tooSavvy Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Ahhhhh.... TS Lacquer Peel, Jim Bell, overrun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 ..... just browsing Flickr streams and this popped up. H215FFL 75K and taxed & MOT to date Lookinn Sweet TS egg and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 These Celicas have the same Caliper carrier/1pot Caliper [same distance between bolt holes] as my Carina 2. http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=343568 ... hmmmm Same 57MM piston bore (same foot pressure) but nearly twice the friction area.... Scare up some 4 Hole Discs & could be a Goerr [STOPPER actually..!!] TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 After the run out, to Preston & about.... Today we just cruised 'the coastal route' up to Alnwick (via Ellington, Red Row, Boulmer, that Castle[from Hogwarts..] then home straight down the A1. Love driving the auld crate TS BorniteIdentity, Lacquer Peel and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Savvy-ge spot, this afternoon near 'Spanish City'. Lacquer Peel, BorniteIdentity, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Eyeball eyeball!! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Eyeball eyeball!!I was out cycling and couldn't get phone out quick enough for a head on shot of Mr and Mrs Savv, so one of her rear will have to do. tooSavvy and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 .... I like surveying the horizon over Mrs Savvys rear too! ToMM© is SO photogenic... TS Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 4, 2017 Author Share Posted September 4, 2017 .... anklebiter has been 'chezMam' for a few days..... We slipped off out @ Stannersburn. @ Carter Bar. ... have visited here before > about 10yr Ago Lots of 'No Parking - TOW AWAY Zone' signs on the Kielder link roads... Cycle circus is coming thru (Monday - today) TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 I ordered a S/S tip for the Exhaust.... 48mm specific [my pipe is 48mm o/d]. Arrived today - it is 48mm :/ Rather than moan on I swiftly zipped two axial slits, about 2" long then cut two lateral slits 1/3 of the circumference. A good 'squeeze' with the water pump pliers & Bingo... Hammered into the pipe end (with a wood block to protect the tip!) Looks OK... & tools back in just missing the deluge!! TS egg, Dirk Diggler and ProgRocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Mr Station kindly 'threw' a wheelbrace spider into the boot before parting with ToMM©....It seems that the winder/crank [for the scissor jack] went walkabout too!No no no.... I haven't had a flat! All my 'ups & downs' are done with trusty tj+woodblock PLUS axlestand Just >> as the scissor sits up under the drivers rear arch >> got me thinking I couldn't wizz the car up using it ... I only have the Scissor Jack Ordered a replacement on Amazon for £8 delivered... Couldn't be arrissed with the breakers!!TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 My Gov.uk 'auto reminder' has ponngged >> My MOT is due (17 Oct) I'm going to get the MOT place to attend to servicing items, then test it :- oil + filterrefill antifreezecheck discs/drumsreplace alt + PAS belts.... I have both in the boot. It got an air filter last time and I have done the plugs (minty fresh as came out!). They replaced rear brake pipes when the dampers were replaced so 1/2 the fluid is new... Sailed through last year so I'm confident 52weeks won't have killed anything.... TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 How many miles have you done TS this year? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 How many miles have you done TS this year?8K.... TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 My daughter [of recent PIP notoriety!], bless her, found this Knob in a drawer full of tat... left over from a Barried Escort of dubious provenance/shady MOTability & Lurid Orange hue...!!! ... been in her drawers for many a year..... ... she gifted it to me and it saw sterling service in my Suzuki [not so]Swift 3potta... When I punted it in, against the Savvy, I swapped it off again for some cotton reel or the like (for the trade-in 'anything with MOT' deal). So it has come, then to this........ Is the 'R'... Ripspeed? It has a smooth bore and I got it to 'twist fit' tight down the threads by 'top hatting' some very chewy plastic [from a sweet pot] into the knob + heavy twisting. It came originally with 3x grubscrews but they are long gone.... I like the turquazz/poipill hue * Correct = Ripspeed (Halfrauds) TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Oooof!! .... I NEED the set Oh Aye.. !! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 ... been in her drawers for many a year..... 'top hatting' some very chewy plastic [from a sweet pot] into the knob Different strokes for different folks I guess. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 .... continuing my 'musing' re: barried Toyyos. I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION £11https://www.amazon.co.uk/Valvulas-Stainless-Keyring-apreta-TOYOTA/dp/B075MRQBT8/ref=sr_1_256?ie=UTF8&qid=1506958453&sr=8-256&keywords=TOYOTA+VALVE+CAPS £3https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chrome-White-Fiesta-Mondeo-Escort/dp/B00IORB3YS/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1506958512&sr=1-2&keywords=ford+VALVE+CAPS ...... total discrimination..... TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 yeah and you can get 'locking' Ford ones for £4 tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 YAY... MOT... OKayyy Had some 'service work' done.... Oil & Filter (8k over the year but lots of cold /short trips)Bleed brakesRefill AntifreezeReplace PAS/WPump belts (supplied)Service brakes - new shoes only needed. The front of the Exhaust is a 'bit frilly' = Ebay around £50No gills left in the radiator (not leaking, Yet!) = Corolla E9 [compatible] snagged brand new @£18 off Amazon, deliver 11 Oct PostFree. They found a split CV boot/ Replaced ... they 'crowbarred' the front suspension & road tested it >> and couldn't find any KNOCK..... Hmmm Invited me back in a week or so (Radiator will be here then ) and they will adjust the rear drums..... £150 all in.... Not Robbed TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 I was suspicious of Latvian* sourced exhausts @£50... so I took my sheet of part numbers to my local ATS guy (who admired ToMM© when fitting Chinese Deathring Landsail tyres) & he will fit a Klarius pipe for £125 all in. A sensible 'overspend'/guarantee + it will fit!!TS* other obscure European countries of origin may apply egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Cheap up north innit? I was quoted £140 for middle and rear section for Mondeo of much blueness today. More impressed with the £150 for the MOT + jobs though. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 5, 2017 Author Share Posted October 5, 2017 Changed the S/s Tip at the back.... It looked a bit 'meh'.... I'm happier + its a perfect fit! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Ooof!! YODEL just dropped [!!] my radiator *@neighbour. PDQ for £18 *no hedges in our street TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 ..... And.... The postman shoved my Jack/windy handle thru my letterbox. Ace!! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 Dropped the radiator at my MOT man. Booked for next Thurs. .... ace score @£18 delivered! TS loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 6, 2017 Author Share Posted October 6, 2017 .... aye, nowt evva happinz in GeordieLand eh? TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Pipe is now at ATS. Fitting 2pm tomozz. No rust and clean steel pipe ends makes me think this is brand new/to order. TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Diggler Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Different strokes for different folks I guess. ..... And....The postman shoved my Jack/windy handle thru my letterbox.Ace!!TSYou are Finbarr Saunders tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 .... got the Ex fitted... No Problems. Business end... UNFORTUNATELY (fortunately..!) the fitter was their MOT guy.... .... he wasn't too enamoured of this lot! The fuel lines [front ones in this picture] are shagged but not MOT... His advice is to track back under the plastic cover, along the floor >> back a foot (pipes are mintty) >> and get a section of new brake pipe joined/running back to the rear end. He did note that the pipes must be 'correctly restrained/clipped' per factory [good as..] so I better be careful with the plastic clips. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1038675... Carina fix too! Will inquire at my garage, when the radiator is fitted on Thursday. TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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