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I see the other side of this . I have a drive way / garage for about 4 cars but my car has spent most of the last 3 weeks parked on the road . This is because I’m having my back garden landscaped / trees taken down etc so I need to leave the drive free for access for diggers etc . I expect the people over the road are moaning about it but I have a genuine reason , the car is all legal etc .

So maybe they have a good reason ?

It's one thing 'needing' the drive and using the drive. They have a good reason, they are selfish twats.. There is only 3 parking spaces in the road for 4 households to use so those of us that have drives are considerate enough to keep the close clear, except the dick head who thinks the close is his extended property so doesn't need to use his drive.. Good reason ?? Yup, selfish / immature.. he just needs to be made aware of his mistaken belief..

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I'd go with a polite* note under his wiper "please use your drive you inconsiderate twat*"

 

*Other expletives available.

You missed an open goal there for an easy entry in this years c#nt  count

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No....

Get the wheels spinning to generate heat a nd melt the ice....then take your spade and dig yourself out of the rut you are now trapped in.

 

I have yet to drive the omega in snow. I wonder if traction control helps or not

 

Nope, they are the most useless car in snow I have ever experienced 

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It's one thing 'needing' the drive and using the drive. They have a good reason, they are selfish twats.. There is only 3 parking spaces in the road for 4 households to use so those of us that have drives are considerate enough to keep the close clear, except the dick head who thinks the close is his extended property so doesn't need to use his drive.. Good reason ?? Yup, selfish / immature.. he just needs to be made aware of his mistaken belief..

Win a riffle car and leave it parked in the space outside his house forcing them to use the driveway?

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Does anyone have any knowledge / experience of the GM 4T60-E gearbox transmission?  Stuck in third gear, pulls away in third, won't kick down, won't shift into fourth.  Second gear can be selected manually using the shifter, but first appears to be MIA (with the lever in 1 it stays in second).

 

Reverse works fine, there's no hesitation going into gear and no obvious slippage.  There's very little idle creep but I put that down to being in a high gear.  ATF is light brown so probably not at its freshest but doesn't smell burnt or anything.  No warning lights on the dash.  I haven't been able to accurately check the level yet, but my experience with American GM autos is that if the fluid gets low they will slip before they do anything else.

 

In my (admittedly fairly limited) experience, when an auto 'box gets stuck in third, it's usually some kind of failsafe mode caused by an electronic fault - would that be the case here?  If so, how would I go about getting it diagnosed given that the 4T60-E was (to the best of my knowledge) never used in any UK market car?

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Also - since the sad demise of Maplins, is there anywhere one can easily acquire a small electronic timing device of a type which would turn on a warning light (say, for example, an ABS light) when the ignition comes on, then turn it off a few seconds later?  Asking for a friend like.

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Also - since the sad demise of Maplins, is there anywhere one can easily acquire a small electronic timing device of a type which would turn on a warning light (say, for example, an ABS light) when the ignition comes on, then turn it off a few seconds later? Asking for a friend like.

A 555 timer in monostable mode should do what you need - i imagine pre built modules are available on eBay.

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Also - since the sad demise of Maplins, is there anywhere one can easily acquire a small electronic timing device of a type which would turn on a warning light (say, for example, an ABS light) when the ignition comes on, then turn it off a few seconds later?  Asking for a friend like.

http://deselectra.com/

 

hes on ebay too but cheaper direct ...had stuff myself 

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Got to remove two tailgate badges that are attached with double sided tape they are in script form,what is the best way to do this without paint damage?

I guess warm them up with a hairdryer and gently try and get under a corner with say a plastic trim removal tool,they are to be replaced with brand new items.

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heat and slide a filler card /credit card under it , or fishing line/cotton in a sawing motion 

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If you know a dick head who has a driveway outside his house but insists on parking in the road taking a valuable space in a limited parking area, how would you make sure they stopped being a dick head ? As far as I know insurance isn't valid if you don't park on the drive when at home.. He's one of them modern Mercedes drivers that is all cocky and you can't talk to him..

 

Not that I'm condoning such actions - but can't you use his driveway….. there's fuck all he can do about it. obviously if it were any of us - various 'loose' roof tiles would be present in short shrift. But as far as the latest internet furore was - there is literally nothing the property owner can do other than block you in. But if it's not a car in use - at least it's safely* parked!

 

Of course - it'll cause all out parking war - but you don't seem that enamoured of him anyway. what's his wife/gf like? - Asking for a friend like...……. :-D

 

Edit - just to clarify - I wouldn't actually go that far - it depends on how pissed off you get I suppose.

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there is literally nothing the property owner can do other than block you in.

He's not even allowed to do that any more - that counts as "denying access to the public highway".  An unintended consequence of the law banning clamping on private land.

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Sad demise of Maplin? They just lacked a gun, mask and a stripped shirt.

 

Anyway just get your friend a 555 timer and look up a courtesy light delay circuit.

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Aye. I don't see how their business failed really, its a good model to sell 54p worth of components for £3.99

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Aye. I don't see how their business failed really, its a good model to sell 54p worth of components for £3.99

It is until everyone realises you can get it from China for 54p delivered.

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  If so, how would I go about getting it diagnosed given that the 4T60-E was (to the best of my knowledge) never used in any UK market car?

 

Look at the solenoids for broken wires / open circuit?  Alternatively, all autos work on the same principles, surely a competent auto box specialist used to GM-400s in Jags and such could work out what's up with it without too much of  tigerbumming on price?

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Hi shitters,

How long can you run with HGF?

Is there any other reason why there's mayonnaise under the filler cap? - i cleaned out a load yesterday and it's back this morning.

 

Detail:

Seat Altea 1.6 pez shit heap

Spat out it's temperature sender 5 miles from home with plumes of steam escaping from bonnet.

Wife drove it home the 5 miles as the "steam subsided at motorway speeds"

New temp sender, o ring and clip fitted and topped up coolant.

 

Finally, there's no fucking way I'm paying for this to be put right and I'm not popping my HG cherry on this. When it dies it's getting squashed.

 

Thanks all!

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Try K seal if you don't care about the car. It may work.

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Steel Seal is better on head gaskets. K seal isn’t a bad shout though, used it loads of times no problems. Good stuff.

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Awesome, I should do an oil change too and monitor for mayonnaise levels to determine whether it's fixed the issue?

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Have any Volvo owners used the online dash instrument repair people with success?

 

Various ones seem to be out there to fix the 940's dash but if anyone has a recommendation that would be good.

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Why bother with any of that? I just leave it running and go in for a cuppa.

I went out at 22:30 last night and scraped the ice off all the glass and left the engine running with the blower on the screen, recirculation on and rear screen & mirror heaters on so it would be warm and clear for son to take to work for 23:00.

 

Just got grumps from him and a "Why did you bother with that" :(

It has chevrons on the front and rear that ward off potential thieves.

Close to Sunderland admittedly.

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Sad demise of Maplin? They just lacked a gun, mask and a stripped shirt.

 

Anyway just get your friend a 555 timer and look up a courtesy light delay circuit.

I used to just bung an r/c network in to delay the courtesy lights.

 

Made a bit of a mistake wiring it in to one of the Imps and it all melted to slag with attendant magic smoke release.

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Awesome, I should do an oil change too and monitor for mayonnaise levels to determine whether it's fixed the issue?

No, save your money, wipe the cap off and hope for the best then stick the Steel Seal in the expansion tank. Have you checked the gaskets definitely gone?

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No, save your money, wipe the cap off and hope for the best then stick the Steel Seal in the expansion tank. Have you checked the gaskets definitely gone?

Not sure really, the emulsion under the filler cap is the only symptom. The cars not obviously got white smoke out of the zorst and doesn't appear to be pressuring the coolant. As it was run for some time without coolant I'm guessing a cracked head is more likely than HGF? The expansion bottle looks to be free of any oil too.
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Can anyone recommend a good place to get a Focus instrument cluster repaired? Somewhere that knows what they’re doing not someone in their bedroom with a soldering iron?

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Not sure really, the emulsion under the filler cap is the only symptom. The cars not obviously got white smoke out of the zorst and doesn't appear to be pressuring the coolant. As it was run for some time without coolant I'm guessing a cracked head is more likely than HGF? The expansion bottle looks to be free of any oil too.

The fact it spat the steam out is suspect.

 

Personally clean off gunk under cap - k seal and ignore.

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