Ohdearme Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Yeah it was only ever a few drops, just enough to make a nice rainbow puddle on the floor next time it rained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 ^^ Yeah, looks Swedish to me. Deffo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ah memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Some of the lumpiness has been cured today...I finally found a long enough and empty enough straight piece of road to give her an Italian tune-up through the gears. purplebargeken and mrbenn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Tonight’s misted windscreen and frozen testicles have spurred me into action...time to fix a five minute part. Freezing outside but solution found, sadly not portable. Removal of glovebox requires my skill of choice...brute force yanking. Just me and a t20 Torx to go and...oh these appear to be substantially different. Pretty sure it’ll be fine, I’ll just plug it and hope for the best... 3 pin versus 4 pin you bastards. Resisting urge to close circuit with paper clip and try it. Question. eBay and part numbers or hbol wiring pages and snips? Hmmm. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Replacement ordered £9...now, on to those spark plugs WCPGW? Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 If it's any consolation I would have also ordered the pointy part. I had one on my eBay watch thingy. Spark plug yay in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 About the heater, the owner before me had one that plugged into the 12v sockets. No idea how successful that was. Did you fix the cig lighter at the front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 About the heater, the owner before me had one that plugged into the 12v sockets. No idea how successful that was.I would refer you to the melted fuse on the heater/sockets circuit as to how well that worked! As for the plugs...sod that, sniffing around I discovered they’re buried bloody elbow deep at the back of the block, how they thought his was a good idea I don’t know. I pulled off the false bulkhead but that doesn’t really make the access that much easier, there’s a fair bit of ancillaries to shift. I have retired for the evening with wine and haribo. mrbenn and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ah yes. Not that cunning a plan then. Re: plugs....... bugger. Haribo and alcohol. How I envy your coping mechanism. Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Postman arrived with shiny shiny new bit... Hopes high, dash out to car in lunch break...celebratory coffee and biccies prepared... Plug in, power up and...nada. Next and only remaining culprit in the electrical chain is the blower motor...more dash removal needed. To be continued. Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Oh, well that was a disappoint. I was anticipating much hot, blowy action. Meh! At least that bit won't fail in a hurry.... Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Arses. Hope the blower motor isn't too difficult to get to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 You should have kept the Saab, the blower worked fine in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Not so good for taking shed loads of rubbish to the tip though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Righto, since my evenings have been taken over renovating the house again I have no time for two car shitery. I fired the Mondeo up for the first time in a month to move it out of the way of a delivery of 12 tonnes of hardcore and realised how neglected it is. Unlike the galaxy, where I have fixed things, the Mondeo is very much in the ‘two steps backward phase’. The eml is now flashing but a quick run on my private* road confirmed it will drives fine so maybe because it’s been sat? I’m not going to fix the bits myself, nor am I going to have spare funds to pay a man to do so given the eye bleeding rate cash is pissing away on the house again so this is a roffle I paid £500 but given it’s gone backwards, but still has ticket to July I think £5 a head is fair, or 3 for a lucky £13. GoodFull black dead cow2.5 V6 petroleums Full main stealer historyHeated bum cheeksTicket to JulyHalf a tank of petrol includedBrand new fitted boot liner...mmm rubber BadNeeds a radioNew centre console to fix marks caused by my ham fistsNoisy wheel bearing drivers side needs attention (new pair supplied)Locking wheel nut is AWOL making wheel bearing a nuisance to doEML is now on but seems to drive okIt’s a bit denty and scuffed around the place but nothing dangerous. Indifferences Replacement centre console to fix scratches caused by me trying to get out radio included 30mpgs ish It’s in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Pics to follow orbelsewhere up the thread, it hasn’t got any more dents in my ownership. purplebargeken and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Probs best to start a proper roffle thread mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Probs best to start a proper roffle thread mate.True, I’ll have to do copy paste and all that though lol...wife is currently engaging my ear asking me kitchen stuff about which I do not care. But if anyone knows the answer to whether we should order kitchen cabinets in ‘Graphite’ or ‘Carbon’ (apparently two different shades of black?!?) Then I’d be happy for the answer and some peace. Why she thinks a bloke that twats about town in a variety of knackered cars cares about aesthetics is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Graphite 'cos it rhythms with shite.... louiepj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Carbon cuz racecar so she'll cook ya evening meal faster. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 Incorrectly blamed the swede...there were drops on the drive where they Galaxy was and the brake fluid warning was on the dash. Seems she’s sprung a small leak there. Oh well, Mondy roffle will fund investigation i s’pose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 The Swede did get moist underneath too, I guess the furd is just a copycat. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Spending too much time next to each other.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Where is the Swede now? I know it went to another shitter but I forget who as I've not seen it mentioned for a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 It went south to £95Pug. Could bloody do with a reliable modern now lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 The Galaxy is devouring brake fluid somewhere but as to the leaks by all over the drive, builder fessed up his van is leaking a bit of oil so the pools on my driver were him not me. I’m hearing a slight hissing/noise as I’m driving along from behind the driver side dash, sounds like a loss of vacuum and constant repressurising? Probably related to the fluid dropping? Thoughts welcome as I know nothing of such systems beyond checking the level and fitting discs and pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Perhaps the master cylinder needs new seals or replacing as a unit. Hissing could well be that but a hissing on one of my Triumphs a good few years ago meant dying brake servo and not a trapped snake I'd look at the cylinder first in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Repair kit a tad over 16 quid on ebay. Master cylinder 35 quid upwards. Not too bad tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 You should have kept the Saab, the blower worked fine in that.That's because I fixed it! Thought it was the motor, so replaced that. Turned out it was the motor controller, so fixed that. So newish motor and cleaned up motor controller. Not seen 95quidpeugeot on here for a while. Hope he/the Saab is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Thinks he’s busy being head boggled sorting secret Santa shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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