Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 17, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Kelvin said: not miss the sometimes 12mpg Awwww, the Vivaro will help to remind you at 10mpg! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted July 17, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 5 hours ago, Kelvin said: not miss the lack of go after a tight bend leaves you out of the VTEC range Third generation slushbox is cracking no complaints 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Retro Rich Posted July 18, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 18 hours ago, welland99 said: What is the difference between the S2000 filter and the "correct" CG2 filter? If it fits, then isn't that all there is to it? Also, interested to hear how you clean out the washing up bowl before it goes back in the kitchen sink! [imagine a laughing emoji here :)] Hahahaha 😂😂😂 There maybe another topic somewhere on this. I understand that the internal dimensions of this filter allow more consistency with the pressure and flow characteristics, particularly whilst engaging a heavy right foot, as many owners of an S2000 are inclined to do. I’ve no doubt someone will give a more involved explanation than mine. As for the washing up bowl, I have very cross missus, who falls out with me for three days after I undertake an oil change 😆😆 I clean all of my equipment after every change using liquid brake cleaner (5 litre container based) and save aerosols for actual proper jobs. Ps, my missus likes red, so only red washing up bowls allowed in the house 😆😆 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted July 18, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 Buy a proper oil drain container, saves the grief......ask me how I know 😛 expensive version but there will be cheaper https://www.screwfix.com/p/laser-oil-drain-pan-16ltr/23458 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Subscriber’s Kelvin Posted July 18, 2020 Site Subscriber’s Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 17 hours ago, hughezee said: Third generation slushbox is cracking no complaints 😉 There's a reason you bought the later one Stu 😀 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Retro Rich Posted July 18, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 8 hours ago, PTR200S said: Buy a proper oil drain container, saves the grief......ask me how I know 😛 expensive version but there will be cheaper https://www.screwfix.com/p/laser-oil-drain-pan-16ltr/23458 I have one of those too. It’s just full of oil that I need to take to the recycling centre 😆 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 18, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Retro Rich said: I have one of those too. It’s just full of oil that I need to take to the recycling centre 😆 Buy one of thes then to save the washing up bowel : https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-oil-drain-pan-8ltr/3759r#product_additional_details_container Cheap enough that when you've painted your shed/fence etc with the oil in the other one, you can chuck it in the back of the garage and not worry for a while! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Laird_Scooby said: Buy one of thes then to save the washing up bowel : https://www.screwfix.com/p/hilka-pro-craft-oil-drain-pan-8ltr/3759r#product_additional_details_container Cheap enough that when you've painted your shed/fence etc with the oil in the other one, you can chuck it in the back of the garage and not worry for a while! How will Rich manage with this one? Only 8 litres !! His missus will be down two more washing up bowls !!! Seriously, I use a 20 litre container to dump bits of oil, cleaners etc, back into but I also hang onto the containers , from the oil that I have used plus any like thinners, windscreen wash fluid, car cleaner etc....every so often it's down to the tip with 10 or more..... Last time , when recycling centre was open properly before CV19, missus went to tip in Jazz.....she got interrogated on where the ten 4/5 litre cans of oil were from. They said she was running a business and therefore needed a licence !!!!!!!!!!!!! 😄 . She told them it was just oil changes on the car saved up.... the council man said she should be taking the car to a dealership for oil changes..........he was about 20 ish years old she reckoned !! When she told him that when she was younger than him and worked in a garage changing tyres, oil and repairing stuff he just didn't believe her.....the snowflake generation strike again. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founding Member Retro Rich Posted July 19, 2020 Founding Member Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Can you imagine the price we’d all pay have oil change at our local dealers and not knowing what oils they may be using 😆😆 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted July 19, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Retro Rich said: have oil change at our local dealers You mean a full premium service and let's not forget if they think the oil looks okay they won't even change it.😡 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, hughezee said: You mean a full premium service and let's not forget if they think the oil looks okay they won't even change it.😡 Exactly! I've had many cars in the past with allegedly full service history but found the oil filters caked solid with gunge from when Fred Flintstone was in nappies, date code on them was in ancient Egyption heiroglyph! Looked bright, clean and shiny on the outside though but looking closely the tell-tale mark of a rag was visible. The oil was so thick with gunge it could have been used to biuld a house instead of concrete/cement and in others, so thin it's a wonder it hadn't simply leaked away through the threads in the sump plug! "Paper servicing" is my name for it - the service book gets stamped and a car gets a swift look at to ensure there's nothing glaringly obvious like blown bulbs, overheating etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welland99 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 4:11 PM, PTR200S said: Oil filter access from the side, easy peasy, ................oohh mucky under there !! and a filter for all occasions ! wait for it.......... Is the top pic your coupe? It looks a lot easier to access the filter than on my cg4 coupe. I recognise the little filter in your bottom pic: it's for your Xbr! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welland99 Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 4:02 PM, PTR200S said: Link here for a couple of more pics : ooh, muuummmmy, that's a long way down? UP? Those ramps look Great, Pete. I haven't seen them before. I see that you have a gravel drive, as do I. A real pain for car maintenance- how many times have you dropped a nut and lost it in the stones? 😥 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 38 minutes ago, welland99 said: Is the top pic your coupe? It looks a lot easier to access the filter than on my cg4 coupe. I recognise the little filter in your bottom pic: it's for your Xbr! Yep, that's the V6 motor in the Coupe, the Elysion has it in the same place too , slightly later development of the Coupe. And , you get the prize for the "wait for it " comment !!! It is indeed the XBR, when stuff comes up at a good price I just cant resist 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, welland99 said: Those ramps look Great, Pete. I haven't seen them before. I see that you have a gravel drive, as do I. A real pain for car maintenance- how many times have you dropped a nut and lost it in the stones? 😥 Ramps are the best investment in tools I have made in the last few years, these are the heavy duty versions, needed for the Van's and the Jag that I had.. The lower capacity ones do the job just as well on the Coupe, or most cars. have bought a set of "Laird ramps" as well !! Nightmare with the stones, I have a large magnet,,,,,,,,,, 😛 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 44 minutes ago, PTR200S said: have bought a set of "Laird ramps" as well !! Those would be these then Pete? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, Laird_Scooby said: Those would be these then Pete? Yep forever known as Laird Ramps !,,,, Haven't actually tried them out yet but have passed on my already recycled, re engineered, re welded, repaired versions of steel ramps to my BIL who has an MG1800....narrow wheels and light weight car, ideal ramps for him and I get space to store my Lairds 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Nice to see you are "ramping up" your Karma Pete! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted July 19, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Front shockers & spings all ready to be fitted to the coupe 😋 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted July 19, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Mmmmmm, nice! New or some you've refurbed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators hughezee Posted July 19, 2020 Administrators Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Laird_Scooby said: New or some you've refurbed? The majority all-new, just the shockers needed some TLC, stripped and repainted with kubota orange... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted August 16, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 Having got my Blueprint disks a short while ago, at a good price, I decided today was the day to change them... Just got the jack out and it rained... Immediately followed by sunshine...wtf !!! anyway on with it. Jack it up and block it/ axle stand underneath... off with the wheel hmm, bit rusty in here.... ooh err, that doesn't look good out with the brushes and give it a clean, all the mud and stuff had to go,,,,decided to do it all properly and then use Bilt Hamber UC on it all. Another small job, replace disks, turns into a bigger job !! Once it was cleaned down the next job is the caliper. remove the two 12mm bolts and pull the caliper off... brake pads out and then on removing the caliper carrier. 14mm bolts, this spanner is just to show where the top bolt is but in reality they are so tight and rusty I needed the airgun and plenty of lube. access is a pain from this angle with a gun but if it was on a two post ramp access from behind is pretty good. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Laird_Scooby Posted August 16, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 Excellent work Pete! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted August 16, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 once the carrier is off checked for the slider operation, all good but took them out cleaned and relubed them. Bit of filing to get all the rust crud and scabby metal off the carrier faces that have the stainless plates on. Off with the disk, make sure the screwdriver head is big enough to shift it without tearing the head off, I used an impact gun. Disk came off with a sharp rap on the face to break the centre corrosion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PTR200S Posted August 16, 2020 Moderators Report Share Posted August 16, 2020 bit of corrosion here !! Whilst under here a good pick of all the crusty metal and start the spraying process. New disk ready to go in, lube everything with Ceratec. Make sure you get the screw holes in the right place, although two of them on opposite sides they have different orientations . A screwdriver is fine to tighten them up... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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