The_Yellow_Ardvark
I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' incommunicado
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Ubique
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Big Merc. 4x4, complaint:- lack of power and very sluggish pulling away, no warning lights on.....
£80k car, £15 generic rubber mats.....
I wanted to take a knife to the rubber mat and cut it to the shape of the proper ones, was told not to so I put it in the boot.
£80k car, £15 generic rubber mats.....
I wanted to take a knife to the rubber mat and cut it to the shape of the proper ones, was told not to so I put it in the boot.
Thanks to @The_Yellow_Ardvark inspiration from last sunday, I got a temperature switch for my '70s tcp. Hard to believe how old that is....
James1979
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Nice mug
Ubique
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I've still got a decent supply of tin/lead flux cored solder, flows much better than the non-lead stuff.
Edward Teach
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You would be surprised at how often this 'may be the case'
slim_boy_fat
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(sorry)Washing machine stopped working, checked a few functions, everything seamed ok apart from the motor would only move the drum a few mm then give up. Got online to look up how to find error codes and their meaning, it has a motor fault. No brushes as it's a brushless motor. Took the covers off and while attempting to unlpug the motor noticed a wire broken off with the other end still behind a cable tie.
Pretty poor design having a cable constantly flexing against the sharp edge of a cable tie, I didn't get a photo of the repair but I soldered and heat shrinked it. You would think I would have done something about the poor cable stain relief, but no...
Pretty poor design having a cable constantly flexing against the sharp edge of a cable tie, I didn't get a photo of the repair but I soldered and heat shrinked it. You would think I would have done something about the poor cable stain relief, but no...
RaceDiagnostics
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Central heating stopped working today, it turned out to be the heating circuit motorised valve. A new motor from the plumbers merchant ( £12) fitted and my Mrs now thinks I'm a brain surgeon. 
I hope you did the work while she was out so you can make out like it was a much bigger job.Central heating stopped working today, it turned out to be the heating circuit motorised valve. A new motor from the plumbers merchant ( £12) fitted and my Mrs now thinks I'm a brain surgeon.
JMS1972
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Brother in law's indicator was intermittent on his little Citroen C1. Turns out they all do that sir!
Luckily a pattern replacement is £12 off eBay. Just have to remove the steering wheel and shroud to get to it.
Not too bad really just the horizontal sleet making it a bit miserable.
The offending article.
Luckily a pattern replacement is £12 off eBay. Just have to remove the steering wheel and shroud to get to it.
Not too bad really just the horizontal sleet making it a bit miserable.
The offending article.
daedalusminos
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So after successfully helicoiling the Audi A8 water pump bolt I thought actually fitting the pump would be straight forward. I'm replacing a £30 Meyle pump (leaking seal after 2 years!) with a £60 SKF pump so was expecting better quality.
Here's the original Meyle in position, note the pump casting has a curved cut-out for that circular feature on the crankshaft oil seal carrier...
Now the SKF pump...
WTF! Oh well, a few mins with the file and I finally managed to get it fitted in between rain showers. The SKF pump is truly awful compared to the Meyle, well atleast from the outside. I noticed the SKF was considerably lighter and most of that is probably the impeller (thinner casting) but also the pulley, machined on the Meyle vs pressed steel on the SKF, in fact the pressing is so poor it even has a split...
I guess being SKF it probably has a decent bearing and seal.....no wait, what does that say on the box...
...so it could be anything!
Here's the original Meyle in position, note the pump casting has a curved cut-out for that circular feature on the crankshaft oil seal carrier...
Now the SKF pump...
WTF! Oh well, a few mins with the file and I finally managed to get it fitted in between rain showers. The SKF pump is truly awful compared to the Meyle, well atleast from the outside. I noticed the SKF was considerably lighter and most of that is probably the impeller (thinner casting) but also the pulley, machined on the Meyle vs pressed steel on the SKF, in fact the pressing is so poor it even has a split...
I guess being SKF it probably has a decent bearing and seal.....no wait, what does that say on the box...
...so it could be anything!
daedalusminos
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VAG make cars not components.....the trick is always to find the OE suppliers
Luggsey
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Triggers barrow!
magnet
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Aye and a £50 a pop for a new one it'll be up for a few more patches yet
Melvyn Best
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I’ve had a good few VAG cars that have had the impellers come off of the original pumps, often at fairly low mileages
Luggsey
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I'm right there with you bud, I welded on a new old wheel and bracket to my barrow rather then buy a tyre and inner tube. I always find old barrow wheels at the recycle for a £1 each...Aye and a £50 a pop for a new one it'll be up for a few more patches yet
Learn from Trigger!
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I replaced the original wheel on this one for one i found in a skip. Ive had that barrow 0ver 30 years it must have moved a few tons in that time i feel i owe the old girl something
