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There are some Americans in here now. 

There's a nice quiet pub that I come to regularly, about half a mile away is a family campsite which is closed over winter... Until now. 
Now the place is full of fucking amateur drinkers, kids and fannies that put bunting all over their mazda bongos. It's as if these people haven't left their house for 6 months and the concept of a pub meal and a pint is just completely alien. For example the couple next to me have just moved their table so it completely blocks the door out of the kitchen... 

Totally understand not wanting to scrabble about under a car doing a clutch, but the gearboxes are only about 30kg, they're not bad. 
Do you have any rivets? Might be less faff and last longer.
 
Sierra looks flipping great, BTW!

Totally understand not wanting to scrabble about under a car doing a clutch, but the gearboxes are only about 30kg, they're not bad. 
Do you have any rivets? Might be less faff and last longer.
 
Sierra looks flipping great, BTW!

There are some Americans in here now. 

There's a nice quiet pub that I come to regularly, about half a mile away is a family campsite which is closed over winter... Until now. 
Now the place is full of fucking amateur drinkers, kids and fannies that put bunting all over their mazda bongos. It's as if these people haven't left their house for 6 months and the concept of a pub meal and a pint is just completely alien. For example the couple next to me have just moved their table so it completely blocks the door out of the kitchen... 

There's a nice quiet pub that I come to regularly, about half a mile away is a family campsite which is closed over winter... Until now. 
Now the place is full of fucking amateur drinkers, kids and fannies that put bunting all over their mazda bongos. It's as if these people haven't left their house for 6 months and the concept of a pub meal and a pint is just completely alien. For example the couple next to me have just moved their table so it completely blocks the door out of the kitchen... 

There are some Americans in here now. 

There are some Americans in here now. 

There's a nice quiet pub that I come to regularly, about half a mile away is a family campsite which is closed over winter... Until now. 
Now the place is full of fucking amateur drinkers, kids and fannies that put bunting all over their mazda bongos. It's as if these people haven't left their house for 6 months and the concept of a pub meal and a pint is just completely alien. For example the couple next to me have just moved their table so it completely blocks the door out of the kitchen... 

There are some Americans in here now. 

I have looked through the cars again and this is among the oldest.
1999 Daewoo Cielo 1,5 with 857,000km and with how old it is, could it have rolled over once?




https://vehiculo.mercadolibre.com.co/MCO-2267219206-daewoo-cielo-bx-gti-mt-15-_JM#position=18&search_layout=grid&type=item&tracking_id=0503537c-716f-44f2-9add-9a2f6f6f6e2b

Yep that's the stuff we use.
 
Silicone is really a nightmare, even a tiny bit hangs around and will ruin any paint finish that "flows" as it knackers the surface tension, like a single drop oil on a lake causes a flat spot 30m in diameter.
A local bodyshop was more or less put out of business about ten years ago when a disgruntled customer smashed a little window and pierced a few cans of trim shine and threw them in, every job that was in progress had to be re-started, and they were getting defects for months/years!

Glad it's worked out! If you'd used that to start with, you could have saved a primer coat as it's designed to go direct onto plastic. I dunno why it's not more popular - seems to be a "trade only" sort of thing. 
You can tweak the texture by adjusting the nozzle, it's got a little twisty bit on the top. For a fine texture, we use the spare cap that comes in the lid.
We do a couple of coats, with about 30 minutes between them. Seems to look better once properly dry, it settles down and looks more even.

that's 100% silicone contamination, someone has lathered the bumpers in back to black in the past.
It doesn't affect primer because that doesn't "flow".
If using paint from a gun you can get an additive which prevents this sort of thing. From an aerosol you are in trouble - Either strip the lot off somehow and mega mega decontaminate the plastic, or try a bar coat to bury it and then a less finicky top coat.
Some of the specific bumper/plastic paints we use at work aren't as affected by silicone. We use Monofil Vario+ Texture paint and I've never seen it react like that

Found a period pic!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-you-remember-where-were-1st-april-1969-sue-isles-acim/

You don’t think that a Sierra Sapphire exudes timeless elegance?

It’s absolute hell driving at 50mph, you spend more time concentrating on doing 50mph than you do watching where you are going. 

I know it's a big lad but surely you've been 50mph before 😄

What about converting to electric PAS and ditching the hydraulic system? 
Or maybe just use a Saxo electric PAS pump mounted somewhere convenient?

Ah, tantric trades: you stay in all day and nobody comes.

that's 100% silicone contamination, someone has lathered the bumpers in back to black in the past.
It doesn't affect primer because that doesn't "flow".
If using paint from a gun you can get an additive which prevents this sort of thing. From an aerosol you are in trouble - Either strip the lot off somehow and mega mega decontaminate the plastic, or try a bar coat to bury it and then a less finicky top coat.
Some of the specific bumper/plastic paints we use at work aren't as affected by silicone. We use Monofil Vario+ Texture paint and I've never seen it react like that

Glad it's worked out! If you'd used that to start with, you could have saved a primer coat as it's designed to go direct onto plastic. I dunno why it's not more popular - seems to be a "trade only" sort of thing. 
You can tweak the texture by adjusting the nozzle, it's got a little twisty bit on the top. For a fine texture, we use the spare cap that comes in the lid.
We do a couple of coats, with about 30 minutes between them. Seems to look better once properly dry, it settles down and looks more even.

Yep that's the stuff we use.
 
Silicone is really a nightmare, even a tiny bit hangs around and will ruin any paint finish that "flows" as it knackers the surface tension, like a single drop oil on a lake causes a flat spot 30m in diameter.
A local bodyshop was more or less put out of business about ten years ago when a disgruntled customer smashed a little window and pierced a few cans of trim shine and threw them in, every job that was in progress had to be re-started, and they were getting defects for months/years!

that's 100% silicone contamination, someone has lathered the bumpers in back to black in the past.
It doesn't affect primer because that doesn't "flow".
If using paint from a gun you can get an additive which prevents this sort of thing. From an aerosol you are in trouble - Either strip the lot off somehow and mega mega decontaminate the plastic, or try a bar coat to bury it and then a less finicky top coat.
Some of the specific bumper/plastic paints we use at work aren't as affected by silicone. We use Monofil Vario+ Texture paint and I've never seen it react like that