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Old 25-11-14, 08:16 PM   #1071
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Nothing is ever easy on cars is it?

Just trying to take off my broken wing mirror to either repair it or put the new one on.

The main electrical connector is buried behind the main door card, even though there's a couple of easy remove covers for the mirror retaining screws!

Then one of the screws has fallen down into the void behind the door card as well.
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Old 26-11-14, 04:49 PM   #1072
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Coil pack fitted, misfire gone away.

2 teeth extracted. If I had tooth ache last week, boy does it hurt where there are no teeth. but judging by his struggle, heaving, pushing, pulling, changing to different tools and heaving again, then digging out for the pieces of snapped root, there is probably one hell of a lot of trauma to the gum.
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Old 26-11-14, 04:59 PM   #1073
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Time for some pain killer Tim
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Old 26-11-14, 05:47 PM   #1074
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solicitors trying to pull a fast one... looks like i'll be doing a lot of the simple stuff myself.

£250+vat to instruct a bank to release funds that the account has no funds but i still have to pay the fee. eermmm no i wont be using you for doing that thanks.....
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Old 27-11-14, 11:53 AM   #1075
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Waking up on my nice lazy day off to hear the sports news. A lad I'm very fond of who played for Middlesex for a season has been hit on the head by a ball in a match back in Australia and despite wearing a helmet he's received a serious head injury and had to undergo emergency brain surgery. He's in a critical condition. It's touch and go right now. Proof that one second life is chugging along nicely and the next it can all hang in the balance.
Well if you've seen the news today you'll see that my cricketer mate didn't make it. He got up, went to work to do a job he loved, there was a freak accident, he didn't go home. It's not right, it's not fair. He was 25 years old, a kind, cheeky, always smiling lad who brightened up the days of those he spent time with.

When we get on our bikes we know only two well we are taking a risk, and we put on our leathers and our helmets to protect ourselves as best we can. But I never expected a friend to die playing cricket. I guess we have to remember that life is precious.
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Old 27-11-14, 11:56 AM   #1076
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Yeah, such a freak accident really and a real shame!

I wonder if this will have an impact on the sport in terms of safety or not, not knowing how the accident happened what position was he playing when it took place? Would head protection have been a help?
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Old 27-11-14, 12:10 PM   #1077
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Yeah, such a freak accident really and a real shame!

I wonder if this will have an impact on the sport in terms of safety or not, not knowing how the accident happened what position was he playing when it took place? Would head protection have been a help?
He was wearing a helmet. Thousands of balls are bowled every day, Phil turned his head as he went to hit the ball and the ball hit him on the neck and ruptured an artery, it bled into his brain. A one in a million chance of it happening. If his head had been a degree to the left or right, the ball a millimeter higher or lower the chances are he'd have had a nasty bruise and a bit of a headache. That's what makes it so hard to take.
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Old 27-11-14, 12:12 PM   #1078
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That really sucks!
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Old 27-11-14, 12:29 PM   #1079
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Coil pack fitted, misfire gone away.

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Aren't Clio's rubbish. I think I've done nearly every common problem mentioned on the forum. The wiper washer pump repair was best because that was free. My reluctor rings have just arrived so that is next and got to be done before Feb. Did the coil pack about two years ago and been ok. Do you do your own timing beltTim ?

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Old 27-11-14, 12:33 PM   #1080
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Gripe today: Day off work and the roads are wet through. Accuweather gave a good forecast. Disappointed!
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