I did it! Yay!

[ardandy 0]

Ok, this is going to be obvious and quite stupid to some of you but I'm chuffed!

 

Had a bit of a misfire and it had being narrowed down to either the ht lead (which was 6 month old!) or a spark plug/s.

 

This is the simple bit I'm chuffed with myself! 8)

 

Removed all the HT leads with the tool (never done that before!) and after borrowing the correct socket set removed all the spark plugs. 1 was covered in deposits and one had a crack in the porcelain??? (the white bit).

 

Replaced those two and she runs sweet now! :) :) :) :)

 

Now I know how easy that particular job is, but my point is;

 

I've managed to fix my own car! Yay! :D

 

Whats next! Engine conversion! :wink:

[mrbeige 0]

I've managed to fix my own car! Yay! :D

 

Whats next! Engine conversion! :wink:

 

It's massively satisfying, no matter how small a job it is!

[StuartFZR400 0]

Be a good time to change the air filter too. Ohhh, and the oil too, you could be on a roll ;)

 

Did you buy the spark-plug socket? Handy tool indeedy

[jazzdevil 0]

like mrbiege says... always satisfying!

 

don't suppose you feel like tackling my sunroof which as of an hour ago has stopped tilting too (it hasn't 'slid' for about a year!)??? :-P

[ardandy 0]

Most VW specialists don't want to do the sunroof although I could practice on yours to fix mine because mines the same! :(

 

Had a service at PSI a week and a half ago so everything else was done. Sparks were only 6 months old.

[jazzdevil 0]

Most VW specialists don't want to do the sunroof although I could practice on yours to fix mine because mines the same! :(

 

...or it could be a Clarkson style 'race' between us :lol:

 

luckily, in the words of my local specialist "work is work"... so my wallet will soon be £375 lighter :roll:

[Nick 0]

Whats next! Engine conversion! :wink:

 

I had never even drained the oil in a car before, im currently half way through my engine conversion/replacement.... :x

 

Its fun.

 

and congratulations.

[ardandy 0]

Just wish I had somewhere to do it!

 

So the first thing you've done is an engine replacement!

[ardandy 0]

Whats the best socket set to go for? Standard Halfrauds job?

[Nick 0]

Not cheap ones! lol.

 

Or else you'll end buying twice, and being wee, weed off when the round off and you cant do anything!!

[Whitedog 0]

Not cheap ones! lol.

 

Or else you'll end buying twice, and being wee, weed off when the round off and you cant do anything!!

 

Can only agree with this statement.....bit of pressure and the socket breaks.....fook fook fook!!!! sure we all know it well.

[_Monkey 0]

Whats the best socket set to go for? Standard Halfrauds job?

 

My old engineering tutor used to say

"buy cheap stuff, when it breaks replace the individual tools with good ones and you'll have a tool kit that didn't cost the earth, but can do all that hard stuff"

 

By the way, I reccommend a breaker bar and a BIG hammer!!! :lol:

 

But if you buy allfrauds pro stuff (or draper expert, or snap on etc) and manage to break it, they'll replace it without need for reciepts etc. :wink:

[NickVR6 0]

ive changed my own suspension and a load of stuff on my car including the sump etc etc, but i still find changing the plugs, more over getting the actually leads back on without pulling them back out removing the tool, one of the most frustrating chores on the car!

 

so thumbs up, and also halfords pro stuff rocks.

[ardandy 0]

I must admit, a couple of ones I had to try a few times!

 

And one of the spark plugs was so tight I thought I'd snap the thing!

[Whitedog 0]

more over getting the actually leads back on without pulling them back out removing the tool, one of the most frustrating chores on the car!

 

Argh...how annoying is that, was there for about 20 mins the once doing this...