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[Skizzer]

I've got pretty much nothing constructive done this weekend. 

 

I've been feeling completely knackered all weekend and also suffering from a distinct lack of arsedness - which has been a good thing in one sense as it has stopped me from bidding on a couple of hopeless projects on ebay, but it also means I haven't done hardly any of the things on my list for this weekend.  I hope it's just lack of sleep and not this shit weather getting to me.

 

I feel your pain, brother Wuvvum.

 

I did open the bonnet of the Jaguar to have one last go at fixing the ignition before I resort to chucking a petrol bomb through the window or something, but then there was a massive downpour so I closed it again sharpish.

 

Shortly afterwards, driving over the hills to take Keith the Status Quo Dog to the kennels, we ran into the mother of all hail showers - complete and instant whiteout and a road full of marbles, genuinely scary stuff.  Lasted about 30 seconds.  I was glad we weren't on a busy motorway or something.

[HMC]

Spent any free time at the weekend chucking accumulated crap out of the garage. Im good at hoarding stuff that I willl never use, and I simply don't have much space as it is anyway. I'd somehow managed to accumulate about 40L of waste oil too that made its way to the dump in the 740.

 

The jag had been making sloshing noises going round corners; the main bulkead drain had been partly blocked by crap, and water had started coming into the interior through the blower motor housings on both sides. Actually there was so much water in there at one point that you could hear the blower rotors churning up the pool of water like propellers(!) I'd originally misdiagnosed blocked aircon condenser drains but after blowing those through with an airline I had to think again as I was still paddling around in the front footwells. Anyway I cleaned out and blew through all the draining points, and dynaxed the void which didnt look too bad but is a hangover from the later xj40s and is poorly designed and rot prone ( the base of the main drainage channel in the bulkhead is adjacent a body seam that starts corroding)

 

Unusually for me as the garage was now mega tidy and organised I could find all my tools and wasted minimal time cursing and trying to locate them. I predict this will last a couple of weeks at best!

[nacho man]

Diastravan problems.

 

My old man has had it three years, I have serviced it every year and last year it had everything changed.

 

I believe it's the 1.7cdti old Izuzu based lump? Was 100bhp 6 speed affair, but has had a remap.

 

Has always been a pretty nippy little thing but lately has lost its sparkle. No fault codes or smoking or what not.

 

What's the usual suspects that would make one of them feel a bit limp??

 

 

 

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[Kiltox]

EGR valve?

[SiC]

EGR / intake hose disconnected / boost vac hoses split

[Guest Hooli]

Fucking frog chod!

 

Parked the goona at work this morning and as I got out the sunroof opened on it's own. Doesn't matter where the switch is, the sunroof is up. Any idea how to manually wind it down? I don't care if it doesn't work afterwards, it's been sealed up for months to keep the water out as the drains are utterly blocked. Now I've got to seal it again once I get the fucker shut.

 

I knew I should have pulled the fuse months ago.

[Guest Hooli]

Ignore my last post.

 

I found this on google -

 

Switch on the ignition.

Turn the sunroof control knob to the left (Tilt Position) as far as it will go, the roof will open to its fully open tilt position.

Press in & hold the control knob, the sunroof will make a few movements then return to its maximum open tilt position.

Release the control knob.

Immediately Press in & hold the control knob again, after a few seconds the sunroof will slide to its fully open position then re close keep the control knob pressed all the time while it does this. Once closed release the control knob.
(If the control knob is released during this phase, the whole procedure must be repeated)

The control knob will still be in the fully left position (Tilt position) but the sunroof will be closed....just turn the knob to the closed position.

The sunroof should now work as normal.

 

@ http://www.renaultforums.co.uk/105-laguna/677-renault-laguna-ii-interiors-electric-sunroof-problem-reset-fixed-3.html

 

It didn't work, but leaving the switch at 'shut' & holding the button in has closed it. Later on I'll check if the roof has it's own fuse & remove the bloody thing.

[SiC]

On mine if you push and hold the lock button on the keycard, it'll close all the windows and sunroof up.

 

I'd disconnect the sunroof switch. The plastic trim for it should just pull straight off. Usually it's the switch is what plays up.

[cros]

Yesterday at a pissy wet 4am I was setting off for London when the P4 started to miss fire and finally came to a halt on the hill out of Stamford.

The car is still on points, but I fitted one of those transistor assist things as the contact sets on these cars are hard to find and repro ones iffy. After checking there was still a gap I unwired the electronics and the car started perfectly and I got there and back with no further dramas.

The electronic box is a recent UK made (expensive) Boyer and is another item advertised to make a car more reliable that actually causes it to break down. I'm going to write them a stiff letter on a piece of hardboard and send the fucker back.

[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday at a pissy wet 4am I was setting off for London when the P4 started to miss fire and finally came to a halt on the hill out of Stamford.

The car is still on points, but I fitted one of those transistor assist things as the contact sets on these cars are hard to find and repro ones iffy. After checking there was still a gap I unwired the electronics and the car started perfectly and I got there and back with no further dramas.

The electronic box is a recent UK made (expensive) Boyer and is another item advertised to make a car more reliable that actually causes it to break down. I'm going to write them a stiff letter on a piece of hardboard and send the fucker back.

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Back in the early 1980s I used to run a motor parts store and we sold Sparkrite 2000 electronic assist, they had a terrible failure rate, the company admitted to 2.5 % at one stage but a count up at my branch was 20% including my own staff purchase.

[Guest Hooli]

Yesterday at a pissy wet 4am I was setting off for London when the P4 started to miss fire and finally came to a halt on the hill out of Stamford.

The car is still on points, but I fitted one of those transistor assist things as the contact sets on these cars are hard to find and repro ones iffy. After checking there was still a gap I unwired the electronics and the car started perfectly and I got there and back with no further dramas.

The electronic box is a recent UK made (expensive) Boyer and is another item advertised to make a car more reliable that actually causes it to break down. I'm going to write them a stiff letter on a piece of hardboard and send the fucker back.

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I've been through THREE boyer ignitions on my Bonnie, none of them lasted over 3,000miles. Considering they cost £70, points cost £20 & don't breakdown. I upgraded to points to make the bike more reliable.

Oddly enough their reg/rec which allows batteryless running is rock solid.

[cros]

Fucking Ada, I always thought Boyer were good, probably because they cost so much. I've used them on a couple of Triumph Twins without problems, and those ones have to do the advance/retard business so you'd think the points assist type would be a piece of piss. I carried a Boyer in my toolbox for years as a back up on my T140v in case its unobtainable Lucas Rita system should die, but never had to resort to fitting it. At least Sparkrite had a switch so you could easily change back to points.

[dollywobbler]

Put a second hand Boyer on the Dyane. Ran a treat. Far better than the original points and condenser, which failed after eight miles...

 

Anyway, my news is that I went to West Bromwich, and I saw this.

[Kiltox]

Picked up some new discs and pads for the van this morning - heavy fuckers (305mm discs!) 
 

Hopefully get those on tonight

[vulgalour]

Today has been a good day indeed.  New throttle cables (one to go one and one spare) for the Princess arrived, I got the dressing changed on my foot so I can put shoes on and walk outside and drive.  I also put a biodegreaser through the Rover's coolant system which got a load of horrible gunk out of the expansion bottle and changed the coolant without air locking it.  My back is much improved now I can walk properly too and I'm eager to crack on with giving the Rover a proper clean inside and out to get it prepared for winter.

 

Tomorrow I'm hoping to have time to get to the unit to fit the new throttle cable to the Princess and pump the suspension up another half inch or so to get it sat where it should be now that I've got a new bottle of fluid to do the job.  Nothing doing on the Renault, I'm saving up enough to get it inspected/measured by professionals and while it's in the garage it's not getting any worse.  I suspect if a cheap enough 4 engine appears I'll just buy that and drop it in, I'm not mega fussed about that option, I'm happy enough to just sort out the presumed original lump.

[taxi paul]

Well after last week's shambles that is we buy any car. Today I went to we want your car and got offered £1.200 more than what. So deal done modern and finance now gone. So I celebrated by going to browse a local car dealer of immaculate reputation* and came away with a 51 plate honda 2.0 ltr petrol crv. Got back and my wife said. So you got rid of the car and came back with a car ? Yes dear that's what you do. So my plan of using the crv for winter and the hiace for summer is coming along nicely.

[Bobthebeard]

Well, the MG ZT KV6 goes in for the MOT and four new matching tyres on Friday. Work done so far is new discs and pads all round, new handbrake shoes, belts replaced, oil and filter changed, reversing sensors fitted, new SRS sensors and carpets replaced. The hairpin alloy wheels have been refurbished in black and the brake callipers re done in, err, brake calliper yellow. The rear suspension has been cleaned up and treated with ACF 50 and waxoyl (advisories for corrosion on last few MOT's) The exhaust pipe was rusting and backbox was the wrong type and breaking up internally, now replaced with a stainless steel system from the cat back. Damaged seat bolster repaired and sundry other issues attended to. Osram Nightbreaker bulbs fitted to main and dip headlights and sunroof repaired. The whole underside has been treated with ACF 50/waxoil mix.

 

Can you tell that I love this car?

[vulgalour]

Is that the ex-Chompy/ex-Ramrod/ex-anotherShiter ZT?

[Bobthebeard]

Is that the ex-Chompy/ex-Ramrod/ex-anotherShiter ZT?

Yes...

[vulgalour]

The other shiter was Panhard, wasn't it?  Also, can we has updated pics please, mister?

[drum]

 

That is a fabulous looking marina. Proper owner/user.

I especially like the modifications like the enhanced lighting and modern non-matching wheel trims.

 

I imagine the owner seeing those trims in Lidl and thinking "just what the marina needs".

 

I wonder what the wing mirror is off of?

[dollywobbler]

I think it's the correct mirror, but with some amazing extension piece.

[Tayne]

Well after last week's shambles that is we buy any car. Today I went to we want your car and got offered £1.200 more than what. So deal done modern and finance now gone. So I celebrated by going to browse a local car dealer of immaculate reputation* and came away with a 51 plate honda 2.0 ltr petrol crv. Got back and my wife said. So you got rid of the car and came back with a car ? Yes dear that's what you do. So my plan of using the crv for winter and the hiace for summer is coming along nicely.

Do you mind me asking what car you sold?

[panhard65]

The other shiter was Panhard, wasn't it?  Also, can we has updated pics please, mister?

Yeap I introduced it to the fold. That is one lucky ZT it was so close to the bridge and now it is getting the love that it hasn't seen in years. Well done Mr Beard the bloody thing was fighting me all the time trying to get it back on the road. Now it can relax in a warm bath of waxoyl.

[taxi paul]

I sold my mazda 5 on a 63 plate. 21000 miles we buy any car quoted me 8,900 online and then 7,900 when I got there. We want your car quoted 9,260 online and gave me that price when I got there. A lot easier to deal with has well.

[Ghosty]

...modern non-matching wheel trims.

 

I imagine the owner seeing those trims in Lidl and thinking "just what the marina needs".

 

 

Lidl? The rear one is mid '90s  Escort/Fiesta, front one is Daewoo Lanos.

[Kiltox]

Got half of the brake job done on the Trafic - it doesn't drive as badly with one new and one old disc/pads as I thought it would (at 5mph to move it out of the barn into the yard)

[drum]

Lidl? The rear one is mid '90s  Escort/Fiesta, front one is Daewoo Lanos.

Very modern. Even better.

[reb]

Today I managed to fit 20 dough trays in the 205, they said it couldn't be done! I say it can!

However later it decided going an entire shift without going wrong wasn't on.

 

A correctly sized pinch bolt and yet more gearbox oil got it back on the go. Hopefully that's the end of that saga and something different will go wrong next time.

[scaryoldcortina]

Isn't that the second time the arm has parted company with the hub? I'd be suspecting the pinch joint not the bolt at this point, if it's worn then it won't ever clamp properly.