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[Jazoli]

Fitted a new android head unit to the Merc today

 

And very nice it is too with full wireless android auto and carplay

Then the car decided to treat me to this message

Bah, that'll be an SBC pump rebuild then 😕

[Pat Earrings]

6 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Fitted a new android head unit to the Merc today

 

And very nice it is too with full wireless android auto and carplay

Then the car decided to treat me to this message

Bah, that'll be an SBC pump rebuild then 😕

Liked for the headunit only. That’s shit about the SBC but fairly certain they can be reset due to the counter inside dependant on the code.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184448584338?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_xpMR1pWQZC&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=KCW16zwOSD-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

 

[andy18s]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Well I decided to swap the alternator and what a fiddly job.. well I wasn't hopefully it was the problem but hey ho give it go...

 

Well it seems the noise has gone away,  4 mile test drive all ok... 

 

 

Had to do this on my v6 Cougar,2 bolts could only be reached from the passenger wheel well,with a metre or two of extension bars.

[Rust Collector]

1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Fitted a new android head unit to the Merc today

 

And very nice it is too with full wireless android auto and carplay

Then the car decided to treat me to this message

Bah, that'll be an SBC pump rebuild then 😕

Sorry to hear about the pump. Can I just ask if it's very noisy? My old man's W211 is on 200k+ miles and the pump is bloody noisy, and frequently kicking in...

[stuboy]

1 minute ago, andy18s said:

Had to do this on my v6 Cougar,2 bolts could only be reached from the passenger wheel well,with a metre or two of extension bars.

on the mk3 there held on with 3 bolts all facing backwards, the top bolt is tight against the bulkhead/insulation.

[Jazoli]

3 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

Sorry to hear about the pump. Can I just ask if it's very noisy? My old man's W211 is on 200k+ miles and the pump is bloody noisy, and frequently kicking in...

Yes it's really noisy and kicks in all the time. 

[trigger]

Sold the Astra Tuesday night. 

It's gone to a local lad who's dream car is a Mk1 Astra so I'm pleased to can make a boys dreams come true. 

Sad to see it go but I never really gelled to it and need the money and space back again, you can't keep them all and it's another one back on the road again. 

[Snake Charmer]

7 hours ago, Jazoli said:

Fitted a new android head unit to the Merc today

 

And very nice it is too with full wireless android auto and carplay

Then the car decided to treat me to this message

Bah, that'll be an SBC pump rebuild then 😕

Head unit looks a neat fit. Bad news about the SBC pump. 

[brownnova]

Went to the shops, found the most appropriate car to park next to. 

[Sunny Jim]

Beware the whippet.

(First Aid training scenario at work).

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said:

Beware the whippet.

(First Aid training scenario at work).

That is a disturbing sex doll.

[Stanky]

Heater matrix leaking, or airflow flap adjuster popped off?

[camryv6]

4 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Heater matrix leaking, or airflow flap adjuster popped off?

No, he lost 20p down the air vent

[Snake Charmer]

3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

That is a disturbing sex doll.

Nasty gash.

[andyberg]

Son has just been offered an apprenticeship at the garage he works at 1 day a week. So very proud of him, he is on the autism spectrum so this is a massive thing.  So very happy.

[stuboy]

23 hours ago, stuboy said:

Well I decided to swap the alternator and what a fiddly job.. well I wasn't hopefully it was the problem but hey ho give it go...

 

Well it seems the noise has gone away,  4 mile test drive all ok... 

 

 

 

[Snake Charmer]

6 minutes ago, stuboy said:

 

I think a KA was one of the most awkward I have done. PAS pump & aircon pumps away, bumper off and headlight out and the wing too I think. My passing shot for the car was to add the Si section of a Rover 216 Si badge to the rear end so it read KASi.

[stuboy]

6 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

I think a KA was one of the most awkward I have done. PAS pump & aircon pumps away, bumper off and headlight out and the wing too I think. My passing shot for the car was to add the Si section of a Rover 216 Si badge to the rear end so it read KASi.

and this yellow was just to change the interior light bulb..

[Snake Charmer]

40 minutes ago, stuboy said:

and this yellow was just to change the interior light bulb..

I can hear Bernard Cribbins singing in the background..........

Alright, " said Fred, "Have to take the door off
Need more space to shift the so-and-so."
Had bad twinges taking off the hinges
And it got us nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea and Right, " said Fred, "

 

[Kiltox]

🎵 convooooooy 

[Snake Charmer]

1 minute ago, Kiltox said:

🎵 convooooooy 

Keep the shiny side up and the slippery down! 

[Longbridge Apologist]

Some royalty. And the Prince of Wales.

#RoverMetro
 

 

[Ged]

Thought I would try to start the 305 for a laugh, it was not too happy about that.

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, brownnova said:

  Went to the shops, found the most appropriate car to park next to. 

When I worked at that Palmer site you have the car meetings at one of the other lab guys had a black one of those. Always thought it totally bland and dull.

[Fumbler]

Sniff sniff

[Kiltox]

Cheeky 300 mile round trip to pick up this bastard from @a60rod - it’s absolutely spot on 👌 

Audi’s an absolute animal for covering long distance at the drop of a hat like that, despite being nearly 204k up and 17 years old. 

 

[High Jetter]

Aww, M9!

[3VOM]

19 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

Beware the whippet.

(First Aid training scenario at work).

(Monty Python and the Holy Grail)     "Run Away!"

[Cord Fourteener]

19 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

Beware the whippet.

(First Aid training scenario at work).

Remember Gelert, it wasn't the dog, there's a wolf behind you!

[dollywobbler]

20 hours ago, brownnova said:

Went to the shops, found the most appropriate car to park next to. 

Mine was M691 VCA. It was a heap, but a lot of fun.