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[Rusty_Rocket]

I like the Nightbreaker bulbs. People say they don't last long but I've had 3yrs out of a pair on a daily driver before. 

[catsinthewelder]

Wasn't the chod airbnb a French website?

[DodgeRover]

Wasn't the chod airbnb a French website?

I think so, didn't Junkman try to use it unsuccessfully as the internet in France closed at 3pm?

[Guest Hooli]

LED headlight conversions seems to the way to go for me. I paid £30 for a pair of bulbs & put one in my bike, it's like having four headlights & the cutoff etc all looks correct.

[Cheggers]

Two stupid questions:

 

Glass cleaner, any recommendations as anything I have used seems to make it a dirt magnet, especially the inside of the windscreen!

I haven't used anything from the car market but loads of different glass cleaners including an industrial one I got from work years ago.

 

 

Aftermarket stereos in cars with poor radio reception. Is it a new thing as it would seem if I am driving it doesn't like keeping any station!

Do I need an amplifier for the signal for anything I fit?

I use ArmorAll Glass Wipes from B&Q. Cheap, simple and do the job well.

 

 

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[loserone]

There was a website mentioned on here a few times where you could hire all kinds of tat and rammel from their owners, like an Airbnb for cars, what was it? I have googled but not sure I've found the right one.

 

Ouicar

[cort16]

Ouicar

What if I want a big car ?

[barmatt]

There's a set of tyres on gumtree that I'd like but they're in Rotherham, Does anyone know of a courier that will ship tyres that are taped together in pairs? All the companies I've looked at say the need to be packaged.

[Guest Hooli]

Not off hand, but I can store in Doncaster (& work in Rotherham) if you need it while sorting out a courier/shitely.

[drum]

My transit failed its mot on (among other things, ineffective back brakes and hand brake.

 

I took the drums off for a look-see.

 

On both sides, the back shoe was more worn than the other. The self adjusters weren't seized.

 

Will new shoes fix this or is there likely to be something else causing the problem?

[twosmoke300]

The trailing shoes normally have half the thickness of lining from new . If the footbrake and h brake is down then it's an adjustment / friction issue . If it's footbrake only low then wheel cylinders / load sensing valve or an hyd issue

[barmatt]

Not off hand, but I can store in Doncaster (& work in Rotherham) if you need it while sorting out a courier/shitely.

 

That's incredibly kind of you to offer to do that. Would you be willing to collect them in Rotherham and just hang on for a couple of days until I work out getting them here?

[Guest Hooli]

Yeah shouldn't be an issue, drop me a PM with the details & I'll see what I can do.

[gordonbennet]

Two stupid questions:

 

Glass cleaner, any recommendations as anything I have used seems to make it a dirt magnet, especially the inside of the windscreen!

I haven't used anything from the car market but loads of different glass cleaners including an industrial one I got from work years ago.

 

 

Aftermarket stereos in cars with poor radio reception. Is it a new thing as it would seem if I am driving it doesn't like keeping any station!

Do I need an amplifier for the signal for anything I fit?

 

Try Chemiclean Birmingham (online sales mainly aimed at janitorial), they offer a blue window cleaner in 5 litre bottles, i have never had as good a window cleaner as this stuff.

Lots of their stuff is top quality and good value too.

 

www.chemiclean.co.uk

[drum]

The trailing shoes normally have half the thickness of lining from new . If the footbrake and h brake is down then it's an adjustment / friction issue . If it's footbrake only low then wheel cylinders / load sensing valve or an hyd issue

Doesn't sound like new shoes will fix it then. I had a job getting the drums off so wouldn't have thought the adjustment was miles out. The drum's were nice and shiny inside with no lip to speak of.

 

I'll maybe try adjusting them out until they bind then back them off a click. What's the best way to test the back brakes?

[barmatt]

Yeah shouldn't be an issue, drop me a PM with the details & I'll see what I can do.

 

pm sent

[scaryoldcortina]

I looked at your fail - you might have two issues going on, it says "little or no effort" for footbrake which is most likely to be a seized load valve and "fluctuating" for handbrake which is, well, odd. I'm not sure what is meant there, it's not usual to get fluctuation on a cable actuated drum brake, it's a symptom of leaky hydraulics or warped disks!

 

Check the arm on the load valve is free to move and that its spring is still attached to the axle, make sure the handbrake cables are doing their job and go back for a retest.

 

Edit - I know the siezed load valve would in an ideal world have been a fail in itself, but there is no certainty it got checked on.

[DodgeRover]

Doesn't sound like new shoes will fix it then. I had a job getting the drums off so wouldn't have thought the adjustment was miles out. The drum's were nice and shiny inside with no lip to speak of.

 

I'll maybe try adjusting them out until they bind then back them off a click. What's the best way to test the back brakes?

Has the load adjusting valve seized?

 

Edit oh damn replied before getting to the end of the thread! What SOC says

[Lacquer Peel]

Ouicar

Ta. I forgot it was only for France, I'm going to Prague next month and dreamt of hiring an old Favorit or something

[Talbot]

Does anyone know a car I am likely to find in a breakers that will have heated seats which are heated both on the base and on the back? Bonus points if they are fairly comfortable seats too.

[SiC]

Something Swedish?

[Noel Tidybeard]

Does anyone know a car I am likely to find in a breakers that will have heated seats which are heated both on the base and on the back? Bonus points if they are fairly comfortable seats too.

 

mk3 mondingo

[bunglebus]

Modern BMWs if you find a dead one.

[Guest Hooli]

Does anyone know a car I am likely to find in a breakers that will have heated seats which are heated both on the base and on the back? Bonus points if they are fairly comfortable seats too.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Seats-Universal-Carbon-Fiber-Heated-Seat-Heater-Pads-Hi-Off-Lo-Switch-12V-Kits/152557221504?epid=538255518&hash=item23851e7680:g:Fu4AAOSwDiBZIrOY

 

Fit them to your existing seats?

 

 

I keep thinking of getting such a kit to do my bike saddle but I don't think I've got the spare amps.

[Talbot]

Don't have an existing seat, this is for a very specific project.

 

BM or a Mondildo might be the most likely to find I guess, and common enough for the sest to be cheap enough.

[Guest Hooli]

Ahh, ignore me then.

[puddlethumper]

^^ O.k.

[twosmoke300]

Saab 9-5

[SiC]

Anyone know what the part number or what this bulb holder is for this? It's the alternator bulb holder from a Smiths speedo on a MGB. The bulb itself is a screw fit job. I've looked through Moss but I can't immediately find anything.

 

The wire has broken off mine. I could solder but tbh the contacts inside are a bit rough. Also it looks like I'll have to bend the holder apart to get to the contact and solder it.

 

[sierraman]

Re the Transit brake trouble...

 

Sounds like the load sensing valve for the back. The handbrake bit sounds like a strip down, clean and regrease the pivot points might sort it.