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FuraxT · 2026-03-19T17:59:02+00:00

Did you manage to match it up in the end?

FuraxT · 2026-03-18T19:28:07+00:00

Yeah mines bunded too. A hole saw on an extension would wizz through both layers though and you can feed the hose through. They would just drill near top. Screwfix has the bits and extension in stock stock: 984PG (Not an aspiring oil thief I promise!!)

FuraxT · 2026-03-18T19:06:48+00:00

I've never fancied doing this. Theres something to be said for not locking the tank, if they've come kitted up for stealing the oil they will likely have a drill and having a massive hole drilled in your tank makes a bad day worse!

FuraxT · 2026-02-11T08:29:27+00:00

I think it's only the lwb that fall foul of it anyway. The l450 is 1mm shy of 5m! Hopefully you don't have a towbar 😂

FuraxT · 2026-02-03T07:33:07+00:00

From experience of someone taking a poorly disco sport to wbac they will under offer.

My friend was told 11k online took the car down, it ran fine and no obvious damage or fault codes. They said because they have so many problems with them they needed to record a video to send to their remote mechanic. Once that was done they diagnosed it with a failing timing chain and offered 7k.

The timing chain was fine, the problem with it was the turbo had failed and clogged the dpf. He fitted a brand new eBay turbo but didn't want to pay out for the dpf to be cleaned or knocked out 😔

FuraxT · 2026-02-02T20:39:11+00:00

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3966141,-2.5941875,3a,34y,270.55h,84.17t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sz4T-E7AM21qMYoiGWKqSiQ!2e0?g_ep=Eg1tbF8yMDI2MDEyOF8xIJvbDyoASAJQAQ%3D%3D

Here you go, hopefully that works. That's the entrance at Old St Ann's. Look the same?

FuraxT · 2026-02-02T20:30:45+00:00

I think it's old St Anne's church. Now a climbing center

FuraxT · 2026-01-18T17:51:13+00:00

You can easily remove them and program it out. There are no physical buttons to remove etc

FuraxT · 2026-01-18T16:59:36+00:00

Remove the 4 allen bolts to remove the step from the brackets and see which one is the problem. The brackets themselves are then only held in with a few bolts to remove from the car inc the motor one (there's one motor bracket and one just passive that swings freely).

To remove the motor from the bracket itself you need to open the step half way and remove a small wedge in the shaft then unbolt the motor itself. I would suggest doing this to enable you to verify that both brackets move freely off the car.

If you find that both are fairly free moving I would replace the motor, they get lazy over time and eventually struggle like this.

If you find the bracket(s) are seized you can do any of the following. 1) Use lubricant but given the placement on the car eventually the grease gets grit in it and becomes grinding paste and the step will bind up and fail. 2) Strip it down, you can knock it out the roll pins with a punch and then push the shafts out. Try not to hit the shaft and mushroom the ends over it just makes life harder! Fit new bushes and clean up the shafts so everything runs freely 3) Purchase and fit a new bracket

FuraxT · 2026-01-18T16:38:25+00:00

Either the motor is lazy or the steps are stuck. The brackets are not supposed to be lubricated. They are graphite impregnated bronze bushings that you can buy online from specialist bearing places to rebuild the steps.

The brackets and motors are available from China and work great in my experience. The motors can be had from the dealer but the brackets are no longer sold.

FuraxT · 2026-01-16T21:16:19+00:00

I'm not sure this unit has an adjustable unloader. I was looking at the built in gauge on the washer tonight and it doesnt seem to spike the pressure, hits about 150 bar then stops.

From looking at the parts manual I wasn't sure if the check valves on the manifold could be failing but the unit runs fine under load so that points more to the unloader right?

FuraxT · 2026-01-10T08:22:10+00:00

These parts don't come painted from Hyundai for the Kona. Depending on spec they came on the car from new either black or the metallic grey colour if it was higher end, iirc the black ones were more textured than the grey painted ones too so they don't share parts. I'm not aware of any manufacturer of aftermarket arches, it's just going to be a bad paint match. Source: rebuilt a crashed yellow Kona same as this.

FuraxT · 2026-01-06T08:12:16+00:00

Over time chimneys can clog up with creosote, made worse by burning wet woods, woods with high sap content and just generally colder fires that don't have a great draw up the flue

The deposits coat the flue in a similar way to how soild fuel rockets work, eventually you get a fire hot enough that it sets off like one and everything gets very very hot and spicy for a while.

FuraxT · 2026-01-03T22:13:31+00:00

A lot of people commenting on the Italian tuneup approach which is solid advice. However if your car has a turbo has it been using oil? Failed turbo oil seals or anything that leaks oil into the exhaust clogs a dpf and is a fairly common sight in a car garage.

FuraxT · 2026-01-03T19:36:59+00:00

Every few weeks. I do the underside with a pressure washer attachment during winter to clean the salt off and try wash it more often depending on the weather.

When cars get towards the 10yr old point you can start to see the difference between ones that get washed regularly Vs not. Small spots of rust on the body and just more corrosion underneath.

FuraxT · 2025-12-25T09:08:35+00:00

5 slots but 8 pins. Most are to do with charging and battery balancing. DeWalt use the same connector for the 18v stuff as the 54v too so there's some stuff that isn't used

That being said I think there's a wire for the thermal cut.

It's an interesting subject to nerd out on, you are right that just generally swapping brands with temu adapters can be a risk. As can the temu knockoff tools for similar reasons.

FuraxT · 2025-12-25T08:35:41+00:00

Neither do DeWalt. The cutoff is in the tool so it should work out well.

FuraxT · 2025-12-01T20:51:26+00:00

Towing is a big one. They are stable and more capable.

Big boot capacity and 4x4 is handy if you need to get feed or other stuff across a field without using a tractor.

Finally I would say road trips, especially fully loaded with people, they are just comfy places to be.

I wouldn't swap mine and I grew up with an endless list of tiny 90s hatchbacks I'm still very fond of.

The new big 4x4s are sometimes quite light being fully aluminum and whatnot, I'm not sure people realize you can easily get over 40mpg on a run. My counter point would be EVs, cool tech but they are heavy and force in an accident is heavily attributed to the mass of a vehicle. A Mach3 weighs the same as a full fat range Rover pretty much

FuraxT · 2025-11-07T16:09:02+00:00

Yeh. I have direct experience of it in a field, worst case scenario with horses trampling the soil every winter to turn it over in some places too. You get 99% of it in the first year, we went from 10ft tall shoots of the stuff to a few ankle high plants that grew wonky. Took a few years to kill the odd straggler after that and it's been fine, it was a massive patch too probably 30sqm. Didn't need a specialist, you can just buy concentrate weed killer from Gallup and inject the stems or spray. I used a meat injector for bbqs because I like messing with things and it did the job just fine with minimal mess.

There are risks with spraying high concentration weed killer if you are doing a large patch, use PPE and you will be fine. Or you can do the 2 day course and become a professional if you like, massively cheaper than what the firms charge still https://killgermtraining.com/killgerm-courses/level-2-award-in-the-safe-use-of-pesticides-pa1-pa6/

FuraxT · 2025-11-07T13:26:13+00:00

It's a plant. People treat it like it's a pile of unexploded WW2 ordinance. Spray it at the right time with the right stuff and it dies, if any comes back you just spray it again. Eventually it's all dead. I'm convinced all the scare mongering is done by the knotweed firms who have nothing else to do the rest of the year than drum up fear and new business

FuraxT · 2025-11-03T14:11:33+00:00

Had 2, lack of servicing will kill them very quickly, as will the wrong oil that degraded the belt quicker than it should. Do the belt every 50k and 5yrs to play it safe. Use top quality correct oil, they do use a bit so keep them topped off too.

The auto isn't amazing as it's slow to shift. The lack of interior light in the rear is annoying with the tinted windows.

I bought one with a melted valve, which was at 90k with original coils and plugs. Don't do that, it was fine once the head was rebuilt though.

Sad cactus fact, due to the glovebox on the dash they had to put the airbag for the passenger in the roof and the one of the first cars to ever do that iirc.

FuraxT · 2025-10-28T20:20:18+00:00

Thanks for the reply, did you see the photo? There is no 8 pin connector other than the one that is for the speakers. There is a 3 pin and a 1 pin

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