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[stuboy]

Future sister in law came over and said people keep telling her that the exhaust is falling off...well the heat shield was rotted off, so yanked that off, then noticed all hangers have rotted off , in-between rain showers I bodged with jubilee clips, then she said it was lacking power... air filter wasn't the greatest but £4.86 after promo code... it felt better, but still was lacking... autoshite stylee I had some old bosch super 4 from when I changed my old mondeo mk2.... goes better now..

[Mrcento]

Please tell me it's a trick of the camera and you had axel stands somewhere under there whilst under the car 😳😳😳😳

[Spurious]

You got lucky getting those plugs out without them rounding.  Cripes.

[beko1987]

How do spark plugs even rust like that, did she take them out and leave them in the rain for a month to troll you? 

[Cord Fourteener]

This badge was on a Ford Fiesta window.

Says it all really- Ford. Not total bollocks but also not great.

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Because beige, isn't it... 

https://www.motor1.com/news/508445/beige-corvette-c8-jordan-clarkson/

😁😁😁

[EightMegs]

Done some welding on Harris the Yaris, desperately needs either a touch from a grinder or an exorcism. I tried repairing the chassis leg with one patch, but I was struggling due to the shape of the cross member and the patch warping whenever I put any heat into it, so I've decided to use two patches on the advice of my neighbour.

[brandersnatch]

14 hours ago, stuboy said:

Future sister in law came over and said people keep telling her that the exhaust is falling off...well the heat shield was rotted off, so yanked that off, then noticed all hangers have rotted off , in-between rain showers I bodged with jubilee clips, then she said it was lacking power... air filter wasn't the greatest but £4.86 after promo code... it felt better, but still was lacking... autoshite stylee I had some old bosch super 4 from when I changed my old mondeo mk2.... goes better now..

Fuck me! Are you under that without stands? That’s fucking mad. 

[Jazoli]

2 minutes ago, brandersnatch said:

Fuck me! Are you under that without stands? That’s fucking mad. 

I agree rank stupidity but you can't tell some people.

[Jim Bell]

14 hours ago, stuboy said:

Future sister in law came over and said people keep telling her that the exhaust is falling off...well the heat shield was rotted off, so yanked that off, then noticed all hangers have rotted off , in-between rain showers I bodged with jubilee clips, then she said it was lacking power... air filter wasn't the greatest but £4.86 after promo code... it felt better, but still was lacking... autoshite stylee I had some old bosch super 4 from when I changed my old mondeo mk2.... goes better now..

We like you and don't want you to die. 

Put some fucking stands under it. It takes two mins. 

[Cord Fourteener]

One out of two faulty door speakers replaced. 

Involved drilling out the rivets, snapping a drill bit, making a ply wood mount and screwing the bastard all in.

Job done.

[N19]

Thoroughly frustrating day on the Capri. Got the calipers back on and everything reassembled, brakes bled despite intermittent rain, and the strange noise I thought was coming from the caliper... Is still there. Full lock left and only when brakes released. Hmm. Fiddlesticks. 

[reb]

I got a late birthday present from my Gran today, an actual genuine Henry! I got to choose which hoover I got, so I picked something I can use on the car.

It's refreshing to have one that actually picks shit up, my old one was a £30 job that was so shit I just never used it much to the annoyance of MrsReb.

Hopefully we'll get some nice weather so I can do the cars, the Volvo hasn't had a hoover for at least 2 years!

[Stanky]

There is a good reason every commercial cleaning company use numatic (Henry) vacuums. For the price they are superb and i'd not have anything else.

They also have excellent spares support should something break or go missing.

[Jim Bell]

I heard they suck. 

I had one but sold it. It was just gathering dust. 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Went to look at an car, not an shitter according to the ad and pics. 

Reality was big sunken cracked wob and paint (x2 on both rear arches) big rusty holes in both front footwells - what I thought was undercoated but rusty floor, was krusty black rust and black carpet foam backing  ( the seller wasnt bothered  " separate frame and body so it's ok... M9") and steering a quater of a turn before something happened loosely and vaguely.  Deffo a shitter but massively overpriced.  I passed when I noted dirt, leaves and twigs in the A posts base and boot crevices.

[reb]

I hoovered the whole house, what a difference it's made! Because I'm a sad bastard I can't wait to use it again! So powerful it tries to lift my badly fitted carpets!

Edit: I've just looked in the manual and it even has a wiring schematic! I don't think I've ever bought something new that had one.

[Agila]

Plus one in the Henry. Although I'm lying as mine is a green henry-pet one.

[Spurious]

absolute shit balls. wound down the passenger window and it fell into the door. I'm 30 miles from home and it's pissing rain. 

Fuck. 

[Cord Fourteener]

58 minutes ago, reb said:

I hoovered the whole house, what a difference it's made! Because I'm a sad bastard I can't wait to use it again! So powerful it tries to lift my badly fitted carpets!

Edit: I've just looked in the manual and it even has a wiring schematic! I don't think I've ever bought something new that had one.

We swear by ours at home!

The only thing is that with lots of twisting the hose can unscrew and come off. Causes a few puzzled moments but it just screws right in again.

[red5]

On 5/22/2021 at 6:39 PM, beko1987 said:

How do spark plugs even rust like that, did she take them out and leave them in the rain for a month to troll you? 

Probably the core plugs in head leaking. You know, the ones that leak antifr...oh, yeah. ^^

 

[red5]

Ps, get some fecking stands under that and chock the wheels.  Man alive...or not....

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

We swear by ours at home!

The only thing is that with lots of twisting the hose can unscrew and come off. Causes a few puzzled moments but it just screws right in again.

The conical hoses do that, drop of superglue into the top of the threads stops it. 

Filters go through the washing machine a treat too, and use the cheap hepaflo bags. This has been a beko1987 party political broadcast... 

Oh, and if you want to pep it up for carpet vacuuming - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Red-Tool-For-A-Henry-Hetty-Numatic-Hoover-Airo-Turbine-Turbo-Floor-Carpet-Brush-/292371841632?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

Don't get the cheaper Harry clone black turbo heads, their shit! 

[stuboy]

On 5/22/2021 at 6:36 AM, Mrcento said:

Please tell me it's a trick of the camera and you had axel stands somewhere under there whilst under the car 😳😳😳😳

i did put a stand under it

[stuboy]

On 5/22/2021 at 6:38 AM, Spurious said:

You got lucky getting those plugs out without them rounding.  Cripes.

starfish was wincing

On 5/22/2021 at 6:39 AM, beko1987 said:

How do spark plugs even rust like that, did she take them out and leave them in the rain for a month to troll you? 

she does live in dover ....

[stuboy]

13 hours ago, red5 said:

Ps, get some fecking stands under that and chock the wheels.  Man alive...or not....

i did i was having quick peek to assess to bother or not

[stuboy]

14 hours ago, Spurious said:

absolute shit balls. wound down the passenger window and it fell into the door. I'm 30 miles from home and it's pissing rain. 

Fuck. 

drive faster... dodge the rain drops

[dollywobbler]

56 minutes ago, stuboy said:

i did i was having quick peek to assess to bother or not

A quick peek under a car on a jack is best done not being under it. It takes no time at all for a car to drop if something is amiss, and gravity will not care if you're in the way. I've worked on cars supported jack-only when I'm not under any part of it, but if I'm moving any part of me underneath, a stand it has to be. We're only here once.

3 hours ago, Spurious said:

absolute shit balls. wound down the passenger window and it fell into the door. I'm 30 miles from home and it's pissing rain. 

Fuck. 

Arse! Hope you got it sorted. I didn't even know that was a thing on these.

[EightMegs]

Looking a bit shitty, but I think it should get me through the test, hopefully.

[sdkrc]

Driver's window switch in the Insight doesn't want to play ball. There are 2 possibilities, the notoriously fragile switch or the motor. 

I took apart the dash and had a gander at the switch. 

1. Drop the steering column (wow, such room)

 

2. Find the hidden screws 

 

3. Remove the fascia without breaking brittle plastic

4. Unplug the bits

5. Remove the switch assembly from the fascia

 

6. Try repair the broken plastic inside the switch with glue.

 

Putting it back together tomorrow but I think the motor has also burnt out. 

To properly repair this I need to either 3d print a piece or buy the whole switch assembly for £megabucks. It would be a shame for me to make a hacky switch using some other OEM button.