***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

randy hickey

toastedpickles wrote: »

Got quoted 300 quid for a wiper motor off opel :eek:

So if anyone knows anyone with an astra, of any kind, between 99/04 years for breaking and the front wiper motor actually works on all three settings let me know, pleeeease!

What about this for €75.22 delivered:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Astra-G-MK4-O-E-Front-Wiper-Motor-1998-2005-230000826-/131061920503#shpCntId

Or this for €98.15 delivered?:
http://www.worldcarparts.co.uk/Store/tabid/667/ProductID/7770/Default.aspx

OSI

OSI wrote: »

Anyone gotten intake valves cleaned? Any idea of a price? Considering doing it myself but it's quite the amount of work.

George Dalton is getting in a walnut blasting machine in the next few months. I'm gonna get him to do that to mine whenever I recover from the job he's doing on Wednesday :P

Supergurrier

TTTurbo !111

toastedpickles

randy hickey wrote: »

What about this for €75.22 delivered:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Astra-G-MK4-O-E-Front-Wiper-Motor-1998-2005-230000826-/131061920503#shpCntId

Or this for €98.15 delivered?:
http://www.worldcarparts.co.uk/Store/tabid/667/ProductID/7770/Default.aspx

That might just do thank you!

Supergurrier

Why would you buy a machine to blast a walnut ?

Leave those tasty little nuggets of deliciousness along.

Whats next a Pecan flayer ?

OSI

OSI wrote: »

Bah, can't wait that long. Might just take a weekend and do it myself.

It can be a pain in the arse of a job. I took apart half of the MPS engine in order to decoke the recirc valve which was CAKED in it and even though I had it completely out and I was scrubbing it and drowning it in oven cleaner, I wasn't getting very far.

You might be able to find something stronger/better than oven cleaner though.

Big Nasty

Maybe I missed it but was there an official announcement of the results from the poster / thread / pic of the year voting?

Chris_Heilong

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

George Dalton is getting in a walnut blasting machine in the next few months. I'm gonna get him to do that to mine whenever I recover from the job he's doing on Wednesday :P

How is George doing these days? I remember the good old days when he was on boards.

Chris_Heilong

Big Nasty wrote: »

Maybe I missed it but was there an official announcement of the results from the poster / thread / pic of the year voting?

Yeah, I didnt win.....:(

Harcrid

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

How is George doing these days? I remember the good old days when he was on boards.

He is still posting here. Not sure if he was more active in the past but he is still regular enough, especially in the threads where people are having car problems. Heading up to him myself Thursday evening to sort out my car heater problem.

Harcrid

Harcrid wrote: »

He is still posting here. Not sure if he was more active in the past but he is still regular enough, especially in the threads where people are having car problems. Heading up to him myself Thursday evening to sort out my car heater problem.

If you arrive outside his place and you see him working on my car, keep driving :P :pac:

toastedpickles

And the ordering begins!

Got a camshaft blanking plug due in tomorrow, after that, god only knows!

Harcrid

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

If you arrive outside his place and you see him working on my car, keep driving :P :pac:

He told me he would give me a 3 series as a loner so that clears that up then. I'll mind it don't worry.... I'll make sure those turbos are working for you.

pred racer

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It can be a pain in the arse of a job. I took apart half of the MPS engine in order to decoke the recirc valve which was CAKED in it and even though I had it completely out and I was scrubbing it and drowning it in oven cleaner, I wasn't getting very far.

You might be able to find something stronger/better than oven cleaner though.

Stick it in the dishwasher;)

This working lark bites, big time

I'm off to Dallas for 3 weeks on the 18th, Ndls better have my bloody driving licence back!

Kaiser D

Looking at this tomorrow. Hairdressers car no.2 to add to the collection.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/rover-214-convertible/6213502

toastedpickles

Kaiser D wrote: »

Looking at this tomorrow. Hairdressers car no.2 to add to the collection.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/rover-214-convertible/6213502

I actually like that! If it was lowered say 20 mil it'd look something else

Kaiser D

I thought the same, it looks pretty smart tbh.

toastedpickles

Kaiser D wrote: »

I thought the same, it looks pretty smart tbh.

Welll there you go! Go for it!

Kaiser D

toastedpickles wrote: »

Welll there you go! Go for it!

Hah, thats what I want to hear.

I may get rid of the Charade if I end up with this. I know of this for sale too, very local, though. Just nursing the idea of another ADO16...

toastedpickles

Kaiser D wrote: »

Hah, thats what I want to hear.

I may get rid of the Charade if I end up with this. I know of this for sale too, very local too, though. Just nursing the idea of another ADO16...

I'd get the rover, and keep it as a project car or something, but having said that, if you have the room for both, then go for both!

Kaiser D

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'd get the rover, and keep it as a project car or something, but having said that, if you have the room for both, then go for both!

I probably couldn't afford/store both. At the minute, I have the Legend and Golf outside, and the Charade in a wooden garden shed I bought in Argos. I don't know if I could fit two cars into my back garden. Either way, I'll be broke for another month if I buy either..

Supergurrier

Jesus this exhaust is awful loud.

I think a few of my fillings have been shaken loose by pure boo !

toastedpickles

Kaiser D wrote: »

I probably couldn't afford/store both. At the minute, I have the Legend and Golf outside, and the Charade in a wooden garden shed I bought in Argos. I don't know if I could fit two cars into my back garden. Either way, I'll be broke for another month if I buy either..

I getcha, I'm stone broke from the saab, but it was totally worth it, and i probably will be for the foremost future, but if you like it then go for it!

Bpmull

The weather/ driving conditions were terrible going to cork this morning. The wind was seriously strong the whole way up and rain. But the I got to after the toll bridge maybe give km before dunkettle interchange and it started to rain that heavy it was unbelievable I never drove in anything as bad you couldn't see a thing cars were just stopped in the hard shoulder and it was a struggle to see them it was that heavy they were probably causing the biggest danger by stopping.

Visability must of been down to metres the only thing I could see was the white line in the centre of the road dividing the two lanes and yellow on the sides that was the only guide. Crawling along at a few km per hour but that's all everyone was doing. Didn't help it was still dark. It only went on for a short space of time and the rain was almost clear completely by the roundabout. It was just mad though I've driven in plenty of heavy rain but this was something else.

Anyway at least the focus got me there safely. My dad is going to uk in the morning to work for a month (he does block stays over there every so often) and his ferry was canceled but he can go from Dublin at least them ferries are still running.

pred racer

I'm trying to send an email to info@ndls.ie to ask about my licence and its coming back as undeliverable :mad:

This is the error I'm getting

The error that the other server returned was:
554 Denied [c090bc25.0.4372846.00-2026.6191041.p01c12m024.mxlogic.net] (Mode: normal)

All ye IT geniuses on here, wtf does that mean.

Edit: I sent it from my phone and it Worked fine......bloody Ipad......bloody o2 mobile sh1teband

Surely they cant be that useless that they cant even get emails?
I'm really stressing about my licence now I cant spend 3 weeks in the States with no car:o

Harcrid

Harcrid wrote: »

He told me he would give me a 3 series as a loner so that clears that up then. I'll mind it don't worry.... I'll make sure those turbos are working for you.

Touché







But seriously, keep driving!

MuppetCheck

Kaiser D wrote: »

I thought the same, it looks pretty smart tbh.

Really? It looks past its sell by date tbh.

But if we all liked the same thing it would be boring I suppose:)

Kaiser D

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Really?

Well, yes.

I'm quite fond of buying ****e.

:pac:

CianRyan

Kaiser, buy the cool BMC, not the ugly rover.

Big Nasty

Lads, I'm pretty sure there's an Indy BMW specialist in Sandyford that may or may not be a user here. Need diagnostic done on a fault that's not coming up on spurious coder reader.

Anyone got contact info for this dude?