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  1. A lot cannot afford private work. I can't see that there would be enough private work to keep them all going.
  2. Booked a dentist appointment a couple of months ago. For April. The best they could do. I got a letter today informing me the appointment was cancelled. Nothing to even say " arrange new appointment."
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    I laughed when I read that - I had visions of the Chat GPT coming from the toaster in Red Dwarf. Do you want some toast......?
  4. Looking at e61's to replace the insignia. Given the prices being asked I can only assume the sellers are addicted to crack.
  5. What a honey. It should go well as the 1.3 has 70 odd hp - even in a cavalier it is not exactly underpowered. Those wheel trims are delish - for bonus shite points you need the white ones from an antibes model.
  6. At times it felt like I was digging for artifacts there was so much gunge. The vectra was a piece of piss by comparison.
  7. I did. And the bolt hole for the clamp. Unfortunately they are so close together crud still falls in.
  8. Our mondeo has been well behaved however of late a raspy sound and a smell in the cabin convinced me the exhaust had a leak. This turned out not to be the case. The 2.0 pug engine has two covers - the rearmost covers the injectors. Some dampness on the outside persuaded me to investigate further. Oh dear. Only when I pulled the injector did I appreciate how grim it was. I ordered a puller from ebay rather than faff with pliers and pry bars. Quite a substantial slide hammer - a few blows saw the injector loose. Access - the injectors and fuel rail are effectively in a box - is limited. Grim. I could not belive the amount of shite that had built up. Very mercedes benz like. And the smell is gopping. Somebody said it was like cooked meat - sorry but if your meat smells like this I hope you have more than one bog. I made the mistake of spraying carb cleaner on it. All this did was make it soft and even more of a pain to remove. A selection of flat screwdrivers and picks - aided by compressed air and henry the hoover - got rid of the shite and I was happy when I could see dull silver. The injector was equally shocking and looked like a turd. A combination of carb cleaner and wire brush in a drill got rid of the baked on crud. The washer was utterly mullered - eroded on one side. Indeed there was so much crud paranoia set in - I had a vacuum and compressed air and I found myself cranking the engine every so often just to clear the injector orifice. Paranoia extended to the hole for the injector clamp screw. I had started to put it back but it was harder going than I would have liked so I stopped and wound it out. I chased the hole out with an M8 x 1.25 tap. Lack of access meant a pair of thin nosed pliers were the only thing I had that would fit. The tar that I had removed with carb cleaner had solidified inside the hole. More carb cleaner rags and compressed air got rid of the last. Eventually I put everything back after cutting a new seat. I had to spend £80 on a new set of leak off pipes. Top tip - DO NOT pull back the green lug you can see - on old pipes it will snap - internet vids will show you how NOT to do it. Just get a small flat screwdriver and lever the nearest part of the green clip from the injector body. Just as I tried to start the car it cranked once - and stopped. I shat myself - I was worried I had hydro locked the engine with carb cleaner even though I had been careful. It turns out the battery was dead. A jump from a good battery and the car started almost immediately - my chef's kiss was short lived when the car died and wife unit pointed out diesel was pissing everywhere. I had been caught out. The metal pipe from fuel rail to injector can be fitted the WRONG way around - they are the same pitch of thread but the fittings have a different taper. Fortunately I soon spotted my balls up and swapped it around. I have also discovered that diesel is brilliant for making underbonnet plastic shine - every cloud etc. Car started ok off a slave battery and I took it for a run. The genuine ford leak off pipes were not cheap however 4x genuine washers were only £12 - less than ebay prices. I doff my cap to those of you that do this for a living - it took me 2-3 hours just to shift the tar. It's not a nice job. Let's see how long it lasts.
  9. A few on here old enough to remember matchbox superfast and corgi junior twin packs. This is an autoshite twin pack.
  10. Grump 1. Ordered leak off pipes from Ford for Mondeo - the clip on one broke as soon as I touched it. £80 and some change. Was advised I would get a text when the arrived. Did I? No. Got through at third attempt to be told they were in. Thanks. Grump 2. Got injector out using my puller - I doubt it would have come out otherwise. What I found was grim. It has been leaking for quite some time. Suffice to say it's not finished.
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