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1 hour ago, loserone said:

O hai

🀣🀣🀣

non...

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

.... Ohm

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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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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 πŸ”§πŸ˜‰

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

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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 πŸ˜‰

*'Whooshhh...' can be addictive 🀐

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Not so far today.....

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The weather is just fab πŸ–οΈ ... So much BLOO β™₯️

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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..

Β£318 @4x Kumhos, fitting 8:30 Fri morn πŸš€

I will break out my 'nut lock key', in boot well.... And I'll try a crack at loosening the lockers a creak πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ

Not keen on 'Sail-straighton' Sailwin fronts πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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Kollekshonninng. 😊

PC.. nil (ATM)

Distance.. 0.5 mile

Essentials.. wheel locking nut, plastic cash

.... iz exciting πŸ™„

ETA 08:30

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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' πŸ€”

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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 πŸ˜‰

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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' πŸ˜•

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 πŸ˜‰

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Strange fish.... πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

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

Dive into my 'onboard rummage space' and fish out 1 W5W bulb = sorted βœ”οΈ

Car not saying 'bulb out'.... Hmmm πŸ€”

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££# πŸ™„

EML/running on 3 1/2 πŸ€ͺ.....

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 πŸ‘βœ”οΈ

*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' πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

Well..... 'Serviced for sale' = oil & filter πŸ™„

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

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I wonder... IF... now we have a clean burn πŸ”₯

We might get more πŸš€ + some Xtra EmmPeeGeez πŸ’°

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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 πŸ‘

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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 πŸ˜•.

*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 πŸ˜•] 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 Β 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 β™₯οΈπŸ‘

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

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Ahh.... The 'fleeBay' rabbithole πŸ™„

.... Discovered THIS πŸ‘

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..... Switch on the unit, GR9 🎈

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

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Β£6 the pair 😲β™₯οΈπŸ‘

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

So there ...

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