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Got my eyes on some Bilstein B6 Gas shocks for my GP (can't afford them until next payday 
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Got my eyes on some Bilstein B6 Gas shocks for my GP (can't afford them until next payday
You're doing what i always wanted to do
, IMO the standard damping was shocking on my GPSAin't the whole kits (B12 etc) cheaper than just springs?
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I'm struggling to find the B12 kit. Can only find it for Corsa D (including VXR) which 'should' fit but I daren't risk it for £613 lol.
Did the brakes on the car, needed an E16 torx, turned an hour job into two, had to pack everything away, then took landy to get the E16, which also meant getting fuel.... SWMBO mega pissed off cos it took so long and she wanted to go out in the car........ If I'd left it with garage would cost us an extra £90 and we wouldn't have car till Tuesday evening....... No matter what I do I am in the wrong at least its done and my tool collection has grown.
at least its done and my tool collection has grown.
Did the brakes on the car, needed an E16 torx, turned an hour job into two, had to pack everything away, then took landy to get the E16, which also meant getting fuel.... SWMBO mega pissed off cos it took so long and she wanted to go out in the car........ If I'd left it with garage would cost us an extra £90 and we wouldn't have car till Tuesday evening....... No matter what I do I am in the wrong
Reminds me of a row my mates parents had got a phone call asking if i had e sockets...
Their starter had packed up leaving the Mrs stranded and calling out the RAC. so he had ordered a starter got it picked up in his works van.....
Like a good mate i took my sockets to theirs we had just got the starter motor off and she comes out kicking off that she needs to go out NOW and get some cat food (the local shop is only 1/4 mile away) :idea: .....
Mates dad just gave her the starter motor and sat down and had a fag telling her she best put it on before she goes anywhere....
Thats when the fire works started :bang:
is it a Vauxhall?
Pug 308
Upgraded the Speakers in my Mk1 punto today and not happy with the new sound They should be "better" speakers yet they need a higher volume on the head unit and require the back to be on higher setting than the front to get even coverage
(The car is still in the classified section) Ahhhh soon it might even get it's FF stickers
They should be "better" speakers yet they need a higher volume on the head unit and require the back to be on higher setting than the front to get even coverage(The car is still in the classified section) Ahhhh soon it might even get it's FF stickers
Just gone through all my fuel receipts since I got my car in september last year and I've spent £1,323.59 on fuel no counting what I didn't get a receipt for!!
Just gone through all my fuel receipts since I got my car in september last year and I've spent £1,323.59 on fuel no counting what I didn't get a receipt for!!
Don't ever get a fuelly account to record it then, seeing your annual fuel reports are scary!
I've set up a spreadsheet for my personal accounting use (sad, yes, useful, yes). One of the sections I included is fuel use...I cried at it when I saw how much in one month I'd used lol
Didn't dare include litres or mileage. The Focus is a little thirsty/my right foot a little heavy (rapid acceleration rather than speeding)
Didn't dare include litres or mileage. The Focus is a little thirsty/my right foot a little heavy (rapid acceleration rather than speeding)
What sort of focus? I know the feeling, My 1.4 T-jet gets 29mpg on average trip a month......it is damn fun though
jamesdt
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dont use t-cut there are much better products out now, see car care section
I use the G3 products myself mate I find them better than Tcut
jamesdt
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thanks been through the care car section ordered myself some snow foam and autoglym super resin polish, and didnt realize how expensive wax is not gonna bother with clay.......yet anyway
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Im only just moving up from the one bucket method lol, Gimme a week or two and i probably will theres a lot more work involved than im used too i only get two weekends out of three free at the most so theres always other more important things in the way
dad has a focus estate TDCI on a 60 plate.. Anyhow its got discs all round.......
Ive noticed for a while that the handbrake was crap.... But they sorted it last service apparently and i had the job sheet shown to me... He has always been a main dealership man had about 5 cars from the same dealership.
Fast forward to this weekend and out on the back roads coming to a junction on a hill dad found it didn't hold and rolled back (fortunately there was nothing behind)... Now admitting that there was a problem with it and knowing its still under warranty and i dont think they did much on the last service bar wind the cable adjuster in near the handbrake..
I had a quick look and from the advice of a ex ford mechanic mate (ive never had owt to do with rear discs all my cars have had drums ..) tried a couple of none invasive tool less checks as apparently the brakes are not adjustable like drums and its all done in the rear caliper.
And concluded that the pads are seized in the caliper and not moving properly and they are inballenced (if you pulled the handbrake on it would rise up on one side and not the other same in reverse) ..
So dad phones them up to book it in mentions about it rolling away down a hill and them looking at it last service... With the response been along the lines of...
"They all do that its normal for it to need pulling up 8 clicks to hold the car on a slight hill. If we adjust them any more they will bind and it will wear your brake pads out. and its not possible for a 60 plate to have siezed pads"
No offer to look at them nothing....
So i gave him the option take it to our local independent who do our MOT and get it stuck on the brake tester get a fail sheet then go dump the car at the dealership or let me have a go at it (i am mechanically savvy honest) :devil:
So tonight i stripped filed, cleaned and copper slipped the pads caliper carriers guide pins and associated parts Me thinks they have never been done on the past 2 services there was no trace of any brake grease or coppa slip anywhere and the carriers were welded to the pads (ive had cars which pads had a stick on anti squeal pad but never stuck like this.. and one of the pads had a screw driver mark on the back plate where it looks like they hammered it out last time (probably freed off during last service) adjusted handbrake my arse more like jammed driver in and ****ted with hammer to free off pad then wind up adjuster ......
first side took me 40 mins the other took about 15 and guess what it now works and holds the car on about the 4th click wheels still spin freely. with the adjuster wound off a fair way from where it was.....
My main point of wonder is how many other people who are not mechanically minded get fobbed off by main dealerships who cant be arsed chasing Manufacturers for warranty repair work.
Half of me wonders if they are holding out for him to take it there for its first MOT and 3rd service so they can charge him for the work?..
Anyway grumble over for now
Ive noticed for a while that the handbrake was crap.... But they sorted it last service apparently and i had the job sheet shown to me... He has always been a main dealership man had about 5 cars from the same dealership.
Fast forward to this weekend and out on the back roads coming to a junction on a hill dad found it didn't hold and rolled back (fortunately there was nothing behind)... Now admitting that there was a problem with it and knowing its still under warranty and i dont think they did much on the last service bar wind the cable adjuster in near the handbrake..
I had a quick look and from the advice of a ex ford mechanic mate (ive never had owt to do with rear discs all my cars have had drums ..) tried a couple of none invasive tool less checks as apparently the brakes are not adjustable like drums and its all done in the rear caliper.
And concluded that the pads are seized in the caliper and not moving properly and they are inballenced (if you pulled the handbrake on it would rise up on one side and not the other same in reverse) ..
So dad phones them up to book it in mentions about it rolling away down a hill and them looking at it last service... With the response been along the lines of...
"They all do that its normal for it to need pulling up 8 clicks to hold the car on a slight hill. If we adjust them any more they will bind and it will wear your brake pads out. and its not possible for a 60 plate to have siezed pads"
No offer to look at them nothing....
So i gave him the option take it to our local independent who do our MOT and get it stuck on the brake tester get a fail sheet then go dump the car at the dealership or let me have a go at it (i am mechanically savvy honest) :devil:
So tonight i stripped filed, cleaned and copper slipped the pads caliper carriers guide pins and associated parts Me thinks they have never been done on the past 2 services there was no trace of any brake grease or coppa slip anywhere and the carriers were welded to the pads (ive had cars which pads had a stick on anti squeal pad but never stuck like this.. and one of the pads had a screw driver mark on the back plate where it looks like they hammered it out last time (probably freed off during last service) adjusted handbrake my arse more like jammed driver in and ****ted with hammer to free off pad then wind up adjuster
......first side took me 40 mins the other took about 15 and guess what it now works and holds the car on about the 4th click wheels still spin freely. with the adjuster wound off a fair way from where it was.....
My main point of wonder is how many other people who are not mechanically minded get fobbed off by main dealerships who cant be arsed chasing Manufacturers for warranty repair work.
Half of me wonders if they are holding out for him to take it there for its first MOT and 3rd service so they can charge him for the work?..
Anyway grumble over for now
