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6 minutes ago, vaughant said:
Berlingo?
Nooooo. Never had one of those!
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So, after the surprise sale of the TT I was left with the need for a car. Quick. Step up @320touringand his nack of providing tempting shite. A few pms later, and a deal had been done.
Goi g to keep you guessing for the moment. The first clue is, it isntybe first one of these cars I've owned.
Also, breakfast shot, for the traditionalists
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21 minutes ago, 320touring said:
Prices are starting to get silly now. Buy soon or be skint👍
Alas, I'm resigned to never having another.
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Reading this is making me regret selling mine even more than I did. They truly are a brilliant car, and I'd have my old one back in a heartbeat.
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2 hours ago, J W Pepper said:
Watch listed, although fuck knows why, because Mrs S would kill me if I brought that home!
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Stop searching. £1250to you. 225bhp, quattro. Leggy but well serviced. Couple of intermittent but diagnosed faults, cured with £80 of parts.
Can also recommend many of the other suggestions on here, namely Clio 1*2, Puma, Kawasaki ZXR (mine was only a 400, and scared me shitless).
Speaking of scary small cars what happened to that 20v turbo Lupo that someone was building? That would fit the bill.
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Had an RD80LC that I bought cheap with front damage. Rode it till I passed my test, then kept it alongside my first car, a Datsun Cherry coupe.
Sols it because it hardly got used after I got my car, then pooled the money from that and seeling the Datsun to buy a Mk1 Fiesta 1300S.
Bonus pic of me on my 17th birthday, just before going out on my first legal ride.
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Ordered and paid. Thanks for sorting this Alex.
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I'll take one please.
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11 hours ago, Fumbler said:
AFAIK it never did- I've only ever seen engines with various single barrel and two barrel carbs on them, but only 1 carburettor per engine.
My old XS had two carbs. Don't remember much else about it,though, aside from the fact it wasn't a TU engine. It was quite early, E reg IIRC.
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Massively impressed by the work you'e done and the sped you've picked up the skills.
Keep up the good work.
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On 9/19/2021 at 12:55 PM, Jim Bell said:
Prelude to a fugue
FATHA SPORTY has one of these Preludes. He bloody loves the thing. Lovely to drive, and does everything he wants it to. Also quite practical for long stuff with the rear seat dropped.
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31 minutes ago, Isopon said:
Oh well.......
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Small but relevant TT update.
Small annoying squeak from n/s front turned out to be a wheelbearing. Ended up replacing with second hand hub . Whilst there, noticed two knackered CB boots and a split bush that was advised last year. Did boots with stretchy replacements and put py bushes in the bottom arms on both sides as they were cheaper than replacement arms and easier to press in than standard bushes.
It repaid itself by passing test with no advisories which was nice.
Still thinking of getting rid, but can't think of anything I really want that I can reasonably afford. As ever, open to suggestions that could be bought with a TT and £500.
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This is ace, however, I feel that the money these types of things now command will certainly exclude me from ownership!
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1 hour ago, Botzarb said:
Sunflower lanyard is an appropriate metaphor for something which was worthwhile when used as intended, but has now been turned into a useless and derided object due to the actions of incompetents and knuckle draggers.
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So sorry to hear this. As others have said, he was a positive guy within AS and will be missed.
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I didn't lock the bottom end when I did the one i did. Carefully put a bit of welding rod or a short screwdriver into no.1 pot, and turn the crank until it "peaks" markup the pulleys, and there you have TDC. Once you've locked the top end, slacken the cam pulleys whilst you fit and tension thr belt, then torque everything up. Don't rely on the timing having been right, use the tools to reset it. The cam pulleys are an interference fit so you can get exact cam timing.
Youll need to Google to see which cam tool to use, and on which lobe. One set of tools is for the 1.6 and the other for 1.8 and 2.0. There are also four long bolts in there to use to lock them on.
Sporty's 172. Snagging and tinkering.
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No. I like your thinking, but breakfast holds no clues.