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***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

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    #3062
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    So I posted up my findings for that BMW 2004 325ci on bmw-driver.net from the pre-purchase inspection, it hasn't exactly gone down well which I probably expected. Fúck it, at least my conscience is clear.


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    #3063
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    Link? :D


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    #3064
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    Quick one folks:

    If I disconnect the driver seat airbag connection under the seat to change seats on an EP Civic, will that give me an airbag warning light on the dash?

    Seat has a rocking back and forth between the rail and seat and wanna replace it.

    Cheers :)


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    #3065
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    TouchingVirus wrote: »
    So I posted up my findings for that BMW 2004 325ci on bmw-driver.net from the pre-purchase inspection, it hasn't exactly gone down well which I probably expected. Fúck it, at least my conscience is clear.

    You where, dead right to do that man. :)


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    #3066
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    dar83 wrote: »
    Link? :D

    http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/showthread.php?t=42260&page=2


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    #3067
    dar83
    Registered Users Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    Col200sx wrote: »
    Quick one folks:

    If I disconnect the driver seat airbag connection under the seat to change seats on an EP Civic, will that give me an airbag warning light on the dash?

    Seat has a rocking back and forth between the rail and seat and wanna replace it.

    Cheers :)

    You should be fine, once you reconnect it back up to the new seat...

    Just disconnect the battery first so you don't risk setting off the airbag when disconnecting/reconnecting the plug.


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    #3068
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    dar83 wrote: »
    You should be fine, once you reconnect it back up to the new seat...

    Just disconnect the battery first so you don't risk setting off the airbag when disconnecting/reconnecting the plug.

    Nice one, cheers dar :)

    On that, can fault code readers erase the airbag light?

    (someone told me they cant, only eml's etc.)


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    #3069
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Finally saw a 131 reg car on the roads. 2 to be exact.

    They look sh*te


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    #3070
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    Col200sx wrote: »

    Nice one, cheers dar :)

    On that, can fault code readers erase the airbag light?

    (someone told me they cant, only eml's etc.)
    Usually not.
    For simple disconnect/reconnect, you should be ok if keys are not in the ignition and well away from car. IMHO!!!
    But battery disconnected is surest way.


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    #3071
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    anyone know where to get knock sensor in Dublin, or nearby ?

    for subaru impreza, '95, 2.0 turbo . has code 22, when set to diagnostic mode, and check engine flashes two times long, two times short.


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    #3072
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Got a fupping puncture on the M50, had to do a quick change just before my football match.

    I have a slowly accelerating puncture as I call it. Goes down quicker than before. Not too bothered, tyres nearly had it anyway!


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    #3073
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Phwoar, this Xantia is testing my fingers! :(


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    #3074
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    What's the situation?


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    #3075
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    dgt wrote: »
    Phwoar, this Xantia is testing my fingers! :(

    You wouldn't have this problem if you'd stop buying cars!


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    #3076
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    dgt wrote: »
    Phwoar, this Xantia is testing my fingers! :(

    Man up :p

    My own hands are cut and bruised from what I did today. It's good for that to happen, when someone asks you what happened you get to say you were working on your car :D


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    #3077
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    OSI wrote: »
    This is DGT. It's a notable day when he doesn't work on his car.

    Well if that's the case then he shouldn't be whinging about a few scratches :P


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    #3078
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Man up :p

    My own hands are cut and bruised from what I did today. It's good for that to happen, when someone asks you what happened you get to say you were working on your car :D

    It's all I ever seem to do....

    I need fingers with the strength of a horse yet the dexterity of a fly... ;) plus there's so much sh*te in the way, thanks hydropneumatics!

    If your'e ever bored and need some solitary time, take out a turbo from this:
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    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Well if that's the case then he shouldn't be whinging about a few scratches :P

    No mention of whinging or scrapes, just said they were testing my fingers... ;)


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    #3079
    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,857 ✭✭✭langdang


    dgt wrote: »
    thanks hydropneumatics!

    If your'e ever bored and need some solitary time, take out a turbo from this:
    DSCF5611.jpg
    Loada balls! ;)


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    #3080
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    langdang wrote: »
    Loada balls! ;)

    Balls with a neat trick :pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQT7IMHvBGo


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    #3081
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    dgt wrote: »
    Balls with a neat trick :pac:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQT7IMHvBGo

    Looks like a really bad transformer! :p


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    #3082
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Looks like a really bad transformer! :p

    Activa turbo is a serious beast of a machine. No body roll at *all* through some hydropneumatic trickery. It will out handle most other cars (one motoring magazine matched it with a Honda NSX) and it's great fun to drive.






    Here's ours

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    #3083
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    BX 19 wrote: »
    Activa turbo is a serious beast of a machine. No body roll at *all* through some hydropneumatic trickery. It will out handle most other cars (one motoring magazine matched it with a Honda NSX) and it's great fun to drive.






    Here's ours

    DSC03659.JPG

    Why doesn't my Xantia look like that? :( I did consider restoring it... Untill I found the absolute mess the electrics were in. What gombeen wires in a house switch into a car for the dipped beams? :mad:

    I always maintained that about my blue van. No roll whatsoever in the corners....
    tumblr_m06bldFk9i1qaylh3o1_500.png


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    #3084
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    dgt wrote: »
    Why doesn't my Xantia look like that? :( I did consider restoring it... Untill I found the absolute mess the electrics were in. What gombeen wires in a house switch into a car for the dipped beams? :mad:

    I always maintained that about my blue van. No roll whatsoever in the corners....
    tumblr_m06bldFk9i1qaylh3o1_500.png


    It really is spotless. Only 50 odd thousand miles.

    DSC03660.JPG


    It does get worse, I've seen a starter on a corrolla diesel wired into a house switch and the battery. Fuse in between? Forget it...


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    #3085
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    BX 19 wrote: »
    Here's ours

    DSC03659.JPG

    You sure that's yours?? :p There is something not right here... Something seems to be missing... :P


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    #3086
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    You sure that's yours?? :p There is something not right here... Something seems to be missing... :P

    It's mine alright. Took the photo back in the summer though.


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    #3087
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    BX 19 wrote: »
    It's mine alright. Took the photo back in the summer though.

    Hmmm, I'm skeptical... If only there was some way to prove it!









    sfd-407679.jpg


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    #3088
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,313 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    Hmmm, I'm skeptical... If only there was some way to prove it!









    sfd-407679.jpg


    It can wait till the morning :)


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    #3089
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Enough with the custard. You'll kill the joke!


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    #3090
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Enough with the custard. You'll kill the joke!

    Ya, we will have to come up with something new... .:p


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    #3091
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    BX 19 wrote: »
    It can wait till the morning :)

    Na, it's good. Lovely car btw. :)


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