********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

Noccy_Mondy

Hal1 wrote:

There is a relay in the glovebox. The part number is 1552133. Link for identification

Ya, I spotted that earlier, went to look for it and it's there, but there's a metal plate covering half of it? Would the relay sort the stopping mid wipe out?

Hal1

It's another one of these 'known' ford problems :rolleys:. I'm not sure if it was a recall on it due to them admitting it was there fault.

Stheno

So I'm finally comfy driving the Honda haven't had my weirdo issue now for a week

Noccy_Mondy

Hal1 wrote:

It's another one of these 'known' ford problems :rolleys:. I'm not sure if it was a recall on it due to them admitting it was there fault.

Ford... problems... never! Looking forward to hearing the proper engine noise, once I get this alternator bearing fixed! Add that to fixing my noisy wiper motor, hopefully I'll have some quiet driving!

davycc

GvidoR wrote: »

What's in Terenure?

There's a GTI NI meet/show in Co. Down with a car limbo and BBQ on Sunday.

castlewellen does not compare to terenure massive classic car show.. usually the static highlight of the summer

pred racer

GvidoR wrote: »

If anyone knows of any MK3 Golf, Vento or MK2 Punto (Gold) for breaking, please let me know.

Or a cheap whole car that's heading for the scrappers that I could get for a low price.

There is a gold punto in the scrapyard in the Heath in Portlaoise (not whelans, the other one up the road) I was in there yesterday (by mistake)
Body looked intact.

pred racer

In the last 2 months I have changed.
Clutch and flywheel.
2 lower control arms,
2 rear drop links,
2 upper control arms,
Timing belt and water pump.
Service.
I won't tell you the cost of all this as I'm afraid to add it up.......
But can anyone lend me a tenner:p

Next is front pads and discs, they are nearly fooked (see I do use my brakes :pac:)
And shortly I will need tyres.
It never bloody ends.

ba_barabus

Fair play, I've just replaced the discs, pads and upper control arm on mine.

My wallet is in shock...,...well I also took a holiday, paid insurance and tax and I'm now trying to rent an apartment in Dublin so there are several other reasons my wallet is reeling

YbFocus

GvidoR, pred is talking about martin byrne car dismantlers.
Another walk in and work away place!

Asmooh

I'm planning to make some noise :P new 2.5 exhaust system for my MX5, and Koni kit 40mm lower
Only need a bumper sticker with "Speedbump Be Patient I'm Lowered"




http://www.stickybusiness.ie/shop/be-patient-i-m-lowered-speedbump-sticker.html

166man

pred racer wrote: »

In the last 2 months I have changed.
Clutch and flywheel.
2 lower control arms,
2 rear drop links,
2 upper control arms,
Timing belt and water pump.
Service.
I won't tell you the cost of all this as I'm afraid to add it up.......
But can anyone lend me a tenner:p

Next is front pads and discs, they are nearly fooked (see I do use my brakes :pac:)
And shortly I will need tyres.
It never bloody ends.

That 159'has been a good car to you though in general right?

Pity all these things have to come at once!!

GvidoR

pred racer wrote: »

There is a gold punto in the scrapyard in the Heath in Portlaoise (not whelans, the other one up the road) I was in there yesterday (by mistake)
Body looked intact.

Nice. I'm heading to the Kilcock place on Monday, and there isn't one there, I'll probably go down there so. Thanks

YbFocus wrote: »

GvidoR, pred is talking about martin byrne car dismantlers.
Another walk in and work away place!

Awesome, good to know there's another one of those walk-in yards.

YbFocus

Asmooh wrote: »

I'm planning to make some noise :P new 2.5 exhaust system for my MX5, and Koni kit 40mm lower
Only need a bumper sticker with "Speedbump Be Patient I'm Lowered"




http://www.stickybusiness.ie/shop/be-patient-i-m-lowered-speedbump-sticker.html

You'd look like an idiot with one of those stickers on a car lowered 40mm.
Actually you'd look an idiot with one of them regardless.

Asmooh

YbFocus wrote: »

You'd look like an idiot with one of those stickers on a car lowered 40mm.
Actually you'd look an idiot with one of them regardless.

You know the car is already low without lowering at all..

pred racer

166man wrote: »

That 159'has been a good car to you though in general right?

Pity all these things have to come at once!!

It's been a fantastic car to stick me driving it this long, over 3 yrs now!
It's never let me down.
Apart from the clutch (first one at 260k) the rest of it is just routine for a car with this mileage, but yeah it all happened at once.
Now though, the clutch works, there are no rattles, it's going like a train.
Heading to Kilkenny shortly, it's vw/Audi harassing time my favourite sport!

pred racer

GvidoR wrote: »

Nice. I'm heading to the Kilcock place on Monday, and there isn't one there, I'll probably go down there so. Thanks



Awesome, good to know there's another one of those walk-in yards.

Just be careful, yer man would say mass.
And there are normally no returns!

GvidoR

pred racer wrote: »

Just be careful, yer man would say mass.
And there are normally no returns!

Say mass? What do you mean?

I don't expect returns from a breaker yard anyway. Besides, there's nothing unexpected that can happen with body parts... mechanical/electrical parts could be a bit of a gamble though.

dgt

25 is the age for classic insurance:)

Kindly asked for a classic policy quote. "Sorry, you need to be 30"

Well, what a load of horse sh*t. Its like being 17 again

I'll just have to ask round more...

Heres to hoping my 406 passes its test on Thursday. It better, theres new bloody everything in it!

GvidoR

You need to be 30+ to insure a classic car? :eek:

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

You need to be 30+ to insure a classic car? :eek:

It's bizarre but understandable considering I'm asking a quote on the Jag, but annoying nonetheless. Either the E34 or C220 isn't a problem at my age

Sobanek

Try Carole Nash. Sure, pickles is 24 and has a policy with them.

dgt

Sobanek wrote: »

Try Carole Nash. Sure, pickles is 24 and has a policy with them.

Thats an auld yoke though, Jag is barely 15 years old

DakarVert

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Its to stop young lads buying old cars and getting insured on them. Check out the Classic Car forum for example, every two weeks there is somebody asking if they can do it.

You can do it in the UK.

I'd love something like a Morris Minor or an Anglia as a daily if I could insure it!

Duke O Smiley

DakarVert wrote: »

You can do it in the UK.

I'd love something like a Morris Minor or an Anglia as a daily if I could insure it!

Yep you can get a classic policy in the Uk at any (legal age). A friend of mine has a Minor and its her first car, 19 years old.

dgt

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Its to stop young lads buying old cars and getting insured on them. Check out the Classic Car forum for example, every two weeks there is somebody asking if they can do it.

It's sad that as usual, some utter apes with their lemons f*cked it up for the rest of us. All I want is a weekend car. This really blows

I've also been told that it couldn't be insured anyway untill its 20 years old, yet they might insure me on a similar aged XJ at my age.... That really makes no sense to me

GvidoR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Its to stop young lads buying old cars and getting insured on them. Check out the Classic Car forum for example, every two weeks there is somebody asking if they can do it.

Damn...

I'm thinking to get a MK1 Golf GTI or a Porsche 944 as my second car in the near future.

pred racer

GvidoR wrote: »

Say mass? What do you mean?

I don't expect returns from a breaker yard anyway. Besides, there's nothing unexpected that can happen with body parts... mechanical/electrical parts could be a bit of a gamble though.

He will say anything to get u to buy something.
That panel from a merc, course it will fit a mk2 punto.........

GvidoR

I called Aviva to see if I can do the ignition course and get a discount.

After a few minutes on hold I get through and they ask me a few questions. I said that I did 13 lessons with Aviva and she told me that I already qualify for the discount because I have reached module 3 (whatever that is) and I don't need to do the course - I'm thinking 'sweet', but I kinda wanted to the course anyway.

Then she puts me onto the insurance quote person and then this happened...

"Can I get the reg of your car?"
"Sure, it's 01MO5945"
"Sorry, I can't give you a quote because we don't insure cars 01 and under."

Jesus Christ...

Alanstrainor

GvidoR wrote: »

I called Aviva to see if I can do the ignition course and get a discount.

After a few minutes on hold I get through and they ask me a few questions. I said that I did 13 lessons with Aviva and she told me that I already qualify for the discount because I have reached module 3 (whatever that is) and I don't need to do the course - I'm thinking 'sweet', but I kinda wanted to the course anyway.

Then she puts me onto the insurance quote person and then this happened...

"Can I get the reg of your car?"
"Sure, it's 01MO5945"
"Sorry, I can't give you a quote because we don't insure cars 01 and under."

Jesus Christ...

God damn it... mines an 01, and have been getting companies saying they don't insure 10+ year old cars. Sure all cars over 10 years old are death traps don't you know.

GvidoR

Alanstrainor wrote: »

God damn it... mines an 01, and have been getting companies saying they don't insure 10+ year old cars. Sure all cars over 10 years old are death traps don't you know.

It's ridiculous.

Also it seems so weird that their cut off line is 01 and my car is 01. Coincidence? 00 (15yo) would sound more... I don't know how to put it... realistic?

pred racer

Alanstrainor wrote: »

God damn it... mines an 01, and have been getting companies saying they don't insure 10+ year old cars. Sure all cars over 10 years old are death traps don't you know.

All silver cars are death traps, coz the people that drive them have obviously given up on life
:pac:

Asmooh

GvidoR wrote: »

I called Aviva to see if I can do the ignition course and get a discount.

After a few minutes on hold I get through and they ask me a few questions. I said that I did 13 lessons with Aviva and she told me that I already qualify for the discount because I have reached module 3 (whatever that is) and I don't need to do the course - I'm thinking 'sweet', but I kinda wanted to the course anyway.

Then she puts me onto the insurance quote person and then this happened...

"Can I get the reg of your car?"
"Sure, it's 01MO5945"
"Sorry, I can't give you a quote because we don't insure cars 01 and under."

Jesus Christ...

try AIB, im going to insure my 1992 MX5 there

Alanstrainor wrote: »

God damn it... mines an 01, and have been getting companies saying they don't insure 10+ year old cars. Sure all cars over 10 years old are death traps don't you know.

Older cars are better compare to new cars.. way simpler, people just need to learn to drive.

frozenfrozen

I got insured with aviva on a 00 car with the ignition course yoke, they told me at the time that I was actually a week off the cut off before they started their new less than 15 years old thing, but then saw a note on my account that I had tried to do it 3 weeks earlier that since I was 'already on the system' they could do my car.

sounds confusing, it was confusing, I'm still confused, and it cost me 1800 quid for the year.

Foxhole Norman

I can get online quotes with them by manually filling out the details yet the won't with me putting in the reg. It can still be bought that way.

Asmooh

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I can get online quotes with them by manually filling out the details yet the won't with me putting in the reg. It can still be bought that way.

lucky you.. i had a hard time searching how to insure my car.. will be paying 175 / month when I insure it

GvidoR

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I can get online quotes with them by manually filling out the details yet the won't with me putting in the reg. It can still be bought that way.

I can't, because I have my licence 2 years (you need it for 3+ for online quote) and there's no mention of ignition course / module thing on the form.

Noccy_Mondy

Sick to my teeth messing with the wiper motor. Wipers stop mid sweep, changed a relay with one I know works, and it stops further up the window? Motor must be goosed?

Interslice

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Sick to my teeth messing with the wiper motor. Wipers stop mid sweep, changed a relay with one I know works, and it stops further up the window? Motor must be goosed?

I know the nissans suffer with a problem where the grease from the motor migrates over the years onto the contacts inside the housing that tell the wipers where to park. The fix involves drilling the rivets off the front plate so you can clean the contacts.

Fairly annoying aul problem alright especially using the intermittent wipe setting.

GvidoR

Anyone going to cars and coffee in Galway on Sunday, 12th July?

Gavman84

Wexford bound soon for stag the beer it is a calling!!

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

Nice. I'm heading to the Kilcock place on Monday, and there isn't one there, I'll probably go down there so. Thanks



Awesome, good to know there's another one of those walk-in yards.

What time a Monday? I've to get more Merc wheel bolts and maybe some random 406/Fiat bits. Too late for me today and away tomorrow morning, so I'll be there on Monday so I can get the C180/C220 a full set of bolts again

I know of another walk in place, too far away from Kilcock to make it in one day. Wouldn't recommend it either, no 3 door Puntos!

GvidoR

dgt wrote: »

What time a Monday? I've to get more Merc wheel bolts and maybe some random 406/Fiat bits. Too late for me today and away tomorrow morning, so I'll be there on Monday so I can get the C180/C220 a full set of bolts again

I know of another walk in place, too far away from Kilcock to make it in one day. Wouldn't recommend it either, no 3 door Puntos!

Don't know yet, probably around 3-ish.

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

Don't know yet, probably around 3-ish.

Look for a dark blue 98 406 with horrendous laquer peel on the bonnet and silicone sunroof

Supergurrier

GvidoR wrote: »

Anyone going to cars and coffee in Galway on Sunday, 12th July?

I will probably go to this one, not gone in over a year now.

YbFocus

Shock as i knew.
Handbrake as i knew.

Other than that it got called on a wheel bearing, passenger rear.

Very very happy

wotzgoingon

YbFocus wrote: »

Shock as i knew.
Handbrake as i knew.

Other than that it got called on a wheel bearing, passenger rear.

Very very happy

I wouldn't be too happy having to fix all them though.

power pants

YbFocus wrote: »

Shock as i knew.
Handbrake as i knew.

Other than that it got called on a wheel bearing, passenger rear.

Very very happy

very very happy your car failed?

Alanstrainor

Just saw my first 152 reg parked up outside my gaff. Some white hyundai SUV yoke, looks awful!

power pants

seen a few 152 4 series, seems to be selling well and look unreal too

Big Nasty

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Just saw my first 152 reg parked up outside my gaff. Some white hyundai SUV yoke, looks awful!

Santa Fe or ix35? The ix is very Qashqai-ish but the SF is a fine looking bus IMO.