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what have you done to your car today ?

Got delivery of my Brand New Under Shelf Boot Tray---Bargain at £15 delivered
And won a Green cone filter SAI filter & heat guard & all the bits for £52...

Don't you just love E-Bay...........Couldn't afford life without it;)
 

Blamester

Active Member
Mar 31, 2012
26
0
work on my leon

i did a bit of work on my leon 180 sport at the weekend for the mot
replaced a wishbone and polybushed them both
replaced the bottom ball joints both sides
need to replace drivers side caliper as now sticking,
gsf do them for £50+£30 surcharge which i will get back when i dorp the knackered caliper off,going to both ront calipers
now tempted to fit braided hoses as will be replacing brake fluid anyway along with
pollen filter fuel filter and oil/oil filter .ive got a mk1 golf project that i need to get on with so leon will get sorted quick
 

gdjohny

Crazy Mechanical Engineer
Dec 25, 2010
815
0
Kettering
Diy short shift - love how it feels like now
fixed my back box cos it was hanging low for months and it was droning at idle.
ordered two springs for rear calipers cos the handbrake sticks a bit and it makes horrible sound when reversing
 

useyourname

Active Member
Aug 2, 2012
322
0
In a shed
Just had new front inner pads fitted as could hear it wasn't right when braking... What a difference. I forgot how brakes felt when they worked!
 

8bit

Active Member
Feb 11, 2010
3,401
3
Aberdeen
MOT today plus change of oil and filter, gearbox oil, fuel filter, brake fluid and sticky handbrake fixed. Failed MOT on one track rod end (fixed), one exhaust hanger (fixed) and one of the rear springs, not fixed as I'll hopefully be getting the Weitec's fitted this weekend. Wheel alignment and re-test next week...
 

seatturbopower

Active Member
Aug 1, 2012
350
5
birmingham
MOT today plus change of oil and filter, gearbox oil, fuel filter, brake fluid and sticky handbrake fixed. Failed MOT on one track rod end (fixed), one exhaust hanger (fixed) and one of the rear springs, not fixed as I'll hopefully be getting the Weitec's fitted this weekend. Wheel alignment and re-test next week...

what did you do/use to bleed the brake fluid mate?gunson easy bleed job or old manual half pumping of the pedal? track rods on the cupra 180 is a bit of a bitch to re tighten as there above and not on the bottom
 
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8bit

Active Member
Feb 11, 2010
3,401
3
Aberdeen
what did you do/use to bleed the brake fluid mate?gunson easy bleed job or old manual half pumping of the pedal? track rods on the cupra 180 is a bit of a bitch to re tighten as there above and not on the bottom

Should have said, got the garage to do it. I live in Scotland, it's f**king freezing here just now, sod working on the car for hours right now :)

All I had to do was pay a small fortune once they were done. Next year I will do it all myself.
 

bruceR

Active Member
Apr 11, 2005
2,558
647
Monifieth, Dundee
Lost all power driving back from golf club :cry: Plugged in my code reader to find a charge pressure positive code: 17965 P1557
Cc
Checked all hose connections - ok
Checked vac hoses - ok
Sprayed around all hose connections with soapy water but couldn't find any leaks :shrug:
Took her out for a good blast and all fine :confused::shrug::confused::shrug:
 
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