Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

07-11-2015 06:53PM

So on the drive home earlier in my wife's micra, the clutch pedal went to the floor and stayed there (with a bang). I had to drive in first from clontarf to terenure, through Dublin city centre. Of course, the car was cutting out at low speeds. An interesting experience!

Checked the car when we got home, it's looking like the clutch cable came out of the connector.

Going to see if I can replace the connector myself, looks easy enough (from the sofa!).

Hal1 · 07-11-2015 07:27PM

Pedal box or plastic holder that holds it in place?

I had a similar experience recently.

07-11-2015 07:36PM

Hal1 wrote: »

Pedal box or plastic holder that holds it in place?

I had a similar experience recently.

The metal box in the photo that holds it in place (that the hook bit of metal connects in to) - I think the bolt sheared off.

Did you replace the entire clutch cable?

Hal1 · 07-11-2015 07:43PM

Nope they just welded back that section that holds the clutch cable in place. Everything else was fine surprisingly as I was expecting it to be an expensive repair.

nd · 07-11-2015 08:10PM

CianRyan wrote: »

MIG is a pain in the arse if it's not set up right and that doesn't look like it's got a lot of controllability so to speak. Saying that, I've never tried gasless MIG so it could be very different.

I'm a great advocate of TIG, it's a little trickier and you will need to buy/rent gas but the finish is much better and it's a nicer skill to have.
I'd spend about 300 on a good cheap TIG plant, a tig plant will generally do MMA too so that's handy.

This fella makes it look very easy with a mig welder. Probably looks way easier than it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-JFTnnZgBE

If the pin snapped Donal you could drill it out and put a bolt in to it.

nd · 07-11-2015 09:57PM

The primera needed a new bearing in one of it's swivel joints.

old one, felt like it had sand in it.

new one in.

all put back together

great guide here if anyone ever needs to do the same thing
http://www.npoc.co.uk/forum/king-pin-center-link-replacement_topic3263.html

08-11-2015 12:44PM

nd wrote: »

This fella makes it look very easy with a mig welder. Probably looks way easier than it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-JFTnnZgBE

If the pin snapped Donal you could drill it out and put a bolt in to it.

Cheers. After looking at it this morning, the plastic clip at the pedal snapped. Everything else seems fine.

Went looking for a replacement cable this morning but none of the open motor factors had one.

rizzee · 11-11-2015 07:44AM

Passed NCT to 10/11/17

I did have to cover the German plates (used blue tack on standard plates and covered just before going in) and after the test I was told my front windows were at 27% when the limit is 65% ,so had to remove the tint in front of your man. Apart from that everything is perfect ! Bed time

joujoujou · 13-11-2015 07:24PM

Summer wheels out.

Winter wheels in.

MetzgerMeister · 13-11-2015 08:32PM

Your winters look a lot nicer than the summers. It should be the other way around

joujoujou · 13-11-2015 08:38PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Your winters look a lot nicer than the summers. [...]

Only from a distance.

Summers are 14in diamond cut, no scratches. Very dirty on the photo though (no point to wash them on the car, as would be much easier while they're on the table). Winters are 15in TSW, loads of ugly scratches (bought them for buttons). Very shiny, cos just washed.

GvidoR · 13-11-2015 08:39PM

They look very very similar.

joujoujou · 13-11-2015 08:46PM

GvidoR wrote: »

They look very very similar.

Deliberately. :cool:

Mar4ix · 14-11-2015 12:37PM

Put another wheels and winter tyres on car. Whenever there will be winter or not, personally myself feel more comfortable with wintertyres. Put part worn ones, but they are really little worn tyres.

14-11-2015 08:01PM

Yesterday I dropped the micra to the local indy, he put the new clutch cable in. Alas, it seems like its the clutch wearing that put extra stress on the cable, so that's a future cost.

Today on my corolla I swapped out the distributor cap and put in a second hand radiator that I picked up yesterday. Hadn't done either of them before but it was relatively easy. Radiator had a leak and needed to be swapped out.

nd · 14-11-2015 11:34PM

I put the primera in for an nct a week or two ago. It failed on a few small things, one of which was a bit of sill rust. I cut out the bit of rust and welded in a patch to the best of my ability. I'm not a hugely experienced welder.
For anyone that has had it done or does it, is this likely to pass? It's solid and doesn't let any water in. What is the criteria for passing?

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Toyotafanboi · 15-11-2015 01:15AM

I think it has to be unpainted to pass?

The Sidewards Man · 15-11-2015 01:17AM

What did you use a mens shed gasless mig?

Noccy_Mondy · 15-11-2015 01:23AM

Toyotafanboi wrote:

I think it has to be unpainted to pass?

Yeah, thought so too? Just get a can of silver and spray over the blue, they'll be none the wiser :pac:

pablo128 · 15-11-2015 01:34AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I think it has to be unpainted to pass?

Back when the NCT had just begun, we put a small patch in the boot floor of some yoke, a Mini I think. We sealed it up and sent it back for the retest. The fookers put a flat screwdriver straight through the fresh steel we had put in!
They never told the lady owner either, just gave her the pass cert. We spotted it next time it was in for work.

I think they use a plastic pointed implement now to check.

dr.fuzzenstein · 15-11-2015 01:39AM

pablo128 wrote: »

Back when the NCT had just begun, we put a small patch in the boot floor of some yoke, a Mini I think. We sealed it up and sent it back for the retest. The fookers put a flat screwdriver straight through the fresh steel we had put in!
They never told the lady owner either, just gave her the pass cert. We spotted it next time it was in for work.

I think they use a plastic pointed implement now to check.

You would have to whack the screwdriver at the panel with all your might to put it straight through a fresh steel panel

pablo128 · 15-11-2015 01:44AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

You would have to whack the screwdriver at the panel with all your might to put it straight through a fresh steel panel

Yeah, I know! It wasn't all that long after we noticed, maybe a month or so. We told her to bring it back, which she didn't, but realistically they would just have denied it.

I'd say the cnut thought he'd knock off a big lump of filler or something.

nd · 15-11-2015 10:29AM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I think it has to be unpainted to pass?

The tester just told me it had to be steel. I can understand why it shouldn't be fully finished with filler as they can't see the weld but I can't see why a coat of paint would be a problem.

But I don't know.

dr.fuzzenstein · 15-11-2015 11:57AM

nd wrote: »

The tester just told me it had to be steel. I can understand why it shouldn't be fully finished with filler as they can't see the weld but I can't see why a coat of paint would be a problem.

But I don't know.

You're about to find out...

cletus · 15-11-2015 08:24PM

So, today I drove a 4 cylinder car on 3 cylinders. When I got a chance to check it, the bottom of the ignition coil was burnt away, and the sparkplug is in bits in the well

Black_Knight · 15-11-2015 09:14PM

Today I half solved the problem of my girlfriends "empty fuel gauge" problem. Turning into a saga these days. Turns out it was just a wire inside the tank which had worn and rubbed itself to breaking point. Simple temp fix today. Wire strippers, and twist the wires back together. Reports say a full tank now shows as half a tank on the gauge. I did notice a big difference in resistance readings across the 2 fuel sender units, so maybe one got caught under something when I was putting them back in making it stuck at a very empty reading.

nd · 16-11-2015 09:18AM

cletus wrote: »

So, today I drove a 4 cylinder car on 3 cylinders. When I got a chance to check it, the bottom of the ignition coil was burnt away, and the sparkplug is in bits in the well

jaysus, was it your corolla?

cletus · 16-11-2015 10:11AM

nd wrote: »

jaysus, was it your corolla?

Yep, had to drive about 20 miles like that. Biggest issue now will be getting the bits of spark plug out of the well before removing the thread. Really don't want to take the head off

dr.fuzzenstein · 16-11-2015 11:11AM

cletus wrote: »

Yep, had to drive about 20 miles like that. Biggest issue now will be getting the bits of spark plug out of the well before removing the thread. Really don't want to take the head off

Hope you get it out in one piece. Also, your cat won't have liked this very much.

cletus · 16-11-2015 11:48AM

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Hope you get it out in one piece. Also, your cat won't have liked this very much.

Yeah, just hoping the distance I drove won't be enough to kill it completely

Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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