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[New POD]

At the end of the month, will be having first holiday in about five years in a mobile reception dead-spot somewhere in SW Wales....

 

WCPGW?

Buy a map. Pretend it's 1989.

Buy a guide book.

Turn off phonez

 

Sounds fucking idyllic.

 

Note Sat nav on phone won't work hence MAP needed.

[Lord Sterling]

washed my car in the jet wash booth today .......

 

some body left a back window just slightly down ...............

 

but my seat is dry .......

Washed the Turkish bucket Hyundai today, nearly got scooshed by the car wash water as I went to adjust the wing mirror but managed to avoid it, just.

 

Started with a hoover as the interior was generally a mess.

 

Before;

 

After;

 

I don't think the thing had been cleaned for a long time before I got my hands on it. Still needs some sort of dressing on the tyres as they basically let the car down.

 

So yeah, a bit cleaner than before...

 

I also stuck some air in the tyres, back tyres were very low to a point where a passing motorist kindly pipped his horn to tell me about it.

 

WD40 was liberally applied to door locks, hinges and any other metalware under the bonnet.

[shoddybanger]

I replaced the front wheel bearing of the Trajet last weekend, as it was making a howling noise. I've never replaced a wheel bearing before, and it turned out to be a surprisingly aggravating chore. I elected to use a bearing replacement tool with a forcing screw, but in hindsight I should have just removed the knuckle and used a shop press instead.

 

Anyway, here's a short pictorial journey of my plight with some commentary added for good measure.

 

1. First I lifted the front end of the car and determined the right front bearing to have a slight play and some friction when rotated, so I removed the tire, moved the brake caliper aside and pulled the hub out of the old bearing with a slide hammer. That went as planned. After removing the hub I wrestled the snap ring for an eternity before it broke free in the groove. Took it out with a pair of long pliers.

 

2. I then set up the pulling tool and started pulling the bearing out. I used an impact wrench, and a breaker bar for the tougher bits.

 

3. I quickly realised that the largest cup in the set was not large enough to accept the bearing (a wiser person would've of course checked this beforehand with the new bearing), so I had to resort to some very precarious rigging to pull the bearing out. And of course it wanted to wedge itself inside the bore rather than come out straight.

 

4. After a long fight the bearing eventually plopped out, and I was miraculously still unharmed, despite the imminent danger of flying projectiles.

 

5. Empty bore ready to accept a new bearing.

 

6. New bearing pressed in, after yet another long fight of trying to make the bloody part go in straight and having it fight me the whole way in. One maybe considers this a high point of the whole ordeal - a moment to rejoice, even, but I was fuming and well beyond the point of being just slightly pissed with the whole task. I just wanted to slap that hub in and get it over with already. This would've been a good time to take a break.

 

7. So, in with the hub. Just press it in, right?

 

8. Well, basically yes, just remember to support the new bearing from the inner race when you push it, because otherwise you might... ah.

 

Yeah, that's what you want to avoid. Oh boy. I applauded myself for a job well buggered up at the last step.

 

I paced around the shop for a bit to calm myself down and eventually just pressed the inner race back in the bearing and rotated the hub a couple of times. It seemed smooth without any play, so while the life of the bearing was most certainly compromised, it will most likely outlive the car.

 

However, the howling noise, which prompted me to replace the old bearing, is still present. I now suspect it to be the brakes instead, so I am presently trying to motivate myself to tear into those.

 

Maybe in a few weeks' time.

[Guest Hooli]

 

Note Sat nav on phone won't work hence MAP needed.

 

That depends.

 

Google maps allows you to download offline maps, I normally do this at home to save data. It'll then use them & the GPS (which works nearly anywhere) for navigation.

[xtriple]

Calendar arrived! Yay as I have a load of dates that needed to get put on it. Oh yes, jolly good it is too Like the pics... but then I do every year.

[gm]

Mine too, and is looking good in 70's corner



Many thanks to everyone involved

[SierraMikeHotel]

Car will be staying at the body shop for another day at least... They broke the Mercedes emblem on the boot and are waiting for a new one to arrive.

[MikeR]

However, the howling noise, which prompted me to replace the old bearing, is still present. I now suspect it to be the brakes instead, so I am presently trying to motivate myself to tear into those.

 

 

have a look at any heat shields on the exhaust system , I have a noise between 30 and 40 mph which makes me think the diff is going , but when I started messing with the heat cover on the manifold so I could exercise the bolts ready for a exhaust change  ,,,, the noise went !!!

[shoddybanger]

However, the howling noise, which prompted me to replace the old bearing, is still present. I now suspect it to be the brakes instead, so I am presently trying to motivate myself to tear into those.

 

 

have a look at any heat shields on the exhaust system , I have a noise between 30 and 40 mph which makes me think the diff is going , but when I started messing with the heat cover on the manifold so I could exercise the bolts ready for a exhaust change  ,,,, the noise went !!!

 

Thanks for the tip. I will check the shields. Never would have thought to check them to be honest.

[dozeydustman]

Like a couple of others, a colander containing 12 photographic examples of some fine* vehicles throughout the ages was posted through my letterbox today. I've put it on the wall where one of my wedding photos normally lives.

 

Let's see how long it takes Mrs D to spot.....

[Supernaut]

Car will be staying at the body shop for another day at least... They broke the Mercedes emblem on the boot and are waiting for a new one to arrive.

...and you are using these hamfisted gibbons why exactly?

[SierraMikeHotel]

...and you are using these hamfisted gibbons why exactly?

I didn't have any word-of-mouth recommendations so just had to go by their TrustPilot reviews Not a mistake I'll be making again.

 

I've decided that online reviews are not worth the paper they're printed on.

[egg]

D spares sent me a Mondeo badge. There's no excuse for losing my Mondy paperwork file now...

 

[SRi05]

Got given this bottle at work today, minutes after receiving some merchandise in the post. It's a sign. Cheers Mr Honda (hic)

[Timewaster]

Mine too, and is looking good in 70's corner

 

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Many thanks to everyone involved

Awesome! Do you have a sixties corner an eighties corner and a nineties corner?

[Cavcraft]

Today's latest:

 

New jump pack arrived from Amazon (sorry!). It's a 'TrekPow' 1,000/1,5000A thing, which (once I realised there was a switch to press) started the Puma no problem, be interesting to see if it'll help fire the Transit up.

 

'Royal' Vectra: drive to work, help rescue mate's Nissan Note on way home. Car (Vectra) then sounds noisy, goes to garage, flexi pipe deemed culprit. Left it there to be fixed, walked home. 30 minutes later, car will be ready in half an hour.

 

Puma: booked in for an MOT so desperately jump started it, cleared some of the shit out (mobile shed) put juice in and drove it to garage where Vectra was. Swapped cars, drove Vauxhall home. Be stunned if the Puma doesn't need shit loads of work/uneconomic to do so, but have held back sacking the other Puma off in case I need parts. Which will include headlight and one caliper at least, I think.

 

ST170: For once someone equally nice and sensible has left a deposit on it.

 

Daughter's Corsa: Used to collect the latest cycle yesterday, going on 'Market Place' later to no doubt attract several more penniless, illiterate morons.

 

Daughter's FIAT: Garage coming to collect tomorrow to examine faults.

 

Transit: One day I'll clear out the tonnes of shit in the back and it'll probably do another 20mpg as a result.

[Fumbler]

This is a couple days old now but got E-mail from Google saying that they're going to kill off Google+. I'll now no longer be able to view bigfoot or flat earth discussions a-plenty in my trending section.

 

 

 

 

It also means I lose two hobby groups to do with security systems and such but oh well.

[vulgalour]

Nearly looks like a proper car again after today's efforts.

 

[richardmorris]

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This is a couple days old now but got E-mail from Google saying that they're going to kill off Google+. I'll now no longer be able to view bigfoot or flat earth discussions a-plenty in my trending section.

 

 

 

 

It also means I lose two hobby groups to do with security systems and such but oh well.

I had an email like that. I’ve no idea what google+ is?

[adw1977]

I’ve no idea what google+ is?

Google's attempt to take on Facebook.

[Fumbler]

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I had an email like that. I’ve no idea what google+ is?

That's precisely why they're deleting the service. Not that many people knew about it let alone use it, and Google's own patch to Google+ then made everything accessible through open-source software. Oh, it was also an un-revertable change to my knowledge as well.

 

If you have a Google account you automatically get a Google+ account and now a YouTube account as well, hence why many people might be a tad confused about the E-mail.

[dozeydustman]

Like a couple of others, a colander containing 12 photographic examples of some fine* vehicles throughout the ages was posted through my letterbox today. I've put it on the wall where one of my wedding photos normally lives.

 

Let's see how long it takes Mrs D to spot.....

 

3 minutes of walking in the lounge. She laughed her head off at the Mazda hanging from a crane but it's 'being consigned to the man cave' when we move. I think it should stay in the lounge, she broke my AS coffee mug this morning :/

[Fumbler]

My Lada manual has finally been dispatched after 3 weeks of waiting. I filed a complaint and the seller came back to me yesterday giving apologies about the wait as she was in hospital with meningitis. I'll be happy when I receive manual now!

[vulgalour]

Google+ was their effort to take on Livejournal (remember that?) AND Facebook.  Ambitious, but rubbish.

[drum]

The Coldsmobile

[Split_Pin]

^^ I watched the HubNut test drive of this car last night, absolutely tremendous.

[holbeck]

Today was supposed to be car swap day.

 

The plan is to swap the 19 for something shite rated.

 

1.00 PM was the appointed hour for a rendezvous and I and the 19 were in position.

 

 

Sadly, it's all gone wrong. The mystery vehicle has had an FTP and is currently abandoned on the side of a dual carriageway.

[Supernaut]

Yeah? Well when me and 17-coffees were in Seattle last year we brimmed a Chevrolet Malibu (rebadged insignia) from under a quarter for... $30!

 

*Sobs*

[adw1977]

Someone's going to get their shite towed!

 

[richardmorris]

I see my annual bonus has arrived.