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  1. We've already made the first stint and abandoned the Getz with my folk for a few days, let's hope it doesn't embarrass itself during it's stay. Second mode of transport due...
  2. @wesacosa what sort of thing are you looking for?
  3. Managed to get the service written up and the front wheels rebalanced today, still a mild shimmy occasionally but way better than they were. This is the fun I had when I did the rear subframe bushes a while back: Not the easiest of jobs, but I got there in the end.
  4. The jury is out at the moment, I shall give it another test when I've more work to do and see how it performs on smaller stuff like drop links etc. It passed the mot today, a few little pointers about upcoming issues, but nothing serious enough to warrant an advisory at this stage.
  5. I find it beyond cunty that these tossers are stood there filming rather than warning folk how deep it is. Granted the entry speed on a lot of them does them no favours, but it's no excuse.
  6. That reminds me, I must book my Boxing Day delivery to Anglian Water.
  7. Result! It's a 8.8 originally. Its important to check these things as the wrong rating could cause premature failure.
  8. Not many pictures, but today I had round 2 of trying to replace the RH Track rod end. I bought a Chinese 1100w induction tool, but it really wasn't beefy enough for the job as a whole, despite several attempts at warming it through. In the end, I sent Mr Angry-Grinder down the middle of the bolt and extracted the threaded half with the nut and a selection of washers. I then went back to the induction heater and after braying on the remaining bit of the bolt with a large hammer and drift, it eventually relented and left me to fit the new part. I have used a 8.8 tensile strength bolt for the moment, but will try and find out if something a bit harder is required.
  9. Grumpy day today, cannot get the pinch bolt out of the TRE, not helped by the fact the locking wheel nut key has gone awol since the last time I was working on the car.
  10. So I booked the MOT for the Audi for next week, and I snagged a set of winter wheels and tyres to suit. I'd best just have a quick look at the OS suspension before I go tracking it up, hadn't I? Whelp, glad I hadn't needed it this week.
  11. Spotted this multicoloured one in the Streetlife Museum, Hull. It looked the wrong colour to me, and when viewed from the passenger side, it is clear most of it has been repainted at some point. Right handed tiller control on this one too.
  12. I'll be honest, when I first got the job on the railway, I actually looked up doing just that on a Dacia Jogger - luckily the category of my head injury must not have been that serious as I only bought a noughties Laguna instead.
  13. Problem with these goons is they don't know what they have - I've rung up to check for a car before only to arrive and find it isn't there. Sadly the turn over is steady so finding one or two easily resellable items gets difficult. I used to take and resell all of the Vectra/Signum rear cup holders as the T4/T5 folks love them.
  14. That doesn't seem too bad, lately I've been getting a right cunt-on with my local yard as even if I go and remove parts myself, they will still tot them up at ebay prices. Twenty quid for two door checkstraps, a dimmer switch and a pair of horns. I knew I should have taken something to cover off the pocket tax, but it's just not in my nature.
  15. This is still providing sterling service to and from work, but is now perilously close to being due a service. There is a light rattle from the front which I think is either top mounts or shock absorbers as I cannot find any play elsewhere. The front Toyo tyres are losing their extreme edges, so either they have been under inflated, the tracking is slightly off or it's because they are Toyos which are softer than an alcoholic's stool sample. I'm impressed with the space in one of these as I've collected a full set of wheels for the Audi this week, swiftly followed by a full set of winter tyres, when there's no snow this year, you can thank me! I've subconciously channeled @wuvvum as I too fitted some bigger tooters to the little Getz, although I got a pair of dual tone horns for mine from a Chrysler Voyager in the scrapyard.
  16. MOT booked for tomorrow morning, I know there is a loose heatshield underneath somewhere, but I'm too cold and fucked to be laying in a puddle looking at that now. Still to attend to: Re-balance front wheels Swap TPMS sensors around in the diagnostics Fix heatshield Small service Sell
  17. Two new top arms fitted today, no pictures as the arms were a day late, it was pissing it with rain and the Laguna that was boxed in behind it is booked in for the first MOT slot tomorrow morning. Needless to say it was hours of cold and wet fun* and I was dead pleased to find that the battery on the Audi had gone flat, so ended up swapping that out in the rain too!
  18. Another delve into this one after work today. Fucking arms haven't arrived though! The inner bush looks to be knackered too. Also pulled the cabin filter as I've no idea as to when or if it has been serviced in the last 5 years - no paperwork covering that period of the car's life sadly.
  19. My trousers certainly got shorter at the thought of it!
  20. So begins the least favourite task of the DIY Audi owner... we'll, other than using the indicators that is! I've one knackered balljoint on the top rear arm, to replace that arm means taking out the big shit bolt, I believe one of the resident A6 owners has had fun with that recently? Anyway, home from walking the mutts after work and it's game on. I've a fairly standard heat gun, much like your dad would use to fill the house with melted gloss fumes on a Sunday afternoon before repainting the door frames. Aim heat here: mostly in the slots around balljoints to start. We're going to need plenty of heat and a lot of patience. Time check? The arms aren't coming until tomorrow so there are definitely no prizes for rushing this bit. Hands free mode whilst I went and chose some weapons, we're ten minutes in already. Keep trying the bolt head, we aren't using brute force yet, just a small amount of even pressure to see what, if anything, gives. At this point everything is getting hot to the touch, I've tried turnjng the bolt and although there is a bit of movement at the head end, the threads have stayed put. This being the case, my nipsy is twitching like a rabbit's nose, and I've go for leathering the end of the bolt with a hammer and punch and an SDS drill with punch head. None of this has helped and so we go back to heating the area. The aluminium now is almost too hot to touch, and I've resigned myself to replacing both arms so the boots can be ignored. The bolt now creaks when pressure is applied, so time to break out the impact gun... Woo and indeed Hoo! It all moves! Using a smaller spanner under the head of the bolt and making use of the residual heat, I keep hard on the buzz gun and draw the bolt in and out until the bond is fully broken. Final score on the doors: Lots of heat, lots of patience. Bolt out in one piece: I shall put a new one in with the replacement arms, but for now I've a bomb site to attend to!
  21. Nope, this one is the 2.0T automatic!
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