My Silver '06

Started by delhusband, May 13, 2017, 11:42

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tricky1138

Welcome back too!

Hope you get sorted out soon.
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Chilli Girl

Yeh, missed you Derek, hope you get yourself sorted too. :)
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delhusband

Had a quick go at replacing post cat sensor, read the How To by @Rockingdad  here:

How to change post-cat O2 sensor

Sensor seized. I'd have taken the car out for a quick blast to get it all heated up, but car's locked up in back garden and it was just before dinner time, so I'll hit it with WD40 later and try again another time. 


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https://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-enb467htg-2000w-electric-heat-gun-240v/59740
These are quite handy for working on the car, safer than gas burners and can also be handy for warming up plastic trim etc for removal/refitting.
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Quote from: Call the midlife! on November  9, 2019, 20:18https://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-enb467htg-2000w-electric-heat-gun-240v/59740
These are quite handy for working on the car, safer than gas burners and can also be handy for warming up plastic trim etc for removal/refitting.
Got a heat gun, hadn't crossed my mind! cheers chap I'll give it a go 🙂
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Quote from: delhusband on November  9, 2019, 21:09
Quote from: Call the midlife! on November  9, 2019, 20:18https://www.screwfix.com/p/energer-enb467htg-2000w-electric-heat-gun-240v/59740
These are quite handy for working on the car, safer than gas burners and can also be handy for warming up plastic trim etc for removal/refitting.
Got a heat gun, hadn't crossed my mind! cheers chap I'll give it a go 🙂
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McMr2

Quote from: delhusband on November  9, 2019, 19:27Had a quick go at replacing post cat sensor, read the How To by @Rockingdad  here:

How to change post-cat O2 sensor

Sensor seized. I'd have taken the car out for a quick blast to get it all heated up, but car's locked up in back garden and it was just before dinner time, so I'll hit it with WD40 later and try again another time.


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Job is a pain in the hoop but you'll get there.
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paulj

Have you got a long handled wrench or a breaker bar?  More length, and leverage, will help get the thing moving.  Your o2 socket has a hex end to it so you can also use a bigger standard socket on the outside of it for more grunt.
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delhusband

Quote from: paulj on November 10, 2019, 09:17Have you got a long handled wrench or a breaker bar?  More length, and leverage, will help get the thing moving.  Your o2 socket has a hex end to it so you can also use a bigger standard socket on the outside of it for more grunt.

Do have a breaker bar - I didn't really persevere last night, dark and cold and car was just on the ground, wasn't jacked up, so couldn't really get the bar in with the angles. there was a lot of movement around the whole assembly when I was playing around, was bit worried I might break something else, so stepped back. Won't get another chance until next weekend now, but I'll give it a go with the bar after a good hit of penetrant, got some posh WD40 somewhere 🙂
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WD40 isn't your optimum for this application, it's a lubricant/water dispeller more than a freeing penetrant. You're better with something like Plusgas from cold.
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delhusband

Quote from: Call the midlife! on November 10, 2019, 10:55WD40 isn't your optimum for this application, it's a lubricant/water dispeller more than a freeing penetrant. You're better with something like Plusgas from cold.
Not the regular WD40 chap, this stuff:


WD-40® Specialist® Rust Release Penetrant Spray

They didn't have plusgas in the shop the day I bought it.
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Quote from: delhusband on November 10, 2019, 11:19
Quote from: Call the midlife! on November 10, 2019, 10:55WD40 isn't your optimum for this application, it's a lubricant/water dispeller more than a freeing penetrant. You're better with something like Plusgas from cold.
Not the regular WD40 chap, this stuff:


WD-40® Specialist® Rust Release Penetrant Spray

They didn't have plusgas in the shop the day I bought it.
Fast acting penetrant... sounds familiar 😂
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K T M Rider

Hi Del, sorry to hear if sciatica is getting in the way of you enjoying your 2.

Wasn't sure if you'd got the brakes done yet, so was going to pass on the benefit of my experience (having done my rears last year and sheared a caliper carrier bolt in the process  >:D  ) ..........but I see from elsewhere on the forum you already have them on the car  :)

Yep post cat 02 sensors can be a real pain too, but the thing to always remember is, if you're not going to be reusing the part, you can "get medieval" (within reason).
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delhusband

Quote from: K T M Rider on November 11, 2019, 11:46Hi Del, sorry to hear if sciatica is getting in the way of you enjoying your 2.

Wasn't sure if you'd got the brakes done yet, so was going to pass on the benefit of my experience (having done my rears last year and sheared a caliper carrier bolt in the process  >:D  ) ..........but I see from elsewhere on the forum you already have them on the car  :)

Yep post cat 02 sensors can be a real pain too, but the thing to always remember is, if you're not going to be reusing the part, you can "get medieval" (within reason).
long time no hear 🙂 thought you'd abandoned the car for the bike. glad you're still talking to me after I manged to get you, me and CTM lost en route to Carter Bar last year 😳
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delhusband

Success! had another go today, with car jacked up on passenger side to get better access. Daylight also helped  8)

Maybe it was the fact I had better access, or the fact I'd had a quick drive in the car before hand and things had been heated slightly better, but with a bit of heaving and perseverance the sensor slackened off without any heavy tools, although the heat gun and breaker bar were on standby. Glad I didn't need the breaker bar, access was a pig, it was quite long, and angle was awkward.

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The new item comes with anti seize compound on the threads, and a torque setting guide.

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Put it all back together and set about resetting the fault code with Torque Pro and ELM327

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EML off for now, but I'll take the car out for a drive tomorrow to see if it'll stay off.

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delhusband

had a play around tonight with Torque, put it to more interesting use than just reading / clearing fault codes.  Had a look at @shnazzle 's Fuel Trims Tool thread. Added all PID's as per thread to Torque, and went for a drive.  Got home and checked the log file data structure matched the template - added an extra column (I didn't have G(calibrated) in my files, so just inserted column in same place as the template log file, and entered zero values all the way down the set). Et vóila! I've attached my log file in case anyone's interested  :) (car's stock, don't imagine there's much excitement there for tuners)

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shnazzle

Very clean logs. Running a bit richer probably due to dropping temperature. Good stuff!
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delhusband

Been a while. Not been up to much, due to you know what, until last week. 4 months parked outside, with only 1 or 2 small  outings, has been bad for the car, particularly in the braking department, which was noticeable last weekend on the camping trip. But, It gave me a chance to try out the last item on my personal list of things I'd like to be able to do maintenance wise with the car, which is to replace the front discs and pads myself.

I've had the parts sitting a while - Discs, pads,  pad carriers, Ceratec grease and Halfords Brake Cleaner.


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Looked manageable on paper. Read the How To:  Fit front brake pads & disks - By Richie, and had a look at the repair manual.

Things looked pretty grim with the wheel off. 

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Caliper needed a bit of hammering to open. 

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Pads needed a bit of hammering to free out of the carriers. 

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Carriers needed.. you get the idea. Lots of wirebrushing needed.

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After about 5 hours of reading, thinking, hammering, wirebrushing, going back to the shed for more tools, I managed to fit the disc and the pads. 

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Had to improvise a bit with the piston rewind tool, I've lost the plates.

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Everything back together, brake fluid resevoir cap back on, a few dabs of the pedal and side 1 is complete. I'll do the other side during the week, should be faster next time now I know the sockets sizes, torque settings and have all the tools ready.

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delhusband

#343
Got to try my hands at another job today, changing out the steering pipes.

Car's sat for many months unused (again), I took the car out for a drive the other week, which revealed a couple of issues. Rear brakes binding, and, err, an empty power steering fluid reservoir yes I really should have checked level before I set off). Bad noises, bad smells, not good. 
Took it to Mechanic for a look, and found the source of the leak at the couplings to the steering rack. He said Toyota gave hi a ridiculous quote for parts (can't be sure, but I'd guess they'd supply a new pump as well at a quote of £460 for parts only!). So he topped up reservoir to get me home, and once home I took the frunk out to see for myself.

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I got a suggestion to check a well known auction site for replacement pipes at around £85.
I called Toyota to buy fluid, and the part number they gave me was for SMT transmission fluid. I called back to question if the part number they gave me was definitely correct, to which they said yes. Did some reading here and elsewhere on appropriate fluid, just to double check. Found a few threads, and ended up going for Ravenol E-PSF.
Also bought a crows foot wrench set.
All in I spent ~£135.

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once the old pipes were out, I laid them out next to the new ones to compare, and they looked OK, although the sections for the rack couplings were a little misaligned.

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the job took me (going slowly) about 2-3 hours.

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Closeup of the old pipes, and the failed section.


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cptspaulding

Oooooh tra-la! Hark at you with your "crow's foot wrench set"!  ;D

Seriously though. Good job, well done. & I'll, er, be round to borrow your crows foot wrench set at the weekend  :))
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delhusband

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Quote from: cptspaulding on May 27, 2021, 08:22Oooooh tra-la! Hark at you with your "crow's foot wrench set"!  ;D
😂 I've just lost a mouthful of coffee through my nostrils. If you'd seen how many nuts/fasteners I've rounded in my amateur car DIY ventures you'd understand



Quote from: cptspaulding on May 27, 2021, 08:22Seriously though. Good job, well done. & I'll, er, be round to borrow your crows foot wrench set at the weekend  :))
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Quote from: delhusband on May 27, 2021, 09:03
Quote from: cptspaulding on May 27, 2021, 08:22Seriously though. Good job, well done. & I'll, er, be round to borrow your crows foot wrench set at the weekend  :))
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As soon as we're allowed out of Glasgow for sure. It may even have a new fruitier zorst by then, old one on the way out. Cost = approx 3/4 of an MR2 (a whole MR2).
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