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11th October 2019, 20:49 | #31 |
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If having removed a wiper blade, leave the arm cranked up so that, if the wipers are accidently turned on, the end of the arm does not scratch the screen.
BUT - and this is the important bit, do NOT then open the bonnet, it will catch the arm and flick it down onto the screen cracking it, as I found to my cost (£175). Probably safest of all to wrap the end of the arm in a cloth and place it back on the screen. |
11th October 2019, 23:31 | #32 |
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Living in Shap Cumbria and having found the doors on the car frozen solid many times.... Park ones NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- against the the door handle and you will get an operational door in a few moments (no need to bare ones) It's always a painful process but it's over and in!
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11th October 2019, 23:43 | #33 |
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˄˄˄˄ But be careful and only blow the blliddy doors open.
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12th October 2019, 20:57 | #35 |
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If you are opening the door with that, then you have serious issues
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13th October 2019, 00:43 | #36 |
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B@Um is the word, it may appear a little weird but far less weird than some alude to. It works faster with thin trousers rather than thick jeans!
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19th January 2021, 10:21 | #38 |
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Neat trick
This is a neat trick which i suppose would work on dents like the one below, deeper creased ones not.
https://imgur.com/gallery/GSd62S8
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White door clip
I think most of us have had a door that will not open due to the white clip being out of line on the threaded bar.
It is always closed around the thread. 1 We want to open it so we can open the door then adjust the clip to work all the time. 2 With the lock inside there is not much room to flip this clip open, today i tried a trick with a 5p coin & a 1p coin. Imagine the clip is locked round the bar inside the door as here below. 3 Armed with the coins 5p or 1p which ever you have. 4 Use either coin and insert it into the clip from the rear. 5 Now push the coin forward as far as you can, it will pop open the clip tried it a few times and worked every time. 6 Here is a little video using the coin the the bench. https://youtu.be/91ew3Ws17IM
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Not strictly Rover-related, but… when you’ve spent half an hour balancing on top of a wobbly stack of 3 scrap cars to get a replacement electrical aerial for your 325i 20 years ago, and triumphantly fitted it for a fiver, don't get bored and switch the radio on in a car wash 10 minutes later
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