Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Polished the cloudy headlamps on the Ignis with this today. 5 mins and a wipe down looks a lot better No before/after pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I'm going to bed. Stevebrookman, egg, Craig the Princess and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 That looks factory fresh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: No before/after pics? On the smoll soozookey fred Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Got asked to go rescue the boss, she got a courtesy car from garage whom are alledgally fixing her X5 , no lights on dash, check battery it's a not secured and positive terminal not clamped on...and negative looked dodgy too, I left that alone, but tightened the positive.. alf892 and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Bought a set of clocks for the SLK from a breaker on eBay, made an offer - refused, made another- accepted so £35 for the full set when everyone else wants well into the hundreds! I like cheap... No info is stored on the clocks themselves so not a mileage dodge or anything I just want the LCD screens out of these to fit in mine and see if I can evict my 'pink shrimp' at some point. Bought and paid for on Sunday, just arrived. Beautifully packed and wrapped with mucho bubble wrap and in perfect condition. I do love to complain (and whinge/whine) but now't to complain about here dave j, dome, High Jetter and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 The end is more nigh! BBC News - Petrol and diesel car sales ban brought forward to 2035https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51366123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 2 February 2020 at 6:31 PM, vulgalour said: I've been keeping an eye out for anything useful locally since there's a good few house renovations going on. Spotted a skinny locker sat on the pavement, knocked on some doors and found out it was destined for scrap so scooped it up in the BX for the garage. Good for metal bar stock and garden canes, thinks I. A friend tells me it's a gun locker. I don't have any guns, so I'll keep bar stock and garden canes in it instead. Probably* already on the Discovery channel. How To Make Guns From Bar Stock And Garden Canes. Doubtless a six part series of hour long episodes mainly composed of much YeeHaaa, yelling and high fives from men with baseball caps on backwards and beards down to their belly. strangeangel, vulgalour and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 In a fit of rare enthusiasm, I have hoovered the flat. First time since Christmas, there was the 'odd' dog hair floating about hither and yon... In fact there were three more Labradors and a couple of Bassets hiding under the sofa, I wondered who was eating all the food! Now in absolute agony so am eating Paracetamol like smarties. This is always my first attempt to be sensible before I start on the Morphine and then double dose on the Fentenyl I already have. I also still have to dust but the will is strong while the body is weak. Actually, the will is weak as well... Anyone want a part time gig as a cleaner? I could pay... though probably peanuts as I am a cheap old bastard. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, xtriple said: In a fit of rare enthusiasm, I have hoovered the flat. First time since Christmas, there was the 'odd' dog hair floating about hither and yon... In fact there were three more Labradors and a couple of Bassets hiding under the sofa, I wondered who was eating all the food! Now in absolute agony so am eating Paracetamol like smarties. This is always my first attempt to be sensible before I start on the Morphine and then double dose on the Fentenyl I already have. I also still have to dust but the will is strong while the body is weak. Actually, the will is weak as well... Anyone want a part time gig as a cleaner? I could pay... though probably peanuts as I am a cheap old bastard. Eating Paracetamol like smarties and double dosing on pain meds doesn't sound good. The tone of your post doesn't sound good either TBH. Are you ok? Well, you know what I mean. Concerned. xtriple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 And me. Can't you die if you have too many paracetamol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Don''t take more than 1000mg/4hrs. You don't get more pain relief from more paracetamol, it's nothing like Morphine. Paracetamol is very harmful in quantities more than's stated on the back of the packet. Can cause serious, irreparable harm to your kidneys and liver. Proper paracetamol overdosesare a nasty nasty way to die, I've seen them as a Paramedic. Craig the Princess, xtriple and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Thanks guys, nice to know someone loves me (no Valentines though). I am okay, no worse than usual after any exertion and not currently suicidal. I do take too many Paracetamol, that I know but excess Morphine (which is what we are up to now) makes me itch like a bastard so I always try the 'straight' way first, even though it never works. Happily, everyone has taken pity on the old cripple and a nice lady carried my shopping to the car and a mate poop picked after the dogs and then walked miles to deposit same. All the time I just sat and whinged... which I am really bloody good at! Spurious, Stevebrookman, paulplom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 At least you're alive to whinge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 With the Multipla's MOT due soon I've been positive about its chances and bought a new main beam headlight as a stone has cracked the current one. Got the cheap one from a breaker on eBay but didn't notice in the photo (and it wasn't mentioned in the listing) that it has the reg the car it was taken from etched into the glass. Which is a bit meh but it doesn't really matter so I'll go with it. Let's see if the MOT history will tell me why Y332JJX was scrapped Date tested13 October 2012 FAIL Mileage122,595 miles Reason(s) for failure Offside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b) Nearside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d) Offside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.C.1d) Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2) Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2) Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f) Parking brake mechanism/associated mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (3.1.9) Offside Brake cable insecure (3.5.1d) Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2) Offside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1) Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1) Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2) Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings (6.1.B.2) Front Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g) Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a) Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine (7.4.B.3b) Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7) Advisory notice item(s) Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1) nearside front brake hose cracking That's the longest fail list I've ever seen and I've had some shockers. Split_Pin, Yoss, timolloyd and 7 others 2 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 the Concerto, while solid, is bloody messy. Interior is mouldy and the driver's door card is off as the lock was changed. Everything works and the radio loom hasn't been butchered for once so my spare radio can go in when the ISO adapter arrives. First thing to do was remove a couple of massively incorrect stickers (nothing JDM as fuck about Longbridge) and perform a compression test. I knew it was HGFd but still... Test gave back 125/75/80/150, it should be blowing 180s... Also the ATF cooler pipes are pissing out fluid (tadts). The ignition barrel needs changing as it's worn out and the key can be removed with the car running, but one was supplied with the car. I also need a standard exhaust for it as it's stupidly loud, there's no rear silencer. There's a good honest car hiding under all the mess. chodweaver, dome, MorrisItalSLX and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, xtriple said: Thanks guys, nice to know someone loves me (no Valentines though). I am okay, no worse than usual after any exertion and not currently suicidal. I do take too many Paracetamol, that I know but excess Morphine (which is what we are up to now) makes me itch like a bastard so I always try the 'straight' way first, even though it never works. Happily, everyone has taken pity on the old cripple and a nice lady carried my shopping to the car and a mate poop picked after the dogs and then walked miles to deposit same. All the time I just sat and whinged... which I am really bloody good at! If it's severe and you're struggling to manage, ask for some help. I certainly don't mind coming out to people who've run out of options. Always have empathy for those with painful conditions. Wouldn't wish it on anyone. Stay strong ? BorniteIdentity, The Moog, chadders and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I have asked the Docs before about an increase in meds, but it's not an option as I am already on the maximum dose of Fentanyl! Ho-hum and indeed, bugger. To be honest, most of the time it's okay, not pleasant but manageable but if I accept that I'm a scruffy twat and ashamed of it/myself and do some 'hands and knees'hoovering then I know it will kill me but once a month is hardly excessive now is it I did have a lady who cleaned for me but she quit ages ago due to my constant sexual demands, I kept telling her to 'fuck off' so she did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 3 hours ago, xtriple said: Anyone want a part time gig as a cleaner? I've heard they can come in naked flavour now. Yes, really. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 The headlamps on the mondeo was like a candle.. so whipped them out, good look like 99p crap off ebay, thought how can I see at night... ahhaa i bought some led bulbs for focus and never used them so shoved them in paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TataBobu Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Looks like an interrogation lamp, might leave oncoming traffic blind. alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Poundland used to sell those blue tinted bulbs - I can confirm they are completely shit. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 20 minutes ago, TataBobu said: Looks like an interrogation lamp, might leave oncoming traffic blind. Will certainly have interesting insurance implications if there's a claim later on.... I've already had two near-misses in the past week from oncoming traffic thanks to their stray beam patterns which left me momentarily blinded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Where did you get those - link? & will they replace the H4 candles on my Scirocco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa botherer Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I did the cam belt on my Alfa this weekend. It’s a bit of a fiddle* to do with access between the engine and inner wing not being the best. At the same time I rebuilt the camshaft variatior with a new spring and washer kit, which was an easy* and straightforward* job. Suffice to say it was dark by the time I finished and when replacing the spark plugs the little rubber nipple that sits inside the plug socket decided to come out attached to one of the plugs. In the gloom I didn’t notice. The following day after some swearing and dismantling I worked out why it was running like arse. (8 plugs being a twin spark so wasn’t as obvious as 3 cylinders). I will treat you all to some crappy mid rebuild photos that mainly exist so I could remember how to put it back together again. BorniteIdentity, paulplom, Shirley Knott and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 BMW has been brought home. Borrowed some trade plates. It looked a bit sad having stood for a while so I had it washed and dried. It's now parked up. Battery may need help starting but I have some jump leads. Decided to tackle the dipped light bulb on the Vectra having blown a few days ago. Officially its a bumper off job. I've never managed to get a whole front bumper off a car before and I wasn't about to start at 6pm in the cold and dark. However, some helpful youtube vids showed me that access is very tight but still accessible. I'm used to getting my hands down an engine and removing stuff by feel. I accessed the light bulb, removed and replaced.: Access was done by removing the shiny plastic outer cap near the right-hand side of the pic: The dipped bulb was sorted but the computer in the car was still screaming that the 'parking light' was still not functioning. So again more fumbling about until I realised that I had removed another still functioning bulb. So bulb replaced and put back into place. I then spotted the culprit which is the small white bulb holder towards the left side of the housing: I couldn't honestly be bothered to try, the slam panel was trying to cut my wrist and my fingers just couldn't get grip of the bulb holder. At least my main lights are done. Bren and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 On 1/13/2020 at 7:05 PM, gm said: yep, got the tool (bought it years ago from junkyarddog when he was involved in mx5nutz) - pm me your address and I'll bung it in the post - mine is also a mk1 1.8 which I was booting off a roundabout when it went ping, a quick tow home from the rac and a new belt fitted a couple of days later and it's running good as new, maybe even better as the old belt was pretty worn, might have been slightly out of timing before. @Tenmil Socket I bought the kit off mx5parts, worked out much cheaper than europarts https://www.mx5parts.co.uk/camshaft-timing-belt-budget-mk1-25-p-2758.html if you've not used them before, sign up for the newsletter before you order and you should get a 10% off code It's done now @gm. I shall post the tool back to you as soon as I get chance. Cheers... VID_20200202_155934974_3.mp4 gm, LightBulbFun, Six-cylinder and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Good stuff - That’s a mighty clean looking engine you have there paulplom and Tenmil Socket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, gm said: Good stuff - That’s a mighty clean looking engine you have there Cheers... here's a pic from my post on the Latest News Thread... Tickman, richardmorris, dome and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex66 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Nearly (9days) in the new house, spent the last two months going up and down the A1 decorating, making stuff etc, we are tired. I have to say my dirt cheep Xsara Picasso has been a star, the sheer amount of stuff it holds and the miles done superb, though I now want to get something else but cant decide heart says BX head says C3 or 4. We still have a fair bit to do but the childrens rooms re sorted as is the lounge and stair risers and we will wake up to views of hills and out to the sea (just) it is all worth the pain. Got told I have high cholesterol, which is a shock and probably the cause of the minor, it can just go with the other body falling apart that I have. In a good mood generally for a change in winter looking forward to a big change. paulplom and vulgalour 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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