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Booked into ATS Wallsend, 8 Dec @9AM.

4x Kumho (fit first) and MOT.

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I'm getting the tyres at the 'online offer price' & the MOT is with another discount 🙂

Fuc#ing cars....

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Just chased Kev for tomorrow 7AM...

It all go go go 🚀

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14 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

Just chased Kev for tomorrow 7AM...

It all go go go 🚀

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That Went Well.... 🙄

Kev is 'first line' breakdown/service support for his tribe.... An FTP, for a niece, has called him away.

I'm pencilled in for 10AM now.....

*No toys are leaving this pram, not at his prices!!

Ah well ⏰

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Jeezzee.... 😵‍💫

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The caliper brackets were catching slightly on the new discs..... Minor Angry action (0.25 mm) off the edges of bracket had us running sweet.

I replaced the rear box u-clamp, wound it up seriously hard = box rock solid + a heavy slather of GunGum in the sliding joint & a finger load smeared about the area where the crushing nicks are... No Blowing 👍

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This is a bit 'meh' 😮 >>>

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THIS OTOH 🛠️👍>>>

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Comprising.... Ally extrusion L . 12mm Bolt c/w sliding stop (to restrain rubber eye loop sliding r/l.

Something like this is required for the MOT (not bendy) to pass 'exhaust insecure/loose'.

Bit of sun & dry ☔🫤.... 

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45minutes well spent... 👍

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Solid as....

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Very Neat Package 🚀

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Final bit of the jigsaw [... I HOPE 😵‍💫]

Ran the car up the ramps, slotted under and looked at the 'brrbrrtbrrbrrbrrbrr.....' two exhaust horns fretting 🫤

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X marks the spot. 🤬

I have nipped in some old vac hose + zip tied.

A quick trip round the block and slotting into reverse = silence 👍🎉

Hopefully it'll stay that way 😉

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Just ordered oil+filter on Amazon.

Job likely before New year ☃️❄️

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Took a short trip along the road [in the dark!], to the garages for people in the tower blocks.....

The garages are flat, level and a few have white painted up n over doors.....

I parked up and did a quick 'tickle n trim' of the dipped lamp aim @10ft from the door 👍

6mm hex tip required, through hole in inner wing top.

Sorted 😉

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Following the A$ mantra... 'you can't have TOO many tools' 😁

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I'm OK for sockets.... but not deep ones. I opted for a quality name 3/8 drive adapter... I usually go with my 3/8 set 👍

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Oof 🫣.....

Crashed & Burned on MOT.

All being rectified (I will sort a pair of rear dampers myself).. offside rear coil replaced 2018.... Fair enough!

The drivers 'dipped' bulb had been fitted upside down.... not by me! 😮

Given AVAS is caned daily I'm not gonna beef.

Didn't know about fog light 🫤

It's only money 💰😉

Four new tyres fitted as well.

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Took advantage of the mild, dry weather today...

Oil + filter, Air filter & 4 Plugs @97,097m.

I was surprised to see the through bolts, holding the DI cassette down, are passing through [oversized] threaded inserts... perhaps the part is used in other cars but retained differently 🤔.

The plugs were all sweet running but No.1 had a small puddle of oil round the plughole base... Couldn't see where it was from and none was on the DI plastic tip.

Fired right up and I'm using *named oil filter Bosch P7006.

All sorted for the New Year 🧑‍🎄🌲❄️☃️

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Thought I'd stay with my proven methodology....

FleeBay rummage drawer 😮👍

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£40, pair del.

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...... Heading for 100k.

Why not 😋

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Hmmmm....... KYB come out of the *same factory (mebbies 🫣)

We Will See...

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Hold the front page..... 🙄

Supplier of dampers said 'sorry, problems with dampers' = offered refund. OK by me....

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Picked up a couple of these 'old stock/tatty box' for the same price.....

These are Astra H Estate spec ✔️

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Ha! I have an *interesting slew of Delivery options 🫣

Two springs [from different people] Post Office

One damper [different person] Post Office 

One damper [different again] by Evri.

Santa's little helpers are gonna love it.....

We Will See 🙄

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Ooooh..... So Smooooth 😋

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1 down... 3 to go!

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Twice the lurve...... 🥰

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1/2 way to Happiness..... 😮

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Almost Xmas...... ☃️❄️🌲

Santa may drive a deuce coop....

....  but I sure have 'Four on the Floor' 🧑‍🎄😉

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😋

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My rear wiper (new when I got it = 17m) has been declining in de-smearability for some while...

With all the $hite coming up the back, even on constant, the view is 'vaseline - ish' 🫤

Personally, super soft rubber blades seem to wear out quickly but do a good job / over these vynil blades which are crap for years 🫣

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We Will See [... mebbies 🤣]

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Blade now fitted.... the old one shows the edge to be mildly deformed, through the nature of parking with the rubber pressed one side to glass.

With all this $hite coating the rear we will soon have a good test 👍

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So...... You own an ESTATE for 18 months 😮

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.... FILL IT once 🙄

YKIMS 😉

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Just num8ers.....

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JogginnOn... 😎

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I never understood why they didn't put temperature guages in that generation of Vauxhalls. The Astra H and Corsa D (and possibly others) were the same.

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Not anything exciting planned for today.....

.... so....

Popped over the Military Rd to Carlisle for lunch 😁

Home via A66/Bp Auk/Durham/Ch l st.

Ahem.... Stainmore was a bit white 😮

Passed more ploughs than lorries >> matrix on M6 said 'A66 E closed after Brough'... It wasn't 🙄

Temp on dash AVAS 2.5°C ❄️

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Another day in the the office 😎

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I wonder, should I contact Arena and inform them I'm 'double dipping' 🤣🤣

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Interesting 🙄

I've had a notification, on Astra Forum, of 'nuns & kittens' over my Cheappo plugs....

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Apparently the factory plugs are *special... because the ECU reads ionisation in cylinder >> to check for knock 🫣

I do know SAAB use the *ionisation of a firing plug/on compression stroke to guess the firing cycle on startup.

CGAF, frankly..... Does anyone see a Large Yellow Taxi in my immediate future 🤔

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