wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Went to head off to work this morning and I couldn't get my front door open - the lock (Mortice) wouldn't budge. Don't know WTF is wrong with it, didn't really have time to investigate. Had to leave via the patio doors, which was awkward as the Spacy was parked right up against them. I'm going to have to try and fix it tonight, rather than looking at pornography on the internet like I was planning to do. timolloyd, paulplom, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 23 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Went to head off to work this morning and I couldn't get my front door open - the lock (Mortice) wouldn't budge. Don't know WTF is wrong with it, didn't really have time to investigate. Had to leave via the patio doors, which was awkward as the Spacy was parked right up against them. I'm going to have to try and fix it tonight, rather than looking at pornography on the internet like I was planning to do. Amy and the kids came home from shopping on Tuesday, turned the key to unlock the door and as it unlocked the barrel fell apart internally! Landlord had a locksmith round who said they were damn lucky it happened as it unlocked! They wouldn't have got in through the front door too as the porch was full of crap as we never use the front door! Awaiting a new lock now, porch is empty, back door gets locked by the bolt only for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I don't even have my landlady's phone number.. If I can't fix it myself I'll have to fork out for a locksmith (or just continue using the patio doors to get in and out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 After the recent HGF on the 80,000 mile Chevrolet Tacuma (Daewoo re badged) I have finally got it all back together and running. New gasket set, head bolts, new timing belt, idlers, tensioner, waterpump etc. One gasket doesn't come with the new set for some reason. The one for the EGR water cooled manifold block thingy. Old gasket looked ok so re used it with some RTV black sealant. Left it to cure for a couple of days then filled up with coolant. Ten mile shakedown run today and everything looked good. Coolant level checked and down by half a litre ish. Topped up, another few miles done and coolant level down. Bugger. Wisps of steam and drips from the bodged gasket. That will teach me then. New gasket needed. No idea what to order. The engine is a GM (Vauxhall obv) 2.0 litre 16v X20SED I believe. Must have been different versions of the EGR water cooled manifold and trawling ebay/the internet has been no use so far! Leak got bigger. Car parked up and out if use again until I find out what the name/number of the gasket is to order one. Grumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakebullet Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 The man from delmonte he says no. Disco 2 with 194k. Rear chassis hole. Bulkhead holes. Sensibly it's time to look for a new disco. Good job I don't do sensible. HarmonicCheeseburger and CGSB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Bugger, it's always a worry when you get the call from the Mot tester asking if you know where he can get some more yellow chalk as he's just run out and had to abandon the test. richardmorris, stonedagain, jakebullet and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Paint the underside yellow. That would mean the tester has to nip out for some darker chalk. You could then dash over to the computer whilst he/she is out attempting to buy black chalk, pass the car with 'No Advisories' whilst the tester is still logged in and drive off chortling. Happy in the knowledge that your car is now perfectly safe* for another year! If feeling particularly impish you could adjust the mileage downwards a touch whilst you were in then clock the odometer accordingly. Maybe... BorniteIdentity, chodweaver, MorrisItalSLX and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 A moderately spirited drive over the hills last night has confirmed that the Forester's going to be needing a new clutch rather sooner than later. A little bit of slippage, I can deal with - but juddering on every gearshift is not cool. Typically, EuroCarPrats is of limited assistance in narrowing down exactly what's needed as the 'fitment detail' tabs are rather sparsely populated - but I can probably fucking guess which is the only version that fits mine... stonedagain, chodweaver, mercedade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 With ECP it will be none of the above The Moog, Sigmund Fraud, tinribs and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 With ECP it’ll be a waterpump for a 2003 Vauxhall Astra 1.6. clayts450, anonymous user, twosmoke300 and 6 others 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Spent ages looking for an opticians that was miles from where Google maps thought it was then coupdn't enter due to air fresheners and other stinkies - same as yesterday in Chester-Le-Street. Did find one and have made an appointment. Went to Lidl for my shopping and got talking to a bloke my age with a 16 year old MX-5 that looks like it just came out of the showroom - he did say he was a bit OCD with it. Didn't do any shopping in Lidl and may be getting a £90 fine for exceeding the 90 minute parking time allowed - never usually more than 10 minutes Did my shopping in Aldi, came home and knocked the pint of cream off the bench, which naturally exploded all over the kitchen and my best clothes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Bobthebeard said: After the recent HGF on the 80,000 mile Chevrolet Tacuma (Daewoo re badged) I have finally got it all back together and running. New gasket set, head bolts, new timing belt, idlers, tensioner, waterpump etc. One gasket doesn't come with the new set for some reason. The one for the EGR water cooled manifold block thingy. Old gasket looked ok so re used it with some RTV black sealant. Left it to cure for a couple of days then filled up with coolant. Ten mile shakedown run today and everything looked good. Coolant level checked and down by half a litre ish. Topped up, another few miles done and coolant level down. Bugger. Wisps of steam and drips from the bodged gasket. That will teach me then. New gasket needed. No idea what to order. The engine is a GM (Vauxhall obv) 2.0 litre 16v X20SED I believe. Must have been different versions of the EGR water cooled manifold and trawling ebay/the internet has been no use so far! Leak got bigger. Car parked up and out if use again until I find out what the name/number of the gasket is to order one. Grumpy. I find going to.the main dealer and asking them to order the correct part is the start of an interesting process with.GM parts What happens is they say, its not available. Ask them to check all GM stock in Europe. Then ask them the part number. Then put the part number into google amd find out it fits a holdon malou and is available in australia and south africa. Phone Holden dealer in Oz and convince them to send one air mail. Them smash up the car into a tree Bobthebeard, artdjones and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Can you make one from some suitable material. I used to when unavoidable but haven't for at least twenty years. some stuff here may be useful https://www.ramgaskets.com/gasket-materials/sheet-gasket-material/ Bobthebeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Datsuncog said: A moderately spirited drive over the hills last night has confirmed that the Forester's going to be needing a new clutch rather sooner than later. A little bit of slippage, I can deal with - but juddering on every gearshift is not cool. Typically, EuroCarPrats is of limited assistance in narrowing down exactly what's needed as the 'fitment detail' tabs are rather sparsely populated - but I can probably fucking guess which is the only version that fits mine... Don’t fit those Transmech clutches. I’d go for Valeo, LUK or Sachs. Stanky, stonedagain, myglaren and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 After HackerCaperGate yesterday normality has returned although as per, I had to do all the running for Amazon UK. They didn't cancel the order for the Liverpool-bound camera, so it left their warehouse this morning, FFS. Thankfully I was able to cancel the thing in transit before the Flex guy knocked on the door of the shyster. What's the betting the thing gets lost in transit on the way back ? Meanwhile the laptop ordered on eBay did turn up this morning, but the seller got in touch, very understanding and confirmed I should start the return process. Paypal (now also in my shitlist) declined my fraudulent claim advising me it was not an unauthorised payment. Twats. At least it was on a 14 day pay after delivery thing, so no harm done. I also returned the camera erroneously sent by the shyster to me - dropped round to the local My Hermes Parcel Shop. Yeah, like that'll end well.... Ho hum - good news is no more unusual activity, we are on lockdown (and luckily one credit card escaped the meltdown as its details weren't anywhere online, so at least I have plastic fantastic whilst replacement bank card gets here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 That is why I never save my card details on my profile on any websites. It's a bit of a faff having to type everything in every time, but better than the alternative. Got my front door open after a bit of judicious* jiggling of the key in the lock. I'm going to leave it unlocked now and just lock the inner door - there's nothing much worth nicking in the porch / shed and I don't exactly live in a high crime area. I'll pop into Timpsons tomorrow and see if they can rustle me up a key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I’m still waiting for a replacement book from Amazon that was supposedly handed to me in person last Saturday. Happily the original lost delivery turned up on the doorstep on Friday. Despite it being signed for by me on Wednesday ( whilst I was at work). myglaren and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I’m still waiting for a replacement book from Amazon that was supposedly handed to me in person last Saturday. Happily the original lost delivery turned up on the doorstep on Friday. Despite it being signed for by me on Wednesday ( whilst I was at work). Unless time travel is involved somewhere I can't work that one out. I blame the lack of drink. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, anonymous user said: Unless time travel is involved somewhere I can't work that one out. I blame the lack of drink. First book, didn’t arrive last Wednesday despite tracking saying it was delivered at 2pm to my doorstep. I complained and they said they would send a replacement. before the replacement was supposed to arrive on Saturday the original ( i presume anyway), arrived on Friday on my doorstep. on Saturday I had an email that the replacement had been handed to me at 3pm. It hadn’t. I’ve had drink and am not sure what’s going on, but I have the book I ordered, even if amazon have allegedly send me two. Datsuncog and anonymous user 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Thanks, that is a lot clearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Mouthbreathers who list their vehicle wrongly(on trumGee, yaBe etc); to wit, selecting 'electric' as fuel when it patently is not. Consequently browsing what's available is a tedious affair that requires peering at squint potatocam shots of whatever it is to judge if it is even available as an electron-mobile or deciphering title hieroglyphics for clues as to the make, model, etc. For the first offence the perpetrators should be horsewhipped and 2nd offences are punishable with summary seizure and crushing of the vehicle so mislabeled. I was browsing for trailers too, the number of trailers listed as 'trailer' with a single potatocam shot and no other details was bewildering, is it that much of a bother to run a tape measure around it to give approximate dimensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 14 hours ago, sierraman said: Don’t fit those Transmech clutches. I’d go for Valeo, LUK or Sachs. Yeah, basically this. The Exedy one I think is the 'posh' option and are supposed to be good, but not sure what makes twice as expensive as the Valeo one. I think the transmech ones proudly state they used recycled parts and glue new* friction material on or something equally reassuring* myglaren and Datsuncog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 My hermes has seemingly lost the ThinkPad T43 @beko1987 was kindly gifting me I was looking forward to making it run all sorts of OSs it was not made to run boo! (plus if your a computer person you need at least 1 old thinkpad in the collection somewhere ) I dont normally have any issue with my hermes, in fact other people of this household have had some parcels delivered by them a couple days ago, if anymore show up im going to tell the delivery driver to ask his m8s to sort their shit out mind if someone somewhere saw it was a Laptop on an X Ray machine or something and thought they would help themselves, there going to be in for a nasty surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 58 minutes ago, Stanky said: Yeah, basically this. The Exedy one I think is the 'posh' option and are supposed to be good, but not sure what makes twice as expensive as the Valeo one. I think the transmech ones proudly state they used recycled parts and glue new* friction material on or something equally reassuring* Clutch is a big job. You don’t want to fit shit parts on a job like that. strangeangel and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Took the Discovery of Doom for a test run to see if I had fixed the noise from the front. Answer no, the bastard thing is back in the shed for more work.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 22 hours ago, Datsuncog said: A moderately spirited drive over the hills last night has confirmed that the Forester's going to be needing a new clutch rather sooner than later. A little bit of slippage, I can deal with - but juddering on every gearshift is not cool. Typically, EuroCarPrats is of limited assistance in narrowing down exactly what's needed as the 'fitment detail' tabs are rather sparsely populated - but I can probably fucking guess which is the only version that fits mine... 19 hours ago, sierraman said: Don’t fit those Transmech clutches. I’d go for Valeo, LUK or Sachs. 4 hours ago, Stanky said: Yeah, basically this. The Exedy one I think is the 'posh' option and are supposed to be good, but not sure what makes twice as expensive as the Valeo one. I think the transmech ones proudly state they used recycled parts and glue new* friction material on or something equally reassuring* Aye, still trying to work out here which bit I actually need - the three clutch kits above aren't just the same part by different manufacturers, but are apparently three completely separate fitments for different versions of the Forester XT. Some fitments then list a few parts from different manufacturers (and price points) including Sachs - and although I don't much fancy the sound of the Transmech cheapo one, I also had a sharp intake of breath at the Exedy… and, naturally, there's no alternative on the Exedy fitment. Sod's law says this is probably the one that fits mine (won't be getting it from ECP, mind). The Valeo kit, for some reason, omits the thrust bearing... ECP. unsurprisingly, offers no clue in their fitment guide as to what the actual difference is between them... all three are the same diameter, same weight, same number of fingers... though having grubbed about a few Subaru forums, it seems that some cars were fitted with dual mass flywheels. So that could be one reason. It appears that the manual-box version of the XT is so uncommon that no-one really knows... Looks like I might just have to let the garage pull out what's there and then try to find a match for it which hopefully isn't arse-splittingly expensive. I knew when I viewed the car last year that the clutch wasn't 100% and have already set aside a few quid for a replacement, though I may have to move a few more pennies out of savings... the last time I swapped a clutch it was on a Viva HC and cost me £30, so you can imagine the pearl-clutching at Casa Datsuncog over this... And the bugger needs a set of tyres and all. But still - it's a rapid and reliable old bus and I do rather like it, plus it was pretty cheap for what it is, so I'm not gonna bin it off over a clutch. chaseracer, somewhatfoolish and Stanky 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 is there a way to make a bland looking focus visible to a twonk ....... I have extra lights I have put bright yellow strips on the bonnet .. the horn is quite loud ... does it need to be a rolling ball of flame / thunder / volcanic type happening to be noticed by some thick twats who join the road at 5mph when you are approaching at 60 !! or do I need to think outside the box ...... and next time get a new car out of a situation like this ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 20 year life span it declared last year ..... a energy saving LED auto yard light ........ yeah right just had to replace it ...... went out last night and got the feebly glowing leds of death .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 59 minutes ago, MikeR said: 20 year life span it declared last year ..... a energy saving LED auto yard light ........ yeah right just had to replace it ...... went out last night and got the feebly glowing leds of death .... Yeah those are all just shit, I really would advise against them what did you fit in its place? (hopefully some magnetically ballasted, HID or fluorescent lamp based fixture? ) MikeR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 a cheapo solar powered auto light ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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