DDolfelin Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Drat those worm holes. Sounds like Deb's perfume of the day is Swarfega. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Deb's perfume of the day is Swarfega. Actually, in more than one sense: http://beta.debgroup.com/uk/technology-zone/dispensing-technology/skin-safety-centres As a narrow-band marketing exercise; they got the name, spot-on......I`m in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Morning all, and it would seem to be a very pleasant morning, clear blue sky and I'm sure it will get warmer. I used to do all the maintenance on our cars but have become lazy. I don't even know where the oil filter on my car is located, I am embarrassed enough by this to have to have a look some time today. I did wash the car yesterday, When all the mud and grime was removed it was a rather attractive shiny black colour. Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 Barrier cream a wonderful thing saved most of the skin on my hands, I notice that some mechanics use latex gloves these days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) I don't even know where the oil filter on my car is located Go to pointy end, lift up the flappy bit.......engine is in there; you can`t miss it! Hillman Imp and Porsche drivers, may feel a tad superior to the blonde at this point! Edited March 20, 2012 by Debs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 Morning All Got my weather forecast today off Chris Evans, who announced that it was raining in Lancaster - opened the curtains, and lo and behold, it was raining in Lancaster....Still is off and on - of course that always happens when I get the car valeted inside and out - at least this time it was AFTER the event, not during. Mind you, the young lad has done a lovely job on the car - I hardly recognise it! Regards to All Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 Well, I was given a current-model Suzuki Swift as a courtesy car. A rather nice ride, I must say, though I personally would definitely prefer automatic transmission, now that I got so used to it from our current car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Go to pointy end, lift up the flappy bit.......engine is in there; you can`t miss it! My car doesn't really have a pointy end but I assume it was the end the dog doesn't travel in! So having lifted the bonnet and successfully located the engine, I had a look for the oil filter. The only suitably shaped candidate turned out to be the starter motor. At this point I got a torch to aid my search and still couldn't find it. So now (after needing Swarfega, orange scented) I had a look on interweb! It is apparently underneath and is accessed by removing the sump protector plate, removing a plastic cover and eventually a disposable paper thingy is revealed. Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Actually, in more than one sense: http://beta.debgroup...-safety-centres As a narrow-band marketing exercise; they got the name, spot-on......I`m in! The page titled 'Deb in 30 seconds' strikes me as a bit of insult to be honest 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 Morning All, Don't seem to have posted in ERs recently. Plenty of oktas in evidence today. Have a good one all. Cheers Dave Go to pointy end, lift up the flappy bit.......engine is in there; you can`t miss it! Hillman Imp and Porsche drivers, may feel a tad superior to the blonde at this point! Nope. Looked under the bonnet (flappy bit at the pointy end). Looked in the boot (flappy bit at the blunt end). No engine! As it needs its biannual service I think I'll take it to the garage or on second thoughts have the man come and collect it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Morning all, Hmm car washing, must try to get mine in to the local Bosnians (or Russians or whatever they are) but the last time it was cleaned - by the garage at MoT time - it got rained on only a couple of days later so I might not bother. We actually have sunshine again this morning and a touch of high cloud, which will probably win in the end. I gave up home car maintenance when they started coming with computer thingies which need to be plugged into a 'diagnostic centre' which apparently tells the component changer (they used to be called mechanics, remember) which component to change. Odd tho' it may sound but a recent spot of engine trouble led to them changing the component I suggested they should change, very worrying that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've had the Volvo for a few years now and still haven't found the washer container for the back window. In fact, I've had Volvos for MANY years and don't remember ever finding it. Possibly it's fed from the front washer container but, who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've had the Volvo for a few years now and still haven't found the washer container for the back window. In fact, I've had Volvos for MANY years and don't remember ever finding it. Possibly it's fed from the front washer container but, who knows? It depends on how old a Volvo it is but our 850 only had a front screen wash bottle, not so much a bottle as a huge tank under the front wing. Earlier cars had a tank hidden behind the lining on the rhs near the door but I think it was difficult to fill it without getting screenwash all over the loadspace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've had the Volvo for a few years now and still haven't found the washer container for the back window. In fact, I've had Volvos for MANY years and don't remember ever finding it. Possibly it's fed from the front washer container but, who knows? Our Volvo's washer fluid thingy was a single tank with a separate pump for front and rear washers. My car has one huge tank as it feeds front, rear and headlamp washer jets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I expect that's what happens, Tony. Just seemed a bit silly pumping it all the way from the front. It's an Estate so that confuses the issue a bit. (The flattish rear also attracts more dust and dirt, too). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 We had a Vauxhall Chevette with a separate tank for the rear wash wipe. Our Volvo was one of the odd 3 series (originally DAF design) that had the engine in the front and the gearbox at the back. To do anything much on that Volvo it always seemed necessary to remove the front bumper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Actually, in more than one sense: http://beta.debgroup...-safety-centres As a narrow-band marketing exercise; they got the name, spot-on......I`m in! Presumably this is for use on wish-lists and hornbach announcements Edited March 20, 2012 by shortliner 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Never mind the screen wash DD, the V70 T5 estate had the most inaccessible rear/brake light bulbs possible. They are buried way up in the pillar and you need small arms/wrists with 17 flexible joints to access them.... Another great design. ....Oh and there is only the one screen wash bottle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Morning all. Just back into the office after a failed attempt to stil bits of plastic in my eyes. Now have rather sore, red eyes. Think the beginning of hayfever season is affecting me too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Just back into the office after a failed attempt to stil bits of plastic in my eyes. ... I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to have ever attempted contact lenses! Aditi used to use them. We seemed to spend a lot of time looking for them on the bathroom floor. The other thing was that if she got grit in her eye people would glare at me assuming I'd made her cry. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 Aargh - contact lenses - tried 'em many moons ago - they kept falling out, so they tried bigger ones (think puting a saucer in your eye and you're close). Have happily worn specs ever since - give me something to hide behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Aditi now has very expensive spectacles that are so minimal they are the next best thing to not wearing any. Also she likes the optician who always makes nice comments about her nose! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2012 I've been using contact lenses since I found out I needed a viewing aid, and never had any troubles with them to speak of. Even during the hayfever season, there have been only a few occasions where I couldn't wear them as long as I normally do, and none where I couldn't have worn them at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The page titled 'Deb in 30 seconds' strikes me as a bit of insult to be honest Is it ever thus! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 What have you precisioned so far today, Debs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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