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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 22 January 2026, 08:16:47 »
Make sure you click the UK plug option....
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 22 January 2026, 08:16:11 »
This is the one I bought, it's gone up little now:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009611476462.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005009611476462.html
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 21 January 2026, 12:36:18 »Interested to hear how you get on with the induction heater. Nearly bought one last summer, but they were around the £400 make. Didn't think to check the Ching Chong sellers....
Well if you hold a bolt in a pair of pliers the coil will get it cherry red. That's as far as I have gone so far. They are quite fragile - you can break them if you use it with no coil, nothing in then centre of the coil or use it for too long in one go. However for me it's to release those corroded nuts and bolts that might otherwise shear so it'll get occasional strategic use. The big one I have in mind for it is to free the track rod adjuster on one of my cars, in that case I need to unwind and rewind the coil around the track rod. I'm not sure it'll have the welly to do it but I'll have a go, I know I couldn't free it with anything else. Mine is supposedly 1300W.
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General Car Chat / Re: Seized / sheered brake bleed nipples
« on: 19 January 2026, 12:57:46 »
I have had the same dilemma and come to the same conclusion. One nipple was really seized in and the torx bit I hammered in sheared off 
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I now have an induction heater (about £120 from Aliexpress) that I'll try next time it happens.
.I now have an induction heater (about £120 from Aliexpress) that I'll try next time it happens.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 20 December 2025, 10:42:47 »
I just stole a turkey from ASDA.
Security man ran after me shouting 'What you doing with that?'.
So I shouted back:
'Potatoes, peas, carrots & gravy.’
Security man ran after me shouting 'What you doing with that?'.
So I shouted back:
'Potatoes, peas, carrots & gravy.’
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 10 December 2025, 20:56:31 »
I made a chicken salad the other day.
Turns out chickens don't like salad.
Turns out chickens don't like salad.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 24 October 2025, 12:52:08 »
Stop buying plastic skeletons for Halloween, they're terrible for the environment.
Locally sourced, all natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly.
They take a bit of prep work, but so worth it.
Locally sourced, all natural skeletons are much more environmentally friendly.
They take a bit of prep work, but so worth it.
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General Car Chat / Re: Milk Float Ordered
« on: 02 October 2025, 13:59:22 »
Wow - that's a bargain and a really nice car!
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General Car Chat / Re: Mercedes ML 280 CDI Project.
« on: 09 September 2025, 13:05:18 »
Sounds like a great project.
For minimal cost you can at least make it a lot nicer. Then, hopefully, just one or two major jobs.....
For minimal cost you can at least make it a lot nicer. Then, hopefully, just one or two major jobs.....
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General Car Chat / Re: I've Got A Stiffie!!
« on: 08 June 2025, 14:59:59 »
Just looked this up for a family member.
For the 6 speed manual gearbox you need 1.75 litres of WSS-M2C200-D2 (Manual FE 75W Fully Synthetic Transmission Fluid). Castrol TRANSMAX or Mannol MTF-4.
2 hex plugs on the side of the geabox (8mm I think) both 35Nm.
Fill until it flows out of the fill plug.
For the 6 speed manual gearbox you need 1.75 litres of WSS-M2C200-D2 (Manual FE 75W Fully Synthetic Transmission Fluid). Castrol TRANSMAX or Mannol MTF-4.
2 hex plugs on the side of the geabox (8mm I think) both 35Nm.
Fill until it flows out of the fill plug.
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General Car Chat / Re: I've Got A Stiffie!!
« on: 18 May 2025, 08:35:27 »
It's not sealed for life and it mostly likely would benefit from a gearbox oil change.
I can't remember exactly but I think it only takes one or two litres. Put some decent synthetic stuff in for the few extra £ it will cost.
I can't remember exactly but I think it only takes one or two litres. Put some decent synthetic stuff in for the few extra £ it will cost.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Tariffs.
« on: 06 April 2025, 08:33:56 »He's a business man through & through unlike our bunch of educated idiots who simply offer positions to chums they went to university with & are completely incapable of doing what is required
He is a businessman but one that has bankrupted 6 businesses, is a convicted criminal, and during COVID told the world to drink bleach.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 09 March 2025, 08:40:21 »
Last night after a few beers my mate asked if he could stay on my sofa. I had to explain to him that I’m married now so that's where I sleep.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Sticky for Jokes
« on: 27 February 2025, 16:09:34 »
Just a warning if you're buying a watch on Amazon.
I learned the hard way that if it says you can swim with it, this only applies if you can already swim without it.
I learned the hard way that if it says you can swim with it, this only applies if you can already swim without it.
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General Car Chat / Re: Running In
« on: 10 February 2025, 18:21:50 »After needing a new engine in a 1.8 Astra, due to finding 1st gear at about 60-70mph
That must have been exciting....was there a loud bang? Years ago a girlfriend driving my car managed to put it in second when driving on the motorway. The rev counter went off the end but the engine survived - phew. I wasn't very happy though