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Feb 22, 2008 20:20:55 GMT
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You were warned in the title... spend my day off working on the Mazda today. I dislike modern cars to work on. I never have the right metric tools or the appropriate special headed driver things. I alsodislike rear disk brakes. What tosser thought the 626 didn't just need rear drums? Meh. So now they sieze on when you are driving. Which isn't ideal. Was hoping to do some work on the Cortina but nope, spent it all faffing with this 'un. At least its all serviced and we'll see how that brake gets on. I suspect I'm going to need rear callipers though. Or whatever piece of engineering from hades it is responsbile. Plus a CV joint, 2 or 3 tyres, front discs, wishbone bushes... FFS. Pay someone to do it or use up all my tinkering time fixing the modern? Also found some part I can't identify which appears to have fallen off but is still in the engine bay connected to all its pipes and stuff. Nice. Gave it a quick wash too. Moderns - great to give to the wife to daily, crappy to work on.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 22, 2008 20:30:21 GMT
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Its scrubs well, if that makes you feel any better. I know what you mean about moderns, Renault say they Clio has to be jacked up to change the front fog light bulbs, so they won't be getting changed then.
More on topic I know a someone in Mansfield who deals in Mazda parts if thats any help to you.
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205 GTi Mi16
205 XS - Now in filmidget's signature
Clio dci 80
I've found in life if someone is an idiot, they generally stay and idiot.
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Feb 22, 2008 20:33:14 GMT
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Pay someone to do it if you like. Just had 2 vans serviced + MoT'd at the main stealers, over £1200 just for simple stuff that really I could have done most of myself. I'd keep skinning your knuckles, swearing & moaning if I were you.
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Feb 22, 2008 21:08:40 GMT
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Is this some sort of paralell universe where you read someone else having your day? My mazda 626 has munched its rear calipers, and a front CV joint is knocking rather loudly, the front disks STILL need changing and its now got a slow puncture and a flat spare thanks to me lending it to my dad (who drove over a box of nails at B&Q). So I'm driving the cortina and the masza is sulking in the yard next to the (still broken) recovery truck. And they say old fords are unreliable? Well, at least you can get the bits and they fix with the spanners you own.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in
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Feb 22, 2008 22:08:11 GMT
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LMAO @ Scaryoldcortina. I feel better now.
I forgot to mention the radio aerial. It doesn't go up or down but the motor still tries (for quite some time when you start or shut off the car) so you get this baleful wailing noise which lasts about 2-3 minutes and an occasional smell of burning electrical stuff. A little disconcerting to say the least.
Meh.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 22, 2008 22:12:41 GMT
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LMAO @ Scaryoldcortina. I feel better now. I forgot to mention the radio aerial. It doesn't go up or down but the motor still tries (for quite some time when you start or shut off the car) so you get this baleful wailing noise which lasts about 2-3 minutes and an occasional smell of burning electrical stuff. A little disconcerting to say the least. Meh. my car wouldn't lock the central locking and when i turned the ignition on to fix it and the dead sunroof the wires decided to burn and now i have to strip the whole car out. which means buying female torx bits as well. so shush
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Feb 22, 2008 22:16:42 GMT
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Hey Al! Pay me to do it! 1. Just along the road (kinda) 2. Used to working on Modern curse word 3. Skint! ;D ;D ;D
No-one else has pointed out the ironic registration on the Mazda! (Working its self into a...)
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chrisw
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Feb 22, 2008 22:33:26 GMT
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My old CRXs got through a few rear calipers. I did one for my brother when he had one as well and I timed it. From end to end it took 19mins....and I knew the torque figures off the top of my head, says it all really!
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Feb 22, 2008 22:42:25 GMT
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I think it is a Japanese thing. Nissan primeras, Honda CRXs, Suzuki Ignis sports, Mitsubishi carismas and Mazda MX5s all have crappy rear calipers. Good idea in theory but rear pads don't move enough to stop them sticking. Doesnt help that they are clamped on by the handbrake.
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Feb 22, 2008 22:51:47 GMT
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Never mind, it's 15 years old and will be a retro soon! ;D You wait until you've got a car that you have to plug a laptop into to put the brake calipers into 'sleep' mode just to change the pads. If you don't the caliper pistons will have your fingers off!
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Aircooled is cool.......
But V8 is great!!!!!!
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Feb 22, 2008 22:59:01 GMT
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Hey Magnetteman! Apparently, you need to plug the latest Mondeos into the Ford computer when you want to shove the pistons back to change the pads or bleed the brakes.
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dugong
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If it's any consolation the steering on my C4 STILL fidgets and judders at speed and the back warped discs have a charming habit of announcing their presence by going BRRRRRRRRMMMNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEsqueal when you're at a set of lights, which can be quite embarassing.
Will Citroen admit that their rear caliper \ disc design is wibblepoo? No. They say I've been ragging it. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. It's definitely not your curse word design, the same design as the one used on the Xantias that caused loads of them to sail down hills backwards, definitely not no. Numpties.
*Is not impressed at prospect of having to spend £500 on a supposedly 'perfect' modern (tyres and discs) when he's just got the Volvo to sort and has just paid a crippling excess on it anyway*
Nnngh. Commiserations on the Spazda BTW.
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I love working on my "modern" 1997 Honda Prelude, its very easy Took me 20 mins to change a rear wheelbearing, and about 30 to change front brake pads Trough and trough, it seems very mechanically "old fashioned" No crappy plastic covering anything in the engine compartment and so.
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Alternatively, convince your wife that an older car is the way to go. My wife loves her little Mini - that said, that's a bee-atch to work on too so perhaps not actually any better! Must find a small child to work on the engine for us...
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1986 Citroen 2CV Dolly Other things. Check out my Blog for the latest! www.hubnut.org
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She's had a few Minis. Every job in the Haynes manual starts with "remove radiator grill. remove bonnet (assuming you are taller than 4'3") " You need to be double jointed for half the jobs on it. LOL.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault.
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dugong
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Feb 23, 2008 11:26:26 GMT
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Yeah, modern cars are a pain.... Much better to spend all day setting valve clearances, changing points and condenser and setting them, setting the timing, changing gearbox and axle oil, greasing suspension/UJs, adjusting brakes Ect, Ect... No no, I agree, modern cars are better..... But for the frigging price I paid for mine, and by and by I have not ragged it, it should be perfect, by definition. You pay top dollar for a modern car to be very good, if not perfect mechanically. My Volvo can throw a strop mechanically all it wants. It's been here 42 years and it cost me £500. My standards are nowhere near as high.
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Feb 23, 2008 11:39:46 GMT
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Company cars FTW! Nothing beats a company auto diesel V70 for everyday transport. It ALWAYS works, and if it doesnt they give you another car until it does
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1997 TVR Chimaera 2009 Westfield Megabusa
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Feb 23, 2008 16:26:09 GMT
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old cars are a pain too. Its just they are easier to work on when you need to. I don;t mind doign the service stuff on an older car. Makes it work better. On a modern its all "sealed for life" until it fails on you type stuff. And metric fastners.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 23, 2008 17:07:44 GMT
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Never really have a problem with moderns.... and I think it's down to the fact that I've always had German cars, and hence have a toolbox full of metric spanners. I can think of nothing more irritating that getting halfway into a job and finding I've not got the required tool - usually at 3.55pm on a Sunday just as Halfords is closing.
Having said that, I went to take the HT lead cover off the Vectra last week... and noticed it's held on with torx bolts of a very odd size. FFS. It's a plastic cover over the plugs and leads, not the bank of england. Why the 'security' bolts when everything else (throttle body, inlet, idle control valve, battery and probably stuff I've not had to remove before) is held on with nice metric standard bolts?
Apparently the new Skylines have electronics in most components (even consumables like brake pads and filters) that the ECU has to 'recognise' before it'll drive properly. Much the same way as computer printer manufacturers make (or try to make) their printers work with only original ink cartidges, Nissan want to make their car work with only Nissan parts. Apparently it's covered by DMCA laws too, so if you reverse-engineer the codes that makes stuff work you can be hung, drawn, quartered and then put in jail.
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Never trust a man Who names himself Trevor. Or one day you might find He's not a real drug dealer.
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