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by michaelc
Mon Sep 07, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

Update: I tried putting some copper grease in, but found it difficult to get at and definately couldn't get anything to budge. l left it into the local Jaguar dealership and they have told me it is seized and want £2,500 for a new backbox! That's some money just to geta couple of flaps to open and a...
by michaelc
Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:06 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

Many thanks Lunar
by michaelc
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:45 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

Thats just the camera flash on the paintwork and the driveway below. Nothing wedged. Am I in the right place for the grease? Is that bar going into the housing whats meant to move up and down. It all looks a bit rusty to me!
by michaelc
Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:05 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

Hi dbv6s, I've posted a picture in my other reply. I'm finding it hard to see what's to move and what isn't as nothing seems to move on either one of the active exhaust housings when I try to free it. I don't want to just spray the wrong thing. (amateur mechanic!) Is this the right place to spray th...
by michaelc
Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

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Thanks dbv6s, sorry to be a pain. Just had another look...is it the rod that comes out the back of the pot as per this photo?
by michaelc
Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:30 pm
Forum: Main F-Type Forum
Topic: Exhaust Sound
Replies: 32
Views: 10364

Re: Exhaust Sound

Hi Lunar, I am not at all sure my active exhaust is working and saw your post. I have located the 2 'yogurt pots' before the exhaust, which have what looks like a vacuum hose attachment coming out of them - that's all I can see. Do I need to disconnect these small hoses to get at the actuating rod? ...
by michaelc
Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:30 pm
Forum: Car Care
Topic: Bee poo !
Replies: 12
Views: 5132

Re: Bee poo !

Thanks Brian...although I'm not sure I want to spend £15 a month on bird dropping wipes as this is happening every day!
At the moment I'm trying to keep them away with a made up mixture from the site SCM recommended earlier in this post, so now the front of the house smells nicely of pepermint !
by michaelc
Sun Aug 02, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: Car Care
Topic: Bee poo !
Replies: 12
Views: 5132

Re: Bee poo !

Tel wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 3:13 pm You can't odds it in the summer - It's the bane of my life during car shows.

The only thing I use that gets it off easily is a damp micro-fibre cloth.
Thanks Tel.
At least I can take some comfort that it is happening to someone else!
by michaelc
Sun Aug 02, 2020 4:59 pm
Forum: Car Care
Topic: Bee poo !
Replies: 12
Views: 5132

Re: Bee poo !

I found that some car waxes are attractive to flying insects which seem to be food for them maybe? I changed to a different wax (Bill hamber) and no longer have the problem. Just a thought. Thanks Gus, I hadn't thought of that! Co-incidentally, I waxed the cars with Bilt Hamber Double Speed Wax. Mi...
by michaelc
Sat Aug 01, 2020 5:01 pm
Forum: Car Care
Topic: Bee poo !
Replies: 12
Views: 5132

Re: Bee poo !

Thanks, I'll try some of these other remedies as it's very frustrating. Cheers