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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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    #4832
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    You can get an impact driver that takes normal philips heads just like a normal drill and then the usual impact driver my dad has one of each and they are good even with screws.


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    #4833
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Cheers lads - will keep that in mind as Plan B :)


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    #4834
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    My CMax would shake my fillings loose whenever I braked. Decided it was brakes and discs time.
    Fortunately they're relatively easy on that car, wheel off, caliper off, the metal bracket for the caliper and off they come. Well off one came, the driver's side needed a bit of persuasion from my plastic mallet. Now it stops without me being bounced around.

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    Shiny new discs!

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    Grotty, old, warped disc.

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    Drumroll

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    Now stops as well as it goes.


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    #4835
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,946 ✭✭✭cletus


    Baling twine, almost as useful as duct tape :D


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    #4836
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    cletus wrote: »
    Baling twine, almost as useful as duct tape :D

    All you need is baling twine, wd40, vice grips and duck tape.
    Part of my sub tray is held on with it :-)
    As we say in Clare "if it moves bate it till it doesn't and if it doesn't, bate it till it does"


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    #4837
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    All you need is baling twine, wd40, vice grips and duck tape.

    This is cars we're talking about dr.f yeah? :)


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    #4838
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    nd wrote: »
    a 02 corolla hatchback.

    I had one of them! Well, 2001. Would you not be better off just replacing it with a new part from a breakers?


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    #4839
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    YbFocus wrote: »
    This is cars we're talking about dr.f yeah? :)

    Add chloroform to that list...


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    #4840
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Add chloroform to that list...

    Does that smell like chloroform to you?


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    #4841
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Amateurs.. where's the cable ties & disposable gloves?


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    #4842
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Amateurs.. where's the cable ties & disposable gloves?

    Plus pickax, shovel and quick-lime. This list is getting worrying.
    Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.


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    #4843
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    Universal joint had a little play on the front prop so:

    Out with the lump hammer & a socket to bash in the caps:

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    This was one that had rollers still in place, two others had dust where the rollers used be.

    Once these were off I used the wire brush and some emery to clean the holes out.

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    Then on to the bench vise to squeeze in the caps onto the new joint:

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    Have no pics of squeezing them in (it was very late last night and I was pissed off :pac: )

    The process for putting in the new one is to place the joint in the centre of the yoke, place caps (use a dab of grease in each cap to stop the little rollers falling over) in each side of the yoke and use pressure (vise or hydraulic press, or if you like to live on the wild side - a hammer) to slowly push them in nice and straight.

    Once the caps are in too far for the vise to push them in without squashing the prop, place a socket between the cap and vise to allow further movement and push in until the groove for the circlip is cleared, then repeat on all 4 sides and put in the circlips.

    Then put in the grease nipple and put a small shot of grease in.

    Then replace the prop. :)

    Also removed my phone kit, radio, cleaned all the glass & gave a quick run around with super resin polish:

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    #4844
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Now that looks like a sturdy, old warhorse! Must be nice on the road.


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    #4845
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Now that looks like a sturdy, old warhorse! Must be nice on the road.

    Sturdy and old - yes.
    Nice on the road - Most roads, but not motorways :pac:


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    #4846
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Built for off the road and pulling but a great work horse.


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    #4847
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    New wheel for the E30... more wood to follow ;)

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    #4848
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Much better than a sparco :pac:.


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    #4849
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Limerick man wrote: »
    more wood to follow ;)

    I'd say Cartman has wood after seeing that :D


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    #4850
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Sturdy and old - yes.
    Nice on the road - Most roads, but not motorways :pac:

    Getting sea-sick? :)


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    #4851
    Cheensbo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,701 ✭✭✭Cheensbo


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Getting sea-sick? :)

    Sea-sick, deaf & covered in a thick layer of soot. :pac:


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    #4852
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    I love the combination of cultures. :D


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    #4853
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Got the drivers side brakes renewed - yay! Combination of drill, easy-out, screw-driver & hammer did the trick.

    But of course nothing is ever simple really. The pistons were so far extended that when they were pushed back into their proper position it filled the brake reservoir. I forgot to check so I now have a nice orange engine check light to try clear. B'ah!


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    #4854
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    It never rains but it pours eh?


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    #4855
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    It never rains but it pours eh?
    You said it. And of course, now that I actually need it I can't find my Bluetooth ELM connector thingie. :rolleyes:

    Tried about 8 programs on the old cable I have but to no avail so now I've disconnected the battery and will leave it sit for the night. Syringe is ready to remove some brake fluid in the morning, then reconnect battery & cross fingers.

    Light comes on again - it'll be off to the garage (undoing all the savings from fitting the brakes myself) :pac:


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    #4856
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Cheensbo wrote: »
    Sea-sick, deaf & covered in a thick layer of soot. :pac:

    I think I seriously like that Jeep! :D That's proper manly motoring.


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    #4857
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Top Dog wrote: »
    You said it. And of course, now that I actually need it I can't find my Bluetooth ELM connector thingie. :rolleyes:

    Tried about 8 programs on the old cable I have but to no avail so now I've disconnected the battery and will leave it sit for the night. Syringe is ready to remove some brake fluid in the morning, then reconnect battery & cross fingers.

    Light comes on again - it'll be off to the garage (undoing all the savings from fitting the brakes myself) :pac:

    Syringe it out and see. As for going to the garage, surely you know a guy who knows a guy who has diagnostic equipment?
    Considering what the garage will charge you, you could buy a fault code reader on ebay for the same money, now is the time to buy one.
    Also look up how to clear fault codes, maybe it is possible manually? On her MX5 I just need to disconnect the battery and press the brake for 30 seconds.
    You will have to deal with engine fault codes sooner or later, so no fear and just jump in there.


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    #4858
    Irishcrx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    Finally finished cleaning up the engine bay this weekend and installed the new induction to replace that old/broken flexi pipe...I pained the engine covers as well but there off in the picture as I was still working, have't cleaned up the chrome yet back is broken from it lol...

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    #4859
    job seeker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Seen the progess of the engine bay on an other thread.. Looks brilliant..


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    #4860
    Top Dog
    Registered Users Posts: 4,169 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Syringe it out and see. As for going to the garage, surely you know a guy who knows a guy who has diagnostic equipment?
    Considering what the garage will charge you, you could buy a fault code reader on ebay for the same money, now is the time to buy one.
    Also look up how to clear fault codes, maybe it is possible manually? On her MX5 I just need to disconnect the battery and press the brake for 30 seconds.
    Disconnected battery and syringe lead to no difference.

    If I had time on my hands I'd order another connector, but have NCT tomorrow so don't have the luxury of waiting for something to be shipped. Hence having to bite the bullet and go to the mechanic. From what I've read the faults (even when fixed in many cases) need a diagnostic to clear them. :(

    Ah well - tomorrow should be ... interesting anyway. :D


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    #4861
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Irishcrx wrote: »
    Finally finished cleaning up the engine bay this weekend and installed the new induction to replace that old/broken flexi pipe...I pained the engine covers as well but there off in the picture as I was still working, have't cleaned up the chrome yet back is broken from it lol...

    Did that hurt much? :P:D:cool:


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