Jason Reynolds's Journal

Today I decided to take a look at why the indicators on the left did not work.
The rear was on permanently and the front had no light.
The right worked fine, so investigated the flasher relay, ( 2 found under the right side next to the wiper motors, I made an assumption one was for the left and the other for the right so came to a quick conclusion one was faulty and brought two new ones) Amazon delivered today……
Turns out one is for the hazards the larger top one and the other is for both lady and right indicating…
Started chasing the power to the front in the hope I would come across another flashing relay for the left but found it to simply be a poor earth as once fixed they both started flashing so I now understand that if one of the lights stays on it due to the other one causing a problem or fault…

Happy days, next to fit a new near side mirror and wiper blades….

Well today I took the beast out for a drive and started to get a rattle noise when I initially pulled away, stoped about 2k revs and was fine between changing gears. I’ve No ideas what it is, so investigations start after work Friday…
Did get a squeaking noise with lights on also but turning them off and back on seemed to in the short term stop it… looking like I need to tighten up the drive belt…

Wiper blades turned up today, what a great fit! But discovered the screen washers doesn’t work so that’s next in the list for the weekend fix’s, hopefully it’s a simple fix

Well today I took the beast out for a drive and started to get a rattle noise when I initially pulled away, stoped about 2k revs and was fine between changing gears. I’ve No ideas what it is, so investigations start after work Friday…
Did get a squeaking noise with lights on also but turning them off and back on seemed to in the short term stop it… looking like I need to tighten up the drive belt…

Tightened up the drive belt and all is good again !????????

Today had to make a quick trip out to the post office with the stunning and very beautiful wife… whilst she was dropping off the parcel I saw wetness on the passenger floor matts. After lifting them the carpet was soaked !
Well we got home and I got the wet and dry vacuum out and hovered it up, lifting the carpets out, I could not see where the water was coming in from. It is rain water as it chucked down but I don’t know if it’s come in off the road from a previous drive where it rained or draining off into the car…
I’ve left a chamois on the metal floor over night tonight as we are due more rain so the morning should tell me where it’s not coming from……

So a trip out with the wife the other day ended up with a call to the father in law for some petrol. Turns out the gauge said 1/2 tank but was stuck….

Today I found out that the float had somehow disconnected from the houseing hence the gauge stuck at 1/2 tank… this is what I found….

Fixed by hammering the round end square so it doesn’t slide out again ….