tooSavvy Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 First 'leg stretch' @85 for the new year.... Carvery lunch @Inn at Brough. Yes.... Have mentioned this place before Yes.... It is DEFFO worth a visit mmmmm Jim Bell and ProgRocker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 Err, nothing to see here... Being 'a car' >> but so competently Jim Bell and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Ahhhh.... FCUK .... been a bit blowy, of L8 yep, chunk of chimney cement flashing (cheese wedge shape) sitting on roof yesterday. upsides? Didn't land on rear glass/moonroof.... nah.... Fuckking Pissed TBH grrrrrrr Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Can barely tell man. It's just more character. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Suffered some ‘Offside Bin Laden’ damage to one of our cars. TBH I think it was from the brick to keep the lid shut on a fully loaded recycling bin that the wind whisked along the path until the wheels dug in and it tipped, launching the brick at the side of the car......... Just another brick had to fall... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Kick it out from inside, it'll be alright! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Cheers, all...... "Lucky it isn't a new one" as the old lady has it. Some barsteward will have put his P&J in the garage last night (nae fuckkin bricks on mah cah!) to come out today to no garage/roof ..... matter of degree .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Coming up to 30yo, now basking in the raucous rust bath which is 'the NE' ? , I can see some scabbiness on the rear suspension arms (well sprayed with corrosion resisting gloop notwithstanding)... I'm just saying... 48710-20060 & 48720-20050 .... Different sides. Anyone have a crocked 87 - 91 Carina/Camry/Lexus = all same part I think a clean/sound pair 'on the shelf' might be good strategy >> on the car, even better! answers on a post card to usual address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Spares in your shed is a good thing. They probably don't make those anymore. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Well.... At this 'tiresome juncture', it is difficult to organise anything particularly involved around tinkering with ToMM© My back lane is still fenced off [the Great Metro Fire scene] and that means no convenient spot by the back door for servicing/tinkering ? I made myself feel less 'redundant' therefore, by doing my oil-level check @Tesco [observing automotive self distancing = leaving atleast two spaces between your car and others...] Yupp.... At the mark *not really a worry tbh Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 In response to the 'throwing off of the chains' regards social journeying.... ...... a soujorn to the coast was felt not to be 'overdoing it' *seals weren't overdoing it either, in the warm sunshine! **stopped off @Morrisons and squeezed in £15 worth u/l 99.9P Jim Bell, egg and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 ^ ^ ^ ^ ....... and after some totally boring 'round the houses' shopping trips >> no family 'garden chair' encounters here! >> yesterday I squeezed in £20 @99.7p. I had pointed out hawking a full tank was, like, a bit 'overkill' but SWMBO insisted it was 'a bargain'..... F F S ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Did you go to the top of the lighthouse or was it closed? tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/8/2020 at 7:37 AM, paulplom said: Did you go to the top of the lighthouse or was it closed? Err.... Just on the flagged path. But fair to say >>> looking a bit bleak on the Ice Cream front ? S.H.U.T Jim Bell and paulplom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 I have a 'new friend'..... timrussia https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/209018/toyota-carina-executive-plate-1988?page=4 ..... we will see what he is getting up to in the Land of MadVlad egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privatewire Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 From timrussia air conditioning.Complication GLI Love a bit of air conditioning complication ! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 6/15/2020 at 7:13 PM, privatewire said: From timrussia air conditioning.Complication GLI Love a bit of air conditioning complication ! Yes..... Possibly more used to Carbs on Auld $#ite, just like us privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Further to my *post, enquiring about Mitzie bootlids.... Forget that #SOMETHING IS COMING# ....... muahhahhahhaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 #Ebay.... Your item is consigned eta 9th July Yo Baby..... EDIT >>> it has arrived! SoopaKwikk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 ..... and 5 mins dremmel cut-wheel action + soldering iron = 100% improvement over 'Ebay description' Boogie on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Need moar pics m8! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Alrighty........ *no, not ALL of it IMG_20200704_052324 by tooSavvy, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Not too shabby (laid on look-see) Needs LED wiring & painting egg and MorrisItalSLX 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Would like to see what it looks like from lower down, but that might work out alright! tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 43 minutes ago, loserone said: Would like to see what it looks like from lower down, but that might work out alright! It has locator pegs sticking out >>> looks like a milking stool! Dunno whether to drill 4holes (2bolt + 2peg) or just use the bolts. The footprint will be fully flat on the lid so a black silicone/jelly mat will suffice (cut to shape) as a gasket The ad said "led not working"... One wire had come adrift on the circuit board = I cut an access slot around the wire access gromit, to make room for my soldering iron, blobbed the board/wire end + flowed solder then araldited a square of placcie back over the two wires to keep the weather out.... LED_resoldered by tooSavvy, on Flickr Works fine now. 12V 4W is stencilled on the casing so no wiring issues likely loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 I believe these Jap cars are 'switched earth'... ? The brake light wiring is 'permanently live', from Battery +V, and the other wire at the rear cluster [earthing] runs back through the loom to the brake switch/is earthed on switch. This being unlike other UK cars where the loom is essentially dead wire until the brake switch makes a live connection, from Battery +V, and the power earths through the loom at the bulb end... This means I need to 'tap' both wires, on the Carina loom and NOT go Black >> direct to an earth. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Having mounted/loose posed the spoiler some factors have come to my attention.... The Primera boot has a greater 'up-bow' and the feet are showing some gap on the innermost edge = a tapered gasket will be made up to effectively make the pressure footprint flat! Also this bowing makes the centre foot too short to touch down onto the bootlid.... I'm going to make a stub to remedy this ...... Watch this space (or no gap,actually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 *update... At our local poondies (OneBelow actually) I scored a highdensity foam gardeners 'kneeling pad' + a pack of vinyl stickkie floor tiles = top/middle/bottom of foot wedge. Scored some random bit of tat to repurpose into spoiler centre mount. £3.... investment return 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I see your car quite regular at tescos. Very smart. I always park next to it. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Run Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 9 hours ago, paulplom said: I see your car quite regular at tescos. Very smart. I always park next to it. NXT time a door ding appears [mild steel vehicle skin] you know who to throttle @tooSavvy The man, not his car. ? tooSavvy and paulplom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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