#vauxhall — Public Fediverse posts
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#Capitalism is dying
Former car #workers have a moral tale for our times
Abandoned by company they worked for, let down by #Labour & #unions. They watch their friends turn to #Reform
A deserted hotel bar; 5 men reminiscing
Thinking of Friday afternoon in March last year. The place they had worked for 2-3 decades each, making friends, meeting future wives, is shutting for good
#Vauxhall came to #Luton not long after death of Queen Victoria
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#Capitalism is dying
Former car #workers have a moral tale for our times
Abandoned by company they worked for, let down by #Labour & #unions. They watch their friends turn to #Reform
A deserted hotel bar; 5 men reminiscing
Thinking of Friday afternoon in March last year. The place they had worked for 2-3 decades each, making friends, meeting future wives, is shutting for good
#Vauxhall came to #Luton not long after death of Queen Victoria
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#Capitalism is dying
Former car #workers have a moral tale for our times
Abandoned by company they worked for, let down by #Labour & #unions. They watch their friends turn to #Reform
A deserted hotel bar; 5 men reminiscing
Thinking of Friday afternoon in March last year. The place they had worked for 2-3 decades each, making friends, meeting future wives, is shutting for good
#Vauxhall came to #Luton not long after death of Queen Victoria
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#Capitalism is dying
Former car #workers have a moral tale for our times
Abandoned by company they worked for, let down by #Labour & #unions. They watch their friends turn to #Reform
A deserted hotel bar; 5 men reminiscing
Thinking of Friday afternoon in March last year. The place they had worked for 2-3 decades each, making friends, meeting future wives, is shutting for good
#Vauxhall came to #Luton not long after death of Queen Victoria
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#Capitalism is dying
Former car #workers have a moral tale for our times
Abandoned by company they worked for, let down by #Labour & #unions. They watch their friends turn to #Reform
A deserted hotel bar; 5 men reminiscing
Thinking of Friday afternoon in March last year. The place they had worked for 2-3 decades each, making friends, meeting future wives, is shutting for good
#Vauxhall came to #Luton not long after death of Queen Victoria
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Spending the day at the local #Vauxhall dealership for a service and MOT. Already seen one customer give up on them in the first ten minutes, so I guess service is just a problem that the whole franchise has (and it’s not just an issue with Bristol branch I was with before). I’ll be going to independents from here on, and my next car will probably be from Hyundai, Kia, BYD or Geely.
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Spending the day at the local #Vauxhall dealership for a service and MOT. Already seen one customer give up on them in the first ten minutes, so I guess service is just a problem that the whole franchise has (and it’s not just an issue with Bristol branch I was with before). I’ll be going to independents from here on, and my next car will probably be from Hyundai, Kia, BYD or Geely.
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Spending the day at the local #Vauxhall dealership for a service and MOT. Already seen one customer give up on them in the first ten minutes, so I guess service is just a problem that the whole franchise has (and it’s not just an issue with Bristol branch I was with before). I’ll be going to independents from here on, and my next car will probably be from Hyundai, Kia, BYD or Geely.
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Spending the day at the local #Vauxhall dealership for a service and MOT. Already seen one customer give up on them in the first ten minutes, so I guess service is just a problem that the whole franchise has (and it’s not just an issue with Bristol branch I was with before). I’ll be going to independents from here on, and my next car will probably be from Hyundai, Kia, BYD or Geely.
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Spending the day at the local #Vauxhall dealership for a service and MOT. Already seen one customer give up on them in the first ten minutes, so I guess service is just a problem that the whole franchise has (and it’s not just an issue with Bristol branch I was with before). I’ll be going to independents from here on, and my next car will probably be from Hyundai, Kia, BYD or Geely.
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Both #Volkswagen and #Opel / #Vauxhall use convention of #brown wire for an earth/ground (and in the case of this Corsa a black wire for L+), but in modern #ElectricalEngineering a brown wire is treated as live (could be either AC or DC) and black is often L- on older systems (nowadays blue or grey is preferred depending on whether the DC is negative or positive earthed).
I assume these conventions for #cars started long before the standardised European colours for electrical wiring in buildings and other equipment
Which you have to beware of if you often switch between #CarMaintenance and general electric work!
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Today new #sparkplugs, #coolant refresh and #oil change - had to jack up car and put ramps underneath other way round rather than drive on to them - bumper slightly fouls ramp ( #bladibarsket ).
Also chocked rear wheels for #safety
Sparkplugs are #Bosch 0 242 230 806 FQR8LEU2
( #AltText contains useful info on tools, methods etc if you have a #Vauxhall / #Opel / #CorsaC #HoldenBarina with #Z12XEP #engine, I try to put this info in the text on any of my #toots about #CarMaintenance )
[ as there's spare space in this toot I added #Holden #Barina as hashtags for anyone here who is in #Australia or #NewZealand #Aotearoa ]
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Also needs cabin filter replaced (alas, the one that arrived today doesn't look like right size, it will have to go back along with whichever oil filter turns out to be wrong size (there are *two* listed for this car, according to engine number but the engine number is not anywhere easy to see, and this engine Z12XEP stayed in production with Opel for the Corsa D and at some point oil filter dimensions changed..
I'm already knackered after todays work (I was at the office unusually early today for another reason), so will be getting an earlier night tonight than normal
Those other bits can wait until the weekend or early next week (as the Finance Manager has to deal with insurance anyway)
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More #maintenance of #Vauxhall / #Opel #CorsaC
Replaced rear fog light bulb (bumper part dismantled, water tipped out, lampholder cleaned up then reassembled), fitted new horn.
New fuel filter, first time I've done this myself (not fun, had to crawl underneath in awkward position and avoid petrol being spilled out from old filter, self tapping holding screw goosed (fully rounded off), replaced with new one with bolt head
Fitted air filter, intake hoses have to be removed ( #bladibarsket ) so also cleaned up #throttlebody.
Went to ASDA (in my GTI, Corsa still doesn't have tax or insurance), filled up 5 litre #petrol can, topped up tank with new fuel
Still got coolant, sparkplugs and oil to change, but #car now running a lot better (no more rough idle)