Junkman Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Did you guys also have a full moon yesterday? Squire_Dawson, Vince70 and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Yeah, but we're missing the BLOOD MOON because of clouds. Pillock and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Today I found a motor factor that still sells these: Squire_Dawson, The Moog, junkyarddog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 Home achieved. Over 900 miles without any incident to speak of. I need a less reliable car. Oh, and can't someone stop handing signs to Englishmen? If you give an Englishman a bloody sign, he can't fucking wait to put it up in front of the nose of another Englishman. This is by far the most annoying thing I have ever experienced. Recently a shitload of 40 and 50 speed limit signs were issued and sure enough they put them up on random stretches of otherwise quite passable roads, instead of frisbeeing them into the sea, where they belong. Ghosty, mercrocker, danthecapriman and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Are you sure they're English? There's been a load of blokes here in France sticking up 80kph signs ,maybe they've gone to England for a working holiday. Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 They've probably been to a sign in front of noses puttage seminar in the UK.I'm telling you, if an Englishman can't put up some fucking sign, his life is not complete.Show me one who removed a sign. Without immediately replacing it with an even more stupid one, that is.It's really getting on my tits, honestly. Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Today there was an OMGFTP. The dreaded 240107 Relay.A temporary fix was done by Conrad, so the car is running again.New relay orderised, of course from guess where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 A temporary fix was done by Conrad, so the car is running again. Rover to the rescue. Ever wonder how the snow plow driver gets to the snow plow in the morning? Rover P6. If only everything in life was as reliable as a Rover P6. Pillock, somewhatfoolish, Lacquer Peel and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 SWOP BRKN 405 2NITE M8. For once, she would kill me... To put this into perspective, committing adultery would merely yield two smashed kneecaps. egg and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Only one thing in my entire life i have smashed seven bells out of is one of these fag lighter kettles.I had a MK4 Golf, no it gets worse. I was in Blackpool with my wee one, he needed a bottle and i had bought one of these kettles. Took 40 fecking minutes to boil the thing. He was screaming his head off. Once bottle was made and he was happy i drove over the kettle with the Golf. If you want the bits it should be in some carpark in Blackpool not far from the sea. egg, Supernaut, Lacquer Peel and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 Bugger, it FTPed again. This time the relay went truly and thoroughly up in smoke. It's fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 In a word,,,ARSEBISCUITS!! Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Bugger, it FTPed again. This time the relay went truly and thoroughly up in smoke. It's fucked. Rover P6 - the 4th Emergency Service Magnificent Rustbucket, BorniteIdentity, egg and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 the stuff that goes on while I'm crossing an Island with the FFF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 So when are you getting a proper car? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 You mean one that FTPs more often? Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 You mean one that FTPs more often? No. I mean something not French enough that it doesn't want to work in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Has Junkwoman stolen the Merc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 No. I mean something not French enough that it doesn't want to work in the afternoon. Something British that doesn't want to work in the morning?Or something Italian that doesn't want to work at all? Has Junkwoman stolen the Merc? No, she broke down with the 405. Twice. Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 What does FTP mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Failure to proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Failure to proceed.As above. Similar to ‘Maintenance Pause’, it’s a euphemism for Borken Down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Bloody Austrians coming over here nicking all our euphanisms etc.. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 What's much worse is that they are coming over here buying your desirable old chod.The influx of further Austrians should be strictly limited. carlo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I think you need to hammer a Peugeot 504 estate over the top of it GrumpiusMaximus and jumpingjehovahs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 4, 2018 Author Share Posted September 4, 2018 It's at the bloody pointless MoT today because of a stupid law that should have been abolished rather yesterday than today.What a waste of money and resources for fuck all benefit. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Since the purchase of the saloon, this car hasn't been used a lot. Not because it's unwanted, it's rather because the saloon always ends up being parked in the driveaway spot at the Junktowers and is thus the car that's used all the time. We don't really need two cars, let alone three. Anyway, the car had been sitting unused since we raided visited Eddyramrod until I used it on Thursday on a trip down to the West Midlands, which it did in the usual flawless manner. Since I returned after the Junkwoman on that day, it ended up in pole position for a change. Hence the Junkwoman used it yesterday for her errands and reported upon return that the heater doesn't work and the temp gauge occasionally reads around 100C.Upon closer examination, the car was about three to four litres low on coolant. Once replenished, everything worked fine again. A closer examination of the cooling system revealed no obvious leaks, this includes the dreaded heater matrix, so I'm now wondering how the coolant could disappear. Also, where are all the bleed screws located that are mentioned in the Haynes for the 2.0? I only managed to find the one in the thermostat housing. This car is becoming unusually unreliable for a 405, I guess it's directly proportional to the lack of use and the number of it being smashed into something. egg and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 litres of coolant? For a 2.0 Petrol 4 banger? Outrageous! My GSA takes none;) The Moog, Rusty_Rocket, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlo Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Only bleed screw I know of is the one I think you're referring to on the right of the engine, yes near the thermostat I think. My GTX loses a bit of water regularly so I need to keep it topped up or it will overheat rapidly. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy Bodger Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 No low water level light on one of these? Every 405 I have had has had one. I am sure you are but using the pop bottle trick in order to bleed the system is paramount on 405's ime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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