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Messages - Andy B

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General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....
« on: 06 December 2023, 13:39:23 »
Have a look at this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306148508681


Then look at its MOT history
The 9 January 2023 Test still covers it ,despite the July fail , very odd
at least it's got 38 less mules on now than 3 July 2023  ;D
it's not just DeLoreans that do time travel  :P
We call them horses in the trade, Dave, not mules  ;D ;D

You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him......  ;D


https://youtu.be/mkr0bwV5YWE?feature=shared

my mistake .... 4 coffins  ;D

107
General Discussion Area / Re: Caustic Soda
« on: 06 December 2023, 10:58:53 »
our cleaners use caustic too for cleaning through pipework & sauce filler bowls etc ..... all contained system (apart from where it leaks!  ::))

108
General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....
« on: 05 December 2023, 21:54:41 »
Have a look at this

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202306148508681


Then look at its MOT history
The 9 January 2023 Test still covers it ,despite the July fail , very odd
at least it's got 38 less mules on now than 3 July 2023  ;D
it's not just DeLoreans that do time travel  :P
We call them horses in the trade, Dave, not mules  ;D ;D

 You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him......  ;D

109
General Discussion Area / Re: Not so clever now is he.
« on: 04 December 2023, 23:57:26 »
He has already forgiven me as he starts his time in mouse heaven. :y
 ....

Awww!  :'(

 ::) ::)

110
General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 December 2023, 23:52:01 »
I use my ML's heated steering wheel!  :y

111
General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 04 December 2023, 23:51:07 »
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My Touareg has one too although I don't think I've ever used it :-X

The Range Rover has one, I've never used it.

is that just out of stubbornness ....  :-\

you could both just leave the heater off & wear an overcoat & bobhat!  ;D 

112
General Car Chat / Re: Age old question....
« on: 04 December 2023, 17:31:37 »
Perusing Autotrader, can't find anything that fits.

Large saloon
RWD
Auto
200+ BHP
£10kish for sub 10yr 100k miles example
40+ mpg capable day to day

I think my choices are:
BMW 7 Series - too many reliability issues, and struggle to fit in budget for a 100k mile example
Merc S class - a remotely acceptable one is 30+ years old.
Lexus (anything) - too narrow/cramped
Kia Stinger - could prove expensive as pattern parts and info hard to get
Infiniti - couldn't live with interior


Any other pearls of wisdom?

and it's a Datsun  ::)

113
Omega General Help / Re: crank shaft sensor query.
« on: 04 December 2023, 17:29:04 »
Misinformed or not, the spin on filters don't snap in half when they're over tightened and can be removed far more easily than the caps. And if you're changing the oil every couple of months, why not simplify the process :D
Oh I've had to fight some spin ones in the past, not on Omegas though, where some mongrel thinks that hand tight is about 30,000Nm.

On a V6 Omega, I'll go for the cartridge type every single time. Les messy and easier to replace (if you're not following a ham fisted retard).

And I think it makes the crank sensor last longer. I never had a crank sensor failure on one that had the cartridge filter, only on spin ons.  And I've changed a shit load of crank sesnors ;D

My Omega went through 2 crank sensors in the many years I had it & mine had a cartridge filter.
I agree with you Jamie though that the filter is easy enough to replace .... I never had a problem with mine.  :y

114
General Discussion Area / Re: Cruise ship pollution
« on: 01 December 2023, 17:22:22 »
Grey Funnel Liners used shore supplies when parked up alongside at home. The cables for each phase were around 2" dia .... no idea now of the cross section size .... 440V 50Hz but depending on ship size, there might have been 2 or 3 or 4 lots of supplies.
I've 'paralleled' up to shore supply quite a few times  :y

115
General Car Chat / Re: Car features
« on: 01 December 2023, 16:49:22 »
leccy parking brake on my ML just goes on when I put it on ..... though on occasion it'll put itself on when you open the door while in D. HOLD is via the foot brake, nothing to do with the parking brake.
My gripe with auto main beam is that you need to be going faster than about 35 mph for the main beam to work .... 35 is too fast for some back lanes when you'd want main beam.
Auto lights .... I agree with Jamie re fog ... some drivers need to learn how to turn their own lights on. One advantage on my car is that there is no OFF on the lights switch.
Fortunately, my stop/start has stopped working ..... possibly one battery or the other, but at over £300 for two batteries from MB, I'll leaving it as it is  ;)

116
General Car Chat / Re: Fickin modern cars
« on: 30 November 2023, 17:54:53 »
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It can, but most of us use our cars far too much for that to occur.  But look online to see how the DEF injector clogs with the shite.  Fortunately easy to clean in most cases, but means removing undertray to drop that bit out the exhaust.
Unfortunately that's not the case with my ML, though when it is used, it get's driven fairly hard & is frequently towing.

(fingers crossed) not had any problems with it in 4 1/2 yrs & 40-ish thousand miles. It gets a gallon of Adblue as & when I remember ..... it's yet to actually ask for any. No gauge fitted to mine .... I believe there is on later MBs

117
General Car Chat / Re: Annoying little shits.
« on: 30 November 2023, 13:31:44 »
there are rats that keep coming back for more bait/poison from my garden. I've put loads out over the past few years.
I'm pi55ing in the wind at stopping them completely because Mrs B puts loads of food out for the birds (& squirrels), a near neighbour keeps chickens & the rats also have access to an 'eat all you can buffet' in the form of our compost bins!  :-X

118
General Car Chat / Re: Fickin modern cars
« on: 30 November 2023, 13:27:11 »
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So I guess the pig piss has been sitting in the tank for quite a while

Pretty sure I've seen that MB suggest Adblue is drained from the tank & replaced every year  :-\

119
General Car Chat / Re: Fickin modern cars
« on: 30 November 2023, 13:25:32 »
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Beyond that, the injectors seem to clog up and need cleaning up, as they get stuff with the white cystalised stuff around the injector into the SEC. .....

I thought it crystallised in the tank  :-\ I know that Forte do an additive to prevent it doing so.

 https://www.forteuk.co.uk/product/exhaust-crystal-preventer/

120
General Car Chat / Re: Fickin modern cars
« on: 30 November 2023, 13:21:17 »
it seems that Adblue faults are also a problem with Mercs too .....


(he says with fingers crossed  :-X )
Adblue faults on all makes in the cold weather, Andy, it's a crap system thought up by fickin idiots.
Ooooo......I sounded like Jaime there for a moment  ;D
;D ;D

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