dome

23 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

love it. I'd be inclined to bin those red Ford badges too, even though I used to have them on my old Capri and thought they were cool 

Am I right in saying you used to be able to sand the back of them down to get rid of the blue paint and then spray them whatever colour you wanted?

Car looks ace BTW!

On 11/04/2024 at 13:40, Jikovron said:

 

Cambelt snappage job on an iveco 2.3, lots of new valves and lapping required

On behalf of @Cavcraft I'd like to thank you for keeping another one of these on the road🫡

 

Don't worry about that, you did bloody well for a first timer. 

There's a few familiar names on that list, run some of them through this site and you'll see they have form...

 

https://www.ewrc-results.com/search/

https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/16495-tom-hynd/

 

I was aware of this rally but was on a night out on Saturday so couldn't attend. A friend of mine is an ex driver/navigator so we plan on taking part at some point this year. 

I used to do this in the late 90s and can agree how much of a buzz you get. Yes, the event is planned around an average speed of 30 mph but if you have 10 miles to do in 20 minutes that's all well and good. If you spend 15 minutes working out the clues then progress has to be made 👀

Weapons of choice back in the day were a MK2 Golf, my 205 1.9  GTi and my mates Puma. All absolutely perfect for the task of hustling down country lanes. 

I was a much better driver than navigator but I was a very average driver at best.

The Kangoo would be perfect for this but I'd probably do the first event in the Focus with some driver aids to give myself a chance 👀🫣

These are decent cars, I was surprised how good the one I had was. 

I'd not be too worried about the thermostat until you've done a decent drive in it, modrin diesels taking a while to heat up and all that

I'd get the plugas/MAPP gas out and see if you can free off things yourself before throwing cash at it. 

I've no idea of the setup on the rear of these and the chances of shearing off something expensive but the tierods are worth a try.

Smoll update. 

911s engine has been built so it was time to ship the car down to them for installation and fettling.

I paid a man to do it, it was actually cheaper than it would have cost me by the time I'd rented a trailer, paid for fuel for the Jeep and Tebay pies

I'm kind of a big deal, only personalised trailers for my shite.

The Manta is coming on too. @GingerNuttzis busy getting the body ready for the 400 kit. 

And I decided to sack off the Corsa VXR seats I'd bought for it-they were heavy and were going to be awkward to fit. It's getting more like a rally car so might as well have some proper buckets.

I ordered up weld in seat rails which were of course the wrong size. I've got that sorted now so next up is seat fitting. 

We're moving house in May. Here's what you need to know about the new house.

 

I can't wait to be able to fettle shite indoors

 

On 08/03/2024 at 16:06, Popsicle said:

Sports steering wheels in vans are ace - deffo increase power too!

100% agree. Here's my Kangoo

Genuine Momo from an Integrale apparently 😳 It now has the correct Momo horn push.

7 hours ago, Supernaut said:

83 faults!

Do I win a prize?

Laughs in L322

1 minute ago, Supernaut said:

Oh.

For.

Fuck's.

Sake.

You lucky sod, it's closer to you now!

4 hours ago, loserone said:

Meanwhile the 182 is in Lochgelly getting a new heater matrix and hopefully an MoT.  

Clio Stu pulled the carpets out as it was getting a bit mouldy in there.  Look what he found underneath the wet carpet..

 

My Kangoo is with him just now, hope your Clio doesn't give it a dose👀

Top work on the w(s)124, I do love them. 

On 10/02/2024 at 11:06, sierraman said:

The 2.3 diesel in that ‘saloon’ trim must have been horrendously grim. 

Nah, they're not that bad. I used to tow an auto test car around behind one. Slowly, but capably.

For those of you who don't get the above reference this man is truly a hero of our times.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/X2Wo22bsbrtC3Gp5/

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Yeah, I've already done the 2L bottle thing.

It actually bubbled the bottle nearly over the top a couple of times before swallowing it all.

 

Some part of me wonders if it has HGF but there's no oil in the coolant, it's not pissing steam out the exhaust etc etc...

 

Where is it all going though? I've definitely gone through more than the HBOL quoted figure of 10.5L!

Some cars can just be a cunt to bleed. The steep slope thing is a good idea. 

You live on a farm, you have an E36. You're practically Donkey262. Get the front o the hoor lifted right up tae fuck wi the loader and rev the tits clean aff it.

Other opinions are available 

I've had success before with bleeding things by just fucking driving them and extending them gently through the rev range. But only for a short drive and only as a last resort. 

I'd try 320tourings ideas first though 

2 hours ago, SiC said:

@dome / @320touring are our forum RS Clio fondlers. 

How very dare you!

Clio indeed, pfft.

Welcome @Alan G That Volvo is right up my street! 

I did think about doing something silly/sillier with the Kangoo and a turbo but I love it just the way it is. 

 

 

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

The Xsara Picasso needed a new door mirror. Well, it didn't need one but I wanted one because the cover was in primer from the previous owner (as if I was ever going to get around to painting it 🤣) and the electronic adjustment is knackered. Since it's the passenger one, it's not easy to adjust it to the desired position from the driver's seat just by pushing on the glass. You get my gist...

Thought I'd have a look around for a replacement, I couldn't find any second hand ones in the same colour, only powerfold ones which have a different connector

Thought I'd check ECP, about £60-70 + VAT in black.. Hmmm.. 

GSF? 

Well, this is the grin...

£3

Yes, THREE Great British Pounds!

Plus the dreaded VAT... Which made it a whopping £3.60 grumble grumble grumble

There was no photo on the (trade) site so I was half expecting just a mirror glass to turn up, but no, they've sent me an electric, heated complete door mirror assembly for three quid! What a bargain for a skinflint like me 😅

It's black, which I think will look better than primer and since the car is navy blue it's a pretty inoffensive colour contrast anyway, better than a red second hand one which I'd have to paint or try to swap the covers over

TLDR; clearance parts for the win 😅

Buy one for the other side so they match!

4 hours ago, Boycie said:

Best theme song ever , they were in my work one day ...in the only day id taken a holiday in 4 months ....still gutted

Don't worry, it's not like you missed out on seeing a young Glynis Barber wandering about your office.

Oh...

OK, time for an update.

Manta

First off, I started assembling the 2.5 Duratec for the Manta. The block and crank have been checked and polished by an engine builder so I started by installing that along with new bearings. 

 

Pakora sauce applied

And I'm happy to say it rotates beautifully, as you'd expect.

I'll get round to the pistons, the new rings are filed and ready so it's a case of fit them to the existing conrods and get them mounted.

Jeep.

LPG leak. Bugger. It was definitely leaking from near the tank/solenoid valve.

It has copper pipe from the tank to the engine bay.

This didn't look too clever

And nor did this.

Don't worry about the rust, it's surface rust on the spare wheel well, the tank is inside that. 

I decided to replace the copper pipe with the correct hose for LPG. If that didn't fix it I'd take to A Professional as fuck messing with the scary bits of LPG. I knew that the shutoff solenoid worked and that the leak was downstream of that. I also knew that the tank was pretty much empty as I'd ran it out on the way back up the road. 

Anyway, it took me a month because

1. I ordered 3m of hose and needed at least 4

2. When I finally got enough hose I discovered that I had the wrong size of fitting for the tank end. Thankfully I managed to get the correct fitting from my local guy who also gave me some confidence in what I was doing and identified where he thought my leak was from the old pipe/fitting

3. The weather here is pish just now.

Anyway, I finally got a chance this week and cracked on.

Snake!

More snake!

Got enough hose this time

And the compression fitting fitted and ready to go. 

The hose is routed along the inner chassis rail and runs alongside the brake/fuel lines. I'm pretty happy it's secure but will double check it after a few miles. 

With this fitted and ready to go it was time to test it. I hoped there would be enough LPG in it to get it switch over and idle so I could check for leaks. 

Handily we had 30mph winds on the day I was doing this so I drove it on petrol to somewhere remote within walking distance of home and switched it over to LPG.

And-it worked! Either that or I've lost my sense of smell...

I celebrated by driving it to the local LPG station and filling it up. It's running fine on LPG with no leaks. Win! I even treated it to a wash but it's getting dark so you're out of luck for a pic.

It felt strange getting back into it after a month of driving more modern stuff but you soon get back into the way of an old school 4x4, it burbles along very happily and is a nice way to cover distance. Which could come in handy as...

 

911 

After a week or so I got a phone call from Hartech with the results of the strip down. It had spun a main bearing wrecking the crank. They also reported bore wear on the engine and gave me a price for a rebuild. It turns out that the £10k rebuild from the "specialist" pictured a few pages back was essentially a work of fiction. 

I've thought long and hard about it and have [Pistonheads]pulled the trigger[/Pistonheads] on a full rebuild with an upgrade to their 3.7 conversion. 

I'm also shipping the car down to them for them to get it running and mapped with the new engine, possibly trailering it down with the Jeep.

Because fuck installing it myself with the money I'm spending on it😶

So, the Porsche has gone from scratching an itch and hopefully getting out with my wallet relatively intact to being a long term keeper. At least until 996 values approach what I'll have in it. I'm thinking of it as a long term investment plan. Which will go like fuck and get used as much as possible. Euro trips coming up!

 

Still at £1400 the grand the seller must have left in the glovebox will come in handy 

Fuck that looks awful

Well bought!

16 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

Wigtownshire (I miss-typed that as WigtownShite)??
My dad had OOS393N and the target of my affections back then - her dad had OOS200N
Leyland dealer was McHarries down near the harbour - became Willie Lows then Tescos.  I think Citroen would have been Newton Stewart or maybe up in Girvan/Ayr.

A 1975 Allegro for £1881 works out to just under £14,000 today (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator) - boggling

Yep, I remember the Maestros coming from West End Garage in Stranraer and the ZX ( which I had a minor altercation with whilst exploring the boundaries of adhesion, but that's not important right now) came from Mossgiel in Ayr. I tried and nearly got them to go for a BX St Tropez but they went for the ZX instead. I'm too young(!) to remember the Allegro's sadly

@Dyslexic Viking looks like things are getting exciting weather wise up your way. Hope you're ready for this🫣

Clearing out some stuff and found my parents car history.

 

On 26/01/2024 at 21:48, loserone said:

 

*Or an indication you should go french.  I haven't looked back!

That's because you don't want to see what's fell off