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Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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    #1802
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Not unless your flying along or generating immense heat, which very few of us do ;)

    Well that didn't really clear anything up. Anyway, I'll just order this and... well... yeah!

    $T2eC16VHJG8E9nyfnffNBQOJrp,74Q~~60_12.JPG


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    #1803
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,292 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Well that didn't really clear anything up. Anyway, I'll just order this and... well... yeah!

    $T2eC16VHJG8E9nyfnffNBQOJrp,74Q~~60_12.JPG

    Yay yellow.

    Halfords do Hammerite yellow aerosol also


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    #1804
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Well that didn't really clear anything up. Anyway, I'll just order this and... well... yeah!

    $T2eC16VHJG8E9nyfnffNBQOJrp,74Q~~60_12.JPG

    Hurrah!

    So other than the leads and paint, what else are you after?


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    #1805
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Supergurrier wrote: »
    Yay yellow.

    Halfords do Hammerite yellow aerosol also

    I already ordered it. :P


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    #1806
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I meant to ask back when you originally posted the pic of the sei, what's written in tippex?

    Timing Belt & Water Pump are the first two, can't make out the last one though?


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    #1807
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    My brake calipers are all rusted or corroded or something ( they're gone brown anyway, whatever it is :P) I must get onto that....


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    #1808
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    My brake calipers are all rusted or corroded or something ( they're gone brown anyway, whatever it is :P) I must get onto that....

    My rear ones need doing, and the fronts need a cleaning, might do it tomorrow night


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    #1809
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    My rear ones need doing, and the fronts need a cleaning, might do it tomorrow night

    That would involve taking off the wheel... and I'm not in a position to do that after my little incident with the wheel brace a few months back....Still haven't replaced it...


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    #1810
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Noccy_Mondy wrote: »
    That would involve taking off the wheel... and I'm not in a position to do that after my little incident with the wheel brace a few months back....Still haven't replaced it...

    Ohhh yeah :pac:

    Well if you're ever over my way drop in! :D


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    #1811
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    My rear ones need doing, and the fronts need a cleaning, might do it tomorrow night

    Tomorrow night? Must be nice to have a garage. :pac:


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    #1812
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Tomorrow night? Must be nice to have a garage. :pac:

    A garage?? Oh no I have a driveway :pac: no fancy garage here! All you need is a lamp sure :)


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    #1813
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Perhaps you're right, I guess I just don't have a decent lamp though because nothing looks how it's supposed to in the artificial light that I have. :P


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    #1814
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Perhaps you're right, I guess I just don't have a decent lamp though because nothing looks how it's supposed to in the artificial light that I have. :P

    Halfords is your friend there ;)


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    #1815
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Not unless your flying along or generating immense heat, which very few of us do ;)

    Not like bikes. My disks turned bluey purple after one spirited spin
    toastedpickles wrote: »
    A garage?? Oh no I have a driveway :pac: no fancy garage here! All you need is a lamp sure :)

    Dont forget a umbrella. I always seem to do stuff in the wet and rain especially drum brakes.

    Well my obd2 bluetooth yoke finally arrived after almost 3 weeks. And it didnt work. So I cut the outer case off. Repaired and now it works but its just a circuit board hanging down.


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    #1816
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Got a loan of a spanner from one of my lecturers ironically enough, some cillit bang, wire brushes, paint brushes and a led light, gona start on the car again when i get home, working in partial darkness = fuuuun :rolleyes:


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    #1817
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users Posts: 5,193 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Got a loan of a spanner from one of my lecturers ironically enough, some cillit bang, wire brushes, paint brushes and a led light, gona start on the car again when i get home, working in partial darkness = fuuuun :rolleyes:

    I find partial darkness worse than full darkness for some reason.


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    #1818
    gerardk55
    Registered Users Posts: 201 ✭✭gerardk55


    Priced some 501 White LEDs around a few motor factors and they're crazy money. So got some online on Amazon. 12 for around €6.

    Did the door lights and interior map lights this evening.

    Very happy, although the brightness has highlighted the amount of muck that needs clearing out of the car in terms of bottles and general tat!


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    #1819
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Not today :pac:: But a while back I changed the reverse bulbs to LED - some difference not too many before and afters:

    BEFORE:

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    AFTER:

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    fze5.jpg


    Bulbs side by side:

    zkwp.jpg



    Driveway shots:

    fn0r.jpg

    05t4.jpg


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    #1820
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    gerardk55 wrote: »
    Priced some 501 White LEDs around a few motor factors and they're crazy money. So got some online on Amazon. 12 for around €6.

    Did the door lights and interior map lights this evening.

    Very happy, although the brightness has highlighted the amount of muck that needs clearing out of the car in terms of bottles and general tat!

    I've got them in my footwells. Very good LED's and cheap too! Working well 4 months on anyway! :)


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    #1821
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    What an absolute fcuking hoor of a job to get this cnuty thing off

    2cqcl5w.jpg

    A lesson in mechanics!

    I was using a filter remover to do the job, but the filter was on so tight it kept slipping, so what i done was got the largest socket i had and done this

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    Tightened it and loosened it accordingly and bit by bit it came loose

    This is what greeted me, it's like someone had a dodgy curry or vindaloo and sh1t down the into the filter :o

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    30mol11.jpg

    and the new one :D

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    #1822
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    ^ I've learnt after many oil changes a cup wrench is your only man or the job ;)


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    #1823
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    You need to invest in some serious lighting if this is the hours of work for yourself.

    You're always in the dark man :)


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    #1824
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    eringobragh wrote: »
    ^ I've learnt after many oil changes a cup wrench is your only man or the job ;)

    Where can i acquire one of these ;)
    YbFocus wrote: »
    You need to invest in some serious lighting if this is the hours of work for yourself.

    You're always in the dark man :)

    *bane voice* i am the darkness!

    I really do, i need to get out to tesco in naas, they have a few cheap floodlight things going, would be awful handy


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    #1825
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    toastedpickles wrote: »


    *bane voice* i am the darkness!

    I really do, i need to get out to tesco in naas, they have a few cheap floodlight things going, would be awful handy

    Halfords are very cheap for them man, but it's basically a full on 500w yard light on a small manageable frame. Keeps you warm and annoys the hell or if neighbours also :P


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    #1826
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    YbFocus wrote: »
    Halfords are very cheap for them man, but it's basically a full on 500w yard light on a small manageable frame. Keeps you warm and annoys the hell or if neighbours also :P

    Any linkys? :) again getting to halfords is a problem haha lack of transport


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    #1827
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Any linkys? :) again getting to halfords is a problem haha lack of transport

    Mcquillans on Capel Street;)


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    #1828
    eringobragh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Where can i acquire one of these ;)

    You'll need to find out the exact size of the filter on your car so it fits snug - I got a laser one for €7 for the MR2 and it was the only job - I was using the metal one you were using and it was a cnut to get off...

    I have this in my ebay watch list: http://www.ebay.com/itm/110910635034?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

    If you use parcel motel it works out at £22GBP + €3.50 realisitically that should cover most car makes.


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    #1829
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Mcquillans on Capel Street;)

    Went there today and they had none! :eek:
    eringobragh wrote: »
    You'll need to find out the exact size of the filter on your car so it fits snug - I got a laser one for €7 for the MR2 and it was the only job - I was using the metal one you were using and it was a cnut to get off...

    I have this in my ebay watch list: http://www.ebay.com/itm/110910635034?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

    If you use parcel motel it works out at £22GBP + €3.50 realisitically that should cover most car makes.

    Much obliged good sir! :D


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    #1830
    YbFocus
    Registered Users Posts: 8,480 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Any linkys? :) again getting to halfords is a problem haha lack of transport

    I'll talk to the chap I know in the Portlaoise branch, he got me one for €3.50 while they were on a deal before then adding about 86 discounts to achieve the price :)

    He's a good chap to know :)


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    #1831
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,607 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    YbFocus wrote: »
    I'll talk to the chap I know in the Portlaoise branch, he got me one for €3.50 while they were on a deal before then adding about 86 discounts to achieve the price :)

    He's a good chap to know :)

    He sounds it! I might be able to get down or work something out anywyas


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