The grumpy thread

[jon928se]

Major grumps. 

Spent all day bleeding the brakes on the 98 V8 Discovery yesterday. Put through 1.5 litres of Blue fluid (old was yellow about 5 years old) using my Gunsons Eezibleed to change the fluid. Didn't pay a lot of attention to the old fluid coming out until it was all blue. But then realised I was getting a lot of air coming through the system. Previously brakes were not awe inspiring but seemed to work OK. So I put the wheels back on took it for a drive to check it out and the brakes actually seemed a bit better than they were before. Not happy with the amount of air bubbles I had seen, back on the jackstands and started bleeding again. After running 0.5 Litre twice (reusing the same fluid each time) through each wheel still lots of air coming through, got bored and just kept bleeding the Left rear while I got on with other maintenance tasks like changing a track rod end and greasing all the UJs. After about 10 bleeds (about 5 litres) at the left rear I had to add another 0.25 litre of fluid to my bottle suggesting that I had actually got rid of 0.25 litre of air. Carried on bleeding at the left rear - another 10 times (5 litres) and still getting air bubbles coming out. Now I am stumped.

The only odd thing I have found is that the pedal is actually quite hard to push down even when the bleed nipple is open.

Have i stumbled upon a gold mine of air in the ABS system that has been there for the whole time I have owned this Disco ?

FWIW - brake flexis were changed about 8 years ago along with brake fluid reservoir. Didn't have any issues I can remember bleeding the brakes then.

 

Carried on again today

 

Well I'm still not convinced I've got there. Wondered if there could be false air just getting into the system at the bleed nipple. I'm not really sure how this could happen given that I bled the system using a pressure bleeder at between 15psi and 20psi but I suppose there could be some kind of Venturi effect as the fluid goes through the 1mm hole in the side of the bleed nipple then expands into the 3mm dia central bore of the the nipple. Mind you if someone told me it wasn't air but smoke escaping from the Lucas electrics I could believe that too at the moment.

Anyway determined not to be beaten I flared a piece of brake pipe with a union nut on one end and clear hose on the other to screw in place of the bleed nipple. Ran 0.5L through each wheel and no air bubbles at all. Heartened by this I then sucked all the much recycled fluid out the reservoir, cleaned out the Eezibleed and refilled with new amber coloured fluid. Bled this through with bleed nipples in place not my adapter and still got air bubbles. Couldn't be bothered with it anymore so once the new fluid came through just buttoned it all up and called it a day.

Been for a test drive and it does actually stop better but still not awe inspiring, but good enough to make the ABS work on my steep driveway. 

Can't help thinking it should be better though - My 94 Disco I had in NZ was much better as was my 93RRC (but that had the electric booster pump and no servo) 

Anyone else had this kind of problem.

[twosmoke300]

Fuck the ezi bleed off

[Mr A Lawrence]

Wish the ground would open up #1

 

Since we moved into our village early last year there's been an old guy with an equally old sheepdog walk past our house 2 or 3 times a day.

 

This morning he walked past just as I was closing the gates so I asked where's your dog today.

 

His reply was he died a couple of weeks ago.

 

Then he proceeds to tell us in detail what happened, said he doesn't half miss him then started crying and walked off.

 

If ever there was a stunned silence and me wanting the ground to open up it was that moment.

 

Fuck.

[Guest Hooli]

Major grumps. 

 

Spent all day bleeding the brakes on the 98 V8 Discovery yesterday. Put through 1.5 litres of Blue fluid (old was yellow about 5 years old) using my Gunsons Eezibleed to change the fluid. Didn't pay a lot of attention to the old fluid coming out until it was all blue. But then realised I was getting a lot of air coming through the system. Previously brakes were not awe inspiring but seemed to work OK. So I put the wheels back on took it for a drive to check it out and the brakes actually seemed a bit better than they were before. Not happy with the amount of air bubbles I had seen, back on the jackstands and started bleeding again. After running 0.5 Litre twice (reusing the same fluid each time) through each wheel still lots of air coming through, got bored and just kept bleeding the Left rear while I got on with other maintenance tasks like changing a track rod end and greasing all the UJs. After about 10 bleeds (about 5 litres) at the left rear I had to add another 0.25 litre of fluid to my bottle suggesting that I had actually got rid of 0.25 litre of air. Carried on bleeding at the left rear - another 10 times (5 litres) and still getting air bubbles coming out. Now I am stumped.

 

The only odd thing I have found is that the pedal is actually quite hard to push down even when the bleed nipple is open.

 

Have i stumbled upon a gold mine of air in the ABS system that has been there for the whole time I have owned this Disco ?

 

FWIW - brake flexis were changed about 8 years ago along with brake fluid reservoir. Didn't have any issues I can remember bleeding the brakes then.

 

Carried on again today

 

Well I'm still not convinced I've got there. Wondered if there could be false air just getting into the system at the bleed nipple. I'm not really sure how this could happen given that I bled the system using a pressure bleeder at between 15psi and 20psi but I suppose there could be some kind of Venturi effect as the fluid goes through the 1mm hole in the side of the bleed nipple then expands into the 3mm dia central bore of the the nipple. Mind you if someone told me it wasn't air but smoke escaping from the Lucas electrics I could believe that too at the moment.

Anyway determined not to be beaten I flared a piece of brake pipe with a union nut on one end and clear hose on the other to screw in place of the bleed nipple. Ran 0.5L through each wheel and no air bubbles at all. Heartened by this I then sucked all the much recycled fluid out the reservoir, cleaned out the Eezibleed and refilled with new amber coloured fluid. Bled this through with bleed nipples in place not my adapter and still got air bubbles. Couldn't be bothered with it anymore so once the new fluid came through just buttoned it all up and called it a day.

 

Been for a test drive and it does actually stop better but still not awe inspiring, but good enough to make the ABS work on my steep driveway. 

 

Can't help thinking it should be better though - My 94 Disco I had in NZ was much better as was my 93RRC (but that had the electric booster pump and no servo) 

 

Anyone else had this kind of problem.

 

 

I seem to recall Discos have a bizarre twin pipe arrangement to the front callipers that has to be done in a special order?

[JeeExEll]

Edit, meant for post before Hooli's one.

 

^^^ Andy you're a total bastard!! Did you kick his arse up the road and tell him to man-up?

 

Seriously though, you weren't to know his dog had died. You were just being friendly to a passing neighbour.

 

The stunned silence is a very dangerous time, your mind then tries to remedy the situation, and it's so so easy to make an awkward situation ten times worse.

 

There's a good chance I'd have blurted out something like "Well at least he won't be pissing up our gatepost again", or "Ahh well, at least you'll have some spare poop-bags left over for the next dog".

 

All you can do is be friendly to him when he walks past.

 

And accept the fact that the whole village knows by now that you're the one who made the old man cry. You were the one. People will mumble between themselves and point at you.

"Who made old Bill cry?"

- "It was HIM →→→→ AndyTheTyreman←←←←".

[Mr A Lawrence]

I'm going to hell for that one aren't I?

[jon928se]

I seem to recall Discos have a bizarre twin pipe arrangement to the front callipers that has to be done in a special order?

Earlier ones have the twin pipe system. This just has conventional single pipe to each calliper.

 

 

 

 

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[danthecapriman]

       that really made me chuckle! found it funnier than i probably should!

I've got the shotgun blues!

[Guest Hooli]

Earlier ones have the twin pipe system. This just has conventional single pipe to each calliper.

 

 

 

 

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Ahh, I didn't know when they changed.

[Bren]

I've had 5 days off and had a list of things to do, mainly workshop related and a bit of gardening but got fuck all done as my body is giving up on me, backs fucked and can only manage 30 min of work before I need to slap a heat pack on it and lie down. Knees need ice pavks applying if i have to kneel for anything and now my thumbs and elbows are swollen and really really fucking painful for no apparent reasons

 

I've gone from being fit and able capable of rebuilding a house and heavy landscaping work to someone who worries about how much it's going to hurt after I mow the fucking lawn. I'm already taking fuckloads of anti inflammatories and painkillers for my back every day along with blood pressure tablets along with stuff for my stomach to counteract the damage the back pills are doing.

 

I'm forty fucking two.

 

Getting old is shit.

2 years ago I could run 5 k in under 25 min. Now I cannot run 5 k. Waiting to see if sinus surgery has worked as I cannot take any more prednisolone - they will make me very ill.

[omegod]

Wife's fiesta has an exhaust knock, backbox is perfect but the bracket has rotted off, I'm surprised it's not lasted longer to be honest I mean 13 yrs isn't much is it    Bloody great car had it since new in 2004

[robinmasters]

That ebay advert where the recruitment consultant called Tristan or something equally Tristan-y tells us how to prepare for an MOT. 'So when I prep for an not I check that my tyre depths are correct, my windscreen isn't cracked, my wet blades work, all the light bulbs work on the car, check there's plenty of fuel and oil, and you're good to go'. Bellend. That's all there is to an MOT; ad's how many over-filling incidents has the 'plenty' of oil comment caused. I'm not even going to mention his starting a sentence with 'So,'. That.

 

He also appears in another advert for them. 'My brake light keeps going. You can't change the bulb, so take out the old unit, pop in a new one, job done.'. No checking why it 'keeps' failing. I suppose it means he had to keep buying replacements from eBay as he hasn't bothered to find the cause.

 

It's not so much the content, is presenting people as experts when there clearly not. 'We asked this scientician...'.

 

EDIT: Oh, and the man fitting LED headlights to his Mini. His bulbs might be legal, but 99% of the ones sold on eBay aren't.

 

Now they're using a tubby bloke who's fortuitously obtained a roof-rack for his camper van, which he utilises to transport his 'surfing gear'. If he surfs more than once or twice a year I'll eat my hat. If he only puts his surf board on the roof when he's actually going surfing, I'll eat another hat.

[AlabamaShrimp]

Mate just texted me 'can I check an MOT?'

 

 

His stupid girlfriend has been driving round for months and even insured it without checking the test.

 

Booked in for tomorrow morning now

[tommytwo]

Bren, I am really sorry to learn that you are now experiencing such poor health. IMHO, you need to take charge of your own health and not rely so much on doctors, who know a lot but not everything. My experience has been the opposite to yours,

 

Eight years ago, I could only walk 50 yards before pain in my legs forced me to rest. My doctor said that it was Vascular Restriction caused by 55 years of heavy smoking. On the way home, reluctant to accept this verdict, I called in at a Chiropractors office. He did an X-ray for me. It showed that I had a twisted pelvis, as the result of a fall, which had caused irritation of the Ulnar nerve. Over time, he nudged my Pelvis back into position and I felt much better but not 100 percent. Then, the true cause of my poor health was discovered. I had high Blood Sugar, in other words, Type 2 Diabetes.  Now that I take Insulin, I can walk 2-3 miles at a brisk pace and I do not get breathless, or get pain in my joints.

 

Eight years ago, I would lie on my conservatory sofa and cry with the pain, I thought that this was how it was to be for me for the rest of my time on this earth. I thought my life was over. I urge you to make a start today to study as much as you can about health and medicine. Nobody is as interested in this matter as you will be because you are the one who will reap the benefits from this study. If you see yourself as always suffering from your maladies, then this will be a self fulfilling prophecy, its how things will be. Make a start today Bren, and very best wishes to you for the journey. It will be worth it!

[eddyramrod]

Wish the ground would open up #1

 

Since we moved into our village early last year there's been an old guy with an equally old sheepdog walk past our house 2 or 3 times a day.

 

This morning he walked past just as I was closing the gates so I asked where's your dog today.

 

His reply was he died a couple of weeks ago.

 

Then he proceeds to tell us in detail what happened, said he doesn't half miss him then started crying and walked off.

 

If ever there was a stunned silence and me wanting the ground to open up it was that moment.

 

Fuck.

I've had two similar experiences recently.

Memphis doesn't take to other dogs.  Mostly she just wants to eat them.  So it's a red-letter day when she finds one she likes.  RIP Rocky and Archie, two of her boyfriends, both gone since Easter.  Archie was a black Lab, Rocky was a Staffie.  Memphis is a Chihuahua-cross, but she loved these two.  Rod (Rocky) and Alf (Archie) are both senior citizens, they won't replace their dogs.  That's particularly sad for Alf, as he and Archie have looked after each other since Mrs Alf died.  He looked particularly cut-up and lost when he was telling me.

There's nothing one can say, or do, really.

[outlaw118]

RE: AndyTyreMan:

 

Had been collecting ££ from a really nice, if not a bit scatty, woman for about 6 months. Last Friday of the month, no problem. Built a good rapport with her, cups of tea when it was cold, use of the "facilities2 when required, you get the picture.

 

Visit number 7, husband answered the door.

 

Me: "Hi, is Marge about?"

Husband: " No mate, she dies ten days ago"

Me: "you're joking"........

 

 

 

Yes, i really said that...... CRINGETASTIC.

[DeeJay]

Wifes dog walking friend, who's knocking on a bit and feels she can't commit to 10-13 years of dog ownership adopts older dogs from the Dogs trust.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

 

The old guy has walked past twice since at his usual time he used to walk his dog.

 

Feel so awful for him but what can you do.

 

So sad.

[Bobthebeard]

Wifes dog walking friend, who's knocking on a bit and feels she can't commit to 10-13 years of dog ownership adopts older dogs from the Dogs trust.

Adopt an old dog... Any old dog. It's last years in a happy home are better than the last years in a kennel. I rescued an old fella a while ago, proper doddering and was at least 13. Only lived a year, but he had a happy year.

[JeeExEll]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

 

The old guy has walked past twice since at his usual time he used to walk his dog.

 

Feel so awful for him but what can you do.

 

So sad.

He might like to have a balloon on a string? One of those twisty dog shaped ones full of helium.

 

Just saying.

[purplebargeken]

Work colleague bought a cuckoo clock and put it up in the office. I hated it, cheap shite knock off one. 

 

Drove me batshit. he went on holiday fora week. I tore the clock off the wall and flung it out the window onto the concrete below. It got left there.

 

He got back asked where the clock was and I told him it flew away but didn't make it. 

 

Not a word was said. I have no regrets.

[alcyonecorporation]

Adopt an old dog... Any old dog. It's last years in a happy home are better than the last years in a kennel. I rescued an old fella a while ago, proper doddering and was at least 13. Only lived a year, but he had a happy year.

 

There was AN OLD DOG (but a good boy), a virtually B&W golden retriever who was proper baffled and wandered around near my parent's house for a while; he had AN ROUTINE and his owners lived locally. 

 

Then some utter arsehole tear arsing round in an Audi Q7 ran him over just off the main drag. 

 

It was well sad; and all matey was doing was complaining about the damage to his twat mobile (which ran to a bust foglight). 

 

He nearly got said fog light embedded in the side of his head, complete with shards. 

[Bobthebeard]

Been boasting to anyone that would listen about the benefits of taking vitamin D supplement daily to avoid getting a cold. 'Not had a cold in over three years' etc etc.

Have today come down with a cold. No ordinary one, like three years worth rolled into one.

[The Moog]

Cant get reasonable insurance on MGF.  The at fault claim from 2 years ago seems to stop people quoting.

 

Its total settlement was £12500 - which is fucking massive for a mazda with a dented wing. Anything over £10k seems to be a red flag. 

 

If I cant insure it then I will have to sell it. Bugger 

[Stanky]

Moog - have you tried a broker? I think W² got a resonable price from my recommended broker Chris Knott. Not sure if he went with them or not, but he did say they gave a good price.

 

If the prang was over 12 months ago they tend to come out well.

 

www.chrisknott.co.uk

[The Moog]

Yep tried chris knott, Lancaster and peter best. 

 

The starlet theft is considered my fault because they couldn't claim off anyone  - so two at fault claims plus modified car means no. The people who would accept modified wont take the claims and viceaversa. If I wait a year then they will. 

 

Or just sell MGF and stick some decent tyres on puma. 

[Stanky]

*shakes fist at insurance industry in general*

[The Moog]

*shakes fist at insurance industry in general*

 

 

Ahh not the end of the world. 

 

Moog - Try A-Plan

 

 

Will do this afternoon. 

[HillmanImp]

I wore beige trousers to work today. On its own, not a big problem but when I spilt a whole pint of water over myself it became one. It became an even bigger problem when the fire alarm went off and I couldn't just still there and wait for them to discretely dry before I ventured out into public view looking like I'd wet myself.

 

FML

[Stanky]

Just stand near the fire and they'd have dried out quicker