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Ah interesting! My theory for the perpetual fails was people running around with worn drums as I put fresh discs and shoes in 3 years ago and passed again with a tight tester and no advisory for it this year yet. But if you've had issues that long there's probably more to it.
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On 13/01/2024 at 18:46, Shirley Knott said:
Meanwhile, today I set about the annual adjustments to the Volvo's handbrake system in preparation for MOT next week.
These are a major week point for the P2 platform across the board, and despite the annual battle to set it up as best as I can, I never escape without and advisory for it.
Out of curiosity, how long have the rear discs been on it?
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On 9/28/2023 at 7:09 AM, Rustybullethole said:
Welcome and enjoy. Hope not to much damage done in the off. If you haven't before id recommend a little off road training. Its great for learning bike control and has enabled me to stay upright more times than i can recall on the road. Mostly just enjoy and put the miles in. 30 odd years down the line it still makes me smile every time i swing a leg over a bike.
What should I look for training wise? Anywhere you recommend?
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As a present to myself for graduating university and starting my first proper job I've bought my first bike. Been really enjoying it, even if I have taken my first spill already.
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You can probably replace just the rubber part of the blade if you find a correctly sized blade.
https://www.glaco.jp/english/wiper/howto_rubber.html
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On 5/11/2023 at 9:48 PM, Supernaut said:
Funnily enough, I had similar symptoms and same fix on mine maybe a month ago, and the replacement part is almost identical.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192715975494Modular bosch altenators I guess. Glad to see you you got the french christmas tree sorted.
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On 12/12/2022 at 4:51 PM, Fumbler said:
I've been out to have a look. IAC is new. Will spray out the throttlebody and the IAC with some carb cleaner, however I'm a tad suspect wih the MAF sensor. There's another one lying around in my bag of bits and bobs and they most definitely aren't Bosch. I've read that it must be Bosch and nothing else but the prices are eye-wateringly expensive.
I picked up a replacement Bosch maf for mine off ebay from a breakers. Risk of getting a dud part but you can buy many ebay parts for one new Bosch.
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1 hour ago, Crackers said:
I really don't understand how "someone selling their car" constitutes bad news in this thread all the time.
It was simply a direct reply to the last sentence of the quoted message, pointing out the new owner was lying about keeping the car. I suppose at the end of the day, it should barely be news as people lie all the time!
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On 11/24/2022 at 2:49 PM, LightBulbFun said:
and thats 2 out of 2 done!
the Porthole car's real identity has finally had a fresh V5 issued! (the one with windows in the B pillars that was on eBay incorrectly wearing GIG4834's identity!)
this was a bit of a nerve wrecking one, because given the previous fun that was had with GIG I was worried the DVLA would be extra tetchy about things, but thankfully despite the scrap marker on TPG443M, it all went very smoothly
question I guess is now, will the guy actually be holding onto TPG443M like he said he would, or will it just go right back onto eBay? LOL
I don't know if anyone else has sent this to you, but bad news
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22 minutes ago, gm said:
he had the zx at retroshite - couldn’t believe it was getting all the attention
ah yeah, attention usually goes to stuff that's silly clean with that crowd.
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1 hour ago, gm said:
panic over, he was just walking the dug !
thoroughly nice chap, turns out he was up at retroshite last month - i mentioned AS, i suspect he may well check in sometime
Did he turn up in the zx?
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Boring car boring update: Miles have passed. This is all. Handled a 1600 mile round trip from Scotland to south wales including kayaks and camping supplies like a dream.
The service light has started to bother me (last change was only around 7000 miles ago on synthetic, but it's been a year) so as I was up north at my parents I figured I might as well take advantage of their big shed. Oil? Check. Filter? Check. Pressure sensor? Check. Tea? Check. Wrong cabin filter (not pictured)? Also check. (Meant to buy the charcoal version but bought a regular one, oh well.)
I bought the sensor because it was a fiver and I vaguely remembered seeing an oil leak from the sensor, or around it in the past.Yep, still leaking. On closer inspection, the oil is coming, at least partially, from above the pressure sensor. I'm not sure what else is there, maybe PCV? I need to do some searching up and work out what the culprits could be (or if anyone has any experience or insight I'd love to hear it).
I apologize for the grainy photos of the oil change, I was running on a backup phone. As tax, have a DSLR photo I took recently on a run with a mate.
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On 11/4/2022 at 7:27 AM, leakingstrut said:
Absolutely zero driver skill involved - floor it and pray! A lot of people have the option that TC will just hamper you off road, and it can sometimes but it can also really help.
I agree, For more extreme stuff I think it does hamper as you sometimes want to keep wheels spinning for momentum or finding where the grip is, but for gravel tracks or wet grass it lets someone with little experience just put their foot down and it help its self to go. I've seen some fairly impressive performances from some TC systems moving power around the wheels, eventually finding the grip and getting moving,
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I was going to suggest it's the dreaded e throttle issues, but luckily for you the 850 gets a cable throttle.
I don't know if you're a member already but the Volvo UK forum has a wealth of knowledge on it: https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=16
I think I'd start by cleaning the throttle body and idle air control valve. Could be throttle position sensor but I'm not sure if that would give the surge or not.
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What's the contraption you're towing it with? Some form of A frame that ties on to the underside?
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When you have rusty old cars its a bit of a lottery from what I've seen in the family fleet. Of the 2 I've had done myself one was a complete shitshow on advisorys and a fail for a brake fluid leak so minor the level in the tank hadn't gone down (seep through a crush washer) but more recently my Volvo passed first time with only a handful of minor advisories.
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3 hours ago, New POD said:
I'm.notvsure why an electric motor, couldn't be restricted via the wheel speed sensor. Then you could tune it by removing a few of the teeth, in the ring.
The 50cc class electric bikes generally just have terrible weak motors, there is generally no more power to be extracted. Why waste money on a nice motor and restricting it when a cheaper one would do.
Some of the electric bicycles and kick scooters have stronger motors than the 50cc equivalent mopeds (although you're not supposed to ride those on the road on those in full power mode)
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3 hours ago, UltraWomble said:
Ive been using the Speedfight to nip to HMP Preston on the odd occasion Im in there and taking the route daughter uses to go to college - one of the roads has a big fuck off hill that the bike struggles with, dropping right down to 20 and less. She did mention it was a bit slow up the hill but I hadnt realised how slow.
Any thoughts?
I know its a 50, I know its old. I just wondered if there was any way I can either wring a consistent power / speed out of this or are there any other bikes I should be looking at (even electrical) that would consistently do 30 even up a hill?On the plus side I can see 50 on the clock coming down that same hill and as the ANPR average speed cameras face into the traffic I can just grin wildly at them whilst the cars stick to 30....
Not a bike owner, been looking in to electric bikes a bit lately. This is all on paper stuff so grain of salt:
50cc bikes are restricted here to shite power. The leccy equivalent have the same power restrictions, so although the instant torque makes them take off faster, you're still limited to the same slow speed on a pull up a hill as that power is too little to overcome weight up a hill.Official way is to not slow to a crawl is to upgrade to a 125 class bike (electric or petrol) but you could try NewPOD's suggestion for a small boost in power
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7 hours ago, Supernaut said:
Dispatched on the 7th, arrived just now. At least they did actually arrive, though.
The handbrake shoes for the BMW.
I now have all the parts required. The motivation, though? Eh, we'll see about that later.
just do it at the retroshite meet
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Sorry, that was meant to be a joke but I see it didn't land