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The "Today I did something to my car" thread
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Fitted my aux in adapter today in the focus.
Got the lead on amazon just a cheap one 10 euro delivered the genuine ford one is alot more.
Glovebox out
Radio out
Finished product
Delighted with it. Well worth doing great sound quality considering the cheap lead. Now I can listen to music on my iPhone in the car:)0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »Hate the MK2 Focus glovebox it's designed so when you open it everything falls out, grrrrrrrr
I find that too. Just seems to be a bad design. Pain specially when you have a load of stuff in it.0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »Today i almost killed myself with a mixture of torque steer coming out of a junction and trying to air guitar to this
Someone bookmark this post for the next time an ST gets mentioned in a "what to buy thread" and torque steer is mentioned :pac:0 -
Could you ether weld on a standard head and take off that way, or get one of those multi spined sockets, gator grip or something I think they are called.
I've tried all the sockets and spanners in that general size and we sure have a lot to go through :eek: not a hope.... The collar makes an arse of it otherwise I'd get a vice grips on it. I may invest in the triangle socket when finances permit
Diesel filtration themed update. Bpmull: Take note
My car had gone very sluggish. So sluggish that at full boot, fuel would cut around 3.5k rpm. An odd sensation, accelerating by lifting off.... :eek:
I change my fuel filter very often (5k max) because at £2 a shot, it's not worth skimping.
Before this mornings trip to Portadown, I changed my filter. I knew something was radically wrong this time
I tend to fill up at the same 1 or 2 stations.... :rolleyes:
What worries me is this crap
And why my filter housing was caked in it :eek::eek::eek:
Seriously.... Wtf is that? It looks like cats sh*te :mad:0 -
Tomorrows update:
Dgt does an engine swap to his spare 406 engine, and frantically tears apart and rebuilds that engine inspecting for "cat shíte"
No idea what that is, doesn't look good though.... first port of call would be inspecting the fuel tank IMO.0 -
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Alanstrainor wrote: »Definitely not, you seem to be getting lazy with age
Just wait until the summer hols, I'm going to try make up for last summer I didn't get!
I'm stockpiling toys :pac:0 -
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I've tried all the sockets and spanners in that general size and we sure have a lot to go through :eek: not a hope.... The collar makes an arse of it otherwise I'd get a vice grips on it. I may invest in the triangle socket when finances permit
Diesel filtration themed update. Bpmull: Take note
My car had gone very sluggish. So sluggish that at full boot, fuel would cut around 3.5k rpm. An odd sensation, accelerating by lifting off.... :eek:
I change my fuel filter very often (5k max) because at £2 a shot, it's not worth skimping.
Sometimes I wish I live near the border I've to fork out a wallet raping €6 down here when the time comes :pac: 0 -
challengemaster wrote: »Tomorrows update:
Dgt does an engine swap to his spare 406 engine, and frantically tears apart and rebuilds that engine inspecting for "cat shíte"
Nah, something even stranger....
I woke up this morning noon and had a sudden change of heart. Now I'm restoring something petril :eek:
My main focus for today is the interior. I have the carbon effect centre console and black/orange dials to go in just needs a really good clean 
I cleaned out the excess dirt and scrubbed the seats
And outside, I gave it a quick clean
Note to the eagle eyed, front bumper has been taken off, need some wing mounts as the ones on the car are rotten hopefully wit some extra bits and bobs I'll have it right as rain in no time
I'm horrid fickle at times...
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Changed out one of the shocks on the Mazda recently
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Had to move the car few metres before the new shock was fitted so subbed the shock with a piece of Timber!!!!!!
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Then the time for the civic to get new anti roll bar bushes and drop links
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Got the coolant and brake fluid changed in the Escort. Bleeding was via the two man system, and thankfully there's only one bleed nipple on the rear axle.
Unfortunately, while I was crawling under the back if the car, I found that the diff is leaking (probably the seal) and an exhaust rubber is cracked. Having checked the service history, the diff seals are original Ford, and the exhaust rubbers were last changed over 25 years ago so they were probably due a change.....
I also got the coolant changed in the Almera (easy enough once the plastic undertray stuff was removed so I could put a bucket under the rad). Now tomorrow is a brake fluid change in that also. Next on the list is a gearbox oil change....
I reckon I'm on a coolant and brake fluid fad at the moment....
As a follow up, here's the brake fluid from the Almera
It was slightly overdue......0 -
Fitted new led's in the rear last week but didn't have time to take photos then, so I've a few snaps now.
One strip each side, wired through the existing ceiling light so they can be On, On with door open or off. The very low current needed means they work just fine, and the extra light at night is fantastic! Will probably integrate a couple of more strips into the second version of the storage build when I eventually get round to it.
Each strip is about a foot long, and has close to 40 led's on it.
Since it was dry this afternoon I finally got my thumb out and removed the rear seats in advance of putting it in for DOE - loads of space in the back now, and an abundance of securing points
And to finish it off, just so I could walk away having actually added something rather than removing stuff, I finally fitted the late-night ebay whim purchase of my voltmeter (a whopping $2.45 with free postage
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With just ignition on (engine had been running immediately prior to this so there was probably some surface charge resulting in the higher reading) ...
And with the engine warming up (looks like our alternator is pretty healthy :cool: )
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Seats but no belts - so never any passengers. Was the easiest way to transport them from the mates storage without having them flying around the rear. 8 nuts so less than 3 mins to fit/remove.You have a commercial with rear seats in it :eek:
Hoping to change it to crew-cab in time though as it fits within the EC requirements to be allowed (like the newer Discovery 5 seater commercial) 0 -
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