cobblers Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 21k on the stock tyres! The ones on mine were dead at 6.5k and I don't think I thrashed it really. I know what you mean about the bright dash, in fact that tft dash is a pure gimmick, the recounter was absolutely useless, laggy and tiny and that g force meter was even less than useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolognasal spray Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I'm sure. Temperatures went down to -1 on brother's Camry at 6 in the morning. Frosted some plants and I need to re-pot two hazels and plant a willow by then. Oh well, they're hardy enough I guess. Yeah the mrs headed out for the station about 6:30 this morning and had to get hot water on the windscreen. My car was still iced over two hours later. This is nr. York. First frost - timed to the equinox. This is a drastically bad portent for the coming winter, in ancient celtic and pictish meteorology lore. Datsuncog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Down south we were surprised but were expecting it. To top it all off Thursday is expected to get up to 18 from a night low of freezing. How nice that will be. I wonder if we'll get snow before Christmas this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Odd I commented right after xtriple and my post was aimed at him. I didn't get a warning anyone else had posted like I normally do. xtriple and Fumbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolognasal spray Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 See - it's that frosty equinox. Already weird things are happening. The ancients. Their wisdom is beyond our ken, I telt yae. Beyond our very ken!! purplebargeken and chadders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 See - it's that frosty equinox. Already weird things are happening. The ancients. Their wisdom is beyond our ken, I telt yae. Beyond our very ken!!Not only that but I deleted that post 3 times and it's still there. I guess what's app needs more antifreeze Ghosty and bolognasal spray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Odd I commented right after xtriple and my post was aimed at him. I didn't get a warning anyone else had posted like I normally do.I got a DNS error after I posted so I blame server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 It does rather, doesn't it! Why do I keep doing this to myself? Could be worse, if it was the Bentley you have been £2k into this repair by now. I have the shame of having put a car to its first MOT and failing... (The Abarth) My '08 Yaris failed it's first MOT, headlight alignment on both sides!. Must have been wrong from the factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Surely you should get some kind of special award if a car fails its first ever MOT? purplebargeken and cobblers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 You do, they print you off a little paper certificate. stonedagain, skattrd, The Moog and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 With a page border of warning and hazard triangles. purplebargeken, Ghosty and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Odd I commented right after xtriple and my post was aimed at him. I didn't get a warning anyone else had posted like I normally do.I saw it and liked it. I did wonder the same myself but googling has just thrown all manner of nasty (expensive) circuit board faults - poo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Surely you should get some kind of special award if a car fails its first ever MOT?If my van doesn’t fail it’s first in Jan I’ll be amazed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Oh yes, while we are having a grump, I took the heap for a run round the block just to see what's what and the roof lining, already sagging on one side, fell completely upon ones swede! I wouldn't mind so much but this roof lining is one of the new fandango fibreglass jobbies that is supposed to be 'excellent'! It fair flattened my spikes... Jim Bell, tooSavvy and purplebargeken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I saw it and liked it. I did wonder the same myself but googling has just thrown all manner of nasty (expensive) circuit board faults - poo! Time for a posh soldering iron & an enjoyable* evening of sorting it then? Something to look forward to about as much as I did when I had to cut open the fuseboxes on my XJ40 to fix them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Time for a posh soldering iron & an enjoyable* evening of sorting it then? Something to look forward to about as much as I did when I had to cut open the fuseboxes on my XJ40 to fix them.Sadly oh great and wise Hooli, I cannot solder to save my life! I have tried and tried with a variety of cheap/expensive irons and I would be better off just setting fire to the item to be soldered at the outset! I can weld with Gas, Mig and stick, I can braze with gas, but soldering is one of those 'blindspots' we sometimes have. Oh yeah, I have also had some small (very small) success welding aluminium fins back on a 2 stroke engine casing! In other news, I have had a pretty shitty day so while buoyed by my lack of success I have attacked my hair with the hedge trimmers (clippers) and sorted out my rampant beard back to my usual scruffy goatee. I have been a trifle 'down' of late and so I tend to let my appearance go (no great loss) and forget to eat. When my son came down at the last weekend, he gave me a severe bollacking for how thin I am, I must admit, I am beginning to look a little like a starvation case - well under 11 stone now and my 32" belt, which already had an extra hole punched thru, is too loose again. Obviously, while shaving I actually had to look in a mirror (not for the feint hearted) and it seems my face is disappearing into my cheeks and wrinkles are now adorning my previously smooth and unlined face Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Ahh I'm the other way. I can solder ok but welding is a black art of the impossible that I can not fathom. Ghosty, Tadhg Tiogar and xtriple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 ...When my son came down at the last weekend, he gave me a severe bollacking for how thin I am, I must admit, I am beginning to look a little like a starvation case - well under 11 stone now and my 32" belt, which already had an extra hole punched thru, is too loose again....It may not be too late to retrain as a jockey.... Ahh I'm the other way. I can solder ok but welding is a black art of the impossible that I can not fathom.Same here. I solder etched brass and nickel-silver kits - lead-free solder is useless and I avoid it; only traditional poisonous solder for me. yellowperil, Sloth in a bowl and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Me too. Reminds me of a very old Des quote about welding being like trying to shove something up a badgers bum. Or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Wet spaghetti wasn't it? HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 ECP/CP4L strike again Was going to order one of those AC cleaning bomb things - aerosol you let go off with the AC and recirc on. CP4L being an online only outfit offer free delivery, nice. “Sorry, we can’t deliver this item. Our couriers class it as “Dangerous Goods”” Why offer it?!? oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 ...... just ordered the same thing for delivery on eBay...... from ECP BorniteIdentity, GrumpiusMaximus and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Every time my Abarth was in the garage they tried to sell me an air con cleanse for £69, which was just one of these bombs. Even when it went in at a few weeks old for some warranty work "Recommend aircon cleanse £69" They do work OK on old stinky cars mind, but change the pollen filter first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 I’ve used one before on an old stinky car and it did work well - £69 is a joke though. They’re £5 and you run them unattended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nothing exciting other than friend not used his car for 9 days and wanted me to drive it from ashford to canterbury so he could go into morrisions oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BavarianRetro Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Ahh I'm the other way. I can solder ok but welding is a black art of the impossible that I can not fathom.If you (XTriple) can weld and braze with gas, you can solder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Off work today so got a few bits done - not as much as I'd intended as despite getting up early (to go to the dentist - all good on the tooth front thankfully) I didn't actually get off my arse and start doing stuff until about 12. Fitted a split CV boot to the Rover 45 - a lot of people seem to think that these are the spawn of Satan but I've never had a problem with them - the one I fitted to the Rover of Doom is still doing sterling service four years later. The old boot was a bit of a twat to get off and because it had been split for quite a while there was grease everyfuggingwhere, so I spent quite a bit of time cleaning up bits of suspension, but the new one went on easily enough. Except that the two jubilee clips I'd bought to hold the fat end on (couldn't find a single clip long enough) wouldn't fit together - they were the same size and on the same rack in the shop, packaging was slightly different but I didn't take a lot of notice of that, but turns out they are completely different threads and thus not compatible - so I'll have to go and buy another one tomorrow, but that should be a 10 minute job. Then I can book it in for a test - hopefully get it in this week so I have time to sort out whatever it might need by the weekend. I just managed to catch the courier delivering the new wishbone for the Audi before he buggered back off up the road, so I fitted that this afternoon as well. It was a perfect fit and would have been another 10-minute job were it not for the fact that the (separate) ball joint is adjustable (presumably to enable some camber adjustment) and it took me a while to get it fixed in the same place as the old one - especially since tightening the bolts was a two-handed job ('cos Nyloc nuts) so I didn't have a free hand to hold the thing in place. Got there eventually though. Tomorrow's job is to whip the NS wishbone off and see if that's any more receptive to the idea of being fitted with new bushes than the OS was. I've also been having a bit of a poke around my fancy* new* van. It's a bit scruffy and the paint is somewhat pogweaseled in places, but that bothers me not a jot - in fact I prefer my vans to be slightly on the scruffy side. It's surprisingly dent free for a Maxus though. It does have a few issues which will want sorting - the heater fan doesn't work (which is less than ideal at this time of year), it needs a tyre, and the offside back door needs sorting as it's rather bent and the latch mechanism is off (it had to be broken into when the previous owner's apprentice locked the keys in there), and it's currently held more or less closed with a padlock. Also the EDC light is on, but the code reader isn't showing any faults and the van is not down on power, so I'm going to assume it's the diesel filter which needs changing (it does look pretty ancient to be fair). None of those are complaints - the seller was up front with most of the issues, and for what I paid for the van the fact that it's MOTd and capable of forward motion is more than enough - anything else is a bonus (including the DAB radio - the first time I've ever had a digital radio in a vehicle - can't tell you if the sound quality is any better though as it's playing through the original LDV speakers which are shite). The seller reckoned he'd taken it to a garage who had looked at the heater fan and determined that the motor is OK, it's the switch / resistor pack which is FUBAR - so I'm probably going to just wire in a separate switch for now anyway. RobT, davehedgehog31, Angrydicky and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 The AA are just after bringing the CX back home (grand service, fellas!), so it'll sit here until the workshop calls it in, which leaves me with the problem of getting it there without another gearbox FTP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 Sadly oh great and wise Hooli, I cannot solder to save my life! I have tried and tried with a variety of cheap/expensive irons and I would be better off just setting fire to the item to be soldered at the outset! I can weld with Gas, Mig and stick, I can braze with gas, but soldering is one of those 'blindspots' we sometimes have. Oh yeah, I have also had some small (very small) success welding aluminium fins back on a 2 stroke engine casing! In other news, I have had a pretty shitty day so while buoyed by my lack of success I have attacked my hair with the hedge trimmers (clippers) and sorted out my rampant beard back to my usual scruffy goatee. I have been a trifle 'down' of late and so I tend to let my appearance go (no great loss) and forget to eat. When my son came down at the last weekend, he gave me a severe bollacking for how thin I am, I must admit, I am beginning to look a little like a starvation case - well under 11 stone now and my 32" belt, which already had an extra hole punched thru, is too loose again. Obviously, while shaving I actually had to look in a mirror (not for the feint hearted) and it seems my face is disappearing into my cheeks and wrinkles are now adorning my previously smooth and unlined face Oh well...I have a soldering certificate from Lucas Automotive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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