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[N19]

I've a set of ramps too and also hate driving on to them. I've been known to jack the car up with a trolley jack then slide the ramps under the front wheels before... 

[Supernaut]

If I'm doing anything more than brake pads the car is always chocked and on a stand or two (depends if I'm working on just one corner or a whole end).

I also lower it onto the stands with the jack, then close the jack again and give the car a good few shoves when it's on the stands to make sure it's secure before going under. If a wheel is off, it's on its side under the sill.

 

Overly cautious? Whatever, it keeps me happy.

 

 

I still have a childhood memory of my dad jacking up a Fiat Ulysse rather high for some reason at the front corner, then the opposite corner rear wheel started sliding across the floor of the barn, towards me! I still have no idea why he was jacking up that corner so bloody high. An entire Ulysse slewing diagonally towards you sharpens the mind rather quickly, though. In the end it only moved a few inches, but still.

[captain_70s]

11 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

I also lower it onto the stands with the jack, then close the jack again and give the car a good few shoves when it's on the stands to make sure it's secure before going under. If a wheel is off, it's on its side under the sill.

That's my procedure as well.

The street outside my house is bowed and slopes away into cobbled gutters, more than once I've been jacking up a car to find it rolling sideways on the jack. Having said that I've never had a car fall off a jack so people who've been under cars without stands for 30 odd years aren't gonna' stop, the odds are they'll not be squashed.

On the other hand I have had a jack fail, not rapidly, but it'd loose pressure over time. If you jacked a car up and went in for a cup of tea it'd be back on the ground when you came back out. I was also under the Acclaim with stands at the jacking points when @GingerNuttz noticed that the car body was slowly sinking as the jacking point rose up through the rotten floor. 😂

[Steve79]

This mornings mot for the aero hot did not fall in its favour

 

[Steve79]

Subframe bushes i figured were probably required due to the movement and clonking over bumps. The lights are bi-xenons so predictably are about 25 per bulb. Which of course i'll need two as the good one will probably blow in short order.

[Cord Fourteener]

News! Day 1 of being able to meet people. 

A friend come round with his diagnostics computer and we found a maf fault in the Passat, it's going to ground. 

Then we found a broken wire in the maf sensor lead. 

It's a good place to look. Going to reconnect the wire and see if there's any improvement. 

Also there's oil blowing out of every seal from the turbo though the inter cooler into the manifold, he says I need to clean it all out and check it's all sealed. 

But I'm happy that we found the broken wire. 

[Sunny Jim]

Liked because it's good to hear you making progress. Good luck with getting it sorted.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Well, I made it through a stage 3 interview for a job a actually want. I'm not getting excited, I've been here before in life but if I get the offer then I'm going to need a commuter car to throw my car allowance at. I don't want to use the Jaag because the miles will pile on so I thought...

Get something I want to drive.

Something economical but yet can perform on the daily commute.

Something with satnav and leather.

So here's the plan. I use the Jaag. But then I have my car allowance...

Simple solution is to buy an S type R as well. I need one. 

Like I said, I'm not getting excited...

 

[richardmorris]

Amazing how much debate* a photo provokes. No it’s not something I’d do myself and, and do know that rick supports my cars with multiple axle stands when working and not just looking.  I think it’s down to perceived risk.

 

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Tim_E said:

News! Day 1 of being able to meet people. 

A friend come round with his diagnostics computer and we found a maf fault in the Passat, it's going to ground. 

Then we found a broken wire in the maf sensor lead. 

It's a good place to look. Going to reconnect the wire and see if there's any improvement. 

Also there's oil blowing out of every seal from the turbo though the inter cooler into the manifold, he says I need to clean it all out and check it's all sealed. 

But I'm happy that we found the broken wire. 

Mice?

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said:

Well, I made it through a stage 3 interview for a job a actually want. I'm not getting excited, I've been here before in life but if I get the offer then I'm going to need a commuter car to throw my car allowance at. I don't want to use the Jaag because the miles will pile on so I thought...

Get something I want to drive.

Something economical but yet can perform on the daily commute.

Something with satnav and leather.

So here's the plan. I use the Jaag. But then I have my car allowance...

Simple solution is to buy an S type R as well. I need one. 

Like I said, I'm not getting excited...

 

Dam, I wish I could need a Jag🤣

[Cord Fourteener]

20 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Mice?

No, chafing against a loose air feed.

[Cord Fourteener]

I'm on booost again!

Thanks to a temporary fix. 

There's still it's normal servicing to do, look at the potentially leaky boost pipe and figure out if the coolant temperature sensor fault code needs addressing. 

A few other bits and pieces but otherwise it's all good. 

All in all a good experience when I feared endless gremlins. 

[Fumbler]

New car's insurance paid for, lucky it wasn't too expen-

Oh! That'll sting for a week or two. Still, it's done now. I won't need to think about it for a year.

Now all I need is for April to roll around so I can take delivery of it...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CTEK transferred over to CX

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

29 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

New car's insurance paid for, lucky it wasn't too expen-

Oh! That'll sting for a week or two. Still, it's done now. I won't need to think about it for a year.

Now all I need is for April to roll around so I can take delivery of it...

You don't just have to go with the Halifax you know...

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Crispian_J_Hotson said:

You don't just have to go with the Halifax you know...

Halifax, to tell the truth, didn't even bother to quote me.

[stuboy]

New sticker, shame I ordered an internal one!!

 

I do need to get an autoshite one... 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Fumbler said:

New car's insurance paid for, lucky it wasn't too expen-

Oh! That'll sting for a week or two. Still, it's done now. I won't need to think about it for a year.

Now all I need is for April to roll around so I can take delivery of it...

Jeez either you've bought a Ferrari or you crash every year...? Or live in Central Liverpool. 

[Fumbler]

6 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

Jeez either you've bought a Ferrari or you crash every year...? Or live in Central Liverpool. 

I've bought an old car and I'm a young driver. In the eyes of the insurance brokers, that's the equivalent of buying a Ferrari, crashing every year and living in central Liverpool.

[Steve79]

6 hours ago, captain_70s said:

 I've been jacking up a car to find it rolling sideways on the jack. Having said that I've never had a car fall off a jack so people who've been under cars without stands for 30 odd years aren't gonna' stop, the odds are they'll not be squashed.

 

Unlike this poor bugger

https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/7410458.scrapyard-heroes-save-visitors-life/

A mechanic i used to know told me story of someone they knew who worked underneath xantia's by just setting the suspension on high! 

One of them lost pressure whilst he was underneath with predictable results ☠

 

[louiepj]

My 18 year old son pays £1400 for a 1.2 polo with a black box.

[Floatylight]

Been busy doing some bodywork on the Fiesta, looking much better but colour match with not perfect..

Given the interior a thorough clean even took all the seats out and wet vac'd them.

Just need to get the da polisher on the other side, give it an oil & filter and it'll probably be up for sale as smollest decided not to learn at the mo..

[Fumbler]

3 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Been busy doing some bodywork on the Fiesta, looking much better but colour match with not perfect..

Given the interior a thorough clean even took all the seats out and wet vac'd them.

Just need to get the da polisher on the other side, give it an oil & filter and it'll probably be up for sale as smollest decided not to learn at the mo..

Looking good!

As I had the same image problems as you are currently having, open up the images in Paint (or equivalent) and check it' the correct orientation. Press "save" and th image will be locked right-side-up on the forum. Why it's been automatically flipping pictures is beyond me.

[Floatylight]

26 minutes ago, Fumbler said:

Looking good!

As I had the same image problems as you are currently having, open up the images in Paint (or equivalent) and check it' the correct orientation. Press "save" and th image will be locked right-side-up on the forum. Why it's been automatically flipping pictures is beyond me.

Yeah its got me stumped as well, I'm using my phone so no paint etc but have edited photos before so they are upside down on my phone but they then are still upside down when posted!

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Floatylight said:

Yeah its got me stumped as well, I'm using my phone so no paint etc but have edited photos before so they are upside down on my phone but they then are still upside down when posted!

Indeed, the automatic repositioning of pics disappeared late last year unfortunately. It would be nice if it would come back!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

....and we're up to 7 LEDs (fully charged) on already. Better not be false reading 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Fumbler said:

I've bought an old car and I'm a young driver. In the eyes of the insurance brokers, that's the equivalent of buying a Ferrari, crashing every year and living in central Liverpool.

If only I could use the laugh and cry emoji at the same time...

It will improve in a few decades, honest. 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Floatylight said:

Been busy doing some bodywork on the Fiesta, looking much better but colour match with not perfect..

Given the interior a thorough clean even took all the seats out and wet vac'd them.

Just need to get the da polisher on the other side, give it an oil & filter and it'll probably be up for sale as smollest decided not to learn at the mo..

The Aussie model, is it?

To be fair my phone has recently started doing this. I wonder if it's an Android update bug. Do you use Android?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It's something to do with the forum software reading the metadata improperly.  Used to be a problem on iPhones here too.  Wouldn't rule out an Android update changing the metadata in such a way as to confuse the forum...