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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14415 on: 27 May 2017, 18:47:54 »
Quote from: Zirfeld on 27 May 2017, 17:28:46
Finished sandblasting on my Caravan above rear suspension. Ugly work at 32°C, but looks great. Tomorrow I will do the painting in silk black. :D

Next week I will renew the brake pipes rear and the ton bearings (is that right in English?)

Complete reassembling will be later next week.

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14416 on: 27 May 2017, 18:52:24 »
Barrel bushes aka trailing arm bushes at a guess.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14417 on: 27 May 2017, 18:59:11 »
I'd afraid to say that my German ends at "Nine!" and "Actung! Spitfire!"  :-[


Rolf's English is bloody good, and embarrasses me that I can't even begin to speak his native tongue  :-[
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14418 on: 27 May 2017, 19:02:10 »
Coming back from Bro's shop. Same bit of road, same (I believe) poxy asshole in his wanky Pisshat DTi not wanting to let me by, as a week weeks ago when I had to teach him how to brake and go round corners before leaving him way in rear view mirror, shortly before the Bullet's gearbox gives up.

So same routine today. Knobhead. But then, to quote Mrs TB, all VW drivers have little willies. Soon dispatched the idiot, and prayed the gearbox didn't let go. It didn't, phew!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14419 on: 27 May 2017, 19:03:54 »
Related, come back from bro's shop today, quarter of a tank (according to gauge) of lorry fuel spent, approx. 30 miles.

Every time I looked at dash, was reading between 6 and 11mpg, apart from when it read 99mpg under braking.


S'pose I'll have to see the mongs at BP in the morning. If I CBA.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14420 on: 27 May 2017, 19:06:27 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 27 May 2017, 18:35:37
Either blue or grey... Helps to check before purchase ::)

Yes they sent a grey one.  I just assumed that grey plastic is cheaper than blue as it's a pattern sensor.  ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14421 on: 27 May 2017, 19:49:48 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 27 May 2017, 19:06:27
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 27 May 2017, 18:35:37
Either blue or grey... Helps to check before purchase ::)

Yes they sent a grey one.  I just assumed that grey plastic is cheaper than blue as it's a pattern sensor.  ::)
Paid £8 posted from the reputable supplier of my brake pads... Premier motorfactors :D

Just hope it cures the problem :-\
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14422 on: 27 May 2017, 20:05:29 »
Hi The Boy

Thx for your interlingual friendly words.

I mean these bearings:

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In German we say "Tonnenlager". Tonnen = tons, Lager = bearings. What is the English word for that?

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14423 on: 27 May 2017, 20:13:24 »
Anti roll bar bushes... If you mean the two bushes on the top of the subframe ;)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14424 on: 27 May 2017, 20:19:50 »
Hi Doc Gollum

No, the top bushes are OK. The problem is the lower bearing.

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14425 on: 27 May 2017, 20:26:13 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 27 May 2017, 20:13:24
Anti roll bar bushes... If you mean the two bushes on the top of the subframe ;)

The ones coloured red (unless you can't see from your device)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14426 on: 27 May 2017, 20:35:38 »
Note to self... Always scroll across the pictures before posting ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14427 on: 27 May 2017, 20:50:37 »
On this forum they tend to be called 'donut bushes' (or 'rear subframe doughnut bushes')

Quote from: Zirfeld on 27 May 2017, 20:05:29
Hi The Boy

Thx for your interlingual friendly words.

I mean these bearings:

bilder hochladen kostenlos

In German we say "Tonnenlager". Tonnen = tons, Lager = bearings. What is the English word for that?

Rolf with a smile in his face - after the sandstorm.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14428 on: 28 May 2017, 12:30:39 »
THX Andy

Early this morning I sealed the area I sandblasted before.

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Deadly hot today. Lahr has the hottest climate all over Germany.

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #14429 on: 28 May 2017, 14:00:21 »
Pressing out the donut bushes (please rotate the picture 90°left)

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