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[georgen]

, but in recent months the law has changed for country roads, they used to have a speed limit, but now they dont, government says its up to the locals how fast they go on them so those videos i upload are 100% legal

Oh wow! I must bring the ST over there that sounds like the Lind of law I like. If only we could get that here I would be a very happy driver

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They will prob tax you on the way in, or worse on the way out when your skint lol.

[Lenny]

^Update:

^{After searching on Adverts.ie I decided to to give the Levin}

back its flare,

^{Back in the Levin’s home town all vehicles carry an}

emergency fire flare, most commonly found in the passenger footwell the flare

is supposed to be used in the event of breakdown or accident in a forest area

or unlit tunnel in japan, it will alert other road users of the incident ahead,

^{These flares are generally removed upon either export or}

import as they fall under the category of fire arms in some country’s but some escape

inspection and arrive in to the country but generally there resale value drastically

increases as result of there rarity,

^{I never plan to use it; I have it for JDM authenticity adding}

to the vehicles originality,

However im kicking myself now;

^{As last January I found a seller on eBay selling the clips}

which hold the flare in the passenger’s side foot well, I didn’t add the

sellers listing to my eBay watch list because I never expected to get my hands

on a flare,

^{I’m now in search of those two clips, im going to check with}

Toyota next week to see if they can still be purchased

^{Here are some pictures, quite heavy around 700g}

^{Had the NCT National Car Test last Thursday evening,}

^{failed on three items,}

^{One of which I have a few questions on sorting,}

^{Lets start with Thursday morning,}

^{I took the car out for petrol, put in 500ml of Redex and}

50ltrs of premium Topaz petrol,

^{Took it for a good motorway sprint J}

^{Then home,}

^{Later that day I went for the NCT}

^{I had the engine running for 20 minutes prior to the test,}

It then went in and failed it test firstly on the CO

emissions

^{It passed at low idle (910rpm)}

^{Engine oil Temp 82oC}

^{CO 0.01 Vol %}

^HC45ppm

^{Failed then at high}

rev (3,220rpm)

^{Lambda 0.97}

^{CO 0.95 Vol %}

^HC71ppm

^{The CO limit at high rpm is 0.3VOl% and I’m coming in at 0.95VOl%}

^{The tester recons it’s the catalyst that’s causing the high}

CO

^{The exhaust is brand new stainless steel from the cat back, the}

lambda is brand new Genuine Toyota but the catalyst is second hand and at least

14 years old so could it be the catalyst that is causing the high CO percentage

at what the call high rpm?

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^{It then failed the headlight alignment,}

^{Low beam on the drivers side is slightly lower than it}

should be an easy fix,

^{Followed by going up on the lift,}

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^{Where it failed on the drivers side front CV boot,}

^{it has a small tare in the rubber,}

^{Again an easy fix because i can see the issue,}

^{Everything else was fine,}

^{So to summarise,}

^{3 problems,}

^{High CO emissions,}

^{Low beam headlight alignment out,}

^{Tare in front drivers side CV boot}

^{Any help on lowering the CO percentage guys?}

^{Think I’ll need to change the cat,}

^{Car backfires a little when dropping gears coming off the}

motorway pops a little so im thinking it must be the cat?

^{I’ll be offline now for a few days guys but all opinions}

appreciated cheers, :)

[jeebowhite]

Defo sounds cat related, lambda replaced and old cat, definitely seems related...

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[georgen]

Does it have a pcv valve and Maf ?, is throttle body and all breathers clean also, all this would help. have you put you airfilter in more air better. then theres the cat.

On the flare Lenny, is it wise to cruise around Ireland in a car that could be seen as driven by lets say a chemical substance engineer, (my good that's you aint it), with a firearm in it, I would also be worried if someone knocked it and set it off inside. Ive heard of fire extinguishers in cars but not fire starters LOL.

[georgen]

Its been 4 days Lenny that's one more than a few, where art thou?, need updates and banter I am bored stupid.

[Stoney871]

He's burned through all his monthly internet allowance.

[jeebowhite]

haha, I wonder... he had to sell his Internets to fund the new cat maybe? :p

perhaps along with a kidney, a leg and an eyelid....?

[Lenny]

Its been 4 days Lenny that's one more than a few, where art thou?, need updates and banter I am bored stupid.

He's burned through all his monthly internet allowance.

haha, I wonder... he had to sell his Internets to fund the new cat maybe? :P

perhaps along with a kidney, a leg and an eyelid....?

Hi guys,

Stoney is correct, as I told him as part of conversation via Pm the other day,

You see the Levin’s stereo has an AUX port which I thought

bi was being clever using it to stream music straight from YouTube on to the

Speakers of the car, as result ive used up my gig of data for the month within

two weeks,

The internet at home is also down for the next week,

At present my only internet access is in work on tea breaks,

I too miss the online fun and banter, currently trying to

find some ways to pass the time and substitute the fun, I’ve tried watching TV

but its all one sided interaction there’s no room for input lol so last night

for example I done 9 laps of a 5 exit roundabout on the way home

from work last night trying to perfect my Scandinavian drift which after the 4^th

lap was becoming pretty consistent for around 160 degrees of the circle,

middle of nowhere off the motorway in the country side so im disturbing no one

I’ll give it another try tonight, the super strut suspension makes the car so rigid,

it throws out easily I’m in 3^rd gear at 50kmh quick flick of the

wheel and whoop she goes, the Super strut means the wheel is on a spring but

the chassis is pure solid on a double upper and lower control arm, just the

wheel bounces on springs so there’s no lean on the body and no feel of losing

grip until its gone,

All quiet on the progress front at present,

have a meeting tomorrow to make some dates certain for august,

myself and vicki are getting married in late august of this year

I’ve re-booked the MOT retest for 20^th April I’ve

gotta purchase the cat, CV boot and get the headlight alignment done before

then,

thats all the news from me at present, ill be back online Thursday 03^rd April at the latest,

Stay safe yawl talk soon :P

[Philf1]

All quiet on the progress front at present,

have a meeting tomorrow to make some dates certain for august,

myself and vicki are getting married in late august of this year

Can't you change the wedding date to early August Lenny. Then you could bring Vicki to Ford Fair for your honeymoon, lol

[Stoney871]

How romantic.

Exchange rings and then lay down some wicked donuts in the carpark as you leave.

Btw, congrats Lenny & Vicki on the upcoming merger :)

[Focus-Jonny]

have a meeting tomorrow to make some dates certain for august,

myself and vicki are getting married in late august of this year

Congratulations mate!

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[b4zz]

congrats to you and Vicky fella.

looks like the car is coming togeather slowly.

keep up the good work

[Lenny]

Can't you change the wedding date to early August Lenny. Then you could bring Vicki to Ford Fair for your honeymoon, lol

wouldnt be a bad idea, we did try to get it for the 13th August because we met on 13th August 2002

also not sure if she will be able to travel on a boat this year as she will be getting ready to calve third babby due early October :P

How romantic.

Exchange rings and then lay down some wicked donuts in the carpark as you leave.

Btw, congrats Lenny & Vicki on the upcoming merger :)

+1 wedding cars gonna be a Silvia :D a white one

Congratulations mate!

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thanks

congrats to you and Vicky fella.

looks like the car is coming togeather slowly.

keep up the good work

thanks mate,

progress on the mothor will be getting a bit slower in the coming months mainly looking after the maintenance timing belt etc.

[Stoney871]

Well done on the new pending addition.

Did you get a tracking number for the build date? :p

Where did you find time with the car project and wotk?

[Lenny]

Well done on the new pending addition.

Did you get a tracking number for the build date? :P

Where did you find time with the car project and wotk?

tracking number shes 9 weeks now suppose i shouldnt have said owt until the 12th week but im sure all will be fine please God :D

i dont know where i got the time i think it was that week refered to in post number #605 of this thread ^_^

but i personally blame the levin proving itself to be a Genuine !Removed! wagon :P

[Stoney871]

At least there's nothing wrong with your big end ;)

[Lenny]

At least there's nothing wrong with your big end ;)

true

[Hassen]

ROfl. Hilarious read as usual.

Big congrats to you and Vicki, Lenny on both the upcoming wedding and new addition to the family :)

Good to hear you are practising your Scandinavian flick. Fingers crossed you are not stopped by your know who in the middle of the night :P

[Philf1]

Wow Lenny you don't do things by half do you, new car, wedding and a baby. Have you won the lottery mate?

[nicky87]

Well Lenny how ya getting on

with the emissions check for leaks at the flanges by the cat the cat could be goosed and look into a company called terraclean

congrats on the news

[georgen]

Hi Lenny Congrats to you and Vicki, you do know women only get preggers so they dont have to work and cos you cant stand the crying spend more time at work and earn more pennies for them to spend on baby clothes at stupid prices that they outgrow after wearing them once. , I cant wait to see some of Vicki,s posts when her hormones kick off but seriously Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials and Child, your a braver man than me. ;)

It was those !Removed! step ladders wasn't it

[Lenny]

ROfl. Hilarious read as usual.

Big congrats to you and Vicki, Lenny on both the upcoming wedding and new addition to the family :)

Good to hear you are practising your Scandinavian flick. Fingers crossed you are not stopped by your know who in the middle of the night :P

Thanks mate,

fingers and tyre markings crossed

Wow Lenny you don't do things by half do you, new car, wedding and a baby. Have you won the lottery mate?

no mate unfortunitly,

marrage helps with the tax though as i can claim her tax credits and shir the babby will keep her busy while im at work :P

Well Lenny how ya getting on

with the emissions check for leaks at the flanges by the cat the cat could be goosed and look into a company called terraclean

congrats on the news

thanks mate,

i think its the cat but ill get the manifold and flanges checked,

i had bought the current cat second hand but seems its not working as i can smell some vapours and she back fires after a consistant motorway run,

when i come off the accelerator in the slip road exiting the motor way she gives out a "pung Pung" "pum Pum"

Hi Lenny Congrats to you and Vicki, you do know women only get preggers so they dont have to work and cos you cant stand the crying spend more time at work and earn more pennies for them to spend on baby clothes at stupid prices that they outgrow after wearing them once. , I cant wait to see some of Vicki,s posts when her hormones kick off but seriously Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials and Child, your a braver man than me. ;)

It was those !Removed! step ladders wasn't it

The place only opens 6 days a week so I can’t possibly do anymore George

I’m dreading the hormonal posts

she’s going to kill you when she gets back online next week either tuesday or thursday

Shes a great mother though, at this point in time I don’t think this Levin project will achieve its full potential as initially planned mate,

I’m now saving for the wedding in august so all modification has ceased with the exception of the parts required to pass the MOT in early April,

The Levin has been and still is a huge barrel of laughs but it’s going to get me in a lot of trouble with the law or killed to be completely honest

because I cant stop myself when it comes to bendy roads or BMW drivers filling the rear view mirror I find myself dropping gears and going for it, had a few

hairy scenarios in recent weeks involving bends dropping gears and fish tailing yeah all fun but if grip was completely lost my rear drivers side would be

slapped head on by an oncoming driver,

It’s such a spontaneous motor in any gear there’s more than sufficient power, and mixed with me a spontaneous driver it’s a recipe for disaster,

After the news in recent days regarding the additional babby and writing out a wedding planner schedule I think I’ll be getting her through the MOT,

spraying the boot panel and selling her on either as an unfinished project for driving or a clean model for breaking purposes,

either in the coming months or keep it until November where then i can retest it 3 months in advance of its due date in january and sell it on then with a full years MOT

Get myself VW polo or something small from around 2002 and keep it standard, ill be a father of 3 now soon its time for me to hang up the sparco shoes

I’m going to B&Q tomorrow buying a plasma cutter and I’m gonna mince up that multi position step ladder good and propper Damn You lidl Damn you…..

That’s where I bought the ladder FYI

[georgen]

It would make a good advert for Lidl lol, Your better off keeping safe and well and lead a more sedate life style mate, I'm the same as you, when I have a fast motor I have to push it and me constantly, my mates cant believe I still have the focus but I am planning on getting another 4x4 as I've been going greenlaning with mates, took us 4.5 hours last Sunday to do 0.75 miles, it was fun though and if I cant go fast rather go slow and anywhere I like, roads or not. ;)

My focus aint going anywhere though as our lass is getting it and I will sell hers, after all I got the estate to carry the dogs.

Ps

My last polo was a 2001 6n2 and It was like a go cart lol, but the most modified one at that.

Pss

you getting to old for Sparco shoes anyway mate, a good pair of slippers will be more comfy :P

Psss

Vicki will have other things on her mind and forget about killing me lol, she will prob be killing you PMSL

[Hassen]

+1 for getting the car with Terraclean. From the bit of research I did, older cars would benefit greatly from it. Might get some of those ponies that were lost over the years as well. It's not that expensive either.

[georgen]

I know someone who had his engine done with Terraclean, one weeks later it blew up, nowt to do with the clean it wasn't running right for a while and clasping at straws got it done, complete waste of money in his case as he had engine swapped out.