What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

[Redvee]

Sorted the screenwash that reached the bottom inch of the windscreen. Pulled the pipe off the back of the bonnet and pulled it through and blew down the pipe and heard the screenwash bubbling so knew the pipe was clear. Connected it all back up and the jest reached the middle of the screen so it seems there was some crud in the washer bottle/pipe.

[Airthies]

Sorted the screenwash that reached the bottom inch of the windscreen. Pulled the pipe off the back of the bonnet and pulled it through and blew down the pipe and heard the screenwash bubbling so knew the pipe was clear. Connected it all back up and the jest reached the middle of the screen so it seems there was some crud in the washer bottle/pipe.

Likely the bottle will be full of algae type gunk that'll float back to the washer pump filter screen.
Better off pulling the motor out of the bottle and flushing it out properly.

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[Redvee]

Sorted the screenwash that reached the bottom inch of the windscreen. Pulled the pipe off the back of the bonnet and pulled it through and blew down the pipe and heard the screenwash bubbling so knew the pipe was clear. Connected it all back up and the jest reached the middle of the screen so it seems there was some crud in the washer bottle/pipe.

Likely the bottle will be full of algae type gunk that'll float back to the washer pump filter screen.
Better off pulling the motor out of the bottle and flushing it out properly.

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Was thinking of flushing the washer bottle out too.

[loot]

Took asbo for mot.
He said it was a class 4 test. But it is a t350 which I would say is class 7. But who am I to argue I'm just a pleb

Also it failed on right parking brake efficiency low.
18 year old junk eh

[Redvee]

Sorted the screenwash that reached the bottom inch of the windscreen. Pulled the pipe off the back of the bonnet and pulled it through and blew down the pipe and heard the screenwash bubbling so knew the pipe was clear. Connected it all back up and the jest reached the middle of the screen so it seems there was some crud in the washer bottle/pipe.

Likely the bottle will be full of algae type gunk that'll float back to the washer pump filter screen.
Better off pulling the motor out of the bottle and flushing it out properly.

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Was thinking of flushing the washer bottle out too.

That was a bad idea to remove the washerbottle this morning. The mounting bolt turned but didn't come out of the chassis any more than 1/4", one of the previous owners has got rid of the plug for the motor and replaced it with spade connectors which due to the lack of wheel arch liner were very brittle, I only touched them and one broke so I took the motor off and took a trip to Halfords and bought some spade connectors to get the motor working again till I can get the correct plug for the motor.

[Airthies]

[quote="Redvee"]Sorted the screenwash that reached the bottom inch of the windscreen. Pulled the pipe off the back of the bonnet and pulled it through and blew down the pipe and heard the screenwash bubbling so knew the pipe was clear. Connected it all back up and the jest reached the middle of the screen so it seems there was some crud in the washer bottle/pipe.

Likely the bottle will be full of algae type gunk that'll float back to the washer pump filter screen.
Better off pulling the motor out of the bottle and flushing it out properly.

Sent using crapatalk

Was thinking of flushing the washer bottle out too.

That was a bad idea to remove the washerbottle this morning. The mounting bolt turned but didn't come out of the chassis any more than 1/4", one of the previous owners has got rid of the plug for the motor and replaced it with spade connectors which due to the lack of wheel arch liner were very brittle, I only touched them and one broke so I took the motor off and took a trip to Halfords and bought some spade connectors to get the motor working again till I can get the correct plug for the motor.[/quote]I've done them by just pulling the motor and flushing with a hose.
Park the van on a slight slope

If you're replacing the plug with another second hand one, get a good one with plenty wire and splice them up inside the engine bay as the wires will be well oxidised by now

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[loot]

Hmm interesting.

My mot is up 2nd feb, i took it on Monday 2pm, if failed on handbrake effort and I got the usual a4 print of it and advisories and emissions. I assumed then that the car no longer had mot. I've bought a new caliper but have yet to fit it and I'm still driving the van.decided to check the mot status and it is still valid until 2nd feb

Yes I know that I shouldn't be driving a dodgy motor about but I'll fit the caliper and get it booked in but it's good to know that I have breathing space in future

[ned]

Hmm interesting.

My mot is up 2nd feb, i took it on Monday 2pm, if failed on handbrake effort and I got the usual a4 print of it and advisories and emissions. I assumed then that the car no longer had mot. I've bought a new caliper but have yet to fit it and I'm still driving the van.decided to check the mot status and it is still valid until 2nd feb

Yes I know that I shouldn't be driving a dodgy motor about but I'll fit the caliper and get it booked in but it's good to know that I have breathing space in future

That’s so irresponsible driving around with a dodgy hand brake anyway where did you get the new calliper from? I need to order one as my handbrake hasn’t worked correctly for 6 months, the rear right calliper is fooked

[Altransit]

Back in the day before MOT's were digitised, if the vehicle failed, then you still had a valid MOT until the old certificate ran out, so long as you threw the fail certificate away so no-one could find it.

These days, so I'm told, once the vehicle has failed, your old certificate is invalidated by the new fail certificate, but for some reason, it can be many days before the new information reaches the database
For that reason, it's not worth putting the vehicle in for its test early, because you can lose a month if it fails

[loot]

Hmm interesting.

My mot is up 2nd feb, i took it on Monday 2pm, if failed on handbrake effort and I got the usual a4 print of it and advisories and emissions. I assumed then that the car no longer had mot. I've bought a new caliper but have yet to fit it and I'm still driving the van.decided to check the mot status and it is still valid until 2nd feb

Yes I know that I shouldn't be driving a dodgy motor about but I'll fit the caliper and get it booked in but it's good to know that I have breathing space in future

That’s so irresponsible driving around with a dodgy hand brake anyway where did you get the new calliper from? I need to order one as my handbrake hasn’t worked correctly for 6 months, the rear right calliper is fooked

Same as mine, it went wrong shortly after I carefully painted it red

Mines a different caliper to yours though I think so use your reg etc.

[loot]

Back in the day before MOT's were digitised, if the vehicle failed, then you still had a valid MOT until the old certificate ran out, so long as you threw the fail certificate away so no-one could find it.

These days, so I'm told, once the vehicle has failed, your old certificate is invalidated by the new fail certificate, but for some reason, it can be many days before the new information reaches the database
For that reason, it's not worth putting the vehicle in for its test early, because you can lose a month if it fails

Well as long as the computer doesn't update until it gets a pass mot.

Although on the mot forum where they've accidentally logged a pass on the wrong vehicle which was actually a fail they can only phone dvsa up and get it manually removed and in serious doo doo. Which kind of suggests that a pass is kind of permanent. Not sure if that is relevant for this though.

Ah well,at least it isn't big red writing saying loot is wanted

[ned]

Hmm interesting.

My mot is up 2nd feb, i took it on Monday 2pm, if failed on handbrake effort and I got the usual a4 print of it and advisories and emissions. I assumed then that the car no longer had mot. I've bought a new caliper but have yet to fit it and I'm still driving the van.decided to check the mot status and it is still valid until 2nd feb

Yes I know that I shouldn't be driving a dodgy motor about but I'll fit the caliper and get it booked in but it's good to know that I have breathing space in future

That’s so irresponsible driving around with a dodgy hand brake anyway where did you get the new calliper from? I need to order one as my handbrake hasn’t worked correctly for 6 months, the rear right calliper is fooked

Same as mine, it went wrong shortly after I carefully painted it red

Mines a different caliper to yours though I think so use your reg etc.

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Look the same but maybe the size is different white mine being a whopping 85 there’s no slider on the calliper thought, might order this one with new slider for a couple of pounds more

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No rush it’s been 6 months intermittent working

[ned]

Now you’ve got me thinking, do I order both rear callipers and new flexi pipes and maybe possibly paint the callipers blue just thinking if I do both rear then at least they should last a few years

[loot]

Fkn asbo.

Failed mot on handbrake effort.right side is less than left side. I bought a new calliper cleaned everywhere and checked it all worked. Fil took it for retest, failed again fk sake . Have taken the nearly new calliper from forskin and adjusted and pads etc. Road test and the left wheel is locking up compared so seems the same.

Mot guy said if they were both the same it should pass.

So having exhausted all other ideas I'm going to change the left calliper etc in an effort to restore balance.

It is going to be another mot now though ffs.

It has to be the left side is too good surely.

Mot said its probably ebay sh*t caliper but I'm not having that,the road brakes are fine and it is a decent quality.will have been qc tested.

[Redvee]

Looks good. I fitted a double plate thing on mine that has 2 left usb and right is cigar socket that strangely has a plug in double usb the left also has a built in voltage meter. I've also got the left cubby 12v cig socket that has my dash cam cigar socket plugged in and the right hand cubby has another double usb which is always live that I use for head torch and running watch etc. Don't have pictures to hand though but it'll be somewhere on the forum under 'asbo' my van.

Next job is sort the radio out,it's ford and seems to go really poor reception when the engine is running but good when the engine is off .

Given that you've done this, have you had any issues with overloading the circuit? I've been tasked with adding more USB sockets on my side as there will be a dashcam added to the upper left of the screen, the single plug has a constant drain for the TomTom satnav, an old mobile handset with short battery life plus my mobile when it needs it.
Was thinking of putting the plate behind the dash and cutting it to suit the two round sockets but forgot about the recess.