The grumpy thread

[junkyarddog]

4 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

Trying to swap out the seized alternator in MrsDC's Yaris on a rare afternoon without sleet and/or freezing fog.

The fasteners came off easily enough, and the old spark-factory came away from the block bracket with only the mildest of encouragement needed from the Friendly Persuader.

So now the old unit is down the back of the block, nestling on the subframe - and there is NO way to get it out.

The HBOL blithely assures me that unhooking the exhaust rubbers and moving the pipe aside a little will allow the withdrawal of the alternator from below, but this is plainly bollocks as there's all driveshafts and steering rack in the way. Not even close.

So it looks like I'll have to pull the air box, throttle body and inlet manifold in order to get the units swapped, which of course will require new gaskets.

And the motor factor advises me that the throttle body and inlet manifold gaskets are NLA individually - though they can sell me a full gasket set for £100.

So eBay it is, then...but I'm a bit sceptical of their delivery time optimism.

Highly doubt this car will be back on the road this year.

Bugger.

Undo engine mount,pull engine forward a tad and you should have enough room.

Have you tried to get it out over the top of the gearbox,I had to do it that way once,but I can't remember on what🤪

[horriblemercedes]

4 hours ago, Stanky said:

I have the same engine in my Daihatsu Sirion, the alternator will come out the bottom but is a total shitshow of lowered subframe and no access. Going in the top is massively easier because one the intake manifold is out you have LOADS of access.

It took me about 40 minutes to extract the alternator this way, start to finish. I would suggest there is little harm to be done by mingebagging it and reusing the intake manifold gasket in the very short term, you can replace it easily when the new one arrives (in about June) 

I thought I'd documented this with pics, but haven't somehow? Anyway, its way easier taking it out the top

If you hate yourself, then @Tubbo gave instructions on how to get the alternator out the bottom if you go back a page in my thread. 

 

 

This: I'd reuse the gaskets. If there's no sign of air leaks, then great. Continue. If any problems, order the gaskets and change them when they arrive

 

Last time I did this was to change the spark plugs on my Jaguar S Type (on the V6s you can't access the plugs on one bank with the manifold in place). Put the manifold back on, never had an issue. Car is gone now so I still have the gaskets that turned up later (quite expensive - I should dig them out to offer on ebay) 

[hairnet]

3 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

 

So - watch this space, I guess, and find out whether someone with the mechanical ability of a mince pie manages to pull this one off...

dont eat the pie till youve finished incase you need ask it questions

 

[Bren]

Kelvin McKenzie calling striking paramedics " vile shitbags."

What can you say? It takes one to know one.

[andyberg]

5 minutes ago, Bren said:

Kelvin McKenzie calling striking paramedics " vile shitbags."

What can you say? It takes one to know one.

Obviously he will get the best care then if he happens to have a stroke or ever needs a paramedic. What a wanker.

[Noel Tidybeard]

spoke to the mother earlier and found out they killed their Nissan Leaf with a fiat 500 on the way to Southampton to catch the cruise tommoz😨

they've had it a month😲

nice police lady took them home so they can rest and get taxi in the morning

[cobblers]

24 minutes ago, Bren said:

Kelvin McKenzie calling striking paramedics " vile shitbags."

What can you say? It takes one to know one.

This makes me fucking fume. Paramedics are on a call centre supervisor wage and they have actual, incredible life or death responsibilities never mind the stress and the hours of it. The entire workforce has relied on the goodwill of the staff for yonks.

You can earn *way* more money with less skills on callout as a callout engineer for any type of industrial equipment and you don't have to actually be any good at it.

We should be so grateful to every one of them because they are absolutely not doing it for their own benefit.

 

[Spurious]

34 minutes ago, Bren said:

Kelvin McKenzie calling striking paramedics " vile shitbags."

What can you say? It takes one to know one.

We need some kindling for our picket line fires tomorrow 

[Bren]

34 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Obviously he will get the best care then if he happens to have a stroke or ever needs a paramedic. What a wanker.

This made me apoplectic.

The guy is an absolute cnut and has the history to prove it.

[andyberg]

4 minutes ago, cobblers said:

This makes me fucking fume. Paramedics are on a call centre supervisor wage and they have actual, incredible life or death responsibilities never mind the stress and the hours of it. The entire workforce has relied on the goodwill of the staff for yonks.

You can earn *way* more money with less skills on callout as a callout engineer for any type of industrial equipment and you don't have to actually be any good at it.

We should be so grateful to every one of them because they are absolutely not doing it for their own benefit.

 

I did it for 8 years, burned me out. We don't need overpaid tossers like him spouting his crap. He doesn't know what real work is. I can't see him doing a 60 hour week, overrunning every shift and 15 hour nights for £30k a year some how. 😡😡

[Spurious]

10 minutes ago, cobblers said:

Paramedics are on a call centre supervisor wage and they have actual, incredible life or death responsibilities never mind the stress and the hours of it.

Paramedics are pound for pound the best value clinicians the NHS employs. 

University educated. Autonomously managing undifferentiated conditions across the spectrum and across a range of ages, from serious to minor, management, treatment and possibly discharging including onward referrals.  And it's all for £18p/h. 

It's no wonder we are being snapped up by every other sector in the NHS and outside. 

I'm leaving the NHS, I've got a job teaching new Paramedics in University in January. I'll always be a Paramedic who teaches, not a wooly jumper chino wearing lecturer. Still going to part time with my local trust. 

Whilst I'm there still, I'll be waving my placard with all my other proud friends and colleagues 

[sheffcortinacentre]

Hmm a year ago all these type of people nowhere heros saving a nation in crisis.

Oh how we forget.

[iainrcz]

I hate buying shit for xmas, so when the mrs said she'd buy her own present and I could pay her back, I thought what a great idea.

Now the prick has just decided I can buy her a "surprise present" 

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

10 hours ago, andyberg said:

Obviously he will get the best care then if he happens to have a stroke or ever needs a paramedic. What a wanker.

That's the thing.  Because of their professionalism and care, he actually would...

[GrumpiusMaximus]

9 hours ago, cobblers said:

This makes me fucking fume. Paramedics are on a call centre supervisor wage and they have actual, incredible life or death responsibilities never mind the stress and the hours of it. The entire workforce has relied on the goodwill of the staff for yonks.

You can earn *way* more money with less skills on callout as a callout engineer for any type of industrial equipment and you don't have to actually be any good at it.

We should be so grateful to every one of them because they are absolutely not doing it for their own benefit.

 

As I've said in another thread, I earn the 'average' nurses' wage after three years working in IT and started without any formal qualifications in IT.  I work from home five days a week, work around 40 hours a week and whilst it's a skilled job, I don't have to work in adverse conditions, on site at all hours and if I make a mistake, nobody is going to die.  I'm highly unlikely to be traumatised by things that I see and the worst I might get is a shouty person on the phone.

I don't think I should be paid any less but I do think that nurses and paramedics (and many other allied health professionals) pay should at least double to recognise the importance, value and skill of those sectors.

[andyberg]

14 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

That's the thing.  Because of their professionalism and care, he actually would...

Of course you are right. Even when being threatened and abused we would always give our best. That's what makes me so angry about knobs like this, they have no idea...

[Datsuncog]

12 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Undo engine mount,pull engine forward a tad and you should have enough room.

Have you tried to get it out over the top of the gearbox,I had to do it that way once,but I can't remember on what🤪

I'd thought of moving the engine forward a bit, but there's less than half a centimetre before the exhaust manifold hits the radiator - and if I'm having to remove the rad as well as the engine mount to get access, there may be limited time advantages over just taking the inlet manifold off!

I've tried every possible way to jiggle it out from all angles, including bringing it over to the gearbox side, and sadly it's just not happening. So close, but there's just too many brackets and pokey-out bits for it to come out. Not to mention getting the new one back in again...

Rematch is scheduled for lunchtime... I have to say, remembering the relative ease of doing similar jobs on a 1256cc Viva unit isn't lost on me!

[Dick Longbridge]

12 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

spoke to the mother earlier and found out they killed their Nissan Leaf with a fiat 500 on the way to Southampton to catch the cruise tommoz😨

they've had it a month😲

nice police lady took them home so they can rest and get taxi in the morning

We passed this yesterday whilst on the way to Clarks village. The Leaf looked like it had been in a really heavy front ender. We were surprised that the back end of the 500 wasn't completely folded up. Hope they're ok.

[cort1977]

12 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Hmm a year ago all these type of people nowhere heros saving a nation in crisis.

Oh how we forget.

As my missus (physio) said at the time 'clapping doesn't pay my gas bill'. 

After all the crap that was spouted during the pandemic some of the rhetoric about the strikes is a new low.

[Noel Tidybeard]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

We passed this yesterday whilst on the way to Clarks village. The Leaf looked like it had been in a really heavy front ender. We were surprised that the back end of the 500 wasn't completely folded up. Hope they're ok.

yeah they not too bad- usuall seatbelt bruises and me mother said " don't airbag go off with a bang!"

they got a cruise to recover on starting today!

 

they said they were on a stretch of road with yellow stripes and the car just didn't slow down like they were expecting

[omegod]

14 hours ago, Bren said:

Kelvin McKenzie calling striking paramedics " vile shitbags."

What can you say? It takes one to know one.

Being from Liverpool I'd never tire of kicking the shite out the Prick.

I had paramedics out to my father in law a couple of weeks ago and they were fucking awesome, prevented a hospital admission, hammered his GP by phone for not doing his job and they were way over their shift end time as well, I emailed NWAS to pass on my gratitude and to say how impressed I was by their skills and dedication. 

My colleagues were on strike yesterday but my union didn't get enough votes, NHS is creaking like never before 

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

 

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, cort1977 said:

As my missus (physio) said at the time 'clapping doesn't pay my gas bill'. 

After all the crap that was spouted during the pandemic some of the rhetoric about the strikes is a new low.

but politicians have never been 'high' have they? apart from at a work event obvs

 

[hairnet]

1 minute ago, omegod said:

 

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

 

oh yes

also the pic of them burning it - wouldnt even buy one to do that ffs

and im not a scouser (laa)

[omegod]

7 minutes ago, hairnet said:

oh yes

also the pic of them burning it - wouldnt even buy one to do that ffs

and im not a scouser (laa)

There are usually stacks of them  free in Manc Airport , they seem to all end up in the bin when I am there 

[hairnet]

evri - dogshit

bought summat and it turned up via them with a few days no problem cant help that as it who the retailer picks

needed to send it back as it was short of items

on their site arrange return fine paid got label - yes we'll collect tomrrow (thurs last week) as requested

was at home prepping to go out deicing car etc

got email after 10am saying courier tried to collect it 9.53 - errr no we were out the front cocking about aint seen no evri truck baws

tried to rebook it and they said friday - again no show (been off since mid dec and been nowhere - fifth gear and popmaster ftw)

nope

on their site to complain and after much searching - their faqs ask three questions nothing to do with what you want

found an email to send to to get a response

finally today they reply - oh sorry etc - please outline your problem so we can resolve

their template in the email asks for a tracking number - err no its a collection

delivery address - errrr no its a collection

brief description of issue (insert rant here)

the email i replied with has just asked them why have you took nearly a week (there was my phone on it)

the number you asked i havent got - apart from the tracking number theres a 7 digit number on the label but theyve not asked for that and its not a qvc number

fuck them - chasing them for 4 quid (but thats not the point)

[Markeh]

6 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

We passed this yesterday whilst on the way to Clarks village. The Leaf looked like it had been in a really heavy front ender. We were surprised that the back end of the 500 wasn't completely folded up. Hope they're ok.

I reckon the 500s are quite resistant to a punt up the arse. The one I hit barely had a scratch on it.

[warch]

7 hours ago, Datsuncog said:

I'd thought of moving the engine forward a bit, but there's less than half a centimetre before the exhaust manifold hits the radiator - and if I'm having to remove the rad as well as the engine mount to get access, there may be limited time advantages over just taking the inlet manifold off!

I've tried every possible way to jiggle it out from all angles, including bringing it over to the gearbox side, and sadly it's just not happening. So close, but there's just too many brackets and pokey-out bits for it to come out. Not to mention getting the new one back in again...

Rematch is scheduled for lunchtime... I have to say, remembering the relative ease of doing similar jobs on a 1256cc Viva unit isn't lost on me!

I wouldn’t think twice about removing the inlet manifold, mine (Nissan) has to come off to change the plugs. The gasket is usually fine they don’t crush and aren’t subjected to lots of heat like the exhaust manifold gasket. They’re often plastic on modern cars.

[Datsuncog]

Yeah, this one's plastic (which surprised me a little) so I'm hoping all will come apart successfully!

Didn't get a chance to have a crack at it today (called away for other duties) but hoping that tomorrow is the day I get the damn thing running again...

Cheers!

[Ghosty]

6 hours ago, omegod said:

My colleagues were on strike yesterday but my union didn't get enough votes, NHS is creaking like never before 

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

Surprised an angry scouse hasn't had MacKenzie by now. 

My last contract was NHS and I bloody loved it, I have my eye out for IT permie jobs there. I fully support the strikes. NHS is definitely on its knees though. 

[Remspoor]

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