mechanic28

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Well yesterday i decided to actually do some work to my cossie when i got home from work she had been running very rich and idling shit so got a coolant temp sensor and air intake sensor,and going to clean out the iscv and going to fit a new scuttle i have got,anyway changed to air temp sensor cleaned out the iscv all nice and easy,jacked the car up to change the coolant temp sensor,on undoing the sensor it decided to strip all the threads so removed the coolant outlet took it back to work and sorted out the threads no problem

Started to refit the coolant outlet bottom bolt in no probs went to put the second one,where my hands were slippery i dropped the socket and bolt,not a problem you would think ohhhhh no not with cossies,where mine has not got the boot that covers up the clutch fork and where the cable goes into the box,so mine got a hole!guess where the said socket and bolt managed to make there way in yes thats right into my gearbox there is no way i could be bothered to remove the box,so spending many a hour with a normal magnet i managed to hook on to it only for it to drop off the magnet at the last moment,so had to push the car back into my garage and wait till today to go to work to get a flexiable magnet.

After half hour managed to get the socket and to my amazement the 5mm alan key bolt was still on it to say i was happy is a understatement,anyway all fitted now to do the scuttle,wennt from a very bad mood last night to a good mood now lol

ajamesc

O dear you have to laugh really

mechanic28

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i was not at the time lol

Less.

That was a bit luck and good thinking about the magnet Doug

COLEYST200

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Glad you got it out mate I just hope it works better when your done

Glenn_

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What a place to drop it fpmsl.

whizzisat114

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Fuck Me that sounds like my kinda luck.
these things are sense to try us ay
Glad its all sorted now.

cossie4i+

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Does it run any better with the new sensor's fitted ?

Steve

Turbosystems

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could have been worse it could have turned out to be a stainless cap head some had put in it

bigkevin

i had the same happen to me, dropped a washer into a renault 5 gtt gearbox

RWD_cossie_wil

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Made progress on my Escos today, managed to find the current drain that's been killing the battery since I have had the car, drawing 0.3A constantly , even with the car totally off.

It's coming off fuse 21, (15A) that supplies the interior lights. Even with all the lights off it still draws 0.3A, so tested the door switches & they all seem good, boot switch seems ok as well. Removed the roof & boot lights, still draws 0.3A with no loads anywhere, so can only think its a ballast unit for the 20 secs courtousy light sonwhere?

Pulled the lighting relay & it's still drawing current, seem to have a live feed from sonwhere, fuck knows where though!

Given up now & just removed the fuse, it will stop the alarm going spastic every 3 days when the battery goes flat

Staffi

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Lol, all turned out well atleast Doug...

pani_k

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Also sounds like my kind of luck with cars too. Easy enough jobs turn into a nightmare!

Jay,

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Scrap it Doug and buy a volvo

DixieTheKid

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A bit off topic but this reminded me...... I found out the other day a lot of so called stainless steel is magnetic. There are different grades i.e. A1 A2 A3 etc etc. I now ask for the grade.

nixon_2wd

yeah there are many stainless alloys that are magnetic.

mechanic28

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not sure yet waiting for the sealant to go off,she did start alot better when i backed her into the garage

i am impressed the bolt stayed on the socket !

very true pete i really could not be bothered to take the box out lol

i had worse thoughts then buying a volvo last night i tell ya

scoooby slayer

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will the sensor find any of the lost 84 hp

seriously though at least you got sorted in the end fella, my recent issue was possibly bolt related just a pity it was connected to a big end

mechanic28

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i am hoping to re claim 5.4 hp with these sensors hows it going with yours ?

andy escos

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he has broke it for bits

mechanic28

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yeh i saw his thread after i posted that lst i knew he was not sure what he was going to do

wes

I had to chuckle when reading that as you have the same luck as me Years ago I dropped a 10mm spanner in my enine bay by the chassis leg, instead of it falling onto the floor it fell into one of the openings in the chassis leg and ended up sitting behind the ARB mounts on the inside took ages to get it out again

cossie4i+

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What have i missed ??????

Steve

Daddyn

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Dropping valve colletts down oil returns is always a good one too. Try finding a magnet the depth of a cvh engine

Bungle

Lol nice to know someone else shares my shit luck.

Not cossie related I know but today I converted my st24 to st200 spec (inlets) etc anyway it's been a bitch to say the least and I dropped a bolt off the fuel reg straight down the inlet port and to top it off I couldn't find my telescopic magnet but managed to get my magnetic screwdriver down there and pull the fucker out lol

After all that shit it runs mint but the throttle cable is different to mine so I can't drive it anyway!

There's a lot of big ass blanks people leave out when writing up these conversions :-(

mechanic28

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now that was lucky!!!!!

Bungle

You're telling me one hell of a sinking feeling I tell thee fucking big relief when I got it out though lol

scoooby slayer

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why the rolling eyes ? im not one for ploughing ridiculous ammount of money into a car to not get it back, the car passed the point of no return and thats it for me. it must be kept in perspective they are just cars at the end of the day. ive returned Ł18000 so far, with plenty more still to sell id guess im gonna loose Ł4-5k which i am happy with had some fun and owned a car over 800 hp, you can easily loose more than that in a year with a new car.

STeve

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perhaps you lost the edge Doug from not having a regular tinker and the cossie was paying you back for being unloved

Karl 3dr

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Bloody hell Doug, you were lucky to get that out lol. Before i converted mine to hydraulic, the clutch cable snapped and the end went in the box, I tried for hours with a magnet to get it out before admitting defeat and taking the box out lol.

Rsmat

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Bloody sounds like my luck lol... Glad your all sorted tho mate.

mechanic28

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or she was not impressed being uncovered for the day and decided to pay me back


sod that karl i refused to give up lol was not in the mood to take box out all for a coolant temp sensor,cant believe tho that the bolt stayed on the socket


same here matt i was not in a good mood when it happened lol