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11-12-2013, 06:08 PM
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Most cabin filters are twats to change mk4 mondeo are fuse box out job!
Can get away with just taking the bracket off the bulkhead (2 x 13mm nuts) and hanging the fusebox on the wires, the filter is quite flexible.
Still a twat tho! I have a mint little 1/4 drive air ratchet for doing them.
E46 BMWs are one of the easiest, 2 twisty clips, done!
Zafiras are shite, glovebox out and all those spring clips
Most Hyundais are easy, just behind glovebox or in side of heater.
11-12-2013, 06:37 PM
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What's wrong with the 1.2 8v FIRE? I always found them a piece of piss to work on and they go on forever. The only real weak point was the headgasket, but even that got better over the years and I can't recall the last time I did one on a Grande Punto/500/Panda.
i used to be able do head gaskets on these in about 40 min when hot rodding.
Used just bring spare head and gasket and do them between races
11-12-2013, 08:40 PM
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Changed a few head gaskets in my time lol.
13-12-2013, 11:29 PM
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Parents have a 2001 Merc C270 CDI, it recently packed up, non - start, no locking etc
New ignition switch (EZS unit) sorted it -
Ł404 for just the switch, and then programming etc on top..Was done at Merc dealers. (apparently it's the can-gateway too) fooking wants to be something special for that price!!
Oh it does l00k fancy I guess..
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14-12-2013, 09:30 AM
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Merc A-class, starter, alt, waterpump, serpentine belt tensioner etc
all are engine "out"
although i did a waterpump yesterday in about an hour due to cheating
Bentley cuntinental
downpipe gasket blowing......... engine out............. fobbed right off!!
you can do the starter with the engine still in the car mate.
it's still a pig of a job tho, inlet manifold off then it's just accessable
14-12-2013, 11:17 AM
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Great stories lads , can't really add much apart from what's already been said ......
Who'd work in the fuckin motor trade eh !?
14-12-2013, 12:42 PM
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VW Touareg V10, whole engine/transmission has to come out to fit starter motor, turbos etc. VW dealers have a special bench thing to remove them on.
Fuck that lol how much was the customer charged for the job lol
14-12-2013, 12:56 PM
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14-12-2013, 05:51 PM
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Just a pic off the net but all VW dealers have that bench for doing the job.
17-12-2013, 06:14 PM
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VW mk4 golf rear lights. Ive seen loads and loads where the rear side light on one side is dimmer than the other side.
17-12-2013, 06:27 PM
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Mk4 golf rear light seals are shite, my mate had to replace the whole cluster on bis old mk4 because it had corroded
17-12-2013, 06:45 PM
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Might be why the bulbs are dim. Properly water getting onto the connections.
17-12-2013, 07:15 PM
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Bulbs go black on them too, have done on my mk2 and mk3 Golfs I've had.
17-12-2013, 09:51 PM
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What causes that then. Like I said ive seen loads like this surely I cant just be faulty bulbs.
17-12-2013, 10:09 PM
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What causes that then. Like I said ive seen loads like this surely I cant just be faulty bulbs.
Voltage drop normally.
I had a MK4 when they were quite new and had this over and over again. No leaks, no corrosion.
I put it down to undersized cables causing voltage drop.
Same car and B5 5.5 Passats;
Window regulator clips made out of eggshell
Door lock modules made out shit.
B5 and B5.5 Passats, Audi B5/6 A4's C5 A6's - Plenum drains that are undersized causing a lake in the plenum that can rot through the servo and hydolock the brakes and also get inside to the convenience module and rot the cables and module.
B5 and B5.5 Passats, Audi B5/6 A4's C5 A6's - The octopus 8 armed front suspension and in particular the pinch bolt for the upper balljoints.
17-12-2013, 10:11 PM
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Peugeot 207 the washer pump fails and then leaks water all over the engine loom, which then tracks up to the fuse box and ruins that's as well. Ł12 part ends up costing nearly Ł1k to fix properly.
18-12-2013, 07:44 AM
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18-12-2013, 09:34 PM
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I think it was a Renault Clio sport, to change the bulbs in the front headlamps you have to take the corresponding front wheel off and get at it from behind!
18-12-2013, 09:41 PM
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Some cars do have a flap on the wheel arch liner to access the bulbs.
Its better than having to remove the bumper
18-12-2013, 09:46 PM
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I have had murder with a couple of these.
19-12-2013, 08:11 PM
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I think I would cry a bit if I had to sort a noisy timing chain on an RS4..
19-12-2013, 08:16 PM
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I think I would cry a bit if I had to sort a noisy timing chain on an RS4..
Bollocks to that!
19-12-2013, 08:20 PM
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then remove all of that to change the PAS pump drive
lol
19-12-2013, 08:20 PM
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That's the back of the engine too....
19-12-2013, 11:07 PM
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Renault clio 172 phase 1 alternator, you can see the fucker, but you cant get it out without removing loads of bits!!!
20-12-2013, 05:19 AM
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Renault clio 172 phase 1 alternator, you can see the fucker, but you cant get it out without removing loads of bits!!!
IE front bumper.front panel.drop engine on one side.total pain in the arse
20-12-2013, 07:28 AM
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Mini rear wishbone bushes, subframe has to be dropped down and the rear engine mount undone to get to 4 bolts
20-12-2013, 01:39 PM
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That RS4 engine looks fun to do. Fook that. Cant beat old cars with old technology.
21-12-2013, 04:51 PM
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I have had murder with a couple of these.
Theres a special tool for the job, makes it simple enough for a child to do!
22-12-2013, 10:07 AM
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22-12-2013, 11:16 AM
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22-12-2013, 12:00 PM
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MK4 Golf again you have to take out whole centre console right back to beyond the handbrake just to get the glove box out!!
22-12-2013, 01:19 PM
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looks a smart bit of kit, bet its not cheap.
22-12-2013, 01:49 PM
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22-12-2013, 03:10 PM
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MK4 Golf again you have to take out whole centre console right back to beyond the handbrake just to get the glove box out!!
Or dear lol.
22-12-2013, 04:56 PM
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MK4 Golf again you have to take out whole centre console right back to beyond the handbrake just to get the glove box out!!
Since when? I've taken just the glovebox out before.
22-12-2013, 06:04 PM
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22-12-2013, 06:19 PM
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Do it without the tool then
Last time I did it the top arms were being replaced so I just got some heat on it and tapped it out quote easy but destroyed the bushes on the arms.
22-12-2013, 06:30 PM
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the rs4 timing chains are not that bad to once the crank is locked and cams quite easy realy. looks harder than its lol
22-12-2013, 08:46 PM
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the rs4 timing chains are not that bad to once the crank is locked and cams quite easy realy. looks harder than its lol
Its just the fook on of taking the engine and box out to change it lol.
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