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Took it for a WOF, battery went flat while it was waiting in queue, went to auto sparky next door, paid too much for a battery that is not quite the right size, but also not knackered, installed new battery, started car, went in for WOF....

it failed its last WOF on 3 things, I have fixed many things, including 2 of the 3 from the last check, this time it failed on 10 things, which I believe is a much more accurate representation of its condition. I don't know how it only failed on 3 things last time, maybe they just got bored and gave up checking??

Nothing particularly major, a few light bulbs, wiper blades, headlight adjusters, and the airbag light, which throws a code for the drivers seat buckle switch, so another trip to Pick a part/ Zebra is in my near future.

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10 hours ago, Olaf said:

Will that net you difficulties at WoF time, with a 110k increase in odo?  And what about your RUC?  Is our local transport beauracracy equipped to deal with this kind of seismic change?

the woman at VTNZ couldn't answer that and said I needed to ring NZTA.... I will build up the mental strength to tackle that next week sometime.

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Yellow-ised the fog lights and put them back in, started on the roof racks,

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welded ends on the bars, welded some slugs in to take bolts for attaching to car,

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Cut some brackets from box section to make mounting clamps,

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Drilled and tapped M8 blind holes for mounting bolts, cut 50mm studs and glued in, glued rubber pads on where the bars will mount to the roof rails...

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The one that is on looked sweet today Andrew, very aero!

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A relatively successful Pick a part mission after the meet today, found an Orient blue sedan with a good bumper, but I don't need it anymore!! Took the passenger wing mirror though, got 2 good HVAC panels, one has NO broken buttons, like it has never been used! Got a wheel to replace the buckled one because it was just lying on the ground , got a pollen filter housing with alarm bonnet switch and the metal clip that holds it on, got the correct number plate mount with the chrome strip, another donor dash to rob stepper motors from, both air inlet pipes for the a/c unbroken!! And some other bits and bobs, now to fit it all....

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Front plate holder sorted, diagnostic cap replaced, HVAC unit replaced, new one is much quieter but yet to see if it helps with the battery drain issue.

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Still not quite legal and I think a 360km round trip with no a/c and a bad shudder at open road speeds would be enough to drive me mad!! 

Plus the M5 probably needs to stretch its legs, it will be feeling a bit neglected!

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Took the front wheel off to get the tyre swapped to the (hopefully) straight rim, decided to investigate the brake squeal, de-glazed the pads and disc, discovered the bottom inner section of the backing plate had broken its spot welds and was waving around in the breeze, not sure if it was contributing to the noise but it could have been so I cut it off! I briefly considered rewelding it but its aluminum and I didn't want to remove the hub to do it.

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Does yours have the auxiliary / supplementary diesel burner for heating the coolant? It's behind the left front wheel plastic guard liner usually. 

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2 hours ago, polley said:

Does yours have the auxiliary / supplementary diesel burner for heating the coolant? It's behind the left front wheel plastic guard liner usually. 

Yep, supposedly comes on below 10 degrees, but commonly fail, can see the exhaust poking out below the under tray.

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Supposedly depending on your obc can program them to come on at a certain time each day (if outside temp drops below threshold) and run the heater fan so car is nice and warm before you leave for work.

 

Yeah mine works occasionally, has an intermittent glow plug fault. Think its a dodgy control board.

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You can also get a remote control to turn it on and off, it will also only activate if the battery is above a certain voltage, but the control boards are a common fault. I'm in 2 minds about whether or not to remove it completely, I have heated seats and its not my daily driver.

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12 hours ago, aja540i said:

You can also get a remote control to turn it on and off, it will also only activate if the battery is above a certain voltage, but the control boards are a common fault. I'm in 2 minds about whether or not to remove it completely, I have heated seats and its not my daily driver.

Retrofit it into your Leaf....

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16 hours ago, aja540i said:

You can also get a remote control to turn it on and off, it will also only activate if the battery is above a certain voltage, but the control boards are a common fault. I'm in 2 minds about whether or not to remove it completely, I have heated seats and its not my daily driver.

If you're looking to remove it, let me know. I have a couple of uses for such a thing.

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Finished the upper chassis braces / roof racks!

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new handle for the boot floor panel arrived, fitted, I didn't get the original barrel so it can be locked / unlocked with any key shaped object but I can live with that.

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Tyre swapped from buckled rim to used good 'un...

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Out with the old, VERY old, and in with the new, who says you can't get 300000km out of suspension bushes :)

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The arm\ball joints usually last along time but im sure the bushing would of been replaced at some point.

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I can spin the ball joints by hand so they are totally shot now, the bushes may have been replaced but they are toast now as well, should make a massive improvement to the ride and braking, sway bar links have been replaced and still seem ok.

In other news I have dismantled another dash cluster and removed 2 hopefully good stepper motors, but damaged a trace on my dash cluster PCB so need to repair that before I chuck it all back together, more slow progress....

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Dash board all fixed, replacement stepper motors fitted, re-assembled and fitted, all appears to be working, front brake pads and discs de-glazed and re-fitted, squealing appears to have been cured, and new front suspension arms have cured the shuddering, starting to drive like a proper car again!

Just need to sort the airbag light, headlight adjusters and rear brakes then WOF re-check....

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Pulled one headlight apart and shook the old adjusters out, ordered replacements from 2 different suppliers to hopefully get some before the WOF re-check deadline, and replaced the rubber pads in both keys, a small but satisfying job done.

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16 hours ago, aja540i said:

Pulled one headlight apart and shook the old adjusters out...

 

Installation is the reverse of removal??? ?

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