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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12885 on: 02 August 2016, 19:54:07 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 02 August 2016, 19:29:20
Looking forward to getting off the children slug and getting in the omega for the final 12m home :)

Predictive text/autocorrect at its best again.  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12886 on: 02 August 2016, 20:09:37 »
Clearly Steve jobs has never heard of the Chiltern Slug!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12887 on: 02 August 2016, 23:59:01 »
Replaced my leaking fuel pipe, talk about having a busmans holiday.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12888 on: 03 August 2016, 08:54:48 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 02 August 2016, 20:09:37
Clearly Steve jobs has never heard of the Chiltern Slug!

I think he'll struggle to hear about it now.....  ::)  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12889 on: 03 August 2016, 17:48:33 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 03 August 2016, 08:54:48
Quote from: TheBoy on 02 August 2016, 20:09:37
Clearly Steve jobs has never heard of the Chiltern Slug!

I think he'll struggle to hear about it now.....  ::)  ;D
I'm convince he somehow lives on in every gayDevice out there.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12890 on: 05 August 2016, 21:59:34 »
Took 6 hours to drive 160 miles along the South coast after a couple of days camping in Hampshire  :(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12891 on: 05 August 2016, 22:12:11 »
In my attempts to change the oil/filter I put an axle stand under the nearside chassis leg and when I finished I forgot to remove it resulting in me trying to move the car with it still there and it got lodged under the transmission mount and promptly cracked it, so now I've got to find another one  >:(.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12892 on: 05 August 2016, 22:39:10 »
Started to fit new rear dampers to the 190. Jacked it up on the rear jacking point only for it to come back down when the jack went straight through the floor, exposing a serious amount of rust.  ::) :'(
Take two - jacked it up at a different point and start to remove the damper  and realised that 26 years of  exposure to the elements had welded everything together. It took some doing but I finally got the lower mount undone only to find the top mount had no intention whatsoever of coming off. Had to angle grind through the nut to get it off.
Managed to get one new damper fitted. Will have a go at the other side tomorrow, then cut out the rust and try to locate my friendly welder man and hope he is sober enough to weld it up for me.

Yesterday -finished touching up the little stone chips & scratches on the Omega. got the machine polisher and G3 out and mopped it. Then washed it, polished it with Meguiars something or other, and it looks georgeous.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12893 on: 05 August 2016, 23:05:58 »
Just reviewed my 2.2 getting it`s new MOT last week via my dashcam footage
MOT tester did a nice job on the old girl, when he`s checking the headlamp aim his mate strolls up & says something Like "Bloody hell they`re nice ain`t they".
No advisories  : :)

I used the 3M kit on my head lamps the weekend prior & they are truely sparklin  :y

https://youtu.be/kHBSzrH7J9Q
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12894 on: 05 August 2016, 23:08:47 »
Quote from: 78bex on 05 August 2016, 23:05:58
Just reviewed my 2.2 getting it`s new MOT last week via my dashcam footage
MOT tester did a nice job on the old girl, when he`s checking the headlamp aim his mate strolls up & says something Like "Bloody hell they`re nice ain`t they".
No advisories  : :)

I used the 3M kit on my head lamps the weekend prior & they are truely sparklin  :y

https://youtu.be/kHBSzrH7J9Q
its silver  :D :D :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12895 on: 05 August 2016, 23:51:30 »
Quote from: BIGtime on 05 August 2016, 23:08:47
Quote from: 78bex on 05 August 2016, 23:05:58
Just reviewed my 2.2 getting it`s new MOT last week via my dashcam footage
MOT tester did a nice job on the old girl, when he`s checking the headlamp aim his mate strolls up & says something Like "Bloody hell they`re nice ain`t they".
No advisories  : :)

I used the 3M kit on my head lamps the weekend prior & they are truely sparklin  :y

https://youtu.be/kHBSzrH7J9Q
its silver  :D :D :D
Aren't they all ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12896 on: 06 August 2016, 13:55:31 »
Fitted a new oil pressure sensor and the light goes out.  :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12897 on: 06 August 2016, 19:26:00 »
Replaced rear brake discs and pads, replaced handbrake shoes - no vibrating when braking now.
Also replaced both front wheel bearings.....I expected no bearing noise after it but still getting some. I plan to replace rear bearings next saturday. If that won't cure the noise I'll change the tyres
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12898 on: 06 August 2016, 19:54:00 »
Quote from: danzigfan on 06 August 2016, 19:26:00
Replaced rear brake discs and pads, replaced handbrake shoes - no vibrating when braking now.
Also replaced both front wheel bearings.....I expected no bearing noise after it but still getting some. I plan to replace rear bearings next saturday. If that won't cure the noise I'll change the tyres


I would want to be absolutely certain that the rear wheel bearings were the cause before I changed them. I've done several, made tooling to make it possible and would still rather do other jobs! Tyre noise aside, bearing noise could just as easily be the diff bearings or the propshaft.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #12899 on: 06 August 2016, 20:01:30 »
A friend has a garage and pro tool for bearing pull out, I wouldn't dare even dreaming about replacing those myself  :-X Is there a way to exclude propshaft and diff bearings noise?
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