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General Discussion Area / Evening plans
« on: 23 February 2007, 21:10:38 »
To help MikeDundee arrange babysitters etc...
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General Discussion Area / Spares
« on: 23 February 2007, 09:31:48 »
Not car, computer bits...
Anyone got a spare SATA hard disk that they want to donate to forum. The current one is sounding like a bag of nails in a washing machine
Anyone got a spare SATA hard disk that they want to donate to forum. The current one is sounding like a bag of nails in a washing machine
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General Discussion Area / And about time
« on: 20 February 2007, 19:58:05 »
The Trade Club website is back up 
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General Discussion Area / Another good day
« on: 18 February 2007, 20:09:34 »
Auto Addict, Tunnie and I did a 'quick' disc and pad change on Tunnies dad's 2.2. A say quick, but we started at 11am and finished around 3pm. But we were doing a how to, and AA and I were sat in chairs ribbing Tunnie non stop, so productivity was not good. Plus we had to stop for tea and bacon butties.
Then JamesV6CDX and his mate Markie turned up in Jame's new 2.0l - the one that the LPG stuff is going on. James and Markie got stuck straight into a Rover cambelt, while I helped Tunnie finish off his Dad's 2.2 brakes, and fit cruise, as Tunnies dad needed the car to catch a plane.
Rover cambelt wasn't entirely going to plan, and turned out it was a tooth out, and probably had been since we did the head gasket - no wonder she had been complaining it wasn't as quick as before
In the meantime, Tunnie went home to drop off his Dad's 2.2, and fetch the Senny - still full of leather interior we picked up yesterday in Nottingham. So scattered the leather across my front lawn. On closer inspection, I think the leather is in pretty good nick, just needs a damn good clean and a bit of conditioner on it.
More bacon butties
Tunnie again disappeared and got his own 2.2 so we could have a look at his window problem. Got the swicth unit out, but looks like its an electronic module, so probably easier to test by swapping with his dad's one (who by this time was on his way to airport) to see if its the switch unit, or a motor problem. A concerning noise from Tunnies cambelt area was the lowlight of the day, and I think a new cambelt needs to be done before that goes much further.
A quick look around Jame's new 2.0l, although it was dark. Nice front fogs - not! Apart from that, it looks decent. A quick play with Tech2 on it to fix MID (came out of 2.5) FC readings, and to clear any codes on systems the Tech2 would read on it. First car I haven't been able to read engine ECU - not sure if its any different from a 97 ECU?
A quick play with the electric leather seats was unsuccessful, though it was getting too dark and cold to persevere with it, so I think James and Markie are going to play with them later - PDF of seat wiring sent James.
So with everyone gone, Mrs TheBoy and I take the Rover for a spin, and she confirms that the pick up is now better than the cam timing is correct
Time for beer now
[smiley=beer.gif]
Then JamesV6CDX and his mate Markie turned up in Jame's new 2.0l - the one that the LPG stuff is going on. James and Markie got stuck straight into a Rover cambelt, while I helped Tunnie finish off his Dad's 2.2 brakes, and fit cruise, as Tunnies dad needed the car to catch a plane.
Rover cambelt wasn't entirely going to plan, and turned out it was a tooth out, and probably had been since we did the head gasket - no wonder she had been complaining it wasn't as quick as before
In the meantime, Tunnie went home to drop off his Dad's 2.2, and fetch the Senny - still full of leather interior we picked up yesterday in Nottingham. So scattered the leather across my front lawn. On closer inspection, I think the leather is in pretty good nick, just needs a damn good clean and a bit of conditioner on it.
More bacon butties
Tunnie again disappeared and got his own 2.2 so we could have a look at his window problem. Got the swicth unit out, but looks like its an electronic module, so probably easier to test by swapping with his dad's one (who by this time was on his way to airport) to see if its the switch unit, or a motor problem. A concerning noise from Tunnies cambelt area was the lowlight of the day, and I think a new cambelt needs to be done before that goes much further.
A quick look around Jame's new 2.0l, although it was dark. Nice front fogs - not! Apart from that, it looks decent. A quick play with Tech2 on it to fix MID (came out of 2.5) FC readings, and to clear any codes on systems the Tech2 would read on it. First car I haven't been able to read engine ECU - not sure if its any different from a 97 ECU?
A quick play with the electric leather seats was unsuccessful, though it was getting too dark and cold to persevere with it, so I think James and Markie are going to play with them later - PDF of seat wiring sent James.
So with everyone gone, Mrs TheBoy and I take the Rover for a spin, and she confirms that the pick up is now better than the cam timing is correct
Time for beer now
[smiley=beer.gif]
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General Discussion Area / A good day
« on: 17 February 2007, 18:26:35 »
Tunnie and I blasted Senny up to Nottingham and changed his springs, good job done.
Then a blast to pick up JamesV6CDX from a dodgy, awkward Ebay seller.
We let Marks_DTM feed us, thanks
And a gentle cruise back.
Now I'm laying in bath trying to get rust and shit out of my hair (and eye)...
Lessons learnt:
Then a blast to pick up JamesV6CDX from a dodgy, awkward Ebay seller.
We let Marks_DTM feed us, thanks
And a gentle cruise back.
Now I'm laying in bath trying to get rust and shit out of my hair (and eye)...
Lessons learnt:
- Don't get under rusting old heap when tunnie has an air gun in his mitts - you will get covered.
- Ebay is full of arses.
- The Senny's economy is much better now.
- The Senny doesn't do corners as well as Omega.
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General Discussion Area / Will Omega seats fit in Omega
« on: 02 February 2007, 18:37:52 »
No, I'm not replacing mine.
JamesV6CDX needs some seats picked up from Nottingham, Tunnie was going to do it, but as I'm going up anyway tomorrow....
Question is, do we just take my car, or do we take Tunnie's Senator as well to be sure?
I think its all the seats and the door cards...
JamesV6CDX needs some seats picked up from Nottingham, Tunnie was going to do it, but as I'm going up anyway tomorrow....
Question is, do we just take my car, or do we take Tunnie's Senator as well to be sure?
I think its all the seats and the door cards...
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General Discussion Area / Discussion of Copyright material
« on: 14 February 2007, 18:23:15 »
This is just a reminder, in case some of the newer members are not aware (or have forgotten ), that we do not allow discussion of how to acquire, use, bypass copyrighted material illicitly.
This includes software, music, and last week's episode of Top Gear
Obviously, if you have a legal copy of the software/media etc, we welcome the discussions.
And please, lets not turn this into the age old debate of its not illegal because its not a criminal offence etc, heard it all before, and bored with that one.
), that we do not allow discussion of how to acquire, use, bypass copyrighted material illicitly.This includes software, music, and last week's episode of Top Gear
Obviously, if you have a legal copy of the software/media etc, we welcome the discussions.
And please, lets not turn this into the age old debate of its not illegal because its not a criminal offence etc, heard it all before, and bored with that one.
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General Discussion Area / I'm gonna be busy...
« on: 13 February 2007, 12:39:33 »
Not only has a cracking flaw affecting IE7 and Firefox been disclosed, an absolute cracker on Solaris whereby anyone can log on to telnet if they know the userid (password not required), including 'root'. Guess my day is going to be logging on to several hundred servers ensuring telnet isn't running (shouldn't be, should all be ssh, but need to check).
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General Discussion Area / Rover cambelt cover
« on: 12 February 2007, 15:14:25 »
Anyone got a spare cambelt cover - the inner one that bolts to block.
JamesV6CDX and I damaged the one on my Rover 25, and before we do the cambelt, it makes sense to replace it.
Tried our local scrappy, 2 K series cars, only one with cover I managed to break whilst removing
JamesV6CDX and I damaged the one on my Rover 25, and before we do the cambelt, it makes sense to replace it.
Tried our local scrappy, 2 K series cars, only one with cover I managed to break whilst removing
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General Discussion Area / Colour Info Display Index codes
« on: 12 February 2007, 20:56:31 »
Does anyone have a list of CID code Indexes?
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General Discussion Area / Diary of a BMW Driver
« on: 11 February 2007, 17:06:42 »
Diary of a BMW Driver
The other day I was cruising along as usual coming onto one of my
motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars.
First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow
down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road! I had to squeeze into a
barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! (The driver of the car behind me did realise his mistake though and honked an apology to me with a long blast of his horn.)
Unbelievably, I had tried to do the same again before I could get into
the BMW lane. (Why do underlings use this lane? Surely everyone knows it is for BMW drivers only?)
Anyway, once I was in the BMW lane and posing along at 95mph enjoying
the adulation that the inferior car drivers were giving me, I noticed an inferior car ahead of me which was not only in the BMW lane of my
motorway, but was only driving at a ridiculous 70mph!
Naturally, I got to within a foot or so from his rear bumper and flashed my
headlights to remind him he shouldn't be in the BMW lane of my motorway and to get out of my way.
Of course, once he realised it was a BMW behind him, he did just that,
but I could hardly believe it when he pulled straight back out behind me!
He also tried to keep up with me and when he realised I would out-run
him, he put on some blue lights in his front grill to attract my attention and then urged me to get onto the hard shoulder so that he could congratulate me on my excellent car.
Needless to say, I was eager to oblige and when we had stopped, the
man gave me a piece of paper confirming what I already knew - that my car goes fast!
Apparently he wants everyone to know what a superior car I have, so I
had to take my driver's licence to a Police station to be sent away to
have some points put on! (They're not free points either - they're £20 each and I was allowed 3! But the man at the Police station said that because I drive a BMW, it won't be much longer before I earn the full 12 points, and then I won't even NEED a driving licence, so they will take it off me!
See, now THAT's the sort of respect you get when you buy and drive a
BMW!'
The other day I was cruising along as usual coming onto one of my
motorways, which was very busy with inferior cars.
First off, I couldn't believe that the volume of traffic DIDN'T slow
down for me AT ALL as I came off the slip road! I had to squeeze into a
barely big enough gap between two cars in order to get onto my motorway! (The driver of the car behind me did realise his mistake though and honked an apology to me with a long blast of his horn.)
Unbelievably, I had tried to do the same again before I could get into
the BMW lane. (Why do underlings use this lane? Surely everyone knows it is for BMW drivers only?)
Anyway, once I was in the BMW lane and posing along at 95mph enjoying
the adulation that the inferior car drivers were giving me, I noticed an inferior car ahead of me which was not only in the BMW lane of my
motorway, but was only driving at a ridiculous 70mph!
Naturally, I got to within a foot or so from his rear bumper and flashed my
headlights to remind him he shouldn't be in the BMW lane of my motorway and to get out of my way.
Of course, once he realised it was a BMW behind him, he did just that,
but I could hardly believe it when he pulled straight back out behind me!
He also tried to keep up with me and when he realised I would out-run
him, he put on some blue lights in his front grill to attract my attention and then urged me to get onto the hard shoulder so that he could congratulate me on my excellent car.
Needless to say, I was eager to oblige and when we had stopped, the
man gave me a piece of paper confirming what I already knew - that my car goes fast!
Apparently he wants everyone to know what a superior car I have, so I
had to take my driver's licence to a Police station to be sent away to
have some points put on! (They're not free points either - they're £20 each and I was allowed 3! But the man at the Police station said that because I drive a BMW, it won't be much longer before I earn the full 12 points, and then I won't even NEED a driving licence, so they will take it off me!
See, now THAT's the sort of respect you get when you buy and drive a
BMW!'
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General Discussion Area / Creda Cooker
« on: 05 February 2007, 20:42:17 »
Anyone got a service manual for a Creda cooker - I need to replace flourescent tube that illuminates the dials, but I cant work out how to get to it, or what part I need?
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General Discussion Area / MOT day tomorrow
« on: 05 February 2007, 17:08:15 »
MV6 is in for an MOT tomorrow, so I apologise upfront if I am edge tonight....
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General Discussion Area / 6 months uptime on DSL?
« on: 26 December 2006, 00:49:25 »
The line that this forum is running from has a DSL sync time of around 5.5 months:
System up: 168 days 13 hours 17 minutes
Line up: 167 days 17 hours 41 minutes
Notice, that is line up time, not router up time
Reckon it will make it to 6 months?
Anyone had better?
System up: 168 days 13 hours 17 minutes
Line up: 167 days 17 hours 41 minutes
Notice, that is line up time, not router up time
Reckon it will make it to 6 months?
Anyone had better?
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General Discussion Area / Keep up
« on: 15 January 2007, 19:27:53 »
You lot are dropping behind with post counts...
7000, and counting....
7000, and counting....