Guest Hooli Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 I collected a large supply as well, she retained them as somehow that made them hers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 LED bulbs are ace, my house is incredibly bright and easy on the eyes (I get migraines from flurescents) and even if we leave every light on 24/7 it'll only cost us about £150 a year. I get decent ones with reasonable CRI and as much as I like the glow of a warm old bulb, LEDS are just brilliant. mat_the_cat, Talbot, scaryoldcortina and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 LED bulbs are ace, my house is incredibly bright and easy on the eyes (I get migraines from flurescents) and even if we leave every light on 24/7 it'll only cost us about £150 a year. I get decent ones with reasonable CRI and as much as I like the glow of a warm old bulb, LEDS are just brilliant. I happen to agree, when the light isn't the OMGBRIGHTBLUEBLINDINGLED. They're great. Smaller, use less power, last longer. Just seems strange that all car parts shops sell incandescent car bulbs, but DIY shops never sell household ones. Is car electricity magic electricity that comes from nowhere? Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 So after yesterday's bubbling radiator in the primera. I ran it for an hour this morning after flushing out the heater matrix again. All hoses nice and hot also heater was hot. BUT a fair bit of smoke and water from exhaust no overheating or bubbling back into the expansion tank. It's using water but can't see an obvious leak. If it's OMG HGF is it worth a bottle of k seal. It's a £200 car so don't want to put it into a garage do diagnose. No sludge on oil cap and oil looks ok. Yesterday's problem seems to be the coolant had leaked out slowly over the last week and that led to cold air and lots of bubbling. Although temp gauge stayed in the middle. Although will become irrelevant if I win tomorrows raffle. If not it may go on eBay with its new mot and battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort1977 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I am a fairly mediocre engineer but my guess would be it's down to type approval and marginal efficiency gains. Cars weren't designed for LED bulbs so the LED replacements that have become available aren't type approved or recommended. Those cars that are designed with LED lights use dedicated light clusters not the old bulb shapes. And looking at efficiency while the alternator does put some load on the engine the amount of fuel saved by switching to LED bulbs would be marginal. Only 1-2% of the calorific value of the fuel used in a car engine goes to electrical loads so it's not worth the effort. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 I can still get incandescent bulbs. But that's only when I'm ordering replacements for the lighting rigs at work. I don't like the look of LED stage lights - but they are a lot more efficient. If you ever want to know just how inefficient incandescents are, try handling a PAR without gloves after it's been on for a couple of minutes and then an LED cluster. Nicola H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH-R Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Incandescent bulbs are still trivially easy to buy in shops, despite the"ban". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 LED bulbs are ace, my house is incredibly bright and easy on the eyes (I get migraines from flurescents) and even if we leave every light on 24/7 it'll only cost us about £150 a year. I get decent ones with reasonable CRI and as much as I like the glow of a warm old bulb, LEDS are just brilliant.we're mostly LED now, but at new year's we visited someone with lots of home automation and now we have a few INNRs with a Philips Hue. Great for routines like a light fading in before the alarm goes off, or a nightlight with follows sunset and sunrise. Changing the colour temperature to suit the task is really handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 My Astra has alloys with shit tyres so I've bought a set of steel rims with good tyres. Will I need different wheel bolts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 My Astra has alloys with shit tyres so I've bought a set of steel rims with good tyres. Will I need different wheel bolts? Yes, they are £15 a set on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Same pipe that goes between the pressure side of the turbo and the injection pump, which the pump uses to increase fuelling during BOOOOOOST. Post an underbonnet and I'll point to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 Aren't they lucas epic pumped ? No boost sense pipe then The Moog and Talbot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Am I missing something obvious, or have they altered the way you can browse cars on eBay? I want to search for estates/automatics/less than £1000 but now it seems to force you to go into a make before you can access the filters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Aren't they lucas epic pumped ? No boost sense pipe then Bottoms. Shows my slight lack of experience on the much later XUD's just before the finished. Anywhere on the pipework between the turbo outlet, through the intercooler and into the inlet manifold will do for a boost gauge. There must be an unused stub or pipe access point *somewhere* The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What is that pipe between the inlet manifold inlet pipe and the fuel filter? If that connects in to the inlet manifold, then that would do for a boost gauge pick-up point. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Bottoms. Shows my slight lack of experience on the much later XUD's just before the finished. Anywhere on the pipework between the turbo outlet, through the intercooler and into the inlet manifold will do for a boost gauge. There must be an unused stub or pipe access point *somewhere* T-piece on the pipe to the wastegate should do it I'd have thought. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Am I missing something obvious, or have they altered the way you can browse cars on eBay? I want to search for estates/automatics/less than £1000 but now it seems to force you to go into a make before you can access the filters.On the app you can hit a link below the first like 20 suggestions in the catogory and VIEW ALL CARS, then filter from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 On the app you can hit a link below the first like 20 suggestions in the catogory and VIEW ALL CARS, then filter from there. Thank you! I don't want to come across like a technophobe, I've been using the web almost as long as it's existed so I tend to think that if I can't figure something out it's badly designed. Any way to do it on the website? Seems like a pain to do that to add the cars to my watch list, then go to the computer to look at the photos at a proper size... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 To be honest I stopped using the actual website because its so hateful and unintuitive. They seem to have gone out of there way to make everything as difficult as possible for some reason. SierraMikeHotel and cort16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 To be honest I stopped using the actual website because its so hateful and unintuitive. They seem to have gone out of there way to make everything as difficult as possible for some reason. My thoughts exactly. It's nice to have confirmation that it wasn't just me being an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What are later Lexus LS460 like? Are they still the legendary cars for reliability? I want to change my life this year and get out and about, do some trips hither and yon and I do NOT want to be bothered about the car breaking down, lack of space for the mutts, and I want a big boot 'cos i am going to buy a tent! Coprolalia, blakey79 and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Do you need a functioning rear window washer to pass an MoT ? Wiper works, washer don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 And looking at efficiency while the alternator does put some load on the engine the amount of fuel saved by switching to LED bulbs would be marginal. Only 1-2% of the calorific value of the fuel used in a car engine goes to electrical loads so it's not worth the effort. I've an uncle who used to twiddle the screw to turn off his Volvo lights because he decided they wasted petrol which I thought eccentric. I thought again when the alternator belt snapped on a 2cv and it went 2-3mph faster, even though there was little electrical load (summer's day). I fixed it and noticed that the engine note rose and fell slightly in sympathy with the indicators with the alternator connected. 150w continuous, like in a Volvo is perhaps significant. A car alternator at 60% efficient and engine at 30% means less than 20% efficient electricity. So 0.83kW of fuel energy just for headlamps and taillamps. At 70mph an engine might be putting out 30kW, so maybe 2.5% of total. But... the cost of energy for the car (petrol/diesel) is about 3x the cost of a kWh to your house, so two headlights and four or six smaller bulbs very nearly costs as much as a 3 bar fire. Add in wipers, heater fan, hrw and heated seats and it's one reason winter fuel consumption can be a good bit worse than in summer. [/pedantmode] Talbot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Do you need a functioning rear window washer to pass an MoT ? Wiper works, washer don't.No. Talbot and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Thank you! I don't want to come across like a technophobe, I've been using the web almost as long as it's existed so I tend to think that if I can't figure something out it's badly designed. Any way to do it on the website? Seems like a pain to do that to add the cars to my watch list, then go to the computer to look at the photos at a proper size...Yes just click on advanced search and have cars in the category drop down box then you can use it as you used to be able to, fucking dickheads changing things all the time for no good reason. SierraMikeHotel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Yes just click on advanced search and have cars in the category drop down box then you can use it as you used to be able to, fucking dickheads changing things all the time for no good reason.Now I feel like a right idiot for not seeing that, but it really isn't obvious! Thank you. Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What is that pipe between the inlet manifold inlet pipe and the fuel filter? If that connects in to the inlet manifold, then that would do for a boost gauge pick-up point.It doesn't. Its fuel line which goes into a clear hose then to injector pump. Wastegate is tucked down the back of these next to bulkhead I think which is a pain to access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 What are later Lexus LS460 like? Are they still the legendary cars for reliability? I want to change my life this year and get out and about, do some trips hither and yon and I do NOT want to be bothered about the car breaking down, lack of space for the mutts, and I want a big boot 'cos i am going to buy a tent! Can't help with the LS460 query but I like your plan. Some tents, particularly the glass fibre rod types, are pigs to put up single handed, so buy wisely. I still use an old ridge tent which has standing up height. It's sturdy and weatherproof enough for a typical English summer. xtriple 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 It's something I've always wanted to do, wander around, pitch tent, get the kettle on, sleeping bags and dogs for warmth. Should (might!) be fun? Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and DeeJay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Get the thickest self inflating mattress you can, I used to have a 10cm one & it was a comfy as a real bed. The Moog, loserone and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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