Motors Chat - Round 8

GvidoR · 07-07-2015 12:18AM

dgt wrote: »

Ah, I do scout out what I need/may need for future visits. I like to take my time with certain things. Also love poking under the bays and see how stuff is put together

They have a black E34 that might yield a part or 2. Same with Jaguars.

Oh right, I see.

If you ever see any Vento's there, let me know. There was only one there today.

dgt · 07-07-2015 12:19AM

GvidoR wrote: »

Oh right, I see.

If you ever see any Vento's there, let me know. There was only one there today.

I was sitting in it for a bit when it began to lash

GvidoR · 07-07-2015 12:22AM

dgt wrote: »

I was sitting in it for a bit when it began to lash

:pac: :pac:

I was sort of sleeping in the back, because the boot didn't open from the outside.

dgt · 07-07-2015 12:31AM

GvidoR wrote: »

:pac: :pac:

I was sort of sleeping in the back, because the boot didn't open from the outside.

Whatever you do don't sleep in the ambulance. Or even set foot in it. You can smell it some distance away!!! :eek:

YbFocus · 07-07-2015 08:02AM

Noooooooooooooooooo.......

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/07/06/bmw-says-no-more-manuals-m-cars-capped-600-hp/?ncid=edlinkusauto00000016

Supergurrier · 07-07-2015 10:46AM

Every day im working the sun is shining, days off where i want to do some detailing it's pissing down.

Damn weather

Skylinehead · 07-07-2015 11:17AM

Need a bloody 15 (or 16, but I reckon 15) spanner for that brake caliper. Seriously pissed off, I've had it on axle stands twice now. Even a smallish adjustable wrench is too wide to fit into the gap where the bolt is. My set is 8,9,10,11,12,13,14......17. Great.

Anyone know where you could buy individual spanners in Dublin?

Pov06 · 07-07-2015 11:19AM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Need a bloody 15 (or 16, but I reckon 15) spanner for that brake caliper. Seriously pissed off, I've had it on axle stands twice now. Even a smallish adjustable wrench is too wide to fit into the gap where the bolt is. My set is 8,9,10,11,12,13,14......17. Great.

Anyone know where you could buy individual spanners in Dublin?

I know it's not in Dublin but buy a few of these kits:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000LFRYG2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

GvidoR · 07-07-2015 11:20AM

Woodies sell spanners individually.

dgt · 07-07-2015 11:28AM

Skylinehead wrote: »

Need a bloody 15 (or 16, but I reckon 15) spanner for that brake caliper. Seriously pissed off, I've had it on axle stands twice now. Even a smallish adjustable wrench is too wide to fit into the gap where the bolt is. My set is 8,9,10,11,12,13,14......17. Great.

Anyone know where you could buy individual spanners in Dublin?

An educated guess would lead me to believe its a 15.

Any decent motor factors should have individual spanners.

As for that adjustable spanner, fire it into the poddle, where it belongs :mad:

Skylinehead · 07-07-2015 11:32AM

Pov06 wrote: »

I know it's not in Dublin but buy a few of these kits:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000LFRYG2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

Jaysus for a fiver that's not bad at all!

GvidoR wrote: »

Woodies sell spanners individually.

I went to the one in Glasnevin, they said they did. Had a look, absolutely nothing of the sort. I might check the bigger one in Blanch, or McQuillans.

dgt wrote: »

An educated guess would lead me to believe its a 15.

Any decent motor factors should have individual spanners.

As for that adjustable spanner, fire it into the poddle, where it belongs :mad:

Good shout.

joujoujou · 07-07-2015 12:50PM

dgt wrote: »

[...]

Any decent motor factors should have individual spanners.

[...]

^^ Listen to the wise man!

Additionally, apart from motor factors: halfrauds or b&q.

pred racer · 07-07-2015 12:51PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

Every day im working the sun is shining, days off where i want to do some detailing it's pissing down.

Damn weather

Thats a hint man, get her good and dirty, stealth mode :pac:

dgt wrote: »

As for that adjustable spanner, fire it into the poddle, where it belongs :mad:

Agreed!

Mycroft H · 07-07-2015 12:53PM

There's only one good brand of adjustable spanner and that's bahco. Use them all the time in work.

Pov06 · 07-07-2015 02:01PM

Mycroft H wrote: »

There's only one good brand of adjustable spanner and that's bahco. Use them all the time in work.

Adjustable spanners are great when you only use them to hold a bolt/nut while you are trying to take off another bolt/nut.

A lot better than looking for the exact size spanner only just for holding purposes.

166man · 07-07-2015 02:11PM

In Mallow today, Carlow and Galway tomorrow, Letterkenny Thursday and Killarney on Friday with work.

No better car to do it in than a 156 petrol :pac:

Alanstrainor · 07-07-2015 02:15PM

166man wrote: »

In Mallow today, Carlow and Galway tomorrow, Letterkenny Thursday and Killarney on Friday with work.

No better car to do it in than a 156 petrol :pac:

You wont be saying that when the timing belt snaps! :pac:

Mycroft H · 07-07-2015 02:15PM

Pov06 wrote: »

Adjustable spanners are great when you only use them to hold a bolt/nut while you are trying to take off another bolt/nut.

A lot better than looking for the exact size spanner only just for holding purposes.

Depends, these ones are used all the time, but once you know the limitations of them. I'm on my feet a lot of and the hassle of carrying around a set of spanners. An 8" Bahco Adjustable does pretty much all the work.

dgt · 07-07-2015 02:34PM

166man wrote: »

In Mallow today, Carlow and Galway tomorrow, Letterkenny Thursday and Killarney on Friday with work.

No better car to do it in than a 156 petrol :pac:

And here I am in Navan eating a big mac.... The shame!

jimgoose · 07-07-2015 02:41PM

dgt wrote: »

An educated guess would lead me to believe its a 15.

Any decent motor factors should have individual spanners.

As for that adjustable spanner, fire it into the poddle, where it belongs :mad:

An adjustable is better than a Petersen Shifter at a pinch, but only just. :pac:

jimgoose · 07-07-2015 02:44PM

joujoujou wrote: »

^^ Listen to the wise man!

Additionally, apart from motor factors: halfrauds or b&q.

B&Q do quite a comprehensive range of "Torq" brand spanners and socketry, and they're quite decent. Most of mine are Torq, Ye Fords of Hal and Gedore, with the exception of a 32mm Stanley I bought about a thousand years ago for popping Yamaha back-axle retainers.

Interslice · 07-07-2015 07:04PM

My latest form of light on the road entertainment

: rainy day, doing the 80 speed limit on the straight like a good citizen, some german diesel 8 feet from your back bumper mad to overtake, twisties or a few roundabouts coming up, they have to slow down to nurse their 18 inches of **** rubber and heavy lump though, just drop it into third and let the bridgestones do their stuff. It's gas looking in the mirror half way up the next straight, still doing the 80, with them way behind just coming out of the few corners.

ofcork · 07-07-2015 07:28PM

Giorgetto giugiaro has sold up his stake in ital. design to audi,designed some beautys in his time.

GvidoR · 07-07-2015 09:15PM

Not exactly car related, but you MUST see this!

https://instagram.com/p/42LlR3TEqZ

YbFocus · 07-07-2015 09:20PM

I want to do this so bad

colm_mcm · 07-07-2015 09:41PM

What an idiot

Noccy_Mondy · 07-07-2015 10:18PM

Yb is this your focus? Or was yours a 5 door?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9726689

power pants · 07-07-2015 11:50PM

twin exhausts on a 1.4 :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

may as well have gone for a double twin :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

ive pissed my pants looking at that pic :pac:

Noccy_Mondy · 08-07-2015 02:16AM

Need a new hose for my power washer. Current one is damaged, and kinks in two places, despite being reinforced, and it will no longer stay attached to the lance, (rubber washer broke, and something else). It's an 8m hose, seen a few places want 60 and over for them. The full power washer cost me 120, yet the hose is half it? Any ideas of places I could get one?

YbFocus · 08-07-2015 05:36AM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Yb is this your focus? Or was yours a 5 door?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/view/9726689

Sweet mother of Jesus no!
The state of that

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