Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Went out to the car at lunch time, checked the pipe from vac pump to the servo together with all 4 flexible hoses for hernias, of course 'nothing obvious'. And when I was under the back of the car I noticed this: Well fuck. BorniteIdentity, TheDoctor, theshadow and 1 other 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Just looked at the service history. The exhaust was new in October 2017, helpfully just out of warranty. Once I get the braking mystery solved I may look at a new exhaust. I'm going to start by bleeding the 2 calipers I fitted again. Wondering if air in the system has pushed round to the pistons. Link to post Share on other sites
Rod/b 2335 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 2 hours ago, colino said: It was probably the MOT that highlighted the issue: For most it is the only time in the year that brakes are used in anger. Don't condemn the m/c until you have checked out the vacuum pump. Every days a school day. I’ve never had anything to do with diesel vehicles so i had no idea they ran vacuum pumps. Link to post Share on other sites
wuvvum 34286 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Went out to the car at lunch time, checked the pipe from vac pump to the servo together with all 4 flexible hoses for hernias, of course 'nothing obvious'. And when I was under the back of the car I noticed this: Well fuck. My back box did that. By then the join on the inlet side was also pretty flaky, so I fitted a new rear half of the exhaust - not too bad a job as exhausts go. Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OM646 213 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 On 17/01/2021 at 16:24, Split_Pin said: Consoled myself by fitting the symphony radio in place of the horrible project drive item. Original MK1 Symphony There is some repositioning of the wires required to make the volume control on the steering wheel work, but it functions perfectly as is for now. Also saved myself £18 on a radio code by just firing it in and seeing what happened. I was all ready to buy a code too! Facelift 75 with pre-PD items is something amazing Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 It's also got a nice PPD grey carpet in it which the previous owner fitted. It's lovely quality. I'm afraid I won't be driving this again any time soon though until I get to the bottom of why the brakes momentarily lost pressure. As it stands my schedule is work, dark outside and rain or ice so I have little chance. I'm going to use the Audi for the time being and worry about the 75 some other day. I've seen a nice Phaeton within the boundary walls of my prison area, sorry, local authority area and it's quite cheap..... Fumbler, HMC, Tickman and 2 others 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Tickman 7020 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 19 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: I've seen a nice Phaeton within the boundary walls of my prison area, sorry, local authority area and it's quite cheap..... Just the price of entry I think Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 I couldn't put that into words in my head but those were indeed my thoughts! My work have changed my pay date to month end so the very long month since mid December will mean I have a wee bit of pocket money. The sensible thing to do would be to replace the Mini. ..and get another 172 for myself.... Tickman 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tickman 7020 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Certainly the sensible* thing to do Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
big_al_granvia 1151 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 just buy a volvo mate, the majority of the scotoshite crew cant be wrong Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 I do quite fancy an S60. big_al_granvia 1 Link to post Share on other sites
big_al_granvia 1151 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/automatic-volvo-s60-2004-petrol-5dr-full-year-mot-excellent-condition/1395079192 in denny https://www.gumtree.com/p/volvo/volvo-s60-diesel-d5-auto/1394819691 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Saw that advertised a few weeks ago. I do like them but I don't want to be like everyone else either. big_al_granvia 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Just been out in for a careful drive. Brakes seem fine, pretty sure it was that stuck caliper piston popping back out. Looks like the pad is touching the disk a wee bit more now. BUT. The radio I put in on Sunday is fucked. Works fine when the car is stationery but it all goes doo-lally once the car starts to move. The phone function tries to mute it and the radio is simultaneously fighting back. You can't turn it off until you pull up either. Sensibly* I checked it was working before pushing it into place as you need a 'special Rover tool' to remove it again and I don't have one. So now I need one of those. FUCK A DUCK MAN. BorniteIdentity and loserone 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tam 966 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 The radio is still in the blue one in my project/scrap corner if you want it. Not much chance of delivery at moment though 🙄 Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
OM646 213 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 (edited) The radio might not be fucked after all. Going through the 75 forums i found this (Source: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=247204 ) Edited January 20 by OM646 Formatting Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wuvvum 34286 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 It's odd, isn't it, how so many of the forum 75s have decided to start playing up at the same time... Split_Pin and BorniteIdentity 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 7 hours ago, OM646 said: The radio might not be fucked after all. Going through the 75 forums i found this (Source: https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=247204 ) Ah! I was wondering about something like that! Nobody on the FB page knew what to do. Thank you very much!! OM646 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 7 hours ago, Tam said: The radio is still in the blue one in my project/scrap corner if you want it. Not much chance of delivery at moment though 🙄 Cheers Tam, I had no idea you still had that! Link to post Share on other sites
OM646 213 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Ah! I was wondering about something like that! Nobody on the FB page knew what to do. Thank you very much!! Cheers mate! That's why I love forums, been a long time lurker there ever since I became interested on 75s Split_Pin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Split_Pin 13152 Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Fed up faffing about with this stone age cassette player. I need a pin removal tool to get the telephone mute wire out to stop it having an acky-peevy when I drive off. Fitted the original one back in and fired the Symphony on eBay, too much time spent on something that isn't a non driving issue. Link to post Share on other sites
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