Project I have got the bug!... Moogs Motahs

[The Moog]

Forgive me if I missed it, but do you actually know where the Starlet ended up?

Insurance company took it. Assessed at £4k of damage and crushed it.

[Supernaut]

Insurance company took it. Assessed at £4k of damage and crushed it.

[The Moog]

Very much, but such is life.

 

Tonight rather than watching the glowing idiot box I decided to change the rocker gasket on puma.

 

There is an excellent step by step online.

 

Cover off and injector connections off.

 

Can cover off. Doesn't look too bad. The focus one was golden where as this look pretty mint.

 

 

Old gasket was crispier than a hippys sandals.

 

At this point it started to rain so no more pictures.

 

It all runs again now. Coolant is down again so there is a leak from somewhere.

 

Will work out whether I cba to track it down or just keep coolant to top it up.

 

Track ready!

[The Moog]

Who needs a Volvo estate ?

 

Today I collected a quarry

[HillmanImp]

Glad you made it back okay. Going to go out now and clean the drive (not from where you have been but where the rock have been sat).

[The Moog]

Glad you made it back okay. Going to go out now and clean the drive (not from where you have been but where the rock have been sat).

Thought it might have been parts of the vel satis exhaust

[HillmanImp]

Thought it might have been parts of the vel satis exhaust

 

 

Ha ha, yeah forgot about that. Next door have just gone out, I might go and clean the bracket scratch off the top of their driveway before they get back

[jonny69]

Who needs a Volvo estate ?

 

Today I collected a quarry

 

Good effort. Have you just stolen those out of a river?

[The Moog]

With all the glass the vel satis is a proper sweat box at the moment. Tried a £28 Groupon air con refill but looks like the system has a hole somewhere.

 

 

On the other side of things the shit god's have been at it again.

 

One working handbrake!

 

Still flashes up as faulty, but will ignore that bit.

 

I wonder if filling it with a metric fuckload of rocks improved it.

 

Elsewhere the puma is still waiting for brakes to be sorted.

 

And the focus will be replaced by another silver auto car.

[Supernaut]

And the focus will be replaced by another silver auto car.

 

[The Moog]

One wishes one could have that

[Split_Pin]

The inside of the rocker area on the Puma looks marvellous, super healthy

[The Moog]

Does look good.

 

New car arrived today

 

[Supernaut]

Courtesy of theshadow?

[The Moog]

Indeed it is.

 

Needs a good mopping and then polishing. I will have to channel my inner two bucket wrongun

 

The bumpers look like they have had someone attempt to black them and look rubbish.

 

Front wing needs reseating as the shutline on the bonnet is off

 

I am going to stick new set of tyres I bought for the starlet on it and then MOT it.

 

Took it for a quick blezz round the block and it drives well. Fuel gauge swings more than house with pamapas grass outside.

 

Very Billy basic inside with a steering wheel the size of Jupiter.

[Bucketeer]

It's a three cylinder, right?

[The Moog]

Sadly not. 33% more cylinders for your money though Sir

[The Moog]

So I have been offered an early Rover 820i for free - H32FRO

 

Giffer owned and he has had to give up driving.

 

The description is

 

Big oil leak, no water in rad due to leak and Suspected hydraulic tappet issue

 

mot expired in April 2016. 44k on clock.

 

Based in Sheffield. Can't drive it away as fluids pissing out.

 

I take it these are worth the square root of FA?

 

World of pain or savable?

 

I think the stumbling block will be getting it back from Sheffield.

[320touring]

Order rad to be delivered to car, buy oil.

 

Rag the tatas off it hame

[rantingYoof]

If the question involves 'Rover 820' in any way, shape or form then the answer is 'how' not 'should'.

 

HTH.

[chodweaver]

Two digit reg with that acronym? Get it bort!

[phil_lihp]

So, when do you get it?

[Ghosty]

Phase one. Do it.

[Bucketeer]

I doubt you'll see back any money you spend getting it usable, when it comes time to sell. I think you need to want it.

[Dave_Q]

- post on "70% non-stolen carz 4 sayle or swop Accrington and Blackburn" on FB that you need shite shifting

 

-allow unlicensed scallies with flatbeds to undercut each other until recovery fee is £20

 

- acquire 820 and win at life

 

- (optional) write into Zoe Ball's Saturday PM Radio 2 show for inclusion on her segment "winning at life" to announce your levels of winning at life to the radio 2 listening public

[The Moog]

I have asked for pictures which I should get wednesday.

 

 

Any idea if I can find out spec/ body style from reg?

 

MOT history looks ok. Could be a replacement for the vel satis.

 

 

 

In other news had a better look at the corsa.

 

[eddyramrod]

Sick car from Sheffield to Accrington is no problem when you have a KruJoe.  You know you want to...

 

Manual or auto?

[The Moog]

Sick car from Sheffield to Accrington is no problem when you have a KruJoe. You know you want to...

 

Manual or auto?

Good call Eddy. Forgotten about that.

 

Dunno all I know is what I have above.

[phil_lihp]

Buy the Rover, fix the engine, and spend six months putting the Corsa engine in the Rover for maximum LOL points.

Or that.

[chodweaver]

MOT history looks ok. Could be a replacement for the vel satis.

 

Or you could complete the circle of life by selling it to me