Bazfr69 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Also, sunshine at home, pissing down at work ffs. rainagain, djim, bunglebus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HMC Posted September 30, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2023 I waved goodbye to the daimler today, met an old forum friend ( @Sigmund Fraud ) and recieved an old friend in a swap (VDP 1300) Dr Fraud took the bold step of driving away in the Daimler, i thought id cracked its reliability issues but it likes to play up when your are least expecting it- so its far from certain he will make it back under its own power- he is definitely braver than i am! It was great to meet up with Sigmund again, and good to have the VDP 1300 back. The Daim also now has a far more skilled and knowledgeable owner to care for it. After the ministrations of the Dr, The VDP1300 now sits at the correct height, has working locks, has nicer carpets, a gearbox service and a bit of a tune up, amongst other things. RoadworkUK, Joey spud, JMotor and 57 others 56 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, HMC said: I waved goodbye to the daimler today, met an old forum friend ( @Sigmund Fraud ) and recieved an old friend in a swap (VDP 1300) Dr Fraud took the bold step of driving away in the Daimler, i thought id cracked its reliability issues but it likes to play up when your are least expecting it- so its far from certain he will make it back under its own power- he is definitely braver than i am! It was great to meet up with Sigmund again, and good to have the VDP 1300 back. After the ministrations of the Dr, it now sits and the correct height, has nicer carpets, a gearbox service and a bit of a tune up. Ohh I do like that. Looks just right, proper survivor 👌 lesapandre, N Dentressangle, JMotor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Umm can I have first refusal, when the time comes? Matty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Dibs! lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sigmund Fraud Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 2 hours ago, HMC said: Dr Fraud took the bold step of driving away in the Daimler, i thought id cracked its reliability issues but it likes to play up when your are least expecting it- so its far from certain he will make it back under its own power- he is definitely braver than i am! Breaking News : Idiot manages 120 mile Daimler collection return trip with only two breakdowns. Full report to follow ! philibusmo, Rust Collector, dave j and 44 others 45 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertz Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Show me your picnic tables @HMC! hairnet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sigmund Fraud Posted September 30, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2023 Here's the full story, I hope @HMC does not mind a brief thread highjack... As mentioned earlier on in the thread, I've wanted a post-war Lanchester Fourteen for ages. But they'd always been outside my budget, and I've also been a bit unsure that I would like the 1950s driving experience they offer. The Conquest is, of course, a facelifted Fourteen and the Century model comes with an engine which allows it to (just about) keep up with modern traffic. So when HMC's Daimler came up for sale at an affordable price, it was impossible for me to resist. Messages were exchanged and a swap with his/my ADO16 was agreed. HMC forewarned me that the Daimler had been temperamental, and suggested it would be wise to transport rather than drive her back to Chez Fraud. Being a complete idiot, I ignored his warnings, and this morning set off for Tavistock in the ADO16 with a plan to drive the Daimler back to base. After a most pleasant chat, meeting Duggy_HMC, and an exchange of keys and V5s, I set off. Three miles later, breakdown number 1 occurred : The Daimler began misfiring heavily under load, the engine stopped, and couldn't be restarted. A prolonged and incredibly frustrating call to my breakdown assistance provider followed, when I was basically told that they would be doing me a favour to send someone out, and it would take at least 2-3 hours for them to come and "assess" the car. Having nothing better to do, and with a full toolkit and some consumables in the boot, I made my own assessment and replaced the condenser with a spare. I turned the key and the Daimler fired into life instantly. I did a little dance, cancelled the breakdown call out, and set off again. The car ran nicely and I made good progress until I somehow managed to make a wrong turn and ended up in stop-start traffic in the centre of Exeter. The Daimler performed admirably for a good half hour, then the misfire returned and I just about managed to limp it onto the pavement before it died and wouldn't restart. Splendid, breakdown number 2. This time I rang my classic insurer, who offer their own breakdown assistance. It was a totally different experience to my "mainstream" provider, I got a most helpful call handler and 45 minutes later an AA patrol van (sub-contracted, naturally) turned up. Typically, in the AA man's presence, the Daimler started first turn of the key and settled to a nice, steady idle. Bloody thing ! I was now suspecting a failing coil, but AA man told me he was not carrying a spare (outrageous !), and by this time all local motor factors had shut. So I set off again, resigned to the fact that breakdown number 3 could well occur. Only it didn't, and the old beast got me back to base without any further issue : Hooray ! Now time to start fixing things... djim, CaptainBoom, Steviemillar and 79 others 81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said: Here's the full story, I hope @HMC does not mind a brief thread highjack... As mentioned earlier on in the thread, I've wanted a post-war Lanchester Fourteen for ages. But they'd always been outside my budget, and I've also been a bit unsure that I would like the 1950s driving experience they offer. The Conquest is, of course, a facelifted Fourteen and the Century model comes with an engine which allows it to (just about) keep up with modern traffic. So when HMC's Daimler came up for sale at an affordable price, it was impossible for me to resist. Messages were exchanged and a swap with his/my ADO16 was agreed. HMC forewarned me that the Daimler had been temperamental, and suggested it would be wise to transport rather than drive her back to Chez Fraud. Being a complete idiot, I ignored his warnings, and this morning set off for Tavistock in the ADO16 with a plan to drive the Daimler back to base. After a most pleasant chat, meeting Duggy_HMC, and an exchange of keys and V5s, I set off. Three miles later, breakdown number 1 occurred : The Daimler began misfiring heavily under load, the engine stopped, and couldn't be restarted. A prolonged and incredibly frustrating call to my breakdown assistance provider followed, when I was basically told that they would be doing me a favour to send someone out, and it would take at least 2-3 hours for them to come and "assess" the car. Having nothing better to do, and with a full toolkit and some consumables in the boot, I made my own assessment and replaced the condenser with a spare. I turned the key and the Daimler fired into life instantly. I did a little dance, cancelled the breakdown call out, and set off again. The car ran nicely and I made good progress until I somehow managed to make a wrong turn and ended up in stop-start traffic in the centre of Exeter. The Daimler performed admirably for a good half hour, then the misfire returned and I just about managed to limp it onto the pavement before it died and wouldn't restart. Splendid, breakdown number 2. This time I rang my classic insurer, who offer their own breakdown assistance. It was a totally different experience to my "mainstream" provider, I got a most helpful call handler and 45 minutes later an AA patrol van (sub-contracted, naturally) turned up. Typically, in the AA man's presence, the Daimler started first turn of the key and settled to a nice, steady idle. Bloody thing ! I was now suspecting a failing coil, but AA man told me he was not carrying a spare (outrageous !), and by this time all local motor factors had shut. So I set off again, resigned to the fact that breakdown number 3 could well occur. Only it didn't, and the old beast got me back to base without any further issue : Hooray ! Now time to start fixing things... Brave and also in the finest traditions of AS. Well done. May it bring you much happiness. Sigmund Fraud, mercedade, lesapandre and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 46 minutes ago, Sigmund Fraud said: Here's the full story, I hope @HMC does not mind a brief thread highjack... As mentioned earlier on in the thread, I've wanted a post-war Lanchester Fourteen for ages. But they'd always been outside my budget, and I've also been a bit unsure that I would like the 1950s driving experience they offer. The Conquest is, of course, a facelifted Fourteen and the Century model comes with an engine which allows it to (just about) keep up with modern traffic. So when HMC's Daimler came up for sale at an affordable price, it was impossible for me to resist. Messages were exchanged and a swap with his/my ADO16 was agreed. HMC forewarned me that the Daimler had been temperamental, and suggested it would be wise to transport rather than drive her back to Chez Fraud. Being a complete idiot, I ignored his warnings, and this morning set off for Tavistock in the ADO16 with a plan to drive the Daimler back to base. After a most pleasant chat, meeting Duggy_HMC, and an exchange of keys and V5s, I set off. Three miles later, breakdown number 1 occurred : The Daimler began misfiring heavily under load, the engine stopped, and couldn't be restarted. A prolonged and incredibly frustrating call to my breakdown assistance provider followed, when I was basically told that they would be doing me a favour to send someone out, and it would take at least 2-3 hours for them to come and "assess" the car. Having nothing better to do, and with a full toolkit and some consumables in the boot, I made my own assessment and replaced the condenser with a spare. I turned the key and the Daimler fired into life instantly. I did a little dance, cancelled the breakdown call out, and set off again. The car ran nicely and I made good progress until I somehow managed to make a wrong turn and ended up in stop-start traffic in the centre of Exeter. The Daimler performed admirably for a good half hour, then the misfire returned and I just about managed to limp it onto the pavement before it died and wouldn't restart. Splendid, breakdown number 2. This time I rang my classic insurer, who offer their own breakdown assistance. It was a totally different experience to my "mainstream" provider, I got a most helpful call handler and 45 minutes later an AA patrol van (sub-contracted, naturally) turned up. Typically, in the AA man's presence, the Daimler started first turn of the key and settled to a nice, steady idle. Bloody thing ! I was now suspecting a failing coil, but AA man told me he was not carrying a spare (outrageous !), and by this time all local motor factors had shut. So I set off again, resigned to the fact that breakdown number 3 could well occur. Only it didn't, and the old beast got me back to base without any further issue : Hooray ! Now time to start fixing things... Excellent. Exactly how things should be done! Three Speed, lesapandre, Sigmund Fraud and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 12 hours ago, Sigmund Fraud said: Here's the full story, I hope @HMC does not mind a brief thread highjack... As mentioned earlier on in the thread, I've wanted a post-war Lanchester Fourteen for ages. But they'd always been outside my budget, and I've also been a bit unsure that I would like the 1950s driving experience they offer. The Conquest is, of course, a facelifted Fourteen and the Century model comes with an engine which allows it to (just about) keep up with modern traffic. So when HMC's Daimler came up for sale at an affordable price, it was impossible for me to resist. Messages were exchanged and a swap with his/my ADO16 was agreed. HMC forewarned me that the Daimler had been temperamental, and suggested it would be wise to transport rather than drive her back to Chez Fraud. Being a complete idiot, I ignored his warnings, and this morning set off for Tavistock in the ADO16 with a plan to drive the Daimler back to base. After a most pleasant chat, meeting Duggy_HMC, and an exchange of keys and V5s, I set off. Three miles later, breakdown number 1 occurred : The Daimler began misfiring heavily under load, the engine stopped, and couldn't be restarted. A prolonged and incredibly frustrating call to my breakdown assistance provider followed, when I was basically told that they would be doing me a favour to send someone out, and it would take at least 2-3 hours for them to come and "assess" the car. Having nothing better to do, and with a full toolkit and some consumables in the boot, I made my own assessment and replaced the condenser with a spare. I turned the key and the Daimler fired into life instantly. I did a little dance, cancelled the breakdown call out, and set off again. The car ran nicely and I made good progress until I somehow managed to make a wrong turn and ended up in stop-start traffic in the centre of Exeter. The Daimler performed admirably for a good half hour, then the misfire returned and I just about managed to limp it onto the pavement before it died and wouldn't restart. Splendid, breakdown number 2. This time I rang my classic insurer, who offer their own breakdown assistance. It was a totally different experience to my "mainstream" provider, I got a most helpful call handler and 45 minutes later an AA patrol van (sub-contracted, naturally) turned up. Typically, in the AA man's presence, the Daimler started first turn of the key and settled to a nice, steady idle. Bloody thing ! I was now suspecting a failing coil, but AA man told me he was not carrying a spare (outrageous !), and by this time all local motor factors had shut. So I set off again, resigned to the fact that breakdown number 3 could well occur. Only it didn't, and the old beast got me back to base without any further issue : Hooray ! Now time to start fixing things... What a lovely old motor to sit in and wait for the recovery man! Sigmund Fraud, lesapandre and mercedade 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Wouldn't discount vapour lock as a suspect under those conditions either. Remember that modern fuels boil off a lot more readily than ones from when this was made. horriblemercedes and Sigmund Fraud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 Works car park today with ADO16 being used as intended… 1. smol car is smol 2. OAP perving over it Split_Pin, Dan_ZTT, tom13 and 25 others 15 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 17 minutes ago, HMC said: Works car park today with ADO16 being used as intended… 1. smol car is smol 2. OAP perving over it He's possibly recapturing his youth. Perhaps one of his kids was conceived in the back of one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Or he's thinking that's where I usually park 😁 tooSavvy, AnnoyingPentium and Christine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 If that's a SMART in front of the VDP it doesn't look quite as small as it purports to be - different angle next time in the office please! On a slight tangent, what's the gearbox like in this? I'm assuming it's one of those AP auto things with four speeds and all the numbers in the wrong order on the selector? Is it smooth, slurry, jerky, does it react & kick down promptly etc - ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 UMMM Unintended slammage has happened ! GMcD, grogee, Cookiesouwest and 10 others 8 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Quick, post it on the blue forum, you'll be an instant hero! mercedade, CreepingJesus and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Split_Pin, MiniMinorMk3, Matty and 6 others 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, HMC said: UMMM Unintended slammage has happened ! That looks like both sides though, how come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, High Jetter said: That looks like both sides though, how come? its just the side nearest the camera. I drove it to work and by lunchtime one side had sagged down High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 21 hours ago, barefoot said: AP auto ... does it react & kick down promptly 🤣🤣🤣 Matty and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, HMC said: Unintended slammage has happened ! Oh, FFS ! I recall the front-rear hydrolastic pipes had been replaced on one side but not the other - IIRC the nearside were new, so it may be time for the offside line to be renewed. I don't recall the hydrolastic unit flexible pipes looking too bad, so it should hopefully not need that. Or, maybe it's just the Schrader valve (buy a lottery ticket if it is !). HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I am away from home for a bit, but I do have a pump and fluid if you are stuck when I get home. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazfr69 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, HMC said: UMMM Unintended slammage has happened ! Looks sweet. I’d add a little rake myself but other than that, nice. 😄😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Deploy the Hydragas Terminator T-1000. It absolutely will not stop until your suspension has been pumped back up. Dan_ZTT, yes oui si, coachie and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 fairkens, DoverShark, somewhatfoolish and 39 others 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 i cant see any obvious leaks, ive got a little hand help pump i got off e bay years ago, maybe i should just get pumping to the correct height and see what happens? (iirc you can use antifreeze/distilled water for fluid) #hydrolasticclueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Dentressangle Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 minute ago, HMC said: i cant see any obvious leaks, ive got a little hand help pump i got off e bay years ago, maybe i should just get pumping to the correct height and see what happens? (iirc you can use antifreeze/distilled water for fluid) #hydrolasticclueless 50/50 antifreeze water mix works fine, yes. Might be worth picking up a spare Schrader valve innards before you begin, too - easily liberated from a spare wheel with a valve key. Just pump it up and see where it squirts out! Sigmund Fraud and Mally 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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