Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

landmarkjohn · 27-02-2016 03:30PM

I had a lucky escape with bonnet release on 8 year old BMW today. Lever inside wasn't popping bonnet, had to take bottom panels off and come at it from underneath with a wire hanger, just managed to pop one side and then the lever popped the other side.

Thing was only days before I thought I had lubricated the bonnet catch but in fact I had only lubricated the safety catch in the middle (which for a lot of cars is the only catch) but on this car and many other BMW I am aware from youtube there is a left and right bonnet catch which you should lubricate before they seize and you end up breaking cables or plastic brackets that the nipple end fits into and end up in a world of pain.

My setup has 3 cables, a lever, plastic cable holder, etc.....I had a lucky escape, lubricate yours TODAY :-)

joujoujou · 28-02-2016 07:10AM

TrailerBob wrote: »

Can I suggest that the handbrake adjustment should be at the drum end, not the lever end. [...]

Not in a E11 Corolla. The only adjustment it has at the drum end is the one bringing shoes closer to the drum while they wear out - and these were set properly during shoes replacement.

CJhaughey · 28-02-2016 08:45AM

TrailerBob wrote: »

Can I suggest that the handbrake adjustment should be at the drum end, not the lever end. All you are doing is shortening the cable, not actually adjusting so to speak. Previous owner of my yoke had the cable wound out to the end at the lever, so that it broke through the gaiter. Handbrake was still useless. An hour of fiddling with the adjustment winders in the drum has everything tight

One thing to check with 'cruisers is the little bellcrank arm wears the pivot hole oval and the handbrake is very hard to set properly without repairing that arm.

CIP4 · 28-02-2016 01:35PM

OSI wrote: »

GvidoR will be proud:

I'm suprised you didn't get the VW economy wipers they are very good and cheaper than Bosch easily as good also IMO.

GvidoR · 28-02-2016 03:08PM

Yaaay!

TrailerBob · 28-02-2016 06:50PM

CJhaughey wrote: »

One thing to check with 'cruisers is the little bellcrank arm wears the pivot hole oval and the handbrake is very hard to set properly without repairing that arm.

Have it well sorted thankfully. Cranks are good, but I did have to replace the flexible cable connection between the crank and the back of the shoes that pulls the brake. Passenger side one gave up.

cletus · 28-02-2016 09:00PM

Quick trial fit of the new (old) alloys I picked up for my corolla. Just one on with the steelie for comparison. Am happy with how they look, so hopefully shoe them this week

Noccy_Mondy · 28-02-2016 09:11PM

I hope the jack is still holding the front of the car up! If not, that gap :eek:

Nice alloys nonetheless.

cletus · 28-02-2016 09:14PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

I hope the jack is still holding the front of the car up! If not, that gap :eek:

Nice alloys nonetheless.

No, the tyre on the alloys when I got them were 195/45. They will be replaced with 205/55

Like I said, just wanted to get an idea of how the alloy itself looks on the car.

Not bad for €40

Noccy_Mondy · 28-02-2016 09:16PM

Look in very good nick from that pic. Good purchase for 40 beans.

cletus · 28-02-2016 09:20PM

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Look in very good nick from that pic. Good purchase for 40 beans.

Ha, that's why I took the pic from far away...plenty of kerb rash. But the car is 12 years old, so they'll fit right in

GvidoR · 28-02-2016 09:23PM

Woah, that's a mad bargain at €40. They'll suit the car well.

Dartz · 28-02-2016 10:21PM

Looks like I'm making it worse, rather than better.

That's a fair chunk of isopon

job seeker · 29-02-2016 02:36PM

Dartz wrote: »

Looks like I'm making it worse, rather than better.

That's a fair chunk of isopon

Looks alright too me..
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YbFocus · 29-02-2016 02:42PM

Dartz wrote: »

Looks like I'm making it worse, rather than better.

That's a fair chunk of isopon

What happened man?

You should remove the back bumper so you can get the panel gap right while sanding.

dodzy · 29-02-2016 04:54PM

YbFocus wrote: »

What happened man?

You should remove the back bumper so you can get the panel gap right while sanding.

And get that bloody rear cluster outa there while you're at it FFS! :P

Dartz · 29-02-2016 11:20PM

Cluster has to be replaced anyway as it's ****ed. And I figured I'd get a more consistent panel gap using lengths of cardboard in the gap all up along rather than accidentally over-fillering it. Seemed like the more logical way of getting them to match cleanly.

As for what happened. Got hit at work a few months ago. Finally getting around to try and fix it.

Ded_Zebra · 29-02-2016 11:45PM

So next on the list was to take the back axle off.

Photos won't upload properly... Photo bucket is sh!tting all over itself:rolleyes:

Anyway Bolts out of the shackles

Axle dropped. I Loosened all the other bolts and stuff when it was still on the chassis. It'll probably be easier when the axle is mounted securely rather than flying around on the bench.

Carried the axle down to the garage and put it on the bench.

Wound the bushes out with a pullers. They were well shot!

CianRyan · 01-03-2016 02:24PM

The **** are you driving with leaf springs?
I've been out of the loop for too long!

colm_mcm · 01-03-2016 03:14PM

Suzuki small yoke

Like this

Ded_Zebra · 01-03-2016 09:52PM

Ah, an embarrassing thing has happened to me..... I thought I posted that in the project thread but I was watching TV at the time and it ended up here...:o:o:o

Ded_Zebra · 01-03-2016 09:53PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

Suzuki small yoke

Like this

Also feck you

CianRyan · 02-03-2016 08:35AM

You got a Jimny? Can we be best friends now??

Ded_Zebra · 02-03-2016 09:32AM

CianRyan wrote: »

You got a Jimny? Can we be best friends now??

Basically, It's actually a Samurai which is the Jinmy's older brother. I got the car for my 15th birthday, learned how to drive it it, learned what I know about cars from working on it and now I restoring it

Clickety the linkity in my signature to see the restoration thread

blade1 · 04-03-2016 05:26PM

Decided to change the whole driveshaft due to some knocking.
New one that i got from Mr.Auto for around €160 delivered.

The 2 tools needed that aren't usually part of a standard tool set..
10mm spline( like a Torx but with 12 points) and 17mm hex

The impact wrench bought in Lidl wasn't up to removing the centre bolt so had to go at it like this..

So, centre bolt out, brake disc off and tied up Caliper out off the way..

Now here is where the 10mm spline comes in.
Tap of a hammer before i tried to open the 6 bolts as these could get rounded easy enough..

A lot of wiggling around and it comes out eventually...

And new one in just to bolt it up using threadlock.

Has made a big difference to the car as it has really tightened up the steering( it had gone a small bit sloppy)and no knocking out of it.
There still a bit of knocking from the passenger side so i am going to replace that in the coming weeks.

GvidoR · 05-03-2016 05:12PM

Red brake pads. :eek:

blade1 · 05-03-2016 05:24PM

GvidoR wrote: »

Red brake pads. :eek:

Thats the mixture of blood sweat and tears i have put into the car!:pac:

corkgsxr · 05-03-2016 10:47PM

Van got new Goodyear fronts. New brembo hc discs and brembo slightly gripper than std brembo pads.

shietpilot · 05-03-2016 11:24PM

Cleaned the driver's seat today in the Focus. The seat looked dirtier than the rest due to me driving it with my "fix-the-car-wear" clothes :pac:

Alanstrainor · 07-03-2016 03:44PM

So yesterday I decided to tackle my rear abs sensor issue. On paper this job is easy, jack up car, pop in a jack stand, remove wheel, unscrew sensor and then reverse that process again. However, my car is 15 years old and these sensors have most likely never been moved or changed in that time; which means simple things to remove are actually welded in place. My first battle was removing the allen bolt which took about 45 minutes, I was just delighted I didn't wreck it in the process! Then actually removing the sensor turned into a way bigger deal than it should have. It's a plastic sensor which just slots into the wheel hub. And it just would not move, not matter how hard I tried. I ended up grandually smashing the thing and drilling it out to get it. It took me hours. Then to add insult to injury the new part I order was the wrong type. My car changed in 2001 at some point and got newer sensors/traction control units, but mine uses the old one.

But, it wasn't bad in the end, got most of the hard work done. Just have to wait for the proper part and I should be able to fit it in no time when I have it.

Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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