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[Dyslexic Viking]

I still have over a meter of snow and everything here is shit. This is not fair.

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I still have over a meter of snow and everything here is shit. This is not fair.

Our weather is ok, but the country is shit.

[loserone]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Our weather is ok, but the country is shit.

Speak for yourself!

[richardmorris]

20 minutes ago, loserone said:

Speak for yourself!

I walked ten km in berks yesterday. Countless drinks cartons on the side of the road, seven nitrous oxide canisters, two abandoned transit vans with police tape, etc. and most was along the jubilee river area. Plus one broken footbridge.

[loserone]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

berks

Usual location issues 😂

[High Jetter]

Sunshine Coast hit 14 degrees today

[HillmanImp]

14 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Yes, I had a bumble bee yesterday morning, as I was having a teams meeting. Had to usher it back outside.

I do wonder how many bees this kills off. They think it's warm enough to wake up and start a hive somewhere bumble around in the nice clement weather then get frozen when we get a spell of normal weather for the season.

[Rust Collector]

22 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

I do wonder how many bees this kills off. They think it's warm enough to wake up and start a hive somewhere bumble around in the nice clement weather then get frozen when we get a spell of normal weather for the season.

I wonder that about the health of trees and plants too, they come out of their dormant period early because the weather improves, but then we get periods of cold weather again which I can't imagine they enjoy.

[loserone]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

I do wonder how many bees this kills off. They think it's warm enough to wake up and start a hive somewhere bumble around in the nice clement weather then get frozen when we get a spell of normal weather for the season.

It can be pretty bad for honey bees - they come out thinking spring has sprung, use loads of energy looking for flowers then have to come home empty handed.  Beekeepers will often add sugar to feeders in the tops of hives on warm days like this so they can recover after a fruitless day out.

[stuboy]

Up and outside by 715am to get the galaxy stripped down in readiness for another injector loom, hopefully 1 that actually fits.

[Ghosty]

V5 landed for the S class so it'll be available for sale once I've got some plates made up. 

WagonR- no progress. Dad is trying pointless things like different code readers, disconnecting the battery and the IAT sensor (?) to try and fix it to no avail. 

[Supernaut]

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

V5 landed for the S class so it'll be available for sale once I've got some plates made up. 

WagonR- no progress. Dad is trying pointless things like different code readers, disconnecting the battery and the IAT sensor (?) to try and fix it to no avail. 

Do you have any better ideas on how to sort the WagonR then?

Or are you even researching ideas for it?

[Ghosty]

13 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Do you have any better ideas on how to sort the WagonR then?

Or are you even researching ideas for it?

I've not had time, but I'm going to start doing some Japanese Googling to find out. 

[EyesWeldedShut]

Recent discussion that I cannot find mentioned cabin/pollen filters.
Exhibit A, m'lud.
 

[andyberg]

16 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Recent discussion that I cannot find mentioned cabin/pollen filters.
Exhibit A, m'lud.
 

Bloody hell when was that last changed!!

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, andyberg said:

Bloody hell when was that last changed!!

Probably 2005?
The chit chat here made me wonder - it's only £6.39 delivered - so why not?
It's hidden underneath two plastic trays and eight torx screws that a triple jointed midget could access easily - I can see why a standard service would just ignore replacing it.

[andyberg]

57 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Probably 2005?
The chit chat here made me wonder - it's only £6.39 delivered - so why not?
It's hidden underneath two plastic trays and eight torx screws that a triple jointed midget could access easily - I can see why a standard service would just ignore replacing it.

If that's a beetle then when I changed the one in my cabriolet I may have lost one or two* torx bits in the front of the dash....

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, andyberg said:

If that's a beetle then when I changed the one in my cabriolet I may have lost one or two* torx bits in the front of the dash....

Funny you should say that....

All screws are to hand but, currently, sat on the floor mats as it got dark and I bet a pound to a pinch of the proverbial that I'd drop a couple trying to reinstall by torchlight.

Little known Beetle fact - on RHD they have, religiously, switched everything* over from the LHD models. That means if numpty researches 'where the feck is the pollen filter?' then he lifts the wrong half of the dash out - another six screws.

*excluding the card that lists the mini-fuses - that's still the LHD version so all the fuses are arse-about-face in the holders

[andyberg]

I'll bare that in mind....

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, andyberg said:

Bloody hell when was that last changed!!

Never?

[EyesWeldedShut]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Never?

Not sure tbh - the car is a 2005 VW. The filter is marked FB FILTAIR 507 44 0031 
Not sure that's a factory fit(Febi-Bilstein??) - but it has to be knocking on a bit in any case? 

[andyberg]

12 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Not sure tbh - the car is a 2005 VW. The filter is marked FB FILTAIR 507 44 0031 
Not sure that's a factory fit(Febi-Bilstein??) - but it has to be knocking on a bit in any case? 

Shows that even mainstealers don't even do the full job, yet charge for the replacement? 

[stuboy]

replacement loom delivered late tonight via amazon, ive accidently bought 2, ones 20 quid and thats been delivered today and other just over 30 quid,  think ill just chuck on the one delivered today and see if resolves the issues, as expecting the dearer one to be same quality..

[RoverFolkUs]

It's come around to that time of year again already, Picasso's MOT booked for next week... I have no doubt it will pass but my stomach is in knots anticipating any advisories which will piss me off 🤣

[grogee]

1 minute ago, RoverFolkUs said:

It's come around to that time of year again already, Picasso's MOT booked for next week... I have no doubt it will pass but my stomach is in knots anticipating any advisories which will piss me off 🤣

I saw a red one today and instinctively looked at the driver to check if it was Ronnie Pickering

[reb]

I made some awful noise into a camera, have a listen

 

[Split_Pin]

As if traveling to and from hospitals isn't bad enough, there are some of the crappest roads in Scotland on the route I have been taking. The OSF shocker on the 75 has burst and pished oil everywhere. Awesome.

Hopefully getting a 2nd hand pair locally over the weekend which are apparently correct for my car. Who knew that MG ZT comfort spec suspension was a thing and its the same used on Contemporary SE 75s? 

[stuboy]

17 hours ago, stuboy said:

Arrrrrrghhhhhh!!!

Tried the cheaper injector loom and it really don't plug into the loom naturally, and 1 bolt hole no where near fitting, I've emailed my local vw dealer with the part number....

 

 

But I've had an idea... its only 5 wires.... chop off connector off new plug and connect the old plug off the old loom......

 

Gotta work right?

[Sigmund Fraud]

3 hours ago, stuboy said:

Gotta work right?

There's a tool that allows you to extract all the contact pins from a VAG multi-plug, which should enable you to transplant everything into the correct connector without having to spend half an afternoon soldering cables together.

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

There's a tool that allows you to extract all the contact pins from a VAG multi-plug, which should enable you to transplant everything into the correct connector without having to spend half an afternoon soldering cables together.

ordered...