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[Simonsays]

  On 14/07/2018 at 11:25, 3VOM said:

Any easy ways to find where my aircon system is leaking?

Something to do with a UV light and special glasses iirc. Doubtless more knowledge folk than me can elaborate

[DodgeRover]

  On 14/07/2018 at 10:02, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer said:

Welder - it's always just fired up and ran without issue other than the bloody user.....

 

Turns on ok - fan blasting around as per..... Not a bloody thing when I pull the trigger though.

Opened up the trigger and the usual 2 spade connnectors but also a pale blue wire dong sod all. Is it supposed to?

I was so annoyed I forgot pics.

 

Any hing else I should check on a Clarke 205 Turbo mig?

 

First time I've opened the thing apart from wire jams...... totally lost!

Firstly check the fuse(s) then blow all the dust, grinding grit etc out of it, then check for dry joints on the board.

[DVee8]

Modern car question. After a 130 miles trip this morning l parked up.

On return there was a wet patch on the ground under the passenger side door and water dripping from a rubber tube. Could this be a overflow for the Aircon?

All levels checked and ok. This was clear water no antifreeze. Any ideas?

OH Nissan x-trail 64 plate.

[Lacquer Peel]

100% air conditioning condensate drain

[DVee8]

Cheers LP I knew it was just checking the nagging doubt.

 

Edit.. and Nicola H

[twosmoke300]

  On 14/07/2018 at 12:06, Nicola H said:

Yep, most SWB are FWD

 

MWB available as both

 

LWB generally RWD

 

also allows a factory AWD

Garage round the front from me do work for a delivery fleet of transits . One came in for a clutch , young lad grabs the job card smiling . Easy job and bread n butter for them . Wasn’t smiling so much when he put it up in the air and saw it was an awd one !

I didn’t realise they did a 2000 onwards one if I’m honest . Bastard of a job now tho , whole front subframe out , massive transfer box in the way . Hahahahaha

Looked no different from a normal van outside either , not like the old smiley counties .

Wonder why a parcel delivery company even had one in cornwall

[Lacquer Peel]

Ex-utility company maybe? I've driven one, the extra traction is useful on unpaved tracks and in the snow but they're no off roader.

[twosmoke300]

Still has oily bits with county written on tho !

[Noel Tidybeard]

  On 14/07/2018 at 12:25, twosmoke300 said:

Still has oily bits with county written on tho !

 

cool

[twosmoke300]

The mechanic doing the clutch in overalls last week wasn’t !

[SiC]

  On 13/07/2018 at 20:24, SiC said:

Damn. Amazon reviewers told lies. Explains the supplied fibre washers. There is a pirtex dealer not that far away. Not sure when they open, Google says 24/7 and so does their website. Surely that can't be correct?!

 

I need to convert this to either 1/8" or Schrader valve. My original intention was to attach a Schrader 556 coupler to the end of that pipe.

In answer to my question the pipe is a 1/4" BSP fitting based on the fact that a 1/4" BSP airtool connector screwed into it. I believe the actual connector is a BSPP and not BSPT. Similar but not the same.

 

The Schrader fitting appears to be a 1/8" NPT. Closely similar to a 1/8" BSPT but much more different to a 1/8" BSPP. According to Google...

[Lacquer Peel]

What's this Princess Diana mobile worth? Out of MOT, the hood leaks a little, that interior. 1.8 20v, manual, drives fine.

It's near Aviemore if anyone wants it.

 

 

 

[Guest Hooli]

  On 14/07/2018 at 11:25, 3VOM said:

Any easy ways to find where my aircon system is leaking?

 

a) get it refilled with dye so that under UV light you can see stains where it is leaking

 

2) hold the car under water till you see bubbles

[Guest Hooli]

Or even

 

iii) leak detect spray. it makes a googey coating over whatever you spray it on so you can see bubbles appear. But I doubt you'd be able to see all the joints/pipework to make this work.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

Washing up liquid?

[Guest Hooli]

Might work, the stuff I've seen in a spray is more gooey so you get nice big easy to see bubbles from slight leaks before they burst.

[Talbot]

  On 14/07/2018 at 11:25, 3VOM said:

Any easy ways to find where my aircon system is leaking?

Garage near me pressurises the system with nitrogen to find leaks. Seems to work too, as nitrogen is a lot cheaper than R134a, and you can then check over the entire system until you find where it's pissing out.

[3VOM]

  On 16/07/2018 at 14:56, Talbot said:

Garage near me pressurises the system with nitrogen to find leaks. Seems to work too, as nitrogen is a lot cheaper than R134a, and you can then check over the entire system until you find where it's pissing out.

Could I just pressurise it with air and listen out for a leak then? Dye stuff is horrendously expensive and I don't want to spend £25 to stain the carpet under the centre console.

[davehedgehog31]

Seeking four new boots for the Rover -  any opinion on which of these tip the best balance of price v ending up in the scenery. 

 

[sierraman]

I've used the Rovellos before, good tyre.

[scdan4]

I’ve had the Avon’s. Can confirm they have lots of road hangonability. Would recommend.

 

ETA plus made in Wiltshire.

[Talbot]

  On 16/07/2018 at 15:01, 3VOM said:

Could I just pressurise it with air and listen out for a leak then? Dye stuff is horrendously expensive and I don't want to spend £25 to stain the carpet under the centre console.

Yes, but only if you plan on changing the reciever-drier afterwards. The humidity in any air pressurised into the system will saturate the dessicant and make the system not work properly.

[Shirley Knott]

And I've got the Barums pictured on the 940, they're fine.

[clayts450]

I've got the Sailun's on the rear of the Streetshite - no dramas, no premature wear - pretty good tyre - no noise at all, and happy to be chucked into corners without grip lossage in wet and dry.

[SiC]

Barums are a Czech tyre that is part owned by Pirelli.

[sierraman]

Thought Barum were owned by Continental?

[SiC]

You are correct! A mistake on my part.

[jakebullet]

Where do disco TD5's like to leak coolant from? Bastard thing is pissing me off now. I had an obvious pissing out leak from the gasket on the cylinder head outlet. Fixed that. Then discovered fuel cooler drips under certain conditions, fixed that. Just been on a 400 mile dismal holiday, and the levels gone down an inch. When I stopped at the services and came back it was emitting that hot coolant smell, but no obvious leak. I don't think it's head gasket, or it wouldn't smell?

 

Should I a) snake oil it with k seal, b ) keep driving & hope it gets worse enough to spot, c) replace every bloody pipe and gasket in the hope of fixing it?

[Guest Hooli]

Water pumps were always a favourite on older Discos, I don't know if they carried that heritage* over though.

[M'coli]

Not an actual admission of 'detailing' from me, but it might be an idea to clean two years worth of dead insects off of our motorhome, in particular the "quiff" above the cab. I'm thinking that it will probably need a bit of a steep to soften them up first. What's that stuff that looks like Randy Marsh had just come his mutton over a car and how is it applied?