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simplemach:
Ofcourse he should, he is still the president dont forget.

I just wonder o. Ofcourse he is the president and must be given respect and priviledge that his position requires.

J12:
Jega thinks this election is child's play. I doubt if this man is mentally sound, he doesn't understand that this year's elections are pivotal to our democratic and social progress.

His PVC distribution and collection plan is useless and stupid. I went to INEC office in Area 10 to collect my PVC this morning only to be told I can't collect it because I registered in Enugu. I can't imagine how many nigerians are like me, who registered in a different state in 2010/2011 and left their area of registration permanently thereafter but can't vote in the upcoming elections because Jega can't use his brains properly even though he is a professor.

Jega must go after 2015.


INEC has the sole responsibility of sensitizing and informing eligible voters of the status of the TVC's and PVS. Technology has made it extremely easy to achieve this.

So if I registered as a voter in lets say, in an insurgency infested area like Baga in 2010/2011 and left, you expect me to go back to Baga and collect my PVC?

Or what if registered in lagos in 2011 and I no longer live in lagos and I am now disabled because I have an accident? That means i'm disenfranchised.

Why can't INEC have a centralised and publicly accessible database where users can check the status of their cards. INEC is not the NPC or NIMC, their activities are continuous and important.

Am sorry, but you are not true to yourself for going to Area 10 in Abuja when you actually registered in Enugu. You wasted that effort and should not blame INEC.

I do understand that the system was flawed for not additing an option during registration for where to collected the PVC. If they did that, you or many of my friends that registered across the country during their service year will not have been disenfranchised.

I who is possession of my PVC still have to travel 900km to vote. Why cant you go to Enugu by 12th or 13th get your PVC vote 14th and come back. Thats what i have to do, if you wont, please allow those that are ready to sacrifice for their country to.

What Jega achieved is cleaning up there register for multiple registrations and reducing mutiple voting. The next aim is to continually update the register and accomodate for voter mobility. Its too late and too big a task to embark even if the elections is postponed by a year. Sorting will start creating omissions and complications. If 60% of PVCs are distributed, is very good enough for me. Move elections by 3 months, you still wont go to Enugu. So, elections must hold!

I sat in similar conditions in ABU Zaria! This isnt strange at all. Ask any engineering student or graduate about the slaughter room.

blackfm:
What car is that?

03 accord

blackfm:
The SRS light is actually on so I guess the sensor is fine. Its just a matter of replacing the airbag

In my car, if i unplug the connector from the seat belt latch, SRS light comes on permanently. So i believe there is a relationship there too.

Piyke:
Thanks bud. Will surely repair the one i bring out and maybe sell or keep it for another rainy day. I understand this same part works for the Left rear door as well. Guess I'll just repair and keep it.

Another thing I forgot to mention is that sometimes when I press the fob, the actuator will just respond with a weak movement not sufficient to push the lock knob all the way up. Thus the door still would not open and when it happens like this all door will not open. But I understand that all the other actuators are dependent on the driver door actuator.

I don't think the actuator for right will fit in the left because of its orientation. At a point i had to change the lock knob cable of the rear left door which got stuck and locked the door permanently. For the mean time the knob was disconnected from the actuator and the door was working normally but without the knob until i got the knob and cable from an accidented car in Jos.

The insufficient power to move the lock knob is exactly what i experienced and that is exactly what any motor would do when the brushes are worn out. Remember the weak kick start from my worn starter motor brushes, its all the same thing. The actuator motor turns a gear that has to overcome a very strong spring that sends the knob up. I had to use incredible strength to manually operate the system. Once the motor is weak, it will not be able to over come the strength of the spring thats why it makes the weak attempt in unlocking.

Forgive us IdaraCHODB, for derailing.

When GEJ ran away from debate in 2011 he was rejected. Nonsense from Otuoke

Buoyantic:
*in olu Jacobs voice * any problem? How does your beef become my fish?

Cool it, just to make a point to the man. Beef, fish, all source of protein.

rokiatu:
And what does your preference in women has to do with this thread?

Buoyantic:
See the guy head like Hausa perfume bottle

Did you see this one above or the several off post that lined up before my post. Abi me and you get history? Whats the difference between " i cant be with someone as light skin as the girl" and the one in the quote above.

You sabi read English but you no get comprehension ne?

Yuck, i cant be with someone as light skin as the girl. It has nothing to do with the fact that i am dark skinned, i prefer the real chocolate African woman.

Piyke:
It's not the battery, I've changed it again and again with no improvement. Several Honda fora describe the exact signs I'm having and a lot of posters have reported solving the issue by changing the actuator.

In that case, the brushes of the motor in the actuator may be responsible. Also, the symptom matches that of a worn out motor brush since it never stops at a time, it works intermittently before finally stopping. When mine stopped, it sometimes open especially when i park the car under hot sun for long period of time. Less i forget, the same electrician changed the brushes of my starter motor that worn out too. I had many fail or weak start for at least 6 months before it stopped one fateful day early this January. I almost bought a new car battery thinking my battery was dead. If you were in Abuja, i would have asked my mechanic to check for the brushes if he fines one, you try it.

Piyke:
Thanks for the tip. My actuator works only some of the time. Again I will most times need to bring the fob so close to the door handle for it to work. Didn't know it could be taken apart and serviced. Is it held by screws? I actually sourced for a toks part but found none at my regular parts market and my parts guy advised me not to get a new chinese one, that it can some times perform wonders
Just got tired and decided to get a new one.

On the valve adjustment, will let you know. Would probably do a DIY thread on it as well.

In that case i have the opinion it may not be the actuator that has gone bad. It could be your battery sending weak signal to the reciever. Change your battery 1st and if there is no improvement the reciever unit may be where to look next. I dont think the reciever unit is in the actuator. The only electrical part in there was the motor and a swtich that simultanously activates actuators of the 3 other passenger doors. Oh, no crews in the actuator itself but removing the actuator requires more technical skill. My electrician had to use a panel better to get it out. The whole door lock, key hole and handle has to come out with it.

I will follow up on the valve adjustment parts. I and my mechanic cant wait to have it done. He believes me more now ever since i gave him the trick to the PS pump whine.

Piyke:
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How long will it take?

I see you have the drivers door central locking problem i had but resolved it 2 weeks ago by my electrician. I had him check the actuator and the problem was seen. I am pretty sure if yours failed then may be the same thing.

The actuator as shown below has a motor in the red box area. On mine, the brushes were completely worn out and the motor stopped. My electrician remembered he saw an exact motor days before and looked it up. The motor was exactly the same with the one he saw which belonged to an Opel vectra. Only two things were different, the terminal connectors and spindle. We just removed the back cover housing of the donor (Opel motor) which had very good brushes and replaced on mine. We the soldered wires to the connectors and voilà i had a perfect working motor.

Let me know how it goes with the valve adjustment cost.

lomomike:
Bro, its easy on some car models because of fewer replacement parts, and difficult in some others. However, it is a very delicate job. Remember, airbag modules are easily explosive in nature!

I agree that it is easy in sime cars but so difficult on others. Like i said before the drivers airbag is the easiest replaceable airbag in which you could buy even the whole steering which will definately cost less than the full dash.

If i remember well, i watched an episode on Mythbusters about the explosive nature of these airbags. The myth was something like you are saying but cant get it exactly. The myth that airbags could be deployed without an accident that is below the airbags designed G-force and speed was busted. You would less likely manually deploy an airbag without its sensors getting the minimum requirements. Unless an electrical signal by the SRS control unit exactly equal to that which the G sensor will cause a deployment is sent to the activator which is less likely to happen by wrong wire connections.

What i am saying in summary is, you need 3 scenrios to deploy an airbag
1. A crash that reaches the designed G-force + speed
2. System failure as a result of bad activator switches or control units which most likely, the problem will be known and a recall would have been made by the manufacturer.
3. Tempering or modifications.

On the third one you may say, there is a posiblity but i think only a fool will attempt to modify what he has no idea about. Those who modify are professinals and do it in controled environment but in Nigeria am sure 90% of Nigerian drivers care less if the air bag works or not as long as it doesnot alter the car aesthetically. Its common practice for electricians to remove SRS light bulbs on the instrument cluster.

I remember seeing Adams physically abusing those airbags.

VoteWisely:
#VoteWisely

I like your picture but suddenly NEPA does what NEPA usually does.

uboma:
Like lomomike said, its medicine after death. Your airbags have been deployed already. Even that of the driver's side which you think was replaced by the previous owner before selling it to you is simply useless and only serves an ornamental purpose, if I must say.

Replacing a deployed airbag will be costly and require the expertise of the manufacturers of the car. I stand to be corrected though...

In my opinion a replacement SRS is an easy fix as long as the replacement is not expired. The drivers side seem to be plug and play while the front passenger SRS is not aesthetically easy to fix in most recent cars. One may have to buy a whole dash complete with an undeployed airbag. Besides, the SRS warning light is there to tell if there is a SRS system malfunction or not.

klipse:
Hi Nlanders,

I had my injectors cleaned and changed my 4 plugs. My mechanic said he cleaned the injector head with thinner and applied oil treatment to stop a tampering sound from the engine. Now my car drives quieter but the idle is high. around 1500 to 1800 on cold start and drops to 1200 rpm.

How can I reduce the idle to the factory default at 700? I read stuff online and it said I have to perform the idle re-learn procedure, what is that?

Car: honda accord 2008, 4cyl
Thanks

Idle needs to relearn after the ECU is reset. If your ECU was never reset, you shouldnt experience idle as high 1200. An intake leak would cause high idle such as the 1200 you have or no start since your car has a MAF. Last time i needed to relearn idle on my 2003 accord it wasnt as high as yours. Anyways, less than a week of normal driving will relearn the idle or you perform the relearn procedure.

You should state if you have the CEL on and go for a scan instead of theories and trial and errors method of diagnosis.

buty:
Pls I need serious help as my car is driving me crazy. Am using a 2007 DC accord, the problems are as follow ;

1. It doesn't go beyond 2000rpm but occasionally gets to 3000
2. It vibrates when I match the gear and rev
3. It doesn't accelerate immediately especially when I stop or slow down.

Note; I have changed the two front hubs, fan as my gasket just got burnt, gasket, plugs, engine seats, gear seat, break pads. Now my mechanic wants clean the injector as he feels that's the reason it's still vibrating. Pls someone should advice me

Start with a scan of the CEL if its on. Without knowing that fact, nothing anyone will say here can help.

[quote author=KevD123 post=30240282][/quote]Lies from the pit of hell. If the Vacuum cleaner was better, have they used it in the past 5 years? They effectively stopped sweeping the corridors of government house where weeds, rats and other rodents have made a home. That simple old skool broom will bring back sanity in the government house. What use is of a vacuum cleaner to a person when that person does not clean his house with a simple broom and that he expects me to believe he will get a vacuum cleaner.

They should not forget that a land mower is better than a cutlass but there are weeds that are tougher than the mower.

iI never like windows 8 finish then come jump 9 go 10? Mtcheeew

Piyke:
Congrats to you and son!
I know mine is overdue, started having some chatter with the hood open. Should be picking up the valve cover gasket over the weekend. My parts guy told me he has an original one for 4k don't think its OEM though. I haven't seen enough videos do hit this DIY. Still perusing materials cause its surely going to be a DIY, as I'm guessing my mechanic would ask me why I want to do it.

Thanks.

Had to do some other works changed front engine mount that broke and inner tie rod end that was wearing my tire.

chukel:
What do u mean by unused tokunboh plug. Can a toks plug be unused

Thats a little exaggerated if you consider the literal meaning but meant to say 'in very good condition'. I seriously did not know why some come in such good condition but i got from a large pool of plugs that are bound with tape in 4s. Majority are obviously used but you could get one or two from some good sets of 4 that looks almost unused (free of carbon and absolute white electrode with almost no burn marks). About 90% would be reasonably used. The others if used, probably for some minutes but not long to deteriorate physically. I should have taken a picture of the last one i bought. I buy 2 sets and choose 4 out of 8 and let them have the others for a discount. For this one, i had made a request and even gave one of my original plugs as a sample and got the set after two weeks. There are so many plugs in different types and brands, NGK, Denso you name it. Platinum, Iridum. 1, 2 and 4 ground electrode. The iridium tipped are with tiny tips and he says those people with commercial boxer buses are in high demand for it.

I am still searching for a perfect replacement for my car because my car manual recommends NGK izfr6k-11 but i only got NGK izfr6k-13. The 11 means gap of 1.1mm and 13 means gap of 1.3mm. I read that the 1.3 actually has better fuel economy. There was another variant i saw izfr5k-11. On research, i learnt that the difference in the number 5 and 6 implies 6 is a newer model and runs cooler that 5 and more suitable for racing while 5 is more suitable for cars that idle much which 6 may foul.

Edited: i just consulted the manual and saw that izfr6k-13 is actually recommended but was written as 'on some models', dont know what that means.

I have noticed that anytime i search on Google, if the first page does not offer me what i want, i retype my search. What do you do when you don't find what you want on the first page? Do you proceed to other pages of that search or do like me?

I have this believe that the number one suspect in car theft is actually the car dealer that sold the car to you. I will never park a recently bought car away from my eyesight, even outside my house cos i believe the car dealer has either the spare key or a duplicate. Even if the car key has a transponder, it most have been duplicated before the car was sold. We all know that the easiest way to duplicate a key is to have the original. Anyone who has had the key and intends to steal that car can easily get away with it, thats why i dont leave my key with mechanics.

Am sorry to say, you were careless and the car is gone.

nissparts:
Do you travel inter-state? You seem to rack up miles pretty quickly. Or you aren't in Lagos?

You noticed and yes i do every weekend.

I work in Abj spend every weekend with my family in Kaduna! In Abj, I live close to Suleja so travel 60-70miles a day though we swap car with a friend, keep one in town and drive the other home alternatively every working day. Started that routine October and its biting hard while taking a toll on the car. After elections, it will come down or stop entirely with a new out posting.

Piyke:
Have you done the valves check/adjustment? Should be doing this too

I recently clocked 123,000 miles which is the 5000 miles service due distance. I seriously want to do that task. 2 days ago i was reading about it and realized i need to purchase and install a new valve cover gasket after the adjustment. It will now depend on when i can get all that and the valve gap gauge considering that its far into January and have to throw a 1 yr birthday to my son.

Piyke:
Good to hear this. Shows the importance of ruling out other causes of codes. If you've done up to 200miles I think it most probably gone for good.

Its now at least 350 miles and no sign of the P0420 and my mileage couple with the new fuel price is quite better, i cant smile harder than i am doing now.

emmykk:
story for the gods.

Godswill Akpabio
babatunde fashola
donald duke..

These are the kind of youthfulness we want.

In translation, the PDP thieves is what you want. You dont know that Godswill Akpabio is the second biggest thief in Nigeria only second to Diezani. I have had enough of youths sucking Nigeria dry, i want an old man who sees no value in stolen property.

nellycobs:
America?
Britain?
France?
South Korea?
Japan?
Germany?
Russia ?

etc. Think of better examples .... Mugabe sef don be your role model......

Came

Which of the above is a developing country? Do you mean these countries never had above 70 presidents?

Shimon Peres, Israeli President, 90
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President, 89
King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, 89
Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian President, 88
Giorgio Napolitalo, Italian President, 88
Queen Elizabeth II, UK, 87
Kim Yong-Nam, North Korean Ceremonial Head of State, 85
King Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Thailand, 85
King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, Malaysia, 85
Arthur Foulkes, The Bahamas' Governor General, 85
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Some of these are up to 16 years older than Buhari with a lot more others and the average age for world leaders is 60.3. If Buhari is 80 and has the wisdom, courage and dedication to move Nigeria forward i shall vote him 100 times over than vote GEJ without these essential leadership qualities.

ZIMDRILL:
it seems like when someone asks you guys you take it the wrong way

check again there is a question mark at the end of my sentence in my 1st post meaning am asking

and it doesnt mean am dismising what you said

Once again i never claimed to be PRO, if people take me as PRO thats how they see me but i have never claimed to one

and also being a pro doesnt mean i know every car inside and out NO ,

thats the reason i did put a question mark because you learn in asking and based with experience so far i have never came across such problem and got sorted by changing the o-ring but i didnt dismiss what you said i simply asked a question

me asking had an objective to learn something from your answer

just like i did in the workshop today a nissan quashai came in yesterday with a non working wiper motor, snow has built up on the screen and the lady kept on turning on the wiper until the motor siezed, got her a second hand, connected turn on the wiper and i wouldnt turn, checked the fuse it was blown, replaced it and still it wouldnt turn then unplugged it and put direct 12v to motor it turned, plugged it back turned the switch on and it would turn, then my partner put the negitive of the test meter on negitive terminal of the battery, test meter on 20v testing point then the positive on one of the positve wires to the motor, like magic the motor started to turn and it looked as if the motor has been jump started

so next time will use what we learnt today and if am to tell someone they would 1st question me again and i will to explain to them what happened in our 1st experience and him/her will learn from that if s/he will encounter such a problem

GAZZUZZ:
Before you add more to your problems.

The a bad "O" ring will allow air into the pump, which might starve the pump of the required flow of atf fluid, pump will be noisy especially in the morning(when cold), but more important steering will NOT be stiff. Culprit is still your pump get a good one.

I can testify to the o-ring change. I had the wine around October last year which pumped oil out but I changed the o-ring which solved it and its working well till today. .

abatically:
This is what I hate about cartalk. Some so called pro think they know it all, and they are very quick to critisize others. Honda power steering whine at cold start doesn't necessarily mean the pump is bad, it can simply mean the o ring is bad and need to be replaced. This is even published in Honda bulletin. I use an accord I have encountered the same problem and a simple o ring change fixed it. I didn't even spend up to 500 naira. Try to make research before criticizing.

Dont mind some people.

I changed this same O-ring on my Honda and it stopped. And you know what, i begged my mechanic to do that, he refused saying that most times he changes something like that the pump fails and he gets the blame. I told him i will not blame him since i asked him to, but he insisted and refused. I did it myself came back to him with proof and its perfect.

Last week he told me he did it for a customer and collected 2k for it.

I have a service manual i got from NL that describes how to change all the other ring seals on the pump that brings back the pump to life and stop leakages. This inlet o-ring solves the whine.

Note: that a bad seal is stiff and loses its rubber feel while a new good one is flexible and softer. OP just change that o-ring. A bad inlet o-ring will allow the pump to suck air into the system creating bubbles or foam in the reservoir tank and may spill out in worst case scenario. However, on the soft part, the bubbles in the system is air which will reduce the efficiency of the pump but not total failure. After the 0-ring change and it doesn't become as soft as it used to be, then there may be another problem with the pump. Other seals of the pump will cause leakage of ATF but not its efficiency.