whitevanman

Don't suppose we could let this thread die in blaze of glory and forget it ever existed...could we? NO? ah well.....

please can I have that......pretty please

Excellent news.......

Banger racing is great / shit / brilliant / scum of the earth / wonderous / terrible.

 

New cars are shit / ace / worst thing EVAR / good / killing kittens / perfectly ok.

 

Repeat quarterly until the end of time.

aye...that sounds about right............

/\ wish that Proton was nearer.....

/\/ aye well said sir....

Yeah servo assisted, the car is an 1982 1600gl saloon.

When i got it, it had been in storage for fifteen years so i rebuilt the brakes (new calipers, shoes, cylinders, metal lines, flexi's etc... ) it got everything apart from a servo, drums and discs (it had only done 19,000 miles, only has 24,000 now).

I've heard you can replace the servo and master with mk2 granada bits for a bit of an upgrade, but they would have to secondhand an would undoubtedly want an overhaul as well.

What really pisses me off is i'd just put £40 quid in the greedy bugger.

Master cylinders can be replaced with LandRover ones for a larger bore...

So a wild guess would be master cylinder has croaked, which pisses me off as it's only 10 months old. I've still got the original so may put a rebuild kit in it. Current car status;

1) X-reg cortina, fooked brakes, fooked carb

2)Y-reg cortina, bizarre electrickery gremlin has a nest in here and likes eating coils , screen washers don't work,think the rack is fooked as it steer ike a galleon.

1- They often do that

2- If it's eating coils have you checked the balast resistor wire? if not do away with it and get a non resistor coil to solve the problem..... Fuse or stalk....yes it is fucked, get a rebuilt one at your factors for about £40....all easy fixes

Cheaper options

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from= ... nt&_sop=15

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1x-FORD-OUTER ... 27cbd34c1e

or try your paarts dealer for a new CV joint and just sort it properly....

I know a man with a genuine RS one...PM TimL on here and say I sent you

Cheshire is logical

 

 

Excellent idea!

Too right it is

I can understand everyone's desire to travel as little as possible, but if we go down the route of catering only for the south of the M62 shitters, we will end up with almost always just the same few people, Cheshire is 3.5 hours for me in the very South of Scotland, so if we go about this semi logically, then it should be around Derby or Nottingham to split the Difference.....

Free cycle up here is normally very good, but just before Xmas I was asked to rehome a 28" old style TV.......I had much the same response, then someone asked for it without any question....so stick with it

Also fairly central as well

Well....as I live in Scotchland I suspect my opinion on venue is meaningless, which is why I have not posted anything, but the month does matter to me, I really only have July available to do a trip south, so if you all would be so good as to sort it out and I'll let you know if I can attend

Ahh...same as my Expert had, thanks for clearing that up

will it not be an HDi on a Vreg?

Thats Bolsover for you......

Nope.....

also some need an allen bolt unwound from the rear before the main piston can be reset....

I can't remember which cars they were but I have had rear calipers needing wound in anti-clockwise to reset them, don't know if thats your problem or not, I use bloody great bid water pump pliers on front calipers.....

then either pass it on to another shiter

Am I likely to want it ????

I'm Ooot

Jon, for the first time in my life I am doing a degree course, it's in two parts, one tutor is fantastic the other can't be arsed to help or answer any questions...I get the feeling we have a lot of the same problems.........getting angry at them achieves nothing, like it or not, they decide what passes or fails....now this is not something I would normally do, but I have decided the only way to pass, is to do it their way....so if you want to pass, sell your soul and do what they want, principles will not pay your bills

MY 02 plate was the PSA DW9 engine, great until 188,000 then it got very unhappy, injectors, leaking pump, random misfire, etc....and Peugeot couldn't find anything wrong with it ....but bloody good vans otherwise, expect about 44,pg as standard.