mac11irl
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im not sure tbh, do they part numbers match?
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spud jr messed me up again.. wake up cry at 130am; 230am & then 420am that meant i wasnt in bed again until 550am.... no way was i able to go anywhere this morning. then i got up at 815 and when i went out to start my car for trip to the recycling centre at 930, I learned it was -5degrees. still -2.5 when i got back from there and a tesco pick up at 1045am. may try and get a 5k in later..
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thats 5 1/2yrs ago. iwould still get it done and the water pump
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thank god it was walking "if you see a railway man running, there must something very very very bad after happening"
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postponed yesterday due to snowfall at departure time and being up half the night wIth a teething spud jr. today would have been a beautiful and perfect run if the footpaths were reliably salted.. clear sky, crispy cold dry air. but clipping my stride to be able to reduce falling risk my right knee is now sore 🤦🏻♂️ after 10.5k in 58mins and ive to go to Killarney now for the day walking worksites
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not yet, though i think ill be making use of a spare tripod from work and getting an adapter for a more easily adjusted mount. i dont want spend a mad amount of cash on this yet either.. no idea if spud will maintain a serious interest yet..
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look what turned up today... just flicked it in for a quick test, with the 10mm eyepiece i can more detail in the neighbours roof slates than if i was standing on them.. so the magnification is now 400/10 x 3 = x120. bit of good "seeing" this evening for a moon test would be nice..
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thanks. my rivnuts arrived last friday and my new regulator panel arrived today just need to get a pack of m6 bolts and then a few hrs to go and do the nasty...
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subsidiary systems start to get shutdown by the ecu as the battery starts to lose life. its probably locking okay as it has a decent charge after a drive, but the slow drain is putting it into a sleepy state. if the Excide battery is the right size and strength for your car then its going to be fine.
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yet another 2am wake up cry... and then he woke up 2mins before my alarm was set! so i left for my 10k an hr later than usual. it was more of the horrible damp cold. my legs necer warmed up, just ached the whole time. slowed me down kind of aching.. i think they felt the extra 1.5km hilly section from yesterday a bit more than i realised. and the recent lack of sleep is starting to catch up on me too.... any way i got through it and eventually warmed up. rest day tomorrow... hoping we avoid the blizzards forecast for the end of the week... really dont fancy running in that.
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drop the sump and clear the pick up pipe, its likely blocked - common enough problem. if its clear and clean then the pump may be gone, but that its only doing it on heavy load i reckon your pickup pipe is a good starting place.
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if the belt goes its a potentially (quite likely) destroyed engine...
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from a 15second google i found this - Apparently it's some old British standard (related to the packaging, not the bulb itself), 477 and 499 are both identical H7. personally i have liked Osram Nightbreakers the last few yrs, though i currently have a set of philips extremes in. havnt gotten to see what they are like for proper night driving yet though. historically from experience around this forum the Osrams tended to have better life than the ohilips, though the guy in the parts shop assured me the newer philips ones have improved a lot. . they better given the higher price!
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when was the belt done last? top of my head the skoda recommended change on the 1.9 was 1st 100,000miles / 5years 2nd, 3rd etc at 40,000 / 4yrs so your 2004 would be 2009, 2013, 2017,2021 based on age. mileage may vary this though.
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iirc there is a little plastic barb at the end of aerial where it goes into the base. it squeezes in and the aerial slots into base then it springs out inside the base to stop it coming back out. thats the anti theft. you literally need to just pull it Nd will likely break that tab off doing so. if your replacing it with a fin though, im pretty sure you get the whole thing off inc the base in one go? pull down the headlining and undo the nut. then disconnect the wires from the base. then attach wires to new fin base, put in your fin in make sure the seal is a good fit or use some sealant if in doubt and do up the nut nice and tight.
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hes not up to no hands yet the stabilisers are still on the back. Only got it mid summer, but havnt had the weather to do much other than around our estate since, where the amount of turning needed would hide any alignment issue. ill have a good look at it later, see if theres anything obvious.
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is there a knack / tool / technique i can use to check and adjust the wheel alignment on spud srs 16in fixed frame bike? i have a feeling its off even though it looks pretty good by eye. noticed he was drifting left a lot yesterday on the cycle track which made no sense as its cambered the other way for drainage. then when i was walking it back up, before shouldering it, it felt like it was drifting again and was doing a lot more correcting than i felt i should have needed. so whats the best way to check the frame and wheels are square and tracking straight??
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so i went for an attempted 5k yesterday with spud sr on his bike. ended up walking about half of the 4.7k we logged but carrying his bike on my shoulder so still counts. it was a slower than normal run... this morning was horrible. junior woke at 2330, 0215 and then at 445am... a bottle and a settle later i wasnt going back to sleep.. it was 605am. so i geared up and left at around 625am.. it was freeeeezing cold, damp, nasty and being sleep deprived and sore legs from the cold.. anyway, i pushed hard and did... 11.5km in almost an exact one hour. the hills on the lap of our block at the end made it really disgusting.
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check the cable harness from the driver door to the A pillar. look for any wear/splits/ crushing etc. disconnect its connectors and check the pins for corrosion. if you have a multi meter continuity check all the wires. repeat this on the harness going to the door with the open window. check the relay itself in case its sticking. and then... get the door card off, and apply 12v directly to the rear window motor. if it spins that narrows you fault options,and you can close the window. if it doesnt the motor is failed.
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has the thermostat been changed? if its on the original cambelt and esp water pump after 11yrs even at low mileage they need replacing anyway due to age related deterioration. the pump is probably knackered anyway, but its also a good place to start leak finding. there and the obvious - radiator cracks.
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/\ Dean is 90% correct. swap the wires to maintain a permanent live for radio memory, but also get an antenna amplifier to fit on the harness or you can have trouble with am/fm signal being very weak. the amp is built into the standard headunit, so the upgraded unit will need the inline booster. cost very little and easy fit. may also need an antenna plug adapter depending on the unit you get
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mk1 octavias have the same problems. 50/50 its water getting in the connector and corroding the pins (which the grease trick would help with) or the wires fraying in the bellows from rubbing on each other or pulling apart.
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just used the segment thing on strava if i do a lap of the block we live on which has a horrible hill on it it, i can push to 11.5k. 16 of them plus today puts me at 194k. so if i do 3 of them plus a 10k a week that 188, and 3 weekend 5ks ill clear it. may do the 5k by bringin spud sr for a riverside path cycle..
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horrible damp2 degree cold this morning at 635am. woke at 440, back to sleep.. 515am..spud jr woke.. so a bottle and a resettle then geared up and headed out. so quiet and peaceful, if the cloud had broken for the nearly full moon and a drier crispy cold it would have been lovely. 4th 10k this week, first of the new year, only 6hrs 8mins left to log for supersapiens. i realised though on route that im shagged for the 200km jan total - theres only 17 scheduled running days in jan (mon,tue,thu,fri) which will leave me 30k short! so im going to have to get tactical and increase my distance a bit more, maybe pull a sneaky couple of weekend 5ks aswell. also got my 2020 strava stats (only nov and dec as i didnt use it before that..). it adds up quickly when you total it up. dont know about prior to that, will have to check fitbit, and then add on the pre fit bit runs too to see what i did since July.
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10k this morning... -2degrees, heavy frost, full moon, pre dawn clear sky. slightly slippy paths, but overall not bad. random bag of rubbish in a badly lit section of footpath nearly put me on my face... 51m 25sec. not a bad last run of the year. 2021 Jan challenges start in the morning!!!
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