Split_Pin Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Much love for this, hopefully see it on the 31st? Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 That failed Chemical Metal fix was my doing - it was fine, but my Mrs kept leaning on it and breaking it. I gave up in the end. I forgot to mention in the original ad I'd fitted an Andy bracket, which made it noticeably phatter* in the midrange. *yes that is a word. Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 Much love for this, hopefully see it on the 31st? That is the plan. That failed Chemical Metal fix was my doing - it was fine, but my Mrs kept leaning on it and breaking it. I gave up in the end. I forgot to mention in the original ad I'd fitted an Andy bracket, which made it noticeably phatter* in the midrange. *yes that is a word. I have never had success with Chemical Metal, it had to be sanded off so was certainly stuck well but just couldn't put up with the leaning on it. I am expecting my repair* to produce another failure at some point and will revisit when necessary. I see that the timing bracket gives performance and economy, I was surprised with the indicated 28mpg on the trip home with an average speed of just over exactly 70. It certainly can pick itself up and go when asked. It is a very nice place to be and the interior is lovely so thank you for making that so nice! Broadsword, Split_Pin, Fat_Pirate and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 My youngest daughter is currently doing her Highers and last week turned 17.This to my mind can only mean one thing, time to buy another car. Gumtree, ebay and Facebook were kept an eye on and the ever helpful TTT car finding service was tasked with the job also. After a few false starts, mainly because of the price of cars on here skewing reality, I was notified by the TTT app that a possible vehicle was available not too far away from me. Messages and phone calls were undertaken and that resulted in the use of public transport. I have departed from here before to collect a Clio sourced yet again by the TTT app. I arrived at the car and had a quick look, it is an MOT failure and with the spare black car it will hopefully cost very little to get on the road. Needless to say a purchase took place and it was driven to the workshop. It was running really rough so new plugs and cleaning the MAP seems to have resolved that issue but I will not know until MOT time. The brake pedal was the worst I have ever experienced with a massive amount of pulsing through the pedal. The pedal moved at least half an inch with each pulse. This was the cause. Photo taken on the car. Now off the car having been replaced with ones from the black Clio which have done very few miles since I replaced them. The good* passenger side one! Sliders were sticking so I think that is what caused the disc to de-laminate. I am not tackling the list of fails until I know if it will pass the emmissions, it is booked in for tomorrow morning at the garage I use so I will get an honest opinion and I can order the parts necessary and fit next week, hopefully. I have also changed the number place bulb that failed. (whole lamp from the Black car)I have changed all the wipers as they were all ruined. (Again the Black car supplied) Finally the hazard light switch has also been replaced from the ever increasingly light weight Black car. Fingers crossed it turns out to be worth the effort. Lacquer Peel and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Exciting, would be good if a super cheap MOT fail turns into a bargain! Fingers crossed! Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 Exciting, would be good if a super cheap MOT fail turns into a bargain! Fingers crossed! That is the hope, it is currently named Schrodinger's Clio Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Did you give TTT app 5 square sausages on the app store? mk2_craig, beko1987, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Did you give TTT app 5 square sausages on the app store?Ahm aww aboot the black puddin rating, man Tickman, Supernaut and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisItalSLX Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 That rear number plate is very odd, 51 plate not in post 2001 font shocker! I thought that was an MOT failure on a post 2001 car? adw1977 and mk2_craig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 Popped along to the garage this morning for an MOT and asked to do emissions first as that is the big unknown, it failed with a CO of 0.4 at fast idle. All other readings were good so it looks like the cat, I am going to see if the one from the Black car fits and go from there. It drove much better on the way back from the garage with little or no hesitation unlike on the way there. Didn't carry on with the test at that point ( no point spending 40% of the cars value just yet. No charge at the garage so quite a few biscuits were delivered as a thank you. Right off to get the cat... dome and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Good result so far for zero spend, spare cars/engines are an absolute joy to have! Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 That rear number plate is very odd, 51 plate not in post 2001 font shocker! I thought that was an MOT failure on a post 2001 car?Bizarre that. Presumably same age as the car and made up of old stock characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 That rear number plate is very odd, 51 plate not in post 2001 font shocker! I thought that was an MOT failure on a post 2001 car?Pretty sure it should be but it shows how few fucks are given unless you’re taking the piss with fonts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 After the emissions fail on the CO I took the cat off the black car and went off to the workshop. The cat came off the green car much easier than the black one which fought me every step of the way. I put them side by side and the joint to the manifold was different. Springy bolts on the black one and just a flange on the green one. Also the green one had a flexi joint in it. I did some chopping to both at the welded joint. Then some welding. The finished article The reason for poor performance was due to an empty cat, so no weighing that in. After this a phone call was made an hope to get it looked at tomorrow, if the emissions pass then I can get my test with the list of jobs to sort. The Moog, rainagain and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Glad that its something simple which was causing the running issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainagain Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 What is the TTT app?Also can’t you sell the empty cat as a performance cat? The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 What is the TTT app? If you are looking for a vehicle (or even not looking for one) the pass your contact details on to 320Touring (TTT) and he shall do the rest. rainagain, dome, 320touring and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 There is no facility to unsubscribe though. Ever. mk2_craig, beko1987, dome and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 There is no facility to unsubscribe though. Ever.How true that is .. Proudly nono Gdpr compliant It's a great service if you like a) clios b ) broken Clio's c)broken performance cars d) anything remotely tempting for you in a 10 mile radiius Supernaut, dome and aldo135 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 How true that is .. Proudly nono Gdpr compliant It's a great service if you likea) cliosb ) broken Clio'sc)broken performance carsd) anything remotely tempting for you in a 10 mile radiiusPlus any car you may have expressed an interest* in at some point in life. *expressing an interest in can be loosely applied to anything at all. sporty-shite and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporty-shite Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Plus any car you may have expressed an interest* in at some point in life. *expressing an interest in can be loosely applied to anything at all.I may consider signing up for this service. Tickman, mk2_craig and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 We say service.... It's more an affliction Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 How true that is .. Proudly nono Gdpr compliant It's a great service if you likea) cliosb ) broken Clio'sc)broken performance carsd) anything remotely tempting for you in a 10,000 mile radiius FTFY. Classic example, I get the Civic running for the first time and he sends me a link to a broken Type R. Within minutes. The Moog, 320touring, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 ^another satisfied* user Supernaut, Tickman, dome and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 My neighbour's son has an accord type R that he left in their driveway about 3 years ago which hasnt moved since. It is actually very tidy under the moss and unmolested. You'd love* it. dome and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 So back to the garage with the Clio, emissions first and an easy pass, phew. On to the rest of the test and the car is actually in quite good shape, as I am a regular a little bit of fiddling was allowed to bring stuff into spec and I have driven away with a pass. Very happy with that. So the universe didn't loose all balance the Jag has an exhaust leak*This presents itself as all gasses exit the manifold and don't use the rest of the exhaust at all. It is a little* loud so that needs looked at and fixed. Not even looked yet. Just as well I enjoy* fixing stuff. dome, RobT and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Good news on the Clio! Nice to see your fleet keeping you busy, devil makes work, thumbs etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 So time to look at the exhaust and get it sorted* I was going to park it on the drive but I don't have a drive so I improvised and used a neighbours First impressions, it is fucked. After a massive fucking war to get it off this is how it should look. However this is the reality. So I put it in one of the functioning cars and took it to the workshop. Cleaned up and welded back together. It happened because there is an exhaust hanger missing just in front of the back wheels, I will get something to suit but I added a bit extra strength to help it out in the future. Back on the car and the front pipe joint isn't the best so I will get back to that when I can be arsed but done for now. I am expecting it to start blowing properly at that joint so I will get prepared to do it soon (ish) Jazoli, RobT, Supernaut and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 So when the Clio was MOTed, my tester said that the brake line going to the right rear was a bit shit and the ABS rings were basically knackered too so: Driver's side was a massive pain in the arse to get apart but new ring on. Old ring on the floor. Passenger's side was dead easy in comparison. I struggled getting the old pipe unions off so splashed out 43p on two new ones and cut the pipe off so I could get a six sided socket on one and had to use a small pair of stilsons for the other. Just have to tax it and get some shake down runs on it. Supernaut, 320touring, Steviemillar and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Brilliant! Verbal advisories FTW also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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