Motors Chat - Round 6

dgt · 10-09-2014 12:21PM

bear1 wrote: »

A 156.
Happened to me as well that the clutch pedal jammed to the floor.
Popped the bonnet to see brake fluid all over the place.
Cylinder had packed in, back on the road 3 hours later.

3 hours? Last one I changed took an hour and a half.... And that was with the engine out!!! :eek:

Well, on my own 156 it was done in about half an hour.....

bear1 · 10-09-2014 12:23PM

dgt wrote: »

3 hours? Last one I changed took an hour and a half.... And that was with the engine out!!! :eek:

Well, on my own 156 it was done in about half an hour.....

Well I just pushed it into the garage nearest to me but the guy was busy so I had to wait.

dgt · 10-09-2014 12:32PM

bear1 wrote: »

Well I just pushed it into the garage nearest to me but the guy was busy so I had to wait.

If it were a V6 and the slave went, they're handy to change. But the master in any 156 is a wanker to change and the slave in a TS is a box off.... And that's quite the task on it's own! :eek:

bear1 · 10-09-2014 12:34PM

The guy didn't seem to have too much trouble on the JTD.
They were an awfully tight engine for timing belt changes though.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 12:34PM

dgt wrote: »

If it were a V6 and the slave went, they're handy to change. But the master in any 156 is a wanker to change and the slave in a TS is a box off.... And that's quite the task on it's own! :eek:

paperclip job , much better!

That's my plan anyway. Only fools and horses style.

Chris_Heilong · 10-09-2014 12:57PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Any word on if there'll be another meet soon?

This month would have been ideal as next month the weather will start to turn crap, will this be the first year without a big meet?

bear1 · 10-09-2014 01:00PM

Guys is the sound on a Saab 93 very bad?
I was talking to a friend of mine today who told me that if I was interested in buying one then seriously upgrade the speakers.

dgt · 10-09-2014 01:05PM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

This month would have been ideal as next month the weather will start to turn crap, will this be the first year without a big meet?

Usually, it's the end of September/stat of October for a meet this time of the year.....

Foxhole Norman · 10-09-2014 01:06PM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

This month would have been ideal as next month the weather will start to turn crap, will this be the first year without a big meet?

Sometime in the next three weeks would be ideal I'd say, weather doesn't seem too bad.

Chris_Heilong · 10-09-2014 01:57PM

how does the weekend 27th - 28th sound?

Foxhole Norman · 10-09-2014 01:59PM

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

how does the weekend 27th - 28th sound?

Should be enough time to have the new car sorted anyway :pac:

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 02:52PM

I'm out that weekend with work, and the weekend before.

YbFocus · 10-09-2014 02:57PM

Idc on that weekend, no go

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 02:58PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Idc on that weekend, no go

IDK w IDC?

Sobanek · 10-09-2014 03:38PM

Have to be working that weekend so no go for me either

next weekend after that would be fine though

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 03:41PM

Sobanek wrote: »

Have to be working that weekend so no go for me either

next weekend after that would be fine though

+1 for me too. Weekend of 5th October.

pred racer · 10-09-2014 04:41PM

A bit of light engineering for a sunny day

Heavy engineering requires a sledgehammer and a welder:pac:

YbFocus · 10-09-2014 05:33PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

IDK w IDC?

Irish Drift Championship. All go for the weekend after though

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 05:45PM

YbFocus wrote: »

Irish Drift Championship. All go for the weekend after though

Ah here was I thinking the D was for darts....

YbFocus · 10-09-2014 05:47PM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Ah here was I thinking the D was for darts....

One hundred and eighty! No ha that has to be the most boring thing in the world!

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 10-09-2014 05:49PM

YbFocus wrote: »

One hundred and eighty! No ha that has to be the most boring thing in the world!

Any sport that involves a lot of standing around, throwing things, and drinking heavily can't be all bad!!:D

But yeah, weekend after the mooted date suits me better too.

Foxhole Norman · 10-09-2014 06:01PM

Any weekend suits me so the 5th is good.

Bpmull · 10-09-2014 09:37PM

Some smoke out of this Audi. Seems abit mad that just a bad intercooler pipe would cause this.

http://www.vwvortex.com/news/video-news/video-rolling-coal-audi-allroad/

YbFocus · 11-09-2014 05:50AM

Less air means overfuelling, it's not combusting correctly so it fires all that out the back!

Dartz · 11-09-2014 06:25AM

If it's leaking after the airflow sensor, the engine's thinking it's getting more air than it actually is and is adding fuel to match.

In America, this is considered culture.

Cleveland Hot Pocket · 11-09-2014 08:09AM

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

If it's the slave cylinder I'll be transporting it to my new gaff in meath and breaking it.

I'm half expecting to see a paper clip behind the pedal already tbh.

It's not fixed by the paperclip. The original clip was fine :mad:

toastedpickles · 11-09-2014 11:17AM

YbFocus wrote: »

Less air means overfuelling, it's not combusting correctly so it fires all that out the back!

#justengineeringthings :pac:

Had my first experience with a seized calliper last night, not fun! Although it's the most obvious things that work the best it seems

pred racer · 11-09-2014 11:22AM

toastedpickles wrote: »

#justengineeringthings :pac:

Had my first experience with a seized calliper last night, not fun! Although it's the most obvious things that work the best it seems

you mean you hit it with a hammer until it worked again I presume :pac:

YbFocus · 11-09-2014 11:25AM

toastedpickles wrote: »

#justengineeringthings :pac:

Had my first experience with a seized calliper last night, not fun! Although it's the most obvious things that work the best it seems

As pred says, let rip with your largest swingable tool, doesn't even need to be a hammer

toastedpickles · 11-09-2014 11:27AM

pred racer wrote: »

you mean you hit it with a hammer until it worked again I presume :pac:

YbFocus wrote: »

As pred says, let rip with your largest swingable tool, doesn't even need to be a hammer

That's what i thought too but no! Copious amounts of wd40 in under the rubber sleeve, like peel it back and basically p1ss the stuff in, then rest it on the old pad on the inside, pry bar and jobs a good un! takes about 10 minutes to do

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