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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4125 on: 12 January 2013, 14:06:06 »
Just pick it up from the body shop. Rust bit all sorted while I waited he machine polished my headlights. they look good now. Didn't realise how yellow they had gone until I compared one with the other!!!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4126 on: 12 January 2013, 17:24:28 »
Changed 2 of the rubber boots on the Bullet's TRE.

Stripped handbrake, cleaned up, refitted, still every bit as shit as it always was, although the adjustment was done in a hurry due to light, my back, and the temperature beginning to bite.  No way should it ever get through an MOT. Running out of ideas on this one, its always been really poor.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4127 on: 12 January 2013, 17:57:04 »
today i have fought with my motor all day. shehas had me in tears drawn blood and panicing that i had broken her!

BUT today i have done the waterpump, coolant, cambelt belt, tensioners rollers, oil and filter change.

it was very very cold glad to be inside warming up tomorrow i need to check my levels and fill her up with gas and take her for a spin :) before i drive 250 miles back to work tomorrow night :0( really not liking this traveling
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4128 on: 12 January 2013, 18:12:16 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 12 January 2013, 17:24:28
Changed 2 of the rubber boots on the Bullet's TRE.

Stripped handbrake, cleaned up, refitted, still every bit as shit as it always was, although the adjustment was done in a hurry due to light, my back, and the temperature beginning to bite.  No way should it ever get through an MOT. Running out of ideas on this one, its always been really poor.

Trip to the Master?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4129 on: 12 January 2013, 18:18:51 »
Threatened mine with the scrappy!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4130 on: 12 January 2013, 19:18:09 »
Quote from: Murph on 12 January 2013, 18:18:51
Threatened mine with the scrappy!

 ;D ;D

threatened mine with a match pmsl
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4131 on: 12 January 2013, 22:25:28 »
Quote from: Murph on 12 January 2013, 18:18:51
Threatened mine with the scrappy!

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4132 on: 13 January 2013, 09:26:44 »
Quote from: Auto Addict on 12 January 2013, 18:12:16
Quote from: TheBoy on 12 January 2013, 17:24:28
Changed 2 of the rubber boots on the Bullet's TRE.

Stripped handbrake, cleaned up, refitted, still every bit as shit as it always was, although the adjustment was done in a hurry due to light, my back, and the temperature beginning to bite.  No way should it ever get through an MOT. Running out of ideas on this one, its always been really poor.

Trip to the Master?
I think he's every bit as sick of the Bullet's handbrake as I am.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4133 on: 13 January 2013, 17:20:55 »
As a thought, how easy would it be to plumb in a hydraulic handbrake :-\ the nearside mechanism seems to take a pounding in the wet weather...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4134 on: 13 January 2013, 18:27:08 »
Today, I've readjsuted the handbrake, as yesterdays was a bit rushed due to time/light/temp/pain

Still no bleeding good  >:(.  Here's hoping its "good enough" for MOT.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4135 on: 13 January 2013, 19:00:20 »
Took it down to my mate's garage, on the 2 post lift, and removed old exhaust. 1 cat to mid section bolt snapped. Better than I feared.

Just waiting for the rest of the exhaust now. >:( At this rate I won't be able to get a re-test. >:(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4136 on: 13 January 2013, 19:15:40 »
Had an online valuation from webuyanycar.com.................£75 :o :o

I had to laugh, she is running like a dream! It has made me value what I have, more than ever :) :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4137 on: 13 January 2013, 19:17:10 »
Had a new battery fitted :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4138 on: 13 January 2013, 19:31:02 »
Fitted replacement lock motor (Thanks Robsey) and replaced both sidelight bulbs on the Estate.  :y

Admired the <2mm of tread on the rears of my DTi...  :'( .....still.... paid the insurance renewal on it so it's had enough spent on it for this weekend!
 
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #4139 on: 13 January 2013, 20:37:54 »
Quote from: Zombie on 13 January 2013, 19:15:40
Had an online valuation from webuyanycar.com.................£75 :o :o

WTF?

You'd get several times that putting spares up for sale on here/Ebay and weighing in the rest!!

Someone on VODC just weighed in a 3.0 Elite that had a blown engine and got back the £200 odd he'd
paid for it a few weeks previously (when it still ran - just).
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