Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

dodzy

jmreire wrote: »

It wont have to grass on you.. because it will prevent you from breaking the law.... it will recognize speed limit's white line's, proximity to other vehicles, objects etc. Until it will reach the stage that all cars will be driver less , and these are in existence even now. In 20 year's time, will be very few driver car's on the road, but maybe only special " Driver " parks, where people can drive for recreation or as a sport :cool::cool::cool:

20yrs??! We have them already; Blanchardstown and Finglas

jmreire

dodzy wrote: »

20yrs??! We have them already; Blanchardstown and Finglas

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D True !!!!!

Alanstrainor

Had a few jobs planned for this weekend discs and pads on the wife's nissan note, and rocker cover gasket on my own. Parts ordered and were out for delivery quicker than I thought. Only for them to land here this morning with the box in tatters, I wouldn't mind but the box of pads inside was also in bits. There was a loose screw sitting on top of the pads box, and was worried there were bits missing so had to refuse them. God damn it.

Mar4ix

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My old and new-ish (reconditioned ) turbocharger for my audi . Work wasnt that bad as i was thinking. id say 4 hours, with some puzling , tea breaks and colecting new turbo.

P.S. How to put pictures here ? it is not working as in good oul days

wotzgoingon

That's one anyway other link not working....

nogoodnamesleft

So the GF mini cooper had a fight with a pheasant at 60mph and lost....resulting bird exploded into the bumper and caused a bit of cosmetic damage to say the least. She wasnt that fussed and now comes the time to change the car and obviously looks a state. Ebay came to the rescue with a suitable bumper for the mini in the same colour, swapped over the salvageable bits from the old and ordered a new bottom spoiler and a few clips from BMW (it was cheaper from them direct than patent parts from Ebay).

Before:


During








After and back in one piece:

nogoodnamesleft

After the above....was someway sorted on Saturday I had been given the task of sorting out a possible replacement for bangernomics kind of money and went about getting it on Sunday. Ebay provided the car.

I found an absolute diamond when trawling through the usual over modded, clocked and abused cars especially in this category. I am based in the UK for the last number of year hence its easier for me to find and view. Found this little pocket rocket... 225bhp Audi TT (Mk1) Quattro first registered in 2003 for a few hundred quid shy of 2k (standard equipment includes Xenons, climate and white leather interior). Massive history file (receipts for tyres, service parts even down to bulbs) the previous owner had it for a number of years. Timing belt, tensioner and water pump was replaced prior to buying as well as a large service (spotted a brand new Mann Oil filter). The usual TTs weaknesses were addressed new coil springs (they seem to snap them) and the driver computer was reconditioned (they lose pixels as the car ages). The car even included 12 months test!! Its still rather quick (when it first came out it could do 0-60 in a shade over 6 seconds and still can leave many cars in its wake)!

Only thing its needs is the Haldex oil and filter changed, new wipers and the white leather seats cleaned and conditioned.

SCOOP 64

Nice, looks very clean.

Tzardine

I put new pads and discs on the Mk2 Fiesta over the weekend and changed the brake fluid. All done for less than 50 euro. I love how cheap the parts are for that car.

The brakes are still rubbish though lol. But at least I have a bit of confidence in knowing they are new.

Going to keep my eye out for some XR2 calipers and a mondeo servo and do a swap.

barry181091

As I couldn't get the oil filter cap off my Fiat Bravo the last time, I went to a garage this time.

I supplied the oil and filter, plus I asked them to take a look at my left front end as I could hear a clunk.

In the end did the oil and changed a drop link. Oil change (With my oil + filter) was 35 and the single drop link change was 45. So 80 all in.

Is this a decent price? I know the drop link change is an easy job but I presume I wasn't ripped off.

Hal1

What do you mean ripped off? Did you even factor in the mechanics hourly rate?
If you think you are being ripped off, buy a haynes manual and learn to do the basic jobs yourself.

SCOOP 64

Seems reasonable to me.

wotzgoingon

Them bastard of a drop links can be a bitch to get off when on car a long time. That's was a pretty reasonable price to be honest.

barry181091

Hal1 wrote: »

What do you mean ripped off? Did you even factor in the mechanics hourly rate?
If you think you are being ripped off, buy a haynes manual and learn to do the basic jobs yourself.

No I said I presumed I wasn't ripped off in fact.

I actually presumed the price was low really and the service is excellent.

Just wanted to get peoples opinions!

keano25

Did well.. a lot of fellas would be annoyed if you showed up with your own oil and filter.

barry181091

keano25 wrote: »

Did well.. a lot of fellas would be annoyed if you showed up with your own oil and filter.

Yeah definitely think so. And this guy is in Cork city so his overheads would not be cheap.

colm_mcm

Not a very dirty job.

Added station logos to the radio

Charge your phone

colm_mcm

I like to live dangerously.

Top Dog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Not a very dirty job.

Added station logos to the radio

That a factory unit or an aftermarket Android type one?

colm_mcm

Top Dog wrote: »

That a factory unit or an aftermarket Android type one?

It’s a factory unit.


(Jaysus, seats look manky there, they’re not really!)

Interslice

swapped out the 2 nasty rear hubcaps for the genuine articles to match the fronts. 20 quid for the pair on ebay.

avensis is running like a dream a couple of thousand miles in.
checked to see if the air filter was changed.


Oil is still at the full. sorted the tyre pressures which were all over the shop. Getting 40 mpg now. Grand job. A pair of front pads should see it through the winter.

colm_mcm

Took out the Chinese double DIN unit and put the original radio in.
Also gave it a good clean inside as I’m going selling it.





Again, the seats are clean, but look manky in the picture because of the way the material goes when you rub it.

arleitiss

Not sure how this sort of thing is taken here (I assume with some hate) but I plasti-dipped my wheels over weekend.

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Top Dog

Broke it



Auxiliary belt shredded with no warning - hopefully just the belt that needs replacing.

nogoodnamesleft

Did a few bits to the 5 series. It needed a oil change and a few service items.

• Oil filter
• Oil (5w-30 BMW LL-04 Shell Helix Ultra ECT C3)
• Air filter
• microfilter (carbon filter)

I also used my amazon ENET cable along with my old laptop to reset the CBS (condition based servicing). I one thing I did find surprising is that the items which are ment to be torqued to spec (i.e. the oil filter housing and sump plug) I had to absolutely swing off of with a 1/2 drive on the ratchet in order to shift them. Both are meant to be torqued to 25NM and this car has a full BMW service history :mad: Anyways when I was finished both were torqued to their correct spec this time so that when the car is serviced again it should be a lot easier.



Service items


Oil filter housing


Oil Drain


Copper crush washer replaced


Air filter comparsion (new vs old)

nogoodnamesleft

The microfilter wa acually very clean. I fitted an upgraded carbon filter version rather than the normal one. BMW charge around 80GBP for the ordinary one. The Bosch one was around 25GBP for the carbon version.






The service interval on the idrive was also reset via the diagnotic port.

I also took the opportunity to update the mapping on the professional idrive to the 2019-2 version via USB.

Top Dog

Another item ticked off the list. Lights on the boot bugged me as they were faded and full of grime. Polishing wasn't going to help much so ordered a new pair.

4 trim clips and 2 nuts - job done in 10 mins :cool:

Before



And after



Of course now I want silver indicator bulbs to tidy it up further

vintagevrs

Interesting reg, bit confused it's on a 318 though. It was hardly a coincidence when bought new.

wotzgoingon

3246?