omegod Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Shitty bastard Iphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Super Shift! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Something like this?I've got one of those. Used it far more than I thought I ever would. Great get out of jail tool. Bought from Screwfix. I believe they discontinued it. Other ones are available though - including from DeWalt/Makita/etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve79 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Spotted this in a local scrappy, LHD Colt of undetermined age, quite taken with it and apprentice drove over from Hungary. Runs and drives if anyone's got the horn for it image1.JPG image2.JPG image4.JPG image3.JPGThink Boll should a-frame this to his french treasure barn for safe keeping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 been to Shildon today for a classic show. took Marvin and Cocopop. no black mini 1000 as that is in disgrace. last week on a run over to Malton we had too stop and let it cool down as it brewed up, and once back in Pickering i found an oilly deposit all round the n/s back wheel. now, there isn't any oil in the back hub, BUT there is grease, so, it seems that we've blown a wheel bearing, and given how the hubcap was scalding hot to the touch, i think as the bearings failed its melted all the grease, that has then squirted out of the dust cap and then all over the wheel. so, i've got a new radiator (off Kerry for my upcoming birthday, i really wanted another tot train, but the rad will be more useful) and i've got a pair of back wheel bearings to fit at some point. until then though, the balck mini will be stopping where it is, so that it can think about its attitude. so with that one not playing nicely, we had to manage with these two instead. we also saw these and been a train museum we saw these too RobT, Datsuncog, Vantman and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Piloted the rickman alongside fil in his red melos to aylesford priory car show today... ahh the days of cold starts with lil choke.. egg, oldcars, Skizzer and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I bought an interior for a Bentley Continental years ago. It's been sat in my lockup after I realised it was way too heavy for my original application.I sold it on ebay and had a guy drive from Oxford to pick it up. He turned up in a VW Amorak and the seats are too big so the tonneau cover wouldn't close. He got one in the back seats and I gave him my old car cover and a hand full of cable ties to cover it if it started raining.He bought a damaged one for 7 grand. The front suspension was knackered but apparently it's all Audi A8. He recon's including the seat upgrade he'll have it roadworthy for 10 grand! oldcars, Slartibartfast and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Saw your mini and minimetro at Shildon, you didn't seem to be near them when we were passing and having two-under-two limits hanging around for people you don't know off the interwebs. Both looked ace! That civic was at Stanhope show earlier this year, I seem to recall it has an offset JDM-yo! rear number plate. Edit: it does. MarvinsMom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Yes! Tank is bolted in (not connected yet). It's the actual proper tank - a big improvement on the previous lash-up (done before my ownership) which was the wrong tank, fitted upside down - Fabricated tank J-Bolt (flip knows where I put the originals - they are 35 bucks a pop from the US and I only have the weekend!) Disco Towbar and electrics all fitted and working. Skizzer, Sigmund Fraud, DeeJay and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Cornish disco HMC and AMC Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 My generosity knows no bounds ..fil paid out for entry photo.. i said i dont charge this time for my face...lol. Me lil lad couldnt reach the pedals on the melos DeeJay, AMC Rebel, CGSB and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I came over all excited this weekend at Silverstone as there was Visa Chrono there, I know me and Visas but I am just miss understood! HillmanImp, oldcars, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 A man that has a Range Rover, E-Type and an M3. Yet his greatest love is for a small, cheap and spartan French hatchback! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 More like news 36 as I had a double collection on Friday. First one started at 04.45 Yes quarter to 5 in the morning!! It was only an hour and 15 minutes away tae but the fact I was on nightshift sort of contributed.Got a lift down to meet Split-Pin from work, possibly get him out of his bed. After spotting his 75 for sale on here and it being pretty much what I'd been looking for it seemed a good idea. turned out it was and car although not perfect is a really nice example of the 75's comfortable attitude!! Not much happening in Perth at 5 am. Typical collection weather! Journey home completed. Not to shabby!! Safely under cover, hopefully it won't just remain there!! Lacquer Peel, oldcars, 320touring and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Second collection revolved around work hours but not mine this time the guy selling! Collecting this for a mate who is on here but never seen him post. He wired me the money and I made the bank just in time for 5 pm shutting. This one was only 30 minutes away but not taxed Another bloody 75!! Super low spec for extra shiteness! Lovely colour though! Lowely 1.8 Looks like Drum welded that winch in exactly the right place, Nae smashed bumper!! Tickman, wrenchvolt, Lacquer Peel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 CX battery fully charged after a day and a half: and showing 13.44v: Letting it sit for a couple of days before squeezing it back into the car. Wonder if it will hold its charge....? wrenchvolt and Tam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 If it's taken that long to charge, it has a chance of still working. All those electrons forced in there must have gone somewhere! Unless as heat and gas. How much electrolyte was lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 If it's taken that long to charge, it has a chance of still working. All those electrons forced in there must have gone somewhere! Unless as heat and gas. How much electrolyte was lost?Not much. There was a bit of spatter from the bubbling on charge, but nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Meg the Visa has has a FTP. I've left it at the side of the road and walked to the station. Will collect it tonight. I forgot to take a photo so if anyone sees it feel free to take one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Operation shed base continues: I'm a fat git and it's bloody hot, so I could only manage about 3 hours on Saturday and half of that time I couldn't see because sweat was pouring over my glasses. Got about two hours in yesterday but Lady Grumpius has an old Uni friend visiting and I had to be sociable. oldcars and danthecapriman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchvolt Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Looks tidy and under control. I tend to start things and finish years later, if at all. Good effort mate. GrumpiusMaximus and AMC Rebel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchvolt Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 As per 'What have you fixed lately' Changed the gearbox oil in the Mazda. Waste of time trying to check level on the speedo drive as per the manual, the min and max lines are 2mm apart! Shifts a lot more smoothly now which is awesome. I can't say repaired, more like bodged, but stopped an exhaust blow, ticks over so much more smoothly. Going to try for another 12month ticket, booked in at the MOT station tomorrow. If all is good a might put a little bit aside here and there until I save up for a new downpipe. She owes me some miles first. Bucketeer, GrumpiusMaximus, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Meg the Visa has has a FTP. I've left it at the side of the road and walked to the station. Will collect it tonight. I forgot to take a photo so if anyone sees it feel free to take one. Just checked my recovery and they allow 6 call outs in the year. The car is only a couple of miles away from home (if that) so am going to see if I can convince someone to drag it up the hill for me (or allow me to drag them in it), rather than waste a call out that I might need. I didn't need any at all last year but sods law is that I would be rueing using them on this in 9 months time as I am sat at the side of the road in Wales or something with a puddle of coolant flowing down the road away from my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Need to collect a car from near Nottingham - trying to work out public transport from Aylesbury to Nottingham. NOPE. Nothing connects, and it's fucking expensive! Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk I'm near Nottingham. Open top cabs available I am also near Nottingham - busy next weekend but free most evenings this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 My Viva estate has a saggy rear end,So decided to beef it up a little with some replacement springs. These are from an Omega/Carlton saloon circa 1988 that my cousin has laying about in his yard.Car has a slight rake to it now,but they seem to be doing the job just fine. Will see the next time I load it up with autojumble tat!! Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, cort1977, MarvinsMom and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Could fit bigger wheels at the rear now!But seeing as the 1256cc pushrod lump has enough trouble pushing what it already has along,I'll leave well enough alone. Sigmund Fraud, D Spares & Tyres, DeeJay and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowperil Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 20180723_150907.jpg20180723_151029.jpgCould fit bigger wheels at the rear now!But seeing as the 1256cc pushrod lump has enough trouble pushing what it already has along,I'll leave well enough alone. You have to paint the differential red oxide and stick a fog light under it. DeeJay, Mr_Bo11ox and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 6 Months a member 1181 likes (at time of writing) 18 thanks 0 warning points Celebrating my 1000th post with this djim, puddlethumper, They_all_do_that_sir and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 You have to paint the differential red oxide and stick a fog light under it.The thought had occoured to me. I prefer giffer spec though. yellowperil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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