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Post by Humph on Jun 20, 2023 15:36:57 GMT
Is the Corolla getting a run out and about these days Al?
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Post by Alanović on Jun 21, 2023 7:49:21 GMT
Nope. There are suggestions that it might shortly, however. I've got some new front calipers in hand and am awaiting a call from 'the man' to come and fit them. Then, we'll be back on the road again.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 5, 2023 11:57:54 GMT
Gorra little problem with the Rolla. Ordered new brake calipers as I said, man came today to fit, and turns out they have the wrong size pistons against the size quoted on the box and invoice (i.e. they're smaller than spec, they're 47mm when they should be 54mm), and the mounting bolt holes don't quite line up. Arses.
Lots of head scratching over a cup of tea ensued, and he's going to go to his usual factors and see if their recommended parts match the ones I've been supplied with, in which case it's probably impossible to get the exact right ones for the car any more. Sigh. if the correct ones aren't available on the market, I might have to troll around for some used ones from a scrapper, or the man will modify the ones I've got in hand to fit by drilling out the mounting bolt holes a bit.
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Post by bpg on Jul 5, 2023 12:25:31 GMT
Front discs and pads are on my to do list for the S60. The car is twelve years old, there's still meat on the (2nd set of) pads but the original discs are starting to look very tired around the lip. It's got 93k miles on the clock now. TÜV is due in November. Sounds like a September job when the heat has gone out of the days and still nice enough weather.
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Post by Humph on Jul 5, 2023 12:52:14 GMT
It’s ok Al, you won’t need brakes if you don’t use it! 😉
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Post by Alanović on Jul 5, 2023 12:55:45 GMT
We were about to start using it, once the brakes were sorted....grrr
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 5, 2023 13:15:04 GMT
And there's me wanting a nice classic toy (see other thread). Of course if you can't get the parts it becomes expensive to keep a car on the road.
What a pain Al...
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Post by Alanović on Jul 5, 2023 13:28:35 GMT
I think I've found a website with the right parts now... but they want a £40 "surcharge" for each caliper and I'll have to send the old ones to them. And postage will be expensive because they're so heavy.
I think this is why MGBs are so popular as classics, parts are so easily available.
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Post by Humph on Jul 5, 2023 13:30:44 GMT
Where are they located? Might be cheaper to drive than post?
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Post by Alanović on Jul 5, 2023 13:31:33 GMT
Berlin.
Here's where it gets interesting. Pretty much every website, when I put in my number plate, comes up with the same calipers I've been sent. But none of them look the same shape as the ones on the car, which I can see, now that the wheels have been removed and the man has tried to fit them. They're obviously all wrong, based on the number plate. On one website, however, onlinecarparts.co.uk (front for a German parts supplier, hence Berlin), if I perform a search by model rather than number plate, it returns different calipers, which look to be an exact match in shape for the original items. Which makes me think these are the right ones. However, like I said, there's this surcharge which I can't be sure of getting back, and posting several kilos of box to Berlin is expensive.
What I think has happened is this. My car is a September 2000 reg, on an X plate, and is a "Special Edition". It's badged "1.4 Vida", which was a limited run special edition, not a standard model. I think it's probably based on a billy basic 1.4 model, as the rear wheels have drums, as opposed to better spec cars, and those with the bigger 1.6 engine, which appear to have rear discs. So I think my model is a rarity, and is fitted with slightly different calipers, perhaps because it was a "run out" model or something, and the number plate search systems only return parts for the more common, better spec and larger engined models. Perhaps my car is a left over from the pre-facelift models, or is some kind of in-between spec which the number plate searches don't know about.
It's a theory, any way. I'll see if I can dig up a reg number for a slightly older car and see what the searches return on parts websites.
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Post by Humph on Jul 5, 2023 13:37:10 GMT
Ah! I quite like Berlin though.
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 5, 2023 13:58:50 GMT
Yes - worth a trip even just to pick up parts...
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Post by Alanović on Jul 5, 2023 14:12:45 GMT
Funnily enough, our holiday plans might be changing, involving a drive to Belgrade, Sarajevo and back. But Berlin is a bit of a detour on that route, we'd be heading via Munich or Regensburg.
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 6, 2023 9:06:15 GMT
Just be grateful it doesn’t need a new windscreen… Been quoted 800 quid for a new one for the Subaru today 😬
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Post by Alanović on Jul 6, 2023 9:16:19 GMT
That would be an insurance matter.
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