60six
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Years ago, with any old car - if a rubber hose burst it was always a nightmare as they were really expensive, and not of particularly good quality unless you went to a main dealer to get shafted for an original.
The recent development of silicon hose has thankfully made this a thing of the past - It's always the first thing I change when I get another saab - replace all the aging rubber vaccuum hose for silicon. I paid 5 quid for 4 meters of the stuff and thats the whole car done. It can't be used on oil as oil seeps out of silicon hose (how!!?) but for water and air it's far better than rubber. I can make most hoses from various silicon sections meaning no more rip off rubber prices.
I am trying to think of other recent developments - led sidelights, rear lights, indicators etc are fine but never work for me on a classic. I understand synthetic oil can be good in some cases as well, but the term synthetic means it isn't actually oil, it just imitates oil - Is this true?
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2020 9:46:30 GMT by 60six
Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Ritchie
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Aug 27, 2020 10:01:20 GMT
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Cable ties.
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Aug 27, 2020 10:57:02 GMT
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Gaffa tape.😄
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Proton Jumbuck-deceased :-( 2005 Kia Sorento the parts hauling heap V8 Humber Hawk 1948 Standard12 pickup SOLD 1953 Pop build (wifey's BIVA build).
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Aug 27, 2020 12:07:47 GMT
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Synthetic oil just means that its chemical composition is modified, rather than simply distilled from crude oil and stuck in a bottle. It's still overwhelmingly made of crude oil, there's just been tweaks made to the compounds and/or bits added that are synthesised out of other components.
I'd forgotten aobut how difficult things were before widespread silicone hose. Making up boost pipes was a hell of a lot harder!
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60six
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Aug 27, 2020 13:46:11 GMT
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I wouldn't even attempt making boost pipes out of rubber - ouch!
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Aug 27, 2020 14:02:07 GMT
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Hybrid waxes making cleaning and keeping it clean much easier
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ovimor
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Aug 27, 2020 14:27:16 GMT
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Strrrretchhhhy CV boots +DIY Cola bottle, to install. OVIMOR
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Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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brachunky
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Aug 27, 2020 14:33:49 GMT
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Heatshrink tubing! Sooo much better than yards of insulation tape
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nel5on
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Aug 27, 2020 14:47:15 GMT
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Cheap vacuum oil pumps, oil changes take a few mins, without getting under the car! (Hardest part is removing the oil filter now)
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Covin 996.2 Tucson
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Aug 27, 2020 15:57:24 GMT
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Tyre sealant/puncture repair canisters. Means the car manufacturers can get away with not providing a spare wheel, just a can of 'spray it in and hope for the best' gloop instead.
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Flynn
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Aug 27, 2020 16:04:26 GMT
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The latest battery powered tools are pretty impressive I think.
I bought an 18V angle grinder recently on a bit of a whim to treat myself and it is fantastic, every bit as capable as a mains powered item and no faffing around with extension leads and no risk of slicing through a mains cable!
I was so impressed with it I have saved up and am currently waiting for an 18V 1/2" impact wrench to arrive in the next few days, if the video reviews I have watched are anything to go by, it should be a proper beast of a tool. I remember having a still pretty expensive NiCad battery powered impact wrench about 10 years ago and it was more or less useless even from new, no comparison whatsoever to the air powered impact wrenches I was using at the time.
Also, I got a 3D printer from my wife this Christmas just gone, assumed it was all guff and a bit of a novelty but I can see myself making actually useful bits and pieces with it as I get more proficient with CAD software and get to grips with how best to print with different types of filament, I made an SU carb spacer block as a practice piece and it was dimensionally spot on and would probably actually work! If someone told me when I was getting in to cars and engineering years ago that one day I could 'print' parts at home, I would've thought they were bonkers but here we are! What a time to be alive!
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cjj
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Aug 27, 2020 16:05:56 GMT
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Tyre sealant/puncture repair canisters. Means the car manufacturers can get away with not providing a spare wheel, just a can of 'spray it in and hope for the best' gloop instead. To clarify, from the insider POV, the EU really pushed emissions for new cars. Emissions are directly linked to fuel consumption. When we had to figure out how to lose 20kg or so from a car, it really is the most obvious answer (spare wheel, plus tool kit), PLUS on a smaller car you end up with a significant % gain for boot space. It's one of those things that some people complain about because it affects them, but it's not uncommon to buy a 15+ year old car where the spare wheel has never been used. You can usually option one anyway for all but the smallest of cars. A lot of people wanted that £20/30 tax bracket, but complained about the sacrifices, but you can just spec it on later and bizarrely it makes no odds for all the emissions ratings.
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cjj
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Aug 27, 2020 16:07:15 GMT
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For me personally, it's probably Impact Guns.
You can get 240v ones now very cheap and it's just incredible how much difference it makes on an older car.
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Aug 27, 2020 16:29:21 GMT
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Full engine management.
Getting complete control over the fuel and spark dramatically improves efficiency, durability and fuel economy. Not having any adjustments removes any temptation to curse word about with settings, fooling yourself into thinking you're 'tuning' it.
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Aug 27, 2020 17:10:58 GMT
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Best product I have bought is a Sealey brake bleeding pressure pump, so much better than Eezibleed as there is no spare to faff around with (if you've got one!) and my Missus won't do the up/down brake pedal thing any more as in her words "it's your hobby not mine" One of the first to remove spare wheels was Mercedes as they had stats that showed on average a puncture only occurred every 85k which was usually well outside warranty, so they initially offered roadside assistance to repair/replace the wheel for cars in warranty. It has never been about weight, its money. Spare and tyre at the factory about £40-100 per unit dependent on size and numbers used. Chinese made pump and bottle of gunk about £1 a unit or possibly less. Multiply the figure by 10's or 100's of thousands (model dependent) and you save a lot of money.
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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oilit
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Aug 27, 2020 17:49:13 GMT
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controversial I know - but the biggest change which will filter down to retro rides cars as well:
Electric cars - no real maintenance apart from brakes, tyres and screen wash.....if you are unlucky maybe a drive shaft boot?
they will tell you there is - but the reality is a lot of the Leafs & Tesla's out there have no service history ...
I had a leaf for four years, and once out of warranty didn't bother - the plug in scanner tells you everything you need to know.
Just drive until battery is dead then scrap it.
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2020 17:50:34 GMT by oilit
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cjj
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Aug 27, 2020 17:56:19 GMT
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controversial I know - but the biggest change which will filter down to retro rides cars as well: Electric cars - no real maintenance apart from brakes, tyres and screen wash.....if you are unlucky maybe a drive shaft boot? they will tell you there is - but the reality is a lot of the Leafs & Tesla's out there have no service history ... I had a leaf for four years, and once out of warranty didn't bother - the plug in scanner tells you everything you need to know. Just drive until battery is dead then scrap it. Tbf you still have a cooling system for the battery.
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kabman
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Aug 27, 2020 18:30:03 GMT
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Tbf you still have a cooling system for the battery. Not on a Leaf. Leafs (Leaves ?) are relatively problem free though. I've been doing a bit of work on EVs recently and, although there may be less routine maintenance, there is a lot of additional curse word to go wrong (Tesla - I'm looking at you here)
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Aug 27, 2020 21:27:25 GMT
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Oscilloscope for diagnostics. With a 2 channel scope you can check timing (as in belt/chain and as in points), compression, fuel pressure, the performance of many different sensors (eg cam, crank, abs, map, maf, O2, temperature), the CAN bus, injector performance, coil performance, misfires, sticking valves, blocked exhausts.... and on and on. Together with a basic OBD2 reader and ever more available electrical/workshop manuals there is now a huge amount of diagnostic power for DIY prices.
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cjj
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Aug 27, 2020 21:29:40 GMT
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Tbf you still have a cooling system for the battery. Not on a Leaf. Leafs (Leaves ?) are relatively problem free though. I've been doing a bit of work on EVs recently and, although there may be less routine maintenance, there is a lot of additional curse word to go wrong (Tesla - I'm looking at you here) The Leaf has a cooling system for the motor (first change is at 125k/15y, then every 48k/4yr after that), but I should clarify that I was implying all feasible BEVs will/should also have battery cooling. Battery cooling is vital to longevity and improved charging, so I wouldn't expect the future to be without it unless something revolutionary happens in the battery area.
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2020 21:30:13 GMT by cjj
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