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Got our insurance sorted yesterday. Everyone says that Admiral multicar doesn't do modified car insurance, but, it seems that if you have insured all your cars and your home with them for seven or eight years, and it's renewal time, and I suppose...

The DSG gearbox ion the Octavia was very nice in many ways but (I guess) because it had clutches rather than a torque converter the engine could not build up revs before engaging the auto clutch. It was fine on the flat but pulled away really...

When my daughter bought her first car she wanted a Mazda 2/Demio. The 3rd gen version about 2010. They were all 1.3 autos and were terrible piles of pooh. She had been driving our 90's 1.3 manual Toyota Starlet and even she was devastated at...

that's what my Jaguar XJ is for.

Stay away from Motorways. ☺️

I had a Peugeot 607 2.2 HDI auto that was like that. It only had four gears and first was very high. Pulling out on busy roundabouts was a nightmare. I would have to stay back from the line and anticipate a gap, floor it, and run up to the...

My first Auto was a Skoda Octavia with a DSG gearbox and a 1.5 litre turbo diesel engine. It was hopelessly under powered until the turbo kicked in so pulling away from an uphill junction was downright scary. It wasn't possible to hold the brake...

It's not perfect, but I quite like it. i think that maybe the gearbox assumes that the engine has more torque than it does, so it does take a fair bit of accelerator depression before it "kicks down", but I actually quite like that. I can...

Is it possible the starter is still engaged?

I may have a resolution to my gearbox rattles. We shall see. Yesterday I went to visit an auto gearbox specialist for them to have a listen. They were adamant that the noise sounded like something outside of the gearbox, so inside the bell...

I went for a bit of a drive with a friend this morning and got it warm. Went back to the garage and got it level (previously it was a bit nose up) and warm (previously I think it was cold) and I had to add a whole litre of ATF before it started...

Brilliant mate, :D well done on such a huge project. You must be well chuffed to get it running but even more so that it runs so well. Believe me I understand the concern that doing the conversion might result in a car that drives but is not...

This is the one that just keeps on giving. 😊

We're driving again! 😀 During testing I was poking about at the wiring and suddenly one of the relays in the relay module triggered and after a few minutes more poking I figured it looks like the relay module is faulty. This is the offending...

Thanks mate, every little helps. :) I'm not too concerned as it will probably be something stupid I've done like a disconnected wire or some such. I spent months working on the startup procedure to get it reliable as it seems to be very fussy...

Sadly these are the latest additions to the "Shelf of Shame" :oops: RIP little fellas In reality they're not completely dead but injured enough I wouldn't trust them for anything much. The digital pins 10 and 11 are no longer working and...

Stretch a length of string down the side of the car so it touches the back wheel and just touches the front. It will give you a rough guide on how far out of alignment the front wheels are. If they are a mile out then maybe that's the issue but...

Thinking about it, I think they were the ones who left the pamphlet for the Waiau Naturist site in the van, together with a drinks receipt from the Cruz Gay & Swingers Bar. Used condoms everywhere and broken bed board. No couldn't have been...

The shunt has pack negative and positive so is able to send out the pack voltage by CAN. The inverter does the same. By plagiarising the work of others I have a ready made way of reading the CAN from the shunt and inverter so although the charger...

I'm a novice on battery stuff. But I don't know how a monitor of the batteries knows their voltage when there is something plugged into them charging them. It would presumably see the voltage that the charger is putting out. Can't be having...

Another thing I discovered was that the circuit I built (on the previous page of this thread) to sense when the charger plug is pushed in and send a Gnd to power my Arduino Nano, sends positive 12V when the plug is not in. :oops: I suspect this...

Yes mate, it's currently triggered by the brake light switch and as I was writing the post above it occurred I could use it but I need to confirm it won't pull on the brake lights but I guess another relay would sort that. I think there is an...

Over the weekend I discovered that disconnecting Gnd from the accelerator pedal to prevent the car driving away while the charge cable is plugged in is NOT A GOOD IDEA! At one point during testing I turned on the ignition and the motor suddenly...

They look mean

The good news is the new Nano is working and the circuit that detects when the Charger is plugged in also works. When I plug the charger in the Nano gets 5V and powers two relays which stay on until the charging sequence completes. There are...

"sub optimal" Love it. I shall use this term at work, next time I think I'm clever and doing things correctly when I diagnose faults with a multimeter and "sub optimally" catch 2 wires with 1 prong and blow fuses. My spanners have chunks burnt...

I'm sorry to hear that GG, I love motor sport and everyone knows it can be dangerous but it's always gut wrenching to see someone get hurt. it never occurred to me that these connectors could be so dangerous but if you look at the tip of the...

There's not much that is when it comes to working on bits you've not worked on before. The important thing is, do you still have all your limbs, eyes etc? If you do, then its a good day. It wasn't such a good day for 1 of the drivers at the...

As I rapidly approach my 6th decade, I'm still very amazed how every day is still a school day. I think some are ****ed off that they don't know everything, maybe even think they do. But I love learning stuff. It may mean you still have/create...

I found out today that replacing the suspension springs & struts on an F2 isn’t as easy as I thought it would be.