ruffgeezer

I won't lie to you, it is bloody hard graft learning the rules to pass out the training, but definitely worth putting the effort in. Drop me a PM if you want to ask any questions.

Have a look and see if there are any signaller roles advertised, not many colleagues to worry about, 3 months paid training then a well compensated job with a decent bit of downtime during working hours. IIRC there is a box in Brigg that sees only 2 trains a day - plenty of time to do tour artwork around the job!

OK so the drive back went pretty well, having topped up the fuel when leaving Scarborough, we soon discovered how shite the wipers were, as this occurred as we made it to Musham Bank. It was fairly sunny before and after, hence the shades. The exhaust on it is pretty fucked, blowing and rattling as it does, there is also a shagged droplink on the rear, and it'll want some new tyres fairly soon.

Home safely via the chippy in Scarborough, full road test report later as we have it. The V70 we hastily dumped when chasing this morning was collected, on the way home, unscathed.

She's a thirsty beast so a quick drink for her and a visit to the chippy for us before we turn tail and head back to the People's Republic of Lincolnshire.

You're not wrong, but she has enjoyed a trip on the train. Collection has been achieved - it's a cheap old bus but there is plenty of work to be done so , it needed to be really.

Next hand is dealt...

Last change, air is getting a little thin up here! Any guesses as to our destination, or our stred for the return leg?

We are on service 2 of 3, speeding through the countryside on a rather busy Azuma. Not much of not is happening save for an occasional stink eye from the gent we displaced with our reserved seats.

On the way we spotted this rather sorry looking truck, just short of Collingham station. The station house at Collingham is a grade 2 listed building built in 1848, featuring Gault brick, Welsh slate roofs and currently, Merseyside windows. A shame to see it in such a dilapidated state.

Ready for departure, itll be a Class 170 heading west. (From Australia apparently ) Little Miss RG is rather excited to be on a train...

Breakfast rectified, quite tasty but I think we paid more for the nice decor than the quality of the food. Five quid for one over done sausage and a fried egg in a bap - hmmmmm. Oh yes, today's collection is a team effort which is just as well as we have dumped a car in Horncastle after a brief bus chase...

An hour down and we've achieved our first stop...

This bus is so shit even the windows are crying.

We had a 1.4 at the garage that spat a bit of it's Sparkplugs electrode and sounded like an angry metal wasp in a bean tin. Having dumped it in a corner for months and forgot it, the next time we fired it up, it had somehow ejected said electrode and after considerable inspection with the borescope, was passed fit for use.

Caught up to the bus. Now the fucking thing gets stuck behind a crop sprayer. PC - 01 with a hint of post match farts.

The go case is packed, the PC is one, and true to @barefoot form, as we had only a coffee for breakfast, we've had to chase the bus for 10 miles as it came by early.

Picked this up locally from the partner of my wife's friend. It's a Mitsubishi ASX, and I must confess, I had no idea what one of those was when I agreed to go and take a look at it. Clearly it was aimed at the sector of the market occupied by the Qashqai This one comes with free bollard action: Looks reasonably smart from here. The interior is grubby, and the carpet is worn, I will give it a good once over and treat it to some decent floor mats. I've given the scratches a bit of a polish and they are still there unsurprisingly. Boot lid is grufty, apparently a common issue with these. So far I've put 3 tyres on it, stripped all the brakes and fitted new pads all round - typical japanese stuff with sticky sliders and those shitty little shims that are an arsehole to get back in.

Getz back together today, throttle plate housing gasket made up from the side of a top mount carton. Can't talk to it properly with my generic cheapo scanner (this seems to be a known issue) and I couldn't get the old laptop with Delphi on to fire up at all, so I may have to go searching for another copy of the clone software to install on the newer machine. If anyone has any hints for Delphi please pm me.

Tell you the truth I didn't have an issue with it talking to my scanner from what I recall.

A quick update then - The Audi I finally got to grips with, the breather hoses and turbo inlet seal have been changed, the lower bolt securing the inlet flange to the turbo wasn't the tightest and the seal had gone hard, so this should deal with the oily mess. I replaced the seals on the top head of the injector pump and it seems the diesel smell has been cured. Long term I'm afraid it needs to go as my back is too fucked to be getting in and out of it regularly, I had been using the Getz for daily duties but... ...Yeah that decided to have a wobbly the other day too. It disnt feel quite right when going to work, and then it would not rev at all. I managed to limp it the last 5 miles to work, and after it had cooled the problem seemingly went away. It still didn't feel quite right the following morning when I went home, so an investigation of the throttle flap was in the cards. This is a vacuum operated flap that I suspect had stuck partially closed due the the build up of shite. @wuvvum it might be worth checking yours if yoy still have it? I may well blank the EGR too for good measure. I'll have to make a new gasket for the throttle valve before refitting it too, there are plenty of amazon cartons here for that.

Blimey, you do get about the place. Not too far from here but also nearly an hour away, such is life on the island county!

Whereabouts in the country are you now @vulgalour? Hope the studio doesn't take you too long to settle into.

Well after a round of wanting to replace a worn rear shock bush, I ended up putting a complete rear shock along with a new top mount on the car, instead of a tenner's worth of parts, it was over £50. Still it's got a clean MOT now so it was worth it.