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Author Topic: So what have you done to your car today?  (Read 3146426 times)

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7110 on: 10 March 2014, 17:51:30 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 10 March 2014, 17:44:27
Quote from: chrisgixer on 10 March 2014, 17:28:19
Found a leak by radiator drain.  :(

I have one of those!  :y

What? A leak? A drain? Or a radiator?

....Or all three? ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7111 on: 10 March 2014, 18:12:13 »
Cursed at Mrs TB for running out of brake pads on the way home. Grrrr. The one week we need 2 cars, and no time (or tools) to fix it.

Guess I'll be eating take out pizza tonight ;D
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« Reply #7112 on: 10 March 2014, 19:03:58 »
So the 200 piece Helfrods box doesn't contain a suitable 8mm allen key then ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7113 on: 10 March 2014, 19:13:32 »
Quote from: Taxi Al on 10 March 2014, 19:03:58
So the 200 piece Helfrods box doesn't contain a suitable 8mm allen key then ::)
Its not a Ford ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7114 on: 10 March 2014, 19:16:46 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 10 March 2014, 17:51:30
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 10 March 2014, 17:44:27
Quote from: chrisgixer on 10 March 2014, 17:28:19
Found a leak by radiator drain.  :(

I have one of those!  :y

What? A leak? A drain? Or a radiator?

....Or all three? ;D

 ;D  More of a weep really as I plugged the outlet with a suitable piece of doweling.  :y

 I've got as far as buying new O rings for the plug!  :)

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« Reply #7115 on: 10 March 2014, 19:32:42 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 10 March 2014, 19:13:32
Quote from: Taxi Al on 10 March 2014, 19:03:58
So the 200 piece Helfrods box doesn't contain a suitable 8mm allen key then ::)
Its not a Ford ;D
Might have got confused with the Vectra C ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7116 on: 10 March 2014, 19:36:42 »
Full service, then sump and timing belt kit changed on our VW Caddy van ;)

Rear seats changed on the TD in readiness for re-test first thing in da morning :-[
Decision on it's future here will then be made ... :-\
« Last Edit: 10 March 2014, 19:38:41 by Seth »
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« Reply #7117 on: 11 March 2014, 04:37:13 »
radiator changed, during which I found out that my auto gearbox oil is a weird brownish colour ... maybe that should be my next job?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7118 on: 11 March 2014, 10:41:55 »
Quote from: Seth on 10 March 2014, 19:36:42
Full service, then sump and timing belt kit changed on our VW Caddy van ;)

Rear seats changed on the TD in readiness for re-test first thing in da morning :-[
Decision on it's future here will then be made ... :-\


Flew through the test ... with one advisory ... >:(

Corrosion on chassis member ... where my trolley jack's damaged the underbody coating ???
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« Reply #7119 on: 11 March 2014, 11:19:24 »
Had similar Seth. Dented in my case.
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« Reply #7120 on: 11 March 2014, 12:17:31 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 11 March 2014, 11:19:24
Had similar Seth. Dented in my case.

Ne're mind, time to make a plywood pad for the cup on the trolley-jack! ;)
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« Reply #7121 on: 11 March 2014, 15:49:16 »
Too late. Not bothered really.

But it's a jacking point(the bit behind the front wheel) and that's what happens when a jack is used on it. No?

Already has a rubber pad. It's just the weight of the car. Plywood or not.

Seems a petulant advisory to me. Tbh
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7122 on: 11 March 2014, 17:53:31 »
Quote from: chrisgixer on 11 March 2014, 15:49:16
Too late. Not bothered really.

But it's a jacking point(the bit behind the front wheel) and that's what happens when a jack is used on it. No?

Already has a rubber pad. It's just the weight of the car. Plywood or not.

Seems a petulant advisory to me. Tbh

Yeah, and to me >:(
Suppose the tester had to find 'something' on a near-15 year-old car though ???
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« Reply #7123 on: 11 March 2014, 18:00:50 »
Hammerited all the welded corners of the TD estate, then undersealed same when dry. I've also de-rusted every brake connecting ferrule and Hammerited them, and I cannot find any rusted brake pipes not treated, or serious rust that should fail the MOT in two weeks. Also changed the fuel filter and gave it the diesel magic treatment before an Italian road test to clean the injectors. So with all the brake discs renewed, handbrake overhauled, time will tell! :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #7124 on: 11 March 2014, 19:34:47 »
Replaced the capless side light bulbs with some LED ones
Look pretty good along side the HID's  :y
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