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What have you done to your Elgrand today?

Fixed my window that would go up alright, just about, but drop gradually by itself when lowered a little, it was all or nothing.

Got it sorted from great posts on here:

adjusted limit afterwards:

Two of my bolts had dropped out, so i had to refit them with washers. All good now 👍

And i think the road noise that made me think the sliding door (and would drive me nuts) was open has gone :)

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Parky said:
You might be right, I'm not a knob expert....everyone else's knobs bend the wrong way, this way is "normal"!
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Too many funny innuendos possible here, but i know this is family forum so i will refrain :innocent:
 
Stempyuno said:
I actually love a Chinook, they fly over my house quite often with their wokka wokka wokka.
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Same here, though I when think I hear one and run to the window it's usually just a pair of Apaches!! (which is pretty cool to see too though)
 
Parky said:
I changed the engine oil today, replacing the 5W-30 with the 5W-40 that was on offer at eurocarparts (thanks to @dognero). I used a vacuum extractor to suck the old oil out via the dipstick pipe. Really easy job, no mess either.
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I'm quite curious about these vacuum extractors myself! Do you think you got most of the old oil out @Parky
 
Changed disc and pads with Eurocar parts. Impressed how easy it was. In board parking brake drums makes the job easy , no wind back calipers hate them things.
 
Clarkie1978 said:
I'm quite curious about these vacuum extractors myself! Do you think you got most of the old oil out @Parky
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I got out a little over 4litres, which is good enough in my book. As a way of refreshing the oil more frequently between proper filter change oil services they're perfect. I'll refresh the gearbox oil next, which is a lot more expensive than the engine oil unfortunately!
 
Parky said:
I'm talking about car parts, any other interpretation is an indication of a dirty mind! Don't twist my words!
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You're right, I apologise, you go back to extracting fluids out of your lube holes with your new pump and we'll not speak of this again :laughing:
 
Parky said:
I got out a little over 4litres, which is good enough in my book. As a way of refreshing the oil more frequently between proper filter change oil services they're perfect. I'll refresh the gearbox oil next, which is a lot more expensive than the engine oil unfortunately!
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Which one did you go for out of interest? I ordered a vacuum pump with the plan to use it for extracting and refilling things, but it got cancelled without explanation. I was in a hurry so I bought a small Sealey syringe. It did the necessary jobs cheaply (filling front diff, rear diff, transfer case and gearbox), but it was hard work!
 
lcools said:
Which one did you go for out of interest? I ordered a vacuum pump with the plan to use it for extracting and refilling things, but it got cancelled without explanation. I was in a hurry so I bought a small Sealey syringe. It did the necessary jobs cheaply (filling front diff, rear diff, transfer case and gearbox), but it was hard work!
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I've heard the Pela branded extractors are meant to be good!
 
lcools said:
Which one did you go for out of interest? I ordered a vacuum pump with the plan to use it for extracting and refilling things, but it got cancelled without explanation. I was in a hurry so I bought a small Sealey syringe. It did the necessary jobs cheaply (filling front diff, rear diff, transfer case and gearbox), but it was hard work!
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I got the Sealey 5.5ltr one, does the job. It was on Amazon and I’m lazy, but it does have good reviews.
 
Gave my bus a bath (again) this time I got the ladder out and washed and ceramic polished the roof, I also gave the roof a coat of hydrophobic spray ( first time I have used it but will be another layer of protection for winter.IMG_20200918_120422.jpg

At least it will look clean for today and may be tomorrow.
 
Finally fitted my ‘Heath Robinson’ installation of TV tuner! Uses the 2 screens and a mini 12v amp with a small 8ohm speaker under drivers seat For audio ... not very professional, but it’s invisible and it works! Quite proud of myself as I’m a complete lemon when it comes to such things. We will probably never actually watch the TV but that was never the point 😃
 
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