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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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E39MSport

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Oil and filter change, nothing as satisfying as having new oil in there.

Also desoldered and resoldered bad joints on my radio module.

With you

Voodoomelon

Oil and filter change, nothing as satisfying as having new oil in there.

Also desoldered and resoldered bad joints on my radio module.

Midnight_EG

Today I put this on...thought of it on Monday night :P

nogoodnamesleft

Serviced the car:

-Oil filter
-Oil (VW507.00) using Mobil 1 ESP 5w30. Approx 55quid for 5litres in Halfords with the Axa card.
-General suspension and CV boot check
-Changed the pollen filter and cleaned the plenum chamber drains. They werent blocked but i was still very surprised how much debris was there.Even thou I ensure to clean them every second or third service.
-Code scan via VAGCOM and reset service schedule .
-Changed the aero wiper blades. I used Halfords refills. My recommendation is to avoid using these they are rubbish. The probile of the refill is different from the Bosch that it replaces which adds additional resistance and squeeks like a F**ker when in use. Added to this is that the rubber which is used to secure it to the Aero wiper arm is thinner and frequently manages to become dislodged. I soon after binned them!

Must get around to do the replace the microswitch in the drivers door when ever it drys up a little.....!

[Deleted User]

EPM wrote: »

Any difference to the radio reception?

It's no better and no worse! I don't really listen to the radio though. This is mainly for aesthetics but it's good to know that I can still listen to it without a problem!

Voodoomelon

Voodoomelon wrote: »

New window regulator arrived this morning, will stick her in today or tomorrow.

Stupid bastards sent me a regulator for the other side of the car! Another week with a broken window and no door card. :mad:

Plug

E39MSport wrote: »

New wishbone for the Traxxas T-Maxx arrived today.

Haven't told my son yet that I crashed his RC into a kerb doing about 40mph Ended up on the E31 bonnet ! Damaged that also.

I had a few till the other day and I fcuked them in the bin:rolleyes:

EPM

Any difference to the radio reception?

[Deleted User]

Changed the aerial on the car today.

Before:

After:

E39MSport

New wishbone for the Traxxas T-Maxx arrived today.

Haven't told my son yet that I crashed his RC into a kerb doing about 40mph

Ended up on the E31 bonnet ! Damaged that also.

Voodoomelon

New window regulator arrived this morning, will stick her in today or tomorrow.

E39MSport

Discovered the Bora was damaged in Transit :mad:

Same colour paint residue as the transporter truck curiously...

I had already noticed it but couldn't confirm with the seller what the story was.

Just sending them a sn0ttogram.

L-M

Fine set of allen keys!

Guy:Incognito

The block is underneath covered by a bag to stop dirt falling in.

challengemaster

Spark plugs replaced yesterday, oil change and air filter the week before...which were only slightly insanely overdue >_>

Gearbox oil probably next week....

no1beemerfan

Thanks for that langdang....will have a look next time I'm at the homeplace. I can't remember if I heard the whirring but then the radio was on!

langdang

no1beemerfan wrote: »

Last night I serviced (oil, oilfilter, airfilter and sparkplugs) my Micra and the mother's MINI. .... Mum was saying the lights were crap on her car....so looked at that and for some reason the drivers side had dropped and was pointing to the floor! So fixed that too.

Be careful with that, you could find that next week it'll be pointing at the sky!

The motors for aligning the headlights seem to be a little lazy in some first en MINIs. Herself's has a lazy drivers light, some days it doesn't want to do anything.
Can you hear it moving when you turn the car on first - you should hear a whirring, and you'll see the beam moving if you turn the lights on as you do it.
I think it might be dirt in the mechanism or a bad contact - neither light would respond to the switch inside the car when we got it first, they were pointed down to the ground as you saw on your mothers. Now both work most of time. I've heard frantic wiggling of the switch will wake them up?

I can recommend Osram Nightbreakers, herself is very happy with them in her MINI.

L-M

The background of that picture looks like a place awfully close to where I live haha

Mc Love

franksm wrote: »

Good old snow foam. Lots of fun to use but I find it's only good as a pre-wash really.

What are those DRLs ? They look nice and discrete

Yeah I normally give the car a quick spray, then use the snow foam, then spray off the snow foam and give it a wash, then spray off suds etc, then dry and polish windows etc.

The DRL's are from MS Design. They look the business

EPM wrote: »

Are they Ford or aftermarket DRL's? The placement looks a little odd.

They were in the Ford catalogue but you had to purchase them from MS Design. I purchased them from Duncan Smith automotive in the UK after talking to stockroom lad in Cavanaghs of Charleville.

no1beemerfan

Mc Love wrote: »

On "tuesday I did something to my car"

You didn't do a good job on the number plate :pac:

Last night I serviced (oil, oilfilter, airfilter and sparkplugs) my Micra and the mother's MINI. Had to bring out yard lights as its getting dark early. The summers' gone Joe! Mum was saying the lights were crap on her car....so looked at that and for some reason the drivers side had dropped and was pointing to the floor! So fixed that too.

Mar4ix

my puntie .... flushed 3 times cooling system with some chemicals .... disconnect heater matrix, and joint pipes, as there will be some time, until ill change matrix .. (very rusty inside ... no really heating any more) , changed water pump ... odd 50 euro ... thermostat with housing ... 25 euro for an original fiat part from ebay,... most important thing - adjusted timing properly using not only marks on crankshaft pulley and camshaft pulley , but also marks on flywheel ... wont believe how my punty is smooth on any rev range. he he .. like new.

EPM

franksm wrote: »

What are those DRLs ? They look nice and discrete

Are they Ford or aftermarket DRL's? The placement looks a little odd.

I did a boring thing to my car - swapped the head unit for the original. Need to get the RNS510 updated and properly programmed into the car so for the luxury of having audio controls again I took it out. Might just flog it.

franksm

Good old snow foam. Lots of fun to use but I find it's only good as a pre-wash really.

What are those DRLs ? They look nice and discrete

Mc Love

On "tuesday I did something to my car"

no1beemerfan

Today I did a lot to my '97 Laguna....will be doing around 600 - 1,000 miles next weekend in England so did the jobs I'd lined up to do but hadn't a chance until today

I've changed the oil, oilfilter, airfilter, pollen filter, sparkplugs, cleaned the throttle body housing and breather pipes, put on a new back exhaust box, replaced the brake caliper front drivers side as the rubber had perished and it was grabbing the disk slightly the last two weeks, replaced the pistons on the rear wheels because when I went to bleed them earlier this year both bleeding nipples sheared off! and put in fresh brake fluid and put a new alternator belt on the car too. Changed the fuel filter too. I also checked the gear oil level and tightened the nuts on the oil sump as its weeping a wee bit. Will replace the gasket soon and also spotted a small leak in the power steering hose so want to get it sorted too.

dharn

Confab wrote: »

Don't be silly, he's just having the car dyno'd :P

you will have that coat wore out:p

Voodoomelon

Daved_XB wrote: »

Fitted new front disks & pads today... the wheel wobble finally got to bad to live with

I always spray the primed area around the hub on the disc with Werth alloy wheel paint, make it look much cleaner. Good job.

neilthefunkeone

Changed out gearbox oil on my E36.. Was too tight doing it on the ground under a jack so brought it to the Pitlane.. Was very handy getting it up on a ramp..

Discovered my exhaust hanger is broken while under there..:rolleyes:

Daved_XB

Fitted new front disks & pads today... the wheel wobble finally got to bad to live with

Ardennes1944

well...yesterday so