The "Today I did something to my car" thread

the merchant

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Good diagnosis - temp guage on them should stay bang on dead in the middle.

Cheers, I'll keep my eye on it though as its sitting closer to the 1 o'clock position when at full temp.

E39MSport

Could be time for a cooling system rebuild with that mileage and the dial at 1 o'clock.

dar83

I managed to give my clutch a nice big grind this morning.

Had just filled the car up and the soles of my shoes were wet. Was filtering onto the N32, going from 2nd to 3rd when my foot slipped off the clutch...

In better news (once she forgives me) I may fit some new heating control knobs later, see if they make an improvement or not on the standard ones.

dgt

Decided to change my plugs

Plenum has to come off to access the rear bank


They were due a change


Gave the tb a quick clean


The plenum got a similar wipe over


Running much better

eringobragh

Nothing too exciting but got the NGK Iridium sparks for the MR2 - going in this weekend hopefully

dgt

Is this spark plug porn... :pac:

Double the fun

the merchant

E39MSport wrote: »

Could be time for a cooling system rebuild with that mileage and the dial at 1 o'clock.

I brought it for a nice long spin yesterday which included motorway and city traffic. Temp guage stayed at 12 o clock the whole time. If you look at the guage from the left it looks like it's at 1 o clock but front on it's straight up. Misleading really.

Does anyone actually replace the entire cooling system as preventitive maintenance? Seems like overkill to me.

E39MSport

Some do. I had water pump replaced and hoses/rad inspected when the swirl flaps were done. Too critical to avoid and relatively cheap given the possible damage.

no1beemerfan

the merchant wrote: »

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Does anyone actually replace the entire cooling system as preventitive maintenance? Seems like overkill to me.

On my '97 laguna I've only ever replaced the thermostat when the car was 7 years old and had to replace the radiator at 8 years old as got hit by a stone. I replace the coolent evey two years though which is bound to help.

R.O.R

Washed the new car as we are off to Cork tomorrow for a wedding. By jebus it's cold out there :eek:





Handy having the washer and all the bits needed out the back of the office. Soft brush, but I'll probably still get slated.





Feeling now coming back in to my fingers......

Gary ITR

Did you dry it? Otherwise it's going to be an ice car come 5, I've just walked by your office and by Jesus it's cold out there

By drying I mean with one of these


I know they're not liked around here but you just need to be very careful with them

Hal1

Invest in one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi5uq0p3mOw

R.O.R

Gary ITR wrote: »

Did you dry it? Otherwise it's going to be an ice car come 5, I've just walked by your office and by Jesus it's cold out there

By drying I mean with one of these


I know they're not liked around here but you just need to be very careful with them

Didn't dry it, but we do have one of them things in the garage. Tooooo cold to bother with that - ice will melt on the way home :P

L-M

I use a leaf blower that I got in B and Q for 20euro, lol.

Finally sprayed my roof white (Not me driving, was way too hungover lol)

Compton

its some car

L-M

244,250 miles and counting

ABS Light is coming on intermittently now, reckon my wiring has come lose.

My sprint without any warning lights didn't last long.

Ardennes1944

And i like the way youre keeping it dirty so that it cant camoflauge itself in the snow

vectra

R.O.R wrote: »

Washed the new car as we are off to Cork tomorrow for a wedding. By jebus it's cold out there :eek:

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7011/imag0168a.jpg

http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/5089/imag0166m.jpg

Handy having the washer and all the bits needed out the back of the office. Soft brush, but I'll probably still get slated.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7634/imag0167w.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2967/imag0169n.jpg

Feeling now coming back in to my fingers......

When did you buy that?

eringobragh

Today i did my.........en-see-ti

Delighted: However I failed on one rear tyre (easy), and the hand brake is going too high..

Voodoomelon

Today I did some spins in the frost in the carpark outside work, t'was jolly good fun.

Ardennes1944

Been trying to sell both my old sets of alloys for 6 and 2months respectively.....sold both pairs today what are the chances lovely money!

Voodoomelon

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Today I did some spins in the frost in the carpark outside work, t'was jolly good fun.

I take it by that response I wasn't the only one? :pac:

Top Dog

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I take it by that response I wasn't the only one? :pac:

Well mine weren't in a carpark - headed to a nice big open spot in the forest with about 3" of snow

Looked like this when I arrived ...

Voodoomelon

Crazy, what county is that? No sign of snow in Louth anyways.

Top Dog

Cork (near enough to Corkie)

And the aftermath ...

Fiona

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I take it by that response I wasn't the only one? :pac:

Can't confirm or deny that statement. Can't be seen to condone that sort of loutish behaviour.........


Meerrrrrrry Diffmas everybody :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

TestTransmission

Picked up the car from the crash repair place today, front bumper had to be resprayed.Back looking minty again

puppetmaster

Not generally a major achievment but fitted new sidelights for the dark oul days, Tis more of an achievement when trying to fit shovel hands into a match box to find the fecker.

E39MSport

Oil change on the Esty and put the under trays back on.

Got some sound deadening kit that I'll be throwing in tomorrow.

langdang

Cleaned my IACV, twas manky and idle was very vibration-y. Nice and smooth now and the idle actually responds to electrical loads, windows were very slow and juddery before.

Emptied and refilled the rear diff with new fluid (twice). Why did I pick one of the coldest mornings of the year to crawl under my car and do this? Well, Honda workshop procedure recommends putting the car up on a lift and running it in gear for a while. I didn't have a lift but I did have a nice icy industrial estate to engage 4WD for an extended time - "Just burnishing my 4WD clutch Mr Security Man! Yes, it works best if you drive it sideways!"

Diff had been noisy doing tight turns, nice and quiet now!
Quite impressed with the AWD of the CRV, plenty good enough for what I'd be using it for.