Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

wotzgoingon

colm_mcm wrote: »

Really annoying thing about the Octavia is the way the rain pours off the roof and on to the electric window switches. I’d imagine the deflectors would help with this.

That happens my car too. It should have wind deflectors as stock but mine are gone.

BlakeS94

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Yea I put fresh oil on rubber seal. I do crank the s*it out of it though while putting the filter on which is the reason it does be well on there when I go to remove it.

I have a fear of sump plug or oil filter coming off. I even put loctite on the sump plug and now I'm worried the loctite mixed with the oil to contaminate it.

Yep, I am losing it. :pac:

At least you seem to do a thorough job. I've only ever hand tightened oil filter and never had issues, the torque spec is usually quite low around 10 lb-ft.if you have a torque wrench set it to 10lb-ft and place it on a bolt and see how little force that is, overtightened can ruin the rubber seal quite easily. Oil drain plug also just lubricate threads with a bit of the used oil or the fresh stuff if you like. Absolutely no need to go putting loctite on there.

Titzon Toast

Got the timing tensioner sorted today finally. Took me a lot longer than I would have liked but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have to go back in again.
The manual tensioner is a nice bit of kit and worth it for the peace of mind alone.
I took the whole timing kit off and started from scratch, it wasn't in 100% correctly if I'm being honest. The intake cam wasn't in line with the timing marks properly and one of the balancer shaft pulleys was out a good bit too.

It fired right up afterwards and ran like a watch. I'm a happy man and I've earned this cold beer. Cheers.

wotzgoingon

Why is there what looks like two timing belts?

passatman86

@Titzon any more pictures of the prelude itself

Titzon Toast

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Why is there what looks like two timing belts?

One is called a balancer belt. That's as much as I know!

Titzon Toast

passatman86 wrote: »

@Titzon any more pictures of the prelude itself

I took that after I'd just had it reprayed in my mate's place. He lets me use his workshop sometimes too if he's not too busy.



https://imgur.com/gallery/v8RsK23

BlakeS94

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Why is there what looks like two timing belts?

I don't have any expertise but I looked at the second photo and would hazard a guess that the first belt on diagonal is crankshaft to tensioner, the belt behind that you can see going vertical is crankshaft to camshaft and it seems there are also gears directly behind where the crankshaft is so I would presume it is driving both tensioner and up to the camshaft. I may be wrong but that's what I see

passatman86

@Titzon looks quality

vintagevrs

Just fitted this little device.






Meant to make a nice difference to the change.

colm_mcm

What is that?

punisher5112

colm_mcm wrote: »

What is that?

Gear box shifter isn't it where it joins pedal to box.... As in movement

vintagevrs

Yeah sorry should have said. It slightly moves the gear linkage a little closer to the pivot point on the box so the throw on gear stick is reduced.

BlakeS94

vintagevrs wrote: »

Yeah sorry should have said. It slightly moves the gear linkage a little closer to the pivot point on the box so the throw on gear stick is reduced.

Is that another method of achieving the same improvement as installing a short throw shifter?

wotzgoingon

BlakeS94 wrote: »

Is that another method of achieving the same improvement as installing a short throw shifter?

This method you could still install one of those at the gear stick. May improve it even more.

BlakeS94

wotzgoingon wrote: »

This method you could still install one of those at the gear stick. May improve it even more.

Seems to be an easier installation than putting a shifter in. From the above photos it's just removing a few air intake pipes

vintagevrs

Yeah it's the same idea as a shirt shift kit up where the gear stick is. All they do up there is move the pivot point of the selector at the gear stick, giving less travel(more force) needed. This does the exact same thing but it achieves it by moving the pivot point on the selector at the gearbox where the linkage from the gearbox attaches. If I were to shorten the throw any more it would become awkward to drive I would think, feels like it's in the sweet spot now, although 5th to 6th is very short but I can live with that.

BlakeS94

vintagevrs wrote: »

Yeah it's the same idea as a shirt shift kit up where the gear stick is. All they do up there is move the pivot point of the selector at the gear stick, giving less travel(more force) needed. This does the exact same thing but it achieves it by moving the pivot point on the selector at the gearbox where the linkage from the gearbox attaches. If I were to shorten the throw any more it would become awkward to drive I would think, feels like it's in the sweet spot now, although 5th to 6th is very short but I can live with that.

I see, I always thought the only way the shorten the throw was through the actually shifter in the car's cabin. Good to know. I'd love to get it done I've heard it's one of the best bang for your buck mods you can do as you touch the gear shifter so much and some have that built in mechanical "click". Pity I dont think they're available for my bog standard Hyundai i40 lol

Harcrid

I installed this Apple CarPlay unit today into my 2011 F10. Very impressed so far and allows full wireless Carplay or wired Android Auto. Time will tell if its buggy or not but first imprerssions are good at least.

https://www.android-car-dvd.com/products/ew964wadcp-f10-f11-f18?variant=35143168786595

Kilboor

Looks surprisingly good for a third party retrofit.

MrCostington

Just a very small job, the chrome bars in my headrest were a bit rusty. Googled what to do, rub with tin foil and either chrome cleaner, salty water or coke. Tried the first two both very effective! Not a perfect job but much more presentable. Duct tape on second pic is just to protect cloth while working on it.

colm_mcm

Picked up one of these Inbay wireless chargers on Amazon recently, they’re specifically designed for the Octavia.



Having a cable was annoying, especially because of where Skoda decided to put the socket, cable was always in the way


You’re supposed to be able to just pull the old unit out, but mine kept catching the USB/Aux, so out with the centre dash bits


Old vs new


Just swap the top lid over to the new unit


There’s just a fuse tap and a ground wire to be connected behind the glovebox


Because this was probably designed for LHD, there was a bit more messing involved with the cables, but all in all I’m delighted with it, it looks factory standard

Harcrid

Thats a nice little satisfying upgrade.

Top Dog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Picked up one of these Inbay wireless chargers on Amazon recently, they’re specifically designed for the Octavia.

I'd be interested to see how you get on with it. I've a wireless charging cradle type fitted in mine and find it woeful in comparison to a direct connection.

colm_mcm

Top Dog wrote: »

I'd be interested to see how you get on with it. I've a wireless charging cradle type fitted in mine and find it woeful in comparison to a direct connection.

Yeah it definitely won’t be as quick as a cable. My phone only wireless charges at 7.5w because Apple.

I used it yesterday with Bluetooth streaming going, and it still charged it up a good bit. I’ll keep the cable in the glovebox in case I’m badly stuck for a quick charge some day, but the wireless charging seems decent so far.

colm_mcm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yeah it definitely won’t be as quick as a cable. My phone only wireless charges at 7.5w because Apple.

I used it yesterday with Bluetooth streaming going, and it still charged it up a good bit. I’ll keep the cable in the glovebox in case I’m badly stuck for a quick charge some day, but the wireless charging seems decent so far.

I like that. Brother Goodman has an Octavia. Forwarded the idea on to him

Top Dog

Cheap AliExpress led lights for the boot arrived today. Chose the Spanish shipping option thinking it might be faster, but still took 3 weeks to arrive. Can't really complain at less than €9 all in. Fitting was simple, didn't need the included wires.







Next task - reversing camera :cool:

colm_mcm

Top Dog wrote: »

Cheap AliExpress led lights for the boot arrived today. Chose the Spanish shipping option thinking it might be faster, but still took 3 weeks to arrive. Can't really complain at less than €9 all in. Fitting was simple, didn't need the included wires.

Next task - reversing camera :cool:

I was thinking of getting similar, can you post a link? Are they noticeably brighter than the old ones?


I’ve done the reversing camera in mine, it’s reasonably straightforward.

Top Dog

colm_mcm wrote: »

I was thinking of getting similar, can you post a link? Are they noticeably brighter than the old ones?

Considerably brighter. You can see the glow from the standard interior lights above the parcel shelf.



These are the ones i ordered- 2Pcs LED Luggage Trunk Lamp for Skoda Octavia Fabia Superb Roomster Kodiaq Yeti PC Waterproof Dust-proof Interior Dome Light
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLViHnl

Truckermal

Could your Car have been on TV earlier TD?