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********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

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  • #6632
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭power pants


    im going to guess it is a skyline


  • #6633
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    power pants wrote: »
    im going to guess it is a skyline

    First time going to a mechanic and it was in a Skyline? Doubt it :eek:


  • #6634
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭power pants


    first time for everything, first time for everything


  • #6635
    No Voter And Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭No Voter And Proud


    If it's a skyline it probably would need a lot of time with mechanic :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:


  • #6636
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Especially if it's an R32 :pac:


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  • #6637
    No Voter And Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭No Voter And Proud


    Sobanek wrote: »
    Especially if it's an R32 :pac:
    Well if a skyline has turned into a golf it will need help yes


  • #6638
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    I meant the R32-gen :P


  • #6639
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Bloody hell insurance has gone menkle this year, axa have gone from €450 to €697 with no change in my particulars


  • #6640
    No Voter And Proud
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭No Voter And Proud


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Bloody hell insurance has gone menkle this year, axa have gone from €450 to €697 with no change in my particulars
    Times like this I enjoy being old!
    My insurance is around the 280 mark.

    Although to be fair the insurance company told me that they would be putting up the insurance "by a lot" next year as it's a 1994 and that's the oldest they will insure


  • #6641
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    The noise in car sorted. I spent 300eu on bearings and stuff and turns out it was stuck break pad in the back... A clean up and reffiting. 20eu and it's done...
    Ah well, at least I did got full gear box, diffs and transfer box serviced.


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  • #6642
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    What a day!

    Bought myself a torque wrench. Decided I'd test it by torquing all my wheel nuts.

    Removed all 15 nutes except 1. Had trouble getting it off and snapped the wheel stud :mad:

    yaBkydP.jpg?1

    What a mess!!!

    Anyway, decided I'll get the brake drum off and half a look. Yep, you guessed it right - the thing is welded on. I doubt this car had the drum brakes shoes ever replaced.

    Checked the price of a rear wheel hub on Micksgarage, €160+ euro for a wheel hub for a 1999 Yaris :confused:

    Can I just replace the wheel stud on a 1999 Yaris?


  • #6643
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    you should put copper grease on the back of each nut, stops them from sticking.


  • #6644
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Absolutely livid so I am. Left the car to get a bearing changed yesterday, collected today. This greeted me, please say it'll polish out?


  • #6645
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Another pic. I give up trying to keep my cars well...

    It's on the front passenger door.


  • #6646
    MuppetCheck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,830 ✭✭✭✭MuppetCheck


    Chris Evans signed a three year deal for top gear...thought he'd have more sense tbh.


  • #6647
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Chris Evans signed a three year deal for top gear...thought he'd have more sense tbh.

    Money talks.


  • #6648
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Noccy_Mondy, was that the same garage you bought it from?


  • #6649
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    Chris_Heilong wrote:
    Noccy_Mondy, was that the same garage you bought it from?


    No, neighbour is a mechanic, thought he was able to do a simple bearing, obvs not... Can't really go and ask him to fix it either, you know seeing as he's a neighbour. If it was the garage I bought it from, I'd have no bother telling them about it!


  • #6650
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Interslice wrote: »
    Would you travel to Rathoath/Dunboyne area? Only about 10 minutes north of blanchardstown.
    Stheno wrote: »
    My mechanic is in Swords, have used him the past six years

    Hold on, what car have you first?

    It's a Mk8 Civic. Not a Skyline, I wish :(

    Both of those would be grand, I work just outside Blanch towards Ratoath anyway. Brake pads need done, but there's a lot of rust around one of the wheels, the disc shield is disintegrating, so I kinda want to look at that too.


  • #6651
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    Another pic. I give up trying to keep my cars well...

    It's on the front passenger door.
    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    No, neighbour is a mechanic, thought he was able to do a simple bearing, obvs not... Can't really go and ask him to fix it either, you know seeing as he's a neighbour. If it was the garage I bought it from, I'd have no bother telling them about it!

    Ah I was about to ask why you weren't getting them to fix it.
    Skylinehead wrote: »
    It's a Mk8 Civic. Not a Skyline, I wish :(

    Both of those would be grand, I work just outside Blanch towards Ratoath anyway. Brake pads need done, but there's a lot of rust around one of the wheels, the disc shield is disintegrating, so I kinda want to look at that too.
    Ah that's grand, pm me if you want mines number


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  • #6652
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    No, neighbour is a mechanic, thought he was able to do a simple bearing, obvs not... Can't really go and ask him to fix it either, you know seeing as he's a neighbour. If it was the garage I bought it from, I'd have no bother telling them about it!

    Especially cheeky so if your neighbour knew about it. Even worse if he caused it, which is most likely the case.


  • #6653
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,934 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    I'm happy to report that the rattling noise has now gone :)
    I'm eating cardboard until the end of the month but thank christ it's all over!
    Just need to get the bearing and wishbone done now :D


  • #6654
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    bear1 wrote: »
    I'm happy to report that the rattling noise has now gone :)
    I'm eating cardboard until the end of the month but thank christ it's all over!
    Just need to get the bearing and wishbone done now :D

    You do know cardboard is bad for babies :pac:


  • #6655
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Stheno wrote: »
    You do know cardboard is bad for babies :pac:
    It's even worse for bears!!


  • #6656
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    MuppetCheck wrote: »
    Chris Evans signed a three year deal for top gear...thought he'd have more sense tbh.
    I kinda expected this. Be interesting to see the other 2 presenters. Might give the show a fresh feel.


  • #6657
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    The noise in car sorted. I spent 300eu on bearings and stuff and turns out it was stuck break pad in the back... A clean up and reffiting. 20eu and it's done...
    Ah well, at least I did got full gear box, diffs and transfer box serviced.

    Was the 300 spent trying to fix the noise?


  • #6658
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Good to hear bear.




    C'mere to me motors heads, this may seem an odd question...
    Sometimes on a cycle in the countryside I get passed by a car that smells like it is running on Lynx rather than petrol or diesel. It's usually a vw diesel. Or there was the sticker bombed opel diesel. I'm assuming diesel in all cases.

    So my question is... Is this some diesel additive? Are these people just driving around buzzed off their heads after spraying a tin or more of lynx inside the car? Or do they actually believe in the lynx effect - that women they pass will just go weak at the knees and they can reverse and pick them up?


  • #6659
    bear1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,934 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Stheno wrote: »
    You do know cardboard is bad for babies :pac:

    Well the wife has the milk so ill be fine :P


  • #6660
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    Good to hear bear.




    C'mere to me motors heads, this may seem an odd question...
    Sometimes on a cycle in the countryside I get passed by a car that smells like it is running on Lynx rather than petrol or diesel. It's usually a vw diesel. Or there was the sticker bombed opel diesel. I'm assuming diesel in all cases.

    So my question is... Is this some diesel additive? Are these people just driving around buzzed off their heads after spraying a tin or more of lynx inside the car? Or do they actually believe in the lynx effect - that women they pass will just go weak at the knees and they can reverse and pick them up?
    Bring a woman on the crossbar and find out!


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  • #6661
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Tea 1000 wrote: »
    Bring a woman on the crossbar and find out!

    I cycle for the piece and quiet...


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