Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Top Dog

toastedpickles wrote: »

Somebody needs to resize :P

Somebody needs to click the pics :P

toastedpickles

Top Dog wrote: »

Somebody needs to click the pics :P

........yeah well.....I'll get my coat

:pac:

NuckingFacker

Just back in from project racer. Beyond tired and pee'd off. Did the belt but water pump looked shiny so left it.... all together, took it out for a shake-down(ie flat out around the industrial estate, mostly sideways...).

For a 1l, the performace is unreal - and it sounds amazing... copped a goo at the temperature gauge and it was creeping up and up...uh oh -an airlock - spent an hour bleeding the system, checking connections, shifting pipework, squeezing pipes, watching bubbles.. yeah, the water pump pulley no longer interacts with the impeller and it's 7 o'clock on a saturday and first race is 10.30am tomorrow.

Ring mates - they ring mates, a pump is sourced and arrives(a feat in itself)- but I'm too knackered to fit it and the eyes are no longer wishing to focus on timing marks and small bolts. Ring friends and cry off racing till next week - console myself with a chinese and a bottle of red. Cars can be bitches..:(

CianRyan

More time to add more power.

Black_Knight

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Having a bad day

One of the rear parking sensors started acting up intermittently this morning - thinks there's something there when there's not, resulting in a constant beep when in reverse. Not too worried though as will get it sorted under warranty next week (unless anyone has any thoughts of something to try in the meantime?)

About time you got your hands on VCDS, it might give you some idea. Think im pretty free tomorrow if you wanted.


In other news, my service reminder popped up... a bit early in my eyes (10k miles). Out with the VCDS and we'll snooze that for another few months.

_Kaiser_

Black_Knight wrote: »

About time you got your hands on VCDS, it might give you some idea. Think im pretty free tomorrow if you wanted

Cheers mate but I'm out of town today/tomorrow unfortunately but I did listen to you and ordered a cable last week, so when it shows up in the post I'll hopefully be able to see what's going on.

I may be back to you on how to use/read it though!

Wibbs

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Pissed off with myself as I've never managed to do something like this in the past :mad:

It's sooo easy to do something like that K. Real heartscald when it happens. Doesn't look too bad though so hopefully a cheap fix for you.

Gary ITR

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Just back in from project racer. Beyond tired and pee'd off. Did the belt but water pump looked shiny so left it.... all together, took it out for a shake-down(ie flat out around the industrial estate, mostly sideways...).

For a 1l, the performace is unreal - and it sounds amazing... copped a goo at the temperature gauge and it was creeping up and up...uh oh -an airlock - spent an hour bleeding the system, checking connections, shifting pipework, squeezing pipes, watching bubbles.. yeah, the water pump pulley no longer interacts with the impeller and it's 7 o'clock on a saturday and first race is 10.30am tomorrow.

Ring mates - they ring mates, a pump is sourced and arrives(a feat in itself)- but I'm too knackered to fit it and the eyes are no longer wishing to focus on timing marks and small bolts. Ring friends and cry off racing till next week - console myself with a chinese and a bottle of red. Cars can be bitches..:(

If you can't keep your eyes open put matchsticks in them.... Many a night we spent in our garage till 2am and later during race week, ya big girl


:pac:

NuckingFacker

Gary ITR wrote: »

If you can't keep your eyes open put matchsticks in them.... Many a night we spent in our garage till 2am and later during race week, ya big girl


:pac:

Yeah Gary, I'd half agree with you:D But that's after a bit of sleep - was just utterly wrecked, nothing left in the tank and I'd be a sloggy enough worker - still, i'll get it properly sorted for next weekend - will give me a chance to adjust cambers , timing etc and do the ports which there was no way we had time this week - still gutted though - heading of now to watch the others race - the real men:D:D I'll wear me "I'm a big girls blouse" t-shirt..:o

Black_Knight

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Cheers mate but I'm out of town today/tomorrow unfortunately but I did listen to you and ordered a cable last week, so when it shows up in the post I'll hopefully be able to see what's going on.

I may be back to you on how to use/read it though!

Sure. Hopefully it's nothing too serious. Read someone saying it might be moisture in the sensor. If you can take it out, stick it in a bag of rice overnight and try it out. Obviously if that worked, seal it up.... Or use your warranty

MuppetCheck

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Dord

Fit a Scangauge II to my Merc earlier. Sorry, it's a bad picture... I'll get a better one tomorrow.



I have it showing L/100Km instant, Battery voltage, RPM, and Coolant Temperature in that pic. I've changed voltage to L/100Km trip average.

It's also able to read and clear codes, very quickly too. I had two pending codes that were already sorted and was able to clear them.

Top Dog

Dord wrote: »

Fit a Scangauge II to my Merc earlier. Sorry, it's a bad picture... I'll get a better one tomorrow.

Would absolutely love one of those - but won't communicate with our Mitsubishi

Dord

Top Dog wrote: »

Would absolutely love one of those - but won't communicate with our Mitsubishi

What Mitsubishi is it?

BillJ

Fitted lip spoiler after having a go with the DA on the bootlid

Top Dog

Dord wrote: »

What Mitsubishi is it?

Shogun. Apparently the ScanGuage only works on the newer '07 onwards model

Dord

Top Dog wrote: »

Shogun. Apparently the ScanGuage only works on the newer '07 onwards model

Ah that sucks...

advertsfox

Currently lining up some OEM GP wheels and body coloured mirror covers from a breakers, just can't get them until next month due to funds

If anyone is interested, I'm currently selling my Stilo alloys and brand new corrective wobbly bolts on my Adverts.ie page.

rizzee

I regret selling my sporting alloys now, im on the lookout for another set!

advertsfox

rizzee wrote: »

I regret selling my sporting alloys now, im on the lookout for another set!

Seen a set on the classifieds of the FF but they need a refurb and they're over £200 - worth it if you have a good delivery method from the UK

PS: Out of my budget, otherwise I'd hop on it.

http://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=29812&cat=17

_Kaiser_

Got a quote back from CarCraft to sort out the scratches above - €320 ex vat!! :eek:

Anyone suggest any other similar companies to try? That seems excessive to me!

dh0011

for that little scratch - parents did serious damage to the merc - must have been at least a foot of a scrape and it was deep - came to about 300 if i remember right.

MetzgerMeister

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Got a quote back from CarCraft to sort out the scratches above - €320 ex vat!! :eek:

Anyone suggest any other similar companies to try? That seems excessive to me!

Pics?

dh0011

I never took a photo. I wanted to but when I got the phone to take a pic the father threw a hissy fit.

It was similar to this only this in terms of depth but on around and in front of the back wheel arch
http://www.google.ie/imgres?safe=off&client=ubuntu&hs=t1b&channel=cs&biw=1231&bih=714&tbm=isch&tbnid=FUvGnqQRRXozvM:&imgrefurl=http://411britpop.blogspot.com/2012/09/spice-girls-have-smashing-night-out.html&docid=_QemsdDVf2T1BM&imgurl=http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01580/The_Spice_Girls_1580957a.jpg&w=620&h=413&ei=feH2Ue3kHsmM7QbL9YHgBQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:4,s:0,i:90&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=177&tbnw=235&start=0&ndsp=15&tx=66&ty=91

_Kaiser_

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Pics?

I sent them the same one as I posted above

Based on that they figure €320 ex-VAT?

MetzgerMeister

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I sent them the same one as I posted above

Based on that they figure €320 ex-VAT?

Sorry, I was too lazy to go back

That's an extortionate figure IMO. Bring it to Detailing Shed or Elite Auto Clean and see if they can D/A them out. They don't look too bad at all in that pic.

Ferris

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I sent them the same one as I posted above

Based on that they figure €320 ex-VAT?

Yeah but it's two panels that require spraying. 320 is actually good value considering the work involved. I got a similar quote last week. They're a good paint shop, that's what it costs.

Black_Knight

Ferris wrote: »

Yeah but it's two panels that require spraying. 320 is actually good value considering the work involved. I got a similar quote last week. They're a good paint shop, that's what it costs.

2 panels? Looks to me like its just the wheel arch. In my experience (my civic was a damage magnet) €200 inc VAT a panel is about right. At least that's what my guy back home always charged.

€320 ex VAT is crazy money. The wheel arch at 11 o'clock looks like it might buff out with some good DAing. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on the arch look a bit worse, but a good DAing might do wonders.

Ferris

IIRC the door is damaged also. I was at carcraft for scratches across the boot lid and onto the rear qtr (feckin kids next door) so both panels needed complete refinishing. The work is the same whether its a foot long or inch scratch.

If the door can be fixed without spraying they'll do that also and then it'll only need 1 panel (rear qtr) and that'll be 160, which I think is good.

_Kaiser_

Got another quote from Fitzwilliam Garage in Dublin (who I remember seeing recommended here for something, hence why I saved the link) who - given the same picture - says he'll do it for €200 incl VAT

Seems a fairer price to me..