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[barefoot]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Dance while the record spins? 

No, take the CVT MIcra to a Nissan specialist or any fucker else who actually has the skills to know what they're doing & let them sort the unstable idle issue out once and for all. It'll probably only take a couple of hours and be money far better spent than to keep endlessly swapping over used & presumably equally fucked throttle bodies which resolve the issue for about two hundred miles and clearly aren't really achieving anything.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

If the CD is constantly switched on it could explain the battery drain, radios are one of the main causes of battery drain in any car. The wipers coming on could be the Comm2000 unit, which is the unit behind the steering wheel which incorporates the column stalks. Also the BSI, the body computer/fusebox can malfunction. It can be easily reset, the procedure is on YouTube.

Thank you, I removed the battery and put it on charge for a few hours. Just reconnected it and the wipers didn't immediately activate so I'm going to hold fire with pointing the finger at the Comm2000 unit just for now. I think the wipers coming on were just one of those quirks you get sometimes on any car when the battery goes low

After charging the battery, it started up fine, was charging at 14.4 volts with a load, though each time I added a load it dipped to 12.9v for about a second

I did a very quick parasitic drain test and it was alternating between 120mA and 70mA though I'm well aware I should wait 15 mins or so after locking it to get a correct and accurate result

After I locked the car, the hazard light started flashing as it should but the battery light on the dash stayed illuminated, which I find strange and perhaps a possible indication of what's going on. 

I'm led to believe on these that it will illuminate if it detects an excess drain with ignition off. Or my second idea was the diode on the alternator feeding back to the light and causing a drain. 

Regarding the CD player, (well, headunit I should say) it was randomly lighting up for about 10 seconds sometimes when I open one of the doors. Again, I find this strange but will wait until I've done some more investigating tomorrow before making any further conclusion on that and will see how it goes.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

No, Garador was a good 35% more expensive for equivalent secure roller door than this. This is (iirc) an Aluroll Secureroll. Fully fitted cost just over £2300, so a decent amount of wedge. It was an extra £300 since I got the original quote in 2020. Thankfully the original house builders put in a RSJ above the two old doors, so saved a lot not having that done.

Garador have external motors which are far easier to replace. But as I won't be using the door daily, it won't get anywhere near enough use to justify the extra cost. If I was using it to store a daily driver, I'd have got a Garador. 

I think it, quite thoughtfully, depends on the site. Our motor is inside, but only as we have rear access to the garage. RSJ was a massive saver for you.

[JJ0063]

I’ve been ill with pretty severe vertigo type symptoms since November, been waiting for an MRI for ages and still don’t even have a date.

Finally found the guts to stand my ground with the doctors as all they were prescribing me was anti sickness medication to stop me throwing up when I was having an episode. I didn’t kick off but I made how I’ve been feeling in my head clear and they’ve now moved me on to the same meds that are used to treat Meniers disease even though they can’t physically see any issues with me and it’s made me feel so much better, actually near enough normal.

I am therefore really looking forward to the long weekend as I can go and do normal things without having to plan a lie down or carry a bag to be sick into!

Going to get up and go to a car boot sale on good Friday, then come home and have a day tinkering with the Melody and finishing the van painting. Really can’t wait to have a nice day after so long!

[wuvvum]

12 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I forget if yours is manual or automatic, but I was under the impression the manual diesel 75's could comfortably get 45-50mpg combined and upto 60mpg on a run? 

Best I've ever got from my auto on a run was 47.  Commuting into Norwich it used to do 38 or thereabouts. 

[RoverFolkUs]

Just now, wuvvum said:

Best I've ever got from my auto on a run was 47.  Commuting into Norwich it used to do 38 or thereabouts. 

That's good going from an Autobox (well, an early 00's one at that)

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Vehicle Alert! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Marina Ital Sports Tourer, yo! 

https://www.evoke-classics.com/auction/1982-morris-ital-1-7-hl-estate/

[keith777]

Wow

[RoverFolkUs]

20 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Quelle surprise... 

The new family bike Xsara Picasso has electrical faults

I'm currently storing it off the road so that I can sort everything out and service it etc, basically give it the obligatory new ownership once-over. 

It's had a new battery recently from the previous owner. Last started it up on Sunday and it was fine. This afternoon I unlocked it and for some reason the CD player was playing music (🤔) switched it off and thought nothing of it, but despite me repeatedly switching the interior lights off, they still kept coming back on. 

Putting the key in the ignition, on the second turn the wipers come on very slowly and there are various weird noises and interior lights flashing on and off. Tried to start it and nothing at all. Starter doesn't even click

Removed the battery and brought it indoors to test it. Showing 10.8 volts, so it has a serious battery drain somewhere.

It's currently sat outside trickle charging 

Fantastique! Don't you just love French cars...! 

Update on the Xsara Picasso -

Just done some more testing. Looks like its the alternator

Starting it up it drops to no less than 10.8 volts, so the battery is ok (as it should be, it's pretty new) 

At idle it's 14.4v. If I add a large electrical load (pretty much everything - headlights, wipers, heated rear screen, blowers etc) it drops to 12.6v at idle. If I increase the revs very slightly it jumps to 13.8v so that tells me the regulator is naffed. 

When it's running, I'm getting a reading of about 3v AC. So that suggests the diode is also knackered hence causing the fast battery drain. 

I'll have to do some more testing with the better and more reliable multimeter from work as I'm not fully convinced my eBay special one is particularly accurate 

In the mean time, I'm going to fully charge the battery on my charger to rule it out, then if it drains again quickly once connected in the car I know the battery is probably ok and it's something that's draining it

Before I unlocked the car, I noticed the battery light was lit up on the dash so that also tells me the diode is feeding power back where it shouldn't be. 

I did a BSI reset before carrying out the above tests and will do another one when I reconnect the recharged battery

I somehow thought Easter weekend wouldn't be trouble free! What with my plans of sorting out Focus #2 being thwarted as the union STILL HASNT FUCKING ARRIVED 1 week later. I bet the silly buggers sent it out 2nd class. Twats. Now I have a Xsara Picasso playing the game of 'find the electrical fault' in spite. 

TLDR; cars and eBay sellers are twats

(I would have put this in the grumpy thread but because I think I've found the possible problem I'm not grumpy enough for that!)

[bunglebus]

A bit more Saaab weldage, apparently this corner of the boot and inner wing always rots? It had a previous MoT standard patch which had trapped moisture and made things worse, so chop chop

Did the inner wing bit first

Then the boot floor to meet it

[HillmanImp]

Fitted the units in the back of the Nissan today. 

Just need to add everything else now. Hob & sink, electric of some sort, mattress, awning and fuck loads of other cripplingly expensive shit no doubt. 

[RoverFolkUs]

14 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

"can't find the issue mate" 

...

 "more than the cars worth". 

 

You're using garages that have this mentality, which is your problem.

Peer through the workshop door, if it's full of moderns and they're doing discs/pads and oil changes walk away. 

Find somewhere that's got an old boy that repairs not replaces, and also has some older and more unusual cars in, bet he'll know what the problem is after digging through his memory of dealing with K11 Micras 20 years ago

[stuboy]

Top quality chinesium fuel pipe delivers for the mighty moped..

And been nd checked on the zephyr..

[cort1977]

26 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

 

But since this is a fucking joke to some of you I'm fucking off after this post.   Sorry it's a CVT k11 and not a TD BX or Maestro.

 

Please don't do that, all input appreciated here.

[cort1977]

I may have bought some terminally rusty shite today. Whether it will be going back on the road or a parts car will depend on what lurks underneath. 

Incredibly exciting kollecshun fred tomorrow.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

But since this is a fucking joke to some of you I'm fucking off after this post.   Sorry it's a CVT k11 and not a TD BX or Maestro.

 

I know I'm a relatively new member so not exactly in a strong position to comment on this, but I'll leave my 2 pence worth anyway.

In a forum with so many members and such an eclectic mix of vehicles, its a given that some people simply wont be interested in what you have. It doesn't mean you're not welcome and there's nothing stopping you from continuing to post for the group of people who are interested. 

I can count the number of people interested in my MK2 Focus with the fingers on my left hand, but it doesn't get me down and I'm certainly not going to take offence that 99% of people aren't interested in what I have to say becuase MK2 Focuses are still everywhere and arent really interesting by any stretch of the imagination. 

Something that you simply dont see anymore, such as a Daewoo Espero is bound to attract more interest than a MK4 Astra for example

[Supernaut]

2 hours ago, cort1977 said:

I may have bought some terminally rusty shite today. Whether it will be going back on the road or a parts car will depend on what lurks underneath. 

Incredibly exciting kollecshun fred tomorrow.

You just mean you're getting the Mustang back, right?

 

[goosey]

Removed the fuel injectors from the Jeep today and fitted new filter baskets and flushed them through with cleaner, god knows how it ran as the filters were pretty much blocked full of dirt.

put it all back together and the difference is barely noticeable 

[SiC]

Moggie in front of the Moggie

 

[stuboy]

Think I prefer the new fuel pipe .

[Zelandeth]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Think I prefer the new fuel pipe .

I need to do exactly the same job on our chainsaw as the fuel lines on that have turned to goo over the winter.

[Split_Pin]

450 mile round trip to Manchester in the 75 this week to visit Greystone skatepark in Salford.

It performed faultlessly and I always step out it with absolutely no fatigue whatsoever, nor do my passengers.

It got properly dirty though which is rare for my cars!

All clean again.

I also bought a battery compartment lid as it let the otherwise mint engine bay down a bit.

I also bought a skateboard at the skatepark as my arm is still somewhat ruined so can't use a scooter for the foreseeable. It was great fun and I'm not in traction so must have done something right.

 

[andyberg]

Took the autoshite bug for a run today. Still going well, it's a lovely drive and the roof still works and doesn't leak! Looks happy parked next to my brother's Golf cabriolet 😂

[grogee]

On 4/15/2022 at 7:53 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

You think I've not tried? multiple garages have told me "can't find the issue mate" and charged me for their time, or are flat out not interested as it is "more than the cars worth". 

So my only recourse is to try and learn and attempt it myself while saving for something else.

But since this is a fucking joke to some of you I'm fucking off after this post.   Sorry it's a CVT k11 and not a TD BX or Maestro.

 

This is a true problem these days, garages don't want to know. I sympathize. 

Don't go. I don't have any particular connection with the Micra, but I enjoy reading from those who do. Above all I love the fact that we, as a group, keep cars on the road that have no right to be surviving this long. 

FWIW I've got a very clean and very stationary Saab on the drive, I've got no idea what's wrong with it, and I'm just going to have to persevere and do my best to get it going again. It'll cost me a bit of money, a lot of time, but if I win then I'll get enormous satisfaction from fixing it. 

[OM646]

On 4/15/2022 at 7:53 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

You think I've not tried? multiple garages have told me "can't find the issue mate" and charged me for their time, or are flat out not interested as it is "more than the cars worth". 

So my only recourse is to try and learn and attempt it myself while saving for something else.

But since this is a fucking joke to some of you I'm fucking off after this post.   Sorry it's a CVT k11 and not a TD BX or Maestro.

 

Don't do that mate.

There'll always be people appreciating what you post here. I for sure do, and i'm not the first stating it.

[Cookiesouwest]

Something seems to be missing. The cover was missing, since purchase.

Seems as though one of the neighbours took offence to what was left of the headlight washer and snapped it off in the night.

Obviously wanted to give the car a 'smooth' look.

Surprised the f*ckers didn't debadge and remove the door handles at the same time.

[Jenson Velcro]

Why frequent oil changes are a good idea 

[Crackers]

One for @LightBulbFun and someone else who mentioned it.

Dad's Land Rover currently wears a set of fairly minging cheap pressed numberplates, which have the wrong spacing and font and just look a bit crap. While I love the black plates on my P6 because they match the front end trim, I don't think they suit a blue Land Rover.

Luckily, the previous owner has just dug these out of his shed!

These are believed to be its original plates, in matching condition to the rest of the car. They'll suit it perfectly.

[LightBulbFun]

2 minutes ago, Crackers said:

One for @LightBulbFun and someone else who mentioned it.

Dad's Land Rover currently wears a set of fairly minging cheap pressed numberplates, which have the wrong spacing and font and just look a bit crap. While I love the black plates on my P6 because they match the front end trim, I don't think they suit a blue Land Rover.

Luckily, the previous owner has just dug these out of his shed!

These are believed to be its original plates, in matching condition to the rest of the car. They'll suit it perfectly.

Oooh lovely! glad to see the original/period plates have been saved  

they look so much better then what its currently wearing! (ill just tag @MorrisItalSLX to make sure he aint missing out)

[HillmanImp]

I noticed that paint on the N/S sill on Meg was looking a bit tatty recently, so decided to pop outside and paint it today. 

After cleaning it back and applying some rust protection, whilst I waited for it to dry I popped round to the O/S sill and started cleaning that. 

Fartknockers.

So.... 

And I've still not painted the nearside. 

Gonna have to look at the inner sill where it joins the floor behind here tomorrow I think. Its 'crusty' but I'm hoping to get away with it. 

I need to get Meg on the road in the next few weeks whilst the Nissan is in for painting. Otherwise I'll be walking everywhere, although I probably do need the exercise.