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Morning all pleasant day in leafy Surrey
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Pleasant enough here if you like drizzle.
Subsequent to which, the mist is now so thick one can't see the sea much less tell where the sea ends & the sky begins.
It was ever thus in the slough of despond.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 May 2018, 08:52.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Morning denizens
Nice day out there. Clement
Just dropped the Super Monkey Car off for its MOT. Now, we wait…
And walking back, I popped into Greggs for a bacon and sausage baguette
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Started pottering about getting ready to go shopping. But when I thought about what I needed, given I'll be away a couple of nights this weekend and another night next week and have a fairly full freezer, I realised I didn't actually need anything.
So I popped out to the car parts shop just along the road to get some electrical contact cleaning spray instead, as the Corolla's airflow sensor is, I suspect, in need of cleaning again.
Speaking of which: when I took it for a service at the Toyota dealership about eighteen months ago, I mentioned that I'd taken the sensor off but had to refit it with the same O ring, which ought to have been replaced, and asked them if they could fit a new ring if it looked like it needed it. They replied that the only way to get a replacement O ring was to buy a whole new sensor, which they wanted about £140 for.
Just checked, and you can get 250 assorted O rings for about a fiver on Amazon
Anyway, I just need the one for now, so once I've got the sensor off and can see what size I need, I'll pop back to the shop and get one. I daresay they'll charge me something stupid like a quid for it, but they've got to make a living and we don't have Amazon same-day delivery here yet
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Current status: checking the MOT history site every few minutes to see if the car's passed or failed yet
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Well that's wasted a fair few minutes.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostCurrent status: checking the MOT history site every few minutes to see if the car's passed or failed yet
The Strangelove Fiat Seicento seems to fail its mot on braking problems fairly regularly from the age of 3.
No surprise there then.
Oddly, when searching for the long gone to the great scrapyard in the sky Strangelove Ford Zodiac Mk IV, it gets everything right except the colour, which it reckons is red, whereas the car was green metallic.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 May 2018, 11:35.When the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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I cleaned the Toyota's MAF sensor, after which I popped over to the motor parts shop with it. We found the correct size O ring, which he put on it there and then to check it was indeed correct, and it cost 50p.
Then I refitted the sensor, and went for a little drive round the neighbourhood. It feels a bit friskier, having started to feel slightly hesitant under acceleration, and it's generally running smoothly. So that'll do for now
No word on the Orion yet, but I strongly suspect he does the tests and notes down the results on paper, then his wife comes in around lunchtime and puts it all on the computer. So the results might turn up any time now
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IT PASSED!Originally posted by NickFitz View PostJust dropped the Super Monkey Car off for its MOT. Now, we wait…
Off to collect it now
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…and home
I need to start sorting stuff out for the trip to London soon. But I should have lunch first, I reckon - sandwiches with the last of the roast pork, with a bit of apple sauce in white bread
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