Hawkeyethenoo

Top motor. Now it's moved miles away I want it back more. 

Excellent news! This is the first car in a VERY long time that I've sold and has gone on to pass its next MOT!
 
Did you chaps replace that ABS ring, or put it in 'au naturel' to see what was required? 
 
Do you get a medal for owning 'The best celica in all of Scotland'?

It is a really nice car. I loved it. It's one that you can spend a few pound on and it not repay you by grenading itself. Good luck.

Correct. Nice wee toon and gid spot fur a stop.
 
That's us hame. Slight issue with Ronnie. Front O/S brake is making a grinding noise. Think the caliper is sticking a wee bit. Brakes were next on the list so just brought that forward by covering 1000 miles since Sat morn. Even more MPGssss from the last tank. 28.21mpg -- which took us from Solihull to the collection point near Southhampton and back up to Penrith. Came back via the A6 and A7 which is always more fun(er) than the M74, even in the dark.
 
Celica ran great all the way back and returned 40+ MPG. ABS light is still pinging on occasionally, so that will need investigating. Just shy of 500 miles is one hell of a test-ride hame. Cheers all for the comments and that. Was good to share our own collection thread as I enjoy others sharing their's.
 
Cheers all and till the next time. Drive safe and keep buying shite.

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

Correct. Nice wee toon and gid spot fur a stop.
 
That's us hame. Slight issue with Ronnie. Front O/S brake is making a grinding noise. Think the caliper is sticking a wee bit. Brakes were next on the list so just brought that forward by covering 1000 miles since Sat morn. Even more MPGssss from the last tank. 28.21mpg -- which took us from Solihull to the collection point near Southhampton and back up to Penrith. Came back via the A6 and A7 which is always more fun(er) than the M74, even in the dark.
 
Celica ran great all the way back and returned 40+ MPG. ABS light is still pinging on occasionally, so that will need investigating. Just shy of 500 miles is one hell of a test-ride hame. Cheers all for the comments and that. Was good to share our own collection thread as I enjoy others sharing their's.
 
Cheers all and till the next time. Drive safe and keep buying shite.

Ronnie returns to his place of birth. Solihull Land Rover factory.
 
Okay so fuel stop done. 26.97 to the gallon. ????
 
Let's keep heading south as shite awaits.

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

Collection occurred. Lovely to meet Huw. What a genuinely lovely bloke and top purveyor of autoshite ????.
 
Next stop Dundribbling. ????

Sweet!
Here's to many many more clean MOTs to come.

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

The loon whacked his Celica in for an MOT today and it passed nae bother whatsoever. Advisory on CV boot getting tired, so he's gonna get them done when funds allow. MOT man was well pissed off that it's not rotten, as he wanted it for banger racing. Tough titty Frank.
 
Gonna give him a hand to change the oil this week. Will update then.
 
Thanks again Stanky!   

Next job was one I'd read about. Replacing the filter of the PCV valve. I think that's what it's called and I think it has something to do with filtering the oil being fed to or coming from the turbo. I'm not sure which? But it is an often ignore/forgotten about job apparently. I'd been told that all the filters were replaced at the service before last - but they all say that, don't they. So let's have it apart and have a look?
 

 
Ronnie's big noisy dirty heart before all the plastic is removed and thrown away/placed down carefully. Working front to back. Front above the fan cover comes off first, x3 10mm bolts, then the top cover comes off next, then last off cover the air filter housing top which is secured by x5 5mm allen key bolts. There's one hidden right at the back LHS which you can't see, unless you're about 8 foot tall and has to be undone by feel and using The Force. Once that's done you can see that the air filter has been changed pretty recently.
 

 
This should mean that the PCV filter thing was also replaced at the same time, but they all say that, don't they.... So we/I plough on and carefully loosen the injector wiring loom enough to gain access and remove the x4 5mm allen bolts securing the filter housing. Ta da!
 

 
And here's the filter housing itself. Filter doesn't look too bad at all, so despite them all saying that; it would seem this one was indeed replaced at the same time of the air filter. It certainly wasn't blocked and was dong the job it was meant to.
 

 
Having gone this far, no point in not replacing the filter with a new yin and O ring and x2 rubber seals that came with it. Total cost £4.99. My time. Priceless.
 

 
That all done and refitted again using The Force. I left the two engine top covers off as I need to have the EGR valve off next and see what that's like for carbon build up and also investigate the reason for the motor running slightly cool. Anyway, enough of that. Time for a test-drive up a local Glen.
 

 
Noteable improvement from the front brakes, but the rears are shagged too and rumbling which spoils the otherwise utter silence and are due for replacement discs and pads, next weekend.
 
Continue to be impressed by Ronnie. Not the last word in speed, but the ride is amazing and he will lift his kilt and boogey up and down a Glen far quicker than other motorists might expect and the handling is really very good for a motor that weighs well North of two ton. I think it's actually slightly more responsive with the filter being changed, but that could be my imagination and the BP premium derv added at the last refuel. MPG is sitting around 25 which is also pretty bloody good and money well spent.
 
Cheers all.

More tales from Ronnie's dirty bits. Set about N/S front brake today and replaced the pads, which were fubar, but not down to metal quite yet. Certainly not owe me anything then. This simple job was made much easier and much quicker by deploying ma new favourite tool - yon 12v impact wrench. It zipped off Ronnie's wheel nuts and then zipped out the caliper securing bolts nae bother at all. Yah dancer.
 

 
That done in like 5 mins. I pulled out new tool number two, something I should have bought fecking years ago - brake caliper piston squasher tool. £16.99.
 

 

 
Flange 3 selected, before I could say, where's the apprentice the day then? The piston was squarely and really easilly pushed back into the bore with almost no effort and zero swearing. Far from the usual C clamp ball ache - heavilly abused C clamp for sale....
 

 
Fubar pads, which the inner pad had been badly fitted by the last orangutan whom fitted them, badly. 
 

 
Goosed and fit only for the bin.
 

 
Skoosh round with brake clear and new pads slotted in like a fiver into ma wallet.
 

 
Oh and while we're here. Let's have a look at the bit of a Range Rover L322 you don't see unless it's gone very wrong indeed!
 

 
That sorted, I moved onto the next job.

Back at it like a good un tonight again! Not long back from replacing the N/S drop link. This one came off much easier and was genuinely easy to replace. My apprentice was there again to give a hand and all he requires as fuel is a chippy tea. 
 
We're off on a trip WAY down South on Saturday to see a man about a dog; so that'll be the first proper long distance test for Ronnie. AA card at the ready....

Parking sensors not working issue seems to be that 3 of the sensors are faulty or having wiring faults, as they're not 'clicking' like they should. I was hoping it was the control module as that's much easier to replace rather than sensors which will probably need the bumper removing to get at. Summer job.
 

 
Brakes are next on the list !

The bidet/rear wash wiper needed some care and attention.
 
The wiper washer jet was blocked and the wiper arm was 'the most rotten wiper arm' I have ever seen! It was so rotten, it would not lift up on the spindle as it was welded stuck with rust. Second hand wiper arm from evilBay and new Bosch blades x3 and I can see clearly now (even if) the rain (hasn't) gone.
 
Interiour tailgate inside cover removed, gives access to the spolier securing bolts x3.
 

 
Disconnect wiring for highlevel brake light and that lifts back and up and can be removed.
 

 
With the rottenest wiper arm in the known Universe removed, I set about making the wash of the rear wash wipe work. Paper clip cleared the gunk and once the hose was disconnected and run into a bucket half a dozen times I was getting the kind of flow of the type I can achieve after 12 pints of lager. Happy with that, I fitted the new arm and wiper and replced the plastic end cap into which the washer fluid is meant to pass through and squirt onto the rear glass.
 

 
It's not so much squirting through the jets as pouring down the window from the middle, but hey, it's working and is doing the bidet thing and will keep the MOT man happy come November. So I fitted the new front wipers and called it a day at 6.30pm.
 
Next up is N/S tie rod, rear discs N pads and probably, front pads as well having had a closer look at those today. Discs are okay tho, so that's a Ronnie bonus!
 
Cheers all. Hawkeye.
 
 

The bidet/rear wash wiper needed some care and attention.
 
The wiper washer jet was blocked and the wiper arm was 'the most rotten wiper arm' I have ever seen! It was so rotten, it would not lift up on the spindle as it was welded stuck with rust. Second hand wiper arm from evilBay and new Bosch blades x3 and I can see clearly now (even if) the rain (hasn't) gone.
 
Interiour tailgate inside cover removed, gives access to the spolier securing bolts x3.
 

 
Disconnect wiring for highlevel brake light and that lifts back and up and can be removed.
 

 
With the rottenest wiper arm in the known Universe removed, I set about making the wash of the rear wash wipe work. Paper clip cleared the gunk and once the hose was disconnected and run into a bucket half a dozen times I was getting the kind of flow of the type I can achieve after 12 pints of lager. Happy with that, I fitted the new arm and wiper and replced the plastic end cap into which the washer fluid is meant to pass through and squirt onto the rear glass.
 

 
It's not so much squirting through the jets as pouring down the window from the middle, but hey, it's working and is doing the bidet thing and will keep the MOT man happy come November. So I fitted the new front wipers and called it a day at 6.30pm.
 
Next up is N/S tie rod, rear discs N pads and probably, front pads as well having had a closer look at those today. Discs are okay tho, so that's a Ronnie bonus!
 
Cheers all. Hawkeye.
 
 

Next job was one I'd read about. Replacing the filter of the PCV valve. I think that's what it's called and I think it has something to do with filtering the oil being fed to or coming from the turbo. I'm not sure which? But it is an often ignore/forgotten about job apparently. I'd been told that all the filters were replaced at the service before last - but they all say that, don't they. So let's have it apart and have a look?
 

 
Ronnie's big noisy dirty heart before all the plastic is removed and thrown away/placed down carefully. Working front to back. Front above the fan cover comes off first, x3 10mm bolts, then the top cover comes off next, then last off cover the air filter housing top which is secured by x5 5mm allen key bolts. There's one hidden right at the back LHS which you can't see, unless you're about 8 foot tall and has to be undone by feel and using The Force. Once that's done you can see that the air filter has been changed pretty recently.
 

 
This should mean that the PCV filter thing was also replaced at the same time, but they all say that, don't they.... So we/I plough on and carefully loosen the injector wiring loom enough to gain access and remove the x4 5mm allen bolts securing the filter housing. Ta da!
 

 
And here's the filter housing itself. Filter doesn't look too bad at all, so despite them all saying that; it would seem this one was indeed replaced at the same time of the air filter. It certainly wasn't blocked and was dong the job it was meant to.
 

 
Having gone this far, no point in not replacing the filter with a new yin and O ring and x2 rubber seals that came with it. Total cost £4.99. My time. Priceless.
 

 
That all done and refitted again using The Force. I left the two engine top covers off as I need to have the EGR valve off next and see what that's like for carbon build up and also investigate the reason for the motor running slightly cool. Anyway, enough of that. Time for a test-drive up a local Glen.
 

 
Noteable improvement from the front brakes, but the rears are shagged too and rumbling which spoils the otherwise utter silence and are due for replacement discs and pads, next weekend.
 
Continue to be impressed by Ronnie. Not the last word in speed, but the ride is amazing and he will lift his kilt and boogey up and down a Glen far quicker than other motorists might expect and the handling is really very good for a motor that weighs well North of two ton. I think it's actually slightly more responsive with the filter being changed, but that could be my imagination and the BP premium derv added at the last refuel. MPG is sitting around 25 which is also pretty bloody good and money well spent.
 
Cheers all.

More tales from Ronnie's dirty bits. Set about N/S front brake today and replaced the pads, which were fubar, but not down to metal quite yet. Certainly not owe me anything then. This simple job was made much easier and much quicker by deploying ma new favourite tool - yon 12v impact wrench. It zipped off Ronnie's wheel nuts and then zipped out the caliper securing bolts nae bother at all. Yah dancer.
 

 
That done in like 5 mins. I pulled out new tool number two, something I should have bought fecking years ago - brake caliper piston squasher tool. £16.99.
 

 

 
Flange 3 selected, before I could say, where's the apprentice the day then? The piston was squarely and really easilly pushed back into the bore with almost no effort and zero swearing. Far from the usual C clamp ball ache - heavilly abused C clamp for sale....
 

 
Fubar pads, which the inner pad had been badly fitted by the last orangutan whom fitted them, badly. 
 

 
Goosed and fit only for the bin.
 

 
Skoosh round with brake clear and new pads slotted in like a fiver into ma wallet.
 

 
Oh and while we're here. Let's have a look at the bit of a Range Rover L322 you don't see unless it's gone very wrong indeed!
 

 
That sorted, I moved onto the next job.

Next job was one I'd read about. Replacing the filter of the PCV valve. I think that's what it's called and I think it has something to do with filtering the oil being fed to or coming from the turbo. I'm not sure which? But it is an often ignore/forgotten about job apparently. I'd been told that all the filters were replaced at the service before last - but they all say that, don't they. So let's have it apart and have a look?
 

 
Ronnie's big noisy dirty heart before all the plastic is removed and thrown away/placed down carefully. Working front to back. Front above the fan cover comes off first, x3 10mm bolts, then the top cover comes off next, then last off cover the air filter housing top which is secured by x5 5mm allen key bolts. There's one hidden right at the back LHS which you can't see, unless you're about 8 foot tall and has to be undone by feel and using The Force. Once that's done you can see that the air filter has been changed pretty recently.
 

 
This should mean that the PCV filter thing was also replaced at the same time, but they all say that, don't they.... So we/I plough on and carefully loosen the injector wiring loom enough to gain access and remove the x4 5mm allen bolts securing the filter housing. Ta da!
 

 
And here's the filter housing itself. Filter doesn't look too bad at all, so despite them all saying that; it would seem this one was indeed replaced at the same time of the air filter. It certainly wasn't blocked and was dong the job it was meant to.
 

 
Having gone this far, no point in not replacing the filter with a new yin and O ring and x2 rubber seals that came with it. Total cost £4.99. My time. Priceless.
 

 
That all done and refitted again using The Force. I left the two engine top covers off as I need to have the EGR valve off next and see what that's like for carbon build up and also investigate the reason for the motor running slightly cool. Anyway, enough of that. Time for a test-drive up a local Glen.
 

 
Noteable improvement from the front brakes, but the rears are shagged too and rumbling which spoils the otherwise utter silence and are due for replacement discs and pads, next weekend.
 
Continue to be impressed by Ronnie. Not the last word in speed, but the ride is amazing and he will lift his kilt and boogey up and down a Glen far quicker than other motorists might expect and the handling is really very good for a motor that weighs well North of two ton. I think it's actually slightly more responsive with the filter being changed, but that could be my imagination and the BP premium derv added at the last refuel. MPG is sitting around 25 which is also pretty bloody good and money well spent.
 
Cheers all.

Next job was one I'd read about. Replacing the filter of the PCV valve. I think that's what it's called and I think it has something to do with filtering the oil being fed to or coming from the turbo. I'm not sure which? But it is an often ignore/forgotten about job apparently. I'd been told that all the filters were replaced at the service before last - but they all say that, don't they. So let's have it apart and have a look?
 

 
Ronnie's big noisy dirty heart before all the plastic is removed and thrown away/placed down carefully. Working front to back. Front above the fan cover comes off first, x3 10mm bolts, then the top cover comes off next, then last off cover the air filter housing top which is secured by x5 5mm allen key bolts. There's one hidden right at the back LHS which you can't see, unless you're about 8 foot tall and has to be undone by feel and using The Force. Once that's done you can see that the air filter has been changed pretty recently.
 

 
This should mean that the PCV filter thing was also replaced at the same time, but they all say that, don't they.... So we/I plough on and carefully loosen the injector wiring loom enough to gain access and remove the x4 5mm allen bolts securing the filter housing. Ta da!
 

 
And here's the filter housing itself. Filter doesn't look too bad at all, so despite them all saying that; it would seem this one was indeed replaced at the same time of the air filter. It certainly wasn't blocked and was dong the job it was meant to.
 

 
Having gone this far, no point in not replacing the filter with a new yin and O ring and x2 rubber seals that came with it. Total cost £4.99. My time. Priceless.
 

 
That all done and refitted again using The Force. I left the two engine top covers off as I need to have the EGR valve off next and see what that's like for carbon build up and also investigate the reason for the motor running slightly cool. Anyway, enough of that. Time for a test-drive up a local Glen.
 

 
Noteable improvement from the front brakes, but the rears are shagged too and rumbling which spoils the otherwise utter silence and are due for replacement discs and pads, next weekend.
 
Continue to be impressed by Ronnie. Not the last word in speed, but the ride is amazing and he will lift his kilt and boogey up and down a Glen far quicker than other motorists might expect and the handling is really very good for a motor that weighs well North of two ton. I think it's actually slightly more responsive with the filter being changed, but that could be my imagination and the BP premium derv added at the last refuel. MPG is sitting around 25 which is also pretty bloody good and money well spent.
 
Cheers all.

More tales from Ronnie's dirty bits. Set about N/S front brake today and replaced the pads, which were fubar, but not down to metal quite yet. Certainly not owe me anything then. This simple job was made much easier and much quicker by deploying ma new favourite tool - yon 12v impact wrench. It zipped off Ronnie's wheel nuts and then zipped out the caliper securing bolts nae bother at all. Yah dancer.
 

 
That done in like 5 mins. I pulled out new tool number two, something I should have bought fecking years ago - brake caliper piston squasher tool. £16.99.
 

 

 
Flange 3 selected, before I could say, where's the apprentice the day then? The piston was squarely and really easilly pushed back into the bore with almost no effort and zero swearing. Far from the usual C clamp ball ache - heavilly abused C clamp for sale....
 

 
Fubar pads, which the inner pad had been badly fitted by the last orangutan whom fitted them, badly. 
 

 
Goosed and fit only for the bin.
 

 
Skoosh round with brake clear and new pads slotted in like a fiver into ma wallet.
 

 
Oh and while we're here. Let's have a look at the bit of a Range Rover L322 you don't see unless it's gone very wrong indeed!
 

 
That sorted, I moved onto the next job.

Not if you passed your car test before 1987? You don't even need L plates. Yah!