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[DSdriver]

Beam benders or cutoff shields to blank the wrong side kickup should sort the headlights for MoT, it's certainly a better way of going about it than trying to gain daylight only status by binning all the lights!

 

PS, if you really do want to do that you have to lose the stop lamps too. Just don't, OK?

I used to have a Citroen CX with one RHD and one LHD headlamp. A mistake in the factory I think. Just used black tape to mask of the kerbfinder part of the lens on the relevant headlamp depending on whether I was driving in UK or abroad. 

 

You need to point the car at a wall or garage door on a level surface so you can see which bit you need to blank off. When its dark out obvs.

[Dave_Q]

Here we go, 2450INR is about 30 quid a side.

 

https://m.ebay.in/itm/MAHINDRA-RENAULT-LOGAN-HEAD-LIGHT-ASSEMBLY-/232428254662?hash=NA==

 

Postage might sting though, and the seller has 75.5% positive feedback.

 

If you want some headlights from India and they won't ship direct, I may have a colleague who can help.

[Guest Hooli]

 black tape to mask of the kerbfinder part of the lens

 

You need to point the car at a wall or garage door on a level surface so you can see which bit you need to blank off. When its dark out obvs.

 

I did that on my bike, normal insulating tape lasted about four years before it fell off.

[320touring]

Can I take my 68800mAh jump pack on a plane as hand luggage?

[chodweaver]

I don't see why not - it's no more (but no less, either) hazardous than a large laptop battery. They must have seen them in security by now.

 

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[Eddie Honda]

Possibly. Carry it on yer person rather than bag. At least that's what I did with my one 1/3 the capacity.

 

What do the airline say about the OMG power ratings?

[320touring]

Possibly. Carry it on yer person rather than bag. At least that's what I did with my one 1/3 the capacity.

 

What do the airline say about the OMG power ratings?

Using the calculation for Ah they suggest it seems to be over.

 

I may just take work laptop instead or both.

[chodweaver]

What is the Wh (watt/hour) rating? If it's 12 x 68.800 Wh then you might have problems with cabin baggage - BA have a limit of 100Wh on lithium ion etc. batteries. The FAA say up to 160 Wh is allowed but at the discretion of the airline.

 

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[320touring]

What is the Wh (watt/hour) rating? If it's 12 x 68.800 Wh then you might have problems with cabin baggage - BA have a limit of 100Wh on lithium ion etc. batteries. The FAA say up to 160 Wh is allowed but at the discretion of the airline.

 

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Yeah its a 68800..

At least I think it is - no markings to say but the figure rings a bell

[Guest Hooli]

Is it lithium ion though? I thought jump packs tended to be gel or lead acid?

[320touring]

Is it lithium ion though? I thought jump packs tended to be gel or lead acid?

It's one of the wee ones - just bigger than a mobile phone..

[Guest Hooli]

Not seen 'em that small, no idea what's in them myself.

[320touring]

Not seen 'em that small, no idea what's in them myself.

Tis this sorta thing

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F172783745730

[Eddie Honda]

Not seen 'em that small, no idea what's in them myself.

Get with it granddad!

[M'coli]

What effect if any does ignition timing have on air/ fuel ratios?

It shouldn't have any effect whatsoever.

[DodgeRover]

Not seen 'em that small, no idea what's in them myself.

A prototype Mr Fussion unit?

 

Plutonium?

[Guest Hooli]

Dilithium crystals?

[M'coli]

Scottish shiters may be able to help me on this one, it's a memory I have of being dragged around the countryside by my parents 30-odd years ago and traveling through a town or village on, IIRC, the eastern side of Scotland, maybe in fife or closer to the borders.  If you've been on this road, I think you'll remember it, so:

 

The road travels across what I can only describe as a carse, with fields either side.  On a hillside that appears to be at the end of the carse there's a town or village, but the route into the town doesn't appear visible from the road you're on, i.e. you can't see where the road goes into the town.  Suddenly, however, the road does a bit of a wiggle, and you're there - in the town, in the town centre, and it's a bit, "how the fuck did that happen? WOW!".

 

It's been bugging me for years, because my parents couldn't remember it even when they were alive.

[bezzabsa]

OK, so I have heard of a Y reg(newer shape) ** BMW 3 series going Verrr cheap..tis but a lowly poverty spec, so question is , how hard/easy are they to upgrade from scrap yard?

Last thing I upgraded was my Mondeo Mk3 which was pretty much plug n play with leather, sounds, and dash..But having read a few posts on here about hedgehogs and the such it got me wondering..

Cheers all

This shape BTW **

[Jon]

Suggestion:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/29776-stupid-question-amnesty/

[garbaldy]

This one has all the toys and can be yours with no need to swap out the interior for leather ????

Lovely six pot soundtrack too.

[ianbmw]

This one has all the toys and can be yours with no need to swap out the interior for leather ????

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Lovely six pot soundtrack too.

As someone who tinkers with a BMW or two, not much is scrap yard prices! Alot to be said for a well maintained standard vehicle.

 

However check subframe mounts on tbh e back!!! It's killing alot of e46 off at the moment. If it's a 318 and it rattles, it's going to be a highway in the sky job

 

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[ianbmw]

As someone who tinkers with a BMW or two, not much is scrap yard prices! Alot to be said for a well maintained standard vehicle.

 

However check subframe mounts on tbh e back!!! It's killing alot of e46 off at the moment. If it's a 318 and it rattles, it's going to be a highway in the sky job

 

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The, not tbh

 

 

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[wuvvum]

What size Torx socket is equivalent to a 10mm hex socket (i.e. a 10mm hex will get a grip on the bolt head but not enough to get it undone without nomming it)?  Is it an E10 I need, or is it not that simple?

[Eddie Honda]

Just get a better 10mm side drive socket. Or hammer a 3/8" AF over it.

 

That's an normal hex on the outside (which I assume from your "E10" reference which is hexalobular on the outside of the head)

[Guest Hooli]

Just buy a set of torx sockets, they aren't too much & you'll only need them more & more as time goes on.

[tooSavvy]

^^ I had 'anti tamper' (hole in the end) torx drivers - for various chip&pin and till cover access screws.

 

Poking a fine electricians driver into the torx fixing and 'snapping off' the little pip/pin ensured no such shenanigans next visit.. lol

 

TS

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Rot like you would not beleive on a car so modern.

 

The last proper BMWs were the E36 and E39.

 

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[Asimo]

 

 

 

The last proper BMWs were the E28 and E32.

 

 

 

 

FTFY

[sierraman]

Wouldn’t really expect suspension mounts rusting off on a ‘premium’ car. Probably days of them being a quality car went in the mid 90’s. Today probably no more ‘quality’ than anything else.