plans for today?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

new earth lead time I'd go for first.

I just helped the local idiots push their escy convertable into their driveway.

Got given 20 quid for fitting the pugs aux belt, not to shabby.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

earth lead to what mate ??? engine ???

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

and before I shoved the escort I had just finished removing, cleaning and re-fitting my blue chamades rear window rubber.

It was as always minging.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

feckin bargain !!!!!!!!!! i just noticed my spray grease from ebay arrived ,i can finish one of them 16v struts as all the bits have been cleaned and rust treated ,the other one will have to wait for a bump stop unfortunately Embarassed

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

earth lead to shell/engine.

do what I tell most people to do and what I done for doc and alan, get the long braid from halfords (don't bother using 2nd hand one, as your as well not bothering) and run the lead from the batt neg terminal (keeping the existing one there) to the engine where the lead mounts just now.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

will do that now mate ,give me 10 mins Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

ive not done much really, weather is crap, been sorting out work stuff.

and eatern 6 tea cakes, and i really do think im going to be sick...there so rich!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

how do you eat them?

I flip em upside down, bite off the biscuit bit then in goes the mallow yummy bit.

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Waiting for the working day to end, can't wait...

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

i just take abig bite out of the side, then get the mallow everywhere.

ill give the upside down bit a try

brought a pack of 10 Smile

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

tried what you said chris , did not make a tiny bit of a difference , also the condition of the engine to chassis earth strap was brand new as i cleaned that during the project .

i turn the iginition on it makes a big starter turning sound but wont start up and as i keep the key in position ,i can hear the starter dieing slowly

thats deffo new battery now is not it ?

i had this battery on the black rt for 2 years now then swapped to the chammy and god knows when it was put in the balck rt ,so there is a good change it being feckered .
its a lucas jobby btw ,can it be the factory fitted one ????????

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Ohoo nice to mess with the cars all day.

I've got a new propeller cleaning toy to play with.

http://www.armadahull.com/as163m9pp.html

Its like swimming with a bloody bear trap.

Used to take over 10 hours in the water with a scraper.

This things a lot quicker if I can manage to hold on to it.

You only die once.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i pick all the chocolate off the mallow, then eat the mallow, then the biscuity thing. mmm

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

JB wrote:

i pick all the chocolate off the mallow, then eat the mallow, then the biscuity thing. mmm

would not it be easier to buy them seperately ???

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

explain

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

well you sound like showing a bit of an effort seperating the mentioned ingredients and i thought i could be guiding you in the right direction by advising to get chocolate,mallow and biscuit seperately put them in a plate /on the table etc in the desired order and amounts which would save a bit of hassle unless that "hassle" is the bit you were after in the first place .

only joking mate Laughing

of course you do have the right to eat your eat cakes ,there is democracy ffs Very Happy

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

ah lol i see what you mean...

its all part of the fun...playing with you food.

i mean who eats bourbons whole? or jaffa cakes?

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

Shacks, when i had my ph1 1916v and i used to start her up she would crank up slowly then suddenly fire up, this went on for months till eventually she turned that slowly that she would not start then she eventually just clicked, i was told by Renault that the starter was gone, so Â£88 and a new starter motor later she is running fine, then 2 months later the exact same sysmtoms happen again, so this time i cleaned the spade connectors on the starter motor and the car started a treat Cool

every 2 months i had to keep doing this as the connectors where getting muck etc on them and cuasing the problem,

Maybe worth a try Confused

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

roddy21t wrote:

Shacks, when i had my ph1 1916v and i used to start her up she would crank up slowly then suddenly fire up, this went on for months till eventually she turned that slowly that she would not start then she eventually just clicked, i was told by Renault that the starter was gone, so Â£88 and a new starter motor later she is running fine, then 2 months later the exact same sysmtoms happen again, so this time i cleaned the spade connectors on the starter motor and the car started a treat Cool

every 2 months i had to keep doing this as the connectors where getting muck etc on them and cuasing the problem,

Maybe worth a try Confused

hmm ,now you have a good point there roddy ,my car has been starting up after a few cranks since i have been driving her for the last 2 months and i have been having starter problems related to heat actually not having a starter heat shield . i.e (car is fully heated turn the engine off and it wont start untill it cools down)

this has been happening for 2 months ,now 3 days ago this starting problem came up and i have to push start the car everytime apart from the once i jump started !!!!!111

but if the starter is feckering up ,would i be able to jump start it ?????????

btw as far as i could see ,getting the spade connectors look like an arse of a job ,does it involve removing anything else before getting to them ????

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

are you also saying your starter motor was fine but bought a new one as renault told you its the starter ????????

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

if the starter is fucked then it doesnt work. no matter how you connect it.

you're prolly slowly killing your starter cos you're running with no heatshield.