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Solvent to breakdown/soak valves with carbon deposits
gjm replied to 325_driver's topic in Maintenance
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I like this far more than is healthy for me...
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There is not a 46mm socket, on its own, in the country. And if there was it'd be $45+. ? So I bought a 21-piece 3/4" drive set for $129. New tools. Happy Christmas to me. ??
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More rant. 46mm socket needed, and my collection/accumulation of sockets goes as far as a 41mm. Boxing day. Engineers Merchants all closed 'til the 6th. What's the chances of Repco a. being open (OK - 9-5.30 today) and b. having what I need?
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Widebody E46 - "Widebody kit, fully intergrated."
gjm replied to Kodachrome's topic in TradeMe discussions
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The 5 I'm referring to are by Baur. If you have an E24, Baur will still make one for you.
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Yippee! It's about time my slidehammer got some use... Now I just need the weather to play nice, and stop raining.
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Well, maybe... NZ Couriers have noted on the tracking that 'the office is closed' (there are people here - I was here!) and invite me to contact my local branch. Phoning the local branch goes through to an after hours message... Office is open from 7am through to whatever time. The local drop-off point (Caltex) tell me that service has been terrible lately... Edit: I take it back. This has to be easier to fit than just a new bearing! That said, anything I should be watching out for...? Not done one of these. On a BMW. Yet.
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The Very Nice Man has confirmed it is a bearing. No noise, even smooth noise, when the wheel is spun, but it is definitely there under load, especially on right hand turns (it's the left front bearing). Described as not being as bad as it could be, and that it'd probably pass a WoF. ? Still, that's not good enough. It needs to be sorted. Which leaves me in a bit of a muddle. Do I try to sort it myself, with (I suspect) insufficient tools to do the job properly (I've done a bit of research and there are pullers involved that I don't have), or do we accept 'she'll be a'right' a while longer and get it sorted after 6th January when the world starts turning again? Olaf makes an excellent point - I don't want to - won't - run a risk of Miss M having problems on the way home. Edit: replacement part ordered. After discussion I'm getting 'more' than just the bearing - I've seen how the bearing is replaced and it looks like it could be a PITA. So I'm getting the bearing and bearing housing. Should be a unbolt, bolt-up job. I hope.
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It's going to see a Very Nice Man who will hopefully be able to achieve what I haven't had time to do - diagnose what is wrong. Further thought and discussion (with the Very Nice Man) suggests it might not be a wheel bearing... That could just be my knee-jerk guess at the issue. Might be a tie rod. Or a mount. Or... Well, it is definitelysomething. And it needs sorting. Fingers crossed...
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Sounds normal for NZ Post.
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I'm working tomorrow and Tuesday.... I'll be calling around to find somewhere that has one, or can ship overnight (for delivery Christmas Eve!)
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In the time honoured tradition of going wrong at just about the worst possible time, Miss M has come to visit us in our idyllic corner of NZ. No - that's not the problem. We love to see her. The problem is that her car has decided now is the time to need a new wheel bearing. Firmly grasp and wriggle the n/s/f front wheel, and you can feel and hear movement. I suppose we might get lucky and find some piece of suspension is slightly worn, but let's be realistic - what are the chances of that? So, two days before Christmas, she needs a new wheel bearing. And she has to drive back to Hamilton on the 28th. Being the kinda guy I am, I always sort this stuff before it gets to the catastrophic failure stage - how bad does it get before it collapses completely?
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There were 5 of these built, and one (silver) is in Thailand. There's a white one, and I know of another silver one, in France, which is for sale for EUR65000.
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I have mine on order with Speed Factor. Not a NZ-popular fitment so they're coming in from overseas, but this way I don't have to get involved with GST, import, taxes, duties and general faffing about. With luck, they'll be here for me to fit while on my quite brief Chrimbletide break.
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That's the bit that's puzzling me. And if FCP are collecting the GST, how has NZ convinced them to do that (with the associated paperwork it's going to entail) and then to pass that money on to NZ? As I understand it, the onus of collection is on the seller, not the shipping company, so FedEx would't get involved. Which is in itself a shame - FedEx have arranged collection of excise revenue for a long time (on shipments with a due duty in excess of $60) and done so very effectively and quickly - far quicker than NZ Post. I've been through trying several different routes of shipping and FedEx shipping from FCP has been the best experience.
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If ordering a number of things from FCP, talk to them directly. Their online system doesn't combine items for shipping very well.
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MyUS will collect / charge GST on all shipments. I've received an email to that effect.
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UK have been doing this for decades. Anything over £17 attracts duty, which is collected by Royal Mail at point of delivery.
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This is the bit I just cannot understand. How is NZ persuading the rest of the world to collect GST on behalf of NZ, and getting that money paid to NZ? It makes no sense. Of course, the fundamental ineptitude of NZ Post means that were they to be required to apply tax to all imports, no-one would ever receive anything. NZ Post are - essentially - useless at this, and take weeks to do something that FedEx (etc) are able to do with no time penalty.
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Just one more...