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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    I delivered a rolling shell early in 2006, some work was to take place but in the meantime the Autobox was on its last legs, I had bought a very good Stag Manual overdrive and the plan was to stir the gears rather than walf
     

     
    Both doors were fucked, this one was a tenner on ebay auction that finished Christmas Day 2005. Mrs Thestag wasn't as impressed as i was

     
    New wheelarch lips welded in, the oldies had been crudely folded back to accommodate the wide wolfraces

     

     

     
    The gearbox was then done before the car was delivered back for the big push
     
    Helping hand 

     

     

     
    Manual box in, note the Eiffel Tower
     

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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    by 2000 I was keen to sort out a tapping noise from the lft hand head. it is now known in stag circles as due to worn tappet bucket but back then was unknown.
     
    Symptoms were that it louding tapped until warm then went away
     
    head has to come off, then came off again and finally because a spark plug thread pulled out of the shit quality alloy that BL used to make the heads
     

     

     

     
    fucking thing
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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    I got Married in 97, 1st son born in 1998 and twin in 2000 pretty much took up my late 1990s
     
    I did manage to rebuild the suspension and scrape shit off the inner arches
     
    The car on the whole behaved itself but then I barely did any miles it in
     
    Hardtopped up outside my old flat in Amersham

     

     

     

     
    Got married by this point and thown Mrs Thestags Golf GTI out of its garage which is now panelled in. And yes the back wheels are out of alignment

     

     

     

     

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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    April 1996 the engine bits were taken to a Stag Specialist in Faversham, at 100k miles the crank was ground once, the pistons were standard, the heads unskimmed. so not a total disaster yet.
     
    The plan agreed was for me to swap my block with a spare that had been bored out to the max, have that sleeved back to standard and then for all the bits to be supplied for me to build up myself.
     
    to you sir £1700 inc Vat
     
    Future Mrs the stag stumped up rather than watch me demolish the credit card (love is blind etc)
     
    I collected all the bits together and built the engine back up.
     

     

    Helping hands again - because the heads were not ready I chose to drop the block and autobox in and then fit it all up

     

    Stag engines are a proper ballsache to fit, they need to drop into the engine bay at this angle before the gearbox tail it drawn backwards on a trolley jack and it all settles under the bulkhead. Getting the gearbox over the front panel is the painful bit, having the back end jacked up real high helps. I am good at this now

     

     

     
    Me before I turned into a miserable grump old bastard

     

     

     
    It didnt start though, ungrateful bastard! eventually turned out that a helping hand had rotated the ht leads one place out on the cap. oh how I laughed
     
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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    The car turned into a rolling resto for the next couple of years as various bits broke, wore out or just never were right in the first place.
     
    the first biggy was March 1996, the oil pressure had always been dodgy but now the big end had started knocking.
     
    My idea was to remove the crank and replace with new bearings
     
    In execution I was baulked somewhat by 3 of the 5 main bearing caps being broken. bollocks
     

     

     

     
    Helping hands from mates, before disaster

     

     
    Those broken bits of metal on the left of the board are supposed to hold the crank inside the engine. that they did is a miracle

     
    One head off, one stuck, more helping hands

     
    Check out my mk1 Mondy, managed to nab the future Mrs thestags yard to work in. love is blind etc etc

     
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    saucedoctor reacted to richardthestag in Staggering Shenanigans - Fixing a mates Stag page 6   
    Hope there is some interest on here for my old Slaaaag
     
    Bought it 2 April 1994 and have maintained a love / hate relationship since. Two engine rebuilds 2 and a half body restorations and much shenanigans in between.
     
    Story starts 1 April 1994 towards the end of an evening of light refreshments, consisting mainly of 20 Marboro Red and about 12 or so pints of Flowers Bitter, down at the Hogsmill Tavern in Ewell where I used to live. One of the lads was whinging about getting married and buying houses and raising money. He mentioned he had a Stag part restored which he didn’t really want to sell and I kind of said “yep i’ll have itâ€.
     
    To be honest I don’t actually recall saying that I would have it but he called me next morning in the midst of a thumping hangover to arrange a visit. I walked round to his house and he had it outside his garage. I checked it over and the body was sound but the mechanicals and interior had been loose fitted together.
     
    Here are some of his piccies of it as he bought it and then some of his body restoration stuff
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
     
    For some reason it ended up being test driven back to Ma and Pa thestags house, Ma was out but Pa looked over the car and nodded. He agreed it could be stored in his garage on two conditions;
     
    He be "allowed" to stump up half of the £4k asking price (complex financial support story for my Siblings) All mechanical oily work be done by a mechanic – the drive and garage were at this point littered with bits of Moggie Minors, 105E Anglias and P6 Rovers.  
    How could I refuse, hands shook and Lloyd walked home happy while I wandered what the fuck had just happened.
    Here it is on that very day
     
    Note not only the complete lack of cars parked on the road but also the quality of mid 90s chod

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from Cavcraft in Saab 900 (lost my mojo and now sold).   
    This SAAB is a thing of beauty.
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from Joey spud in Saab 900 (lost my mojo and now sold).   
    This SAAB is a thing of beauty.
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    saucedoctor reacted to Joey spud in Saab 900 (lost my mojo and now sold).   
    It's a base spec Finnish built 900 without luxuries like electric windows,sunroof and heated seats etc.
    It drives absolutely brilliantly,i had forgotten just how nice these were back in the 90's when i last drove one.

    The paint is really weathered and i was a bit shocked when it turned up at my house to see just how bad it looked,that's internet images for you..

    Her indoors was not impressed by its distressed look so i hit the bonnet with some G3 and G6 and it has started to shine again.

    Alas no amount of compounding is going to sort out the scabby front arches.
    You cant get new arch trims any more but the aftermarket ones now available are much wider and should cover a lot of the damage so repairs wont need to be too perfect hopefully.

    The interior is a lovely place to be and its had a new head lining in the recent past so no safety pins holding this one up.

    Got to love the quirky door sill design that makes getting in and out a doddle,shame it also trapped water causing the bottom of the inner doors to rust out.

    Although my head lining isn't sagging my door trims are,i reckon these will be easy to recover with some real faux leather vinyl in a similar shade bought from a popular auction site.

    The eight valve / 118hp engine with simple Bosch mechanical injection sounds very healthy too

    So you buy an old car whats the first thing you fiddle with ? the dash of course.
    The radio would go off if you adjusted the dash dimmer switch and after a bit of head scratching i found its 12v feed had been taken off the dash illumination circuit so it you dimmed the lights you also dropped the voltage to the radio.

    So summing up i am chuffed to fuck with this little car,her indoors really hates it which is actually a bonus.

    All my images died when photobucket fucked everyone over,so this thread's a bit clunky now with images at the end of the text.


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    saucedoctor reacted to dollywobbler in Dollywobbler's Dodgy Daimler - Dead   
    About time we had a full Caper Report. If you're sitting comfortably, then I shall begin.
     
    Yesterday seems so long ago, yet it was around lunchtime that I jumped into the Nippa for the drive to Caersws train station.

     
    Mrs DW would be driving the Nippa back again. Our departure was rather later than planned, and much hooning would be needed. So, the Nippa began misfiring, as apparently it does when cold. I was worried it wasn't going to clear, and almost abandoned the journey in favour of the 2CV. I'm glad we didn't.
     
    There was more overtaking than is sensible in a car with an 847cc engine, and some concern was expressed from the passenger seat. I ran to the station, grabbed my tickets and had about a minute before this photo was taken.

     
    At Shrewsbury, I was turfed off the above train onto barely a train at all. This is a Class 153. It has a noisy Cummins engine. I liked it.

     
    Also at Shrewsbury. I have no idea why this Mini Flame Red is here.

     
    This is the back end of the Class 153 at Crewe. It is different to the front end. I actually Googled facts while on the train.

     
    They were two-carriage trains, but then they split them up and grafted a 'front' on at the back if you see what I mean.
     
    At this point, I decided it was time for one of my five a day. Raspberry innit?

     
    Train 3 howled into view. I'd be on this one for over three hours.

     
    Stupid sign.

     
    Posh afternoon tea alongside my comprehensive tool kit.

     
    PLUG PLUG. We got to Glasgow, and I found all three of my magazines for sale in the shop. I knew from then on that I would like Glasgow.

     
    I got a tour of the sights from 320Touring, in the latest luxury vehicle north of the border. It had an exotic name. I think it was Decoder Labia.

     
    For reasons of COMPLICATE, I would not be seeing the car until the next day, as neither me nor 320Touring would be sleeping anywhere near his house. However, Mrs 320Touring would be, so I got a SNEAK PREVIEW.

     
    To be continued...
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from richardthestag in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from purplebargeken in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from Semi-C in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    saucedoctor reacted to MarvinsMom in eBay tat volume 3.   
    http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C859526
     
    hello, poppet....
     

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    saucedoctor reacted to daveb47 in Suzuki vstrom 1000.For Sale new mot   
    Suzuki vstrom 1000.
    Many extras
    including
    High quality YSS aftermarket rear shock absorber £300 + new
    delkevic exhausts
    Kappa paniers & topbox
    Givi mono key lockable mounting system
    heated grips
    new givi crashbars
    Calipers rebuilt
    New taper headstock bearing.
    Now with new mot
    76000 miles but runs/rides brilliantly
    Upminster
    essex
    £2100 ovno



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    saucedoctor reacted to Lankytim in Mondeo Fun   
    Are pez engined models and less of a liability? I'm starting to think that old modern diesels with all the associated accessories that can go wrong can be a bit of a risk
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from M'coli in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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    saucedoctor got a reaction from John F in What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread   
    My girlfriend has just arrived home from her shift change at 22:00. Her senior officer has just said "By the way, before you go, I have news for you. Congratulations Sergeant, you are now an Inspector. See me tomorrow evening, here's the paperwork. Well done, Ruth."
     
    I have a lump in my throat, she's in the shower and I'm trying not to burn her dinner.

     
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