what have you done to your car today ?

[Rich.T]

Gravity?
Clear bottle 1/4 full of brake fluid. Have some hose attached to the bleed nipple with the other end in the brake fluid.
Crack the nipple off and wait for the bubbles to stop.
Coffee in hand, whilst watching.

Always worked fir me.

Rich

P.S reservoir cap off.

 

[Connor H]

Took my front shocks out and apart greased it all up and impact gunned it back together, think I’ve cured the knocking noise now. Also shorted my drop links 10mm.


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[Yellow fr]

The pedal pumping method is not advisable on these due to the probable chance of rolling and damaging the master cylinder seals


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I’ve done this a good few times with replacement off front brakes and bleed change off rear calipers plus bleed replacement off rear brake pipes and even a clutch all bleed with just me and a bottle and a pipe never had a issue


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[Dazzalcr]

Well the other day I fixed the common door seal leak on drivers door, and after a night of rain the sills this morning were dry yeah! Now I just need to save to get the car resprayed again, it looks good till you look into it then you see different shades of colour almost on every panel and prep scratches under the paint work, he's response heat reaction if ur going to make an excuse for poor work come up with something better grrr! So 1 small step forward to 1 big jump backwards sadly.

 

[g60stu]

Replaced my valve cover gasket. I had visions of it being a fiddly job, but it all went pretty smoothly.

Biggest pain in the bum was getting the cambelt cover back on. Whilst doing that I found this item near the engine mount. What the hell is it?? Too short to be the cambelt!! Is it some sort of hose tidy?

 

[Rich.T]

Fitted a new oe dogbone.
Feels a lot better now.
Drives lovely

 

[Nathan penney]

Replaced my valve cover gasket. I had visions of it being a fiddly job, but it all went pretty smoothly.
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Biggest pain in the bum was getting the cambelt cover back on. Whilst doing that I found this item near the engine mount. What the hell is it?? Too short to be the cambelt!! Is it some sort of hose tidy?
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I’ve no idea what it is.
Check one of your kids toy caterpillar diggers Is not missing one of its treads. ?

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

That piece of rubber usually wraps around the the AC line on the offside chassis leg to stop chaffing.
If I remember correctly there's also another one on one of the power steering lines as well.

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[Woody_72]

Replaced the caliper carrier bolts after doing my front brakes the other day.

 

[iammooks]

It's been quite a day.

Tried the Eezibleed with an extra rubber washer in the cap and the reservoir's no longer overflowing when I shut off the nipples, and the level is staying the same. Had a look at the nearside rear caliper though, and it's leaking from the nipple. Turns out the threads are shot and even though the nipple was screwed in tight, there was no way it was going to hold pressure.

Ordered a replacement caliper from Euros and went to pick it up. Turns out it was an offside rear in a nearside rear box, and they can't get a replacement in until tomorrow.

Sometimes you just want to cry.

I've sprayed PlusGas into the threads and I'm going to crack the bolts on the caliper mounts so I can be as quick as possible changing things over when I get the right (or should I say, left) caliper tomorrow, but I suppose the takeaway from all this has been that to get the feel in the brakes that I was getting - which is pretty firm - once I replace the caliper, things should all come together pretty well.

Someone once told me that the Leon calipers are made of cheese, and I never really got what they were saying. Now I do.

 

[Yellow fr]

When you fit the new caliper and bleed it I would do what I do every time I fit a new caliper as most off the time you get a bit off air stuck in the caliper
Remove the caliper from carrier put the caliper tool on put the bleed bottle on the nipple open the nipple and turn the piston back in and look for air coming out once back shut the nipple remove tool refit caliper pump the brake pedal redo if you was getting a bit off air out if none was coming out just tighten the caliper back up and refit wheel and top up the brake fluid level
I always do it two or three times


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[Alexis27]

Replaced my valve cover gasket. I had visions of it being a fiddly job, but it all went pretty smoothly.
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Biggest pain in the bum was getting the cambelt cover back on. Whilst doing that I found this item near the engine mount. What the hell is it?? Too short to be the cambelt!! Is it some sort of hose tidy?
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I'm getting mine done tomorrow because it's weeping oil. Did you have any particular symptoms?

 

[g60stu]

I'm getting mine done tomorrow because it's weeping oil. Did you have any particular symptoms?

Yep, oil drips on my driveway. It was leaking out of this halfmoon section and rear corner on the right hand side of the valve cover. Oil all over the gearbox and undertray.
This photo was after I had cleaned it up and the day after had literally moved the car on the driveway for 30 seconds.

Annoying because I had this gasket done by a specialist last year. I'll be keeping a close eye on mine for a few months.

 

[Manic172]

I drove about 125miles.... gave a pile.of money to @Nizza.(Top bloke by the way with some quality stuff for sale. ) put some bits in my van then drove 125 miles back....

 

[Nizza]

I drove about 125miles.... gave a pile.of money to @Nizza.(Top bloke by the way with some quality stuff for sale. ) put some bits in my van then drove 125 miles back....

Deposit for a BMW M3......SORRY GUYS please don't boot me off the forum

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[vwbassett]

Took my front shocks out and apart greased it all up and impact gunned it back together, think I’ve cured the knocking noise now. Also shorted my drop links 10mm.


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Hope you didn't impact gun the top strut bolt. I've heard this can ruin the internal seals.

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[vwbassett]

Started at the easy end with my new suspension kit by replacing the rears trying to get them on before i started work. Starting at 7.15 on my dads drive way i was back home for work at 9.15 so i'll call that a result. Has definitely taken some of the crashiness out of bad roads with less rattling from the rear in the cabin whilst also feeling more planted. Fingers crossed the fronts go OK later in the week.

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[Woody_72]

Hope you didn't impact gun the top strut bolt. I've heard this can ruin the internal seals.

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Only if it spins the main shaft. You can clamp the shaft as hard as you absolutely can with vice grips first which helps get the nut back on. They're very hard steel with a hard chrome coating so it doesn't even mark them (in my personal experience anyhow).

 

[vwbassett]

Only if it spins the main shaft. You can clamp the shaft as hard as you absolutely can with vice grips first which helps get the nut back on. They're very hard steel with a hard chrome coating so it doesn't even mark them (in my personal experience anyhow).

I've never actually torqued one to spec for fear of blowing seals. The first nut im sure goes onto the non threaded section so you cant really over tighten and the top nut i just get as tight as I can with a handled allen key and adjustable wrench on a spark plug socket.

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[g60stu]

Started at the easy end with my new suspension kit by replacing the rears trying to get them on before i started work. Starting at 7.15 on my dads drive way i was back home for work at 9.15 so i'll call that a result. Has definitely taken some of the crashiness out of bad roads with less rattling from the rear in the cabin whilst also feeling more planted. Fingers crossed the fronts go OK later in the week.

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I'm really interested in hearing your opinion on what the ride height is like one you've got it all fitted, seeing as my ride height increased by about 10mm with this same setup?!?!