Tag: fail
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dont buy junk – dont sell junk – (another) roadtrip starter motor fail in the Doka
starter motor solenoid refused to fire after stopping in fuel station on the way back from a 350km roadtrip … hit it, short it , check it – remove it and test it.. put it back in, hotwire it with a spanner….then ask two random builders in a van to help bump start it. (Not…
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Engine bay fire – not me 😉
Checking your running engine for intake vacuum leaks with flammable brake cleaner is a great idea – until it isn’t – ask me how I know… #vwt3
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roadtrip (near) fail in the doka
went for a drive in the DOKA – ended up 60km from akciddentoHQ and found that the oil drain plug was stripped and hanging in the bottom of the sump only by the power of ignorance – all the dash temp indicators are fubar ATM so I assume low oil pressure light is too. the…
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more flame and thunder
a damp, rainy bleary start to the day. it’s been drizzling for several hours and the air is so cold it looks not too promising for racing today. It seems that the one meeting tha people thought would be dry is in danger of being a washout just like most of the others this year…
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hungover wiring
monster hangover. i spend a vague morning sipping coffee and staring at wiring diagrams for the bus. for some reason it MAKES SENSE ! this is very disturbing. i have difficulty focusing on objects but the wiring diagram makes sense ? i track it all back and test and check and twiddle. the immobiliser has…
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back home on a low loader, again…
back from the alps, sunburned and exhausted, all very good. didn’t kill any of the other munters on the package holiday. get in the bus, starts first time, runs lovely. off onto the m23 heading home, then it dies. completely. it won’t fire, won’t turn over, gauges are going mad. big time electrical problems….. AA…