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HI! The choice for Sally i not the Ecoboost. If you are on a budget(i think we all where on a budget less or more)it#s better NOT to choose the modern high tech stuff. A 1,25l is a great reliable engine....Kevin's wife had one with 270 000km on the clock....it never lets her down. At 250000km we changed the timing belt first time....and it looks still good!Ford say change it after 90000km... Greet From “Mr Ford” this is great news indeed Thorsten. Thank you. A friend of my wife asked me to help selling her Ford Fiesta. The same model as Sally just bought. She had about 250.000km on her car. I was surprised what a nice car to drive. It was fast enough and comfortable to drive. I think she has done very well. It sounds to me like these are very good, if looked after. Sally needs to drive the car for 10 years.before she will buy another. By then we may be screwed for choice but hey…… thats not todays problem. Quoted from the question section. My last input on here about the car. Looks like a good little motor there grizz  The only real issue with the Sigma engine we've found at work, is that they like to use a drop of oil  Thankfully they only use a 5w30 fully synthetic, and are pretty easy to work on too! Oh, and spark plugs get done up too tight! Or the plug well gets damp in it from the under bonnet and scuttle panel  But thats easily sorted with a simple spark plug cover fashioned out of a piece of plastic attached to the existing holes in the cam cover  Thanks mate. I am very comfortable with a car using oil. It just means keep an eye on it and top up when needed. Simple really. I will tell her to mention the plugs to the mechanic she uses. I need to see what you mean with a cover as that one is new to me. More concerning, because I have a critical eye, was the rats nest I found in the corner of the drivers side fencer, just under the bonnet hinge……. No idea where it found the foam to create its bed, and what looks like some black plastic bag chewed up. I would like to believe it was stood in a garage where Mr Rat decided it was a good bit of real estate.  Other than that, the interior is immaculate, and the carpark scuff on the passenger side rear corner will be fixed this week, hopefully.  Here’s to a happy owner. Or else I may have to drown her. |
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Almost 11.12 already on Sunday. Slow start after two or three days wasted with randoms stuff like finding a car for Sally. Bought a one year old, water dispenser in door fridge that has a RRP of £336.00 for £50.00 yesterday, did not realise it was 45 miles from home, so 90 mile trip at 5.00pm yesterday, but still worth having for the lodgers, as I have a second guy from next week, and freezer space is always an issue in the double door American in the kitchen. Removed the undercounter fridge one lodger uses and replaced with this one this morning. FREE MONEY……… GOTTA LOVE IT. My last day off work, back on Monday, then the honeymoon is over. Today I need to lift the front end again, remove that shock, grind back the broken stud, and use these special drill bits to make a space for a new bolt and nut to hold the shock in place. I went to my new best friend, nuts n bolts guy and mentioned what I needed. He suggested a “Dormer Tin coated drill bit” so I got a 4mm and 9mm that should do the job. Bought about 2 38mm Penny washers to use when fixing the seats onto the floor.  And just looking at this, take when I disassembled and cleaned the front end, it seems lucky-ish that it is a rivet, rather than a bolt, as Bob Heine observed.  Without getting our collective moral knickers in a twist, I found a MAC Tools 8mm deep reach and driver deep in a cars engine bay this week. It has obviously been there a while, rusty and very dirty, so cleaned it up and added to my tools.  Headed out to go drill out that stud. Wish me luck. |
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Last Edit: Jan 9, 2022 11:51:28 GMT by grizz
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Nice find. Got my best 19mm Mac spanner in a similar fashion. Also on a similar note, Mr mouse nested in my work van over Christmas and had a special meal of the vac line from vacuum pump to servo = no brakes!  |
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Nice find. Got my best 19mm Mac spanner in a similar fashion. Also on a similar note, Mr mouse nested in my work van over Christmas and had a special meal of the vac line from vacuum pump to servo = no brakes! BURGER !!! BURGER !! Coz we cannot swear on here. That sucks big time mate. I hope there are no surprises in Sally’s car. |
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QUESTION TIME:
Offset number plate out front.
Either on the bumper with a regular plate.
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Sticker on the edge of the fender.
Bring your knowledge and real life experience and share it now.
I like the idea of a stick on plate but no idea about current legislation and more importantly, enforcement.
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Proper number plate would be my preference! It can always be moved about as the mood takes you, whereas a sticker one is one shot and done (And I despise number plate stickers at the best of times anyway) |
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Last Edit: Jan 9, 2022 12:18:33 GMT by mk2cossie
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Proper number plate instead of stick on.
Offset ones always look like you're trying too hard.
Hang it under, and someway back from, the centre of the front bumper.
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As said above , undef the centre of the bumper , tucked back a bit .  |
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Like the beetle, but angled the other way, spoiler style
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Proper number plate would be my preference! It can always be moved about as the mood takes you, whereas a sticker one is one shot and done (And I despise number plate stickers at the best of times anyway) Hmmmmm, we will have to see what happens. Proper number plate instead of stick on. Offset ones always look like you're trying too hard. Hang it under, and someway back from, the centre of the front bumper. I am trying hard. @redratbikemwas chatting with me earlier. Suggesting a mesh type effect, shaped between the fender and bumper to camouflage the suspension. Whatever I do needs to enhance the lowered look too. As said above , undef the centre of the bumper , tucked back a bit . I like the idea. Somehow it needs to not self destruct though, being as low. Like the beetle, but angled the other way, spoiler style I prefer the angled back way as it will absorb impacts a bit better, I think. |
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Soooooooo Out the house only at 12.30 to start working….// Felt like I was on the set of Magnum PI Helicopter over my garage……  Procrastinating It was possibly the prospect of trying to remove that broken bolt. Paul Y told me that when he worked in the trade they saw a fair amount of these broken. So they drilled them out and fitted new bolts and nuts. What could go wrong. So I jacked the front up, removed the wheel, unbolted the new shock, and put some axle stands in place. Plan was to grind the broken stud flush, use a punch, mark a centre and then start with the 4mm drill and then hopefully follow up with the 9mm drill. Laying there, I thought about it and then fetched the BFH What was to be lost. Wallop Wallop Wallop WALLOP !! Felt the riveted head and thought it felt like a small gap had developed. Two more whacks and PING !  Burger !  What a pleasure, having then put a 9mm drill through the hole, I threaded a new bolt in there, refitted the shock absorber and using a spring washer and a long necked ring spanner, I managed to get it all tightened down. 10 minutes later. Job done.  While reassembling the front end, I looked back toward the rear wheel and found myself talking to the car, saying to it that I really liked it and enjoyed what was happening. The 195 width is actually wider than the photo shows, and the way it sits in the wheel arch as well as the steel rim, made my heart pretty happy. The planned 215 will be just a bit wider, a bit better.  In life we need to celebrate the little wins. Today the BFH ensured that I celebrate. . |
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Last Edit: Jan 9, 2022 22:05:29 GMT by grizz
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Anything you put in the front of the car to hide the suspension is likely to look uglier than what you're trying to hide. Like front spoiler on a Panther Kalista.
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Anything you put in the front of the car to hide the suspension is likely to look uglier than what you're trying to hide. Like front spoiler on a Panther Kalista. I do get you. And it may just stay conservative. |
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Last Edit: Jan 9, 2022 22:33:20 GMT by grizz
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So……. That license plate placement chestnut. Trying to somehow camouflage the front suspension a bit.  Placement options. Straight cover of the view  Or offset below…. Not my choice.  Standard, conservative look. Maybe just tucked under, canted rearward.  Looking at it again………. Makes me wonder. While working down at the garage, I went up to the house to sort selling the small fridge. Walking back, I saw this pic and realised my privilege, thankful that I built the carport last year, and also previous planning and changes previously set up for the future, which is now, what I am missing is actually……… Gas station forecourt boards hanging down from the top of the carport roof. Need to give this a bit of thought I think. Imagine a 450mm to 750mm high frontal facade with some gas station advertising.  |
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Central, under the bumper, set back in line with the rear face of the box section bumper.
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double the height of the bumper and fit the number plates is another way
doesn’t have to be box section could be a plate with some laser cut slots/ design in it
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double the height of the bumper and fit the number plates is another way doesn’t have to be box section could be a plate with some laser cut slots/ design in it meant to add maybe off the back of the bumper and only under the wings |
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Not quite sure why you want to 'hide' the suspension, with the bumper bar in place the eye isn't immediately drawn to it (all black components), unless you mention it ! With the numberplate central and at rear edge of bumper bar, it (the suspension), is not really noticeable at all ... K.I.S.S  |
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2022 7:46:28 GMT by westbay
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ps well done with the bolt ! love a quick win |
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Ref. your "garage / workshop" area, having been lucky enough to see it in person it's an area to be envious of,
You had clearly put a lot of thought and work into it and can now reap the rewards,
Nigel
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BMW E39 525i Sport
BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.)
BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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