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[cecil]

nice!

[mr singh]

Now you've got to wash the rest of the car to match that
somewhat far cleaner replacement n/s/r bumper corner 

seeing as we have now been dismissed from work, I may give it a wash and good polish and wax... all depending on the weather.

this is what our site looks like now, just before we were dismissed.

[mr singh]

after waiting for my new jack to arrive as my old one decided to stop jacking (after 15 years of use), it finally arrived last week... 2 weeks after ordering it from a UK seller on amazon... after I went and bought another one as I desperately needed one to replace the brakes on my mums C-Max. so I now have 2 jacks.

having looked at the forecast for this weekend, i might loosen the arms, put some load on them and tighten them up, in the hope that they stop creaking.

[Problemchild]

Dismissed of furloughed?

JJ

[mr singh]

Dismissed of furloughed?

JJ

yup... daft as it sound I cant wait to get back to work.

[mr singh]

loosened the lower arm ball joint and the front bolt going horizontally into the subframe, loaded the suspension and tightened it all up and went for a quick drive and it has stopped creaking. ill keep an eye on how things go, but it could be a while before I report back with any updated as im not using it as much as I would normally. going from doing 190 miles a week to less than (what feels like) 10 miles in the same period, so it may take some time to confirm anything.

[mr singh]

this weekend has been an interesting weekend.

iv ordered a new short shifter and I figured that id strip it ready for the new one to go straight in. turns out that the carpet needs lifting/removing in order to remove it so I thought might as well have a go as im not going to use it during this lockdown. whilst stripping it I figured that I might as well try and get some of the oil that was spilt in the drivers rear footwell soaked up and cleaned as best as possible, which turned out hard than I thought as the foam was well and truly saturated . I also found a seatbelt buckle under the front half of the carpet but I didn't think much of it.

this morning I bought a 2nd hand rear section of carpet and figured now was as good a time as any to rectify the rear seat fault iv had since I purchased it 5 years ago. I have been unable to lift the rear seats up, which never really bothered me. it turns out the right hand catch wasn't disengaging properly, so I jimmied it up and once the seat was up i notices £20 in a plastic sleeve taped to the metal frame . I had to call my wife, dad and mum to have a look and see if I wasn't seeing things. turns out there was 15 Euros along side the £20 in the sleeve. iv narrowed it down to a possible 4 of the 7 owners its had that may have done it.

im the 7th owner and I know its unlikely that the 6th could have done it as he only had it for 3 months before I bought it, and its also unlikely (but a slim possibility) that the 1st owner could have done it, so it could have been the 4 owners after the first and before the 6th. and with the car living in Manchester for many years (I had a look at the previous MOT to see where they were carried out), could it have had a dodgy past??? ? is the seatbelt buckle that was under the front half of the carpet connected, hence me thinking its had a dodgy past?

the car itself it legit as the chassis number etched on the floor tallies up with the number in the front screen, but its making me think that I should try and dig in to its past and find the previous owners details and contact them .

on the plus side, seeing as I had the seats out, I did the lounge concept mod on the front seats 

[Problemchild]

I think it was someone’s emergency £20 for fuel in case they got caught short

Did you spill the oil?

JJ

[mr singh]

£20 emergency funds I can understand, but the 15 Euros?

it was a combination of my mum and I resulting in the oil spill.
my mum put it in a flip top bottle, and I didn't notice until I got to the recycling place that the bottle had the flip top and not a screw top and that it had fallen over.

[jmariog]

As you have the carpets removed are there any wires for the sub woofer or cd changer that I could use for a power supply

[mr singh]

all depends on your wiring harness. some cars came pre-wired for features they didn't have, in my case, under seat sub, tweeters, and heated seats (which still need programming)

it really would be a case of removing your seats and having a look to see what wires you have under the carpets. if you do have any extra wiring and its on the drivers side, that is where the CDC is located BUT the wiring is far to thin to be used for anything substantial.

[Alex]

taped to the metal frame .

But why did he tape it, there's a pocket just to the right...

[mr singh]

possibly didn't see it?!

I had a proper look at why 1 of the seat lock mechanisms wasn't working, it turns out one of the lifters isn't engaging with the leaver, there isn't any signs of it being tampered with or broken. is there anything I can do to refit the lifter into the leaver?

anyhow, iv refit the interior along with the new short shifter and a/c control panel, and cleared the codes in the SRS module as I had to switch the ignition on to check I had plugged the window switches correctly.

I went for a drive and the short shifter made a real difference in the way it drove, although I really need to do the stiff selector mod. I also found that my Parrot isn't working anymore. I did have a look at the wire going from the aux power supply and that was a right has job, the live wire had only been half stripped and then the fly wire taped to it, so I wrapped the fly wire around the wire and re-taped it. in the process I must have touched the metal frame work under the carpet and popped a fuse. ill have to confirm this by plugging in my dash cam into the power socket. the old power adaptor fell apart when I pulled it out during the strip.

[mr singh]

yesterday I fitted my new gearbox shifter with the BMINI pin, really straight forward job.

I was at my mates work on Friday helping him replace his clutch master cylinder on his X reg astra van and figured that it might be best of I replace the selector pin there, rather than attempting to replace it at work (I went in on Saturday for a couple of hours as sales has sold a couple of cars during this lockdown), and even he was surprised at how much of a difference it made, before and after fitting the pin

[mr singh]

as its been nice during this lock down the a/c has been getting gradually warm. after having a look to see what the issue could be, I located a leak on the condenser to pump pipe has rubbed through on the a/c pully, all because the coolant radiator is bent and insecure, even though I did my best to secure it with cable ties as best as I could to prevent any issues.

looks like I will need a new rad and a/c pipe