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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 18 October 2025, 12:34:39 »Just realised I posted the same thing twice.
The heat must be really getting to me.
Its an age thing Albs
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Its an age thing Albs
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 14 October 2025, 12:25:49 »Aye just got the complete arms, just waiting for courage to tackle it now. Wondering if I’ll need the camber bolts too.
Mine came out ok but it's a bit of a lottery as to whether they do or not.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 11 October 2025, 18:37:54 »Ahh a fellow R5👍. I’ve done drop links, next job (when they get a bit worse) is bottom arms! Now don’t tell me that’s going to be easy or I’ll fetch it up to you🤣🤣
One of the first things I did to mine was lower arms,actually not bad to do and I rebushed my arms. I think I got the bushes from eurocarparts ,obviously if the ball joint is shagged you are into arms
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 06 October 2025, 16:45:02 »Wheel bearing and front spring on the Touareg, not nice.
Spring is a bitch, but wheel bearing piece of piss with correct tool which works on the car
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 May 2025, 09:01:25 »He's put the Volvo back up. It's tidy, but the high mileage bothered me a bit
I've got the same car,mines done 230k and still going strong
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General Car Chat / Re: Adhesive
« on: 01 May 2025, 13:27:06 »Looking at my new to me Mondeo grill earlier, I realised that the monkey that removed it from the donor car simply cut through the plastic tabs that secure the grill along the bottom.
I'll try to secure it with some self tappers, but if that's not possible I thought I'd glue it in place.
Any recommendations for a suitable adhesive that will withstand heat, cold, wet and vibrations?
Sticks Like Shit sounds good!
Where did you buy it from?
Screwfix
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General Car Chat / Re: Cylinder Head Question.
« on: 24 April 2025, 21:59:04 »If you can provide the engineering drawings to confirm the factory tolerances then happy days.It can't be skimmed. The issue is that no one knows what is an acceptable amount of distortion.
As I understand it, the reason it can't be skimmed is that the head is triangular with the timing cover attached to the block, head and cam covers so any deviation has the potential to make it impossible to reassemble and seal.
They will take quite a few thou, they won't have been made to that level of accuracy in the factory and the gaskets and sealant would take up the delta.
Unlike you, I have spent enough years in engineering design to know dam well that the parts on that engine will not be machined to a tolerance that would not tolerate a fraction of a millimetre mismatch. If you were to add up the tolerance of all the mating items they will easily be closer to the 0.5mm level.
As Mark says,any head can stand a 7 or 8 thou skim,let's be honest here,a new head basically scraps the car when added to the parts list and the new head casting is probably bare so more work/ parts being needed
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General Car Chat / Re: Galaxy TDCi Engine malfunction - P244C DPF related
« on: 10 April 2025, 23:11:15 »
That injector is very prone to clogging, hence the low exhaust temps, I'd be looking there first
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General Car Chat / Re: BYD EV claimed charge time
« on: 22 March 2025, 16:33:01 »
I drove most of the BYD range at the last British motor show expecting them to be shite, surprisingly they were much better than I expected them to be both in build quality and on the road.how long they'll last is anyone's gues
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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 20 March 2025, 18:37:45 »Eddie Jordan 76, prostate cancer.
Sad,took him quite quickly
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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 03 March 2025, 18:13:14 »Yes, but it goes without saying, she's already shot.Shoot the wife fair enough , but the poor dog ?It's a love thing, you just know your dog would never be happy without you.
But your wife might be
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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: 03 March 2025, 15:04:44 »Shoot the wife fair enough , but the poor dog ?It's a love thing, you just know your dog would never be happy without you.
But your wife might be
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General Discussion Area / Re: Licence renewal...
« on: 03 March 2025, 14:53:25 »
Just renewed mine at 65 and have kept the 7.5t till I'm 70 then it'll be a medical to keep it longer
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 20 February 2025, 21:50:08 »They fill the Aneurysum with tiny little Platinum coils, and then maybe fit a stent to bypass it as well.
Whatever they do I hope all goes well for you Albs
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General Car Chat / Re: Charger for Mrs Opti's planet-saving milk float
« on: 20 February 2025, 21:48:24 »
So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?