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******Motors Chat - Round 6******

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  • #7262
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Yo yo yo, with a wicked cup of coco. We all used to watch Mrs Doubtfire over and over as kids, wore the tape out. :(


  • #7263
    Kaiser D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭Kaiser D


    Tragic. As above, I hate seeing news like this. What an awful way to go. RIP.


  • #7264
    Brief_Lives
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,983 ✭✭✭Brief_Lives


    incredibly talented guy, loved by everyone except himself....


  • #7265
    Dia1988
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Dia1988


    Keeping it car related....

    1doubtfire34.9016.jpg


  • #7266
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Yo yo yo, with a wicked cup of coco. We all used to watch Mrs Doubtfire over and over as kids, wore the tape out. :(

    It's "yo yo make a wicked cup of cocoa" :P

    Good thing I downloaded Mrs. Doubtfire! It's amazing the way no matter how old I get, that film doesn't and I can still watch it over and over again.


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  • #7267
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    On the way to work this morning, come to a rounabout, press the clutch, sticks to the floor :mad:

    Master cylinder appears to be gone, rang the mechanic and he said the common problem on 207s is some cylinder at the gearbox side which involves taking the gearbox out :eek:


  • #7268
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,865 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    On the way to work this morning, come to a rounabout, press the clutch, sticks to the floor :mad:

    Master cylinder appears to be gone, rang the mechanic and he said the common problem on 207s is some cylinder at the gearbox side which involves taking the gearbox out :eek:

    Gulp:mad:


  • #7269
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Gulp:mad:

    I sweat to **** like :( Just waiting to hear back from him now, apparently the slave cylinder is in the bell housing of the gearbox


  • #7270
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    I sweat to **** like :( Just waiting to hear back from him now, apparently the slave cylinder is in the bell housing of the gearbox

    I don't understand why manufacturers put it in the bell housing. The 156 ts has it in the same place, gearbox off jobby. Why I haven't a clue. The gtv ts and all the v6s have it on top of the box.

    On the other hand good time to do the clutch, but still an unnecessary expense.


  • #7271
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    How long would it take to remove the gearbox dya think? Im just hoping its the Master cylinder :o


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  • #7272
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Old but gold :pac:.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=91687842&postcount=2269


  • #7273
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    So... I've travelled 440 kms on UK's excellent motorways and I have to say, that I love the discipline here - no lane hoggers, people are using their indicators etc.

    Very pleasant experience.


  • #7274
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Sobanek wrote: »
    So... I've travelled 440 kms on UK's excellent motorways and I have to say, that I love the discipline here - no lane hoggers, people are using their indicators etc.

    Very pleasant experience.

    How's that check engine light doing?? :P


  • #7275
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    How's that check engine light doing?? :P

    Gone :pac:


  • #7276
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,920 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Gone :pac:

    Insulation-Tape_large.jpg

    ???

    :D


  • #7277
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Insulation-Tape_large.jpg

    ???

    :D

    Rained for a bit, I stopped at services for a cigarette, turned it on again and poof - its gone!


  • #7278
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    Check Engine?

    Yup - it's still there.


  • #7279
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    More boxes of goodies arrived today :D jaysis lads this is like christmas! But over a period of days :D


  • #7280
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Calling Dartz!

    Were you driving about Navan yesterday, evening time....?


  • #7281
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,348 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Gone :pac:
    check_engine.jpg
    tumblr_mxzys3OgN31somw7ho5_1280.png


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  • #7282
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Rain confuses English as much as Irish drivers.

    :pac:

    Final break before Dover which is 25 kms away.
    Arrive in France at 17:30 me thinks, some small shopping on the way and then drive as much as possible.


  • #7283
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    A car broke down on the new road heading towards the Round O, just before the roundabout. Essentially, half the kip of a town was locked solid as a direct result :cool:
    OSI wrote: »
    That sucks ass. I had the slave cylinder go on our old Coupe. Took 10 minutes to swap out, and 10 to bleed. What a bad design to put it in the gearbox.

    Some might remember I had a Fiesta for a little bit. I put it through the NCT. Failed on some niggly little bits; spare wheel in the boot not the undercarriage and needed to tidy my wiring for my triple tone horns are some I remember.

    It also failed on a small leak from the gearbox. Which had me puzzled, as it was a new box. But then it dawned on me that had happened: slave cylinder failed.

    The part was €103 from Ford so a bit sticky and had the newer redesign so the pipe was altered to fit. To change it means..... Engine out and box off (anyone who has worked on a mk4/5 festy will know how tight room is between the box and subframe, thus it was quicker for me to whip the whole unit out)

    Leak solved, just about a days work :D

    The Merc I now drive has the same type of slave cylinder, clutchless changes galore for me. I dread taking that box out as I don't have a lift/pit to do the job... It's a c*nt to do a rwd box without suitable lifting!!! :(


  • #7284
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Question with the Citroen C5


    Uniroyals in 215/55/16 are 50 euro dearer than 205. The sticker on the door says 215s but I don't think loosing 10mm would make a difference. I've done it before with no problems on the Xantia (205s -> 195s)


  • #7285
    Interslice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,505 ✭✭✭Interslice


    Mycroft H wrote: »
    Question with the Citroen C5


    Uniroyals in 215/55/16 are 50 euro dearer than 205. The sticker on the door says 215s but I don't think loosing 10mm would make a difference. I've done it before with no problems on the Xantia (205s -> 195s)

    Should be OK. If you know the width of the alloys you can stick it in here. http://www.tyresizecalculator.com/tyre-wheel-calculators/tyre-size-for-rim-size-width-calculator

    Personally I'd just get cheaper tyres.


  • #7286
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    6.5Jx16.

    By that I can go from 185 to 215 easily. 205 sits nicely in the middle.


  • #7287
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    More width means you're contact patch is bigger. So better grip in the twisties :D.


  • #7288
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Its the Master cylinder and not the Slave cylinder it appears he said, no gearbox out for meeee :D


  • #7289
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Hal1 wrote: »
    More width means you're contact patch is bigger. So better grip in the twisties :D.

    *cough* 200 quid difference *cough*

    It's for the aul fella. He doesn't drive hard anyway.


  • #7290
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    I think I'm addicted to the smell of Turtle Wax!! :cool:


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  • #7291
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,606 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    I think I'm addicted to the smell of Turtle Wax!! :cool:

    Yeah it does that to you :pac:


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