Sigmund Fraud Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 That picture belongs in the calendar thread ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 They're exactly the same... but different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 That picture belongs in the calendar thread ! -100000000 points for not parking next to it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 -100000000 points for not parking next to it though! I dunno. I really like that photo as it is. Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Torque converter lock up will be felt as a slight reduction in revs at 50mph ish. I reckon O2 sensor is likely. And easy enough to replace. its 45 mph apparantly on the 1.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 i think the honda is a nicerer colour though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 I think the torque converter functions as intended, now that I know what I'm looking for. The seemingly random lighting of CHECK ENGINE reinforces the low likelihood of instrument cluster issues.I've noticed that running downhill on the motorway doesn't throw up CHECK ENGINE which is odd.I have an o2 sensor on the way now (hope it comes Tue/Wed!), and I can't find the spark plugs which probably means Old Man has changed them for me, he was going on about doing that yesterday. I'd rather do easy jobs myself but spark plugs are so mundane I won't bother.I think I got a package containing a couple of wheel trims today too, but I've not opened it yet. The one I lost had a couple of clips broken on it so here's hoping the new ones are better. Always good to have a spare, they're lovely trims IMO and I'll be keeping spares as long as I can find them for cheap. If a set of 416GTi lattice wheels came up I could be tempted by them, but there's no other alloy wheel I'd want to put on it.Plates are in the process of being done by DMB, I've paid for an AS sticker for it, tyres will be ordered next Mon when I'm paid... it's all coming together. Lacquer Peel, RobT and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 IT'S FIXED Old Man was being an idiot and the IAT was fine, so I'm £40 out for no reason. Plates and stickers also arrived today: No pics yet as I've only got the front plate on, didn't have enough adhesive strips for both. Also, the Lex Service sticker is a little off centre - you can tell because of the window washer jet, so I want to adjust that too.Soon hopefully... This just leaves tyres, and it'll be fully sorted. richardmorris, RobT, The Moog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Ah well. At least if you ever do get a sensor bother, you've got it sitting on the shelf ready to go. Come on. Let's see the plates! Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 FTFY richardmorris, Ghosty, Twiggy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Alfred, lord Tennyson- in the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Rover is looking great there Ghostrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Plates: Great job from DMB as ever. I think the rear one might be slightly wonky, and the off centre Lex Service sticker will have to stay as it can't be removed easily. I like how it looks now I've tried to remove and re-apply it though, weirdly, so it's alright. It's mad how much difference they make... Jim Bergerac, RobT, vulgalour and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 So what was the running fault if it wasn't the IAT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 O2 sensor was what cured it in the end - Old Man was being a fuckwit, reading the fault code wrong and refusing to accept that it might be reading '1'. He said it was flashing 10 times which meant 10 - that's wrong. 10 is one long flash not 10 short ones - if I questioned this he said 'no that only applies for 11 and up'. Why would it break its own rule???? He refused to accept it was wrong and kept saying 'look it flashes 10 times then there's a longer pause' (there wasn't) and started pulling ideas out of his arse ('the coolant temperature sensor is on the same circuit as the IAT, I think it's that now' - despite coolant temp sensor having its own fault code). Eventually he stopped refusing to accept the possibility seeing as he wasn't spending his money on the parts (skinflint) but couldn't accept that it was the O2 sensor - probably because they were £56 from ECP. After finding a £12 NGK one on eBay he mysteriously shut up about it. I wouldn't mind but he goes into a sulk and refuses to help me out if I dare suggest he might be wrong, and thinks there's no credit in anyone else's opinions. He wants to sell his A4 soon if any of you have £2000 spare.It's needed a clutch release bearing for two years and he bought it for £1100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I hate those flashy code things, its to easy to make a mistake like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Better than nothing, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Until it misleads you like that. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 All is well with the R8 of H8. Nothing's wrong, and it soldiers on, it's just passed 56000 miles. It seems to need the standard modification of camping mat rear light seals doing as there's a bit of water under the boot carpet, but otherwise everything is peachy. When I have a bit more spare cash I'll be getting a set of four tyres (Avon or Hankook most likely), to replace the perishing rears, and odd tread fronts. I've sourced a clock for it, too - I didn't think it'd bother me but I keep looking at it trying to see what time it is while I'm driving... danthecapriman, strangeangel and Coprolalia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Check the air vents that live behind the sides of the bumper too. Bumper comes off with four bolts at the back, two in each bracket, and slots onto guides on the side. You may also find it's screwed into the bodywork at the wheel arch end. Fairly easy to remove the bumper for this fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 You know what, that's in the right place... the water appears on the right side roughly where that vent would be.Honda/Rover bumpers are easy to remove, I remember helping Old Man straighten the bumper on the back of his old '97 Prelude, that was similarly painless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I found the local giffer Concerto at Tesco the other day: id parked next to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Looking lovely with those plates. This is all rather lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 The tracking is off again, and the car is pulling to the left a bit. Not a lot, but enough that I can tell, and the steering wheel is wonky. Further inspection has revealed that the one shit Chinese tyre is actually the shape of a 20p.It's on the front left. Ahhh.... I was going to buy tyres anyway, but now I'm getting some ASAP, 'cause that's not good. The rear tyres, while matching Goodyears, are perishing and of an unknown age, and the other one is a winter Goodyear.The spare is fucked. Four Hankooks it is then, and the winter Goodyear can go in the boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 The rear tyres have three digit date codes... nopenopenope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 Well, the clock's fucked.New one came, and unlike the picture on eBay it's for a sodding bubble dash model, and it was duff too. Can't return it obvs, but I'll be asking for a partial refund seeing as it was wrong. If anyone comes across a pre-bubble dash clock, let me know...The innards are identical, however, so I had a go at making one good clock out of two. No luck, even after soldering and all sorts. I got it to light up, and some of the elements would flicker, but that was about it. Tyres are on the way now, who knows when they'll show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Tyres done today, after collecting the mother's Cooper S.Four Hankooks fitted now, so the ancient rears, Polish ditchfinder and unknown quantity shiny Michelin spare are now gone (fuck Michelins). The spare is now the winter Goodyear that was on the front.The steering wheel sits centrally now, not off to the left, and from the drive home it seems to be behaving a lot better. I'll see how it holds up on a run soon... 320touring and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'll be interested to hear what it's like on the Hankooks, particularly in the wet, and how noisy they are. I was considering either Uniroyals, Hankooks or Kumhos for mine based on reviews but only have real world experience of Uniroyals on a Montego (they were very good). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Glad to hear this continues to improve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 It was certainly awesome to see it in the flesh last weekend, you sure earned that paper hat! Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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