The grumpy thread

[horriblemercedes]

I hate bleeding brakes. In my experience it rarely seems to improve things (unless the pedal is REALLY bad).

A friend came round to help with some other car work and he has an obsession with bleeding brakes. Now the pedal just goes to the floor although all nipples are closed. I'm going back soon to have another go. I was so pissed off with it on Saturday (when he came over) that I just packed up and left it and didn't do the other jobs I actually needed to do. 

 

Yesterday, the charger port on my phone seems to have broken. I can wirelessly charge it but this isn't a great long term solution, I think.

[cobblers]

On an old motor, about 50% of the time I've bled brakes by pumping the pedal it has fucked the master cylinder - when the pedal goes to the floor the piston wipes over an area on the cylinder bore that isn't usually swept, so muck and corrosion can form which damages the seals.

[horriblemercedes]

12 minutes ago, cobblers said:

On an old motor, about 50% of the time I've bled brakes by pumping the pedal it has fucked the master cylinder - when the pedal goes to the floor the piston wipes over an area on the cylinder bore that isn't usually swept, so muck and corrosion can form which damages the seals.

I'm scared of this. Really hoping it's not the case as that's something I can't do for a while but it needs it by Thursday 

 

The brakes were bled at some point in the winter 

[New POD]

4 hours ago, paulplom said:

Is that to go with your individually wrapped rice krispies?

I dont waste money wrapping them. 

[paulplom]

3 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

I hate bleeding brakes. In my experience it rarely seems to improve things (unless the pedal is REALLY bad).

A friend came round to help with some other car work and he has an obsession with bleeding brakes. Now the pedal just goes to the floor although all nipples are closed. I'm going back soon to have another go. I was so pissed off with it on Saturday (when he came over) that I just packed up and left it and didn't do the other jobs I actually needed to do. 

 

Yesterday, the charger port on my phone seems to have broken. I can wirelessly charge it but this isn't a great long term solution, I think.

It's usually cheap enough to have a charging port replaced. £30 for my last one.

[horriblemercedes]

Just now, paulplom said:

It's usually cheap enough to have a charging port replaced. £30 for my last one.

I will probably get a quote, but I've had this phone a couple of years and don't like it much so might be best to put the repair money towards a new phone instead

[paulplom]

Invest in an eazibleed. Just don't put in on your van tyre which is inflated to 65psi or it'll blow the seals in your brand new rear cylinders and fuck the shoes while it pisses fluid over them.

20psi is the magic number apparently.

[paulplom]

The speaker's blown in my current phone. I quite like not hearing it ring all the fucking time though.

[horriblemercedes]

Just now, paulplom said:

Invest in an eazibleed. Just don't put in on your van tyre which is inflated to 65psi or it'll blow the seals in your brand new rear cylinders and fuck the shoes while it pisses fluid over them.

20psi is the magic number apparently.

I've borrowed one! Just about to head over and have a go. Fingers are crossed as I just can't find the time really to do a master cylinder by Thursday. I guess I'll find a way if I really have to 

[paulplom]

They're dead easy to use. Just make sure you get a good seal on the brake fluid resevoir.

I think I've got at least two, maybe three of them. I can never find one when I want one so bought new ones each time.

[dozeydustman]

Bloody student house opposite us. 3 cars, 4 parking spaces off road and every time me or the wife goes out they put one of their cars where we were parked. This can any other space we’ve parked in the cul-de-sac. If they had 2 off road spaces I wouldn’t mind but they have a double drive, the front garden is block paved and they have a garage which the landlord lets them use.l for parking.

None of their cars have residential permits and they never seem to catch the attention of the parking wombles.

Tempted to park on their drive.

[AnnoyingPentium]

2 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Bloody student house opposite us. 3 cars, 4 parking spaces off road and every time me or the wife goes out they put one of their cars where we were parked. This can any other space we’ve parked in the cul-de-sac. If they had 2 off road spaces I wouldn’t mind but they have a double drive, the front garden is block paved and they have a garage which the landlord lets them use.l for parking.

None of their cars have residential permits and they never seem to catch the attention of the parking wombles.

Tempted to park on their drive.

My neighbour is like this. One Landy, a van, and his OH's SUV thing. There's enough space on the driveway for two of those vehicles at any given moment. But instead he parks directly across from our driveway. Got half a mind to start doing the same thing by parking my car on his driveway so I can get it in and out of a space easier.

[Markeh]

Next door to me at one point had 6 cars. Two on the drive, four on the road, although at least they blocked their own drive with one of them. Was a nightmare for visitors to park outside. Now down to 4 and still two on the drive which makes things a lot more manageable. Admittedly this wouldn't affect me if I just got my drive done so two cars could fit on it as opposed to one!

[Wack]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

The speaker's blown in my current phone. I quite like not hearing it ring all the fucking time though.

I thought the ear speaker had blown in my phone as voices sounded a bit weird but I lived with it until a long conversation made me switch ears , turns out it’s my ear that’s blown 😀

[twosmoke300]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Invest in an eazibleed. Just don't put in on your van tyre which is inflated to 65psi or it'll blow the seals in your brand new rear cylinders and fuck the shoes while it pisses fluid over them.

20psi is the magic number apparently.

If 65psi blows the wheel cylinders then they were fucked already . Brake systems often see 3000psi 

[New POD]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Bloody student house opposite us. 3 cars, 4 parking spaces off road and every time me or the wife goes out they put one of their cars where we were parked. This can any other space we’ve parked in the cul-de-sac. If they had 2 off road spaces I wouldn’t mind but they have a double drive, the front garden is block paved and they have a garage which the landlord lets them use.l for parking.

None of their cars have residential permits and they never seem to catch the attention of the parking wombles.

Tempted to park on their drive.

Do it. Knock on thier door and say "just to let you know, ive parked on your drive as i cant find anywhere else.  Wont be long.....Just knock if you need me to move it before i go out again" 

[Bren]

As I may have mentioned previously I hsve severe eosiniphilic asthma. For the past seven years I have regularly needed steroids - I am under a specialist at Wythenshawe hospital. I have tried different biologics without success - next month I am trying a new one - I hope to God it works because I will have nowhere else to go.

My local practice contacted me tonight about the repeat prescription I put in a week ago - the nurse wanted to know why I needed more steroids? Bear in mind I have a card that says " steriod dependant."

I started to lose my shit with the nurse - my records are there for you to see? Do you think I like taking them? My specialist has been great unlike my local practice who are frankly appalling - you've more chance of a meeting with Julian Assange than getting an appointment. Lots of messages about getting a covid booster though. I have given up trying to get an appointment and have to go the walk in centre.

 

Get in the sea.

[Lankytim]

Sold an old AVO test meter on eBay, sent it via EvRi or whatever Hermes are called now.. He's the proof of delivery, inside a lobby at a block of flats. Any bets on the buyer claiming item not received and getting a refund?

[Yoss]

3 hours ago, Markeh said:

Next door to me at one point had 6 cars. 

 

So you're on Autoshite complaining about somebody having six cars. Do you see the irony? 

[richardmorris]

28 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

Sold an old AVO test meter on eBay, sent it via EvRi or whatever Hermes are called now.. He's the proof of delivery, inside a lobby at a block of flats. Any bets on the buyer claiming item not received and getting a refund?

Only on Saturday did I learn That Hermes had changed names. 

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Any bets on the buyer claiming item not received and getting a refund?

A tracking number that shows "delivered" will quash any such case on eBay, that's something they're good at now. 

If it's delivered to a lobby it's the buyer's responsibility to take it in or dictate a "safe place" 

Either way, don't worry about it as it's not your problem

[horriblemercedes]

21 hours ago, horriblemercedes said:

A friend came round to help with some other car work and he has an obsession with bleeding brakes. Now the pedal just goes to the floor although all nipples are closed.

I can't quite work out why, but bleeding the old fashioned way again solved my issues and the car seems to be ready now as I made good progress with all the other little jobs I needed to do 

[Markeh]

12 hours ago, Yoss said:

So you're on Autoshite complaining about somebody having six cars. Do you see the irony? 

All 6 of them were relatively modern boring boxes - I'd have had no objection if it was something remotely interesting!

[jakebullet]

IT failure today. For reasons unknown the RJ45 socket on the printer decided to fall apart. I eventually found a spare network card, but then had the fun of trying to remember how to get into my router to give it a static IP.

Perhaps I shouldn't use 30 year old kit, but if it isn't broke etc.

[Wack]

Kids 

My son (25)and his girlfriend have a 6:30am flight booked from Manchester to Belfast tomorrow 

They asked if I'd take them to the airport , only according to the news it's chaos so I said they'd need to be there early like 3:30am early which means me getting up at 2:30am 

Then he tells me they're staying here and they won't be in until midnight , and he hasn't packed yet 

So they'll be waking me up at midnight expecting me to get up at 2:30am , that's not happening , so I've told them I'll stay up and take them about 1am 

But bag check in doesn't open until 4:30am

Bonus , you'll have a bag to sit on then 

[Spurious]

1 minute ago, Wack said:

Kids 

My son (25)and his girlfriend have a 6:30am flight booked from Manchester to Belfast tomorrow 

They asked if I'd take them to the airport , only according to the news it's chaos so I said they'd need to be there early like 3:30am early which means me getting up at 2:30am 

Then he tells me they're staying here and they won't be in until midnight , and he hasn't packed yet 

So they'll be waking me up at midnight expecting me to get up at 2:30am , that's not happening , so I've told them I'll stay up and take them about 1am 

But bag check in doesn't open until 4:30am

Bonus , you'll have a bag to sit on then 

Fucking Manchester airport. Biggest Kip of an airport going. 

Good luck, you're probably doing them  a favor, 3 weeks back my other half waited 3hrs for security, the queue was in the car park. 

I've swore the next time I to to Ireland I would go to Leeds Bradford instead of Manchester... 

[Yoss]

52 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Fucking Manchester airport. Biggest Kip of an airport going. 

Good luck, you're probably doing them  a favor, 3 weeks back my other half waited 3hrs for security, the queue was in the car park. 

I've swore the next time I to to Ireland I would go to Leeds Bradford instead of Manchester... 

Or a train to Holyhead for the ferry? It might be slower but sounds more pleasant. Actually, can't remember if that's a P&O route, so maybe scrub that. Best stay at home. 

[High Jetter]

What? If fhey can't get to the airport, they do not qualify for flying.

[Datsuncog]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Or a train to Holyhead for the ferry?

Yeah, wouldn't recommend that at the minute.

Irish Ferries and Stena sail from Holyhead, but crossings are being cancelled and shifted around as boats are reallocated to other routes - my folks spent many unhappy hours stuck dockside in their car last week when their Stena sailing was suddenly cancelled. Ended up not boarding until 4.30am the next morning. No on-board amenities, no apology, and then dumped into rush-hour Dublin traffic with no sleep and a further 150 mile drive.

It's not a great time to be travelling right now.

[The_Equalizer]

5 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Yeah, wouldn't recommend that at the minute.

Irish Ferries and Stena sail from Holyhead, but crossings are being cancelled and shifted around as boats are reallocated to other routes - my folks spent many unhappy hours stuck dockside in their car last week when their Stena sailing was suddenly cancelled. Ended up not boarding until 4.30am the next morning. No on-board amenities, no apology, and then dumped into rush-hour Dublin traffic with no sleep and a further 150 mile drive.

It's not a great time to be travelling right now.

I try my best to only ever use the Belfast - Liverpool route now, night sailing with a cabin. That said, if there's any choice, I fly and out of Belfast City not Belfast (airport in a field) International and certainly not Dublin. 

Does the Belfast to London coach (of death) still exist? Thirteen hours. Properly grim. Probably now banned under some UN charter.