tooSavvy Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 Nice to see the 'fuze of rational debate' lit about here.... I'm sure the ATF cooler will continue to do as good a job as it might, in any event - age not playing a significant role in that.... Plakkie/leaky rads KILL trannies 😲. Regards my personal fantasies, ref Wings 🤪 This place isn't PH... Rivet counters should go there. *Babelfish translator optional 🚙💨 Pat Earrings and loserone 1 1
tooSavvy Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 .... apologies for 'rivet counter' snipe, not appropriate at all. Rephrase 'just because you can, doesn't mean you should', there.. betterer 🚙💨 AnnoyingPentium, privatewire and Jim Bell 3
tooSavvy Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 AVAS tailgate width = 42 1/2" BMW trim = 42 1/2" .... a start, anyway ✔️🔧 🚙💨 privatewire and Jim Bell 2
tooSavvy Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 Well, hmm...... .... closer to what I'm after. Some neat fit, straight outta the box 😎 🚙💨 Lacquer Peel, Matty, privatewire and 2 others 5
tooSavvy Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 These 'flat twin' wipers, standard on Astra... going by forum browsing 🙄... They are $hit on AVAS >> stutter and drum (it was raining when we were out yesterday) and clear fairly well on upsweep/smear like chipfat on the downstroke 😵💫. The 'great skip in the sky' beckoned.... However, I couldn't find 'plain blade' replacements locally... eBay doesn't help because if they don't fit then your in the 'return loop' 😕 B&M to the rescue 🚀 I had bought crappy RAC 'branded' blades there in the past.... They came with a Lego kit of adapters!! As luck will have it, they seem to be Destocking their wipers = odd mixup of end-of-line with reduction stickers 👍 I got my 18" for £1:50, but 22" is still full price £8:00. £9:50 still seems a good deal ♥️ This type of packaging ... Fitted them up = sweeps silently and no smears* *we'll give it a couple of months 😶🌫️ 🚙💨 AnnoyingPentium, Jim Bell and privatewire 3
tooSavvy Posted August 10 Author Posted August 10 Had to form a gentle curve.... hatch not flat 🙄 Well & truly gummied on now!! 🚙💨 privatewire, Lacquer Peel, AnnoyingPentium and 2 others 5
tooSavvy Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 I'm having trouble with my size!! 😯 I have my extending wheel brace, tool roll, inflator, spare bulbs &c.. In one of these >> Ah haa, you say.... Gudd Gudd ✔️ Well... In Mr Getz & SuziQ the boots were so small it was a neat fit 👍 ..... It is currently clattering back n forth in the estate rear 😕. A bungy has been procured, lash down loops popped up & we now have a real tight rein on all the goodies.... I have stashed my Hi Viz weather jacket in the bungy too, all nice n tight now 😎 🚙💨 privatewire and Jim Bell 2
tooSavvy Posted August 11 Author Posted August 11 In case anyone is coy about asking... 😶🌫️ YES... My 'Caribbean scuba holiday' fund is wilting under the remorseless demands of fuel station operators... Drinks like Olly Reed 💰🤪 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 12 Author Posted August 12 Just dropped off the Trannie Cooler, job on for Wed. The lad who is doing it agrees it's wise & we chatted about crimping the orphaned trannie alloy pipes [into the rad core] because, should the dreaded core fail in future, all my coolant won't trickle out redundant Trannie pipe ports. He has done the job before... and on Citroens. Just settling down for a hefty bill 😐 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 12 Author Posted August 12 Oof!! Another 'mind how you go, marrer' passing event earlier 😯.. Cruised up behind a tractor/trailer, out in the boonies behind Lanchester, doing 35. I scanned the horizon.. clear to go.. buried the pedal and just 'hit takeoff mode' >> in basically the rigs length I was doing 80 from 35 🚀 Sheer hooliginnizm 🚙💨 AnnoyingPentium, privatewire and Lacquer Peel 2 1
tooSavvy Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 Just dropped off the car.... *Remembered to tell them the wheelnut locknut is in the rear wheel well, by the tyre ✔️ 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 ....... actually sitting in the client waiting area = my BussPass doesn't kick in till 9:30 🤣 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 14 Author Posted August 14 Hmmm.... 🙄 My garage rang to say they can't finish AVAS today cos, as of 1 PM, the belt kits hadn't arrived 🤬. To continue the drama... no laughing, there... they are doing OK on the Trannie Cooler >> have the front off + drilling holes for fabbing up tin bracketry ✔️.... 😵💫 .... however, the rubber hoses on Trannie &or tails on Cooler aren't enough to meet = some hose/connectors may need sourcing [£££ oh oh.. ] "Really?", says I .... "Try two lengths of copper pipe and snipp to length" ..... Tomorrow is another day #GWTW 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 15 Author Posted August 15 Cars is back..... I'm going to get some copper pipe 🙄. All belts + w/pump inc... coolant refreshed. 🔧✔️ 🚙💨 privatewire and Lacquer Peel 2
tooSavvy Posted August 15 Author Posted August 15 As a 'side issue'.... 😎.... NOW the belts are refreshed I'm not so coy about using 'Launch Control' from lights, on urban clearways. That Zexxer lurves revs 🚀🚀🚀 Here's me >> believes the brochure 😐 Nowhere does it say "SportzzWagen".. huh 🚙💨 privatewire and Lacquer Peel 2
tooSavvy Posted August 16 Author Posted August 16 AVAS did about 3000 miles between last MOTs... Since 01Aug it's done 1200... 🚙💨 privatewire, Matty and loserone 3
tooSavvy Posted August 19 Author Posted August 19 12 hours ago, Lord Sterling said: You've bought an Astra? SavvTowers, always a 'broad church' 🎱 🚙💨 Ted Eggs and privatewire 2
tooSavvy Posted August 21 Author Posted August 21 Lip blade spoiler.... V2.0 😎 I have gutted the shiny blade, melting the glue + peeling off the inner membrane. This now allows the shiny outer to flex/flatten fully. I'm going to nip the leading edge - after heating up with SWMBO hairdryer - and Gclamp twixt two flat planks.... Inducing a permanent 'flat' land 👍 I will of course be fitting & finessing before '3M Tape' day 🚀♥️ 🚙💨 privatewire, Matty and Marshall2810 3
tooSavvy Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 I have [... dusty in a cupboard, somewhere] a boxed Bleep..Bleep.. reversing kit. Does anyone know if AVAS has 'old world' rear/reverse 12V bulb wiring... Or the CanBus mojo 😕. I'm an 'old fogey' but parking by braille is not my preferred M.O. 👍 🚙💨
Jazoli Posted August 22 Posted August 22 19 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: I have [... dusty in a cupboard, somewhere] a boxed Bleep..Bleep.. reversing kit. Does anyone know if AVAS has 'old world' rear/reverse 12V bulb wiring... Or the CanBus mojo 😕. I'm an 'old fogey' but parking by braille is not my preferred M.O. 👍 🚙💨 It’ll work fine from the reversing light and grounded to the body. Pat Earrings and tooSavvy 1 1
tooSavvy Posted August 22 Author Posted August 22 Nice run out, up by Kielder, for our lunch ... Auto swish...mmmmm 🚙💨 RayMK, Liggle, Lacquer Peel and 3 others 6
tooSavvy Posted August 23 Author Posted August 23 Lip spoiler will be 'spoiling' my nice AVAS soon...... 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 27 Author Posted August 27 Run out to Carlisle [... in the Rain ☂️] Along A69, past the [Ex] Sycamore Gap... Hilarity ongoing, with 'I know best' CANBUS wipers/rear wipe 😵💫 More I drive = More I like ♥️ 🚙💨 AnnoyingPentium and privatewire 2
tooSavvy Posted August 27 Author Posted August 27 ..... Home thru Penrith, down A66 off at Bowes, Bp Auk, past old Black & Decker factory and onto A1(M) to Teams.... Stretched AVAS legs a little, with all new belts now on 👍.... I understand the Z18XER is a 'Rev Monster' (not even pushed the [SPORTS] button!). I've frightened myself with 🚀 gobs of *surely not, officer!* alarmingly illegal needle pointing >> and it's not wound up to 4k 😯. Firmly in the 'walk quietly and carry a big stick' zone of competence 😎 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted August 31 Author Posted August 31 Cabin Filter on for tomorrow ⚙️🔧 ... 👍 🚙💨 privatewire 1
tooSavvy Posted September 1 Author Posted September 1 Cabin Filter *resched 😕 PAS sounds like a washing machine, yes TADTS.... However, it's marking it's territory in the street outside = ZF fluid to be bought & investigations to be made 🙄 I found out (reversing out at the pub, after Sunday's Lunch) one of the tail lights is out. I understand these Astra sense bulb voltages.. and will flag up a duffer 🤔. It seems the bulb out 'flag' pops up when you fire up/switch off but I haven't noticed it 😐.. New PAIR of tail lights going in tomorrow 👍 🚙💨 loserone and Matty 1 1
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