Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Alanstrainor

joujoujou wrote: »

Must be an Oil Change Weekend - done the same yesterday, traditional way though, and not annual thing - I change it every 8 000 km, so approx. 3 times a year.

If I changed at that interval I'd be waiting a few years per oil change! :pac:

Alanstrainor

And I just noticed my dipstick is cracked at the end. Phew, wouldn't want the plastic end of that in the sump. Just ordered a new one on ebay!

Wibbs

eringobragh wrote: »

...revisit from the leaky civic boot...and I was right I sat in the boot while it was raining and watched the water run into the boot from the roof - fix below

Honda in springing leaks shock. Mine's a bit older than yours and the damn thing is a sieve. Rear light seals the usual suspect, various not quite seam sealed holes in boot another and the same area that you found and fixed on yours. I've done all that and after it being dry for a while, again I have some sort of a small leak somewhere. I think the car secretly yearns to be a convertible...

fancy pigeon

It's all about the 607 in this post...

Changed the timing belt + water pump. Arsed and fluted at it, very easy to do.

Of course, issues thanks to the previous owners show up! Like this corrosion filled plug


Might explain why the car bumps and bangs now and again, stabilizer link was no better with the centre falling out :rolleyes:


Stubborn pulley bolt? Didn't stray from the lowest setting :cool:


I think it's fair to say, this was overdue a change!


Seeing as I had the big gun out, I decided to change the balljoint. I think it's fair to say this was never off


So in for some tea, out again and it's dark. Trackrod was the same stubborn original!


It absolutely screeched off, cleaned up the threads and reassembled the whole lot with a replacement hub I pulled out of thin air. I have no photos of it, but seeing as I'll be doing the other side too I'll get some then.

Finally, the dreaded economy mode active message appeared. Or is it as dreaded as it should be?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv7vF3fkspw

Plenty more fun ahead, if you can call an abs pump change fun with these cars! :(

CJhaughey

fancy pigeon wrote: »

It's all about the 607 in this post...

Changed the timing belt + water pump. Arsed and fluted at it, very easy to do.

Of course, issues thanks to the previous owners show up! Like this corrosion filled plug


Plenty more fun ahead, if you can call an abs pump change fun with these cars! :(

I'll say this for you, You are some man for punishment!
Lots of people would have sent the Pug for scrap but fair play to you you are doing all the stuff needed to get it back up and running.
If manufacturers spent a euro on dielectric grease in every electrical plug it would save some amount of heartache down the line.
Corroded connectors do some funny things and this country is great for growing green on copper stuff.

fancy pigeon

CJhaughey wrote: »

I'll say this for you, You are some man for punishment!
Lots of people would have sent the Pug for scrap but fair play to you you are doing all the stuff needed to get it back up and running.
If manufacturers spent a euro on dielectric grease in every electrical plug it would save some amount of heartache down the line.
Corroded connectors do some funny things and this country is great for growing green on copper stuff.

Cheers! I do love a good dose of hardship, as I shall depict below with another scenario...

Remember we did a job a few weeks ago on my fathers Santa Fe? Well, it didn't last very long...

One Saturday, we were in Monaghan and the engine developed a horrendous knock. Staggered all the way back to Rathkenny, where it finally stopped at the graveyard. How convenient!

Shoved into the garage and I kindly donated my Avensis for the week

I made a bust at it on Friday, started about 1pm, had the engine out shortly after. Replacement engine was from a tragedy so a few small differences in fueling/mounting points for 4 wheel drive etc.

Another difference was the sump, which had to be changed anyway. Here's from the old engine:


And here's the pickup


Yeah, oops

I left it and the pickup clean enough to eat your dinner off




Moral of the story is check the oil pickup when you can. We'll be dropping the sump every 30k miles now to see how it is. The engine needed stem seals anyway but that's not the point; this won't be happening again!

Santa Fe was up and running by 8pm the next day, better than before I'll have you know :cool:

As for my week without the brownfinger car, I didn't mind too much

Tommyboy40

Did a little laundry. Insurance due for renewal in January

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Tommyboy40

Having put 4 Michelins and refurbed 19" AMG's on it, it repays me with this

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Interslice

Tommyboy40 wrote: »

Having put 4 Michelins and refurbed 19" AMG's on it, it repays me with this

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Feck. Did that fly off the bearing?

Tommyboy40

Interslice wrote: »

Feck. Did that fly off the bearing?

It's the clutch from the aircon compressor. More than likely took the compressor with it

eringobragh

Think my Mats were due an upgrade! - didnt bother with the clip as it requires screwing into the stock carpet with a plastic plug but it seems to clip quite snug

Premier car mats on eBay for anyone curious (luxury spec) twice as thick as what came out

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-MR2-MK2-1990-2000-Tailored-Car-Floor-Mats-Choice-Of-Qualities/351457512602?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&var=620544497204&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Alanstrainor

I've been meaning to replace mine for almost 7 years... They look great!

Replaced my dipstick today, had noticed the plastic end of it was cracked almost all the way through, don't know how I noticed it tbh. But replace now before it found its way into the sump. Happy days. I think I have a leak in my oil filter housing, not sure how arsed I am to fix, not the worst job in the world to do. Wish I had thought of it when I was doing the oil change a couple weeks back. Not to worry... maybe in the new year.

duffman3833

Upgraded the h7 bulbs in the saab 93 to Osram Night Breakers



Here is a before and after from the dash cam
Left is before and the right is after
Hard to tell from the dash cam image but it is brighter

fancy pigeon

fancy pigeon wrote: »

I have no photos of it, but seeing as I'll be doing the other side too I'll get some then.

I actually changed the other side the following day, but lack of time means I'm only putting this up now. Much the same as above

Very easy to do. There isn't much to talk about, only I had the other hub prepped (I have the Peugeot balljoint tool this years and years)

The rest is just abs disconnect, bolts/nuts off, disc + caliper + carrier off, joints split, hub off:








But disaster!


Or was it


The hardest part was getting the strut to sit into the hub, which is awkward. Tip is to widen the collar so it has more room to manouver and a bit of plusgas, line up the locating tab and it'll sit down once in position. The shield for the balljoint may not want to sit back, in that case shape it as best you can and chemical metal it enough to stay if required. This whole job took roughly 30 minutes start to finish, including pulling that driveshaft out of thin air and the old one out of the gearbox

Next is tracking it once the abs module is changed... Pain in the hole to change that

Tommyboy40

Replaced the AC compressor, regassed the system. Changed oil and filter. New genuine front pads replacing the new spurious ones which are a little loose

vintagevrs

New rear disks for the F31

Stallingrad

Where those disks cheaper up North compared to dealers down here?

vintagevrs

I didn't even price them down here based on the prices I got for the fronts.

Stallingrad

I don't blame you, that's a crazy price! With BMW First, front pads and disks on my F10 are €650.

James Bond Junior

Textar are the OEM suppliers. A set from a motor factors would have been a fraction of that.

vintagevrs

That's a quote, not a receipt

Interslice

Was that price for the pads for bith sides? Joe duffy wanted 170euro for a full set of rear pads for the e30. That was before the 20 odd quid for the sensors. Put me off going near the place again.

vintagevrs

Interslice wrote: »

Was that price for the pads for bith sides? Joe duffy wanted 170euro for a full set of rear pads for the e30. That was before the 20 odd quid for the sensors. Put me off going near the place again.

Not sure if you're asking me or not? That quote is for front disks and pads on both sides with a single wear sensor. My previous car was an E30, not sure if anyone would buy wear parts like brakes from a dealer for an E30, because as you say they'll be massively expensive.

Below is a photo of one of those disks quoted lying on top of an old E30 wheel. The discs weigh about 6kg a corner, they are hefty lumps of metal.

Interslice

vintagevrs wrote: »

Not sure if you're asking me or not? That quote is for front disks and pads on both sides with a single wear sensor. My previous car was an E30, not sure if anyone would buy wear parts like brakes from a dealer for an E30, because as you say they'll be massively expensive.

Below is a photo of one of those disks quoted lying on top of an old E30 wheel. The discs weigh about 6kg a corner, they are hefty lumps of metal.

Ye i was just wondering were they expensive becuse its an old car or are they generally mad money. Got them for 60 quid online in the end

Tommyboy40

That's outrageous money for pads for a family estate! I paid €122 including VAT for front pads for mine

rob316

vintagevrs wrote: »

I didn't even price them down here based on the prices I got for the fronts.

That's just for the front :eek:

Thats insane

rob316

Interslice wrote: »

Was that price for the pads for bith sides? Joe duffy wanted 170euro for a full set of rear pads for the e30. That was before the 20 odd quid for the sensors. Put me off going near the place again.

€170 for rear pads! That's scandalous.

Tommyboy40

I replaced front discs and pads in the SL 3 years ago for €220 + vat from MSL

Muckie

Bit of work on the Yaris, speed bumps were getting worse!

Had the option of going Xmas shopping or venturing out to change droplinks!

Change the droplinks it is .

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Needless to say started to rain, just before the end :pac:

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Fiddley job, took about an hour and a half.

corks finest

eringobragh wrote: »

...revisit from the leaky civic boot...and I was right I sat in the boot while it was raining and watched the water run into the boot from the roof - fix below

eringobragh wrote: »

Yep and I fixed mine only today after some advice on civinfo

Red arrows are the flow of leak





"the seam sealer at the rear of the roof rain channels fails and let’s water in at a surprising rate. "

To check I took the fittings off the end of my hose so I could squash the hose right up against the seam sealer and had someone turn the hose on slowly, hey presto instant in car waterfall!

Clean re-seam seal and reseal with silicone, etc

Good work had similar problems with a s70 Volvo, nightmare,but in the end did the same ,boot, hose,ingress