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[Skizzer]

The bad news: My Jeep failed its MOT on chassis corrosion.

 

The good news: A guy from the garage has nevertheless offered me a fraction under what I paid for it.

 

'OLD OUT YER 'AND.

[320touring]

The bad news: My Jeep failed its MOT on chassis corrosion.

 

The good news: A guy from the garage has nevertheless offered me a fraction under what I paid for it.

 

'OLD OUT YER 'AND.

SKIZZERNOMICS! a key policy of the Corbyn shadow cabinet;)

 

I JEST, before anyone should seek to summon up their wrath:)

[Slappy]

Well done slappy - where abouts? Its always worth looking at less obvious routes to work where you get more enjoyment out of the drive I found. Taking the A32 to Aldershot took longer, but was a lot more fun in the Almera than the quicker but less enjoyable A3 route.

 

Winchester, so I've been looking across the back roads to Hambledon and Denmead, which at rush hour probably won't be too different in terms of time between Pompey and there.

[stillOrange]

My last radiator fix on S90 lasted 2 days.

No option but to change the whole thing.

 

Used one £50 plus £15 delivery.

New OEM spec £75 delivered.

 

I think I will have that shiny new one please...

[dugong]

My last radiator fix on S90 lasted 2 days.

No option but to change the whole thing.

 

Used one £50 plus £15 delivery.

New OEM spec £75 delivered.

 

I think I will have that shiny new one please...

Who supplied that please? The corner on the rad of my 960 did exactly the same thing and I'm looking at new parts before Steel Sealing it up to get to the specialist for an HG replacement - provided the coolant hasn't filled the gearbox. 

[stillOrange]

Who supplied that please? The corner on the rad of my 960 did exactly the same thing and I'm looking at new parts before Steel Sealing it up to get to the specialist for an HG replacement - provided the coolant hasn't filled the gearbox.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281324340247 That's the new one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/322280323480 Used ones

[cms206]

For all those who moan about GSF/ECP et all, I phoned my nearest Volvo main dealer yesterday and ordered two hose clips for the gearbox cooler pipes on my 1996 Volvo 850 2.5S. The dealer phoned to confirm my parts had arrived. I drove up in the Council Estate to collect the parts this morning and have just been presented with three wheelnuts for a 2014 Volvo V50.

 

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[Supernaut]

I have a job interview in Newcastle next Thursday.

 

Eep.

 

Also yay!

[plasticvandan]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNIQUE-FIAT-127-F-VAN-MK1-1982-WITH-MOT-/112157701066?hash=item1a1d1eb3ca:g:fiEAAOSwLnBX9CJT

if this stays sensible im going for it! my dad had one identical that i spent a lot of my childhood in the back of,and cried for a week when he sold it,never thought i would see another come up,im very keen!

[Stanky]

Winchester, so I've been looking across the back roads to Hambledon and Denmead, which at rush hour probably won't be too different in terms of time between Pompey and there.

 

One option to look at would be M27 to J10, then A32 to the junction with the A272 then across to Winchester from there. Vitually always very quiet except for bikes and very occasional tractors and is a pretty nice drive - certainly nicer than the prospect of M27 & M3

[stillOrange]

Should I make a separate thread?

 

A work colleague wants to sell his 09 plate Hyundai i10. It has 67k on the clock, MOT till June.

Gearbox "makes a clunk" when put in reverse.

Just had a new clutch fitted.

Other bits:

"Interior is spot on

Extruerior ; nipped n scratched

 

Two points of damage ; read light housing

And front passenger side door, the frame has a kink where it was crowbarred into"

 

I reckon he would be happy with something around £500.

Marsden near Huddersfield.

 

Any takers?

[danthecapriman]

One option to look at would be M27 to J10, then A32 to the junction with the A272 then across to Winchester from there. Vitually always very quiet except for bikes and very occasional tractors and is a pretty nice drive - certainly nicer than the prospect of M27 & M3

I'd recommend the A272 route, it's not a bad road and beats the hell out of the M27/M3 or the A3.

I use it a lot at work if I'm going up that way and also take my own cars out that way a lot if I'm just going out for a jolly in them.

The M27 and M3 are the worst roads of ever IMHO and best avoided. At least with the A272 the driving's a bit more interesting, it's generally a lot quieter and the scenery's better!

[Supernaut]

Should I make a separate thread?

 

A work colleague wants to sell his 09 plate Hyundai i10. It has 67k on the clock, MOT till June.

Gearbox "makes a clunk" when put in reverse.

Just had a new clutch fitted.

Other bits:

"Interior is spot on

Extruerior ; nipped n scratched

 

Two points of damage ; read light housing

And front passenger side door, the frame has a kink where it was crowbarred into"

 

I reckon he would be happy with something around £500.

Marsden near Huddersfield.

 

Any takers?

I'd say yes to the new thread.

 

Get some photos and some more details, whack up a for sale thread, see if you get any bites.

[stillOrange]

I already got one

Will ask for pictures anyway

[Bren]

The northwest's foremost vectra botherer has scored. But you will have to wait until Monday to find out more.....

 

This means the focii is up for grabs.

[dollywobbler]

I'd recommend the A272 route, it's not a bad road and beats the hell out of the M27/M3 or the A3.

I use it a lot at work if I'm going up that way and also take my own cars out that way a lot if I'm just going out for a jolly in them.

The M27 and M3 are the worst roads of ever IMHO and best avoided. At least with the A272 the driving's a bit more interesting, it's generally a lot quieter and the scenery's better!

 

This. Everytime I get told to take the A272. Everytime I think "meh, the M27 can't be that bad." Everytime, I'm proved utterly wrong.

 

In other news, the ride in the RAV improves substantially if you put 250kg of sawdust briquettes in the boot.

[dollywobbler]

My tape exhaust repair on the Nippa failed so badly that the exhaust just snapped in two! Mrs DW not pleased as she's heading out tonight. She's had to depart in the RAV4. I can expect a rant about how dreadful it is (ie PAS and too big) later on...

 

EDIT. Now with noise!

https://twitter.com/dollywobbler/status/783712534650056704

[320touring]

My tape exhaust repair on the Nippa failed so badly that the exhaust just snapped in two! Mrs DW not pleased as she's heading out tonight. She's had to depart in the RAV4. I can expect a rant about how dreadful it is (ie PAS and too big) later on...

its about that point I say "supply thy own car"

 

complaints are much diminished

[Kiltox]

Should I make a separate thread?

 

A work colleague wants to sell his 09 plate Hyundai i10. It has 67k on the clock, MOT till June.

Gearbox "makes a clunk" when put in reverse.

Just had a new clutch fitted.

Other bits:

"Interior is spot on

Extruerior ; nipped n scratched

 

Two points of damage ; read light housing

And front passenger side door, the frame has a kink where it was crowbarred into"

 

I reckon he would be happy with something around £500.

Marsden near Huddersfield.

 

Any takers?

You have a PM

[dollywobbler]

its about that point I say "supply thy own car"

 

complaints are much diminished

 

Oh she's grateful. I'll just get it in the neck because 'progress' has utterly ruined cars from her point of view. Just remembered it has central locking and electric windows too. In other words, it's evil. To be honest, she's like Autoshite Plus.

[ruffgeezer]

Ok so the current state of play at Ruff's place is;

 

• Mrs Ruff's Berlingo payed out on after a Stagecoach No.6 rubbed up it a few weeks back, we took the payout and kept the car as it's only cosmetic damage.
• Ax VTS now back on daily duties because...
• The Jumbuck is on the lift with the engine in bits; the headgasket is PISSING oil out, it will be up for sale with a new mot as soon as it is finished.
• AX VTR is just shit; the engine now runs but it is nothing of the car I used to own really.

In non-motoring news;

 

• Mrs Ruff is on the mend from her breathlessness, and on medication for the cause, which is just as well.
• We have accepted an offer on our house so the merry-go-round of surveys, solicitors and viewings begins.
• I will now have to tidy the garage out. Oh Shit.

[SiC]

You have a PM

Don't be buying more cars ... Fix that damn Panda first!!

[LabRat]

Well, it's a black day in my neck of sunny Oldhamshire. My experiment to prove that not all vauxhalls are shite ended here:

 

 

The poor old gal succumbed to the twin horrors of knackered rings and some berk not bothering to replace the timing belt tensioner when the belt was changed 10 months back. (Prior to my ownership)

 

RIP Omega, you will be sorely missed!

 

Now the search begins for a cheap automatic, preferably in estate form to get the Basset in...

 

 

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[BorniteIdentity]

Just sold my 190e to a lovely young lad from Croydon. He came up with his Da who's an Irish chap and we must have been talking for about an hour and a half.

 

Anyways... He's picking it up on Friday.

 

Meantime I can pay off the overdraft and maybe get the acceleration sorted on the 300e which is causing grief when cold.

[spike60]

My 300SE had the opposite problem, spot on cold, weak when warmed. It took me a while to bottom it but I now know all about a vey small amount about the fuel systems on m103 engines like your 300E. At the back of the cylinder head there a temp sender for the injection and ignition, also there is a 7th injector which contributes to cold acceleration. Probably fair places to start digging unless you know more, which is very possible.

[mercrocker]

In other 190E news....Mine came back today with its big fat bill.   

 

Actually it came back yesterday but I was a tad mingebag about the new tappets the garage had previously recommended.   I could now hear them on an otherwise beautifully clean and quiet engine.   So back it went and they replaced them at cost with no additional labour cost.   Good lads. 

 

Car is transformed, apart from the sludge that passed for coolant over the last 3000 miles it has found all the power* that previously lurked in the mighty 1.8 four pot but had obviously been seeping out of less than perfect valve seals and seats.   Pleasure to drive again, the new V belt has eliminated some annoying squeaks and the car no longer shivers on first start up.    

 

Just got to sort out the sunroof, treat some developing orange bits underneath and knock out the dent from a rear door and we will have a decent car.   For a little while there I was considering spending the £1300 repair bill on a C Class or summat for Mrs R. but at the moment I am very glad I didn't.    The garage have valeted it too - it hasn't looked this clean for ages!

[drum]

I've been looking for a new battery gun combi drill driver type thing for a wee while. I've also been keen on an impact driver, which is meant to be good for putting screws in. Nearly bought a dewalt twin set with a couple of 4Ah batteries for £car.

 

Meanwhile, there were a couple of impact wrenches at the local auction which I had a bid on but pulled out at about £120 each as the battery could be goosed. Good battery impact wrenches are £car x2.

After wrestling with the bottom nut of a shock absorber which got tighter as it passed over the exposed and corroded thread of the bolt, I thought it was time I treated myself.

 

Anyway, today I was having a browse in Machine Mart and came away with one of these Kielder impact wrenches, a combi driver, two 3Ah batteries and a charger. £210 all in.

 

http://www.kielder.co

 

They're a British company started by a rally team (according to the machine mart salesman). The wrench is a fair bit smaller and lighter than the competition so should be able to get in behind brakes calipers etc.

 

I tried it this afternoon and it was good on wheel nuts but couldn't shift the hub nut on the land cruiser.

Has 430Nm of torque and comes with a three year guarantee. It's supposed to loosen up and get better with use, so I'll see how it goes.

 

They're bringing out an impact driver and grinder too, so now that I have the batteries, I'll maybe add them later.

[dollywobbler]

Mrs DW rates the RAV as 'ok actually. Well, the steering is too light.' Maybe we should sell the Nippa then!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Mrs DW rates the RAV as 'ok actually. Well, the steering is too light.' Maybe we should sell the Nippa then!

 

 

RESULT!

[RustyNuts]

Got stuck inside this afternoon while she went out and left the oven on - can't go outside for car work with that left burning so had to wait until she was back.

 

Then dinner... then fell asleep on the sofa. Woke up at 9:45pm and realised it was too late to get anything done to the car. Shit.

 

In other news the cat is still ginger & white and the desk is still overflowing with clutter. Life goes on it seems.