Sigmund Fraud Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Man, you're properly living the dream ! Adventures like this make me feel like a complete wimp to be running a late '90s car as a daily ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Man, you're properly living the dream ! Adventures like this make me feel like a complete wimp to be running a late '90s car as a daily !Just keep it for a long time! Occasionally I wonder if I'm doing something horribly wrong, the car ads are so convincing that you need all that stuff I havent got like heated seats and six motors to adjust them for you. However common sense has so far prevailed, and anyway all those people who enjoy roasted nuts will not be spawning a future generation so there may be a return to simpler things. (Obviously I've had more than one "Super Bock" tonight) scruff, Asimo, Sigmund Fraud and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Just in case....Picture 1.png (I don't s'pose SIII axles fit S1)They're a bit wider but later series swb axles will still go straight onto series 1 swb. If anyone is remotely interested I have series 2 half shafts in a series 1 axle case. By adding a spacer you get to keep the narrow axle and benefit from the readily available shaft like the ones in them axles you've found me. They still break but are not such a twat to change. anonymous user, Asimo and drum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Its good to see that GM is finally taking the European SUV market seriously after fielding the watered down Mokka and that other forgettable thing whose name I can't remember. Today we left Portugal and are back in Spain heading South towards Merida. We've done with motorways and life is the richer for it. Stopped in a small village just outside Albuquerque (noticed a few Prefabs Sprouting up there) and parked in the square next to an ancient Massey Ferguson whose owner was also making for the bar. An ancient homosexual in gold slippers tried to sell us the most garish wrist-watch I've ever seen while we were trying to eat our tortilla. You just don't get these sort of cultural exchanges in service areas. The only car spot of interest was a red Montego, nice but not worth of a picture. Last night I was shocked to find a relatively modern European bike brand that I'd never heard of before, a Macal. Seems the firm shut up shop in 2004, this one had a tank that resembled that of the original CD175 Honda but other details let it down Tayne, Sigmund Fraud, scruff and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 Seat 1500 just parked up behind the campsite bar tonight, don't remember seeing one even when I first came to Spain at the end of the 70's. This one is in near perfect condition, pity its gone all dark what with it being 10 o clock at night. The Seats seats look superb too, deep red velvet. Delightful. scruff, NorfolkNWeigh, Asimo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 If you've got orange trees in the garden you've got to get a squeeze on for breakfast. Just had 3 nights at some Spanish friends house near Guadeloupe. They grew up here so plenty of poking round interesting places in the least visited part of Spain that is Extremadura. Getting out of the old farm entrance was tight and the caravan scraped its bottom a bit, but the journey to the north of the area today has been rewarding as it took us through several village where landrover usage is alive and well. Saw quite a few Spanish built Perkins powered Jeeps but none in service. The local garage which has 4 series vehicles in various states of repair told me that there are about 12 in the village, 2 with the unique to Spain 6 cylinder diesel and the rest with their 2.25 diesels still soldiering on. scruff, catsinthewelder, Coprolalia and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruff Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 Wicked. My mate has just fitted the Santana six pot diesel we brought back from Lisbon in December into his LWB series one. He's off to the Czech Series do in it tomorrow!! It sounds fabulous. Love that Seat cros and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Other 4 wheel drives are available including a Sangthong that Ive not encountered before and I probably wont be too fussed if I never see another. Much more interesting was this diesel pickup, looks like an SWB Rascal. Couldn't get a shot of the front as the owner tore off in it at about 6 kph.The Seat coupe looks interesting- have seen a few here before but not for years. Lastly this will always be a Simca to me- I had great service from one, but this one badged as a Talbot, and in daily use according to the man on the petrol pumps. Yes, they still fill your tank for you in these parts, and have a leather bag for the money. NorfolkNWeigh, Asimo, mercrocker and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Everything scrambled in these posts, its not me but this poxy phone. Course it is. Anyway, the rather effeminate second Jeep disappeared, but now its back.I think they also came in 2 wheel drive flavour; something of a Dandy's car. Coprolalia, Lacquer Peel, Asimo and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 BOCRANEGRA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted May 31, 2016 Author Share Posted May 31, 2016 Wicked. My mate has just fitted the Santana six pot diesel we brought back from Lisbon in December into his LWB series one. He's off to the Czech Series do in it tomorrow!! It sounds fabulous. Love that Seat The Santana 6's I've seen running seemed to benefit from their more precise injection pump drive, appeared to be less smokey. I wonder why Solihull persisted with their sloppy arrangement for so long? Any idea what the Santana turbo'd fours were like? 6 powered series 1 sounds nice, bet there's not much room left under the bonnet. scruff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 Is it me.or does that Seat remind me of something............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 amx.jpg Is it me.or does that Seat remind me of something...............Yes, the product of a liaison between a Renault 17 and a Ford Capri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselnutjob Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I've driven through Extremadura a few times. It's a gorgeous part of Spain.To get down to the inlaws the obvious way is Burgos, Madrid, Manzanares, Cordoba.One year I took a wrong turning at Burgos and ended up going Valladolid, Salamanca, Merida. Best wrong turning I ever took and we always go that way now. cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binhoker668 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 That wind thing looks like it belongs on an Autoshite thread along with tigers tails. As my Mrs desperately hangs onto 3 gear on an evil motorway gradient I can't help thinking we need it more than him. (No synchro below 3rd on these things) Alls well, we made it. Re the LT mystery man, here's what he says he does-_20160523_145632.JPG Should you not wish to 'reach Nirvana tonight' on the other side it says he will undertake plumbing and small building jobs.Cosmik Debris huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 We got home at 2am on Tuesday morning. One stupid breakdown was that on long descents the caravan brakes would heat up so much that pressure builds up inside the hub and either pushes grease past the seal and all over the brakes or blows the cap off. Mine did both several times, sounds horrible going through a town with the small cap rattling around behind the hub cap. Its a known problem on these brakes and is fixed by drilling a breather hole through the cap. Mine got attacked with a junior hacksaw and I cleaned up the brake linings with some thinners I bought from a paint shop. The rest of the journey was just a holiday, no problems with the landrover. In 2000 miles the oil level stayed the same despite it being an ex-scrapper engine. Fuel consumption was 31 mpg overall. This included a 15 mile trip in the Picos mountains off road. This is my first double decker roundabout, please excuse the excitement. Sheefag, anonymous user, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 What an excellent delivery service and holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 I've not had occasion to do anything to the Landrover for six months though its been in regular use, but now there are a couple of issues to sort. After championing sealed beams they have bitten me on the arse started by starting to flicker occasionally, so out they came. The same spade terminals fell off on both units which is a bit of a coincidence...The sealed beams had an adaptor to allow them to join with the original prefocus bulb holder - I've never seen such a device before but I'm guessing it made the terminal block too long and years of rubbing against the back of the headlamp bowl eventually caused the joint to brake. I soldered new terminals onto the wires shoved them into a new plastic terminal block and fitted new 'Wipac' halogen lamp units which still cost only £20 a pair. It might say Wipac on the box but the units are Autopal ones and quality seems to have slipped even further. There are lumps in the silvering (really), but thats the modern world. At least I can sell those rare adapters on ebay and become very rich. Sigmund Fraud, richardthestag, UltraWomble and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Autopal? Indian IIRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 'Fraid so. Just finished my last tinkering of 2016, a bit of alteration to the manifold. The air now has a decent-sized hole to get into the engine and a less tortuous route for the pipe to filter. Pulling the caravan it black smoked at altitude so I need a bloody good hill to try it on- will need to go further than Spalding tomorrow. scruff, Sigmund Fraud and mercrocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just a thought. Did you block the pipe that used to come from the turbo on the fuel pump?I wonder if leaving that open would allow it to compensate for altitude by raising the base position of the fuelling pin as the external pressure drops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just a thought. Did you block the pipe that used to come from the turbo on the fuel pump?I wonder if leaving that open would allow it to compensate for altitude by raising the base position of the fuelling pin as the external pressure drops? Tomorrow I'll make a pin hole in the bung and try to find a nice big hill. Thanks for pointing this out. It's also possible that someones altered the pump long before I got my mitts on the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 Its fag end of Christmas and yesterday evening wife and me set off to get away from the depressing end of festivities. The series I headed for the city of culture and over to the Netherlands. After breakfast I spied an odd nativity scene in a garage outside Rotterdam The ride through Belgium was uneventful except for when we filled up at a services in the Wacky Walloon region. Here they have turnstiles on the toilets and they charge you for emptying as well as filling up. At half a Euro a time I think they're taking the piss. Tonight the Landrover has its own accommodation under an old style hotel in Metz. The proprietor didn't seem too enthusiastic and wanted it left in the street, but given that the road is covered in black ice I didn't fancy its chances of surviving the passing 3 section bendy buses (its true), and he let us in. mercrocker and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 We left the "Hotel Cecil" this morning, and if Autoshite did accommodation it would be like this place. I loathe modern hotels, but this was perfect and cheap. Léon the Professional could have been happily under siege here. Long corridors with peeling paint threadbare carpets, and those passage lights on a timer that plunge you into darkness just as you're fumbling to get the key into your door. Speaking of doors, the one on the bog was missing but a bit of curtain had been thoughtfully hung in its place. The thing that most impressed me was the plumbing, with heating done in iron and instead of taking the easy way out with threaded joints, the pipes appeared to be welded together. Superb. We winkled the Landrover out of its hole (had to climb in through the back window as it was too tight to open the doors) and continued south through magnificent frozen-ness. Tickman, mercrocker, Sigmund Fraud and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 The ride through Belgium was uneventful except for when we filled up at a services in the Wacky Walloon region. Here they have turnstiles on the toilets and they charge you for emptying as well as filling up. At half a Euro a time I think they're taking the piss. It's most annoying, isn't it ? Some of the services charge one euro for the loos, but give you a one euro coupon in return. The idea being that you can then use it to (partially) pay for their overpriced junkfood. Argh ! cros 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 3, 2017 Author Share Posted January 3, 2017 It's most annoying, isn't it ? Some of the services charge one euro for the loos, but give you a one euro coupon in return. The idea being that you can then use it to (partially) pay for their overpriced junkfood. Argh ! Wouldn't surprise me if it's only redeemable on extra-diuretic Coke so that you need another visit, ad-infinitum. I took my urine elsewhere. Sheefag, richardthestag and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Sadly I haven't found any automotive crap to take a picture of since leaving the EU. Maybe remainers missed a trick in their campaign. These two may provide a flicker of alpine-hornery:In other news, the -15 temperature has made no difference to comfort levels in series one- it's just as draughty as ever. You're not allowed to drive right to the top of the mountains so we had a long walk yesterday but worth it- that little pointy thing is apparently the Matterhorn. Most people ski but its an expensive business and I'm saving hard for another visit to the bog- a snip at about 90 pence. Update: Yesterday my wife "needed the lavatory" when we were looking round Lucerne. She opted for the bogs at the railway station and it cost just under 2 quid to get in, no refunds. They are immaculate and you get a white suited attendant who checks them over after every use, - this place is not cheap, but they do a nice three section trolley-bus. mercrocker and dave21478 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cros Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 I've been getting worried today that all cars over ten years old have been banned from the road, but now I've found a mate. Tickman, anonymous user, mercrocker and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Wow! What a delivoliday thread! Extra stones to you for arsing on with the seats and trekking all the way out there, before he had even weighed in with the transportation costs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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