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1 hour ago, Back_For_More said:

Documenting new App I'm SPOC for after taking over most of the integration management. Late in day saw no costing or impact analysis done etc.... In certain critical 3rd parties. Then found a shit load of bugs.... 

Code Freeze Sunday - dozey arseholes have a patch/fix build OK in SIT. Is it in Prod as of 5pm Friday - of course fucking not! 

Apart from fellow shiter comms for picking up my purchase this phone well be well and truely off in 15mins once though the door. 

Fucked if I'm bailing them out on my weekend 

Might as well be in Russian!

36 minutes ago, warch said:

Bloody ebay sellers. Ordered a new bottom arm last week for my car's MoT next week. Noted the expected delivery date and the fact that it was marked for dispatch for November 3rd. Had a lot on so only just noticed that the thing hasn't arrived. Used the ebay 'where the fuck is my item request' and got a reply that it is delayed until next Tuesday (the day before my MoT). So presumably the seller hasn't got it in hand, can't get one until later this week, but has still marked it as dispatched to prevent ebay penalising them. 

It is all about honesty really, I don't mind if its a genuine mistake or if there are extenuating circumstances but it's all the bullshit people seem perfectly comfortable with that I find so aggravating. If they had just come clean I could have gone elsewhere and ordered one in plenty of time.   

Do you not have a local motor factors? They are usually no more expensive than ebay sellers for decent stuff, it makes no sense ordering something online when you actually need it for a specific date when you can probably pick one up locally same day.

1 minute ago, Lacquer Peel said:

TMS sell NAPA branded wiper blades that are very cheap and alright. Bosch wiper blades are crap these days. 

 

Disagree, Bosch Aero twins are the best blades I've ever used, I put them on every car that I have, usually 23 quid a set from amazon.

Well done that man, mine failed its test yesterday on a couple of lower ball joints, it's going into the garage next week to have them done, clean sheet otherwise.

I must say I like the way you just get stuck straight in, I've never looked underneath mine yet and the mot is due on Monday

9 hours ago, colino said:

I also forgot, there are very cheap ebay devices to make the sbc controller forget it has applied the brakes 300000 times or whatever the inbuilt limit is. 

Yeah but you wouldn't would you? The pump will fail eventually and leave you with no brakes, its not 'that' expensive to fix now, from what I've read (a lot) the reset tools only clear a particular fault code and usually just brick the pump.

I'm all for cheap fixes and workarounds, but not on safety critical items like brakes.

1 hour ago, Snake Charmer said:

Houston,  we have a problem......

Oh dear that looks like sbc pump failure to me (I'm not looking forward to it myself currently on the 'service brake' warning) I have the details of a bloke who rebuilds them down south.

You do seem to be experiencing all the W211 issues, it's making me question keeping mine.

I think zips are important as they stop the jacket sliding up your body as you are sliding down the road exposing soft squishy bits.

He's just a cunt who has nothing better to do, respond but stick to the facts, to bleat about his 'mental health' is just bullshit, what a fucking crybaby, we dont give a fuck pal. 

An Audi UR quattro in white, my mate had owned it for a couple of years and neglected to even get the oil changed, when the engine started knocking he took it of the road, sourced a spare engine then promptly ignored it as he bought a Mk4 Supra.

Fast forward a couple of months and he offered me the lot for £1500 (he had more money than sense), I declined, as I was going on holiday the next week and needed the money I'd saved for the holiday.

If I only knew, it was such an awesome car but my 18-30 holiday was far more important to me that week!

I saw it driving around a few months later and have regretted it ever since, 153 HHY where are you now?!

On the flip side I did buy a nice Mk3 Supra Turbo off him for £400 as it failed the MOT with an abs fault, it was just a sensor

Just now, sierraman said:

New cars aren’t that much dearer than an old one, a friend who visits Portugal regularly says there isn’t really a second hand market, people tend to just buy things then run them till they stop. 

I know, Iived in Spain for 10 years

Just buy a car when you are in Spain, re registration and taxes and will soon wipe out any perceived savings you'll make, be prepared for a rude awakening with prices though 😂

It is usually cheaper to buy a LHD car here and take it with you, however its not all as straightforward as you think as you will have to re-import/register it and it isn't straightforward unless you speaka da lingo, that LHD scenic you have linked will be €5k in Spain or Portugal 

9 hours ago, maxxo said:

but what i will say this is a seriously fast car, it's surprised me a few times when i've looked at the speedometer

It's good to see you are enjoying your car but it really isn't 'seriously fast', maybe compared to the vans you drive daily but compared to any other car it isn't, still as long as you like it.

Putting your foot down and using full throttle and all the revs won't break an autobox, warm the engine up then give it a proper thrashing.

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

"Welcome to old convertible ownership in the winter" I said to my wife this morning.

The drivers footwell is absolutely soaking wet after all the heavy rain. Thankfully its not coolant though!

I had a very similar problem with the Audi convertible when I first got it  and taking off the scuttle panel and sealing up everything in sight worked well.

Is that the brown one? The scuttle drain blocked and killed the heater blower and flooded the passenger footwell when I first got it but it never let a drop in anywhere else.

I honestly don't see what the issue is with anyone making a profit on anything, pointless getting annoyed, maybe some of you should have asked more in the first place?

58 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

I plugged my iCarsoft CR Max in yesterday to have a look at the injectors and fuel rail pressure then delved into the fault codes showing. All bar one were historic, interior temperature sensor has gone tits up, £57 delivered. Bastid thing even has a fan in it!

Remind me to leave the iCarsoft tucked away in its box....🤣

Haha yeah I've not bothered scanning mine yet as I'm happy being blissfully ignorant.

18 minutes ago, goosey said:

Any more info on the Radio?

my Merc command unit is playing up so I’ll be looking to replace pretty soon

Yeah it's one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234566289973?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=UYYCUz9vRVi&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=CVQtOrP6SSG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It is a challenge to fit as you have to remove the control panel from the hidden drawer which is fiddly, but a bit of patience is worth it, pretty much plug and play, comparable double din AA+CP units from pioneer and the like are £400, and don't look as good or offer wireless functionality.

Gave the old W211 a wash and wax today, it still looks good considering it's 19 years old this year.

Also I recently brought it into the 21st century with a new stereo with wireless android auto and carplay, 

Finally got the reversing camera wired up, what a pain that was.

It's proving quite reliable so far although I have got an SBC warning

which means I'll have to send the pump off to be refurbished, my local specialist quoted me £1900! I can have it rebuilt for £450 so it's not the end of the world.

Overall average is 40mpg and that's 90% town only, can't complain for a nigh on 2 ton big old bus.

Although being a pre DPF diesel it stinks until its warm, which I'm not a fan of.

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

There's a YouTube film where someone compared a load of vices for the amount of pressure they could exert . The winner was a custom made steel one he'd done himself. Second was a large vice made in the US in about 1930 which had had one side repaired after breaking like the op's. Even with that it beat all the factory made moderns.

It was on fireball tools YT page I think 

1 hour ago, andy18s said:

Did you not spot any of that before agreeing to anything?

I was about to ask the same thing, surely the missing wheel nuts and the money light being on were obvious?

The E320 looks nice, I wish my E270 had an extra cylinder.

5 hours ago, egg said:

I can't speak for LBF, and how he intends to use REV, but I do know he lives in a urban area with most local speed limits being 20-40 no doubt. It's not the daftest vehicle for that kind of work to be fair.

That's true, right until the point a twat in an uber or white van does a last minute U turn (which is par for the course in that there London) and it won't stop in time, all part of the fun though, if I saw one on a dual carriageway I'd think what a moron for taking it on there as it has all the integrity of a wet paper bag, but around town I don't see the fuss, apart from being laughed and pointed at.

37 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I repaired the corrosion on the black 93s OSR arch today. It was actually a bit worse than I thought, it had gone through in a few places however it was all on the lip rather than up top so I just ground it down, applied Vactan, pylon paint and top coat. It'll obviously come back but better than doing nothing. Welding it wouldn't make sense at this stage.

2 top coats applied:

You definitely* can't tell.

But as with all my fleet, the ten foot test is a pass:

Later on I gave it a coat of wax:

The subsequent rain let me take a gratuitous beading shot:

Nice to see it still getting some love, I've missed having a floppytop this year.

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

I have no way to test them unless Carly has an option for a live data on them.. I’ll have to check 

You test them with a multimeter, not a scan tool.

It will have nothing to do with the seat removed

You need to do some basic checks, is there fuel, is there a spark and work from there, they are very simple engines and have little in the way of electronics.

Vid doesn't work but when it's in the run position the Fi light should be on and the fuel pump should prime, the key should not turn past on but the ign switch is probably worn.

Does the side stand switch work?

Does the clutch need to be pulled in for it to start?

Have you replaced the fuel in the tank with fresh?