3. With both cars off, connect the red lead to both positive terminals.
4. Connect the black lead to both negative terminals, starting with the working car.
5. Start the working car, and leave to idle. Then turn the headlights on.
6. Only now should you insert the key on the broken car.
Turn to position 1 and count to ten.
7. Turn the key to position 2 and count to ten.
8. Try cranking the broken car.
9. If it starts, allow both cars to idle for five minutes. Then with both cars idling, disconnect the leads in reverse order.
10. If it cranks but doesn't start, repeat 6/7/8.
If it doesn't crank, then you'll need to get someone to have a look at it.
2. Park the working car next to, BUT NOT TOUCHING, the broken one in such a way that the batteries are as close as possible... ie if the working car is the Omega, so that the nearside wing is next to the Vauxhall badge on the Vectra Grill.
3. With both cars off, connect the red lead to both positive terminals.
4. Connect the black lead to both negative terminals, starting with the working car.
5. Start the working car, and leave to idle. Then turn the headlights on.
6. Only now should you insert the key on the broken car.
Turn to position 1 and count to ten.
7. Turn the key to position 2 and count to ten.
8. Try cranking the broken car.
9. If it starts, allow both cars to idle for five minutes. Then with both cars idling, disconnect the leads in reverse order.
10. If it cranks but doesn't start, repeat 6/7/8.
If it doesn't crank, then you'll need to get someone to have a look at it.
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 17:04:23 »This is exactly what I suggested you do. Don't piss about trying to 'dip' the tank though. The gauge should work with reliable voltage applied to the car. Instructions to follow...No. I have connected a second fully charged battery with jump leads to battery in car, but that was before I worked out how to crank the starter. With the fuel gauge suddenly reading empty and the display saying F gal/h I thought we had agreed the fuel pump and gauge were lacking power.Didn't answer the question.As said in reply66, starter works fine connecting solenoid terminals 12v live to solenoid activate, it cranks the engine, but ngine does not start.Have you tried jump starting it yet?
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Have you physically connected the battery on the car to the battery of a working car with jump leads for the express purpose of starting it?
Do you reckon it is worth my dipping the fuel tank to confirm there is fuel in it, and if there is: I should connect the battery of a second car, with engine running, to the battery of sick car, with SWMBO in sick car, in neutral, handbrake on, crank the engine for a minute or so, and see if it starts?
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General Discussion Area / Re: Ryanair owner interview.
« on: 13 May 2020, 15:15:13 »Drafty? Check.
Already got one!
Is that what the pic in your profile is?
It'd probably make a good motorhome
Leaky? Check.
Cumbersome? Check.
Thirsty? Check.
Slow? Check.
Yup, that'll do just right
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 15:12:34 »Didn't answer the question.As said in reply66, starter works fine connecting solenoid terminals 12v live to solenoid activate, it cranks the engine, but ngine does not start.Have you tried jump starting it yet?
bump
Have you physically connected the battery on the car to the battery of a working car with jump leads for the express purpose of starting it?
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 15:10:02 »Nope, jump, with leads, from a working car.Have you tried jump starting it yet?
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 14:38:05 »
Have you tried jump starting it yet?
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Omega General Help / Re: Front Shock Absorbers
« on: 13 May 2020, 13:54:10 »
Nope, apart from spring rates, they're the same... 17+ years old
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General Discussion Area / Re: How many of you racing buffs......
« on: 13 May 2020, 13:15:29 »
Marie Antoinette. At a guess, but I only got £64k anyhoo
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 13:09:49 »
Pedal trick it...
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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance mystery
« on: 13 May 2020, 13:08:44 »
Check all three vin plates against the V5...
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General Car Chat / Re: Vectra 1.8 starter will not turn
« on: 13 May 2020, 11:55:07 »
That's the trouble with diagnosing stuff over tinterweb...
Especially when details are random and sporadic
ie:
A "my carpets all wet"
B "Is the scuttle drain blocked?"
A "I don't think so."
B "Have you checked?"
A "Where is it?"
B "Passenger side under the pollen filter housing"
Three days later...
A "Found it."
B "The scuttle drain? Was it blocked?"
A "No, the leak. I left the sunroof open when I washed the car..."
Especially when details are random and sporadic
ie:
A "my carpets all wet"
B "Is the scuttle drain blocked?"
A "I don't think so."
B "Have you checked?"
A "Where is it?"
B "Passenger side under the pollen filter housing"
Three days later...
A "Found it."
B "The scuttle drain? Was it blocked?"
A "No, the leak. I left the sunroof open when I washed the car..."