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Author Topic: So what have you done to your car today?  (Read 3603777 times)

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11205 on: 15 October 2015, 16:24:31 »
Tyres fitted, bit noisy, but seem grippy enough, even at 9° :D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11206 on: 15 October 2015, 20:03:49 »
Washed it! Only the second time since I got him home in... April, May time?

Even found time to whizz the Buff Daddy over the paint, it now passes the forty-foot test, even if the paint, viewed up close, resembles Pete Postlethwaite...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11207 on: 16 October 2015, 13:49:31 »
Swapped out the old broken alternator for a brand spankers shiny new one.

Not a very nice job

Soon as the battery is recharged can test it out.

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11208 on: 16 October 2015, 19:35:35 »
Well thought about washing it, that's as far as I got.....
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11209 on: 17 October 2015, 14:49:23 »
Replaced front discs today for ATE's....payed less then 60 quid for them yesterday...a bargain :y
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11210 on: 17 October 2015, 17:28:58 »
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11211 on: 17 October 2015, 17:30:04 »
Quote from: Jimbob on 16 October 2015, 13:49:31
Swapped out the old broken alternator for a brand spankers shiny new one.

Not a very nice job

Soon as the battery is recharged can test it out.

Not a job i ever fancy doing on a miggy.  Hats off to you.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11212 on: 17 October 2015, 18:03:06 »
Passed the MOT test yesterday - just. Had 11 advisories. He also mentioned that had it been tested on petrol rather than LPG it would never have passed, as emissions were on the high side (almost 2 ? ) even on LPG.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11213 on: 17 October 2015, 18:07:11 »
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:30:04
Quote from: Jimbob on 16 October 2015, 13:49:31
Swapped out the old broken alternator for a brand spankers shiny new one.

Not a very nice job

Soon as the battery is recharged can test it out.

Not a job i ever fancy doing on a miggy.  Hats off to you.

Cheers, mad to think 2-3 years ago I wouldnt have attempted it in a month of sundays!

Top bolt is fiddly, apart from that not a bad job, but my arms are scratched to hell, as per usual
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11214 on: 17 October 2015, 19:00:43 »
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11215 on: 17 October 2015, 19:27:27 »
Quote from: BIGtime on 17 October 2015, 19:00:43
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\

3.5 hours in total, but then the 3 of the 4 droplink nuts needed splitting off due to corrosion So could have gone quicker.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11216 on: 17 October 2015, 19:28:06 »
Quote from: BIGtime on 17 October 2015, 19:00:43
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\
Two hours, including lunch...

... if it all went to plan :D

King big IF THOUGH ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11217 on: 17 October 2015, 19:59:12 »
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 19:27:27
Quote from: BIGtime on 17 October 2015, 19:00:43
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\

3.5 hours in total, but then the 3 of the 4 droplink nuts needed splitting off due to corrosion So could have gone quicker.


15minutes total. Which includes getting the angle grinder from the drawer.


I find the biggest problem with the wishbones is fitting the rear bolt, which isn't that hard.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11218 on: 17 October 2015, 20:18:22 »
Quote from: Nick W on 17 October 2015, 19:59:12
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 19:27:27
Quote from: BIGtime on 17 October 2015, 19:00:43
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\

3.5 hours in total, but then the 3 of the 4 droplink nuts needed splitting off due to corrosion So could have gone quicker.


15minutes total. Which includes getting the angle grinder from the drawer.


I find the biggest problem with the wishbones is fitting the rear bolt, which isn't that hard.

No angle grinder here, just a nut splitter a 15mm socket and a breaker bar  :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #11219 on: 17 October 2015, 20:26:46 »
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 20:18:22
Quote from: Nick W on 17 October 2015, 19:59:12
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 19:27:27
Quote from: BIGtime on 17 October 2015, 19:00:43
Quote from: Monsieur Guffer on 17 October 2015, 17:28:58
Wishbones and droplinks.

Previus owner before last must have replaced them aT some point and made the fatal error of torquing the front bushes with the car in the air.  To say they were fubarred would be to grossly exaggerate.
How long did that lot take  :-\

3.5 hours in total, but then the 3 of the 4 droplink nuts needed splitting off due to corrosion So could have gone quicker.


15minutes total. Which includes getting the angle grinder from the drawer.


I find the biggest problem with the wishbones is fitting the rear bolt, which isn't that hard.

No angle grinder here, just a nut splitter a 15mm socket and a breaker bar  :)
Are these any good  :-\ I take it the draper ones are not  :-\
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