The grumpy thread

[Richard]

That sounds like labyrinthitis. I get it quite a lot, it isn't much fun.

[purplebargeken]

Fucking hate people who just willfully dump their shite and then expect others to clear it up. Grrrrrr.

[twosmoke300]

Beko . Is that a catalyst efficiency code ? Looks familiar . If it has a pattern cat on it that could be the reason . Or the original one is getting old .

The cars own emission limits are tighter than the mot test so as long as it passes mot it's one to ignore .

If you replace the cat with a cheapy the light will come back

[Craig the Princess]

  On 05/06/2016 at 08:28, Richard said:

That sounds like labyrinthitis. I get it quite a lot, it isn't much fun.

Cheers, if it is I'm sorry to hear you get it.

[beko1987]

  On 05/06/2016 at 09:22, twosmoke300 said:

Beko . Is that a catalyst efficiency code ? Looks familiar . If it has a pattern cat on it that could be the reason . Or the original one is getting old .

The cars own emission limits are tighter than the mot test so as long as it passes mot it's one to ignore .

If you replace the cat with a cheapy the light will come back

Itll be the original cat. I was thinking of just leaving it, workmates crv has had the cat light on for a year now and has been absolutely fine. Thanks for the reassurance though!

[HillmanImp]

I am meant to be going over to have a proper look over the Mister Two today as I haven't seen it since we bought it, as my mate whose house its at has been on holiday.

 

However, I did something to my back yesterday getting some fencing off the back of a lorry. Can't stand up straight now.

 

I am 40 in a couple of months and its sinking in that I'm getting too old for this shit. Its all downhill from here.

 

I have heard* that Strongbow is good for relieving back pain though which is good in the short term but will probably increase the angle of the slope.

[bub2006]

Just spent 20 quid on a new filter for car then the battery gives up. 90 quid I can ill afford but such is life.

[Richard]

Yesterday's radiator shenanigans have left me with rust in my eye. I was hoping it would work its way out overnight but there's a bit embedded in my eyelid that won't flush away. I'd planned an afternoon of fettling the 850 ready for Shitefest, because I have three nights at home between now and then, but that won't happen now.

[Cavcraft]

  On 04/06/2016 at 07:55, Mr_Bo11ox said:

you can check/change the brushes dead easy, theres a little black placca plug on each side, under which live the brushes. They cost nowt off eBay too.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carbon-Brushes-for-Silverline-129659-polisher-sander-1-PAIR-DW2-/131524838093

Nice one, cheers

[Cavcraft]

Some botty rocket in an XF Jag beeped his horn at me the nano second the lights went Amber yesterday then started tailgating me in a 30 zone. I just ignored it and slowed down a bit just to piss him off a bit more, (I was doing 30mph) and as he overtook and got level with me he was looking straight ahead.

30 odd yards on as he's gunning it he starts giving me the old wanker and V signs out of the window then jumped a red light as I would have caught him up if he'd stopped. Well in there, knob chops.

[Richard]

  On 05/06/2016 at 13:08, Richard said:

Yesterday's radiator shenanigans have left me with rust in my eye. I was hoping it would work its way out overnight but there's a bit embedded in my eyelid that won't flush away. I'd planned an afternoon of fettling the 850 ready for Shitefest, because I have three nights at home between now and then, but that won't happen now.

 

Two hours waiting, two minutes in the treatment room.

 

 

He went to the cupboard to get the dye and on the way back he had my eyelid turned inside out and the bit of grit wheeched out before I even realised what he was doing.

[twosmoke300]

Top tip from a man who has metal in his eye far too many times but only once had to go to the docs .

 

Use a small magnet to pull any small bits of rust / steel out . It bloody well works

[scaryoldcortina]

Ha! I thought I was the only one who did that.

[twosmoke300]

Weird feeling isn't it ?

[rainagain]

  On 05/06/2016 at 10:21, beko1987 said:

Itll be the original cat. I was thinking of just leaving it, workmates crv has had the cat light on for a year now and has been absolutely fine. Thanks for the reassurance though!

Just fit one of these

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lambda-O2-Oxygen-Sensor-Extender-Spacer-Decat-Boss-M18x1-5-/251317571511?nav=SEARCH

 

I ran a car with a de cat and got this code for obvious reasons, one of these stopped the code. As mentioned above the cars own test is stricter than mot. You will need check your sensor thread size

[r.welfare]

+1 on those spacers, however check you can get a ring spanner over the electrical connector of the lambda sensor as I have always found those special lambda sensor sockets (with a notch cut out of the side) utter rubbish personally.

[Sheefag]

  On 05/06/2016 at 08:28, Richard said:

That sounds like labyrinthitis. I get it quite a lot, it isn't much fun.

 

Look on the bright side, Labyrinthitis, fits perfectly where one would normally use, Have A Banana.

[cort16]

I dropped the Panda down for it's MOT this afternoon and by the time I got there (after I took it for a spin for 10 or so miles) the clutch was stuck to the floor when stopping at traffic lights. When I eventually stalled for the 17th time I got to the yard it seems the clutch spring was sticking. I've since greased up/wd40'd the spring and the rod going into the master cylinder and it seems better. Probably needs a new clutch master though as the fluid has bits floating int it.

I then walked 2 miles back up the road on an ankle went over on while filling cort JR's paddling pool earlier and now I'm limping like i've got a wooden leg. Good times.

[Richard]

I'm not sure if the magnet would have helped in this case. The bit was embedded in my eyelid and I'm not sure if it's metal. I think it was part of the debris that came down when I was wrestling with the radiator.

[fordperv]

  On 05/06/2016 at 18:14, twosmoke300 said:

Top tip from a man who has metal in his eye far too many times but only once had to go to the docs .

 

Use a small magnet to pull any small bits of rust / steel out . It bloody well works

Yes it does, for grinding sparks I have also got the cotton bud twist and flick motion down to a tee

[MarvinsMom]

having been in the motor museum at Gaydon yesterday i got to enjoy* the motorway hell that is the M40.

 

i don't think i've ever seen so much twattish and cuntish driving in one place.

 

and that was early morning and late afternoon, on a Sunday.

 

What the fuck is it like on a Monday morning, Deathrace 2000???

[Kiltox]

  On 05/06/2016 at 18:59, r.welfare said:

+1 on those spacers, however check you can get a ring spanner over the electrical connector of the lambda sensor as I have always found those special lambda sensor sockets (with a notch cut out of the side) utter rubbish personally.

 

I always use a flare spanner from a cheapy eBay set - bit easier to get on than a ring 

[beko1987]

  On 05/06/2016 at 18:59, r.welfare said:

+1 on those spacers, however check you can get a ring spanner over the electrical connector of the lambda sensor as I have always found those special lambda sensor sockets (with a notch cut out of the side) utter rubbish personally.

+1 on the special sockets. I have one, bought it when I changed the exhaust the first time. It worked bloody well, stronger than the rusty old sensor that sheared off above the thread... £70 for a new sensor then... (Bent over by ECP, Amy needed it that night to get to work, she wouldn't drive the XM)

 

Would software help tell me which sensor will be throwing the code? The post cat sensor will come out easily, it's not had a chance to rust in yet (new centre section before crimbo). The pre cat on the manifold will be a proper prick I imagine, it looks rusty as well, so will probably shear off too, requiring a new manifold, and then a new sensor...

 

I can see this turning into the sort of job I just ignore until something explodes, or limp it through until next year when I get my yearly bonus and get amy another car...

 

But then some quick googling reveals £120 all in for a new manifold/cat (seems their one whole unit), plus £20 for a new sensor (all non genuine)

 

I have to get a 'type approved' cat don't I being 2004?

 

Being on 86k though, the original clutch will probably shit itself 48 miles after doing all this work however...

 

I'll leave it for now though, MOT is in November, and I'll see how long the light stays off for with a few resets, if it fails the emissions I'll just act ignorant and get it fixed. It's been puffing gentle wisps of bluey smoke when cold too, so it's not 100% healthy, Amy remarks sometimes that she can smell hot oil, although the block is never any more oily than usual.

 

It doesn't help that I hate the car, so have no desire to spend big on it, but it's only a few k into it's new cambelt/water pump so it'll be a better bet to spend on it rather than buy something else, but no matter what I spend on it it'll only ever be worth £300, and I can imagine the lolz selling it on gumtree would be...

 

God I hate it so much, boring bland slug that it is

[greengartside]

This makes me sad...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-36459123

 

It's all happening literally on my back door - worst bit is that I know one of the accused very very well, I used to work with the guy - no way he would harm anything or anyone.

[twosmoke300]

The post cat sensor monitors the gasses comes out of the cat . The primary sensor switches from 0.1 to 0.9 v about once a second ( rich to lean ) the post cat one should hover around 0.5 ish volts if the cats in good order . The ecu monitors this output and if it has too many "zero crosses " ( ie copies the primary sensor ) it throws a cat efficiency fault code . It's not a sensor fault !

[cort16]

My panda didn't exactly sail through its mot. The worst bit being it needs a new cat. It also need 2 shocks , a front wishbone and bushes done at the back on both sides. Do I spunk 500 quid on it or cut my losses and lose a couple of hundred quid on it ? Answers on a postcard.

[The Moog]

Depends on what you use it for.

 

If you pay the money and get 6 months before selling then probably worth it. If it doesnt do many miles then get it sold

[cort16]

It's a 2nd car, I bought from the auction as a bit of fun as it's a 100hp, changed the wheels then lost interest. it's a bit of a heap to be honest.

[Kiltox]

I would be interested in adding to my shite Panda collection at the right price...

[MarvinsMom]

bill for putting an MOT on the XJR has come in.

 

£450 odd including the drat.

 

that includes the test, a pair of second hand damper bushes for the back axle and a fulcrum pin also in the back axle on the passenger side.

 

dunno what exactly one of those is i dunno, other than they cost something like £90. 

 

now, should i keep it and run the car over summer, or just cost my losses and move it on??