What have you done to your car today?
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Today I met Lee and a couple of the guys at the awesome ZedShed, collected my new bootlid and then spent far too long fighting 2 seized bolts to get it fitted
Devon
Dipped beam H7 Halogen headlight bulb replaced, bulb had blown, I did get a bulb out warning light up on the dash. With the wheel on full right lock managed to get at the wheel arch cover inspection cover and remove the rear headlight unit cover and change the bulb. Filiment was broken on the old bulb. Easier to do with the wheel off so more room is available as the rear cover is a bit of a fiddle to remove its quite a tight fit at its inner end.
Easier still to undo 2 bolts and the MAF clips to remove the air filter box and one bolt to lift up the washer reservoir for access to the rear of both headlights from the engine baycolb said:
No faffing about under a mucky wheel arch or having to remove a wheel 
Attleborough, Norfolk
As detailed elsewhere I've been trying to fix the heater in my latest project 4-pot. Finally got some warm air coming through so 'Christine' decided that was the ideal time to throw up an EML for me. 
Sure enough, codes for the valvetronic servo motor.
Luckily I had a known good one in the garage, along with a brand new eccentric cam position sensor so I dived in and changed both those today.
Not sure if the sensor needed changing but I'm not going in there twice!
The old servo motor was definitely grating inside when I turned the worm gear.
Wasn't too impressed with the nicely matched set of coils, but again, I had spares so now at least it has four the same in there.
Good old Autophix 5900 was able to reset the adaptations and I watched the servo motor go through it's range of movement checks ok, before then putting everything back together and firing it up.
Couldn't believe it! Still got an EML. Couldn't work it out, so went in for a cuppa and a think. Back outside and immediately noticed that it had a better chance of working if I actually plugged it in again. Doh! :roll: (I'd plugged it in to do the resets with the top cover off, so had to unplug it again to fit that and that's when I missed reconnecting it.)
When I got the car it also had an issue with the roof not working. The 'expert' mechanic couldn't work it out, but his final act had been to pull the red lever! Within 2 minutes I spotted that the boot micro-switch was broken. But replacing that made the motor run but no roof movement.
Buoyed by my earlier successes I dived in to relocate the roof motor. Was extremely pleased to find a brand new one in there. Someone had even gone to the trouble of drilling drain holes in the bottom of the casing.
Turns out the brass plunger wasn't stuck in as I'd thought, but the lever that operates it was seized.
I now have a fully functioning engine and roof.
I call that a win and 'Christine' is starting to lean more towards rescue that spares donor.
Sure enough, codes for the valvetronic servo motor.
Luckily I had a known good one in the garage, along with a brand new eccentric cam position sensor so I dived in and changed both those today.
Not sure if the sensor needed changing but I'm not going in there twice!
The old servo motor was definitely grating inside when I turned the worm gear.
Wasn't too impressed with the nicely matched set of coils, but again, I had spares so now at least it has four the same in there.
Good old Autophix 5900 was able to reset the adaptations and I watched the servo motor go through it's range of movement checks ok, before then putting everything back together and firing it up.
Couldn't believe it! Still got an EML. Couldn't work it out, so went in for a cuppa and a think. Back outside and immediately noticed that it had a better chance of working if I actually plugged it in again. Doh! :roll: (I'd plugged it in to do the resets with the top cover off, so had to unplug it again to fit that and that's when I missed reconnecting it.)
When I got the car it also had an issue with the roof not working. The 'expert' mechanic couldn't work it out, but his final act had been to pull the red lever! Within 2 minutes I spotted that the boot micro-switch was broken. But replacing that made the motor run but no roof movement.
Buoyed by my earlier successes I dived in to relocate the roof motor. Was extremely pleased to find a brand new one in there. Someone had even gone to the trouble of drilling drain holes in the bottom of the casing.
Turns out the brass plunger wasn't stuck in as I'd thought, but the lever that operates it was seized.
I now have a fully functioning engine and roof.
I call that a win and 'Christine' is starting to lean more towards rescue that spares donor.
A good days work mate.
On an unrelated, but full points for stupidity note, Lynn brought over a multi socket extension lead that had "suddenly stopped" working. Before changing a fuse, I plugged it into the mains and switched it from "off" to "on" and lo and behold.......
I'm still ripping the piss out of her about it.
On an unrelated, but full points for stupidity note, Lynn brought over a multi socket extension lead that had "suddenly stopped" working. Before changing a fuse, I plugged it into the mains and switched it from "off" to "on" and lo and behold.......
I'm still ripping the piss out of her about it.
That’s some impressive skills doing all that - I would be thinking twice before taking the engine apart.
Drove the living daylights out of it this weekend! Spent 600km yesterday visiting friends and fellow Z-owners in the south, then tearing up to Zandvoort for a 30-minute track session, which was an absolute blast. Then today we organised the second edition of Corvo on Tour, which despite the weather was a great success. All in all: a car-filled weekend
Now, where’s that soap…
Now, where’s that soap…
New MOT obtained today & pleased to see my annual mileage had increased to 5k, had a minor issue when informed my headlight washers weren’t working but then remembered I’d coded them out with Carly after getting fed up with screenwash residue over the bonnet - a few minutes later I’d managed to turn them on again 
Amusingly it’s passed the last 4 MOTs without being noticed
Rob
Amusingly it’s passed the last 4 MOTs without being noticed
Rob
