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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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1 hour ago, loserone said:

O hai

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non...

Ch l St, Nev Cross, Crook, Rowley, Consett, Dunston, Seaton Burn, Seaton Sluice, Wbay...

.... Ohm

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Well that is a long way around 

tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Second bite of the Happy Apple 😊

Lunch @Bp Auk

Bd Castle, Bowes, Melsonby, Piercebridge, Shildon, Tudhoe.... Up the A1(M) home.

128m

Glorious day

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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..... and Another Glorious Day!!

We binn oot 😊

 

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150m

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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To finalise my plans, for the tail lip spoiler...

https://youtu.be/iyaJovbTJic?si=sF2qVb0TGLl08Bbv

 

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..... I have sacked off plans for '3M Tape' = sticking it on...

I'm going to drill 4 bolt holes and use these >>>

 

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I can modify the thickness of them if need be... and they have compliance to take the slight curve of the boot/hatch pressing.

Stainless fittings & nylocks

We Will See 🔧😉

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loserone Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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I bet compared to your last three cars this is transformational in how far you two can get out comfortably.

tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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5 minutes ago, loserone said:

I bet compared to your last three cars this is transformational in how far you two can get out comfortably.

Bloody 'magic carpet' M9 😉

*'Whooshhh...' can be addictive 🤐

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Not so far today.....

 

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The weather is just fab 🏖️ ... So much BLOO ♥️

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Having given some serious consideration of 'just fitting p/w ££'... remembering ALL used cars come with 4x p/w!!

I folded and retreated to my 'GoTo' guys @ATS Wallsend. Sorted me well on MrGetz..

£318 @4x Kumhos, fitting 8:30 Fri morn 🚀

I will break out my 'nut lock key', in boot well.... And I'll try a crack at loosening the lockers a creak 😶‍🌫️

Not keen on 'Sail-straighton' Sailwin fronts 😵‍💫

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Kollekshonninng. 😊

PC.. nil (ATM)

Distance.. 0.5 mile

Essentials.. wheel locking nut, plastic cash

.... iz exciting 🙄

ETA 08:30

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Ooooh....

 

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Nexen (Kumhos didn't turn up) = less ££

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tooSavvy Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Took some pictures 'under her skirts'....

 

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..... not too shabby....

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Reckon we deserve a bit of 'sloshh on' 🤔

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An 'illuminating' arrival....

 

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*See if we get a Winter out of them....

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Are you taking bets? I give them six hours of use.

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Hasn't been raining thus far..... SlideyFactor as yet an unknown.

Exceptionally quiet 😊

.... I think they may be 'overfilled' as, notwithstanding my newly fettled EPAS, the steering is light as a feather 🎈

Very happy bunny

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Came across this nifty visual of MOT/Mileage growth.... Neat 😉

 

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AVAS is very steady....

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MrGetz was the same... err, until I got it!

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During MrGetz residency I complained there was no temp gauge.... just 'idiot light' 😕

I purchased a temp display/sensor but never deployed it.....

I'm deffo going to do something with AVAS, another 'idiot light'.... Astras have history around overheating 😯

I'm going to do a 'non invasive'/ no wiring into the cabin trial....

 

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The sensor will be located on the plastic neck + duct tape and the gauge set up loose on the scuttle somewhere...

I will use the 'hidden/second menu' to get the actual water temperature and compare that to the gauge display.

A reading +/- a couple of degs will suffice.... Change is significant!!

More to follow 😉

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Strange fish.... 😵‍💫

Seems, when I raise the rear hatch, the number plate lights come on... in daylight/no sidelights. Also noticed one is duff 😕

Dive into my 'onboard rummage space' and fish out 1 W5W bulb = sorted ✔️

Car not saying 'bulb out'.... Hmmm 🤔

I've got a couple of LED W5W (for the high line brake lamp, fitted into SuziQ!) so I'm going to fit them [brighter] and presumably the draw amps won't upset anyone....

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Well..... Here We GO #££lottery££# 🙄

EML/running on 3 1/2 🤪.....

Phoned local garage [did my belts] and dropped it off for Vauxhall Tech2 plug in, car ran 3 miles after EML only.

Coilpack duff.... Part going in 👍✔️

*Smoking gun.... Old Plugs???

Read this >>

https://www.astraownersnetwork.co.uk/threads/thrid-ignition-coil-replacement-in-23-months.367982/

.... "This is just a summary of ]the US Astra posts over the years. Some cheap replacement coils fail rapidly but others look just like OEM reboxed. Even OEM coils are subject to medium-term failure without frequent changing of spark plugs. Coil failure seems to hit a reasonable percentage of cars but certainly not all. I change plugs every 25k miles to avoid the issue.

Ah well...

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New Coilpack + 4 plugs....

Old Plugs tips like McD Fries 😵 = Coil fingers had o/heated 'to crispiness' 😵‍💫

Well..... 'Serviced for sale' = oil & filter 🙄

...... Air cleaner, next port of call 🤣🤣

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I wonder... IF... now we have a clean burn 🔥

We might get more 🚀 + some Xtra EmmPeeGeez 💰

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ALL the fittings needed to mount my Lip Spoiler are now to hand.....

 

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All are stainless steel 👍

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...... looking out for a 'rain free' interlude.

Much measuring to be enacted before any drilling occurs.

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Just been reading up, on Astra Head-Unit U/grades, and discovered we have both a 'constant 12V' & 'Ign only 12V' wire entering the unit....

The ciggy socket [I discovered early on...] is constant live. I was going to pop in my Voltmeter/USB charger = *no go 😕.

*Leaving it in all the time...

However my Engine Temp setup requires an Ign live.... only on with the engine.... so I will root about for that fly lead and see if I might tap into it 😵

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After MUCH carpet chewing, I have pulled the trigger on these...

 

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..... I'm planning on a 'quick mod' to the bendy socket [ciggy hole is too near dash controls 😕] to make it Switch ON/OFF = I can leave music widget in all the time but with no drain....

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I’ve had a few FM transmitters of one make or another in a variety of different cars and vans over the years. I’ve found they work best  for streaming music when the unit itself is as far away from your radio as possible, if you have a 12v outlet in the boot try it there. Not great for answering phone calls mind!

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Well..Well..Well 😎

 

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I had no idea.....

THIS makes everything easier ♥️👍

I will dismantle the adapter and wire it up as a remote/fly lead... Keeping the Music widget away from the dash ✔️

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Ahh.... The 'fleeBay' rabbithole 🙄

.... Discovered THIS 👍

 

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..... Switch on the unit, GR9 🎈

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Diving into Lidl (...just passing, officer!) 😎

 

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£6 the pair 😲♥️👍

Rumour has tell [AVAS, y'know...] they "like a bit up 'em!" .... That would be Brake Cleaner over the MAF .... Cos sensitive, we am 🙄.

So there ...

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Lunching in a sunny Carlisle atm 🍽️♥️

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