big_al_granvia Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 i ran rain experts for years, like 3 sets on the almera but the reviews they are getting is crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jim Bell said: That list looks marvelous. It's gonna be a new car when you're done. The optimism is palpable! Jim Bell and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Falkens are where it's at now for a daily. Good reviews, not expensive. Had fitted them to my 172, the Audi and the 75. blackboilersuit, HMC and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Falkens have always been kinda okay for this sort of car. I'll be disappointed if they've cocked up Rainexperts though, they've been my favourite tyre for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 You missed; Fit ALH Remap ALH GLF dome, Lacquer Peel, The Moog and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 heritage parts centre 50 quid - all the others were gsf vw etc and as you say 100 quid - for a piece of felt ffs arent most tilt slide metal roofs the same size - could ya buy one for summat else or are they speshul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Have you checked the sunroof drainage tubes aren't blocked? If the seal leaks water should still drain out I would have thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Hoping you get the stereo to work@320touring. It still worked in 2003 before I swapped it out for an Alpine CD player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 2 hours ago, dave j said: Have you checked the sunroof drainage tubes aren't blocked? If the seal leaks water should still drain out I would have thought? I had this problem with my 75, cleared them out with an old net curtain tensioner. Barry Cade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 If the weather is decent tomorrow I'll see if I can get the sunroof drains sorted. We'll see, but cheers for the good suggestion! Split_Pin and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 More things for the list. Sort the interior fan squeal Sort interior trim rattles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 1 hour ago, 320touring said: More things for the list. Sort the interior fan squeal Sort interior trim rattles Now you're just getting pedantic mate. sdkrc, The Moog, jaypee and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Jim Bell said: Now you're just getting pedantic mate. It's because the stereo isn't working yet, once that's done, the rest will be reet 😂 Skizzer, Tickman and 320touring 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Just caught up with many updates on this! What a lovely lovely thing! 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Fuck. I thought this was MOT'd til march... Nup, 20th Feb. Bastard loserone and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 You need a focus 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 I need focus rather than A focus Tickman, adw1977, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Perfect excuse to dig the GSA out. Edit: In these Covid times I am only allowed to use the term 'a reasonable excuse'. Still. blackboilersuit, Tickman and 320touring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Interesting. The Toledo makes a howling wheelbearing noise above 30. Have driven it about today, then come back and Jacked it up at each corner to check for roughness and play. Nothing. All 4 are silent as a fish... If you dip the clutch the noise remains, so is linked to roadspeed not to engine speed. All I can think of is An out of round tyre Driveshaft/CV joint. Any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, 320touring said: Interesting. The Toledo makes a howling wheelbearing noise above 30. Have driven it about today, then come back and Jacked it up at each corner to check for roughness and play. Nothing. All 4 are silent as a fish... If you dip the clutch the noise remains, so is linked to roadspeed not to engine speed. All I can think of is An out of round tyre Driveshaft/CV joint. Any other ideas? The roughness isn't always obvious until you remove the bearing. Are the tyres old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Has @JimHpaid you a visit in the night and fitted a Scammell Pioneer gearbox when you weren't looking? sdkrc, Split_Pin, jaypee and 6 others 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Possibly only starting to go and the noise is only prevalent when there's a load on it. The Mini's makes itself known on long right handers, M876 being the main places. Its silent at all other times and has not been mentioned at last the MOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Diff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraz Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Leave it till it gets louder and easier to work out what bearings gone. 👍 or a wheel falls off. Either way you’ll know which bearing it is then! Crackers, dome, Jim Bell and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juular Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: Possibly only starting to go and the noise is only prevalent when there's a load on it. The Mini's makes itself known on long right handers, M876 being the main places. Its silent at all other times and has not been mentioned at last the MOT. This, bearing noise can be hard to replicate with the wheel up. It's probably the wheel bearing or the diff, although I usually find a diff is noisy at all speeds and you can clearly hear a whine around smooth streets as you dip the clutch while slowing down. Fwiw I had exactly the same symptoms on a 2000 Seat Ibiza 6K. Very loud howl above 40mph, but when lifted off the ground the wheel was totally silent and no play at all. Garage instantly diagnosed wheel bearing which sorted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 9 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said: The roughness isn't always obvious until you remove the bearing. Are the tyres old? The tyres are 4 odd ones of indeterminate age. So aye, likely honking. Tried a spare on the obvious drivers side front. No change. 9 hours ago, wuvvum said: Has @JimHpaid you a visit in the night and fitted a Scammell Pioneer gearbox when you weren't looking? I wish, would love something more cumbersome:-) 9 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Possibly only starting to go and the noise is only prevalent when there's a load on it. The Mini's makes itself known on long right handers, M876 being the main places. Its silent at all other times and has not been mentioned at last the MOT. It's a constant noise once past about 25ish - sounds similar to the Audi - which was why I wanted to look at it, if It needs a new bearing pressed in 8 hours ago, mk2_craig said: Diff? I hope not.. 7 hours ago, Fraz said: Leave it till it gets louder and easier to work out what bearings gone. 👍 or a wheel falls off. Either way you’ll know which bearing it is then! Helpful as ever😂 7 hours ago, juular said: This, bearing noise can be hard to replicate with the wheel up. It's probably the wheel bearing or the diff, although I usually find a diff is noisy at all speeds and you can clearly hear a whine around smooth streets as you dip the clutch while slowing down. Fwiw I had exactly the same symptoms on a 2000 Seat Ibiza 6K. Very loud howl above 40mph, but when lifted off the ground the wheel was totally silent and no play at all. Garage instantly diagnosed wheel bearing which sorted it. I did some coast down and running testing with the front wheels in the air - no untoward noises, but then the bearings were not really under any pressure. I will put it in for an MOT and see what they say re the bearings. Next up was trying to resolve the Niagara like volumes of water in the cabin space.. This is the old tax disc holder - plenty moisture there. First step was to open the sunroof and check the sunroof drains were clear The coathanger went in well, and no obvious blockages. A pour test was conducted both flowing freely. Next, try to eliminate the seal from enquiries @RobT is likely recoiling in horror as the tape is not neat! We'll see how this pans out. Next was a thorough cleaning of the scuttle area. Wipers had to come off, and the world's worst plastic liner was removed. Seriously, biscuit selection box plastic would be an upgrade. It belies it's #heritage as it's a very similar panel on the MK1 golf cab we have. I even took off the wipers - meaning the hard plastic scuttle trim could come off too. There was a fair amount of detritus under the covers, which the wet vac made light work of then installation was the reverse of removal. Unfortunately, the hard trim is snapped, and therefore doesn't sit correctly. Although this may look like an issue, the screen is bonded in, so any water will just run down into the scuttle. I will attempt to solve it properly at some point. The penultimate thing to do was to have a look at the blower motor - it sometimes screams like mad, so I had hoped to try and get into it to apply some lube to the spindle.. Yeah, nah. That's not happening today. Last task was a full wetvac of the interior - about 4L of water removed. After a 20min drive, then a 20min rest whilst I got essential shopping, this was the outcome. Some light condensation on the side windows, but better than before. Here's hoping this continues! I'll hopefully get it in for an MOT this week. Jim Bell, Tickman, 500tops and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 A fun day indeed, nice working on someone else's car 😎. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 Bored today in the house so decided to solve the biggest ever issue on the car.. a non functional temp gauge.. First up I located the temp senders - nice and easy to get to. Googling and assistance from @jaypee and @blackboilersuit determined that the blue sensor was for the ECU, and the red one drove the gauge. Bridging either did nothing: I then tested the plugs to see if they were getting power. With the ignition on, the blue plug was providing some Volts The red one not so much This seems odd. Either way, all I got was All the dash gauges seem to be on the one fuse, so that ruled out any power supply issue. Could be a dead gauge - I'm leaving removing the cluster to last resort. If anything happens to it, I'd likely struggle to find a new facia panel. It's one whole surround down to the radio☹️ Next up, do a resistance test on the sensors. With the car running, the blue one was putting out a reasonable ( and reducing) value The red one was rubbish. I think a new red sender may be the initial order of the day. Whilst under the bonnet I spied some damage to the overflow pipe to the coolant tank. A quick snip and refashion later, Better. "Why not replace the whole pipe?" I hear you ask. Simple 1. I didn't have any pipe in stock 2. The other end of it goes into the radiator under the slam panel If I am going to that trouble may as well do the coolant change at the same time so I can take the rad out for a flush. It's basically the exact same setup as the MK1 golf was, so shouldn't be difficult. A new rad is about £35 posted so not too bad if needed. Won't be doing anything further til it gets an MOT though. Also, after taping the sunroof and wetvaccing it yesterday, it appears much drier inside, despite rain overnight. Shirley Knott, Tickman, Split_Pin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Glad it seems a bit less soggy! 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 The man from the ministry, he say Yaaaas! Milage needs changing so just waiting on the certificate:) Well pleased! Tickman, M'coli, 500tops and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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