Motors Chat - Round 7

Bpmull · 03-02-2015 11:04PM

OSI wrote: »

That's usually the rears when the last ball bag that did them didn't bother with the wind back tool.

Yep that's what my uncle used a wind back tool. I was thinking how would you even do it without the tool.

quadrifoglio verde · 03-02-2015 11:05PM

It's amazing what you spend your money on when you no longer have a girlfriend....car parts, petrol, car parts, petrol, car parts, petrol, it's feckin great

1200 quid spent on the gtv in the last three weeks, none of which was needed.

Cheensbo · 03-02-2015 11:11PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Yep that's what my uncle used a wind back tool. I was thinking how would you even do it without the tool.

A stool, half a day and the shaft of a screwdriver was my old way of doing it :pac:

Ded_Zebra · 03-02-2015 11:14PM

Cheensbo wrote: »

A stool, half a day and the shaft of a screwdriver was my old way of doing it :pac:

I use a vice grips. Nothing says "I'm a hack" like a vice grips does :pac:

MetzgerMeister · 03-02-2015 11:21PM

Lads, is it possible to remove a brake caliper and carrier as one unit without having to remove the piston guide pins and detach the caliper from the carrier?

Cheensbo · 03-02-2015 11:21PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

I use a vice grips. Nothing says "I'm a hack" like a vice grips does :pac:

Ooh look at fancy dan with his vice grips :pac:

Ded_Zebra · 04-02-2015 12:08AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Lads, is it possible to remove a brake caliper and carrier as one unit without having to remove the piston guide pins and detach the caliper from the carrier?

Depends on the setup

Some you can some you can't

dgt · 04-02-2015 12:12AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Lads, is it possible to remove a brake caliper and carrier as one unit without having to remove the piston guide pins and detach the caliper from the carrier?

Yes

MetzgerMeister · 04-02-2015 12:16AM

I'm replacing my discs on Friday and installing new handbrake shoes/springs etc. so I'd like to save some time

dgt · 04-02-2015 12:20AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I'm replacing my discs on Friday and installing new handbrake shoes/springs etc. so I'd like to save some time

Sure you don't have fixed calipers at the rear with that setup? Any rear disc setup with that setup (separate shoes/pad) is usually fixed caliper, ie no carrier and caliper

Foxhole Norman · 04-02-2015 12:26AM

YbFocus wrote: »

I was like what the hell!

Still i had a couple of tunnel runs, 2 in mine which i loved!
And Two in a e92 335i!

Them cars are serious!

It's easy to see you'll know what wheels I've got now!

Yep! I take it the reg on the 335 was D-335?

davycc · 04-02-2015 12:33AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

It's amazing what you spend your money on when you no longer have a girlfriend....car parts, petrol, car parts, petrol, car parts, petrol, it's feckin great
1200 quid spent on the gtv in the last three weeks, none of which was needed.

Same here I am living like a Nigerian price being able to tax my car in advance,
Buying spare/upgrades for my mr2 and going on long road trips and even being able to afford a full tank of petrol rather than the 10liters at a time in the past :-)

quadrifoglio verde · 04-02-2015 12:40AM

davycc wrote: »

Same here I am living like a Nigerian price being able to tax my car in advance,
Buying spare/upgrades for my mr2 and going on long road trips and even being able to afford a full tank of petrol rather than the 10liters at a time in the past :-)

It's feckin brilliant. And cars don't nag you back :pac:

Dia1988 · 04-02-2015 12:44AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

It's feckin brilliant. And cars don't nag you back :pac:

The sex isn't great though! 😜

04-02-2015 12:48AM

Have ye guys seen this?

https://twitter.com/gardatraffic/status/562727561680420865

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People on Twitter complaining, others saying its great.

Personally, while I can see where people are coming from that often a bulb can go without you even noticing it, it looks like both his side/parking lights (whatever you want to call them) bulb and dipped are gone. Surely he must have noticed at some point?

EDIT: woops, didnt realise a link to twitter alone would bring up a preview picture, etc. :eek:

quadrifoglio verde · 04-02-2015 12:50AM

Dia1988 wrote: »

The sex isn't great though! ðŸ˜œ

I've an Alfa that handles like it's on rails, a nice twisty road, no traffic and There's no where else I want to be.

Stheno · 04-02-2015 12:52AM

Lads/ladies (rare as you are)

have a slightly irritating problem on the alfa and here goes my logic:

Engine management control failure alert is the error.

Comes after the alernator was replaced.

Google search shows it's the battery needing replacement

Makes sense to me as alternator failed, battery didn't get a charge for a few weeks and now is acting up in slow (5mpg traffic) then fine after a long run

make sense to you?

Bpmull · 04-02-2015 12:54AM

There is no excuse for having both light blown on one side of a vehicle as it's not as if they both blew at the same time. When I was on my way up to cork on Monday morning still dark a car with only one parking light working came up on the lane beside me it was a black car I went to change lanes and noticed it just in time. Imagine one parking light on that's it no dips the area was mildly lit but still ultimately dark. Yet if I hit them it would probably still of been my fault not sure though but sure you could only barly see the car and when it was beside you you couldn't see it at all.

Stheno · 04-02-2015 12:54AM

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

It's feckin brilliant. And cars don't nag you back :pac:

You obviously don't drive the hormonal bitch I do who has a hissy fit after fifty minutes and less than a mile progress in Dundrum of a morning

Where did I get that car from :pac:

As you told me from the outset, she hates city traffic with a vengenance

MetzgerMeister · 04-02-2015 12:58AM

YbFocus wrote: »

Them cars are serious!

Was it stock?

dgt wrote: »

Sure you don't have fixed calipers at the rear with that setup? Any rear disc setup with that setup (separate shoes/pad) is usually fixed caliper, ie no carrier and caliper

Can't remember from when I did the pads but I think the rear has a carrier.

dgt · 04-02-2015 12:59AM

Stheno wrote: »

Lads/ladies (rare as you are)

have a slightly irritating problem on the alfa and here goes my logic:

Engine management control failure alert is the error.

Comes after the alernator was replaced.

Google search shows it's the battery needing replacement

Makes sense to me as alternator failed, battery didn't get a charge for a few weeks and now is acting up in slow (5mpg traffic) then fine after a long run

make sense to you?

Motor control failure?

Clean up the battery terminals and if possible the lead from the alternator to the starter. More than likely a dirty contact

Foxhole Norman · 04-02-2015 01:00AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Was it stock?

If it's the one I'm thinking of down here it's fully stock, it's meant to sound amazing.

dgt · 04-02-2015 01:01AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Can't remember from when I did the pads but I think the rear has a carrier.

If the pads required you to drive out a pin going through the caliper to remove the pads, its a fixed setup

MetzgerMeister · 04-02-2015 01:01AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

If it's the one I'm thinking of down here it's fully stock, it's meant to sound amazing.

I meant remap-wise.

Foxhole Norman · 04-02-2015 01:04AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I meant remap-wise.

Oh I know yeah, but I was talking about the noise :pac:

04-02-2015 01:52AM

As I've no car at the moment, i was thinking of what i want my next car to be able to do. And I want to go camping a lot and mess around the country, free as a bird :P

I was initially looking at a Cmax, as they looked the business. But then I copped a few of them on the road out and about. I haven't seen one parked up anywhere just yet, though, so haven't had a proper look, but my gut feeling is the space in the back isn't quite what I was thinking it would be...

So I was thinking of getting an estate instead.

So I'm wondering one of two things..

1) Are there any estates on the road (that would fall into 'bangernomics' territory, as I'm not spending much on my next car, as im gonna abuse it) that have, not only flip down seats, but completely removable seats? I remember my old Rav4 had this, and it was great, but it didn't seem to ever be mentioned anywhere when people were selling it (and its a big selling point, in my opinion).

2) Assuming I can't get removable seats, and have to settle for fold down (I presume 100% of cars have fold-down rear seats!?), has anyone ever DIYed a few sheets of chipboard into a false floor in the back of a car? I was thinking that if I made up a rectangular, hollow, box, the same height as the seats when they're flat, i'd create a level lying surface (to sleep on) and also create a storage area under the box (perhaps stick some drawers on it, or something?).

I'm not sure if you'd be too high up though, to be comfortable (estates aren't exactly tall, generally speaking).

I have a lot of variety, like a Primera, Focus, Avensis, Astra and Octavia all at fairly reasonable prices.. but I'm doubtful removable seats feature on any of them?

Primera looks like a lovely car (the best of the bunch, aesthetically in my opinion).

Interslice · 04-02-2015 02:02AM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Lads, is it possible to remove a brake caliper and carrier as one unit without having to remove the piston guide pins and detach the caliper from the carrier?

It's always good to have a look at the slider pins though make sure there nicely greased. For us fancy bastards with wind back tools it would also get right in the way! I got a laser one for half nothing on amazon before. Only 7 quid lads for feck sake! Saved me hours days of flutin about!

Interslice · 04-02-2015 02:21AM

Deleted User wrote: »

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Somewhat of a specialist subject of mine:p. The length between the back door and seats is most important so you can stretch out fully to sleep properly. Reliability and a good battery too.

I never put a false floor in. Once the seats fold properly flat a thermarest and a sleeping bag and your good. There's a self inflating matress called a fusion. Pricey enough but a serious bit of kit!

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04-02-2015 02:32AM

Interslice wrote: »

Somewhat of a specialist subject of mine:p. The length between the back door and seats is most important so you can stretch out fully to sleep properly. Reliability and a good battery too.

I never put a false floor in. Once the seats fold properly flat a thermarest and a sleeping bag and your good. There's a self inflating matress called a fusion. Pricey enough but a serious bit of kit!

See the thing is,I don't think the seats on any of those fold 'flat' (as in, into the floor, for a completely level cargo space, like a van). I think the backs just fall forward and then that's it (so your cargo area has two floor heights - the actual floor, and then the height of the seets, which I'd guess is about 1.5ft higher than the floor, when folded down?)

This is the kinda thing I'm picturing all of those cars being like:

In a perfect world, they'd all do this:

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But I genuinely don't know how each car acts with regards to it's back seats, nor do i think theres an easy way of finding out (as even video reviews tend to skip over that aspect).

Foxhole Norman · 04-02-2015 02:38AM

What about a Honda Jazz KKV? Those seats fold flat and they're big enough to sleep in. Should be very reliable too.

Here's some light reading material :pac:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Frugal/comments/22kdvy/as_requested_i_have_been_living_in_my_car_to/

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