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[anonymous user]

10p?

At least 30 as it's bound to have 20p in the handbrake

[Six-cylinder]

I made Critical mistake today, my favourite garage were so busy I had to make the tea, I only went and put sugar in the the tea of the man who had fixed the Sovereign S2!

[egg]

10p?

 

About 1100 euros apparently #senseofhumourfailure

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1101987293.htm

[loserone]

I made Critical mistake today, my favourite garage were so busy I had to make the tea, I only went and put sugar in the the tea of the man who had fixed the Sovereign S2!

Cockup!

 

A few months ago I did the same for our midwife, I imagine the consequences could have been nearly as disastrous.

[New POD]

Your IT director is just using a Facebook app and making you all think he's very clever.

 

To be fair, I know nothing, but I'm not that impressed so far.

[Guest Hooli]

About 1100 euros apparently #senseofhumourfailure

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1101987293.htm

 

Great scott!

 

 

Really?

[New POD]

I got my family membership renew through from the RAC - £184 for recovery and rescue.

 

Now the equivalent if I go via quidco and get cash back with AA is £95. I will be cancelling obviously.

[richardmorris]

I fitted one of the squeezy bulb inline things on the chassis leg. Makes it so much easier to bring the fuel up after a stand. ( which is most of the time in my case...)

I was thinking of those, like on diesels, but haven't even bothered looking for one yet.

[meshking]

Does sadly seem to be a necessary step these days. Not that mine often goes more than a week without use now its back on the road.

Show off. Worryingly, all my kids love the p38 which means the 2cv gets more neglected. At least it's back in the garage now, due to excessively large cars on the driveway.

[meshking]

I was thinking of those, like on diesels, but haven't even bothered looking for one yet.

I grabbed one from eBay, not expensive but so much easier than blowing into the fuel filler or sucking on the pump to carb pipe.

[richardmorris]

Does sadly seem to be a necessary step these days. Not that mine often goes more than a week without use now its back on the road.

You need to read the furore that has been unleashed with Keith would in the next issue of the ccc mag! I had a few emails back and forth last night with The editor.

 

The car starts brilliantly if left up to a couple of days, but after that has no fuel in the bowl and needs cranking. The annoyances of second cars- when it was used daily this wasn't a problem.

 

Anyway, just talking to my dad and he had the fiat out today to give it a run and will take it to Chester on Sunday for the cars and coffee meeting if it's dry. If not he's going in the DS4.

[richardmorris]

I grabbed one from eBay, not expensive but so much easier than blowing into the fuel filler or sucking on the pump to carb pipe.

Nearly gave myself another hernia blowing into the fuel filler !

[Mr_Bo11ox]

About 1100 euros apparently #senseofhumourfailure

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1101987293.htm

 

He'll be lucky, French folk will look at the 'back to front' dashboard and equate it with one of those comedy clown cars that goes right when you turn left etc.

[cort16]

My Cortina if left for more than 12 hrs would take about 5000 cranks to get it going. If it had a crank handle you'd easily be dead from a heart attack or old age before you saw any sign of fuel in the filter.  I bought a new pump for it a few weeks ago and the signs are promising. The fuel still runs back to the tank out the filter but it gets fuel up a lot quicker.

[richardmorris]

Mine has a new pump ( last year), non return valve and an in line filter. Up to a week is not a problem and will start instantly, after that it takes some churning. It's the fuel. Or lack thereof.

[Negative Creep]

Went for a job interview today, seemed to go pretty well but I get it it's a 50 mile round trip 99% motorways and A roads. Civic has about 6 weeks of MOT left which it will likely fail completely and broken air con. New car time?

[dave21478]

About 1100 euros apparently #senseofhumourfailure

 

https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/1101987293.htm

 

 

Great scott!

 

 

Really?

 

Not really, no.

 

RHD and UK papers mean it would be worth fuck all to a French buyer. It could be re-registered, but at 60 for the CT, likely another 50-80 for a pair of LHD headlights to pass the CT, 180 for the certificate de conformite and whatever the carte gris costs....likely 150 or so, its literally not worth it for resale purposes.

[DodgyBastard]

Picked up the cz tonight

 

DSC_0487 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0493 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Decided on going back to the original colour on the 18...

 

DSC_0496 by srblythe, on Flickr

[beko1987]

My new car is going to be £8 more a year to insure than the xantia.

 

Worth it!

[junkyarddog]

^^^^^ Just clear coat that 18!!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Picked up the cz tonight

 

DSC_0487 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0493 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Decided on going back to the original colour on the 18...

 

DSC_0496 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

OMG ITS A PICASSO

[New POD]

Anyone recommend a travel insurance company that doesn't load premiums for minor pre-existing medical conditions.

 

Ie someone who has had ME (Chronic Fatigue) for whom the holiday will involve frequent opportunities to rest

and someone who has recently been treated for slipped discs, for whom the holiday will involve frequent opportunities to lie down.

[vulgalour]

 

Without me losing my temper or being all emotional, I've decided the little Renault 6TL is NOT a keeper.

 

So, if you are seriously interested in purchasing it then do make me an offer somewhere in the region of £600 for it.  I don't think this is unreasonable for a VED-exempt car with a load of new parts fitted even though I can't get it to run yet.  If/when I get it through an MoT then I'll want considerably more.  I cannot deliver it, buyer has to collect, but I expect you could A-frame it since it has brand spanking new tyres on all round.  I'd also consider a swap for something of pre-1980 vintage and similar size providing it wasn't full of rot.

 

I'll keep plugging away at it and will try and get it MoT'd but I've completely lost my love for it.  I want to focus on the Princess and the Rover instead.

 

I'm not putting it on eBay, etc. because I'm not in a rush to sell, this is just a polite notice really.

[alf892]

I went to assemble a boat engine for father Alf today.......a 1600 cross flow.........mounted in a 1959 boat. I didn't know they did them that early? Father Alf swears blind it is original engine though.

[taxi paul]

Ordered my rear light for my jap auto barge. £115.00 ,not too bad. In other news my mates two year old vivaro minibus has been in vauxhall main dealer for three days now trying to sort out limp mode. Turns out there diagnostic doo da is not speaking to the car. So they get another one apparently and now his van won't speak to this machine. All moderns etc. Also they have given him a corsa courtesy car to run round his family of nine.

[Richard]

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[DodgeRover]

Anyone recommend a travel insurance company that doesn't load premiums for minor pre-existing medical conditions.

 

Ie someone who has had ME (Chronic Fatigue) for whom the holiday will involve frequent opportunities to rest

and someone who has recently been treated for slipped discs, for whom the holiday will involve frequent opportunities to lie down.

Nationwide were reasonable for me no increase for pre existing medical conditions as long you sign a waiver to say you aren't covered in the event of a claim relating to them or only a small amount for full cover.

[ruffgeezer]

Name that shite, dug out if the garden model car edition;

 

[Ghosty]

Mk1 Golf?

[Noel Tidybeard]

 

The original OHV three main bearing Kent engine appeared in the 1959 Anglia with a capacity of 996.70 cc developing 39 bhp (29 kW) at 5,000 rpm - unusually high for the time. With a 3-3/16 in (80.9625 mm) bore and 48.40 mm (1.906 in) stroke, combined with independent (non-siamesed) four intake and four exhaust ports, it was a departure from traditional undersquare English engine design.

 

The same engine, with its bore unchanged, but with longer 65.00 mm and 72.75 mm stroke and thus larger capacities were subsequently used in the Ford Consul Classic (1339 cc) and Consul Capri (1339 cc and 1498 cc), the Mk1 and early Mk2 Cortinas (58.20 mm stroke 1198 cc, 63.00 mm stroke five main bearing 1297 cc and the 1498 cc), and the early Corsairs

A 1967 redesign gave it a cross-flow type cylinder head, hence the Kent's alternative name Ford Crossflow

The Crossflow featured a change in combustion chamber design, using a Heron type combustion chamber in the top of the piston rather than in the head. The head itself was flat with each engine capacity (1098 and 1298 cc) featuring different pistons with different sized bowls in 681F and 701M blocks. The 1599cc 691M block had the stronger 'square' bearing caps later used in the 711M, and small combustion chambers in the near-flat head (the bulk of the volume being in the piston bowl). In 1970, the new A711 block for 1298 cc and A711M block for 1599 cc were introduced with thicker block wall, square main bearing caps, large diameter cam followers and wider cam lobes, with the latter block having a 7/16" taller deck height, together with a return to the flat head. These changes represented a significant improvement in the reliability of the engines, and the blocks are commonly referred to as '711M' blocks.

A redesigned version of the Kent engine was conceived to suit transverse installation in 1976, primarily for the Mk.1 Ford Fiesta, although base model versions of the Escort Mk.III also used the engine. This derivative would go through two major revamps in 1988 and 1995 and would be a mainstay of Ford's entry level compact range for nearly 25 years.