Jimbop90
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21 minutes ago, Araf said:
So if you may have each been paying for your own damage, I don't understand your problem. Reporting the accident to your insurance company, as a fault accident with an unidentified car will mean they just repair yours - as they would in a knock for knock situation.
I have a video of Vlad admitting he was in the left lane of a dual carriageway (I know technically definition of a dual carriageway is any road a divider in the middle, so this is technically a 2 lane dual carriageway) entering a roundabout, but then turned right on the roundabout, cutting across the lanes and therefore hitting me in the side. He doesn’t know the Highway Code. He even states that he thinks he can do that.
In the situation I didn’t go full d**khead on him, because I thought it would be more helpful to be nice to him, and let him explain what happened to his or my insurance company and by him just saying what happened would essentially win the claim for me, as he is 100% at fault. I know I’m naive to think that given insurance companies are slimy, and he could change his story, but he didn’t seem like an arsehole, just someone who doesn’t know how to drive.
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Based if nothing else than on the fact you're driving Porsche's, there's some pretty smart people on this forum! I'm hoping you can help me with those big brains.
I messed up big time.
Was crashed into on a roundabout on Saturday evening.
We stopped, I took photos of the cars, police turned up (neither of us called them), officer insurance checked us both, didn't breathalise (possibly not a traffic cop, maybe dog unit?) and told us to get off the dual carriageway. We exchanged phone numbers. He wanted to go our separate ways and pay our own bills, I said no it needed to go through insurance, eventually I relented and said I'd at least get a quote first before going through insurance. We were texting the first day or so after it happened but now he's gone quiet.
My photos don't have his reg, I realised almost immediately, so pulled over again and rang the police, they said nothing had been logged yet and to ring back the next day.
I rang back, they haven't logged it. I'm 99.9% sure its a reg beginning with K, 90% sure its a 13 plate, and don't know about 2nd letter or the last 3 letters.
I've checked the roads for cameras, there are some traffic cameras that the police monitor. The traffic team or whatever at West Mercia haven't been helpful at all, I've basically been telling the woman how to do her job. Her reply when I asked them to call Vlad (the guy who crashed into me) and ask to confirm his details was "if he won't give them to you why would he give them to us?" - now I know some people aren't much for complying with the police these days but I think I would answer a direct question from a member of police staff. That this didn't occur to her did make me laugh.
I've been told by a friend who is a Cheshire traffic cop that even if it was just rang through over radio, there should be an audit of all insurance lookups that an officer requests, which makes sense to me, if nothing else for internal investigations into dodgy police after all the cr*p going on in the Met.
Lets face it, if I'd been murdered 6 hours after this incident they would find Vlad's reg. I feel like it's just about me trying to leverage as much resource as possible being put into this to get a result. My friend has suggested logging a complaint if they don't come up with anything.
I've given the exact locations of several cameras he would have driven through, the time windows he'd have driven through, they have my details so they can look up my reg and just watch the next 2 minutes of footage, it was a one way road we came down after the incident so he HAS to have passed one camera in particular.
I've also given the info on the police car that stopped, they know who was on shift, they know the time, they know the place, there's only so many male coppers even if all of them were 6ft2+, over 40 with a shaved head, so even if they looked at the audit of each one on the insurance lookup "log" or whatever it is, then they'd find Vlads's reg right next to mine in the list either just before or just after. Those cars have dashcams. They would absolutely have Vlad's reg.I think I've exhausted everything else I can think of, I will try local facebook groups for witnesses but it wasn't very busy and I think anyone who had dashcam and would be interested in helping would already have been in touch.
Is there anything I haven't thought of that I could use to find him? Short of a private investigator or impersonating a police officer, lol.
I've considered asking DVLA for all 2013 Black Audi A3's registered to a Hereford post code with reg starting with K under the name Vlad, there can't be many.
I know I'm an idiot, please don't pile on. I've been beating myself up about it all week. -
I didn't do it, but I don't care, I'm sharing my dodged bullet.
Left it with MLR in Stoke to replace the Crank position sensor, they said it took nearly 6 hours to get it out. Feel totally vindicated in bottling out of attempting the job after reading Iain M's thread.
Bad news is it hasn't cured the problem. Cam position sensor next. -
Straight on. No dramas. What a p*sstake Currently got it running fully up to temp outside no leaks so far. Got half a tank of fuel from September that I'm going to rag through over this weekend. If it dies, it dies.
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8 hours ago, ½cwt said:
Very much look to be the same clip in the full parts cat, 999 512 552 01 - Hose Clamp 27 x 12. This type of spring clip can break where the band splits into two which may make one clip seem loser if not actually a different size. Also if you are not already, a bit of rubber grease or Vaseline inside the hose and inside the clamp may help.
One of the pics I took during disassembly last weekend shows me they’re definitely different sizes. I’ve used rubber grease, plus gas and fairy liquid as lubricants so far 🙃
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Has anyone changed their coolant tank recently that might corroborate something?
I’m still trying to get hose #22 in above link back onto steel line #2
The two hose clamps I’ve got for each end of hose #22 are different bloody sizes. In the diagram the clips are both #23 suggesting they are the same size. I’ve been struggling like mad all this time. I really doubt someone has changed coolant tank in the past and managed to get the smaller clamp that I’ve been struggling with onto that hose with access through the top of the engine bay. So did it come like this from the factory? Are they actually different clips or have I got the bastard that means this has been such a nightmare?
So tomorrow I’m going to take the tank back out, swap the hose round and hope the bigger clip means I can get it back together.
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I'm really pleased for you @Langers. You've done it all the right way and being rewarded with an ideal purchase experience. Good on ya!
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On 3/31/2024 at 11:28 PM, Jimbop90 said:
Almost changed the coolant tank. Fell at the last. Literally the last hose clamp I can't get back on. When I removed it I let it slide down the hard line so I wouldn't lose it. Starting to wish I'd took it off and got it clamped midway on the hose (the thick one for anyone who's done this job) while it was all out of the car.
The long reach hose clamp pliers (the ones with the clamping 'teeth' on the end of a cable) don't have enough oompf to fully open it up to get it over that thick rubber hose, but there's not enough room in there for me to put vice grips on it either.
Think I'm going to try wrapping something round the hose clip prongs before clamping the pliers onto it, hopefully making it open up a bit more.
I'm sure some non-extension flexible ended (the ones which rotate) clamp pliers would do the job but I really want to get this finished tomorrow and not have to wait for delivery of a tool I don't ever want to use again.
Failed for another 3 hours yesterday. Tried taking it all back out and clamping the final clamp midway on the hose, to then try and shuffle it along once hose was seated on the hard line, no chance, it was just going to tear up the hose.
Eventually got back to where I started and was trying to just force it with blunt nose pliers, I almost got there 2 or 3 times but was running out of grip strength at the vital moment. I've ordered some more locking pliers, and I'm going to wrap the end of the rubber hose where it meets the hard line in electrical tape, so the tape smoothes out the change in diameter between the hard line and the hose, and then lube it like an otters pocket and hope it goes on. Otherwise I'm tapping out.
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Almost changed the coolant tank. Fell at the last. Literally the last hose clamp I can't get back on. When I removed it I let it slide down the hard line so I wouldn't lose it. Starting to wish I'd took it off and got it clamped midway on the hose (the thick one for anyone who's done this job) while it was all out of the car.
The long reach hose clamp pliers (the ones with the clamping 'teeth' on the end of a cable) don't have enough oompf to fully open it up to get it over that thick rubber hose, but there's not enough room in there for me to put vice grips on it either.
Think I'm going to try wrapping something round the hose clip prongs before clamping the pliers onto it, hopefully making it open up a bit more.
I'm sure some non-extension flexible ended (the ones which rotate) clamp pliers would do the job but I really want to get this finished tomorrow and not have to wait for delivery of a tool I don't ever want to use again.
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9 hours ago, Langers said:
Yes I contacted this seller a couple of weeks ago, car looks fantastic but although he said Zuffenhaus checked it over, neither they nor anyone has serviced the car since 2017. Admittedly it’s only done 4,000 miles, but seven years without a service doesn’t inspire great confidence.
You're absolutely right. Bit of a coin flip that one. Shame
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Search function for the win - @brillomaster has used Zuffenhaus. Reckon they'd have a chat with Langers about a 986 Anniversary they've seen a few times?
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@Langers I know you were put off by the distance but it might be worth getting in touch with the guy with the one on Autotrader in Redditch, in that ad he mentions its been maintained by Zuffenhaus. There's someone on here that uses that company I'm sure of it, so they're reputable. I reckon if you rang and asked nicely they will probably remember an Anniversary if they have looked after it for a period of time.
The bad photos might just be an old boy with a cr*p old phone without a penchant for photography, rather than someone trying to hide something.
It's surely worth an hour of your time trying to find out more. -
https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2004-porsche-986-boxster-s-550-spyder-50th-8
This one ends tonight @Langers
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4 hours ago, nelmo said:
That guy is the epitome of hippyness...I'm guessing he's from California and is taking big advantage of the decriminalisation of weed? 🙂 - probably useful when working on cars...
Ahh Burner, his videos were good, very helpful when I replaced the clutch & FW. Went completely AWOL after damaging his 986. He doesn't have any active socials so I hope he's alright.
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15 hours ago, RedBarediver said:
And besides it gives me an excuse to fiddle around with the car every weekend and not have to do gardening or other chores that I dislike...
This is basically why I'm dicking about with my car nowadays, because it's more socially acceptable to graze my knuckles, scream obscenities and generally cause myself grief trying to fix stuff, spending 000's in the process, than it is to sit on my computer and play games.
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15 hours ago, jonogt6 said:
Yep a brilliant bit of design. Got to be the easiest head light removal of any car.
Volvo would like a word. Open bonnet, one retaining pin (no tool required), out it comes.
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Fair play, lots of patience and crawling about required!?
Are you going to take the old engine apart to make it easier to handle now it's out the way? I've seen a few people on youtube lower engines using multiple jacks but then I've always wondered what happens next re. getting it onto a separate stand or a pallet etc. -
What a legend. Does he have a crane at least or has he had to shuffle multiple jacks around?
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1 hour ago, ATM said:
Does that mean pulling off the access panel behind the seats?
Most of the water pump bolts are easily accessed through that panel.
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3 hours ago, ATM said:
Engine mounts now off the car. Not the simplest of jobs. Worse on driver side as very little access. Had to remove the little cover plat thing which goes round the gear shift cable mounts. And also removed the heat shield from the cat - same side. Passenger side was really easy by comparison.
If I'm going to try this DIY fluid fill hack is there a guide to doing this anywhere? And do I need to get that big nut undone to remove the mounts from their brackets first or can I leave them as is and then just fill with this magic fluid?
Bah sorry @ATM didn’t quote before replying, see my post above.
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I followed the first part of the vid below for the lower part of the mounts. I took the mount off the bracket with an impact wrench, need to take care you don’t bend the bracket if you’re not using one.
I’d say take them off, use the opportunity to clean the brackets up and give them a lick of paint as they are getting crusty.
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11 minutes ago, pacificjuha said:
Thanks for this info, but.... Autodoc states that these do fit all 2002-2004 Boxsters - not earlier ones. Mine is 2001 2.7 and from the signature it looks like yours is 2000 S (obviously these work well on your car).
Do you know why is this that these are stated not the right ones for 2001?
I think the 'new' ones just come with new bolts, which won't fit, but the coil pack itself will.
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24 minutes ago, ½cwt said:
As is the driveshaft eBay shop you dropped int the 987 section. A pair of new (after market) 986 3.2 drive shafts got £184! You'd struggle to get decent used ones at that price. I've reproduced it below from the J&R shop with a 986 search on it:
Question is, who will be the guineapig to find out if they are any good....? Seems to be a bona fide business based in Martson Green, Birmingham with a decent history. The shafts I checked are slightly cheaper on their eBay shop than directly from their website.
I'm on a couple of Volvo pages on FB and they have a very mixed reputation. The guys running the 5pot T5 and D5 engines usually saying the J&R shafts get chewed up pretty quick. A lot of those guys are running lowered cars + bigger power though and that contributes.
Hit and Run - The BoXa.net hive mind put to the test
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@Bike Loonagreed. However his behaviour for the last 5 days, refusing to provide details (an offence in itself) to me, my insurer, the police (if they have actually called him) doesn’t reflect an innocent party.