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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #675 on: 22 July 2011, 22:46:15 »
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Also discovered that you can't get an Omega bonnet in a Vectra C Estate. >:(

Maybe not, but believe it or not, you *CAN* fit the boot from a saloon facelift in the back of a Ford Ka :D
Hell of an avatar you've got there Paul  :o
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #676 on: 22 July 2011, 23:48:04 »
Mounted the uphill garden controller on the hand brake surround and hid it's cable and the Nokia car kit cable under the gear lever surround.

Drilled some holes in an inlet manifold and packed the car.  :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #677 on: 23 July 2011, 10:57:04 »
Another Bonnet Strap broken (under hood), kicked the tyres, wriggled the exhaust, had a cup of tea, thought long and hard about it, decided to make a Bonnet release tool from a bit of copper pipe lying around, 30 mins later having another cup of tea and looking inside the Engine Bay.

Chris.  :)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #678 on: 23 July 2011, 11:06:16 »
Not mine, but found leak on my brothers Mondeo. This time its coming from the thermostat housing.  ::) ::) ::)
I'm not kidding, this car's had more bloody water leaks than a sponge. I've already replaced 3 waterpipes this year!!!
Now all I've got to do is get a new one (plastic one & its knacked) then start on the drop links. How the passenger side one passed the MOT the other week I'll never know  :-?
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #679 on: 23 July 2011, 13:10:23 »
Well I left it with the lads at work to detail it while I went an did some work gave them time to play with there new toys including a pot of wax costing £500 (not sure I belive them on that) it says its so safe you can eat it hmmm let me think about that -NO- lol

Oh and fitted my 18" mv alloys that have been refurbed looks pimp again  8-)
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #680 on: 23 July 2011, 13:47:58 »
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Well I left it with the lads at work to detail it while I went an did some work gave them time to play with there new toys including a pot of wax costing £500 (not sure I belive them on that) it says its so safe you can eat it hmmm let me think about that -NO- lol

Oh and fitted my 18" mv alloys that have been refurbed looks pimp again  8-)


my next door neighbour uses similarly priced wax!  now its good, but is it worth that?  not to me it aint!
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #681 on: 23 July 2011, 14:43:36 »
Taken it to bits. ::)

Cam belt, water pump, plugs, cam cover gaskets, thermostat, LPG vapour filter and a new heater hose to be fitted this afternoon.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #682 on: 23 July 2011, 17:22:22 »
Cus im  a total pro, i took the breather stuff apart and cleaned it.
i say total pro, im not really as i didnt have the right size torx socket so the throttle body hasnt been taken off and cleaned....  lol i done what i could, main thing is i know how to do it now and next time will be much quicker.

i did fit a KN filter aswell, only reason being i like the noise when you floor it. which isnt that often but still...
(havnt used a heat shield or anything cus thats just how i roll)

So far, after a 40 mile drive, it all seems pretty good hasnt hesitated like it did, pulls much stronger to the red area, and feels more responsive. inside the throttle body was pretty darn black so should have that off monday and cleaned when i get some new shiney sockets lol
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #683 on: 23 July 2011, 18:11:55 »
did an oil & filter change on sons astra sport .then took my v6 for a blurt happy days  : ;D ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #684 on: 23 July 2011, 18:45:46 »
Not done anything, but just nipped down to the LPG party at Johnnycboys house.It was a bit of a mini OOF meet as mine was the fifth Omega to be parked at his house. Beaconboy and mate had also turned up to say hello etc.
Theyve made good progress today.
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #685 on: 23 July 2011, 20:18:12 »
yesterday transmission oil changed..mobil 1 75 w 90

today differential oil changed .. castrol ep 90.. and the old one was worse than a water and mud mixture.. :o
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #686 on: 24 July 2011, 01:25:12 »
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Taken it to bits. ::)

Cam belt, water pump, plugs, cam cover gaskets, thermostat, LPG vapour filter and a new heater hose to be fitted this afternoon.

OK. I lied. I left it in bits and went to Southampton to see the James taylor quartet and get pi$$ed. ::)

But, tomorrow morning... ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #687 on: 24 July 2011, 22:57:47 »
Stripped paneling and door cover off Transit to find an irritating rattle that has been driving me mad. Replaced the cam cover gasket on Omega and then cleaned the oil off the block where it had been seeping . Traced the source of a misfire . :y
Had a couple of hours more to myself so decided to have a go at this "Claying " malarky .....
I bought a Meguirs kit some two years ago but was very sceptical as to what it would achieve .
Anyway , I'm impressed . Paint surface is glass smooth and after polishing the car with Auto Glym super resin it certainly shines . Well worth the effort.
This is a poor photo as it was raining outside but it shows the results on the roof.

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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #688 on: 25 July 2011, 06:07:56 »
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Stripped paneling and door cover off Transit to find an irritating rattle that has been driving me mad. Replaced the cam cover gasket on Omega and then cleaned the oil off the block where it had been seeping . Traced the source of a misfire . :y
Had a couple of hours more to myself so decided to have a go at this "Claying " malarky .....
I bought a Meguirs kit some two years ago but was very sceptical as to what it would achieve .
Anyway , I'm impressed . Paint surface is glass smooth and after polishing the car with Auto Glym super resin it certainly shines . Well worth the effort.
This is a poor photo as it was raining outside but it shows the results on the roof.

Bloody Hell that's good  :o

At first glance there I thought you'd cut the metal out of the roof and fashioned a new shape out of wooden batons - took me a while to realise what I was looking at  ;D
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Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« Reply #689 on: 25 July 2011, 10:01:20 »
Drove it, which is quite impressive considering the state of dismantle it was in at tea time yesterday.
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