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  1. phil_lihp

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    Small update on the abandoned, muck-encrusted International. Here it is in its current location. I had a couple of hours spare at the end of a shift a few weeks back so had a tinker with it. Apparently it's only been out of use about 6 years but no certainty on that. I headed over with a few very basic tools and a spare battery I had knocking about in my garage and made a very small bit of progress and a lot of discoveries. The old battery was chucked out, spare one chucked in and connections wedged on - unsurprisingly, the terminal bolts are seized but did make a decent connection. Long story short - no dice. I could put jumper cables from the battery to the starter and get it to spin fine but not engage despite much belting with a hammer (as per farm rules). I assume the bendix is stuck and it'll have to come off for further poking. Ignition is completely dead. Turning the key does nothing. Amazingly, the modern-ish LED floodlights which are hanging off their wires on the back (the panel they were attached to having rusted away) both work fine off the light switch on the dash panel but nothing else does. Unsurprisingly, the wiring is a disaster. There are missing (glass) fuses in the tiny panel behind the dashboard panel and the fuse box in general looks a bit manky with much green fuzz. There are numerous broken/tied up wires, several bad repairs, damaged wires, corroded wires and general nastiness everywhere. The oil is dreadful. It's over full but doesn't smell of diesel or look water-contaminated, however it's thick and lumpy so even if it does ever run, it can't be run for long on that. It was parked up due to overheating caused by a suspected failed head gasket, was running but current engine condition unknown so between that and the open exhaust I'll not be hugely surprised if rainwater/coolant has ended up in the cylinders and seized the engine. It likely hasn't seen much proper maintenance in a very long time even when it was in use. The alternator is stuck but I don't know how badly - I couldn't get the engine cover bolts unseized to get the cover off for further investigation and to try to turn the engine over by hand. I have no idea what half the control levers do, and most of them are seized solid. I've soaked everything I could get to with Plusgas. There is a comical amount of play in the steering and apparently the brakes never worked, it must have been a bit of a handful to scrape with. This will be a very slow burner if/when I do ever get time to work on it. Next step plans are to go back with my wiring repair tools and try to sort the obvious issues, clean out the fuse box, get the engine covers off, try to turn the engine by hand (if that's even possible) and see if I can get the ignition to work. After that, the starter needs to come off for assessment.
  2. I can't recall the last time I saw a Renault Megane Scenic. None listed on eBay, seldom ever seen now despite being everywhere in the late 90s. Mind you, the revised Scenic is going the same way now, I see one every day on my way to work but other than that, they seem to have mostly vanished too. Perhaps arduous family duties followed by neglect and general fragility saw most of them off after ten years or so. My parents had one new, a 1.4 which seemed incredibly clever and modern with all its seat permutations and cubby holes, but which could barely get out of its own way when fully loaded and broke down twice in the first two years. I still have a vague desire to own one.
  3. phil_lihp

    Tractorshite

    Yes, boss's dad who still works around the farm said he sold the cab and later wished he hadn't! That exhaust has been open for most/all the time it's been stood, which I suspect is not good for it. The remains of the reg plate suggest a Y reg, so 1983-ish.
  4. phil_lihp

    Tractorshite

    The farm I work on now uses a variety of modern stuff for everything but this extremely well-used International is still on site. Bought secondhand many years ago, it used to be their yard scraping tractor and was eventually relegated to running a stirrer for the slurry pit. When it started overheating, it was put out to pasture, probably 10-15 years ago. A few weeks after I took these photos, it was dragged into a nearby field by our JCB telehandler so they could resurface the track. It'll probably stay there for the foreseeable future, no idea if it would still run but if I ever had the time I'd love to bring over a can of diesel and a battery and give it a go. I've been told that even when it was used for scraping, it had no brakes!
  5. That is outstanding, you've done it again. Fancy a week's swap with a slightly dog-eared Puma?
  6. Nice to see one still about - ironically, the layers of terrible paint have probably saved it from rotting away.
  7. What a superb find, that must be a super late one too.
  8. Also a candidate for the cars you've never heard of thread, a Toyota Veranti. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/419959186952582
  9. Great to see the Carlton now running - was it just that leaky pipe that needed sorting in the end? I reckon it would have gone last time but I stopped when I could smell stale petrol! Hopefully the smoke will clear once it's been run for a bit, unless it has other issues. It's a smart old thing, dents aside, and deserves to go again.
  10. Impressively clean Felicia that's turned up near me. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/365631179055202/ Bonus possible Ital in the background.
  11. Excellent news on the Rover, well done! Thanks again to @Six-cylinder for hosting an excellent weekend, great to catch up with old and new faces. Can't say for sure if it was better than before, but it was fairly honking inside. Slightly better after being aired out for an hour or so.
  12. @andyberg spotted another one, a fancy 2200, off the road for 22 years. WHT 860T.
  13. Good spot, I'm sad enough I Googled the Princess reg to see if it'd come up in Vulgalour's wedgister, which it doesn't appear to have. Did find this though...https://www.flickr.com/photos/67147237@N03/38765784481/ Land Rover's plate has lost one of its digits.
  14. I'd tentatively suggest that the car looks better in L trim without the vinyl and brightwork cluttering it up.
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