Conrad D. Conelrad Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 (also I'm a lazy fat fuck who'd give up a winning lottery ticket if it meant avoiding an hour of manual labour) beko1987 and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Looks like this is probably the answer. Someone on MacDroitwich came to the same conclusion and posted a photo of the nut. Looks easy enough to get to... if you can be arsed pulling the engine out, taking the box off... Which I can't. And I was so happy to have an E-Series Allegro instead of the (much more common) A-Series ones. Bugger! ITTSG? Sounds like a grim job to fix it but it's got to be worth it for the VANDEN CLASS. Lord Sterling, Junkman and Cleon-Fonte 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 I don't know whether you're talking about my car or DoncasterNow MacDroitwich.com .co.uk. Alusilber and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 You should have sold it when the discs had to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Or changed them sooner so the brake judder didn't shake some nut loose in the gearbox. Pillock, chaseracer, Junkman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Not sure whether I have ever seen a more halfly arsed engineering solution to a problem.And I came up with a lot of them in my life. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Rover 600 series plastic diff carrier beats it, though, now that I think of it. Lacquer Peel and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Rover 600 series plastic diff carrier beats it, though, now that I think of it. Don't tell Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costadelglosta Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Hi Conelrad You're welcome to borrow my engine crane if you want? I can even deliver and provide technical Support. chaseracer, Skizzer and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Another offer of an engine crane from me. I'm only about 10 miles from Stockport for info. Happy to lend a hand over a weekend if needed too. Skizzer, Junkman and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 so that's 3 of you to fix it, just need a 4th to take photos now... Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Another offer of an engine crane from me. I'm only about 10 miles from Stockport for info. Happy to lend a hand over a weekend if needed too.Hi Conelrad You're welcome to borrow my engine crane if you want? I can even deliver and provide technical Support.Thanks guys, I'll get in touch if I decide to fix it. We could have a North West version of the Midlands tinkering weekend (whatever they called it). Who's bringing the recumbent bicycle? 3VOM, Junkman, chaseracer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costadelglosta Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thanks guys, I'll get in touch if I decide to fix it. We could have a North West version of the Midlands tinkering weekend (whatever they called it). Who's bringing the recumbent bicycle?Just don't leave it too long. Winter is coming and my middle aged boned don't like the cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 We should have have a North West tinkering weekend anyway, even if you don't keep the Allegro. Surely there is some chod in the area that needs fettling! Squire_Dawson and Conrad D. Conelrad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yo! Just caught up wid 'dis. Spotted the Vanden NAH! on eBay and recognised the reg. No wai man, you MUST fix it. It's rare and shite enough, yet still classy and pretty much an accepted classic. Man, even I'll lend a hand to get this fixed up if it means you keeping it (plus, I might actually get to drive an Allegro, a small dream of mine) Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Do you need to remove the engine? You can do the clutch with it in situ. I've had the engine in and out of my 1500c allegro about 4.2Bn times (not joking) it's actually easy to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 It's gone. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Picnic season's over anyway. nacho man and Conrad D. Conelrad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Shame about what happened, as it was really rather lovely, especially the interior. Still, other mothers have beautiful daughters too, as they say in Germany. Collection thread expected shortly? Junkman and Nyphur 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Torana Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 It's gone. Good grief, you scrapped it? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 It's gone. Sir! I have a question Sir! Oh Please Sir! Do tell us Sir! What is replacing it? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Good grief, you scrapped it? Think of it if you get a tin of Roses at Christmas. Shame about what happened, as it was really rather lovely, especially the interior. Still, other mothers have beautiful daughters too, as they say in Germany. Collection thread expected shortly? Speaking of Germany, I wonder what happened to that lovely green Merc 190 I shunned for the VdP? Sir! I have a question Sir! Oh Please Sir! Do tell us Sir! What is replacing it? 12 months insurance on a yellow Rover, and a tin of Roses. Junkman and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 According to telly experts* it was Britain's worst car anyway. Junkman, oldcars and Squire_Dawson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 If ever a car was crying out for a K-series... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 According to telly experts* it was Britain's worst car anyway. Want one even more now after watching it last night. That or a Marina, or an Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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