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by Sundayjumper
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

240PP wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:24 pm I just assumed that any broadband deal over 50Mb would be sufficient for anyone, is that not the case?
No ! It's necessary for facilitating a lot of willy-waving whenever we have thread about internet speeds ;)
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

I spent bloody ages at lunchtime & after work trying to remove it with the correct tool - a 27mm spanner. But there’s just no space to do it. Even after removing the engine bay side covers & the whole air filter assembly. After dinner I went to Halfords and bought an oil filter clamp. Two se...
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

Carlos wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:12 pm Are they the same as used in the Alfa Selespeed?
They certainly look very similar but I couldn't find anyone saying they're definitely interchangeable so I didn't want to risk it.
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1030

Re: Full Fibre

Yep, we have 150mbps with ZZOOMM and get a totally solid 190 down & very slightly more up. The modem has failed twice which is a pain but they replaced it FOC both times. I keep considering upgrading to one of their faster packages (I notice they now offer up to 2 gig) but I'm not sure I'd actua...
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade!

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by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

scotta wrote: Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:40 am Following your subframe with interest - as you know - i need to do similar at some point.
Yeah. I've been putting it off for possibly years now.

Anyway, MOT has just been passed with no advisories so it can't be too bad ! I'll try to summon the energy to tackle it at the weekend.
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

And I know you said "Halfords" simply as "not £££££££ Snap-On" but only a small proportion of my tools are Halfords ! Main stuff is Teng but recently I've bought quite a lot of "US Pro" branded tools and although it's clearly lower quality, and I've broken a couple of ...
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

Having driven it 3.2 miles to the MOT place & back today, I'm thinking it's possibly TOO EXTREME as a road car for an old person like me now. It has GAZ coilovers & solid top mounts - not just stiff (yeah I could probably back them off, but I'm pretty sure they're only on a middling setting...
by Sundayjumper
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

Have you been taking any other notes on this, other than in here? Nah. I don't even frequent other forums nowadays. I'll occasionally drop into the Ferrari one but it's mostly quite irritating - widespread obsession with "factory gated 6sp manual" and humble-bragging about how much they p...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

MOT time for the wife's MINI tomorrow. I did oil & filters at the weekend and had a general check over, all OK apart from the rear pads getting low. There's still that clonking from the front suspension but I HAVE ordered new wishbones now along with rear discs & pads. If the weather holds o...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure
Replies: 14
Views: 267

Re: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure

That's not ectoplasm on the bathroom ceiling.
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

Maybe now if the time to pick one up - may be cheaper and easier than taking the car in to the dealer. I can't vouch for Carly but it's definitely worth having some kind of diagnostics thingummy. Not just the cost & hassle of going to the dealer but the convenience of doing it whenever you like...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure
Replies: 14
Views: 267

Re: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure

Right, I think that's done it 8-) Harry's mixer tap trick pushed water through to the adjacent sink but wouldn't clear the blockage, not quite enough pressure I guess. jamcg's airlock suggestion was correct by the looks of it. And I didn't have to resort to the garden hose. I'd forgotten that the el...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure
Replies: 14
Views: 267

Re: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure

integrale_evo wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:52 pm ...I found putting a thumb firmly over the outlet of the sink mixer tap and turning both hot and cold on full would cause it to shift and be fine for a long while.
That is a Top Tip 8-) I'll go try it.
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure
Replies: 14
Views: 267

Re: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure

Ta ! The upstairs taps are definitely not mains fed, the pressure difference between them & downstairs has always been very noticeable. There's been no work - inside or outside - recently. Air lock seems possible; I'd not thought of that, I just went straight to assuming a physical blockage. Hos...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure
Replies: 14
Views: 267

Domestic Plumbing Total Lack of Pressure

It's another FAO jamcg , sorry ! Over the last week or so the pressure on the upstairs cold taps & toilets has dropped to zero - i.e. open the tap, nothing comes out. Toilets were taking longer to refill and now don't at all. Downstairs cold taps are mains pressure and working fine. Water tank i...
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2930
Views: 377954

Re: The ebay thread

I thought the comparison thingy was only for cars from dealers.
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2930
Views: 377954

Re: The ebay thread

mik wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:52 am
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:39 am
It literally looks like a turd on wheels 🤣
The paint colour for those alloys is "Andrex". 8-)
It literally looks like a turd with bog roll for wheels 🤣
by Sundayjumper
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:39 am
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 2930
Views: 377954

Re: The ebay thread

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309162041452

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It literally looks like a turd on wheels 🤣
by Sundayjumper
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Your fleet running reports
Replies: 20050
Views: 2288567

Re: Your fleet running reports

I've never understood that. Every car I've worked on, the earth lead is quite short and goes directly from battery to chassis. I don't understand what difference it makes.

I've always jump started directly battery-to-battery, because that's the equivalent to having a charged battery ?