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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17490 on: 30 December 2018, 16:23:05 »
Haven't used the Merc for about 3 weeks, so as the sun was out here this afternoon, opened the garage & took it for a 30 mile spin just superb is the only way to describe it starts on the button every time, and always makes me smile.😀
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17491 on: 30 December 2018, 17:26:58 »
Thanks to Hilper / Admin, another task carried out with help from the maintenance guides - this time removing the door card on a facelift Omega..... never done one before, but had on a mini-facelift many years ago.

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The horizontal, plastic locating strip running along the top of the card often partly breaks off.

So true, and now repaired ready for fitting back on. Where would we be without these guides? A great help and another thank you.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17492 on: 30 December 2018, 17:35:34 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 30 December 2018, 11:16:45
Investigated why the rear offside tyre had deflated over Christmas, with the MOT due in a couple of weeks. Crack in the alloy wheel. @rse!

Off to the "parts for sale/wanted" section... ::)
Opps, welcome to my world.  I have spent over £400 in tyres and had to have a new wheel and WIM treatment in the last 2 months, following the state of the roads :(

I have a set of late Elite wheels here, but don't think any of the tyres are MOT worthy.  But if anything here helps you with the MOT, just shout.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17493 on: 31 December 2018, 20:24:01 »
Just SORNed it. On the way to scrappy when i have a replacement sorted. Will hang on for a couple of weeks as i might get another Desmond and there are some newish parts on the old one.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17494 on: 31 December 2018, 22:28:54 »
Might be interested in a few bits if it's auto...
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17495 on: 01 January 2019, 17:37:38 »
Changed the headlights on the Terracan from grubby yellow to clear. For an outlay of less than 45mins and £10 I'm very pleased with the results!  :y



« Last Edit: 01 January 2019, 17:42:23 by jimmy944 »
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17496 on: 01 January 2019, 18:37:18 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 31 December 2018, 22:28:54
Might be interested in a few bits if it's auto...
See my ad in for sale section. It goes whole ;D Unless i rob some bits orf myself. Sorry. ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17497 on: 01 January 2019, 18:49:35 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 01 January 2019, 17:37:38
Changed the headlights on the Terracan from grubby yellow to clear. For an outlay of less than 45mins and £10 I'm very pleased with the results!  :y




Amazing, Jimmy, it even changed the colour of the car  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17498 on: 01 January 2019, 19:28:41 »
To be fair, pretty much every car I've owned has looked better in dim light!  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17499 on: 01 January 2019, 20:52:13 »
Swapped tyres front to rear on 3.2, given it a good check over, top up of fluids, visual check of everything. As it will be a couple of months with no DIY, while I have building work.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17500 on: 01 January 2019, 22:02:36 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 01 January 2019, 19:28:41
To be fair, pretty much every car I've owned has looked better in dim light!  ;D
The colour of my gold Desmond always looked better under the car park lights in Newmarket multi story :D. Ironically, that,s where i totalled it.  :'(
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17501 on: 02 January 2019, 16:37:11 »
Changed the nearside disc and pads on the Mondeo.  ::)

Took ages as the disc took a while to get off and the guide pins were seized as well, so freed, cleaned and greased those as well.

Do t'other side tomorrow.  ::)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17502 on: 02 January 2019, 17:46:53 »
 Gave the Monza a mid winter run up
Will miss this as much as the Omega when it sells
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17503 on: 02 January 2019, 18:20:01 »
Turned off the EML on TBE yet again.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #17504 on: 02 January 2019, 18:31:24 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 02 January 2019, 18:20:01
Turned off the EML on TBE yet again.
After resolving the issue that brings it on  :-\
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