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Apr 25, 2021 10:29:48 GMT
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...and some slave labour...  I have trouble keeping fully up to date with the constant fleet changes, and don't remember that pressure washer before , but i deffo only recall you having one child? I'm not fussed whose children I employ for slave labour...this is just another local ragamuffin, nothing to do with me 🤣 |
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Apr 25, 2021 13:25:52 GMT
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Just caught up with this lot.
Love the randomness and fun.
Bookmarked!
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Apr 25, 2021 21:32:38 GMT
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Just caught up with this lot. Love the randomness and fun. Bookmarked! Wow! I feel like I’ve made it now...I’ve been reading your threads for YEARS and they never fail to entertain. I’ll try to keep up the randomness...there may well be another arrival in the stable next week if the eBay action I won is remotely close to being accurate 🤫 |
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Let's try this again, shall we?  Ludicrous box with two sheets of polystyrene inside, the radiator just rattling around in transit. Didn't expect my first job to be fishing polystyrene balls out of the oil cooler, but there I was with a fine pick and the Dyson...  In she goes...   Replaced the spinning no-longer-captive nut with an M8 nyloc nut.  Rescued the big fat washer from the old rusted bolt...that's factree  Hooked up the switches and the lines, filled up the expansion tank, ran her to temp, waited for leaks, waiting for the fan to kick in. All gravy. Except the fan never went off. Top hose piping hot, coolant seems to be circulating. Bottom hose - cold. Dammit. Took her once around the block to confirm. Yup, thermostat must be stuck shut. Sigh, another car that of mine that needs a thermostat - not long done one on the Paseo. No idea how long it's been like that, the fan is so powerful that even sat in traffic by the recycling centre for half an hour the other week she never went above halfway. Thankfully my local ECP reopened recently (having been shut for about 2 years...I have no idea why), so 30 minutes and £7 later I had a fresh thermostat in my possession.  Back up in the air, coolant (carefully) drained in order to reuse - noticing that the new radiator doesn't have a drain plug so had to detach the bottom hose. Of course it doesn't.  Like so much on this car, the thermostat is remarkably accessible and very simple to replace. Every time she upsets me I can't help but come back to loving her...  Two T40 torx bolts later  Yeah I don't think that top pipe's ever been detached. Crumbly  Old vs. new - nothing obviously amiss but the spring on the old one (on the left) did look a little corroded  The housing is made of good strong Swedish (presumably) metal, so a blast with a wire brush had her looking ship shape.  So, coolant back in, run up to temp...waited for a fan that never cut in. Top hose hot, bottom hose followed eventually. I think we're back in business! |
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jamesd1972
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Assume the thermostat is attached to the top hose ? I did something similar recently on the LR convinced something was amiss as the top of the rad was hot and the bottom cold but just turned out that the rad was simply doing its job. Taking the water pump and thermostat off to work out I'm a numpty was a little painful. If you still have the old stat I'd chuck it in a pan of water to check it opens - be surprised if it doesn't. Did the fan kick in with new stat ? If ambient temp is low might not cut in too much anyway ?
Still with a new rad and thermostat and some fresh coolant you have a bit of insurance on an old car against getting hot, nice to see an old smoker getting some love, came up well and the boxy look is nicely classic now.
James
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Assuming your local ECP is Braintree (you've recommended a tyre place in Witham previously), it's been closed because the neighbouring unit was destroyed by fire about three/four years ago and ECP's been shut since until recently. I think that it needed to be closed while the debris was cleared and a new next door was built.
Loving the Volvo, just waiting for you to get it all done and then flog it!
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Assuming your local ECP is Braintree (you've recommended a tyre place in Witham previously), it's been closed because the neighbouring unit was destroyed by fire about three/four years ago and ECP's been shut since until recently. I think that it needed to be closed while the debris was cleared and a new next door was built. Loving the Volvo, just waiting for you to get it all done and then flog it! I remember the fire...although wasn't aware it would take this long to open again. It's actually further from me than Harlow, and about equidistant to Chelmsford, but by far the easiest to get to... |
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Forgive me RR for I have sinned...yes, I've added to the fleet by mistake...  |
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jamesd1972
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That’s a 2 tonne mistake...
Hopefully V8 or unkillable 6 ?
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That’s a 2 tonne mistake... Hopefully V8 or unkillable 6 ? Nice James Yeah I’ve been hearing that a lot...won’t be the first or last tho. 4.0l in-line six with only 80k on the clock...and a dent/scratch/crack in every panel so she looks like she’s done triple that 😬. I’ll try and do a proper update and overview this weekend. |
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You really are a glutton for punishment... 🤣🤣
How many in the fleet now? I’m losing count.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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You really are a glutton for punishment... 🤣🤣 How many in the fleet now? I’m losing count.  |
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Ahem...so Jeep sitrep this morning (not all my photos, some from the ad)   All the beigeness...a very comfy place to be.    No shortage of battle scars     First job? Well, if you're wondering then YES it IS possible to fit 5 offroad tyres in the back of a 1 series...just so long as visibility isn't your thing.  So let's get her up in the air, fit some budget 2" lift blocks, and whack the wheels on eh? Ah  FFS  I hate locking wheel nuts with a passion and had already bought 4 standard nuts with a view to just binning these. Got 1 done before this happened. Of course I don't have any locking wheel nut removers. They'll be here tomorrow...so no lifty lifty fun times today. So what else to do? Well, the stereo doesn't work. Actually, it would appear the stereo works just fine, but the external amplifier is putting nothing out. Helpfully the amp lives under the rear seat, so no crawling around in the boot for me!  Expecting all the pins with my test light showed good live and remote feeds, and voltage being put out to all speakers. 12v across the terminals, so suspect the amp is dead? It was about at this point that I ran out of talent...I have no idea what I'm looking at here.  So I went rifling through the garage to see what I had...lo and behold, a good (much better in fact) amp that fits in the same slot.   Through the magic of Google I was able to find a wiring diagram, so I took a spur from the readily available live/ground/signal wires to feed my amp. I still had to run a phono cable to the front (where I was swapping out the old tape deck HU anyway)...   Result? Well, in a word, noooooo. Still no sound. Pretty sure it was my fault as there were lots of different speaker wires in the two original plugs and there was no semblance of order. So, assuming they were 20+ year old garbage anyway, I 1) Found a pair of 6x9s that used to live in the back of the KA9 Legend 2) Wired them directly to the new amp. Sound! Bizarrely the Jeep has 6x9s in the front doors, so I ran fresh cable front to back and replaced one before running out of time today. It sounds exactly as you would expect - like a 6x9 shoehorned into a door, but it's better than nothing. Can I ask you to pour one out for my homeboy here. We've soldered many good wires together and burned a hole in my shoes and trousers on more than one occasion  . Remember that big dent/crack in the front bumper...?   Well, can a 4x4 legitimately have drift stitches? Took the front bumper off (2 10mm bolts and a few plastic lugs / crosshead screws...quite a few less than it came from the factory with due to some snapping and some rusting away). Broke out the heat gun, hit it with a hammer, then drilled some holes and stitched with cable ties. It's removed a sharp edge that someone fussy may have a problem with...in fact I think it's good for another 100 miles like that. A quick brimsk on eBay shows 4 bumpers all within about 25 miles of me should I need one...they're largely disposable at this point. Got to admit I thought I'd get more done today. I've still got to swap out another speaker, do an oil change / trans flush / spark plug change, and then wrestle the old wheels off, fit the lifting blocks, and new wheels on. Longer evenings will help, but I've still got a lot to be getting on with... |
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May 11, 2021 11:24:42 GMT
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removing the bolts (which took some persuading tbh) revealed a very pleasing WHOOSH-hisssss noise. I presume they're plugged up and pressure tested in the factory before testing, and it saves time and energy to just leave the plugs in. A/C condenser's etc are left filled with OFN (Oxygen Free Nitrogen) after pressure testing to stop damp air from getting in, which reduces the time you need to keep the vacuum pump on to get rid of moisture from the system, also helps prevent internal corrosion. |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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May 11, 2021 12:51:12 GMT
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removing the bolts (which took some persuading tbh) revealed a very pleasing WHOOSH-hisssss noise. I presume they're plugged up and pressure tested in the factory before testing, and it saves time and energy to just leave the plugs in. A/C condenser's etc are left filled with OFN (Oxygen Free Nitrogen) after pressure testing to stop damp air from getting in, which reduces the time you need to keep the vacuum pump on to get rid of moisture from the system, also helps prevent internal corrosion. Well I never...every day's a school day. That's fascinating 🙂 |
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May 11, 2021 19:54:43 GMT
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With you on the locking wheel nuts, complete PITA. When did anybody come out to a car with standard wheels on bricks anyway? It’s not 1990 ! Commission for the salesman that’s all.
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May 11, 2021 20:41:54 GMT
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I’m with you on the locking wheel nuts too. Anyone who wants your wheels will be able to get around them, and the only people they cause any real aggro for are the owners. Straight in the bin when I get a car with them.
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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Paul
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May 11, 2021 20:52:35 GMT
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I’m with you on the locking wheel nuts too. Anyone who wants your wheels will be able to get around them, and the only people they cause any real aggro for are the owners. Straight in the bin when I get a car with them. And just like that... straight in the bin (eventually)  After a fair amount of hammering and swearing I think I've earned a small glass of vino |
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Last Edit: May 11, 2021 20:54:12 GMT by Paul
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Love this thread. Bookmarked  |
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