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Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by Conner44: 9:59pm On Aug 30, 2022

CjEmmar:
The gurus in the house Please help me out with this before it gets out of proportion.
The car is Honda Accord 2004, 4 plug

See the location of shift solenoid valve B & C in this post below. Change it.

https://www.nairaland.com/996664/maintenance-tips-honda-cars/347#113533843

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by Conner44: 2:35pm On Aug 30, 2022

Gluck4cars:
One or more shift solenoids in your transmission is bad requiring replacement.
Conner44 in the same thread and page you posted gave someone DIY details to reach the solenoids and clean them.

https://www.nairaland.com/996664/maintenance-tips-honda-cars/342#112199773

Cleaning will work when Pressure is low or inadequate but for Stuck-on (as in your case) you definitely have Solenoids that are no longer clutching/working.
This is not a job for a Gear mechanic. But a rewire with experience in transmission can handle it as he should be able to test the Solenoids and determine the one that is bad as well as test the tokunbo ones to be used for replacement. New Solenoids are available though more expensive.
Job can be done in an Alignment pit, so doesn't require bringing down entire gear box to avoid other damages in the cause of this repair.

You are 100%

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by Conner44: 1:59pm On Aug 30, 2022

KelvinCoaster:
Glass or Plastic,which ever headlights are made of, can never be restored to its original state. I have seen these guys do it time and time again, it is just a temporary fix of which the shiny spray would still wear off with time.They do scrape off the worn out surface,then wash and spray.So, I am speaking from a point of understanding.

May be you don't understand the difference between a temporary fix and complete restoration!

Everybody knows you can’t use a usual painter to spray or scrape plastic to get headlights back to its original state. Especially not in Nigeria. I think the guy wants something like in this picture above us with the Camry. Assuming his case was that bad it’s a big refresh yes? wink

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by Conner44: 11:05am On Aug 30, 2022

KelvinCoaster:
This is the reason why there are so many 'educated illiterates' roaming the streets!

The front of Vehicle headlights are truly not made of glass. Just because it’s transparent does not mean it’s glass.

You’re speaking of using razor blade to scrape glass? shocked

have you ever tried using your kitchen knife or even a razor to scrape your house windows or a coke bottle before? What did you achieve? Remember those are made of glass.

If you’ve never seen a painter restore headlights then say so and don’t dispute the fact that they do it.

Crime › Re: The viral transport union leader killed by cultist in Lagos see the VIDEO by Conner44: 7:36pm On Aug 29, 2022

Urchins vs agberos undecided

And one apc candidate wants to replicate this scenario throughout the entire country once voted into power?

God forbid BAT thing angry

Politics › Re: 2023: Tinubu's Supporters Threaten To Divide Nigeria by Conner44: 4:24pm On Aug 29, 2022

GamalNasser:
They are already taking Jagaban down the road of treason like they did Abiola

Just imagine grin

the op is one helluva blind man I swear.

Car Talk › Re: Can This Rusted Corolla Beam Still Be Use by Conner44: 2:29pm On Aug 29, 2022

It’s better you have sudden engine or gearbox problems than to have sudden suspension problems while driving.

The former can park you but the latter can kill you on the spot where it happens.

Be wise and change out all rusted suspension parts asap. That rust is very bad.

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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 11:55am On Aug 29, 2022

Glithronix:
Make I go download rider first before asking cheerfulgiver question.
Cos I know say, na where sweet dey, you go see that boss.
Make I go download am 1st.
Much respect, boss.

Follow who sabi road and you’ll never lose your way wink

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 11:54am On Aug 29, 2022

CheerfulGiver:
I didn't leave in driver, but if there is anything better than 9.5%, it's 0%.

The allure of free money nwanne

Chai ! 0% for real? grin

You be real son of the soil

Always taking advantage of opportunities wherever available. I hail you main main

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Politics › Re: Court Rejects FG’s Request To Extradite Abba Kyari To US by Conner44: 10:42am On Aug 29, 2022

Then they should extradite him from kuje minimum to kirikiri maximum asap angry

We all know that he is enjoying in Abuja, move him to Lagos so he can join his mates in washing toilets every weekend like a good criminal that he is

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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 9:28am On Aug 29, 2022

CheerfulGiver:
Rida

Cheerful wetin dey sup? shocked

You don leave inDriver dey throw eye go Rida side now?

Odogwu wetin dey SUuuuuuup huh

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Romance › Re: I Am A Man Trapped In A Woman's Body by Conner44: 9:20am On Aug 29, 2022

Apexter0001:
you are the one suffering from severe brain tumor and you are not aware
Infact your village people don use your brain do the necessary

you are lost with your identity, self and being
I don't think you are either a he or a she
You are an androgynous homoerectus

Oh my lawd! grin

You don kee me with this your yabbis

Car Talk › Re: Is Mazda A Good Brand? And Is The Engine Cheap. by Conner44: 9:18am On Aug 29, 2022

udemzyudex:
I want to ask you just one question, do you know the history of the Mazda the guy have driven? Because from all this you're just assuming and you can only do this write up base on your own assumption.
He gave his own view because he owned the car for a certain period of time, all this analysis can only come to play if you know the vehicle history before it arrives this country and the period of time he drove it before selling.

Let’s not forget that our debate was about someone owning a vehicle and being able to give a enough review of that same vehicle to recommend it to a novice user of that kind of vehicle.

Now to answer your question, NO I don’t know the history of the vehicle the Mazda guy has driven.

But as we read from his post up there (unless I’m understanding him wrongly) he said he has used up to 4 different Mazda vehicles in 9 years. So based on this information I calculated his highest average ownership period of each vehicle to be around 2 - 3 years max. This means he could drive a maximum of 10,000 miles a year in Nigeria which translates 30,000 miles total per vehicle owned before selling off.

Now my own question to you is this, if someone used a vehicle for only 3 years and drove just 30,000 miles with it, do you feel the person has used the vehicle long and hard enough to give a proper review or recommendation of that same type vehicle?

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Politics › Re: Troway Shame, Off Cloth And Kuku Support Tinubu By Temi Dayo by Conner44: 12:18am On Aug 29, 2022*

Chai!

This op has just summed up Mannabbqgrillz entire existence on nairaland into one single post.

It is well cry

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Car Talk › Re: Is Mazda A Good Brand? And Is The Engine Cheap. by Conner44: 11:39pm On Aug 28, 2022

udemzyudex:
You forgot the 80,000 miles timing belt example you gave up there?

Great point. Now let me focus on that particular example for you to better understand my point.

Now Honda produced several iterations of J series 6 cylinder engines for a wide variety of their vehicle models. The basic power train warranty on such vehicles is usually 5 years or 60,000 miles whichever comes first.

Now a very specific and crucial factor regarding the maintenance and longevity of these types of engines is that you have to change its timing belt, water pump and timing guides at exactly 100,000 miles from the date of taking ownership.

Let’s use a regular Honda Accord for this example.

Scenario 1 : oyibo ‘A’ bought it new in America, used it till 95,000 miles and changed those components before using it an extra few years till it reaches 140,000 miles before selling it off.

Scenario 2 : oyibo ’B’ also bought it new in America, used it for up to 110,000 miles without changing the timing components as he should have done although the vehicle was still very much operational in his use until he eventually sold it off.

Scenario 3 : oyibo ‘C’ too bought his unit brand new, used it till only 50,000 miles and his timing belt cut thereby blowing up his engine. He took it in for his warranty claim and won so the company installed a replacement/refurbished engine for him sent him on his way. He didn’t have the peace of mind to use the vehicle anymore since he witnessed the engine blow up due to no fault of his so he sold it off immediately after the engine replacement at exactly 65,000 miles.

Now let’s assume all 3 vehicles were shipped down to Nigeria and sold off to new users.

If you were to buy the first oyibo’s vehicle (oyibo A) you would see his maintenance history and see he did his timing belt at the stipulated time. This means that engine in that car should go on for another 100,000 miles without any issues from that side. Most Nigerians don’t check vehicle history so they might as well just keep using the vehicle for many many years claiming it’s a wonderful car because the previous owner did a good job in maintenance.

If you were to unfortunately get the second oyibo’s vehicle this means that you might buy it in November and wash it to use to travel home for Christmas but on your way to the village the timing belt will cut at Benin and blow up your engine keeping you and your family stranded for days after wasting money to tow it to a secure place to try and see if it can be fixed haphazardly. Plus if the previous user mismanaged his engine do you really wish to know what other parts of the vehicle he skipped maintenance in? It’s a bad gamble buying such vehicles. Tell me if you saw your friend trying to buy that type of vehicle in future if you won’t advise him against it saying it showed you shege and the engine is a useless one just simply because you bought it from someone who didn’t do the required maintenance as at when due. Even if your wife catches you eyeing another woman it won’t be as bad as if she catches you eyeing that same type of car in future trust me.

Now if you got to buy the third oyibo’s own ‘C’ , you will be happy that your vehicle is low mileage and if you checked it’s history you would see that it’s engine was replaced. These two things will make someone like you happy but to someone like me I will be worried because if the engine was replaced it either means the owner was careless (other components might also be mismanaged) or it was a factory fault (the vehicle might be from a bad factory batch with other components which could also randomly fail without notice). Only a seasoned vehicle user can have this insight I’m telling you about.

All in all what I’m trying to say is that, buying used vehicles (no matter the mileage) and using it for short periods not more than 50,000 miles and claiming to know all about it’s maintenance enough to recommend it to someone else is not right because you haven’t used it long enough to test the stability of its various systems by yourself to see if they stood the test of time and depreciation.

Same with if you purchased a new vehicle and didn’t use it till its warranty expired, how then can you truly tell if the components of that vehicle can stand up to the claims which the manufacturer made concerning its longevity and usage? For you to drive a new vehicle to 60,000 miles in Nigeria can take up to 6 years. For you to use a brand new Honda Accord with the J series 6 cylinder engine till it’s time to change it’s timing belt components can take at least 10 years in Nigeria too.

I hope I made some things clear to you with the examples above.

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Politics › Re: Unizik Junction Isuaniocha Road In Anambra (Photos) by Conner44: 10:59pm On Aug 28, 2022

LordviccoDaGuru:
Peter Obituary is dead on arrival � APC WILL rule Nigeria till the second coming of Christ AMEN amen

Blow the catarrh from your nose as you’re crying before it draws and reached the ground grin

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Politics › Re: Unizik Junction Isuaniocha Road In Anambra (Photos) by Conner44: 10:57pm On Aug 28, 2022

[quote author=Arysexy post=116151455][/quote]You are truly OBIdient kiss

Tiri gbosa for you

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Politics › Re: Unizik Junction Isuaniocha Road In Anambra (Photos) by Conner44: 10:53pm On Aug 28, 2022

Is tinubu from Lagos?

Abeg somebody should come and post iragbiji pictures for this op to see undecided

Urchins. . . Tufiakwa angry

God forbid BAT thing

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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 10:47pm On Aug 28, 2022

YeyeGbami:
Drop it

Yeye why are you like this? You too like wawulence kiss

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Romance › Re: I Am A Man Trapped In A Woman's Body by Conner44: 10:31pm On Aug 28, 2022

Apexter0001:
I think you are suffering from brain tumor

Brain tumor is a physical disease

whatever is worrying you is a mental one undecided

There’s a huge difference between yaba general and yaba left

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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 9:30pm On Aug 28, 2022

Pearl1910:
And na u be Mr Perfect abi.
Who are the character police officers managing people on the thread? Abeg shift

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Car Talk › Re: Is Mazda A Good Brand? And Is The Engine Cheap. by Conner44: 9:27pm On Aug 28, 2022

udemzyudex:
My question to you is, do you know the vehicle history?

You're basing your analogy on parts like engine already changed before he purchased it which means you didn't even bother to comprehend what I wrote up there before quoting.

At the bolded, nowhere have I spoken of such on this thread. If I have you can point it out to me.

Concerning the vehicle history it is still part of what a user has to build over the course of time while using the said vehicle. A Nigerian man cannot go and buy a 150,000 miles vehicle used abroad and boast of knowing its history to use as a yardstick in judging how good the maintenance of such a vehicle is.

Now to your earliest post which you claim I didn’t comprehend, let me dissect it below ;

Very funny,you're talking as if he said he bought them brand new.

If you didn’t buy a vehicle brand new and use it the maintenance needs start creeping up you can’t judge if that vehicle is really maintenance friendly.

Most tokunbo cars in naija were bought at over 120km,so at that point a car with bad engine would have likely been replaced

What exactly is your point with this sentence in connection with the post I initially quoted towards the guy who likes Mazda vehicles? But let me still address it further below

the owner will be facing engine or gear problem,so saying a car owner can't give review about his car because he/she have not covered at least 50km on it doesn't make any sense.

Which owner will be facing these issues you speak of? The old oyibo owner or the new Nigerian owner?

If the oyibo owner changed the gearbox and engine before selling it off to a Nigerian to ship down here then the new user here should definitely not see any issues with those components for a while except it was a botched job or the new owner is careless.

But if truly the engine and gearbox were changed before shipping the new question would be ‘why exactly were they changed? ‘ was it due to manufacturer error or user error?

Some car manufacturer warranty will end at 60km and some 100km, there's a reason for that,so if drive a car of over 150km or so with the time you've spent with it,you should be able to give a review about it.

This is the sentence I agree with above.

Remember you quoted me when I spoke of someone who used a Mazda car for maybe just over 3 years here in Nigeria in which he won’t be able to cover up to 30,000miles over that period of time. So how could he in good sense have used that vehicle for the full warranty period? How could he know that the vehicle was good based on the warranty and basic manufacturer maintenance minders alone?

I think you should read the post I made initial to the Mazda guy before you quoted me. It seems like you are the one who didn’t comprehend the information I conveyed in those paragraphs.

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Releases New Photo To Show He's Still Young, Agile And Capable by Conner44: 9:01pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
lol
It will sound lame to an Obi urchin like you.
It takes a professional and classified urchin like you to know things about urchins.

You’ve run out of steam. You can go to your corner now. Keep crying though it sounds lovely

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Car Talk › Re: Is Mazda A Good Brand? And Is The Engine Cheap. by Conner44: 8:34pm On Aug 28, 2022

udemzyudex:
Very funny,you're talking as if he said he bought them brand new.

Most tokunbo cars in naija were bought at over 120km,so at that point a car with bad engine would have likely been replaced, the owner will be facing engine or gear problem,so saying a car owner can't give review about his car because he/she have not covered at least 50km on it doesn't make any sense.

Some car manufacturer warranty will end at 60km and some 100km, there's a reason for that,so if drive a car of over 150km or so with the time you've spent with it,you should be able to give a review about it.

Vehicles have different maintenance items to check off a list as the mileage piles up.

There are specific time periods or set mileages for changing fluids, engine components (belts, water pumps etc), tyre rotations, and so on.

If I buy a tokumbo vehicle if 150,000 miles that has its engine and other components already changed and then drive it for only 2 years taking an additional 15,000 miles then how will I arrive at such set mileages to do the periodic maintenance specified by the vehicle manufacturer according to its manual?

Let me rephrase my question. . .

If I buy a tear nylon new vehicle and drive it for only 20,000 miles then sell it off, would you say I have in-depth knowledge of the maintenance needs and requirements of that particular car? keeping in mind that the set mileages to make specific maintenance on its drivetrain have not been reached yet?

How do you know a vehicle is not good maintenance wise?

A good example is if the manufacturer says ‘change the timing belt at 100,000miles’ in its manual. Then 10 people purchase such a vehicle and drive it to the set mileage but 8 out of those vehicles developed timing belt damages at only 80,000 miles while the remaining 2 users drove theirs over the 100,000 miles without issues.

According to the example above that particular vehicle has a very serious timing belt issue but the person who bought it new and used it for only 2 years or 20,000 miles will never know. To him the vehicle is the best thing after bread and butter.

I hope you understand my meaning.

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Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 8:19pm On Aug 28, 2022

donfortune48:
Thank you my brother.
You get eye.

I don dey think weather I be Lucifer true true.

No oh, nor be your fault. You have a clear conscience and it is good.

It’s just that it’s in his character and he can never change so we have to try and manage him like that for our sanity on this thread.

There are many members we are managing here. If I start naming them it will be like I want to scatter everywhere this evening wink

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Crime › Re: Police Extort ₦50,000 From A Medical Doctor In Delta Over 'Controlled Drugs' by Conner44: 8:16pm On Aug 28, 2022

Did this happen today? To catch them would be very easy.

Just ask the dpo of the station around there to observe his patrolling officers and see those that are ‘high’ during their end of shift parade in the evening

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Releases New Photo To Show He's Still Young, Agile And Capable by Conner44: 8:13pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
lol
I know a lot of IPOBS mouthing Peter Obi now.
I call them IPOBidients

That sounds lame undecided

use your initiative and think of a better name that sounds savage to give them.

You yourself are an urchin wink

if you see a picture of an urchin (both the land or sea version) you will understand that the name aptly describes your manner of man

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Politics › Re: More Of Bola Tinubu Campaign Rally In Ikeja(photos) by Conner44: 8:10pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
HE Obi is bereft of ideas.An almost dullard that plunged Anambrians into more poverty than he met them.Couldnt grow IGR more than 2 billion in 8 years while HE Ngige grew IGR more than 10 billion in 3 years.
There are lots of reasons why Nigerians will not vote for Obi for a progressive Nigeria.
He is a stagnant and unproductive person.May God help and forgive us.

I love the way you’re crying and consoling yourself. Your tears are tasting very sweet on my tongue grin

Just keep crying like this, afterwards go and sleep in one corner

Business › Re: If You Are Uber Partner In Lagos, Please Share Your Experience Here by Conner44: 8:08pm On Aug 28, 2022

donfortune48:
I just don't like it when you disapprove people's opinion from their individual experiences, just because you haven't experienced that yourself.

This is the only reason why I myself don’t like his behavior. If he has not experienced it then to him it is never true. He like ‘football’ arguments of shifting goalposts.

Even Thomas of Jesus disciples wasn’t that bad undecided

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Releases New Photo To Show He's Still Young, Agile And Capable by Conner44: 8:01pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
Tar!!
Obi has more urchins than Tinubu.Ask Ekpa.

But the fact is ekpa or ipob has no attachment or affiliation with Obi. The sooner you realized this fact the better for your blood pressure wink

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Politics › Re: More Of Bola Tinubu Campaign Rally In Ikeja(photos) by Conner44: 8:00pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
You will get sense when Obi lule.

You have already gotten your own sense because tinubu has lule abi? grin

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Politics › Re: Tinubu Releases New Photo To Show He's Still Young, Agile And Capable by Conner44: 7:56pm On Aug 28, 2022

Obamaofusa:
Obi urchins or Tinubu urchins ?

Obi don’t have urchins

it’s only tinubu that trademarked that name for his gullible followers undecided

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