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6 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

I'm quite a fan of the Kenwood KMM-506DAB.

Looks pretty inoffensive when off.

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Plus has infinitely adjustable display illumination colour available so you can perfectly match it to the car.  In the case of my Caddy a hyper-saturated green with just the slightest hint of yellow.

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Buttons and display can be adjusted independently too.  When I had it in the S123 I had the buttons red and display warm white which matched the heater controls above.

 

I had a similar unit, but with CD, a Kenwood KDC-BT640U. It's now in the caravan instead since I fitted the cassette system in my Fabia.

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15 hours ago, tom13 said:

Wealth of knowledge there. You have done your research.

Mine didn't have a rev counter (does now) but does have electric windows and remote central locking. It also has these black wheel trims which I thought were after market but apparently they are genuine pug.

I paid £700 at a mates body shop to have a full respray as the body was starting to look a little bit rough after ten years on the street. I've also upgraded the four speakers which improved the sound loads. 

It is bright red not pink!

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1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Mine didn't have a rev counter (does now) but does have electric windows and remote central locking. It also has these black wheel trims which I thought were after market but apparently they are genuine pug.

I paid £700 at a mates body shop to have a full respray as the body was starting to look a little bit rough after ten years on the street. I've also upgraded the four speakers which improved the sound loads. 

It is bright red not pink!

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Looks pink to me. 

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13 hours ago, jmsguzzi said:

the knackered Sony stereo in the 205 tonight, was an absolute bastard to get out for some reason.

That's the first car that stereo has ever been fitted in, it's been in storage since the insurance company provided it after my dad's 98 almera was broken into for the second time.

 

The tape deck works fine, but I don't know why the radio didn't work.  The previous stereo didn't work for the radio either, and I even replaced the aerial to see if that was it.

 

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1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Mine didn't have a rev counter (does now) but does have electric windows and remote central locking. It also has these black wheel trims which I thought were after market but apparently they are genuine pug.

I paid £700 at a mates body shop to have a full respray as the body was starting to look a little bit rough after ten years on the street. I've also upgraded the four speakers which improved the sound loads. 

It is bright red not pink!

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Was it pink originally, or did you choose to have to resprayed in that colour? ;)

How old is it. You must really love it to have had the respray done.

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15 hours ago, Ged said:

Found a crack in the saabs radiator which I am oddly happy about as I can stop being anxious about impending headgasket failure, touch the finest Ikea wood.

I picked up a 9000 Carlson cheap as the seller thought the head gasket had gone

Turned out to be a split rad spitting coolant at just the right spot on the block to dry off and leave a stain..  

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12 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Found out why I'm getting abysmal fuel economy (saw 13mpg this morning). Second lambda sensor appears to have went nuts according to the diagnostic shite I was using, reporting it to be running lean and the ECU has been compensating for it. Ordered a replacement up (£40 quid, fucking hell) and am planning to be going under the car to fit it whenever it arrives. Should be interesting.

Usually the post-cat lambda is used for catalytic converter efficiency checking, rather than fuelling. That being said, a few engine setups do use it to tweak the maps - most notably (iirc) BMWs. 

Sure your pre-cat lambda is behaving correctly? Could be causing the post cat readings to be bonkers too.

£40 seems cheap. Is it genuine Bosch? 

Generic random brand sensors are shit and not worth the money. 

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Just now, SiC said:

Usually the post-cat lambda is used for catalytic converter efficiency checking, rather than fuelling. That being said, a few engine setups do use it to tweak the maps - most notably (iirc) BMWs. 

Sure your pre-cat lambda is behaving correctly? Could be causing the post cat readings to be bonkers too.

The pre-cat lambda wasn't behaving, frayed wiring, bit of insulating tape and it's stopped the car from cutting out and/or trying to kill me again.

1 minute ago, SiC said:

£40 seems cheap. Is it genuine Bosch? 

Generic random brand sensors are shit and not worth the money. 

It's a genuine new OEM/VW one from eBay that was recommended by a guy on Briskoda. It was up for £45 but I pinged the seller an offer of £40. :)

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26 minutes ago, loserone said:

That's the first car that stereo has ever been fitted in, it's been in storage since the insurance company provided it after my dad's 98 almera was broken into for the second time.

 

The tape deck works fine, but I don't know why the radio didn't work.  The previous stereo didn't work for the radio either, and I even replaced the aerial to see if that was it.

 

Unfortunately I couldn’t get the radio or tape deck to make sound even though the beeps were definitely coming through the speakers, looks like it’s had some water damage to the back of the unit, hopefully that’s not happened whilst fitted in the car!

I’m not sure there’s owt wrong with the aerial though as the old blaupunkt picked up a station as soon as I plugged it in, it just wouldn’t stay powered but that’s a problem with the unit itself rather than the car.

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11 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

The pre-cat lambda wasn't behaving, frayed wiring, bit of insulating tape and it's stopped the car from cutting out and/or trying to kill me again.

Pre cat lambda is commonly referred to as the first sensor. It's the first out of the two to receive the exhaust gases. 

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1 minute ago, SiC said:

Pre cat lambda is commonly referred to as the first sensor. It's the first out of the two to receive the exhaust gases. 

Aye, this one:

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It's the second one that was bringing back erratic figures when I checked it with the ELM327 thingy. If it's a result of the first one then I'll just replace both.

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Mot this afternoon for the van. Twitchy bum time. It might be a fail because of a hole in the sill but I'm hoping my mate will let it go because it's getting done on the 24th. Didn't want to take it in after because it only leaves six days for anything else that turns up. Trusted welder bloke had a look underneath and says it doesn't need any welding there. The only welding it's had underneath is the drivers footwell coz of a leak. Not bad for a 33 year old Pug van. Body work is looking a bit shit so if anyone knows where I could get an offside wing, or even both, I would be grateful.

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2 hours ago, paulplom said:

I've also upgraded the four speakers which improved the sound loads.

What speakers did you use?  I bought some upgraded 4" speakers but they're too deep to fit in the dash holes properly - the original speakers seem to be very low profile.

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1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Aye, this one:

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It's the second one that was bringing back erratic figures when I checked it with the ELM327 thingy. If it's a result of the first one then I'll just replace both.

Probably do both, that tape isn't going to hold up forever with the temperatures of that area and the precat is a bit more important than post cat for running. 

But those readings for the post cat sensor were definitely not right, sensor is probably easiest thing to swap first. Luckily it shouldnt be the cat at fault as the high - low waveform turned flat for the second sensor which indicates it is performing as it should. However the reading was too high (rich)

It really needs some in depth diagnostics but that would come at a cost, which would soon become uneconomical 

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1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I think the last of the South American T2s had Polo engines, so not exactly exotic...

But the Polo engined T2 had a flusher grill in the front 

 

Now, there were also some rarer diesel ones that do have the snout 

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23 hours ago, C3C3 said:

Replacing the wings on the base spec escort, found a big o hole in the drivers floor and the back third of the drivers side sill needs doing.

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Replacement wings line up pretty much spot on other than the vertical due to some excess material. Going to save the reach arches almost in the entirety as the material is solid just all bent up, nothing a dolly and some elbow grease wont fix.

 

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Painting this one little fuel flap has been a bit tiresome.  The brush paint requires three coats to get to a thickness you can flat and polish it nicely.  I'd already got the second coat on the outside face before the whole piece reacted for some reason and I had to flat it back almost all the way to primer.  What you see here is the second coat of brush-applied paint, before its finished settling out, which is why it looks a bit wibbly.  Happily, no reaction this time.  Providing the third and final coat goes on without trouble, this can then be flatted back and polished and I should be able to get a reasonable finish on the rest of the car.

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