tooSavvy

No one drives this car but me... therefore, I have little opportunity to use any of the other doors/doorhandles.
 
So when I grabbed the front passenger doorhandle, to open it for something or other, it WOBBLED in & out .
 
 
Me dunna lyke krappie bitz!!
 
 
Today I'm off shift and the rain wasn't due till 5
 
Got the car round the back and started on the door strippage....
 

 

* googling got the lowdown on how to get the armrest & switchplate off.
 

 
... I was fairly certain someone had been in b4 ...
 
Sure enough... the captive nuts (with fixing hex bolt tightened in) were revolving in the plastic handle.. so no more tightenees
 
Using determination/brute force & ignorance I managed to get the 'captive nut' to break out of the handle. I removed the handle after unclipping the rods - total quality fittings and a delight to work on!!
 
I spot drilled through the void [where the captive nut had been] a small pilot hole... opened this up to take the countersunk bolts I had in hand/Csunk the plastic on the handle outside (covered by the finger pull handle) to allow the bolts to lie flush.
 

 
 
This is the little bu99er which caused all the hassle.....
 

 
... a great deal of satisfaction gleaned to feel the handle as it should be... a *spot of Black on the heads & dunnz dunn
 
* paint will wait... started to rain....
 
 
TS

oofff!!
 

 
... I have lashed it all with Hammerite BLACK Garagedoor paint....
 
 
TS

Maybe it's something to do with a rough surface being harder to effectively paint, plus welding producing a small amount of oxidation that needs removing.
 
I often think of the medieval sculptor who didn't bother finishing the back of statues because nobody could see them. "Ah, but God can see everything" they said, before cutting his balls off.

Horsey Horseless:
 
An early steam powered car, designed with a horses head on the front in order that it doesn't scare people who are confused by the lack of four legged propulsion.
 
Also, a very thin wearing joke where it's the answer to every "what car should I buy" thread. Everyone knows that the correct answer is HYUNDAI SONATA.

What the actual fuck use is a spare tyre that has to be stored deflated?

.... EfikPail <no leather> laalaalaaalaaaa
 

 
ToMM

.... EfikPail <no leather> laalaalaaalaaaa
 

 
ToMM

Hmmmmmm....
 

 
This was out in the rain. Thatchers Foot, Stanley. Co Durham.
 
..at the top of the drag up from Chester -le- Street, past the turning for 'No Place'
 
 
TS

I bought an Amazon card £25 and it would not load to my a/c.
 
Rummaging thru t&c, on the website, I found 'contact us?'>> Ringback (put in your own mobbie and we will ring you straight back) >> which they did, from Dublin.
 
Very nice lady wrestled 'manfully' with server [i didn't hear her swearing, but felt her pain] and scored a home run
 
Sent a wholesome positive feedback, for her, and complained that the failure was $hite!!
 
 
1st fail to load out of mebbies 10 cards....
 
 
TS

^^^ Let's hear where theyre going wrong then!

Manufacturers COULD vastly increase reliability if they chose to do so by taking some fairly simple steps........they chose NOT to do so for fairly obvious reasons......................

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/proton-savvy-/222285182476?hash=item33c13ab60c:g:dbIAAOSwYIxYBUd8
 
​@( *& ^%
 
TS

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-Carina-1-6-XL-5-door-hatchback-1991-h-reg-mot-2017-excellent-runner-/252569128682

 

350 BIN.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1994-Toyota-Carina-GLI-5dr-1-6-Auto-/162238818996

.... Mr Welder is available @ 4:30 on Wednesday.  try again.......
 
 
TS

I bought an Amazon card £25 and it would not load to my a/c.
 
Rummaging thru t&c, on the website, I found 'contact us?'>> Ringback (put in your own mobbie and we will ring you straight back) >> which they did, from Dublin.
 
Very nice lady wrestled 'manfully' with server [i didn't hear her swearing, but felt her pain] and scored a home run
 
Sent a wholesome positive feedback, for her, and complained that the failure was $hite!!
 
 
1st fail to load out of mebbies 10 cards....
 
 
TS

This forum just is what it used to be.

Today I saw a Dacia Duster with an aftermarket sport/loud exhaust...

..... Aye, looks like I (via Station) also 'plucked a diamond out of a goats arse'
 
Minor 'sparklystick' action tomorrow afternoon, paint/wax injection + OZ 15"......
 
I will then retreat to my lair
 
 
*no goats were harmed in the liberation of ToMM©
 
 
TS

Have you considered Osram Night Breaker Bulbs ? They made a worthwhile improvement to my 406 for not much more dosh than a regular bulb from a decent brand.

Why are the reads on here so much better than any contemporary motoring mag?
 
We need more.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=minchella+seaburn&client=firefox-b-ab&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1k4TJoN_PAhWeF8AKHab-DBIQ_AUICigD&biw=1366&bih=659#imgrc=_ Secrets revealed!

I'll take 1-59 or what ever it goes up to!
 
regardless of cost it's nice to see it saved from being crushed.

And...at number six is Be Alone No More by Another Level. And YOU would be alone no more in this snazzy bijou little custom compact offroad expedition adventure caravan camper. If I'd have one of these back in the day that bird out of All Saints wouldn't have bothered with that gobshite from Oasis and I wouldn't be dead.
 

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-compact-off-road-capable-expedition-adventure-camper-caravan-/172376169278?hash=item28226b9b3e:g:1wIAAOSwCGVYAnL~
 
 
Number 5 is 'When I need You' by Will Mellor and the Sill Welders. Rumour has it Will penned this ditty when on a bodywork course run by Stevie Wonder at York College for the afflicted.
 

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bedford-Rascal-restoration-spares-/232107841241?hash=item360ab496d9:g:8JEAAOSwpLNX-TzL
 
Big climber now as we reach no. 4. 'Truly Madly OLLI' by Salvage Gardens was an iconic hit for our Antipodean friends.
 

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1979-LAND-ROVER-88-4-CYL-GREEN-SPARES-REPAIRS-Project-SALVAGE-Series-3-swb-/182285646337?hash=item2a71123a01:g:3qAAAOSwmLlX3tQ8
 
 
Straight in to the top 3 at 3 is '(No) Docs-ter Jones' by Aqua. Unbeknown to most people Aqua is actually French for  Aye, Qu'en est-il de cela, Abruti?
 

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-maverick-spares-or-repair-french-registered-no-docs-/291905259730?hash=item43f6e8c8d2:g:iAMAAOSwh2xX-scL
 
 
Nearly there now shitesters, as we enter the top two, what will be number one? Well, it isn't......
 
'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion. Unfortunately for Miss Dion her heart didn't go on and she came a cropper in the nonce's wing of HMP DVLA in Swansea. But let's not talk about the inside of prisons, some of my old mates have nearly ended up there (big hello to the Hairy Cornflake, not 'arf)
 

 
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MINI-1970-V5-LOGBOOK-TAX-EXEMPT-PART-SHELL-/331990060424?hash=item4d4c264d88:g:hlYAAOSwTA9X85yC
 
 
I've been Alan Fluff Freeman and this weeks charts have been sponsored by Operation Yewtree's Beyond The Grave Department. BIG SHOUT OUT to my main crew, yo. And we leave you with the number one single of Feb 2nd the chart topping 'Brimful of Astra' by CornersCut. Tune in next week where I almost certainly can't be arsed doing this again.
 
 

 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vauxhall-astra-GLS-auto-1996-3-months-MOT-Scrap-or-Salvage-Running-Perfectly-/182306988132?hash=item2a7257e064:g:CsoAAOSwNRdX-PyW
 
 

Well we know who came out on top, there!