tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Dropped ToMM© off for my rad to be fitted.... & they will 'squeeze me in' for the rear brake pipe replacement/bleed. Fuelly pipes (not pressurised, as Carb = draw/return) will be replaced as reqd. TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 *just a quick OMGMoneyPit observation.... I could (nearly did!) have forked a LargeWodge for something new.... I will stick with ToMM© >> thick + thin TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 *stop press* Not enough squeeze in one day, sadly... Monday now... But I don't pay till then Off to inspect/test drive NEW radiator. TS egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Strange Fact!..... .. this is an 'automatic' spec rad, for the E9x Corolla - and came with two brass connectors for the Trans Cooling pipes [discarded]. It is described as 'compatible' with the T171 Carina II BUT is about 2" narrower ... The front box/hole in the car is completely filled with this width of rad.... therefore some of the 'factory' rad must have been shrouded in any case.... I'm well chuffed for £18 Eh? TS egg and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 OVIMOR tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 OVIMOR... also known as.... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overrun Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 ... also known as.... TS But what's it mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 But what's it mean? Oncoming Vehicles In Middle Of Road ... there are road signs .... TS Jim Bell and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 East Africa Safari Rally spec! "Toyota never lost a single Rad Cap during their epic contesting of this gruelling event" .... the Chinese rad manufacturer must have seen a press photo? TS Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Ovimor! I was SURE it was something to do with The Hobbit or D&D. Such dissapoint. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just away up the garage....Rad fit supplied + antifreezeReplace both stretches of brake pipe 'up n over' + bleedDitto grotty section of Fuelly.. £60..Not many would beat* that TS *wan# or Egg! BorniteIdentity, egg and Jim Bell 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 A few piccie of the garages handiwork.... from the kerbside/phone vid as I haven't a body lift TS Jim Bell, egg and Dirk Diggler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 I noticed (as I was under the car at the exhaust place) that a good streak of engine oil is smeared over the subframe... It is coming down the front, from the Cambox Cover seal [TADTS]. I popped £13 for this lot.... ... I have a bit of Blue Hylomar non setting in my toolbox but thought A BIG TUBE wouldn't go amiss Not the most demanding of 'spannering tasks' so I will D-I-Y TS Sigmund Fraud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 Insurance renewal Direct Line just arrived today... Scandalous! Up from 199 last year to 203!! Fully Comp, ally wheels stated 'new/match&replace' ..... I'm not shopping around AND deffo not going 'classic cover' >> ffinn drongos. TS Jim Bell and Dirk Diggler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 A really smashing chap, on RR 'south of the border', is sorting me a mintolla Carina II grille. Anyone make a guess at how much 'crossing the briney' from Eire is going to cost me? Postal packet or courier rates best?? Not very heavy.... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Well.. Home again. 275 miles of 'usual service, sir' .... however... My rear n/s tyre was down to 17lbs [looking squidgy] so I buzzed it up with my leccy pump and dropped by my local ATS for a 'nail check'... 2 nails, 2" apart - like skinny panel pins. *not of relevance to those living in block paved heaven* Having BtL properties all along our terraced street, we have odd-jobbie types doing 'eviction repairs'/working out of the back of the transit... Hence a litany of chipboard screws &or brads/others are to be found in the gutter or pretty much anywhere else :( Whilst the ATS guy was driving the car into the shed - window down - he informs me he thinks the NEW exhaust is leaking/chuffing.Whizzes it up and announces it is split where the 2into1 pipes are joined just under the manifold flange. Faulty weld. He will whang on another... Tuesday Warranty work = gold plated YaY He will settle the two plug/repairs then... but he may swing it as inconvenience for the faulty ex TS Jim Bell, BorniteIdentity and Sigmund Fraud 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thats canny service! Which ATS do you go to man? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thats canny service! Which ATS do you go to man?Weyy.. Its 'Wallsend High St, Man!'... Top of Rose Hill bank TS J4mes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 YaY.... Exhaust swapped & better fit [+ no leaking] AND scrubbed the two tyre plug/repairs 'for me bothha' Gudd GuddTS BorniteIdentity, J4mes, jumpingjehovahs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Just finalised the supply of my 'new' grille...We Will SEE TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Parcel2Go have pingged me a 'track it' reference.... Yes.... So I'm wasting my life, hitting the "how far?" button No.... It hasn't been picked up, in Ireland YET! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 ** 15.13 = Picked Up..... TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 My PAS belt whelped like a beaten whippet t'other day... It was a cold night, I had just fired up and the PAS kicked back through the steering wheel like someone was heaving on the front wheels... However... My MOT guys swapped both the WP & PAS last month, I supplied the belts from the factors, so >> they are doing me a 'No Charge' NipUp.. tomorrow @9AM TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 YODEL dropped (off) my Grille TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 .... this, you can see, is why I'm splashing out on a 'good spare'!! We will see what it comes up like...eh? TS jumpingjehovahs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 One tin of cheappo 'Baufix' enamel later .... It is cold outside but it dries damn quick + no runs!! TS egg and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 In my motoring life, I have owned a total of 1 jap motor **.....a Toyota starlet...I think they are a soulless car, BUT, in their defence they do seem to do a duracell bunny and keep on going.... ** and 2 Protons - which were based on jap..... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J4mes Posted November 12, 2017 Share Posted November 12, 2017 Sounds like you got good service from the Wallsend ATS!Will keep my eyes peeled when I'm around your parts.Fancy a "oh so 90's" Toyota photoshoot when I finally sort my GTi? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 5 minutes of my life I will never have again :/ Oh! = Hmm... all the finesse of a wannabee 'ratlukkerr' TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 *paint adhesion test* CHECK ... whizzed thru the automatic Morrisons washer & still have a painted/monochromatic grille Go Lidl, Go!! TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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