What did you do today?
- xtriple
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Re: What did you do today?
Stayed in bed (sofa) and watched telly. Just taken the dog out at 1:30 A.M. I am so far past bored...
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I would be struggling to get the dogs to go out after 9pm these days, they start getting grumpy if the bedroom door is closed after that time... Their beds are on the bedroom floor they aren't allowed in the human bed.
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I've got a broken one just like that out of my 405 somewhere? If you know exactly how they come out it is possible to remove them intact but the plastic quality is typically French. Maybe try the 405 Facebook owners group?
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That is a 636292 -SiC wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 5:51 pm Incidentally talking of parts bin, the interior light always has been loose. I took it off earlier and the clips broke. Anyone happen to have one of these spare?
More likely someone could have one than you think...
Apparently used on the Peugeot 205 and others of a similar generation. Made me chuckle that it's not just Peugeot and Citroen branded but Talbot too.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123632908565
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Funnily enough I saw that the other day and meant to order it. Only thing is that it doesn't show the connector type. Appears the style stayed the same but the connector had changed on the back over the years.
Rather tempted to put a new bulb in it and then a very small blob of tigerseal on the broken clip side to hold it in. Still possible to easily change the bulb in the future if I go sparingly with the glue. Apart from the clips, the rest of the light is in good shape.
Rather tempted to put a new bulb in it and then a very small blob of tigerseal on the broken clip side to hold it in. Still possible to easily change the bulb in the future if I go sparingly with the glue. Apart from the clips, the rest of the light is in good shape.
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Parts came today. Hella rads made in China - pretty sure the £69 eBay specials wouldn't have been much difference tbh. Oh well. Rads came double boxed and undamaged.
Had grand plans of making a video documenting it and all that. Ended up tonight instead challenging myself to actually get it done in an evening. Hence not many pictures either.
One thing I bought recently was this 2 tier trolley from Amazon. As someone who always looses bits, this trolley has been ace. I can line all the bits that have come off or to be fitted and then wheel it to where ever I'm working. Just need to make some dividers to separate the left, middle and right of the car.
Rads went in mostly uneventfully
Condenser on the right side was bit of a pain to line up with the fixings in the new rad. Took a bit of persuasion* with a pry bar to get it into place.
Bumper was a right pain in the arse to get on. The cages for the rads I loosened up, which put the bottom and arch liner fixings all out of kilter. Got it on eventually. Even if I did manage to put a scratch in the left hand side near the wheel arch. Darn. A dab of touch up will hopefully hide it.
Started at about 8:30pm and done by 12:05pm - including dropping the car down.
Next job will be to raise the backend, drain remaining coolant and change the water pump. While I'm there, I'm going to change the plugs, coil packs and fuel filter. Bit nervous about the fixings in the aluminium engine. Especially as not sure how long the water pump has been on there. Possibly since the factory. When the engine was rebuilt by OPC in 2007-ish, there is no record of a water pump change. So possibly original and why I'm getting it changed out.
Had grand plans of making a video documenting it and all that. Ended up tonight instead challenging myself to actually get it done in an evening. Hence not many pictures either.
One thing I bought recently was this 2 tier trolley from Amazon. As someone who always looses bits, this trolley has been ace. I can line all the bits that have come off or to be fitted and then wheel it to where ever I'm working. Just need to make some dividers to separate the left, middle and right of the car.
Rads went in mostly uneventfully
Condenser on the right side was bit of a pain to line up with the fixings in the new rad. Took a bit of persuasion* with a pry bar to get it into place.
Bumper was a right pain in the arse to get on. The cages for the rads I loosened up, which put the bottom and arch liner fixings all out of kilter. Got it on eventually. Even if I did manage to put a scratch in the left hand side near the wheel arch. Darn. A dab of touch up will hopefully hide it.
Started at about 8:30pm and done by 12:05pm - including dropping the car down.
Next job will be to raise the backend, drain remaining coolant and change the water pump. While I'm there, I'm going to change the plugs, coil packs and fuel filter. Bit nervous about the fixings in the aluminium engine. Especially as not sure how long the water pump has been on there. Possibly since the factory. When the engine was rebuilt by OPC in 2007-ish, there is no record of a water pump change. So possibly original and why I'm getting it changed out.
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Oof... nearly 16 hours??
On the road:
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
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I think you'll find that's only 3.5 hours, sir...
There's a great long bar in Rock & Roll heaven.......
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I think you'll find that 12.05 pm can only ever be in the afternoon, Sgt. Wilsonmercrocker wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2020 1:17 pm I think you'll find that's only 3.5 hours, sir...
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On the road:
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana
1998 Disco 4.0 V8 (manual)
1994 Vauxhall Calibra 3.0 V6
Running but need fettling:
1986 Honda CBX750F
1991 Maserati 222 SE
1990 Yamaha XJ900F
Tax & MOT-exempt, woohoo!
1982 Suzuki GSX1100SZ Katana