Toyotally Fixerating Bitz 'n Bobs.. A Diary

[tooSavvy]

 

Ahhhhh....

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

..... just browsing Flickr streams and this popped up.

 

 

H215FFL 75K and taxed & MOT to date 

 

 

Lookinn Sweet

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

These Celicas have the same Caliper carrier/1pot Caliper [same distance between bolt holes] as my Carina 2.

 

http://www.newcelica.org/forums/showthread.php?t=343568

 

 

... hmmmm 

 

Same 57MM piston bore (same foot pressure) but nearly twice the friction area....

 

Scare up some 4 Hole Discs & could be a Goerr [STOPPER actually..!!] 

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

After the run out, to Preston & about.... Today we just cruised 'the coastal route' up to Alnwick (via Ellington, Red Row, Boulmer, that Castle[from Hogwarts..] then home straight down the A1.

 

Love driving the auld crate

 

 

TS

[overrun]

Savvy-ge spot, this afternoon near 'Spanish City'.

[BorniteIdentity]

Eyeball eyeball!!

[overrun]

Eyeball eyeball!!

I was out cycling and couldn't get phone out quick enough for a head on shot of Mr and Mrs Savv, so one of her rear will have to do.

[tooSavvy]

.... I like surveying the horizon over Mrs Savvys rear too!

 

 

ToMM© is SO photogenic...

 

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

.... anklebiter has been 'chezMam' for a few days.....

 

We slipped off out 

 

@ Stannersburn.

 

@ Carter Bar.

 

... have visited here before > about 10yr Ago 

 

 

 

Lots of 'No Parking - TOW AWAY Zone' signs on the Kielder link roads... Cycle circus is coming thru (Monday - today)

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

I ordered a S/S tip for the Exhaust....

 

48mm specific [my pipe is 48mm o/d]. Arrived today - it is 48mm :/

 

Rather than moan on I swiftly zipped two axial slits, about 2" long then cut two lateral slits 1/3 of the circumference.

 

A good 'squeeze' with the water pump pliers & Bingo... Hammered into the pipe end (with a wood block to protect the tip!)

 

 

Looks OK... & tools back in just missing the deluge!!

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

Mr Station kindly 'threw' a wheelbrace spider into the boot before parting with ToMM©....

It seems that the winder/crank [for the scissor jack] went walkabout too!

No no no.... I haven't had a flat! All my 'ups & downs' are done with trusty tj+woodblock PLUS axlestand

Just >> as the scissor sits up under the drivers rear arch >> got me thinking I couldn't wizz the car up using it

 

... I only have the Scissor Jack   

Ordered a replacement on Amazon for £8 delivered... Couldn't be arrissed with the breakers!!


TS

[tooSavvy]

My Gov.uk 'auto reminder' has ponngged >> My MOT is due (17 Oct) 

 

I'm going to get the MOT place to attend to servicing items, then test it :-

 

oil + filter

refill antifreeze

check discs/drums

replace alt + PAS belts.... I have both in the boot.

 

It got an air filter last time and I have done the plugs (minty fresh as came out!). They replaced rear brake pipes when the dampers were replaced so 1/2 the fluid is new...

 

Sailed through last year so I'm confident 52weeks won't have killed anything.... 

 

 

TS

[egg]

How many miles have you done TS this year?

[tooSavvy]

How many miles have you done TS this year?

8K.... 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

My daughter [of recent PIP notoriety!], bless her, found this Knob in a drawer full of tat... left over from a Barried Escort of dubious provenance/shady MOTability & Lurid Orange hue...!!!

 

... been in her drawers for many a year.....

 

... she gifted it to me and it saw sterling service in my Suzuki [not so]Swift 3potta... When I punted it in, against the Savvy, I swapped it off again for some cotton reel or the like (for the trade-in 'anything with MOT' deal).

 

So it has come, then to this........

 

 

Is the 'R'... Ripspeed?

 

It has a smooth bore and I got it to 'twist fit' tight down the threads by 'top hatting' some very chewy plastic [from a sweet pot] into the knob + heavy twisting. It came originally with 3x grubscrews but they are long gone....

 

I like the turquazz/poipill hue 

 

* Correct = Ripspeed (Halfrauds)

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

Oooof!!

 

 

.... I NEED the set   Oh Aye.. !!

 

TS

[Matt]

... been in her drawers for many a year.....

'top hatting' some very chewy plastic [from a sweet pot] into the knob

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

[tooSavvy]

.... continuing my 'musing' re: barried Toyyos.

 

I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION 

 

£11

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Valvulas-Stainless-Keyring-apreta-TOYOTA/dp/B075MRQBT8/ref=sr_1_256?ie=UTF8&qid=1506958453&sr=8-256&keywords=TOYOTA+VALVE+CAPS

 

£3

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chrome-White-Fiesta-Mondeo-Escort/dp/B00IORB3YS/ref=sr_1_2?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1506958512&sr=1-2&keywords=ford+VALVE+CAPS

 

...... total discrimination.....

 

TS

[egg]

yeah and you can get 'locking' Ford ones for £4

[tooSavvy]

YAY... MOT... OKayyy

 

Had some 'service work' done....

 

Oil & Filter (8k over the year but lots of cold /short trips)

Bleed brakes

Refill Antifreeze

Replace PAS/WPump belts (supplied)

Service brakes - new shoes only needed.

 

The front of the Exhaust is a 'bit frilly' = Ebay around £50

No gills left in the radiator (not leaking, Yet!) = Corolla E9 [compatible] snagged brand new @£18 off Amazon, deliver 11 Oct PostFree.

 

They found a split CV boot/ Replaced

 

... they 'crowbarred' the front suspension & road tested it >> and couldn't find any KNOCK..... Hmmm

 

Invited me back in a week or so (Radiator will be here then ) and they will adjust the rear drums.....

 

 

£150 all in.... Not Robbed

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

I was suspicious of Latvian* sourced exhausts @£50

... so I took my sheet of part numbers to my local ATS guy (who admired ToMM© when fitting Chinese Deathring Landsail tyres) & he will fit a Klarius pipe for £125 all in.

 

A sensible 'overspend'/guarantee + it will fit!!

TS
* other obscure European countries of origin may apply

[egg]

Cheap up north innit?

 

I was quoted £140 for middle and rear section for Mondeo of much blueness today.

 

More impressed with the £150 for the MOT + jobs though.

[tooSavvy]

Changed the S/s Tip at the back.... It looked a bit 'meh'....

 

 

I'm happier + its a perfect fit! 

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

Ooof!! YODEL just dropped [!!] my radiator *@neighbour.

 

PDQ for £18

 

*no hedges in our street

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

..... And....

 

The postman shoved my Jack/windy handle thru my letterbox.

 

Ace!!

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

Dropped the radiator at my MOT man. Booked for next Thurs.

 

 

.... ace score @£18 delivered!

 

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

.... aye, nowt evva happinz in GeordieLand eh?

 

TS

[tooSavvy]

Pipe is now at ATS. Fitting 2pm tomozz.

 

No rust and clean steel pipe ends makes me think this is brand new/to order.

 

 

TS

[Dirk Diggler]

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

  

..... And....

The postman shoved my Jack/windy handle thru my letterbox.

Ace!!TS

You are Finbarr Saunders

[tooSavvy]

.... got the Ex fitted... No Problems.

 

 

Business end...

 

 

 

UNFORTUNATELY (fortunately..!) the fitter was their MOT guy....

 

 

.... he wasn't too enamoured of this lot! The fuel lines [front ones in this picture] are shagged but not MOT...

 

His advice is to track back under the plastic cover, along the floor >> back a foot (pipes are mintty) >> and get a section of new brake pipe joined/running back to the rear end. He did note that the pipes must be 'correctly restrained/clipped' per factory [good as..] so I better be careful with the plastic clips.

 

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1038675

... Carina fix too!

 

Will inquire at my garage, when the radiator is fitted on Thursday. 

 

TS