@vwdasher I often add the hashtag #bladibarsket to my car repair toots, its a mild Malaysian English swear I learned from my late father (who was Malaysian Chinese) when he was working on cars in the 1970s (particularly a classic Mini van which was his first car in 1978) - the term was derived from the Australian English "bloody bastard" 
*5 hours* out in the yard today to install new microswitch unit for #VW #DSG gear selector - whole entire centre console of #VWPolo had to come out - a bear of a job, especially removing a fiddly connector for the USB and getting it over the handbrake lever). Switch fitted and then it all has to go back together.
At least now I don't have "error: workshop! Leave vehicle only in position P" randomly coming appearing and USB music playback still works #CarMaintenance #AutoRepair #bladibarsket
TIL: replacing #headlight bulb on #Opel / #Vauxhall #Corsa C is a cursed job, requires lowering whole entire bumper to get the headlight unit out and then the ambient temperature sensor needs to be put back into the bumper..
High level #brake light stopped working last night - found broken cable in loom between C-pillar and tailgate (this is a common problem due to the boot being constantly opened and shut). Managed to splice cable (after initial hassle with a duff splice I had to cut off and being left with even shorter bit at the tailgate end to work with. Tested the fix, wrapped splices and extra cable piece with Tesa tape and put the grommet back on..
Why even make such a cursed device? I'm not expecting NPL certified level of accuracy from the "voltmeter" - but this clearly seems to just have LED's wired up to display 12,5V with all DC input. Why not just sell it with plain power LED instead? Would be far worse if it was bought by a lone, vulnerable driver counting on this to show their car battery condition rather than an engineer who is wary of such devices and decides to test them before use.. #FakeProduct #bladibarsket
Alas, looks like plans for car #detailing / #valeting tomorrow are washed out #weather #Suffolk #BritishWeather #rain #bladibarsket
Do not want : #DSG 'box #DQ200 acting up when visiting relatives at the weekend, random loss of drive/clutch slipping, other unwanted behaviour. Scanned the OBD2 and found multiple gearbox/mechatronic related codes
Car is now at independent #VW specialist garage awaiting repair (originally only available for 2024-02-13 but they said might be able to do earlier, I can't drive it anyway at the moment)
As my dad would have said - #bladibarsket (Malaysian English curse word)
