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Not my car so no photos but the Lynx effect still rules.
A Rover 220 diesel had been run out of fuel and would not start. I tried taking the rail pipe off the injectors and priming manually but to no avail. I then opened the airbox and spayed some Lynx in there while the engine was being turned over. I didn't think the gas would be flammable enough but it started and ran.
Reminded me of redneck nitrous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RAVBoYX5S0
A Rover 220 diesel had been run out of fuel and would not start. I tried taking the rail pipe off the injectors and priming manually but to no avail. I then opened the airbox and spayed some Lynx in there while the engine was being turned over. I didn't think the gas would be flammable enough but it started and ran.
Reminded me of redneck nitrous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RAVBoYX5S0
I had a good one yesterday. I bought some paint stripper about ten years ago to do a job that never happened so it has been on my shelf in my shed since. I have a spare set of wheels, loads of time (thanks to Corvid19) and some paint I bought for another job that never happened so I thought...
"Why not strip the wheels, paint them and sell them?"
...as I applied the stripper it didn't smell right, or of anything actually I put this down to age and carried on smothering the wheels with the stuff. Left them a while and came back to find nothing had happened. Turns out they put the wrong label on the bottle and it was two pack lacquer.
So now I have a mess as well as spare time and no paint stripper.
"Why not strip the wheels, paint them and sell them?"
...as I applied the stripper it didn't smell right, or of anything actually I put this down to age and carried on smothering the wheels with the stuff. Left them a while and came back to find nothing had happened. Turns out they put the wrong label on the bottle and it was two pack lacquer.
So now I have a mess as well as spare time and no paint stripper.
The drift MX5 is now a track day MX5...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
...almost.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
...almost.
Easy Driveway CSI today.
The MX5 running issues I put down to a faulty air flow sensor or fuel filter. I went for the easy option. Replaced the air flow sensor and the car now runs fine. 😉
The speedometer has never worked so I ordered a new cable and as the car wasn't on ramps took the dash apart. The cable was not attached went up and down the drive to see the cable rotate, plugged it back in and the speedo works.
New diff and bigger wheels so accuracy is an unknown but after a few swear word days it was nice for things to be a little less eventful.
The MX5 running issues I put down to a faulty air flow sensor or fuel filter. I went for the easy option. Replaced the air flow sensor and the car now runs fine. 😉
The speedometer has never worked so I ordered a new cable and as the car wasn't on ramps took the dash apart. The cable was not attached went up and down the drive to see the cable rotate, plugged it back in and the speedo works.
New diff and bigger wheels so accuracy is an unknown but after a few swear word days it was nice for things to be a little less eventful.
Paddock CSI and apart from the cheap brake pads lasting about twelve laps the only mechanical issue of the day...
...the gear selector gaiter split soaking my hand in warm gearbox oil and making a mess of the otherwise concourse dash.
Duct tape and a sponge cut in half and she was back on track until the pads wore away to nothing.
(photo taken after a warm up session and one quick-ish session)
...the gear selector gaiter split soaking my hand in warm gearbox oil and making a mess of the otherwise concourse dash.
Duct tape and a sponge cut in half and she was back on track until the pads wore away to nothing.
(photo taken after a warm up session and one quick-ish session)
Hammer67 said:
Bit of a strange one today.
My brother got recovered last week in his 53 plate 1.8 Tino with a broken RH front spring.
Car was abandoned at our parents house by a spec lift van.
So today, after a trip to Folkestone Library for a Covid test (negative) I trundle over with a boot full of tools and a new spring.
Not too bad a job once I`d shifted the 2 fooking tight bolts that hold the strut to the hub carrier. Put it all back together, stick the wheel back on and lower it down.
Get in, start it up, pull away and clang clang clang from the LH front.
Get out to look aaaaaaaannnnnd the frigging LH spring is in 2 pieces as well. FFS.
Rinse and repeat next week then.
I always replace all four springs at the same time. My brother got recovered last week in his 53 plate 1.8 Tino with a broken RH front spring.
Car was abandoned at our parents house by a spec lift van.
So today, after a trip to Folkestone Library for a Covid test (negative) I trundle over with a boot full of tools and a new spring.
Not too bad a job once I`d shifted the 2 fooking tight bolts that hold the strut to the hub carrier. Put it all back together, stick the wheel back on and lower it down.
Get in, start it up, pull away and clang clang clang from the LH front.
Get out to look aaaaaaaannnnnd the frigging LH spring is in 2 pieces as well. FFS.
Rinse and repeat next week then.
If one has broken the others will be weak. If the others are weak the new spring will make the car handle like crap.
Good practice doing it one at a time though.
I recently had to sell my MG ZS V6 and get something more comfortable for Mum. Arthritis has reached her spine and the bucket-ish seats and sporty suspension were too harsh for her. So I have a Volvo S40, 2.4 sadly automatic but LPG for a little bit of future proofing. LPG is less than half the price of petrol and now we're headed out of lockdown demand and therefore the price will go up even more. Already from £1.01 to £1.24 a litre locally. Also nearly every single electric car I have seen has been fully automatic. So this is a suck it up buttercup exercise in reality.
But; whoever did the last cam' belt change was a twunt of the highest order.
One of the engine mount bolts looked to have sheared off...
...and the other snapped while doing the school run...
Dropping the engine into the undertray...
...about an inch and a half from the looks of other engine bay features...
...so much so that the drive shaft CV was on the front subframe by the time I crawled home.
Now here's thing. Underneath the skin the S40 is basically a Ford. The Volvo engine has to marry up to a Mondeo mount. To do this there is a plate that goes between. Aluminium plate with high tensile steel bolts. Not a marriage made to last and it was only a matter of time before they got divorced. Why do I blame the belt changing twunt?
Every single bolt including the 10mm and 13mm one holding the plate to the engine needed a breaker bar to get off and one of the big bolts had rust where it had been sheared for some time.
My CSI guess is the whole thing had been done with an air or electric ratchet set too high, they knew the bolt had sheared but let the car go anyway.
So I needed to remove the plate so I could weld a nut to the end and try to remove the studs or drill them out. Nope it looked like two pieces but the belt had to come off to get to it so I bolted it back to the engine and used the welder carefully...
...until it packed in after twenty years of service. RIP buddy.
New 19mm bolts in place to replace the 17mm head 19mm threaded ones...
...and we're back on the road.
Oh after I found my CV strap thingy...
...gave it a good clean and sorted the boot out. It had been that long since I used it last.
But; whoever did the last cam' belt change was a twunt of the highest order.
One of the engine mount bolts looked to have sheared off...
...and the other snapped while doing the school run...
Dropping the engine into the undertray...
...about an inch and a half from the looks of other engine bay features...
...so much so that the drive shaft CV was on the front subframe by the time I crawled home.
Now here's thing. Underneath the skin the S40 is basically a Ford. The Volvo engine has to marry up to a Mondeo mount. To do this there is a plate that goes between. Aluminium plate with high tensile steel bolts. Not a marriage made to last and it was only a matter of time before they got divorced. Why do I blame the belt changing twunt?
Every single bolt including the 10mm and 13mm one holding the plate to the engine needed a breaker bar to get off and one of the big bolts had rust where it had been sheared for some time.
My CSI guess is the whole thing had been done with an air or electric ratchet set too high, they knew the bolt had sheared but let the car go anyway.
So I needed to remove the plate so I could weld a nut to the end and try to remove the studs or drill them out. Nope it looked like two pieces but the belt had to come off to get to it so I bolted it back to the engine and used the welder carefully...
...until it packed in after twenty years of service. RIP buddy.
New 19mm bolts in place to replace the 17mm head 19mm threaded ones...
...and we're back on the road.
Oh after I found my CV strap thingy...
...gave it a good clean and sorted the boot out. It had been that long since I used it last.
The S40 is dead.
She'd start, run but as soon as I touched the right pedal the engine would cut out and exhaust would smell of petrol or gas.
So fly by wire pedal sensor issue or body itself.
No OBD and no warning lights so I had a look at the fuse box. Pulled one out, it looked fine but as I put it back there were sparks and I don't want to get into gender politics but the ECU decided it wanted to be a smoke machine.
...and that is the last time I will ever buy a post 1995 Volvo. Too many Ford parts waiting to fail.
She'd start, run but as soon as I touched the right pedal the engine would cut out and exhaust would smell of petrol or gas.
So fly by wire pedal sensor issue or body itself.
No OBD and no warning lights so I had a look at the fuse box. Pulled one out, it looked fine but as I put it back there were sparks and I don't want to get into gender politics but the ECU decided it wanted to be a smoke machine.
...and that is the last time I will ever buy a post 1995 Volvo. Too many Ford parts waiting to fail.
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