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    CaptainBoom reacted to 62 Austin in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    47 Years ago I was in my last year of university and drove a 1962 Metropolitan, a kind of mixed-race product of a Nash and an Austin...badged at various times as a Nash, Hudson and AMC. This isn't me....but that's pretty close to what my car and I looked like. Stand aside,  Roger Moore, I will soon be squiring Jane Seymour and/or Barbara Bach around in my Babe Magnet! 

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    CaptainBoom reacted to Rustybullethole in Collectings   
    For my sins the Berlingo is pretty much always filthy. Gets a clean now and again inside more than out but I get in it filthy every work day so its mainly as mucky as me the poor thing. 
    Anyway stopped for refreshments as nearly home just crossed Chelsea bridge.

    So its a hearing aid beige early 80's Honda Melody. 50 cc of 2 stroke power. Cant fucking wait to smoke about on it.


     
    Fingers crossed it don't need much has compression and runs with a squirt. We'll see.
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Rustybullethole in Collectings   
    Got

    am quite taken with the ppe.

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    CaptainBoom reacted to Rustybullethole in Collectings   
    Clio for spares containing an all in one waterproof is not a bad shout. 
    Some good though incorrect guessing so far. All shall be revealed, later....
    Soon as i get the fuck out of here.

     
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    CaptainBoom got a reaction from Rustybullethole in Collectings   
    Chodspeed good sir!  It looks like it's going to be a long day for you.
    Mini?
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Rustybullethole in Collectings   
    Am technically on my merry way. Unfortunately the life of a self employed low cash chod botherer dictates NO DAYS OFF. Have a days graft to do before I head west for this fine steer. I am of course full of joy for the new toy so as far as i'm concerned the journey starts here.
     

    The time is not half ten on the 26th Jan 3 years before this little carvan was built. I just ain't fettled the clock since the last hard reset when it went all french on me.
    Breakfast- porridge and berrys
    PC - 2, Lentil soup last night plus morning coffee and smokes helped here
    Conveyance - Trusty 1.4 Berlingo, may or may not contain A frame. 
    Clues;
    40 year exemption applicable 
    Small
    Broken
    Comes with PPE
     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Yoss in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    We walked straight in. Though it had only just opened just after 10am.
    I'll be honest it took us about ten minutes to confirm that it was revolving as it goes so slowly. Took about 45 minutes to do a lap.

    Being only 10.30, and we hadn't long had a large hotel breakfast we only had cake and fruit beer. Fruit beers are big in Berlin.

     
    The views are as you would expect. The difference between what was East and West Berlin are obvious.

    That was taken with a hefty zoom, this is more like how it looked. 209m above ground level.

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    CaptainBoom reacted to Peter C in 1987 Ford Sierra Sapphire 1.8L - Ready for inspection - see page 20   
    I spent half my Sunday (yesterday) stripping flaking paint and underseal and preparing surface corrosion for undersealing and painting. I used a circular wire brush attachment fixed to the end of a drill, which made the process a lot easier and a LOT more messy. Good news is that I did not uncover anything nasty. I didn't take any photographs as you have all seen the affected areas before.
    The idea was to paint over the underside and low level exposed areas with the matched blue Rust-Oleum paint. I painted a bottom corner of a door and this morning, once the paint had dried, I found it to be a completely different  shade of blue.

    I then sprayed over the same patch with the matched aerosol and...

    Just about a perfect match. Not bad for a colour that is a bitch to match.
    I popped back to the paint shop today, showed the man who mixed the paint for me the above photos and he added some grey and yellow to the mix, to make the colour brighter. When I got home, I applied some of the newly mixed paint and it looks a better match but I won't know how much better until the paint dries. The plan is to use the brush on stuff for the areas that aren't so visible and use the aerosol to repair the damaged paint higher up along the flanks, then cut and polish the lot.
    In other news, I received a switch blanking plate from @wesacosa (thank you!) to replace the front fog light switch that has no right to exist in an L spec Sierra.

    More soon.
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    CaptainBoom reacted to HMC in HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0   
    Ive removed the load bay liner in preparation for the rear seats ive got coming off e bay.


    Having had 2 RR classics in the past, i was a little bit wary/ having the fear about what id find. Turns out the boys at lode lane did a great job of not making it rot. 
    Actually the whole car is incredibly sound. my then 17 year old classic was eye wateringly crusty in these bits that are blemish free on this 27 year old p38. So its not as iconic; but it doesnt dissolve so VIGOROUSly either, at last bodily if not electrically.

     

     


     

     

     

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    CaptainBoom reacted to Boycie in HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0   
    Range Rovers catch my eye the same way my mates  pyscho gf did 25 years ago , you know it'll be expensive and painful but ..... you still want a go
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    CaptainBoom reacted to HMC in HMC- AUTOSHITE 2.0   
    Ive recently adopted this orphan…

    After a colourful life including three engines, and at least 1 new gearbox, its spent the last few years dragging its older, more glamourous relatives about for spares and restorations. (photos by St Austell Bay classics)
     

     

     

     

     

     
    Anyway, its been replaced by a discovery 3- and there was a possibility the next step would be for it to be sold off in parts through their e bay account.
    I was interested in it as its an unusual colour for a p38 and its a very low spec one. 
    No extra wood, more basic heating system, no sunroof, no leather etc
     



    Its also has had the rear seats removed and the load bay extended. easy enough to reverse.

    So its the poverty model of the least appealing range rover. But its had everything its needed mechanically as its been in front line use. 
     

    It wafts along nicely on air, whilst not particulary quick (its the 2.5 bmw 6 diesel) and although the interior needs a clear and a few (cheap) replacement bits, it still feels special to drive.

    I think it looks quite funky in white.
     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to MiniMinorMk3 in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    Edited for reality.
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    CaptainBoom reacted to martc in Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread   
    'The doors fell off over there'
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Rust Collector in I'll get round to it at some point - Everything is Broken: the sequel   
    Today was Retrieve Lada From Field Day.
    I’d like that one please:

    Not pictured: The chain harrow that my Dad left upside down in undergrowth. I drove onto it in the Land Rover (how it didn’t burst the tyre I don’t know), and then when I got out to find out ‘what the fuck was that noise that sounded like a tyre popping’ I went foot first onto one of the spikes. I had my boots on but I still fucking felt it. Cheers Dad.

    Using the power of swearing, I dragged the chain harrow out the undergrowth and relocated it into the hedge.
    With that sorted, I turned my attention to starting the Lada. Surprisingly, it was happy to crank over despite the tired battery.

    Unsurprisingly, it wouldn’t crank long enough to draw fuel and start.
    Luckily*, the jump pack in the Land Rover had gone flat. It was fully charged last weekend and has just been sat in the boot. Noco stuff is absolute shite.
    I went back home and grabbed the battery that I had previously charged for the XM and brought that back to the stables.
    I ‘forgot’ my tools (they’re blocked in the garage by the leaning tower of crap) so I had to make do with what I could find in the boot of the Lada.

    2 spanners, a pair of pliers and the pry bar I’ve been missing for months. Ok then.
    Success! (You’ll have to take my word for it as there’s no rev counter)

    It was absolutely filthy from being sat under a tree, so I gave it a quick jet wash before driving it home.
    Green:

    White*:

    Time to drive it home then. None of us were very excited at that prospect:

    However, once I got off the main road and I was rolling around the local roads along the seafront I felt a lot better. I’m sure my confidence will come back with this car.
    Home safe:

    And then the last job for the day was to go and chuck the recently disgraced Mercedes into the discarded S210 pile.

    I’m growing more confident that the noise is something simple like a fucked mount or a loose heat shield. I’ll have a poke around after I’ve done the Lada clutch and the starter on the Lexus…
    Bonus Content:

    I forgot to put this into the post, but handily it got tagged on at the end as I uploaded it… I should probably replace that hose.
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Ronkey in Any interest in another Amazonian rescue? The welding continues   
    Time to cut out the rust above the rear shock. Hope my skills with a grinder match those with a welder: that is a lot of missing metal. Getting a bit worried here. What a crap detail Volvo - talk about a rust trap.
    Well pleased with my metal fab skills here - made the new inner wing in one piece . Didn't take one with the welding complete but you get the idea. 






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    CaptainBoom reacted to Wibble in Wibble’s Wittering - Cortina, Senator & occasional Skoda & family ramblings, soz!   
    Managed to spend a bit more time in the Senny yesterday and today and it now looks like this:

    Needs a bit more machine polishing but it’s better than it was I think:

     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to Wibble in Wibble’s Wittering - Cortina, Senator & occasional Skoda & family ramblings, soz!   
    Took the Cortina for a brief drive today, after a quick clean , only 6 miles but it’s the first time it’s been out this year. Haven’t driven it since September I think but it was fine.

    This car still makes people smile and comment and this short drive really lightened my mood. A group of young teenage girls pointing and waving, cheery beep beeps from a couple of van drivers and a guy shouting, “that brings back memories, dad had a mark 3”. Thumbs up to him!
    Might get back on the Senator’s bodywork tomorrow if the weather stays fine.
     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to davidfowler2000 in SVM Industries Latest KLECKSHUN Thread   
    I'm incredibly sorry for the suspense but it's all gone VERY boring.




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    CaptainBoom got a reaction from Shep Shepherd in Motor Industry Graffiti   
    Not really grafitti, but sort of...  In the early 2000's I worked in a High Street bank, I was involved in various schemes that caused trouble.  One particular jape got me into a LOT of trouble.  In our office, we had a photo board of the staff and management, just 3" x 2" headshots with our names underneath.  We had a manager who was a bit of a plum, a David Brent-a-like if you will. 
    One evening, when I had the ground floor to myself, I borrowed this manager feller's picture and wrote 'Do ya think I'm sexy?' onto a sheet of A4, placed his photo above it and photocopied it about 20 times.  Once the printer had finished spewing these out.  I drew out all of the paper (probably about 500 sheets) from the feed tray and dispersed the 'rogue' sheets face down, in amongst the contents of  the tray, purely at random so no two photograph sheets were together.  I then left the scene.  Nothing happened for a day or so.  Then we started getting phonecalls from other branches that had received memos from our office (the bank were very slow to adopt email).  The sheets with David Brent-a-like were getting everywhere.  Eventually, some senior manager of a processing centre phoned up and complained that he'd had to stop his team working the previous night as there had 'been a data protection breach' or some other cobblers.  That's right 'Do ya think I'm sexy?' had turned up and been scanned as a customer's ID document, it was then very difficult to delete from their system or some such twaddle.
    It got traced back to me somehow, probably because no-one else there had lack of sanity to do such a thing and I got a verbal warning. 
    There is a postscript to this, a bloke who I worked with had applied for a job internally and must have photocopied his CV before sending it.  Some weeks later, he was called to interview and the recruiting manager had his CV on the desk in front of him.  At one stage the recruiting manager lifted the document up to bring it closer to him, and, you've guessed it, our man, was on the back!
    The bloke didn't get the job, mainly because he started pissing himself with laughter in the interview...
     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to SiC in 2006 Golf 2.0TFSi GTi - Bargain Basement 197k miles TFSI Club Member   
    Absolutely peeing it down tonight. I'm not sure why, but I decided to get going on this. 

    Even my cat was watching on in bemusement as I worked out in the rain.

    Anyway pulled the alternator out. Wasn't a bad job. I have just realised I didn't mark which way the aux belt went. Maybe I should replace it while I'm there now?

    Alternator date code is 2006. Almost certainly original to the car. Impressive that it's lasted nearly 200k. However the one way clutch on the pulley is locked solid and not functioning. I don't know how important it is for a petrol?
    I do have the tool somewhere to remove a one way pulley. Hell knows where it is. I think may even have a new pulley for a TDI A4. Probably the same as what is on this.
    Anyway I'm going to pretend it's okay for now unless I find said pulley + tool. 

     
    With the alternator out of the way, access really isn't that bad. 

    Most difficult bit was trying not to round one of these stupid triple spline bolts. Found an M5 in my Rolson bit set that I bought from Maplins years ago. Not the best quality but far better than a cheap set I got off eBay a few years back. I reckon I need to invest in some better quality Triple Spline sockets. These stubby ratchets are very handy for getting into tight places too. 

    With the thermostat visible, I pumped up the reservoir again. Pretty clear that the thermostat housing is fubar.

    I'm really hoping that the Behr/Mahle will be better quality. This doesn't look that old a thermostat either.
    No idea why it chose now to fail. I think it was just a bit of bad luck - especially considering where it failed. 
    I carried on removing bits ready for a thermostat change when it arrives. The intake charge pipe hose was a bitch to remove. It would have been a lot easier if I jacked the car up to begin with and realised no amount of struggling would get over that I've missed a torx screw on the bottom.

     
    While I had access to it, I removed the throttle body for a clean. I suspect this came off much easier than I'll get back on. It's mounted inverted on the intake manifold with the fixings not visible. Removing it does however give even more access to the thermostat area. 
    I'll give this a good scrub tomorrow. Will have to remember to reset the adaptions on it too. It's date coded as original too, so possibly this has never been off or cleaned. I'm tempted to take the cover off the side and inspect for wear on the potentiometer resistive tracks. Given the mileage, I fully expect the tracks around the idle position to be very worn. 

     
    Decided to start undeleting the PCV. 


    Again while I had bits removed, it made replacing the main pcv cam cover to crank cover hose really easy. I wasn't intending to replace this as it was looking difficult access until I removed all these bits. However I'm glad I have, as the old had gone very brittle and snapped in half while moving it. 
    Inside all this is NASTY. Stank pretty bad. I'm really not a fan of PCV deletes. All this should be sucked into the manifold and burnt off, rather than accumulating in the cam/crank case and oil. 



    Removing the PCV delete plate was just a case of four torx.

    Then replace the gasket as I have a new one.

    You need to get the right pcv valve as there are two different setups on these engines. Get the wrong one and you'll have a big vac leak. Basically it comes down to whether there is a one was valve in this PCV or the one on the rear of the turbo. 
    I'm not actually sure which I need, so I went with the one with. At least I can cut out the valve if I don't need it. The check valve on this is the blue thing on the left.

    The rear pcv check valve is in this hose joiner with the Audi logos on in the middle of this picture. Thing is, I don't want to remove this hose as I don't want to break anything. So I'm assuming it doesn't have one. 

    New pcv all bolted down with new screws supplied in the packet.
    Looking at the engine, it did pass my mind that I was only £150 in parts and only an hour or so needed to go further in and replace the cambelt while I'm here...

    It's tempting but I'd rather wait till spring (only a month away) when the weather warms up. 
    Not least right now I'm absolutely soaking wet after working out in the rain all night... 🙃
     
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    CaptainBoom reacted to davidfowler2000 in SVM Industries Latest KLECKSHUN Thread   
    SVM ABROAD

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    CaptainBoom reacted to davidfowler2000 in SVM Industries Latest KLECKSHUN Thread   
    I'm Sorry, I havn't a clue

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