What Did You Do To Your Car Today?
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quattro Rick
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You should've told the cnut to finish the cars he has instead of feeding his addiction
Took it for MOT in ballymena…and failed 
kinda had the feeling from the moment the grumpy git spoke.
Rear brake line I hadn’t got to yet (which was relatively fine when a new hose went on, other bad ones I’ve already done) and a handbrake that was supposedly adjusted on Thursday (not by me)
Managed to get a retest for Thursday a little closer to home!
Not looking forward to doing the brake line outside in that weather but the ticking clock will force the motivation
The joys of motoring!
kinda had the feeling from the moment the grumpy git spoke.Rear brake line I hadn’t got to yet (which was relatively fine when a new hose went on, other bad ones I’ve already done) and a handbrake that was supposedly adjusted on Thursday (not by me)
Managed to get a retest for Thursday a little closer to home!
Not looking forward to doing the brake line outside in that weather but the ticking clock will force the motivation
The joys of motoring!
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Nice meeting you @Robert .
Health to drive @gav525
no a guy got them on but actually lookd worse when they started geting markd the plastic just started breaking of so ended up riping them of an geting a refurb.
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Took delivery! (well the wife did, I'm still away at work here)
Thanks again @Ben P for an easy transaction and thanks to @Robert for rapid delivery!
Sorry to all on here who also messaged Ben about it, was a stressful few minutes for me trying to get enough signal out here to message him and send deposit etc before one of you lot did!
Thanks again @Ben P for an easy transaction and thanks to @Robert for rapid delivery!
Sorry to all on here who also messaged Ben about it, was a stressful few minutes for me trying to get enough signal out here to message him and send deposit etc before one of you lot did!
quattro Rick
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Took delivery! (well the wife did, I'm still away at work here)
Thanks again @Ben P for an easy transaction and thanks to @Robert for rapid delivery!
Sorry to all on here who also messaged Ben about it, was a stressful few minutes for me trying to get enough signal out here to message him and send deposit etc before one of you lot did!
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Looks like the wife might've banged the door of the lift post
"That'll teach the cnut to spend our money on rubbish"
How do you rate the Philips led bulbs? I’m considering swapping a set of halogens with led But unsure whether to go for eBay specials or something branded.
Brilliant, the nighteye ones weren’t great as the bulb sat at an odd angle in the Mazda. Philips ones can be adjusted to sit as close to the angle they tel you.
Expensive tho so I hope they last.
Fitted RS6 paddles this morning. I’ve been after a set for ages, finally got them yesterday. I think the paddles have only been used once by me, but they’re a nice improvement over the standard ones!
Ideally I’d like a heated RS6/7 wheel, but they are pretty rare.
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Ideally I’d like a heated RS6/7 wheel, but they are pretty rare.
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They look cool when lit up
Froze my nuts off splicing in new rear section of brake pipe for retest. Wanted to cry when I woke up and seen snow on the ground.
Rounded, rusted solid join to brake hose which was good fun, then the most awkward position to try and flare a steel line
ramp would make life so easy.
Plus side, pass and full years ticket! Also, braking force on rear axle was identical to last week after I’d pulled half apart!
Handbrake fail which I didn’t touch at all, magically went from 13 to 36
my suspicions of the last tester may have been correct lol
Rounded, rusted solid join to brake hose which was good fun, then the most awkward position to try and flare a steel line
ramp would make life so easy.Plus side, pass and full years ticket! Also, braking force on rear axle was identical to last week after I’d pulled half apart!
Handbrake fail which I didn’t touch at all, magically went from 13 to 36
my suspicions of the last tester may have been correct lolAttachments
quattro Rick
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Froze my nuts off splicing in new rear section of brake pipe for retest. Wanted to cry when I woke up and seen snow on the ground.
Rounded, rusted solid join to brake hose which was good fun, then the most awkward position to try and flare a steel line
Plus side, pass and full years ticket! Also, braking force on rear axle was identical to last week after I’d pulled half apart!
Handbrake fail which I didn’t touch at all, magically went from 13 to 36
Your flaring tool is too big
I used one like this a while back on the E36 and was a piece of cake!!
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Looks a handy job. When I got mine I’d read too much about how bad steel lines were so went for a solid middle ground on price lol.
Wasn’t actually too bad a job, the awkwardness was only back left jacked up (plus another jack under the diff and a wheel wedged under the sill before I get shouted at) so even for a fairly small person I was asking a bit
Looks a handy job. When I got mine I’d read too much about how bad steel lines were so went for a solid middle ground on price lol.
Wasn’t actually too bad a job, the awkwardness was only back left jacked up (plus another jack under the diff and a wheel wedged under the sill before I get shouted at) so even for a fairly small person I was asking a bit
quattro Rick
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Looks a handy job. When I got mine I’d read too much about how bad steel lines were so went for a solid middle ground on price lol.
Wasn’t actually too bad a job, the awkwardness was only back left jacked up (plus another jack under the diff and a wheel wedged under the sill before I get shouted at) so even for a fairly small person I was asking a bit
Yeah it was brilliant allowed me to get the line flared even right up against the chassis, will probably invest in one in the future if I ever need to do lines again.
Went into it feeling like I'd screw something up but it was actually quite handy done
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All day long A fully qualified mechanic made such a hash of just bending a premade line into place i though it can’t be that hard. Patience and a bit of attention and it’s not a bad job at all. Done the front right before, and will do the front left shortly to finish them all off.
Much nicer when it’s not on the car dripping fluid over you!
quattro Rick
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A fully qualified mechanic made such a hash of just bending a premade line into place i though it can’t be that hard. Patience and a bit of attention and it’s not a bad job at all. Done the front right before, and will do the front left shortly to finish them all off.
Much nicer when it’s not on the car dripping fluid over you!
Exactly the same thing made me do my own. How a trained mechanic thought it was ok to leave copper lines
Vs how I did them. Not perfect but saved having to pull the tank off