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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)
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Yeah. You can just use what comes with the camera and plug it into a cigarette lighter, or in my case I bought the hardwire kit which mean's its connected permanently and my cigarette lighter is still useable for phone charging.
That's the job and no more wires, well visible anyway!0 -
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Today I doen something to my mrs car
Not documented anything in a while but doing an overhaul of the brakes on the Mrs car
Pretty badly lipped and in need of replacement
Gen 8 civic has 2 philips screws and they are a nightmare to remove
I tried and failed miserably with the manual impact driver the heads with the halfords one were ****e - I got some teng heads which are much better but it would shift the bstard
I tried using a punch to turn it but it wouldn't budge even after been left in wd40 I followed the advice from here and used an 8mm cobalt drill bit to knock out the tip -
https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?1559712-DIY-How-to-remove-stuck-rotor-screw-in-any-car
This worked out very well and the screw were freed each side in 2 mins - just a matter of gripped the remainder with a pliers after the disc comes off
Trick is to stop drilling ones the metal disc comes onto the drill bit - 2 allen replacements for each side at hand
Pads were near the wear locator pry bar for caliper to open and breaker to shift the caliper mount nuts
Handy enough done 1 side just over an hour and blasted through the other in 20 mins
Handy feature to shift the discs is 2 M8 bolts tightening 90 degrees and rotating between the 2 shifts the disc in no time
Between the rain and the lack of daylight I just got all the **** off the car - shes on the axle stands ready to commence in AM0 -
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Those discs needed replacing about 3 years ago :eek: Not a moment too soon
They were actually sound when we got the car 3 years ago as I checked it all over myself- car needed rear pads and that was it at the time. It was NCTed the day we got it and last year - Shes put over 60000kms (145k on the clock) since we got the car 3 years ago I noticed theyd gotten bad on my last once over on the car but it was the depths of winter and thats no time to be working on cars outside :cool:
The rears aren't bad a small bit of a lip - Ive replacements to go on there in Spring when its nice and dry outside.0 -
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eringobragh wrote: »Yep lashed wd40 on her, nada - tried all the tricks that others mentioned lashing it with a hammer, impact driver, etc - if you buy a decent cobalt drill bit - I got an 8mm Heller and it ate through it in less than 2 mins with a cordless Dewalt and you can grip the screw afterwards as long as you stop once the ring appears on the drill bit.
I don't think its necessary to the operation but I replaced them anyway with countersunk allen bolts M6 x 16 with some copper grease on the threads- thought Id be kind to the next unfortunate that has to do the job :cool:
Perfect! Thanks for that info! 0 -
...and resume
Replaced with Blueprint discs and pads - have to say Im impressed with the quality of them
Stainless countersunk allen bolt M6 x 16 (appologies for the man fingernails
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Brake Runout test passed with flying colours
Rewind tool only job 22quid from Amazon with all the attachments
Much Better....changed brake fluid as well while I was at it
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Few bits done over the past week or so. Damaged the front bumper in the golf. Two spots needed a dab of the touch up, nothing major though. Combination of wet sanding and machine polishing tidied it up massively. Still a few slight marks there, but not unless you went looking for them really.
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Also did a bit of modifying to dads Pajero. For its 20th Birthday I got a set of Recaros from a broken Pajero for free. They literally have no wear on them. Fit in perfect, and give good support. The original seats still are in good nick, albeit in need of a cleaning. Got nice seat covers for them last summer too, to preserve them. Nice little mod. Must get the interior valeted later in the year.
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Its checking the runout of the wheel bearing actually, very common reason for new discs to judder of get worn out quickly but very rarely gets checked :pac:
In all my time in work and training I am yet to come across anyone checking a bearing with a dial gauge but hey, I was only complaining that I never learn anything in January. 0 -
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In all my time in work and training I am yet to come across anyone checking a bearing with a dial gauge but hey, I was only complaining that I never learn anything in January.
It depends on what you work on! Every day stuff in practise just doesn't get checked unless there is a problem and even then many don't know it should be checked but if you are fitting discs to an m5 etc then you check every time, discs are too dear to risk 0 -
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The other half has a 07 Mini Cooper.
She has it just over 6 months, this warning light pops up on Xmas eve!
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Parked the car and left the oil to settle while checking underneath.
No leaking, Jesus my nerves!
Tunrs out its the Oil Pressure senor.
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Ordered the part €25 (parked up the car for all of Xmas,just in case)
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Purchased a 21mm deep socket too, awkward enough to get in and get a solid hold on it.
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Had to remove air breathing hose and push back some cables,took about 30 -45 minutes all in.
No more leaks or warning lights.
Happy Mini and Happy Wife, for now
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