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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: TheBoy on 05 April 2009, 21:24:17
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Yesterday, MV6 has had a oil change and around 30 coolant flushes, new coolant bottle to cure the coolant warning. Also gave the lawnmower a once over, ready for the summer, clean and regapped plug, cleaned air filter, and a dose of Vx semi synth. Then thought I'd better use it - so that means that will be my weekly chore until autumn :(
Also, took the MV6 for a little 'test', fuel light was on, so chucked in £10 worth of BP. Didn't last long ::)
Today, did the aux belt, right bastard for some reason.
Then as it was a nice day, decided to strip that old tractor engine thats been sat in my garage. Stripped right down now, right done to the block. Never knew those crankshafts where so flipping heavy :o
Knackered now, the amount of bending over as the engine was on the floor, I guess I'll regret it tomorrow :'(
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You have been busy.
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That engine had had something like Slick50 in it I reckon >:(
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
LOL, mine was just dark brown from last year, so not in too bad nick....
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
LOL, mine was just dark brown from last year, so not in too bad nick....
This one hashad annual servicing by a professonal.
I have now fully stripped it, cleaned it, ground the blades in, setup the drive and brade levers the lot!
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
LOL, mine was just dark brown from last year, so not in too bad nick....
This one hashad annual servicing by a professonal.
I have now fully stripped it, cleaned it, ground the blades in, setup the drive and brade levers the lot!
I no longer have a grinder, so not sharpened blade yet. I'll whip it off next time I see my little brother and let him sharpen it - if he hasn't killed himself with those duff brakes of his ;D
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i got up around 10 ish, watched the GP, played xbox COD5, then errr, played more xbox.
Finished off the day with some more xbox and cod5
Nearly beat my record, 35 kills in a row while in my tank ::)
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
LOL, mine was just dark brown from last year, so not in too bad nick....
This one hashad annual servicing by a professonal.
I have now fully stripped it, cleaned it, ground the blades in, setup the drive and brade levers the lot!
I no longer have a grinder, so not sharpened blade yet. I'll whip it off next time I see my little brother and let him sharpen it - if he hasn't killed himself with those duff brakes of his ;D
Blade...just the one! ;D
This is a cylidner mowers so its coarse carborundum paste on the blade tips and rotate it backwards against the knife 100 times.
They cut paper quite nicely now!
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
LOL, mine was just dark brown from last year, so not in too bad nick....
This one hashad annual servicing by a professonal.
I have now fully stripped it, cleaned it, ground the blades in, setup the drive and brade levers the lot!
I no longer have a grinder, so not sharpened blade yet. I'll whip it off next time I see my little brother and let him sharpen it - if he hasn't killed himself with those duff brakes of his ;D
Blade...just the one! ;D
This is a cylidner mowers so its coarse carborundum paste on the blade tips and rotate it backwards against the knife 100 times.
They cut paper quite nicely now!
Fancy a cylinder one myself, but this one still works fine, so will keep it until it fails. Its Honda, so direct drive, so good chance I'll bend the crank one day ;D
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Was up just after 06.00, showered & breakfast. Went to a car boot & turned around when i got there, they where nose to tail for 3/4 of mile at 07.30 waiting to park :o :o :o
Decided to go to another & got a few bargains for work- 12" Bahco adjustables for £5.00 & a tool box full of sockets, spanners etc also for a fiver= NICE 8-) 8-) :y
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I did a bit of ironing today, don't know what all the woman moan about, it was dead easy ::)
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
I haven't really got to change the oil on the mower have I? we had it as a wedding Prezzie 5 years ago and apart from put petrol in it i haven't really serviced it ::)
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I got Mick Dundees car running very nicely today....and fitted some new door locks....and looked at an astra with a lumpy idle,
And changed the oil on the mower for the 3rd time in 3 mows (I will get it clean!)
I haven't really got to change the oil on the mower have I? we had it as a wedding Prezzie 5 years ago and apart from put petrol in it i haven't really serviced it ::)
I've never changed the oil on mine, its electric :P
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
Bloody hell Dean, are you still decorating :o :o :o You were doing that the last time we spoke & that was a while back. What you got, a Mansion ;)
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Gardening (mowing and strimming) and arc-welding today; making a start on a hydraulic log-splitter project. ;)
.....oh, and the usual house and farm daily work. :y
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
got bike out to clean it give it a polish .went for a little blast at 10 30 got carried away and came back home at 6 30 her indoors was not happy :( had to buy a curry to make her a bit happy :D :D roll on next sunday :y :y
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
Bloody hell Dean, are you still decorating :o :o :o You were doing that the last time we spoke & that was a while back. What you got, a Mansion ;)
have used 3 pots of filler each containing 5ltrs but have completed 3 rooms the hallway landing and stairs now. next she'll pester for new kitchen and bathroom :-[ :( :-[
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Well I found the thermostat and CTP today - tucked in the boot ::)
Still haven't found my 1/4" socket stuff, but found a huge stash of A?F spanners!
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Nearly finished the garden path started in 2007.
(last year fall, 2007 winter after I had finished patio)
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
Bloody hell Dean, are you still decorating :o :o :o You were doing that the last time we spoke & that was a while back. What you got, a Mansion ;)
have used 3 pots of filler each containing 5ltrs but have completed 3 rooms the hallway landing and stairs now. next she'll pester for new kitchen and bathroom :-[ :( :-[
That's what i'm having next. The builder should be here soon to take a wall out & then it's kitchen hunting time :) The house will complete then :y Think i'll extend the garage next 8-) 8-) :y :y :y :y
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more decorating :( all alone with no help as she was out shoppin for baby stuff again :(
Bloody hell Dean, are you still decorating :o :o :o You were doing that the last time we spoke & that was a while back. What you got, a Mansion ;)
have used 3 pots of filler each containing 5ltrs but have completed 3 rooms the hallway landing and stairs now. next she'll pester for new kitchen and bathroom :-[ :( :-[
That's what i'm having next. The builder should be here soon to take a wall out & then it's kitchen hunting time :) The house will complete then :y Think i'll extend the garage next 8-) 8-) :y :y :y :y
carpet fitted in living room tomorrow then when everything put back in place then decorating done until weather stops me sweating in garden and laying paths and putting a pebbled area down for shed and playhouse
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Had a visit from a fellow Count ( cousin) who brought along one of those little RC wasps - had great fun trying to fly the litle b*gg*r :D
Genealogically he is senior in line to me ..... does that make him a "Big Count" ::)
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Had a visit from a fellow Count ( cousin) who brought along one of those little RC wasps - had great fun trying to fly the litle b*gg*r :D
Genealogically he is senior in line to me ..... does that make him a "Big Count" ::)
Surely, a Head Count? ;D
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Had a visit from a fellow Count ( cousin) who brought along one of those little RC wasps - had great fun trying to fly the litle b*gg*r :D
Genealogically he is senior in line to me ..... does that make him a "Big Count" ::)
Surely, a Head Count? ;D
If he discovered The Lord and became "Born Again" -- would that make him a Recount ? ::)
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Went out bought a second hand cheapo cement mixer for doing some odd jobs here & daughters at some point, did a bit of painting, walked the mutt, tinkered with caravan, watched footy bugger!! soted garage out a bit (needs a big sort out).............. :y
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Well I found the thermostat and CTP today - tucked in the boot ::)
Still haven't found my 1/4" socket stuff, but found a huge stash of A?F spanners!
you can always melt em down :y
apart from 3/4 AF thats 19mm ::)
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Oh, also on Saturday afternoon filed down the front pads a little in the hope they'd get some of their bite back ::)
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Yesterday, MV6 has had a oil change and around 30 coolant flushes, new coolant bottle to cure the coolant warning. Also gave the lawnmower a once over, ready for the summer, clean and regapped plug, cleaned air filter, and a dose of Vx semi synth. Then thought I'd better use it - so that means that will be my weekly chore until autumn :(
Also, took the MV6 for a little 'test', fuel light was on, so chucked in £10 worth of BP. Didn't last long ::)
Today, did the aux belt, right bastard for some reason.
Then as it was a nice day, decided to strip that old tractor engine thats been sat in my garage. Stripped right down now, right done to the block. Never knew those crankshafts where so flipping heavy :o
Knackered now, the amount of bending over as the engine was on the floor, I guess I'll regret it tomorrow :'(
OMG not again!
What have you done to it now?
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Yesterday, MV6 has had a oil change and around 30 coolant flushes, new coolant bottle to cure the coolant warning. Also gave the lawnmower a once over, ready for the summer, clean and regapped plug, cleaned air filter, and a dose of Vx semi synth. Then thought I'd better use it - so that means that will be my weekly chore until autumn :(
Also, took the MV6 for a little 'test', fuel light was on, so chucked in £10 worth of BP. Didn't last long ::)
Today, did the aux belt, right bastard for some reason.
Then as it was a nice day, decided to strip that old tractor engine thats been sat in my garage. Stripped right down now, right done to the block. Never knew those crankshafts where so flipping heavy :o
Knackered now, the amount of bending over as the engine was on the floor, I guess I'll regret it tomorrow :'(
OMG not again!
What have you done to it now?
Partially neglected it. All my spanner twiddling for past 2 years has pretty much been on tractor. So, apart from oil changes, MV6 fluids have been untouched since the HGs were down last May (had 1 quick oil/coolant flush though about week after HG change).
The coolant was a bloody filthy colour...
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Phew, thought It was dying again :'(
I'm crapping it as well, I had coolant low message at the weekend :'(
Stayed full since though :y
2 Bloody checks on way to work though, HID Level sensor again, and bloody gearbox >:(
I need to flush mine I think, disgusting as well, did have a heater matrix blocked, plus a good dose of radweld in there ;D
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Yesterday, MV6 has had a oil change and around 30 coolant flushes, new coolant bottle to cure the coolant warning. Also gave the lawnmower a once over, ready for the summer, clean and regapped plug, cleaned air filter, and a dose of Vx semi synth. Then thought I'd better use it - so that means that will be my weekly chore until autumn :(
Also, took the MV6 for a little 'test', fuel light was on, so chucked in £10 worth of BP. Didn't last long ::)
Today, did the aux belt, right bastard for some reason.
Then as it was a nice day, decided to strip that old tractor engine thats been sat in my garage. Stripped right down now, right done to the block. Never knew those crankshafts where so flipping heavy :o
Knackered now, the amount of bending over as the engine was on the floor, I guess I'll regret it tomorrow :'(
OMG not again!
What have you done to it now?
I'm crapping it as well, I had coolant low message at the weekend :'(
Stayed full since though :y
2 Bloody checks on way to work though, HID Level sensor again, and bloody gearbox >:(
Was the coolant low? Mine wasn't, turns out it is possible to have 3 faulty 2nd hand coolant bottles in a row ;D. £24+VAT for a new bottle cured the intermittent warning on mine ;)
Gearbox - worth checking level, and allowing a little to run out to check colour/condition. Only 1yr old, so if burnt, you have a problem
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Phew, thought It was dying again :'(
I'm crapping it as well, I had coolant low message at the weekend :'(
Stayed full since though :y
2 Bloody checks on way to work though, HID Level sensor again, and bloody gearbox >:(
I need to flush mine I think, disgusting as well, did have a heater matrix blocked, plus a good dose of radweld in there ;D
No, definately not, boy was she anxious on Saturday when I took her out for a spin. Really shagged the brakes now though, I've filed the pad slightly, see if they come back when bedded in again, but wouldn't be surprised if it has some new pads and another brake bleed...
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My coolant was low, bottle almost empty low :'(
Gearbox has been getting little topups, fluid is manky as hell :'(
Mark has suggested tighting the bands or something, but not tried it yet (plus dont have a 5nm torque wrench) wouldnt suprise me if thrust washer gone as well :'(
Drops out on a pretty much daily basis at the mo.
I'm thinking it could be new box time, this one is 130K and not happy.
Sorry to say I checked autotrader and ebay yesterday :-[
also put new drop links on hers, do you need any spares? ;D
Need to do her Dis pack, leads and plugs as well :'(
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My coolant was low, bottle almost empty low :'(
Gearbox has been getting little topups, fluid is manky as hell :'(
Mark has suggested tighting the bands or something, but not tried it yet (plus dont have a 5nm torque wrench) wouldnt suprise me if thrust washer gone as well :'(
Drops out on a pretty much daily basis at the mo.
I'm thinking it could be new box time, this one is 130K and not happy.
Sorry to say I checked autotrader and ebay yesterday :-[
also put new drop links on hers, do you need any spares? ;D
Need to do her Dis pack, leads and plugs as well :'(
My torque wrench goes down to 6Nm if that helps. No idea how to adjust band. From memory, trush wash not too difficult itself, but getting box on and off can be difficult.
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Well I found the thermostat and CTP today - tucked in the boot ::)
Still haven't found my 1/4" socket stuff, but found a huge stash of A?F spanners!
you can always melt em down :y
apart from 3/4 AF thats 19mm ::)
1/2" is a tight 13mm as well ;D
They may get used. Depends on what is found for the children when they are old enough.