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[vulgalour]

Put the Rover away yesterday after a good hoon about to make sure the battery had charged up.  Double checked all the things that need to be turned off, were, and arranged the cars so I could use it today.  No joy, battery flat again.  Jumped it off the Princess and it started no bother, as it always does.  I wonder if the battery itself is at fault since it seems unable to hold a charge overnight.  Will be putting it on the tester to see if it's okay and if it is, we'll put it on a long charge off the car to see if we can encourage it to behave.

 

If the battery still goes flat overnight after that I'll take it back and get it replaced.  It's a new battery, still under warranty, so it shouldn't be an issue to get a swap.  Funnily enough, when I got the battery it went flat pretty much straight away and I attempted to return it to be told it checked out fine (which it did), and it then behaved normally after a deep charge.  Gut feeling is that it's a duff battery.

[beko1987]

The blue laguna had similar symptoms with its dead battery. Using it every day, as long as I turned it on asap then faffed about it was always fine. Leave it over the weekend, needed a jump. I scrapped the car instead...

 

Meriva and Zafira did the same when their batteries died too. Fine one day, couldn't start the car the next (Amy was at a toddler group when the Zafira went, in a big posh place near Oxford. Apparently many people stared as I rattled up in the silver laguna, nudged the bumpers as I parked, got out, swore alot as I jumped the Zafira, then went in to wash my hands and give Amy her keys back, leaving the Zafira running, then accidentally wheelspinning out of the car park... Oops

[Squire_Dawson]

Any Warminster shiters willing to collect and hold 5 tyres for me until ponied north or SF?

[Fumbler]

Don't skimp on the replacement battery as these are quite power hungry;and the blend motors may just need a bit of help to start moving again.

Brother's a bit apprehensive due to the fact that when the battery is taken out, Body ECU goes mental and you have to do the buttock clentching code re-entering procedure, which, for him, is going to be a bit of a mouthful. After all, I don't think he wants to be locked out for 30 minutes, especilally with the snowy forecast for this week. When we did turn the HVAC on the engine really bogged down so a charge is what that battery probably needs more than anything.

[captain_70s]

Put the Rover away yesterday after a good hoon about to make sure the battery had charged up.  Double checked all the things that need to be turned off, were, and arranged the cars so I could use it today.  No joy, battery flat again.  Jumped it off the Princess and it started no bother, as it always does.  I wonder if the battery itself is at fault since it seems unable to hold a charge overnight.  Will be putting it on the tester to see if it's okay and if it is, we'll put it on a long charge off the car to see if we can encourage it to behave.

 

If the battery still goes flat overnight after that I'll take it back and get it replaced.  It's a new battery, still under warranty, so it shouldn't be an issue to get a swap.  Funnily enough, when I got the battery it went flat pretty much straight away and I attempted to return it to be told it checked out fine (which it did), and it then behaved normally after a deep charge.  Gut feeling is that it's a duff battery.

 

The Acclaim had a new battery when I bought it but the slow drain (from the dodgy clock) meant that is kept being flattened, even when the drain was removed it'd sometimes go flat on a cold night but now the car is in constant use the car can sit for a week with no ill effect... Perhaps you need to break the battery back in, so to speak?

[Ghosty]

The power of Facebook!

 

There's always been another white Civic GL auto very local to me (about 2 streets over), but I haven't seen it for a while. Had a red stripe on the rubbing strip and Borbet-looking wheels. Then recently it reappeared and the guy's been dailying it. Also, there was a red manual GL owned by some giffers. 

 

I recognised the white car on an post on 4GUK (a Civic page).

 

Turns out the white GL was his pride and joy owned since 2000 and it got torched by vandals in 2017, presumably from the nearby council estate on the other side of a small wooded area opposite his house. This is why it disappeared, along with an Alfa GTV it was always parked with (its nose melted). 

 

The new Civic is a replacement he's recently bought and done up to be identical to his old one, having been laid up for 7 years. He's just bought the local red Civic to use as a daily as well - after swapping the gearboxes so his good white one is a manual, and the red one is auto!

I've never seen the fella in his Civic when I've been in mine, but he's seen Mother Ghosty in it, and commented on how clean it is

[wuvvum]

Brother's a bit apprehensive due to the fact that when the battery is taken out, Body ECU goes mental and you have to do the buttock clentching code re-entering procedure, which, for him, is going to be a bit of a mouthful. After all, I don't think he wants to be locked out for 30 minutes, especilally with the snowy forecast for this week. When we did turn the HVAC on the engine really bogged down so a charge is what that battery probably needs more than anything.

These days if I ever have to change a battery on a "modern", I leave my little jump pack connected up to the battery terminals so the ECUs don't shut down.  I used to use a moped battery and a couple of lengths of wire with crocodile clips on the ends, which worked equally well until I "borrowed" them to wire in an electric fuel pump on the Volvo.

[Ghosty]

Also, my mum got a ride in a friend of hers' car this morning. I'm very fucking envious I wasn't there.

 

35k from new and family owned since 1980. Still has the factory plastic coverings on the rear bench and door cards.

[egg]

Roman Bronze

 

*faints*

[trigger]

What a car!

[Guest Hooli]

That's a proper motor!

[binhoker668]

I clearly should have put a collection thread up by now, but I have so little faith in my purchase, and so much fear of what the garage will tell me later, that I have decided to hold off on any form of jubilance. Work is being done, but I fear work may always be being done. Ah ha ha. :/ It’s rusty, wafty, warty and German. And completely impractical.

[binhoker668]

 

 

So...ummm, yeah, that’s it for now. If anyone wants me, I’ll be in the poorhouse.

[bramz7]

To be fair that is a nice colour. They do drive nicely too.

[binhoker668]

So many issues to deal with.  But hey, let's get it roadworthy and safe first.  Nottingham to Llanberis and back this coming weekend.

[wuvvum]

Currently defrosting the Audi in preparation for a combined delivery / collection mission.

 

I very excite, as they say in Kazakhstan.

[mercrocker]

First MoT of the year dealt with.    190E - ARB bushes, shitty bastard cut in a tyre I hadn't spotted (to be fair it appeared very fresh) new handbrake cables and a free tamper with the sunroof and glovebox lid neither of which opened or shut correctly but do now.   Only 4 more tests to go until the last one in October......

[binhoker668]

Just spoken to the garage.  It's gonna be a different car to drive when I get it back later.  New suspension arm (it was snapped!) , Anti roll bar link etc. 

I'll be happy if I reach the stage where I start bodging rusty bits!

[vulgalour]

Got the first quote on getting the suspension pipes done on the BX.  An exact quote couldn't be offered because, understandably, there's more that can and does go wrong when you do a job like this.  Realistically, even though the starting quote was £320 (the vast majority of this is labour), I'd be sensible to budget £500 for anything else that might need fixing and the associated labour at the same time.  It could spiral quite a lot further than that.  I haven't deep enough pockets for that sort of expenditure, and I wouldn't want to mess the garage about so I suspect I will be DIYing this.

 

I can't see another garage charging substantially less AND doing the job right.  I do wish I could afford to just throw my cars at professionals and pay them sensibly, it irks me that I can't.

[Eddie Honda]

Wingz123 please check your PMs.

[Unclefester]

Honda prelude back for sale px swap new price off 700 as refunded half the deposit as buyer cant collect amd pulled out

 

Regards Lewis

[chaseracer]

...torched by vandals in 2017, presumably from the nearby council estate...

 

Hell of a presumption there, Max...  <_>

[dollywobbler]

Got the first quote on getting the suspension pipes done on the BX.  An exact quote couldn't be offered because, understandably, there's more that can and does go wrong when you do a job like this.  Realistically, even though the starting quote was £320 (the vast majority of this is labour), I'd be sensible to budget £500 for anything else that might need fixing and the associated labour at the same time.  It could spiral quite a lot further than that.  I haven't deep enough pockets for that sort of expenditure, and I wouldn't want to mess the garage about so I suspect I will be DIYing this.

 

I can't see another garage charging substantially less AND doing the job right.  I do wish I could afford to just throw my cars at professionals and pay them sensibly, it irks me that I can't.

 

To be honest, with access to a lift, I would have thought it would be well within your capabilities. That's the reason my BX got farmed out for a repipe - I was not going to be dropping the rear subframe at home.

[binhoker668]

Honda prelude back for sale px swap new price off 700 as refunded half the deposit as buyer cant collect amd pulled out

 

Regards Lewis

 

This is not AT ALL frustrating.

[vulgalour]

To be honest, with access to a lift, I would have thought it would be well within your capabilities.

It is. I just want someone else to do it for me because I'm being mardy.

[wuvvum]

[ruffgeezer]

Took a ride up to Retford in the freelander last night to pic up another propshaft.

 

 

Also taking the opportunity to replace the knackered differential mounting...

 

 

Ready for OMG SNOW KHAOS or more realistically, explodium.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

108, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, KruJoe & Wingz123 please check your PMs.

 

Sorry dude - now done………… my bad - totally forgot!

[fordperv]

Omgsnokaos has hit

 

[Saabnut]

Unbelievably despite having over 50 vehicles, I find I am need* of another one. Whilst I have a few* projects and classics, it is a daily shopping heap I am lacking. The last few years I have had a WBOD, a 4x4 and the Saab 9-3 diseasal. This year, as I have been away a lot I decided to forego the WBOD and I have ended up with 3 4x4s and the Saab. It looks like the Holden may be sold and the L200 will be going on the market as soon as I have changed the starter motor as I have to raise the funds to pay for the remaining 4x4, the Disco.This left the Saab as a general runabout but in true shiter fasion, it now needs the rear brakes replacing (calipers, discs, pads and flexis), the rear wheel bearings replacing and front and rear suspension changing along with all the regular servicing items I have been putting off for the last 8 years or so. This will leave me with only one vehicle, which is unacceptable! What I should do is fix one of the projects, but it is more fun to buy something else! Time for a wanted thread!