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...... skidding like on a grifter..... ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Well, some 'ooooohhhh,errMissta!' WET power wooliness was definitely a 'feature' of Landsail helming ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

These are 'tyre rated' as good WET..... ๐Ÿค”

The coming winter will be an interesting sesh....... ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿ’จ

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Nothing worth watching on TV......

Run out planned ๐Ÿ˜‹

Hexham services/Subway [yup, OPEN!! ๐Ÿ‘Œ]

Teesdale, Killhope Wheel, Frosterly, Consett & home (via Killingworth MaccieD ice-cream) Seaton Sluice and along the seafront.....

Not many cars out but all the shops were shut.... Ah Well ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿฅ‚

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Well...well...well (not)๐Ÿ˜ฑ

..... I pulled up, dropping anklebiter @No1 boyf, and I'm 'Sniffinn... Sniff.Sniff.Sniffin' ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

Bar-B-Qd rubber something ๐Ÿค”....

Pops bonnet and sniffin..... Yupp, fan belt ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

Get home and give the hand around the world jobbie .... Red Hot alt pulley + belt has fibreglass white whiskers/is sandpaper crusty on the flat back (toasted!!)

Ah well, trusty spare is in boot so that's a job for the morning ๐Ÿ”จโœ”๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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Whilst doing the fan belt I spotted an oil leak/general oily mist mess, at the gbox end...

Ahh..... Dizzy O-ring [TADTS] ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

Drilling *expertly into the 'hive mind' (of Geo forum USA) I gleaned the dims. Std Jap P-24 =ย 30.7 x 23.7 x 3.5

eBay to the rescue.....

..... No, I'm not paying 'Suzuki o-ring kit' prices, I'm a cheapskate FFS ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Well I Never...... I have received 'the mark'!

..... The 'mark of Cain'๐Ÿ™„.....

The rivet counters, over on US Geo forum, have opined that I'm "off piste" with the use of a generic 24mm i.d. O-ring... Factory is 23.7mm ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

..............................

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Yo Ho-Ho.... Anklebiters No1 bf turned up, from his college, and planned to chill for an hour waiting schools out ๐Ÿ™„ ..... Not Bloody Likely, m8!

All he knows about cars is opening the door...

Never too young to learn.... I pitched him into the street, I pointed and he unscrewed/unclipped ".... reassembly is reverse of dismantling!" & 'Lefty Loosely - Righty Tighty' had useful demonstration ๐Ÿ”จ

Air filter is in ๐Ÿ˜‰

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๐Ÿ‘ ..... ๐Ÿ˜Ž

*O-ring not a problem for fitting, blue Hylomar squishing out all round base.

Nice 13mm a/f bolts c/w thick washers subbed Torx, for clamping duties โœ”๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰

YES... Scratchmark to re-align 100% ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ‘Œ

Fired straight up ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿ’จ

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  • 4 weeks later...
  • 2 weeks later...

Actually completed the oil change @46,930.

..... Well, forced myself outside [before the rain]= Bloody Freezing ๐Ÿ˜ต

Charging was a bit limp, at tickover, so I nipped my new flat alt belt a 'smidge more' ๐Ÿ˜ต ..... Deffo some stretching since fitted ๐Ÿ˜•

Topped up washer bottle.

Car runs like a Swiss watch, meh ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿ‘Œ

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....... Well..... Not Quite, or so it seems ๐Ÿง

When I unclamped the battery and went to remove the +/- clamps >>> the Red + just came off... No twisting or undoing [funny ๐Ÿค”] the Plain - Earth was good and nipped โœ”๏ธ

No corrosion or anything, no damage to posts [skinny Jap style].

After an hour & half, green light came on the charger. I plonked the battery back in (I put a nail in under the + clamp) and that is now yarking tight ๐Ÿ‘

I have immediately notice that the Voltmeter doesn't go below 11.9/12.2 on tickover and sits at 13.6/14.0 on the main road = all the headlights on!

I think I shall give the battery a reprieve....ย 

We Will See ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿ’จ

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What's all this about...... I thought it 'might be' part of ECU re-learning (after having the power cut/battery out) but it is just looping.... forever! Gahh ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

The Idle Control Stepper motor is quite clearly pushing the throttle stop back &forth, when watching it with with bonnet up ๐Ÿค”

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I have gone a step further, with this.... ๐Ÿ™„

No breaker on FleeBay had an Alt, so, cast net further.....

B-Parts [Portugal] had the exact part (+ photo of 3potta/car body) and ยฃ60 delivered + promised in 4 days!!

Just a bit concerned about Brexit tax ๐Ÿ˜•

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1 minute ago, tooSavvy said:

I have gone a step further, with this.... ๐Ÿ™„

No breaker on FleeBay had an Alt, so, cast net further.....

B-Parts [Portugal] had the exact part (+ photo of 3potta/car body) and ยฃ60 delivered + promised in 4 days!!

Just a bit concerned about Brexit tax ๐Ÿ˜•

๐Ÿš™๐Ÿ’จ

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Correct me if I'm wrong, the threshold is ยฃ135 for VAT and Duty on the declared value. Under that and you're golden.ย 

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