I hate cars...

[ajlelectronics]

and being tight is excuseable.

You don't get rich by chucking it about!

 

[redlig]

I've known a few genuinely wealthy individuals who drive basically just above bangers. Not that they're tight, they just don't like to show it off.
And yes, turning up at the Lord Lieutenant's Ball in a thirty year old car didn't raise any eyebrows, as they were known.
If you're rich, you're just eccentric, not daft or mad - and being tight is excuseable.

I was having a pop at the 'Wannabe's ' and social climbers who consider image is the be all and end all.

 

[Robotstar5]

To me a car is a way to cart you & what you need to move from A to B without getting wet.

I don't need a car as some sort of validation of my status, prestige or manhood. It's just transport.

and if you have the latest shiny model you stand more chance of losing of your drive or worse at knifepoint

 

[mtt.tr]

Here's a nice modern car repair for a friend.

Merc a160 auto gearbox 722.6, pull of in first excessive clutch slip, lurches in to second followed by a big F on the dash.

Fault code, excessive or lower pressure in clutch solenoid "y3/7y1"
Quick Google using the correct terms we discover the clutch basket is known to split.

First front of, drop subframe and engine as a unit


Strip the gearbox of the engine and split the case


Remove the k1 clutch and install a replacement

Here is a what the basket looks like with a puff of air in the inlet side



See that ring of atf along the crack, the secret to a proper repair is to confirm the suspected fault, if you can't recreate it you probably haven't found it.

Car test driven all good



All in all, once you know how to get the subframe out the job is pretty simple.

 

[GRW]

I was having a pop at the 'Wannabe's ' and social climbers who consider image is the be all and end all.

One young woman who worked in the office for a while was I'm sorry to say, an example of just how daft so many people have become.

She got up at 5am every day to spend 3-hours applying every known treatment, unguent and Product known to (wo)man, and got dressed in her best eyebrows and designer-label clothing... to come to work.

Her & her husband lived in a brand-new house, on a brand-new upwardly mobile, aspirant "Close" (housing estate).

Given her "high-maintenance" upkeep (I doubt I could have afforded her hair, nails and cosmetics monthly outgoings alone) plus the mortgage etc etc - she had to have a car that matched her image.... but basically they were potless, & in the market for a motor.

Badge snobbery in abundance, you can imagine the vehicles & price tags that were on her radar.

Being a more grounded old fart, I pointed out that she could either finance and spend so much monthly to have the "right" car that she couldn't afford to actually drive anywhere in it, or she could buy a decent but rather less "kerbside-appeal" worthy steed... & actually use it to get around.

She pondered for a minute then said "I know you're right - but I'd still buy the BMW".

 

[dobbslc]

She's probably driving round on bald tyres with no servicing too...
I see these kinds as stupid and not something I'd look up to, the opposite in fact.

 

[GRW]

She's probably driving round on bald tyres with no servicing too...
I see these kinds as stupid and not something I'd look up to, the opposite in fact.

Being image-obsessed is a terrible and expensive affliction

 

[dobbslc]

It is, right I'm off for a back sack and crack...

 

[Blobber]

Here's a nice modern car repair for a friend.

Merc a160 auto gearbox 722.6, pull of in first excessive clutch slip, lurches in to second followed by a big F on the dash.

Fault code, excessive or lower pressure in clutch solenoid "y3/7y1"
Quick Google using the correct terms we discover the clutch basket is known to split.

First front of, drop subframe and engine as a unit
View attachment 398352

Strip the gearbox of the engine and split the case
View attachment 398354

Remove the k1 clutch and install a replacement

Here is a what the basket looks like with a puff of air in the inlet side


View attachment 398355
See that ring of atf along the crack, the secret to a proper repair is to confirm the suspected fault, if you can't recreate it you probably haven't found it.

Car test driven all good



All in all, once you know how to get the subframe out the job is pretty simple.

Its this sort of thing that scares the hell out of me to get anything newish!!

 

[octo0072000]

Being image-obsessed is a terrible and expensive affliction

i know a few like it grand daughter no idea about the car tried to teach her how to check the oil water tyres etc all i got my dad does that
he's the worst for reckin engines never checks any thing slow puncture just kept blowing up be alright then winging after a blow out, too busy to get it serviced then oops another blown engine buys newer van then moaning that vans crap etc

 

[redlig]

i know a few like it grand daughter no idea about the car tried to teach her how to check the oil water tyres etc all i got my dad does that
he's the worst for reckin engines never checks any thing slow puncture just kept blowing up be alright then winging after a blow out, too busy to get it serviced then oops another blown engine buys newer van then moaning that vans crap etc

Becoming the norm I'm afraid.

 

[Trevorleach]

Here's a nice modern car repair for a friend.

Merc a160 auto gearbox 722.6, pull of in first excessive clutch slip, lurches in to second followed by a big F on the dash.

Fault code, excessive or lower pressure in clutch solenoid "y3/7y1"
Quick Google using the correct terms we discover the clutch basket is known to split.

First front of, drop subframe and engine as a unit
View attachment 398352

Strip the gearbox of the engine and split the case
View attachment 398354

Remove the k1 clutch and install a replacement

Here is a what the basket looks like with a puff of air in the inlet side


View attachment 398355
See that ring of atf along the crack, the secret to a proper repair is to confirm the suspected fault, if you can't recreate it you probably haven't found it.

Car test driven all good



All in all, once you know how to get the subframe out the job is pretty simple.

I used to have friends like that, now I no longer mention I am a mechanic!

 

[mtt.tr]

Its this sort of thing that scares the hell out of me to get anything newish!!

No worse than any vehicle, things break they need fixing

 

[prepman]

Well my Kuga has just done a brain-fart coming home from one of many hospital appointments. Engine malfuction. Drove a further 25 miles with the equivalent of a moped engine's exceleration. Got home ODBII gave error 2265 supercharge.turbo error. I cleared it and now no errors.....until....??
Might have the wrong code as p2265 equates to water in fuel??? My Fordscan app says turbo which sounds correct with the symptoms?

 

[mtt.tr]

Well my Kuga has just done a brain-fart coming home from one of many hospital appointments. Engine malfuction. Drove a further 25 miles with the equivalent of a moped engine's exceleration. Got home ODBII gave error 2265 supercharge.turbo error. I cleared it and now no errors.....until....??
Might have the wrong code as p2265 equates to water in fuel??? My Fordscan app says turbo which sounds correct with the symptoms?

You are probably in limp home mode which is to prevent further damage.

 

[prepman]

You are probably in limp home mode which is to prevent further damage.

I agree. But suspect it might be a glitch. Had similar with ABS, which cleared. Today I'll know for sure.

 

[Bobupndown]

Well my Kuga has just done a brain-fart coming home from one of many hospital appointments. Engine malfuction. Drove a further 25 miles with the equivalent of a moped engine's exceleration. Got home ODBII gave error 2265 supercharge.turbo error. I cleared it and now no errors.....until....??
Might have the wrong code as p2265 equates to water in fuel??? My Fordscan app says turbo which sounds correct with the symptoms?

Sticking turbo actuator possibly?

 

[prepman]

Sticking turbo actuator possibly?

Possibly. Running fine now. Stressed it and not re-occurred. 17 miles. Couple of hesitations prior to the fault. Want it to tow caravan 300m through mid Wales. Live dangerously?

 

[GRW]

Possibly. Running fine now. Stressed it and not re-occurred. 17 miles. Couple of hesitations prior to the fault. Want it to tow caravan 300m through mid Wales. Live dangerously?

There's often much to recommend a quick "boy racer service".
Thrape the thing hard through the gears, get the revs up, get it working hard - give the thing a good clear out.

E.g. you hear lots of Ducato type motorhomes getting all kinds of running problems (EGR's etc) - that don't afflict the same base unit in the commercial van variant.... & its cos the van has to work while the MH gets cosseted.

 

[prepman]

There's often much to recommend a quick "boy racer service".
Thrape the thing hard through the gears, get the revs up, get it working hard - give the thing a good clear out.

E.g. you hear lots of Ducato type motorhomes getting all kinds of running problems (EGR's etc) - that don't afflict the same base unit in the commercial van variant.... & its cos the van has to work while the MH gets cosseted.

Done 100miles today at speed and loading and nothing went wrong..I like the notion of a sticking turbo vane......I'll have quick look if there's a spanner jammed in it or such.....
The diagnostic tools (mine) only give a hint where the problem is. Pretty ambiguous. It could tell you exactly what it was. i.e. Why it made the decision? But that'd be too easy?