paulplom Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Just rolled home after a week away, doing Lakes and other spots, from a base in Carlisle. Breather at the Kirkstone pass (...no, not very sunny!) 505miles..... boring, boring, boring [fillup] >> repeat I think some seriousToMM© Tyre Replacement Investigations will occupy most of this upcoming week TSI bought a new fiat ducato in 2005. I used it to pull my caravan to the lake district. My new van had less than 1000 miles on it when my tomtom decided the quickest way to Windermere was up the Kirkstone pass. My new van must have aged 5 years that day. Very nerve racking going down the other side. I could smell the clutch going up and burning brakes going down. Anyway I digress.... beko1987 and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Yo! ....... Err, abso-bloody-lootly nothing to report.... OK, I'm not going to lie..... Yupp... pissed as a cracker... However - Ah Hah I Have a Toyota...aaaaah G'night TS Ghosty and Dave_Q 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Oooof >> heed TS Dave_Q and Ghosty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tooSavvy Posted May 25, 2017 Author Share Posted May 25, 2017 Just popped for these...... 3x Litres Comma SXGL41L 1L SX75W-90 GL-4 Semi-Synthetic Gear Oil Amazon @ £7.44ea delivered I need 2.5L for my 5speed. Wise men say.... make sure the filler plug comes out before draining = or you might not be able to refill!! TS Jim Bell and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Ooof!! 3x bottles, in packaging, had the postie banging my front door an hour ago And now.... Thunderstorms TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 Last week.... Looking relaxed after a hard day 'pootling about', around Carlisle & lakes TS Sigmund Fraud, Jim Bell and ProgRocker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 21, 2017 Author Share Posted June 21, 2017 I had occasion to visit the 'is it taxed?' Gov site yesterday. Slotting ToMM© into the search it tells me I'm untaxed from 1 July. This is an 'expensive error' on my part when I bought it last year... I looked into taxing it from Aug1st (never used online before) and hit 'go' button on the last day of July = taxed from 1st July Helpfully, though, the site kindly reassured me I have a D/D autorenew in place One less thing to forget, then TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 22, 2017 Author Share Posted June 22, 2017 Hmmm.... Stick pads on ally plates?? I liked the 'clean & neat' way I fixed the new plates on the car..... However the rear one was hanging on by a prayer yesterday (SWMBO was walking round the back, after parking up, and spotted it!) I have popped a couple of plated PC frame screws in... not too likely to rust out They are through the part which has the pad stuck to it... so no water ingress issues FTW. Not happy..... ah well !! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 Will be cruising (in the rain) to celebrate my 60th today..... will definitely be going to SpecSavers* *booked thismorning (5th) FREE TS BorniteIdentity, Sir Snipes, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 4, 2017 Author Share Posted July 4, 2017 ..... continuing the 'spend, spend, spend..!!' gaiety of a milestone birthday..... I popped into Lidl and splashed out on TWO.. count that.. aerosols of BAUFIX paint. Anthracite & Silver. looking at the lid, Anthracite may be a good match for ToMM© arch/sill end repair (currently sploshed with Hammerite BLACK Garage Door paint) the silver may bonnify the air cleaner cannister £5 the two (not £2.99ea on bin tag) TS Lacquer Peel and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 Popped for 4x tins of this:- £23 all in, and Amazon delivered overnight!! So now I can do the sill end on the ouside & follow up on the INSIDE ..... if it stops being wet/thundery/threatening to be either ..... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Will be cruising (in the rain) to celebrate my 60th today. .... will definitely be going to SpecSavers TSBelated happy birthday, mine's soon, but the zero has only* a four in front of it. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 PhotoFukkitt 're-host' complete .... and there were still duff links! Done now.... TS J4mes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 So it actually gets done... SOON... I'm having my local garage dump my gearbox oil/refill with my own GL4. Yes..yes.. I'm more than able to do it but just can't face wrestling with the [admittedly, shallow formed] plug hex + stinkie trans oil dribbling up my forearm A 4post is the Way Ahead here..... He has a selection of annealed washers so that's sorted too Thursday 08:30, first car in...... TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Car is parked up... Keys dropped off... Now We Wait* *at home, with a coffee as garage is 4mins away TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 ..... 25 mins tops!! @£20 !! (my own oil) Beats the hell out of gravel rash... AND some fairly intense windy gun action on something or other... mebbies the undertray... that would have meant even more hassles Winnah TS Jim Bell, Dirk Diggler, Sigmund Fraud and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 That's a fine looking Carina II you have there TooSavvy! Those things seem to be rock solid. The wheels suit it. Belated happy birthday! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 ..... Knew it wouldn't last Garage monkey OPENED the bonnet OK [kos I don't slam it from 4ft] He DID!!! Won't ffinn open... grrrrrr Waterpump pliers/cable interface again. Will replace the nylon pull lever with an ally copy to 'future proof' this aspect of ownership *L8noose >> having NOT managed to open bonnet.. run round to front, press hard down on leading edge, hear "boinggg", run back and jump in.. Yank - "pongg" = now open! Will be Fixtt TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 Someone [somewhere..] advised that the steel oil cooler link pipes rot like a barsteward - being directly behind the grille. Mine are mmm, 'aged well' - that will suffice - and a smear of never again will slosh on very soon A piccie when I'm doing it, everyone? lol TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 OoooF! https://www.gumtree.com/p/toyota/1991-toyota-carina-ii-gl-1.6-low-mileage-white-original-excellent-condition-rare-classic/1256064887 ..... not quite 'fordscene' YET TS egg and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Thats richer than chocolate covered hobnobs. Nice though. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Yes, but looks like I've missed the boat! But a rising tide raises all ships. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 I love the passing ref to a 'marker' meaning nothing, and the wing is unmarked anyway.... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 26, 2017 Author Share Posted July 26, 2017 OOOF! Babemagnet*Level1 achieved...... *OK...pimply yoof OK Feeding anklebiter, last evening, with a run through our local DriveThru MakkiD and 'headset wearing' yoof gets all agitated/drooling over my car... 'Ahh.. GR8, love the oldies <lyke> has it got power steering? Yeah [leans head out of booth] ooh, yeah, <lyke> you have the alloys..Cool!' TS Dirk Diggler and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Bob, the guy with the broken [now fixed] rear 1/4 window, was so taken with the look of ToMM© on my OZ Polaris.... .... he has ordered a set of 13" lookalikes for his Couple of bookends, at this rate lol TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 .... as I said TS Jim Bell, egg and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 ... so then, nearly 52 weeks of 'ToMM© Waftage' Seems an age ago >>> the forum was in near constant wobbledom >> I was desperate to keep contact with Station, as I only knew him here and I was attempting to arrange moto purchase through the medium of 'digital scotch mist!' Aneehoo.... A fairly relaxed jolly, with SiL, down to The Wirral got me fixed up.... The rest is, as they say, History TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 3SGTE or GTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 3SGTE or GTF. OMGMPGGAHH!! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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