Car D.I.Y.
- Thread starter Drago
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Most BL cars would start with a screwdriver
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Drago
Legendary Member
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- Suburban Poshshire
I the absence of a drain plug on slush boxes is because a) you need to change the filter and that's often built into the sump anyway (im looking at you Porsche), and b) they need pressure flushing and not just a sump-dump or you'll still have a torque converter full of old fluid.
Adam4868
Guru
Yea but with a drain plug you can get the majority of fluid out before dropping the pan...I'd be changing the filters either way.makes life easier ? If I could of been arsed I should of put a plug in the sump pan whilst I had it off,I couldn't ☹️
A lot of BL cars would not start without one, along with a few spanners, tow rope, jumper leads etc.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
If I remember correctly, two of my Minis, built many years apart, had FS880 keys, just about the most common generic key you could think of. They were even used on fork lifts etc.
Probably cheaper for a thief to buy a key than buy a screwdriver.
Probably cheaper for a thief to buy a key than buy a screwdriver.
It's exactly for that reason, make it awkward for the owner to service their own vehicle.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
It does seem the industry is conspiring against us but perhaps....
How many people with an auto box (in this country at least ) would ever even consider it needed maintenance, how many of those that do, take their car to a garage. The vast vast majority I suspect. I wonder how many cars with an auto box end up with car at end of life, that never had their fluid changed ?
Reduced manufacturing costs, given all the angles (yours, mine and others), I guess its inevitable things like this happen.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Some of us are mechanically sympathetic. As my car ages, I will still see if the manual gearbox needs maintenance. Its just in some of us..,its just not in many. Another example of how we see cars as fairly disposable in this country ( imho)
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
I think there’s an equation relating to less servicing required as a car gets older, as this is what usually happens
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Today replaced the rear discs and pads on the C70. As is my luck it fought me all the way.
Once done I took the opportunity to paint the rear calipers to match the fronts, a pale gold colour that is a fair approximation of the original cad plated finish, and lano sprayed around the rear arch and trailing arm.
Once done I took the opportunity to paint the rear calipers to match the fronts, a pale gold colour that is a fair approximation of the original cad plated finish, and lano sprayed around the rear arch and trailing arm.
