Lacquer Peel Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 The alignment is still okay, it pulls a little to the right but it did that before. I'd much rather work on a MacPherson strut... Does the Trajet use conventional struts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoddybanger Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Ah, pardon my ignorance, the Passat B5 doesn't even use MacPhersons? Is it a multi-link deal then? The Trajet does indeed use conventional struts, so quite easy to work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Yes it's ridiculously complex with little to no advantage. 4 ball joints and 4 links. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I've sold my Allegro to the guy who runs the garage next to my lockup.Sad face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommotech Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Spent most of the day sorting a rear fog light problem on a Citroen Relay (Ducato / Boxer / Sevel Sud) chassis cab. It has a Roger Dyson load bed and LED rear lamps with a junction box at the rear of the bed. The wire to the lamp itself had corroded off and after some chasing back in the wiring harness the splices were secure. However, when the fog lamp switch was pushed battery voltage was present on the wire for 3 seconds and then it dropped to 0v, or 10v when the wire was disconnected. A mixture of French badge and Italian electrical design had me checking all sorts of connections and fuse boxes. After much circuit testing and head scratching it appears that the CAN system senses load and to work correctly a 12v / 21w bulb needs to be present or simulated. With a bulb in the circuit all worked well, even with the LED lamp in parallel. A resistor pack had been wired in by Dysons but years of UK roads had fried the insides. A rewire with a new resistor pack has the lighting system worthy of an MOT again. But seriously, why do CAN and electronics have to be so unpredictable......... Joey spud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I love eating game, such strong meat. You could've done the poor bird justice and roasted it or given it away... beautiful birds, small brains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 For context, VW offered a 75bhp turbo diesel in the Passat at the time. .....It sort of demonstrated that supercharging a dizzler wasn't any better than turbocharging..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 I love eating game, such strong meat. You could've done the poor bird justice and roasted it or given it away... beautiful birds, small brains. For reasons I have already explained, neither were exactly on the cards. And having been driven around in the grille of a Ford Focus for at least two days does rather bring forward the possibility of it being somewhat spoiled. SierraMikeHotel, DeeJay and paulplom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Agreed to buy a car.Nice, what are you getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 You need these: Cooks on the car, no fuss. Angrydicky, GrumpiusMaximus and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 For reasons I have already explained, neither were exactly on the cards. And having been driven around in the grille of a Ford Focus for at least two days does rather bring forward the possibility of it being somewhat spoiled. don't you have to let game such as pheasant hang for a week or two before eating anyway? Christine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 don't you have to let game such as pheasant hang for a week or two before eating anyway?Only if you have something to eat that night already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 It sort of demonstrated that supercharging a dizzler wasn't any better than turbocharging.....Little to no lag, in theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I had pheasant for the first time last week, because it fits neatly with my wife's New year's resolution to be mostly* vegan. (For environmental reasons, and someone bought us it so it needed not be wasted) It was delicious and the only disappointment was that the carcass had to be binned once stripped because feeding birds to our chickens† doesn't seem sensible. * See next footnote † our chickens and their eggs don't count, we grow or would otherwise waste nearly everything they eat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Mrs DW does love a roadkill pheasant. One went under the car in front of me the other day, but the hardy bugger just flew off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'm sure I read or saw something about, I think, a small new car with a small supercharger and a turbo. Supercharger works till the turbo kicks in. The engine was 1000ccor possibly less. Maybe I dreamt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'm sure I read or saw something about, I think, a small new car with a small supercharger and a turbo. Supercharger works till the turbo kicks in. The engine was 1000ccor possibly less. Maybe I dreamt it.March (=Micra) Super Turbo did that. twosmoke300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Rover had a flat battery today. Last time I put it down to lack of use - 30 miles in 2 month - so I was a bit concerned that a very recent long drive about wasn't enough to charge it up. Connected jump leads to the Princess again and... why are the headlights on? Well. That would explain the flat battery then. chadders and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I had pheasant for the first time last week, because it fits neatly with my wife's New year's resolution to be mostly* vegan. (For environmental reasons, and someone bought us it so it needed not be wasted)It was delicious and the only disappointment was that the carcass had to be binned once stripped because feeding birds to our chickens† doesn't seem sensible. * See next footnote† our chickens and their eggs don't count, we grow or would otherwise waste nearly everything they eatI made stock with the carcass and then did a risotto with it, waste not want not loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 March (=Micra) Super Turbo did that. HONKhttps://youtu.be/7iEfh3M_fwg?t=9 Very silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 A close family friend gets phesants from a shoot that happens locally to us. Over the phesant shooting season there are *thousands* of phesants shot, and they are all available. They get fed to dogs, stripped for meat, frozen and kepts for a bit, etc.etc. There are always more than we can deal with. If anyone localish wants any (next year now) then they are welcome to some birds. Rather embarrasingly we had to bin a depressing number this year as they weren't stored properly and went manky. Got a fair few frozen ones too.. could bring to shitefest for an impromptu barbecue. richardmorris and Exiled_Tat_Gatherer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Ugh. Don't get me started on pheasant shooting. How clever people must feel pitting themselves against one of the stupidest animals ever to exist armed only with a powerful gun. Lacquer Peel, alf892, Semi-C and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On the subject of wild birds, this has been circling overhead for a while. Red kite I think, or possibly a buzzard. Edit, it’s big, I mean really big in a -that won’t fit in the oven big Christine, DeeJay, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Red Kite I think. Buzzards aren't that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 My dad used to bring pheasants home that " the car in front ran over " .. Of course it did father. Liar liar pants are on fire. We live about 2 miles from Great Altcar, where they used to do the hare coursing. They've reinvented themselves as "pheasant shooting" This means that there are 100s escaped into the wild. I was behind a car that emergency braked for one yesterday. Luckily I'm giving more distance to the car in front than ever, because getting older and wiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 A chum of mine had a bunch of fellas on his land yesterday and decided against telling them to FRO and instead made quiet enquiries with fellow farm friends. Apparently there’s a stag around that some geezer has put a price on the head of. So there are now up to 20 blokes driving all over Bedfordshire trying to hunt it. I can’t really judge I guess - but it does seem terribly brutal and backward to me. GrumpiusMaximus and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On the subject of wild birds, this has been circling overhead for a while. Red kite I think, or possibly a buzzard. Edit, it’s big, I mean really big in a -that won’t fit in the oven big If it's making a really lonley screaming cry as it circles about then it's a Red Kite. It's amazing how lonely their call sounds! We used to have them over the house where I used to live, lovely things to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If it's making a really lonley screaming cry as it circles about then it's a Red Kite. It's amazing how lonely their call sounds! We used to have them over the house where I used to live, lovely things to watch.Yes, definitely shrieking. As was I when I nearly fell out of the window taking the photo. DeeJay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 It’s a red kite, you can tell by the forked tail. Can I suggest we just don’t go there with a debate about the merits or otherwise of bloodsports, at least not on the main forum. dozeydustman, BorniteIdentity, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Can I suggest we just don’t go there with a debate about the merits or otherwise of bloodsports, at least not on the main forum. Aye, knowing where such threads have gone before that's a good call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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