mac11irl
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given its a diesel.... this may take him a while to find replacements
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i had a sticky drum brake issue on my mk1, i just replaced everything back there to be honest.. shoes, spring sets, cylinders and drums.. it was all original at the time so about 10yrs old... id say wino may have it though with the washers above..
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once you get the badge off, have a rattle can of brilliant silver and one of clear coat ready. give the whole area a good clean, and rub it back then spray it up with the cans. take your time and it will come up much much better with your new badges on too
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got there beforee me
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powerhouse munter? i try to pretend the front end looks like a caterham with wheel covers... it sort've works? ive accepted the grill is one of its unique features, and yeah its massive but its still not as outlandish as a zonda... every other angle is quite nice. cept the stacked exhaust tips
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on a frosty slightly foggy monday morning, running slightly behind schedule, i got a nice 16k in. and today we went 3 in a row with a better time. noticed a vibration in the pedals though, thought "ah ****e my vintage 30 odd yr old crank bearing is letting go" but no! turns out the rear axle slopped a bit on the frame and the tyre is rubbing on the tail fork rest day tomorrow morning so might get it adjusted and tightened up if i get a chance
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nominally paving slabs are usually about 40mm thick. so .6 x .9 x .040 x 2400 (conc density) each slab is around 52-55kg. how much of a draggy arse are you willing go for is the question...
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i would be looking at the return springs in/on the pedal boxes. give them a clean and lubricate see how they go
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well yesterday was wrote off... so, 730am... i was gettin me bike outta the shed. it wouldve been an 18k route in the frosty freezing cold sunshine... but i couldnt feel my hands below the wrist so bailed out early. . decathlon may send out my order from 3 weeks ago... muppets.
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mk1 superb elegance had electric driver seat as an option.
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I had a feeling you were slightly off... so had to check - Elegance is the 3rd up trim level - classic - basic ambiente - med low (mine was this) elegance - med high vrs - shportee L&K - top end the "lx" ones below are the preFL trim levels. however... theres no electric adjustable seats optioned for the elegance or L&K taken from parkers. so... those electric seats were taken from another vehicle and retrofitted - possibly not very well if theres play in the mounting..
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nearly had a "Lie-in" today... jr woke up at 6, but went back asleep. i was too knackered to go anywhere though. going in the morning before the shopping and bins run
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right.... 3am wake courtesy of growing teeth... then 545 am wake up, and 610am wake up that led to getting up and staying up. no cycle time :( until tonight... when i blitzed the post kitchen clear up and at 8pm suggested i might go a quick cycle if swmbo could give jr his supper? id be back in time to get down for the sleepy time bottle and settle him then finish the kitchen and ecen mop the floor since i wont sleep after the exercise... boom. new personal bests on a couple of segments and fastest overall time on the 16k route i even hit the 3 speed traps at a decent clip - 31,34,32kph. left the house at 20.11 was back, washed and ready for night settling at 905pm Happy camper. just in bed now with the floors done and a tidy kitchen. hope i can sleep soon!
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if your car has the maxidot display on the instrument binacle you go into the vehicle settings menu. if not i think you need vcds to get it done.
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i had this on my insignia. it was a stupidly common fault apparently. itll be the switch in your boot latch is failed. i havnt looked at it but i cant see it being difficult to change.
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another cold mirning but foggy... got out a bit earlier too so had time to tack on the extra 2k hill climb bit to the west... its a tough enough climb but the downhill bit is fun though..
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i didnt want to go.. was up late washing floors, then spud jr woke for 20mibs in the middle of the night, but i was awake for an hour. alarm at 625 was not welcome. but, it clear, it was dry, it was frosty, it was f'ing cold. but it was quiet... it was also pretty quick half a kph average faster than last week and a slightly longer distance. if i hadnt needed to stop at a roundabout for oncoming traffic i probably wouldve cracked 24kph average speed
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hi, if you ask/search in the mk3 sub forum youll get an answer. i cant see it being vastly different though...
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check along the underside of the door card for evidence. if there is any get the card off and check the membrane for rips / holes.
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how are the shocks and springs? if they or even one of them are getting tired there could be a whole lot more "boat like" sway going on to induce vertigo related motion sickness.
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did you find it?
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i was tired today.. own fault couldnt get to sleep. but i made myself get up, and was glad i did - clear, dry, fresh. perfect cycling weather. dawn at Ferryhouse, looking East down a still very swollen river and nice set of stats. also realised that there are a couple of those "your speed is ..." radar signs omaround the town that will pick me up wearing a high vis nice to have a couple of speed traps to aim for 24kph on a fairly flat bit 37 and 36kph on 2 others on downhill bits.
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so i just stayed asleep a bit too long today, probably trying to make up monday nights awfulness. got out a bit late again.. and the flood barriers have been deployed so 2 of my river crossing points are closed. and all the river walkways are under 2-4ft of water.. so i had to be creative this morning for a 12k blast.. couple of double backs, and i did stop to take a couple of pics of the water levels.. the pillars to the left are where i usually swing in to river walk.. the black rectangle in the water is a normal, roughly 1m tall rubbish bin. water is quite high..as in about 5ft higher than nominal in channel level..
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well its 345am, and im sitting in the kitchen with jr.. and the weather update is wind and rainfall warnins in place. thus ive reset my alarm for 1no. 18km cycle worth of extra sleep...
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thanks ☺ gonna be tough tomorrow... forecast is shocking bad, but worse as the week goes on, so it may be my best chance to get a good distance done if i can motivate myself out early enough. i have day 2 of the course to look foreward to after it aswell... the boys are in bed early, but theres a 50/50 chance spud jr will wake me up at some inhumane hour of the night.... just have to try and look through that!
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