What have you done to your car today?

ezekial · 3 Apr 2020 at 23:45

Frozennova said:
Apologies, didn't notice that.

I wouldn't call them replacement for axle stands personally.

This ^

Agree, axle stands you can take the wheels off...

Tee Hee Johnson · 3 Apr 2020 at 23:59

Armageus said:
Not sure how I missed this, but omg

Yep, a giggle had here too!

telewebby · 4 Apr 2020 at 09:59

cleaned the daily 206 beater, had all 3 cars on a trickle charge over the last week.
planning on cleaning the wifes car next week and my weekend car the week after

Alex

ahar · 4 Apr 2020 at 10:50

NOTHING! I stare at the Caterham in the garage and sigh.

Nice weather, quiet roads. Being socially responsible is not much fun.

Gaygle · 4 Apr 2020 at 12:22

ahar said:
NOTHING! I stare at the Caterham in the garage and sigh.

Nice weather, quiet roads. Being socially responsible is not much fun.

Just go for a drive! You're only sitting in your car and you're not interacting with anyone at all. It's way less "socially irresponsible" than going for a walk/run

DXP55 · 4 Apr 2020 at 15:23

We are going to have a lot of heavy snow over the next week !!!! I have taken winter wheels off and put on summer alloys.

Also changed oil and filter - I hate those under engine plastic covers. Was going to cut a hole but it's not flat and plain - got loads of panels molded into it.

What would I do without the inspection pit in the garage.

Conscript · 4 Apr 2020 at 15:32

Cookeh said:
Excellent stuff, should work perfectly.

Can confirm, it worked very well. Exhaust all fitted...unfortunately I still need a new gasket for one join (part I'd bought was a tad too small so I had to reuse the original for now), but now I can use the ramps, should be easy to get the car up again when I get another one.

ezekial · 4 Apr 2020 at 15:35

DXP55 said:
We are going to have a lot of heavy snow over the next week !!!! I have taken winter wheels off and put on summer alloys.

Also changed oil and filter - I hate those under engine plastic covers. Was going to cut a hole but it's not flat and plain - got loads of panels molded into it.

What would I do without the inspection pit in the garage.

Lucky.

kurosagi01 · 5 Apr 2020 at 07:30

Got my boost solenoid yesterday and fitted without problem(was really scared of dropping the nut), lost a nut to the battery bracket to hold the battery down so I had to go get another one and then end up buying a new battery anyway as the old one wouldn't jump start and the battery needed replacing eventually anyway being over 8 years now.
Managed to just get the stock airbox to sit in the Corksport intake hose which is a little bit shorter than the stock oem hose as it was made to fit with a MAF housing with the cone filter, going have to wait until next pay day to hopefully they will sell me replacement or i'll have to buy another one.

jpaul · 5 Apr 2020 at 11:51

the dashboard light is working again ... well the odometer

remove instrument panel, swapped with fog light light, for now, will look on ebay for whole unit, or just wedge bulb ?

unecessarily took apart and cleaned rheostat for dash brightness, as I had thought other lights were out too - need better online wiring diagrams

jpaul · 5 Apr 2020 at 12:40

jpaul said:
will look on ebay for whole unit, or just wedge bulb ?

bulb seem welded in ... pulling/twisting the glass broke ... so whole unit

acemastr · 5 Apr 2020 at 22:10

Having to switch to my Flex Tune as all of the ethanol is going towards hand sanitizer and the E85 content isn't 85% anymore

Frozennova · 5 Apr 2020 at 23:47

acemastr said:
Having to switch to my Flex Tune as all of the ethanol is going towards hand sanitizer and the E85 content isn't 85% anymore

It's probably worth grabbing a test kit or fitting a sensor if you haven't already

Pump E85 is notoriously inconsistent

Chris1712 · 6 Apr 2020 at 11:23

Replaced the stock clear indicators with black ones, because gangster. Can't take a pic as the car is filthy and I can't wash it so, will update in the future.

King4aDay · 6 Apr 2020 at 13:00

Finished de-woodifying the interior of the wedge.

The old veneer was pretty cracked and horrible and non-original anyway, plus I don't think the wood ever really suited what was a pretty futuristic design back in the eighties.

Looked like this -

Have plastidipped it red for now. I'll probably wrap it at some point if/when the plastidip starts showing wear but thought I'd live with the colour for a bit and see how I like it. So far I do!

Purists look away now...

AtreuS · 6 Apr 2020 at 13:03

Spent seveal hours yesterday washing the car..... got up today to find dust/crap and bird crap all over it.... why do i bother :mad:

CaptainRAVE · 6 Apr 2020 at 13:25

Hooked it up to a trickle charger and adjusted tyre pressures.

AtreuS said:
Spent seveal hours yesterday washing the car..... got up today to find dust/crap and bird crap all over it.... why do i bother

So much car dust for this time of the year. The pollen hasn’t even started much yet. My car looks derelict, but without a garage there seems little point in touching it.

Dis86 · 6 Apr 2020 at 13:59

CaptainRAVE said:
Hooked it up to a trickle charger and adjusted tyre pressures.

So much car dust for this time of the year. The pollen hasn’t even started much yet. My car looks derelict, but without a garage there seems little point in touching it.

A garage doesn't help either...mine looks like it's been parked in the Sahara for a month.

Howard · 6 Apr 2020 at 14:33

Cleaned mine yesterday too. It still looks nice and clean from the window of my home office. I daren't go any closer.

Gibbo · 6 Apr 2020 at 20:01

Fitted a sports high flow cat on the S2000.