bub2006 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Was that bollocks referred to my wholeheartedly kind gestured response mr craft?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 One of our current loveable country scamp visitors in thame threw a bottle at someone from a car, and the reg got put up on facebook. No tax or test obv, although it has insurance but this mot advisory interested me... Registration number: PF09LDZGet MOT reminders by emailVehicle makeFORD Vehicle modelMONDEO Date first used10 July 2009 Fuel typeDiesel ColourBlack MOT history of this vehicleTest date12 July 2016 Expiry date11 July 2017 Test ResultPass Odometer reading169,453 miles MOT test number1987 1207 7134 Advisory notice item(s)Nearside Outer sill damaged but not holedOffside Front Bumper and wing damagedRear Brake pad(s) wearing thin (3.5.1g)No emissions produced on test How is 'no emissions produced on test' on there? Does that mean the bribe wasn't big enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Some of the dpf equipped modern diesels don't smoke enough to trigger the smoke tester into thinking it's reading . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Aaah. That makes sense then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Is buying a cambelt kit without new bolts an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen01 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 If I wanted to watch the upcoming fight between Mayweather & McGregor while in France, how would be the best was of doing it? we don't mind paying for it but don't want to buy it only for Sky to scramble the signal when it realises it's playing in France. we have a sling box so could happily purchase on sky sports at home and the stream it to us in france, have an I phone, but apple have disabled airpaly and 3 of us around a 4 inch screen is not what I'm going for, I'll also have my have my laptop (surface) with extra HDMI cable for putting on big screen. I assume someone in france has won the rights to show this but can't find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I Is buying a cambelt kit without new bolts an issue? If its for a vag group car then yes - they seem to not have the engineering skill to produce a fastener that will last more than one use . I wouldnt advise reusing bolts on any of the more modern free floating cam/ crank pulley ( ie no key ways) type engines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Yesterday when I fitted the new washer pump for the rear wash wipe, I kept testing it by forcing it to work on the rear. Rear wiper was moving happily for ages. Weirdly, a few minutes later I tried just the wiper on it's own, refused to move. Washer pump activates when I try the rear wash, but wiper doesn't. Is it going to be a fuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Yesterday when I fitted the new washer pump for the rear wash wipe, I kept testing it by forcing it to work on the rear. Rear wiper was moving happily for ages. Weirdly, a few minutes later I tried just the wiper on it's own, refused to move. Washer pump activates when I try the rear wash, but wiper doesn't. Is it going to be a fuse? Fuse or relay (if it has one) would be best place to start. Guess it's possible you've killed the motor if you'd had it running ages and it was already on its last legs. Pat Earrings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Is a 7 pin trailer socket on a towbar that is firmly attached and the socket itself in good order, but has the wiring disconnected, an MOT failure? Looking at section 1.9 of the MOT manual it would appear not judging by the towbar specific points 3 and 4, but not clear if it would fail under section 2. I guess I should really pull my finger out and fit and wire up the new socket I've had for weeks, but life is getting in the way and I doubt I'll have time before the MOT later this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Fine I think. As far as I know only the new Euro 13-pin plugs get tested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Do you reckon these upper wishbone bushes on my XJ6 will pass a MOT? The rubber is fine but the metal shrouds are heavily corroded.All 4 are like it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Are industrial paint thinners is ok to wash a windscreen with? There's a screen with creosote speckled all over it that I've been asked to fix. Old tea shirt, thinners (on glass only), rub like billyo is my plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Are industrial paint thinners is ok to wash a windscreen with? There's a screen with creosote speckled all over it that I've been asked to fix. Old tea shirt, thinners (on glass only), rub like billyo is my plan. I would try Autoglym intense tar remover first, less chance of damaging anything else.Thinners will probably work, but only a small amount on a cloth and wipe any runs off. oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Is a 7 pin trailer socket on a towbar that is firmly attached and the socket itself in good order, but has the wiring disconnected, an MOT failure? Looking at section 1.9 of the MOT manual it would appear not judging by the towbar specific points 3 and 4, but not clear if it would fail under section 2. I guess I should really pull my finger out and fit and wire up the new socket I've had for weeks, but life is getting in the way and I doubt I'll have time before the MOT later this month. I'd just take the ball and socket off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSdriver Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Are industrial paint thinners is ok to wash a windscreen with? There's a screen with creosote speckled all over it that I've been asked to fix. Old tea shirt, thinners (on glass only), rub like billyo is my plan.Normal glass cleaner and finest grade wire wool: 0000 grade. Make sure you wash off all the wire wool residue from the gutters/paintwork else rust spots.If that doesn't work use wire wool and Solvall Spotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo3002 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 can also try a new razor blade on glass as long as the screen is clean from grit etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 can also try a new razor blade on glass as long as the screen is clean from grit etcThis worked well for me on recommendation by Fordperv, I used it for sticker removal from the screen... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GLASS-amp-CERAMIC-HOB-SCRAPER-KNIFE-CLEANER-amp-10-SPARE-BLADES-/142132759230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Today I saw 2 police cars both Focus Estates one 15 reg and the other 65 reg and neither had any lights at all showing, as in no DRLs. I thought they became law in 2011 or 2012, so how could this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I would think the police turning them off is a bit daft. If they had a crash and they'd deliberately made their car harder to see, they'd surely be more at fault? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 turned off to be discrete hard to be discrete with a visting doctor with fecking drls that cant be disabled- thanks vw in the polo handbook it says to disable drl u need to pull fuse- then they won't tell u which one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 On the subject of lights, why do we still have sidelights now that DRLs are mandatory? My mums '11 V50 blew one for the first time recently but when the DRL laws came about Volvo just made the dipped beam come on with the ignition instead of installing some LED's which just shows how hilariously dim the sidelights are. The upshot of this is that when turning the headlights on proper it causes the headlights to go:Dipped beam + sidelightsSidelights onlyDipped beam + sidelights (but now with the rear lights on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 On the subject of lights, why do we still have sidelights now that DRLs are mandatory? My mums '11 V50 blew one for the first time recently but when the DRL laws came about Volvo just made the dipped beam come on with the ignition instead of installing some LED's which just shows how hilariously dim the sidelights are. The upshot of this is that when turning the headlights on proper it causes the headlights to go:Dipped beam + sidelightsSidelights onlyDipped beam + sidelights (but now with the rear lights on).My 57 reg Volvo has that set up. I switch it to the middle (sidelights only) position whenever I drive it in daylight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I never thought I'd have a car with DRLs, but now I have a Volvo... still I like the glow of them being actual bulbs and not LEDs. The mother's 58 plate Bini has DRLs that are just the side lights, down low in the unit shared with the fog lights. You can turn them off in the speedo's settings menu, and off they are. The 60 plate facelift Bini she had didn't have DRLs at all - I think the DRL programming was part of EfficientDynamics that the autos didn't get, as every other facelift Bini I saw has had them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 My 57 reg Volvo has that set up. I switch it to the middle (sidelights only) position whenever I drive it in daylight.Same on my s reg v70.Sidelights is the only setting that stays on when you get out and wander office,so I don't use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Same on my s reg v70.Sidelights is the only setting that stays on when you get out and wander office,so I don't use that.That is true, but I haven't forgotten yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 That won't happen. DRLs are for people too stupid to turn their lights on in poor visibility.They're not about poor visibility, that's what headlights are for and why the rear lights come on with them. In broad daylight, certain groups of people (small children, people with poor eyesight etc) might spot a car with DRLs on where they otherwise might not, but rear lights aren't needed on that instance. I really don't understand the hatred of making a car more visible, and I wonder if you modify a car's settings to remove the facility and someone drives into you, they could argue that you'd not helped yourself. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Lights don't make a car more visible though, not unless the conditions are dull or dark enough to be able to argue that dipped headlights should be on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I think drl's are great, even in the middle of a sunny summers day cars can be driving down the tree lined roads on my way to work where dipped beam is necessary as cars just blend into the scenery, and it makes them visible a lot sooner, its a positive safety benefit, as a lot of people don't realise its hard to see cars in certain light conditions at not just at night, there's quite a few luddites on here who think progress is a bad thing, I'm not one of them mjrose78 and Pillock 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 as a lot of people don't realise its hard to see cars in certain light conditions at not just at night, Then they shouldn't be driving, but that'd involve a driving test that only allowed people able to think to drive & the economy would be on the rocks. Rusty_Rocket and jayroller 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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