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[Guest Hooli]

Oh & your sticky calliper... Was it when braking hard? it could have been the mole grips rubbing on the tyre & slowing that wheel more,

[Jazoli]

Got fed with buy bulbs susposedly really bright and driving pitch dark country lanes so put my hids back in... stuff the law

 

Stuff anyone else coming towards you too

[tommotech]

So, not needing any more cars or projects, nor having the inclination to take any more on just now, I've taken ownership of a Citroen Picarsole in a beige hue of JRG.

 

It's the 1.6 hdi and runs badly, repair or bridge the verdict awaits.......

[Kiltox]

It's a 1.6 HDI - straight to the bridge every time

[dollywobbler]

Here's the Omega I picked up, decided to break it even though it's still MOT'd and drives well. Guy in Cornwall is buying the gearbox to put into a Volvo Amazon along with a GM diesel engine

 

 

 

Aren't Omega estates lovely looking things? I'm aware I need to find time to grab some doors from you. May also need a rear diff if things don't go well trying to sort out the one that's fitted. If the housing gets wrecked trying to sort out the stuck filler, then I'll be glad of a back-up. Are they ally or proper metal?

[wuvvum]

Now that I have a telephone which doesn't take three minutes for its GPS receiver to wake up, I downloaded one of those apps which lets you time your 0-60 acceleration.  I've always been slightly obsessed with 0-60 times for some reason.

 

I tried it out first by taking the Trafic down my favourite flat straight section of bypass.  The best I managed was 32.5 seconds, which is a bit shit really - probably still faster than an LDV Pilot but the van feels quicker than that.  I think part of the issue is that 4th runs out of revs at about 55, then there's a massive gap into 5th, which is fairly tall and therefore doesn't give much in the way of acceleration, so the last 5mph probably takes 10 seconds or more.  Still, for a Transit-sized van which had all of 64bhp when it was new, 20 years and 212,000 miles ago, it's not too bad I suppose.

 

To get a better idea of the accuracy of the app I then took the Moog Mondeo for a run, and recorded 9.5 seconds, which didn't seem too far out - a professional driver who's better at getting off the line than me (I always struggle with a turbodiesel to get the balance between bogging down and massive wheelspin) and a bit quicker with the gear changes would probably get it down to the high 8s, which feels about right from a seat-of-the-pants point of view.

 

I am a child.

[SiC]

I tried it out first by taking the Trafic down my favourite flat straight section of bypass. The best I managed was 32.5 seconds, which is a bit shit really

A bit shit? That's 11 seconds slower to 60mph than a Trabant!

[Lacquer Peel]

Slower than a Nissan Vanette.

[Spottedlaurel]

Now that I have a telephone which doesn't take three minutes for its GPS receiver to wake up, I downloaded one of those apps which lets you time your 0-60 acceleration.  I've always been slightly obsessed with 0-60 times for some reason.

 

I tried it out first by taking the Trafic down my favourite flat straight section of bypass................

 

I think a Grandfather clock would have been sufficient to time that one.

[Cheggers]

You could have used a calendar!!

 

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[Guest Hooli]

I think a Grandfather clock would have been sufficient to time that one.

 

That reminds me of the first road test I read of a 850 T5R.

 

It went on about having enough space in the back to bring your grandfather clock along & prove Einstein's theory of time dilation as you approached the speed of light.

[wuvvum]

Slower than a Nissan Vanette.

A Vanette has 215 more CCs and 10 more horsepowers.  And it's a smaller van.

 

Trafic is still 6 seconds quicker to 60 than an Indenor-engined LDV Convoy.  And 23 seconds quicker than a Ligier Ambra.

[captain_70s]

I tried it out first by taking the Trafic down my favourite flat straight section of bypass.  The best I managed was 32.5 seconds, which is a bit shit really - 

Even slower than the Doloshite which will amble to 60(ish) in exactly 24(ish) seconds, if one is in a hurry. It is probably a bit lighter in fairness though and adding any weight slows progress to a dangerous degree...

[Parky]

Today I have washed Mrs P's daily. And finished just as the rain restarted....

 

I was planning to fit the replacement wing to my daily but it appears that I have to remove the bumper. Then the headlight. Then the wheelarch liner. Then part of the dash and "A" pillar trim. Then the side glass and then and only then will I be able to access all the bolts.

 

Next weekend I think....

[Supernaut]

If Autoshite did supercar meets...

 

 

[Richard]

What's the hairdresser's effort beside the BMW?

[Supernaut]

A Mclaren P1, whatever that is... Didn't look particularly sturdy.

 

 

Also, I had a Porsche 918 following me for the last 5 miles there. It was rather intimidating in the rear view mirror!

[17-Coffees]

Heard a few comments when I quickly parked the Abarth next to it, then though it'd be a great photobomb to plonk the 316 next to it.

Heard even more comments when Supernaut drove into the carpark with the 316 and even a "What the fuck" when he plonked it next to the P1.

 

One cost the best part of £195 (£97.50 each between the two of us), that P1 would have cost over £2 million (Interesting history behind that one).

What can £195 get you from the P1? A wiper blade? 

[Guest Hooli]

What's the hairdresser's effort beside the BMW?

Looks like a clio

[Lankytim]

Q) will a Citroen AX fit inside an LDV van?

A) Yes.

[reb]

Apparently I'm good at tuning out the buzzer that goes off when I leave my lights on. Furthermore if you leave the sidelights on for over 12 hours one of them will blow and it will be the one with shit access.

 

 

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

Done some towage with the XM today. Picking up my mate's new to him bike. Note in this pic he is photographing his nice new toy and ignoring the beauty that is the xm.....

 

 

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[richardmorris]

What's the hairdresser's effort beside the BMW?

A million pound mclaren! And no I'm not joking. There are lots outside my labs.

[Six-cylinder]

Another great autoshite day for me!

 

If being given a free winch and cable is not good enough, alf892 took me out in his pick up when I collected it.

[wuvvum]

A million pound mclaren! And no I'm not joking. There are lots outside my labs.

Wasn't the P1 Mclaren's answer to the Prius?

[wuvvum]

I had another crawl under the Trafic today, once it had stopped pissing with rain and blowing a gale.  Large amounts of brake cleaner were sprayed at the area around the steering rack, and once I'd got rid of enough Douvrin incontinence to see what I was doing, it became apparent that the cause of the steering issues wasn't what I'd thought.  The bracket that had sheared off which I found last weekend was in fact only a secondary bracket - the main bolts that hold the rack onto the subframe were still in place.  However, on the driver's side, the bolt hole had somehow become quite badly elongated, which was allowing that end of the rack to move up and down. 

 

Whilst I was pondering various ways to fix this (including welding a BFO washer to the subframe), I thought I'd check the tightness of the bolt, as if I could get it a bit tighter it might help reduce the movement.  I got my socket set onto it and it was loose as feck.  I wound it up as tight as I could with my ratchet, then took the van for a drive round the block and bugger me was it better!  There's still a slight residual lumpiness there which I think is slightly tired PAS, but the steering wheel now feels directly connected to the front wheels, rather than tied on with hairy string.  Next weekend, weather permitting, I'm going to do it properly - get a decent washer in there (at the moment the nut is directly against the subframe, unlike the nearside which has a washer) and get my breaker bar on it to get it proper tight.

 

Whilst I was under there I also levered the massive rubber bush on the end of the gear lever back into its hole in the gearbox arm.  I wasn't sure if it'd make much difference as the bush is a bit knackered, but it's made the gear change way more precise, and the lever doesn't rattle any more either.

 

I R VAN FIXORATING GOD.

 

Of course this means that the next repair attempt I make will end in abject failure with the problem being worse than when I started, but hey.

[AMC Rebel]

I now have 3 new brake pipes on the Mondy.  Two to go, and a bit of a tidy up then it go to Mr Welding and get a new MOT.  Progress, albeit slow.

 

I bought a new brake pipe tool (SP flaremaster) which was both a help and a hindrance.  It's a good piece of kit, but you need a longer straight piece at the end of the pipe than with my old cheapo kit.  On the other hand, it's strong enough to flare steel pipes, and it does DIN flares, neither of which the old one does.

 

The Land Rover hospital phoned about the Crying Pumpkin - it needs the front swivels rebuilt with various parts - no great surprise there.

[M'coli]

It's official - tous les Vauxhalls sont de la merde!!!

[bramz7]

Sorted out the annoying drivers lock issue (it wouldn't lock or unlock from outside) on the 19 with a generous spray of WD40 in the lock. This is less than a month after the BX started doing a similar thing. That was fixed by the garage who did the cambelt though.

Suppose I can't be too mad that those are probably the most serious faults I've had a car do. Yet.

[Tayne]

tous les Vauxhalls sont de la merde!!!

Now there's a car sticker.