I hand washed mine yesterday. Today I am off to Maidenhead for a meeting at 1.00.
After which it's probably going to pour down.
Which is exactly what happened to me last week on a trip to Farnborough & Windsor.
It's on days like today that I much prefer meetings in London so I can use the tube and keep my car looking immaculate.
Sigh.
After which it's probably going to pour down.
Which is exactly what happened to me last week on a trip to Farnborough & Windsor.
It's on days like today that I much prefer meetings in London so I can use the tube and keep my car looking immaculate.
Sigh.
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- R230 SL500 in teal blue, R231 SL500 in black. (Vauxhall insignia diesel now sold) Black Ford Mondeo
Took wheels of for good clean inner and outer, took the opportunity to replace Vetter caps too. Washed, clayed and waxed whole car. All ready for a road trip to Northumbria in a free days time! 
tron
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Following the Mot pass, changed the first engine mount and decided to put the second one back because it would not come out. I shall have to remove the cat and then take it out. Changing the nearside one made a big difference.
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- R230 SL500 in teal blue, R231 SL500 in black. (Vauxhall insignia diesel now sold) Black Ford Mondeo
Just fitted my smart top module to the R231
kid-jensen
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Finally got to change the Transmission oil on the ML..
I've been putting it off for 18 months or so mainly because it's such a pig of a job, and very messy.
Turned out to be "not too" messy, but the method of filling the sump by pumping oil UPWARDS through the drain hole is perverse in the extreme!
Taking the sump off was so unnecessarily messy that I can imagine the designer having a right laugh every time he thinks of it, talk about Schadenfreude! WHY can't we have a dipstick/filler tube??
Anyway, after a good clean-up, it all went back together with a new filter and I even found the microscopic drain-plug for the torque converter, they don't all have drain plugs, so was not expecting to have any luck finding it. All to the good though, because 90% of the fluid will get changed, as opposed to about 60% if the TC is left alone.
Using an electric pump and the Ebay adapter in the drain hole, the actual filling was reasonable straight forward. Chose to use an infra-red non-contact thermometer to check for the 45C running temperature, before bolting everything up and going for a tea..
All-in-all, well worth doing, but thank God it doesn't have to be done again for about 40K miles.....that'll see me out...
I've been putting it off for 18 months or so mainly because it's such a pig of a job, and very messy.
Turned out to be "not too" messy, but the method of filling the sump by pumping oil UPWARDS through the drain hole is perverse in the extreme!
Taking the sump off was so unnecessarily messy that I can imagine the designer having a right laugh every time he thinks of it, talk about Schadenfreude! WHY can't we have a dipstick/filler tube??
Anyway, after a good clean-up, it all went back together with a new filter and I even found the microscopic drain-plug for the torque converter, they don't all have drain plugs, so was not expecting to have any luck finding it. All to the good though, because 90% of the fluid will get changed, as opposed to about 60% if the TC is left alone.
Using an electric pump and the Ebay adapter in the drain hole, the actual filling was reasonable straight forward. Chose to use an infra-red non-contact thermometer to check for the 45C running temperature, before bolting everything up and going for a tea..
All-in-all, well worth doing, but thank God it doesn't have to be done again for about 40K miles.....that'll see me out...
tron
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Changed the offside engine mounting. A non trivial exercise on a 220 cdi with a dpf. Eventually resorted to designer violence. Slackened the tie rod nuts, tightened the wheel bearings and had two new tyres fitted so I now have a matched set, a higher brake pedal and a much quieter and smoother car.
tron
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Forty minutes. Changed the transmission mounting. Put the undershrouds back on. Wow! thought it was quieter having done the engine mountings but the transmission mount made just as much difference. The car isn't quieter and smoother. It is quiet and smooth. Far and away the best £100 I have spent on the car. That is all the mechanical work done. Three months and around £1200 including the new satnav disc, Bluetooth puck and Ipod adaptor. This gives me a sound car with new brakes, exhaust, tyres, suspension battery and exhaust. No major expenditure expected for the next two years. I am very happy. The proposed 204 can go on hold.
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- Smart ForFour AMG Black Series Night Edition Premium Plus 125 Powered by Brabus
Had a new air strut installed to replace a defective strut fitted a few months ago. Now to see if I get my money back for the original!
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Ordered 4 new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S’s, being fitted Monday 
SeasidePete
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- W123 230ce, W220 S500, W219 CLS, W124 300ce
Replacing undertrays following motorway+object+speed=undertray gone!
BIG UN
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- Mercedes Vito Sport,Mercedes CLK Brabus, Alfa Romeo Alfetta
Sick to death of an intermittent fault coming on the dash, so sorted new wiring & 2 new number plate lights!!
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tron
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Drove it. Set off this morning to the airfield. Car is nice and stable at speed* and sticks nicely. Engine is making the right sort of power and it is now ready for a long trip abroad in two weeks time.
*Actual value undisclosed.
*Actual value undisclosed.
adityaroy8744
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yes
tron
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Taken it back to the people who thought that tracking was to be set with the steering wheel twenty-five degrees clockwise. The car runs straight enough but the esp fault came up shortly afterwards. This is my fault for putting a new front tyre on one side only, of course. The other is 2500 miles old and the same type. No, Sir, it did not leave the factory like that. The only job I gave to "professionals".
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- '99 S210 E320CDI A/garde - gone to a better place.. Now '09 S211 E320CDI Sport.
Spent several hours trying to locate source of rattle from my S211 cargo area when travelling over rough road surfaces - had everything stripped out toolkit, spare, tonneau cover, floor load space covers, warning triangle and covering panel but all to no avail! I think its something in the tailgate behind the carpeted panel (which in itself seems loose along its bottom edge) so I now have to try and work out how to remove that!
Then I reinstated the damping mechanism on the glovebox lid (thanks to a helpful post on here), and lastly fitted an anti-glare screen protector to the Comand screen to hide scratches visible when it is off - see my post under the Electronics forum.
Tomorrow its wheels off for cleaning and nano coating, plus engine bay and exhaust tips cleaning....
Then I reinstated the damping mechanism on the glovebox lid (thanks to a helpful post on here), and lastly fitted an anti-glare screen protector to the Comand screen to hide scratches visible when it is off - see my post under the Electronics forum.
Tomorrow its wheels off for cleaning and nano coating, plus engine bay and exhaust tips cleaning....
