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    colino reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.   
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386883167548?itmmeta=01HSVKNT478P5TQE65Q0BRZK8K&hash=item5a1408a53c:g:4~QAAOSwui9mAVnb



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    colino reacted to sierraman in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread   
    This is the thing, the fines don’t deter people enough. Also when they let them pay it at a pound a week it just drags on forever, it should be repayable immediately. 
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    colino reacted to eddyramrod in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread   
    Maybe, but since when was prison supposed to be fun?  I have no problem with the inmates bunking 4 to a cell.  Whose fault is it they're there?  Most especially, whose fault is it if they're sent down according to my proposal?  I'm certainly not pouring booze down their necks and giving them the keys to a high-speed killing machine, and I would like to think none of us are that irresponsible (not to mention downright malicious).
    There's a very appropriate song in The Mikado, which was written before the motor car became a viable proposition: Let the punishment fit the crime.
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    colino reacted to sierraman in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread   
    I’d chemically castrate people that put their bins out early. 
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    colino reacted to Stanky in Unpopular Motoring Opinion Thread   
    The Chinese can make high quality parts, the problem is that Western consumers won't pay proper money for them.
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    colino reacted to Weird Car in Weird Car’s weird cars *now with added bus* Rolls Royce joins the fleet   
    Some quick pics of the Shad as promised, Mr WC already wants to take it out in Convoy with the Guy Arab when that’s back on the road so expect some Rolls and Bus action soon, I also took it to work this morning and managed to attract a crowd almost instantly mainly from my colleagues who were probably wondering if the CEO of First Bus had just showed up for a random Audit 😆
    I’d like to give it a really good wash and detail very soon as it got absolutely filthy from the drive home yesterday 











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    colino reacted to Cavcraft in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Commer Minibus 1978 Vintage Classic Van Restoration project or spares parts | eBay
    'i really do not no  much about Commer'
    You're not too hot on full stops either, M8.
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    colino reacted to Rustybullethole in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Cos by the time a bunch of punters have come along and 'wasted your time' by literally poking holes in it your full years mot is less so.  I think it's a lot because many get hung up on buying a car with mot instead of using their eyes/blind faith. Sold with a year's ticket implies its kosher init. 
    Looks a lot of car for the money to me.
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    colino reacted to SiC in ❗❗🚨 Major Autoshite Server Maintenance and Downtime - Completed 🚨❗❗   
    TL;DR the site will go for some major maintenance this coming Friday afternoon/evening. I’ll figure exact times closer to the point. Expect a few hours downtime when this is all going on.
    The current server setup has been online for nearly half a decade and in computing world, that’s an actual lifetime. It has had a good innings but it’s coming to end of life.
    Not only is the server operating system getting close to not being no longer receiving security updates (end of June 2024 is the cut off) but the underlying server hardware is pretty old technology now. I suspect the hosting provider has chocked that server full of other clients and hammering it hard too. Both reasons are very likely why things seem to go really slow at times and you may on occasions get that very frustrating 502 Bad Gateway errors when trying to access parts of the site. This occurs when the site takes too long to generate a page and times out (around 30 seconds). 
    Ultimately, we need to migrate to a new server and do it soon. Hopefully it will eliminate those errors. Of course I can’t guarantee for certain those errors will completely go away but I fully expect them to. Likewise, its important we move to continue getting the latest security updates to keep the site stable and secure.
    To use an analogy, previous recent updates have been the oil and tyre changes on the bus. This is basically a whole new bus where the branding/customisations need to be reapplied.
    A few months ago in the background, I have built up and started testing a new server enviroment. Some may have seen the previous announcement a few months ago about the testing site at https://autoshitetesting.co.uk - thanks everyone who checked out and gave it a poke. The server that this site is on will become the new server the forum will live on (will still stay as autoshite.com when fully live). This is the latest version of our Server Operating System (Debian) and should give us security support till the end of June 2028. The hardware is the latest technology in CPU, memory and disks. These all should offer multiple times the performance of the existing server setup. I’ve jigged things around so hopefully it will keep it to around the same monthly hosting cost despite the increase in performance.
    It’ll take a good few hours to copy all the data from the old to the new and then make the switch. I don’t expect any major hiccups but there maybe a few kinks that may need ironing out once live too. I’m hoping that most machines should pickup the new server IP address automagically and we won’t lose anyone along the way. I’ll try putting up a site somewhere else that we can still provide support if things go wrong (probably https://autoshitetest.co.uk). So note that down now.
    I’ve been wanting to do this for a while and have had everything roughly in-place, but I’ve needed to find time to finish this off and go live. Life has been busy for me recently and I’ve needed to find a good slot. Not just a few hours but possibly a day or two if things go really awry. I certainly don't expect any issues (otherwise I wouldn't be kicking this off!) but I need to budget contingency as its a major switch with a few unknowns.
    The aim is for possibly Friday afternoon/evening to kick this off. I can’t say exact times yet but hopefully can say closer to the time.
    I like being on here as much as many of you do and this work is needed to keep this forum all hunky-dory.
    I'll leave this thread unlocked for now if anyone has any questions or concerns on this.
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    colino reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.   
    £3,700! With MOT
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/960489205733712


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    colino reacted to Talbot in Autoshite forum funding   
    Ok, as this seems to have run it's course for this fundraizr, I shall close this off now and say thank you to everyone who contributed.  At first glance, it would appear that we've done enough to keep us going for about 4-5 months (useage depending) so that is superb news.  Exact figures will be posted once I am not held up in a hotel room and struggling to log in on the world's shittest wifi.
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    colino reacted to bunglebus in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Definitely needy, but appealing
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1456478241633195/

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    colino got a reaction from DSdriver in eBay tat volume 3.   
    I really like that, "Layer Cake"  Range Rover.  Saves embarrassment from the neighbours when the AA drag it home and it camouflages itself.
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    colino got a reaction from VanCouver in eBay tat volume 3.   
    I really like that, "Layer Cake"  Range Rover.  Saves embarrassment from the neighbours when the AA drag it home and it camouflages itself.
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    colino got a reaction from GR8 PL8 M8 in eBay tat volume 3.   
    I really like that, "Layer Cake"  Range Rover.  Saves embarrassment from the neighbours when the AA drag it home and it camouflages itself.
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    colino reacted to cort16 in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Sweet dreams are made of these.
    Dehydrated piss gold, 1.6 power house, 50,000 miles, mot December £1250
     

    It's got to be one of the most ungainly rear ends seen on a car in many year,


    https://www.gumtree.com/p/nissan/nissan-micra-c-c-convertible-2006-manual-1598-cc-2-doors/1475267980
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    colino reacted to Hertz in eBay tat volume 3.   
    £1250. Be like @HMC 
    https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1696098

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    colino reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.   
    "Have 2 victor’s , white one did run replaced engine about 3 years ago , blue one engine locked have good bottom end in the boot both have rust could make one good one or if you have the time 2"  
    Nearly had a stroke trying to read that 
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166628349096?itmmeta=01HR2M0XFTE73G6DG59CMQJ9XV&hash=item26cbd2d4a8:g:iOQAAOSwOphl5KZD




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    colino reacted to SEATMad in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Good Grief..... An Austin Ambassador Y Reg....
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235456979419?itmmeta=01HR0NF2681TWM0ZZ5M8HSFER5&hash=item36d25461db:g:rBQAAOSwWgdl45ft



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    colino reacted to egg in eBay tat volume 3.   
    Seemingly now a rare thing, a non-Barried S Type. I reckon most Barried ones are owned by people who consider 'the vaccine' to be a Chinese plot and Fauci to be the actual Devil.
    £875 please save it.
    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/941061190425284/


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    colino reacted to puddlethumper in I bought a big and joined the circus.   
    Thread resurrection. As I haven't seen anybody from the circus since last October there was many hugs from every body  saying they had missed me,  when I met them at Haydock Race course to move everything to Norwich Showground. I've never had that much of a reaction before. They are a good bunch of people and there is rarely any problems between anybody. Going to be here for about 3 weeks and I have got a fair bit of work to do that would have been done if I had been there in Holland, 4 weeks Xmas New Year, Glasgow, 2 weeks, Haydock, 1 week so a fair bit of stuff to sort. Starting with 2 bunk wagons that have leaks when it rains. What joy, chasing leaks. The water system I had has been somewhat wrecked by those that didn't have much of a clue so there's a few days to get that back to how I like it. I knew that would happen but I've said that I need to show somebody how it's done when I'm not there. Which at my age could be at any moment, or if my ankle gets any worse then I'm going to have to give it up. 
    There's been a few minor changes. A few different trucks, different performers, but not all, some new showgirls, etc. I shall leave you with 2 pic of my new circus 'rig'. One of where we are and a dizzel shot. If anyone wants to know what its like let me know. I'm sure you will notice a slight anomaly. 


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    colino reacted to Bren in Mondeo injector ball ache   
    Our mondeo has been well behaved however of late a raspy sound and a smell in the cabin convinced me the exhaust had a leak. This turned out not to be the case. The 2.0 pug engine has two covers - the rearmost covers the injectors. Some dampness on the outside persuaded me to investigate further.

     
     
    Oh dear. Only when I pulled the injector did I appreciate how grim it was. I ordered a puller from ebay rather than faff with pliers and pry bars.

    Quite a substantial slide hammer - a few blows saw the injector loose. Access - the injectors and fuel rail are effectively in a box - is limited.

    Grim. I could not belive the amount of shite that had built up. Very mercedes benz like. And the smell is gopping. Somebody said it was like cooked meat - sorry but if your meat smells like this I hope you have more than one bog.
    I made the mistake of spraying carb cleaner on it. All this did was make it soft and even more of a pain to remove. A selection of flat screwdrivers and picks - aided by compressed air and henry the hoover - got rid of the shite and I was happy when I could see dull silver.

    The injector was equally shocking and looked like a turd.

    A combination of carb cleaner and wire brush in a drill got rid of the baked on crud.
    The washer was utterly mullered - eroded on one side.

     
    Indeed there was so much crud paranoia set in - I had a vacuum and compressed air and I found myself cranking the engine every so often just to clear the injector orifice.
    Paranoia extended to the hole for the injector clamp screw. I had started to put it back but it was harder going than I would have liked so I stopped and wound it out.
    I chased the hole out with an M8 x 1.25 tap.

    Lack of access meant a pair of thin nosed pliers were the only thing I had that would fit. The tar that I had removed with carb cleaner had solidified inside the hole. More carb cleaner rags and compressed air got rid of the last. Eventually I put everything back after cutting a new seat.

    I had to spend £80 on a new set of leak off pipes. Top tip - DO NOT pull back the green lug you can see - on old pipes it will snap - internet vids will show you how NOT to do it. Just get a small flat screwdriver and lever the nearest part of the green clip from the injector body.
    Just as I tried to start the car it cranked once - and stopped. I shat myself - I was worried I had hydro locked the engine with carb cleaner even though I had been careful. It turns out the battery was dead.
    A jump from a good battery and the car started almost immediately - my chef's kiss was short lived when the car died and wife unit pointed out diesel was pissing everywhere.
    I had been caught out. The metal pipe from fuel rail to injector can be fitted the WRONG way around - they are the same pitch of thread but the fittings have a different taper. Fortunately I soon spotted my balls up and swapped it around.
    I have also discovered that diesel is brilliant for making underbonnet plastic shine - every cloud etc.
    Car started ok off a slave battery and I took it for a run.
    The genuine ford leak off pipes were  not cheap however 4x genuine washers were only £12 - less than ebay prices.
    I doff my cap to those of you that do this for a living - it took me 2-3 hours just to shift the tar. It's not a nice job.
    Let's see how long it lasts.


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    colino reacted to D.E in eBay tat volume 3.   
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315180510317?itmmeta=01HQG5XME8NYBYGMJ6ZV3P1YT2&hash=item496238ec6d:g:aqsAAOSw4eZl2wUf

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    colino reacted to HMC in HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0   
    The shad is risen!

    The modern upgraded (but cheaper than oem) starter makes it sound like a 90s toyota cranking over.
    Weird but also reassuring.
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    colino reacted to Tayne in HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0   
    I've likely written the story here but I can't find it so I doubt you'll be able to.
    It wasn't long back from a garage and had developed a noise on right hand bends, I was heading home to investigate and was on a dual carriageway with a long left hand curve (so no noise was being made).
    PADINK! PADINK! PADINK!
    I look left and see things coming off the car and disappearing into the night and then the front left corner falls down, I become a passenger and the car lurches toward the verge and comes to a halt in the gravel by the side of the road.
    It was over in a moment.
    I put the hazards on and got out to find that the weheel had exited stage left, creased the wing and left the car in the sitation you saw in the image.
    I phoned the RAC and they said they be there in 2 or 3 hours or some such.
    During the wait I found the wheel and 1 nut.
    The RAC man turned up, dug a hole, jacked the car up with the world's biggest trolley jack and put the wheel back on with the nut I had found and 1 from each of the other wheels. He then followed me home. 
    For a while the groove i cut in the tarmac and the big hole in the gravel trap were visible on google street view but I can't find them now. I think there may have been another accident in the same spot as that area is no longer covered in the 2008 footage and there's tracks going up the verge.
    I can pin down the exact location by lining up the two road signs in this image. The road has since been resurfaced so all traces have gone.
     

     
    This footage is a somewhat more dramatic version of events
     
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