scaryoldcortina Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Got a repair kit for the LT steering idler, fitted it this afternoon. £10 MoT is booked for tomorrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 That looks much better Moog, I'm not a fan of those slide hammers unless your planning on a big repair due to the holes you have to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Suction cup ones only seem to work on perfectly flat panels in my limited experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 if you cover the cup in grease and cope with it sliding about a bit it does enable you to pull it with a lot of force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedepear Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Just home from a night shift and looking forward to a few days off and a camping to down south with the bairn. Bloody clutch is slipping. Brill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Need brakes fixing on car, some sort of stupid special tool required to wind the calipers back. My lad's work wouldn't let him do it there yesterday because the boss has a gob on. Could do with car for a couple of epic journeys next week (including a funeral) as the economy will be a right bonus. Here's hoping he can do it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Bid on a BX radiator on Ebay. Bid £11.50 then went out and failed to keep an eye on it. Got gazzumped and it sold for £12. DOH! There's another one on there for £50 BIN, but I can't afford that until next payment comes in. Unless someone buys my Saab?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 My Austin A35 passed it's MOT first time with no advisories! Chuffed to bits, it's very rare for one of my cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaryoldcortina Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 LT is not MoTed Nipped along to the class VII station this morning to check the brakes on the roller before booking a test (it's failed 4 out of its last 5 tests for crappy handbrake) and I have serious front imbalance (350 nearside, 450 offside) and a crap handbrake. Pulled the NS front caliper off, one stuck piston. It's still stuck, the caliper is now in a bucket of brake fluid at the garage and I'm at home with very sore fingers. I was trying to blast it free with compressed air, but the grips holding the other piston in slipped off and the piston shot out like a missile. I was holding the caliper through the middle at the time. OUCH. My left middle and ring fingers now look and feel like I hit them with a large hammer, so I gave up for now. edited because I can't tell left from right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Started fitting the passenger side lower wishbone today at 1. Not a cloud in the sky. Got to the point of no return and the heavnes opened! I would have been drier in a shower. The drop link is seized on to the roll bar and needs to be ground off but in this weather I am safer leaving it. Fitted it all back together now and will do that drop link another day. Book VW in for new set of tyres as these one are shagged £252 for all four .. .ouch .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tux Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 LT is not MoTed Nipped along to the class VII station this morning to check the brakes on the roller before booking a test (it's failed 4 out of its last 5 tests for crappy handbrake) and I have serious front imbalance (350 nearside, 450 offside) and a crap handbrake. Pulled the NS front caliper off, one stuck piston. It's still stuck, the caliper is now in a bucket of brake fluid at the garage and I'm at home with very sore fingers. I was trying to blast it free with compressed air, but the grips holding the other piston in slipped off and the piston shot out like a missile. I was holding the caliper through the middle at the time. OUCH. My left middle and ring fingers now look and feel like I hit them with a large hammer, so I gave up for now. edited because I can't tell left from right You have my sympathies fella. I did exactly the same thing freeing up a Porsche 924 caliper last year. Throbbed like a B****** for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko220 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 After some some serious foot pump exercise, inflating a tyre on a wheel with a hole in it, and some jump-starting action, I drove the Sceptre 15 miles or so to SWB Car and Commercial in Amersham where I'm having it resprayed. Still lots of other jobs to do on the car, but none of the other problems have the potential to deteriorate as much or as quickly as the bodywork, so that's been the priority. I chose this place (quite a small, father and son outfit) on recommendation from a friend, so I'm hopeful for a top notch job. They had an MG Magnette, Mini Van and Land Rover in various stages of being done up and all looked good. I'll report back in a couple of weeks when I pick it up though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashmicro Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 While driving the Jaaag I belted something as I came home the country road from Larne, possibly a small bit of fallen tree. There's a small mark on the bumper, and the N/S fog lamp was loose. Further investigation revealed that the bracket/cowling for said lamp was broken in two. £3.57 from the main dealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Finally got the right plugs and dizzy cap for the 305. Which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Finally got the right plugs and dizzy cap for the 305. Which is nice. Ah, so they were the wrong plugs as well? I'm gonna have fun sourcing 604 bits next week then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Finally got the right plugs and dizzy cap for the 305. Which is nice. Ah, so they were the wrong plugs as well? I'm gonna have fun sourcing 604 bits next week then? Dizzy was burnt out to fuck, rotor arm was dead wrong, and apparently the plugs were bollocks too. The charming way Ducellier left no markings whatsover on the cap itself wasn't incredibly helpful either. However, our mutual friend in the North East (Coggaaahrs) got his old parts book and measuring tape out, I pulled the original off and then compared notes. Then I might look into why it's set as rich as buttery spunk, and get someone to bodge a manual cable on to the carb with my OMG NOS Metromark Conversion Kit . GSF got it wrong twice, Euro Car Parts kept trying to sell me a ballast pack off a Merc, and the global Pug parts database didn't recognise the registration number. Depressing stuff when you realise the XU5 was fitted to the 205, 305, 309, 405, BX and C15. There's got to be a few of them still kicking around. I'd give Euan a call next week, he's fucking boss. Also, I vacuumed it out and fitted yellow headlight bulbs. The process of the former appears to have induced our sugar dependent next door neighbour into a near-psychotic meltdown. I'm not sure whether I want to sully the GOM thread with my thoughts on the whole sorry affair. I might just hammer a smaller - than - strictly - necessary socket into the back of his head the next time he goes on his period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Junior came up trumps again today and fitted the new brake pads to the rear of the 80 estate. Transpires the caliper had been sticking a bit which had caused one of the pads to wear thinner than Jon's patience with crap employers. He's stripped it down and greased it up and now no more annoying noises from the n/s/r when braking.Had planned to use the car next week for the mass mileage visiting the 'rents/funeral in Peterboghorror trek but I keep eyeing up the Cavalier and it's lovely automatic-ness which will be a far nicer thing to drive over that sort of distance.I'd take the van but somehow I can't see mum and dad (both in their eighties) being too impressed rolling up outside the church in a very pikey looking Transit. Oh, I nearly sold the Transit last night but someone came down to view it and was unimpressed by the dents. Fair comment of course, I mean it's not like anyone would expect a fucking 13 year old van not to be absolutely immaculate, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I "fixed" the EML issue on the Accord yesterday by disconnecting the battery for ten minutes. Drove it home from work this evening (after dumping the moped at the garage after the heavens opened) and gave it a bit of welly to see if the 4,000rpm rev limit had been cured. It had - the engine revved happily up to its 6,300rpm limiter. Once. Then the EML came back on and it refused to go above 4K any more. So there must actually be something wrong with it then. And I still can't find the poxy diagnostic connector. Arseflaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Wuvvum, you need to pull the trim off the bottom of the dashboard below the glovebox to get access. There's no OBD2 port on an Accord of that age. Take off the fusebox cover underneath the passenger vent and pull from there and the bottom, it's just clipped in (see the white trim clips in the picture below). You can just make out the metal bracing bar that runs across behind the kick panel above. Disconnect 2-pin connector (not the 5-pin, that deals with ABS) from it's socket, bridge the pins with a paperclip, ignition on and the EML should flash in a 2-number sequence (with a gap between the 1st and 2nd numbers, then to the next cycle). The TypeAccordUK forum have a sticky in the '6th Gen Accord' section that deciphers the codes. FWIW if it comes up with needing a new lambda sensor I've got one on the garage shelf unused you can have for not much £, as it's for a manual 1.8/2.0 and mine's an auto. Although I seem to recall you mentioning it has a blowing exhaust...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I seem to recall you mentioning it has a blowing exhaust...?It does, but it's had that ever since I've owned it (almost six months now), and the EML issue has only started up relatively recently. I say that, the EML did occasionally come on before, but it never limited the revs up to now. I'll do a bit more dismantelage of the dash this weekend (if I get time between shite collection missions) and see if I can find that elusive plug - it might have got caught up behind something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 It's probably a lot easier if you remove the aforementioned metal bar - 2 nuts, one 8mm and one 10mm IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Cavalier going for MOT tomorrow... really not expecting the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Off (local) shite collecting, BRB..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Volvo 240 NOW MOT'd!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Result Tim! Is that now you're family chariot instead of the Audi? Just got back from a short mission not too far from Mr B's. Always said Mk6/7/whatever Escorts were GR8 cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Thats the idea eventually Billy. Just need to convert it to LPG power first! Looks like the Audi will be up for sale quite soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Can't imagine you without that Tim, it's like a family heirloom or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luxobarges_Are_Us Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Scored a free washer from the local Honda dealership and was ready for a little afternoon's drive and an oilchange on the Accord followed by a couple of beers with a mate in Bradford, but, unfortunately, I ended up having to do something entirely different to it....well, at least I got there before the drizzle! For some reason, they managed to make some little dents on the rear door, too. Unfortunately, they were too thick to lift the cover of the radio headunit- as it doesn't work, I could have done with someone getting rid of it. They must've been thrilled with what they found inside the glovebox- they didn't take the reg document or any of the receipts for various bits and pieces- wonder WTF they were hoping to find... There may have been CCTV coverage of what happened- is it worth trying to trace it and/or notifying the police, or would that inflate my insurance for the next 493243297 years even if no claim is made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Maybe they were trying to hammer a smaller socket over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Sorry, nothing constructive to add but I hope you get it all sorted out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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