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[For Fiats Sake]

I'm not the only fan of funky seat covers then!

 

Half of the pandas I've owned split the boot and dump the oil, usually after a couple of months ownership.

[reb]

I'm not the only fan of funky seat covers then!

 

Half of the pandas I've owned split the boot and dump the oil, usually after a couple of months ownership.

Daft seat covers make the world go round!

On the plus side, the whole thing has reminded me that on the whole most people are actually good. Between the entire joinery company that helped bounce it out of the road, the passing mechanic who provided the services of his trolley jack and the few people who came to offer sympathy and "I had one of those back in the day, great little cars" etc

[beko1987]

ooof bad luck reb. you getting it bought home or gonna fix it where it is?

[Kiltox]

Was just outbid on a cheap Vel Satis on eBay - probably a stroke of luck!

[cms206]

The 850 has broken. Under repair now...

 

The Council Estate has stepped up to the plate and is doing a bit on the front line. Clearly displeased, it has started sacrificing wildlife again.

 

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[anonymous user]

Was just outbid on a cheap Vel Satis on eBay - probably a stroke of luck!

So that's what Junkman has bought for the winter

[reb]

ooof bad luck reb. you getting it bought home or gonna fix it where it is?

It's now been recovered home, fingers crossed it'll be ready to ferry about italian toasties by my first shift on wednesday. It may need a little bit of oil in the gearbox before then though.

[richardmorris]

The way the fuel gauge freaks out when the car is treated like this is most definitely NOT!

 

Came home, washed the wheels (brake dust is just so 'not on' for a Bentley    ) and wiped all the slobber off the sides. It is lovely now, taken a whole year to get here, but worth it... I think?

 

Note: bought on the 6th of October 2015 so more or less exactly a year.

 

 

 

Going back a couple of years when I had a trip in my friends Citroen sm the fuel gauge visibly dropped as we attacked the m40 - about 12 mpg at 90! As for wheels have you tried pro valet bilberry cleaner? It's effortless really.

[Richard]

 

What's happened to the 850? I suppose I'm to blame for fixing mine.

[BorniteIdentity]

Bath time at Bornite's.

 

 

[beko1987]

Going back a couple of years when I had a trip in my friends Citroen sm the fuel gauge visibly dropped as we attacked the m40 - about 12 mpg at 90! As for wheels have you tried pro valet bilberry cleaner? It's effortless really.

+1 for billberry, but get the red stuff, the blue gel is rubbish imo.

 

But, when did you last ironx them? you have got a bottle of ironx (or other fallout remover) haven't you? and a good wheel brush?

[richardmorris]

What's the blue gel stuff? Mine's red to use as a spray ( old muc off bottle works well). Don't have iron x either - is that better?

[richardmorris]

Bath time at Bornite's.

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I can recommend an electric aerial supplier

 

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[beko1987]

the blue stuff is different billberry, I bought a bottle to try it and don't find it as good.

 

ironx I'd amazing, it removes iron fallout, so brake dust. I found that a good rinse, then a hit with billberry and another rinse, then spray ironx on, then leave it for 5 minutes, then agitate with a brush and a bit more ironx gave superb results. you only need the ironx a few times a year though.

 

 

I can't use it now cos neither of our cars have alloys, although I can't wait to try it on the xantia white paint work. that's a next year job

[For Fiats Sake]

Is Was that the reincarnation of J.C.?  Certainly got the crucify pose spot on.

 

My brother fancied himself as a poacher turned gamekeeper and used to buy hundreds of similarly sized pheasant chicks for shooting a few months down the line.  Around half of the chicks would feed the local foxes/cats and then the rest would become game pie.

 

Once while on call in the back of beyond a veritable flock of pheasants were in the road feeding off spilt corn and didn't want to move at all.

 

Anyway back to the topic lads....

 

[cms206]

 

 

What's happened to the 850? I suppose I'm to blame for fixing mine.

It's been using water for a while but it appears the radiator is now haemorraging water so I've just bought a radiator. Managed to shear one of the captive nuts which hold the rad on so one of the mounts has been chopped a bit to get it out. New rad due tomorrow.

 

 

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[dieselassist]

...doesn't every shitter need a goonah' in their life?? dragged  this back to my uncle's on Friday afternoon as I am as usual 'caught for space' - its really his 'find' anyhow - was probably more suited to the 'cars dumped in your area' thread; having sat up for previous 18months, 4 flat to the rims tyres, full of moss n debris underneath, at the edge of an estate - prev' owner bought it, n got a whole 3days trouble free, use of it till it packed (clutch issues - the 'front lawn' small time car dealer refusing to 'stand over it'...

 

...chugged out to the uncles this evening to investigate it - battery nicked, airbox removed n in the back seat, n has a 2nd push start button (in a secret place) - immobiliser bypass no doubt- got it to chug briefly into life but it was well 'shy of diesel' n the leads just hooked up to my discovery via jump leads(not recommended - one pictured was too big n as flatter n lifeless as roadkill )...

 

...seems like a it was once a clean looking 2002 1.9DCI with aircon 106k miles, half leather interior, rather than the time capsule of one mans job commuting life 18months ago,  with added spiders, mould n mystery  clutch/possible DPF woes, it now is...

 

...plans are to put some sort of second hand DPF n good clutch package into it - worsest case senario

 

..anyways pics for your viewing pleasure;

[SiC]

...doesn't every shitter need a goonah' in their life?? dragged this back to my uncle's on Friday afternoon as I am as usual 'caught for space' - its really his 'find' anyhow - was probably more suited to the 'cars dumped in your area' thread; having sat up for previous 18months, 4 flat to the rims tyres, full of moss n debris underneath, at the edge of an estate - prev' owner bought it, n got a whole 3days trouble free, use of it till it packed (clutch issues - the 'front lawn' small time car dealer refusing to 'stand over it'...

 

...chugged out to the uncles this evening to investigate it - battery nicked, airbox removed n in the back seat, n has a 2nd push start button (in a secret place) - immobiliser bypass no doubt- got it to chug briefly into life but it was well 'shy of diesel' n the leads just hooked up to my discovery (not recommended)...

 

...seems like a it was once a clean looking 2002 1.9DCI with aircon 106k miles, half leather interior, rather than the time capsule of one mans job commuting life 18months ago, with added spiders, mould n mystery clutch/possible DPF woes...

 

...plans are to put some sort of second hand DPF n good clutch package into it - worsest case senario

 

..anyways pics for your viewing pleasure;

I don't think that age Laguna got a DPF over here, only the facelift ones I think.

[dieselassist]

...really? that'd be a bonus - they word from the previous owner is that the was the 'nut n bolts in a metal biscuit tin) alarming sounds before the total failure to proceed; he thanked his lucky stars this was 120 meters from his house - but that was about the extent of his 'good luck' with the car....

[Pillock]

 

 

Vodafone are still crap, and because I wanted a posh new phone when I moved to O2, I still have no phone. ARGH.

Have you got a new O2 contract, from O2?

PM me if you have, I can do half price airtime.

[wuvvum]

That undertray can be a pita to remove, but put as many bolts back as you can because it's also the centre brace!

Thanks for the heads up!  I wil therefore put back all the bolts that haven't snapped off...  I got most of the rest of them out this evening when I got home from work (only two more snapped off) - left the row of five along the offside edge, as the tray / brace will pull down far enough to get the pipes out with them still in place so seemed a waste of time removing them.  I've also loosened off the three bolts that hold the pipes on (all of which came undone quite easily), so it should now be the sub-hour job I originally thought it would be (not counting bleeding the bastard cooling system of course, which I'm not looking forward to).  I've bought a gallon of antifreeze so should be good to go next weekend, weather permitting.

[SiC]

...really? that'd be a bonus - they word from the previous owner is that the was the 'nut n bolts in a metal biscuit tin) alarming sounds before the total failure to proceed; he thanked his lucky stars this was 120 meters from his house - but that was about the extent of his 'good luck' with the car....

You're not thinking of a DMF? (Dual Mass Flywheel)

 

DPF = Diesel Particulate Filter (emissions shite)

[They_all_do_that_sir]

My stickers arrived today, mega fast service from ruffgeezer and they are great in real life.

I'm not convinced they are in the right place, bottom left of the tailgate might have been better? There is more curve at the top centre than I anticipated. I've got a spare sticker anyway......

 

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[SiC]

Is that a hand from a ghost of owners past in the first picture?

[Richard]

It's been using water for a while but it appears the radiator is now haemorraging water so I've just bought a radiator. Managed to shear one of the captive nuts which hold the rad on so one of the mounts has been chopped a bit to get it out. New rad due tomorrow.

 

 

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It's a massive arse of a job to do, although at least you don't have an intercooler to worry about. I had to smash the radiator off its mountings to make room to grip the escaped captive nuts. It also makes reinstalling a two man job because you need one to hold the no-longer-captive nuts while you offer the new radiator up. The job took me most of a day and landed me in A&E.

[dieselassist]

@ sic; yeah, I meant DMF, rather than DPF - have DPF on the brain recently, having cut one out last week...

[cms206]

It's a massive arse of a job to do, although at least you don't have an intercooler to worry about. I had to smash the radiator off its mountings to make room to grip the escaped captive nuts. It also makes reinstalling a two man job because you need one to hold the no-longer-captive nuts while you offer the new radiator up. The job took me most of a day and landed me in A&E.

I have one captive nut but I've destroyed the other... it just wasn't for budging at all. I shall work on nyloc nut, bolt and big repair washers. Came out in under an hour.

 

Also need to get new pipe clips for the transmission pipes. Arse.

 

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[dieselassist]

DPF removal on a 'modern mazda' - was causing all sorts of issues n big bills, so cut the blocked DPF filter out n another chap  the ECU reprogrammed n mapped...eventually...

 

you have to do it a bit stealthy, as the testers looks for its removal - luckily heat shields 'shield all' sins...

[Pillock]

What's the deal with these then?

I looked at getting the Focus DeDPF'ed in a similar fashion when it was looking at costing me a fortune. I had various people tell me it was an instant MoT fail (which I countered with "only if they can tell"), one person tell me it was actually illegal in a "police turn up and lock you up" way, and a few went down the moral "trees and bunnies will die" route.

 

Is it only an MoT fail if it can't pass emissions? Like, I had a Polo that passed a cat emissions test without a cat but it was plainly obvious there was a bit of straight pipe in there.

[Guest Hooli]

Visited some new friends my missus has made, she gets to drive their horse about as they are too old to ride it these days. Walked into the barn & was greeted with a sight you lot should love...

 

 

There are another 3 of the damn things around the place, including the one the lady of the house drives daily. The bloke runs a Saxo VTS, not for a couple in their 70-80s.

 

Oh & a mirror dingy that's not been sailed since the 1980s.