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[Vince70]

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

[sdkrc]

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

[aldo135]

 

16 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

Love this 😊

 

I work in a school and our primary 2s were making loads of things out of cardboard boxes yesterday, all donated from parents.  I only noticed when tidying that one of them was an Ann Summers box, who brings that in for the kids to play with 😂 thankfully there was no “space rocket” inside!

[mitsisigma01]

31 minutes ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

Had the same on my red K11 recently and it hasn't blown up yet even with E10 juice 🤞

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

It would be bad luck if the other lights lit up rather than just a milage...

[juular]

Engine withdrawal fail.

 

Trying to use an engine crane in this location is basically impossible thanks to the stones and the big divots despite lining the area with plywood.

I'm going to chop the front of the car off and just tow the bastard out with my van, subframe, engine, gearbox and suspension in one go.

[STUNO]

3 hours ago, sdkrc said:

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

Drove past a house yesterday. They had everything including a bouncy castle and merry go round hired for a 2-3 year old's party. My only comment was "they should have got a cardboard box, much more fun for a little one ".

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

Not all 6's, first one still a zero.

[doobietoo]

Been a while since the last update as work has been properly silly busy but here we are. The 406 spent around 6 weeks in limp mode until we could get it to a Pug specialist with the proper kit. He cleared the 1500 odd codes that had built up over the last few years and diagnosed a £40 sensor in the intake somewhere as the issue. With that replaced along with the back of the exhaust which randomly fell off one day despite showing no signs of rust apart from at the joint that failed,  it was back to its old self and actually feels like a 2.2 turbo now.  The 1500 to 3500 rev pull brings a smile to your face and becomes a bit addictive. It does put a bit of a dent in the fuel consumption however it is still over 40mpg despite mainly covering sub 10 mile trips. 

As I am on holiday it went in for its MOT last week and failed on four bulbs, an anti-roll bar link dust cover (we replaced both links as the other one got a bit bent when the spring broke) and a broken front number plate caused by a kamikaze pheasant who decided he could cross the road in front of myself and the bus I was overtaking. He cleared the bus but had no chance with me and died in an explosion of feathers.   The indicator bulbs are yellow with clear covers and the yellow fades over time hence the fail. 

For a 19 year old vehicle I think that is quite a good result and means I will have another year in its company. Despite old Peugeot absolutely everything electrical still works including the heated seats, auto wipers, auto lights and the cruise control. The only remaining fault now is the dodgy fuel gauge which goes from full to quarter full normally then jumps back to half full and then continues back to empty. I have a new one but my mechanic is a bit loathe to fit it as it means taking the tank out which in turn means taking lots of other bits off. We will get it done once we are both less busy. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

With the Mondeo in the garage over the weekend (wasn't the plan!) The Volvo is doing the family long haul work. 

It's easy, the most relaxing long distance drive I've had in a while, possibly ever!

 

[puddlethumper]

I had a go with a Plasma cutter on Friday. This one can cut through 20mm steel. I was impressed.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, puddlethumper said:

I had a go with a Plasma cutter on Friday. This one can cut through 20mm steel. I was impressed.

Most bank robberies are online these days, though!

[juular]

54 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

With the Mondeo in the garage over the weekend (wasn't the plan!) The Volvo is doing the family long haul work. 

It's easy, the most relaxing long distance drive I've had in a while, possibly ever!

 

Handsome. It's the only word that can adequately describe one of the last real ovlovs.

[Cord Fourteener]

9 minutes ago, juular said:

Handsome. It's the only word that can adequately describe one of the last real ovlovs.

I did notice it getting attention on the motorway from other people. 

[juular]

Mrs's LS400 sounds amazing. I gather it isn't meant to. And the MOT is tomorrow.

Noise hole #1 of 2.

I R MEKANIK.

Sounds.. normal.

She's going to hate it. 

[Fumbler]

This morning, the BX has now decided it will sit at the correct ride height on every setting. I R Confuse.

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, 83C said:

The Sharan is on facebook marketplace, so I'm dealing with the usual idiots. 

Today's example:

Buyer: Is this still available?

Me: Yes.

B: 500

Me: No, £750 is the lowest I'll go. 

B: 600??

Me: See above.

B: I come from Newport, fuel is expensive. 650?

Me: No, I'm not subsidising your fuel costs having already dropped £200 off the price. You want it, you pay your own fuel.

Message deleted, I can't be arsed to waste time responding any further. 

15 minutes later he comes back with agreeing on £750, and a request for address and phone number, vague address given but no number. Apparently on his way around 1300, be here in two hours (120 miles away on not great A roads, good luck). Just had a message saying he's still 50 miles away. Will he turn up at all? Will he have £750 with him? Will he try and pull any little stunts like sticking water in the oil etc? Who knows...

Who knows when dealing with FaceFook... Good luck, hope it goes well. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, 83C said:

...... Will he turn up at all? Will he have £750 with him? Will he try and pull any little stunts like sticking water in the oil etc? Who knows...

No, no (but depends on previous answer), yes (but see answer to first question).

[JMotor]

That's opposite of what a buyer had off me today.

Message fellow. 

Chat to him via messenger. 

Then speak to him on the phone. 

Arrange money, transport to pick it up. Turn up. Check over car, discuss money person to person. Was cheeky (in my mind) and offered a price. Buyer agreed. 

Do a buy. Bring car home. 

One Saab 93 Turbo Coupe. 

It's really not hard. You either want it or not. 

But I've got one major problem now... 

I actually didn't need another car. 

Oh fudge! 😂 

[brownnova]

I went to the Bodrhyddan Hall car show today… forecast said 10% chance of rain… so I thought it would be a good show… 

If course BBC weather had missed a nought off the chance of rain and it teemed it down from about an hour in.

Arriving (when it was barely even spitting) we turned up the drive to find ourselves behind this red 2CV… so we ended up parked together which was good. 

 

A little later… 

Another turned up. There was space on the end of our row… 

Bloody Astra. 

Also on our row…

So I went round thinking I’d take some pics on the second round. Then the heavens opened, so I went to the burger can and retreated to the car. View wasn’t bad… 

*aroused noises*

This was behind me too… 

Sadly the persistence of the rain meant that by 12.00 I’d had enough and I beat a hasty retreat without even going round again  (having outlasted a fair few other cars, and being in a convoy of 5 classics leaving.) Shame that my most local big show was wet again… 

[JMotor]

Like for show. 

Sad react for weather. 

[louiepj]

Friend drove round in his toyota aygo with engine light on and fluctuating idle. We plugged obd dongle on and discovered fault code P0511 idle air control valve fault.
We peer under bonnet and poke at engine while tutting to ourselves and sucking through our teeth at the expenses this will incur like real mekaniks.
Then we find a broken wire to the idle control valve that is broken right on the plug.
To confirm this was the issue I poked a t-pin in to the plug connector and bared back the wire and soldered it on. She idled again!!!
we called it a temporary* fix that we covered in silicone sealant and electrical tape while we look into getting a replacement 4 pin wiring plug for it.
We then drink tea and bask in the glory of fixing a car.

[artdjones]

5 hours ago, Fumbler said:

This morning, the BX has now decided it will sit at the correct ride height on every setting. I R Confuse.

Probably one of the height corrector linkages is sticky.

[stuboy]

19 hours ago, juular said:

Mrs's LS400 sounds amazing. I gather it isn't meant to. And the MOT is tomorrow.

Noise hole #1 of 2.

I R MEKANIK.

Sounds.. normal.

She's going to hate it. 

u can run a kwik fit depot now i recon better than they do..

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, JMotor said:

That's opposite of what a buyer had off me today.

Message fellow. 

Chat to him via messenger. 

Then speak to him on the phone. 

Arrange money, transport to pick it up. Turn up. Check over car, discuss money person to person. Was cheeky (in my mind) and offered a price. Buyer agreed. 

Do a buy. Bring car home. 

One Saab 93 Turbo Coupe. 

It's really not hard. You either want it or not. 

I have one major problem... 

I actually didn't need another car. 

Oh fudge! 😂 

Me and my 7 year old have been missing my 5 door Noobtuned black 93og.

Crazy, comfy and very pretty. 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, louiepj said:

Friend drove round in his toyota aygo with engine light on and fluctuating idle. We plugged obd dongle on and discovered fault code P0511 idle air control valve fault.
We peer under bonnet and poke at engine while tutting to ourselves and sucking through our teeth at the expenses this will incur like real mekaniks.
Then we find a broken wire to the idle control valve that is broken right on the plug.
To confirm this was the issue I poked a t-pin in to the plug connector and bared back the wire and soldered it on. She idled again!!!
we called it a temporary* fix that we covered in silicone sealant and electrical tape while we look into getting a replacement 4 pin wiring plug for it.
We then drink tea and bask in the glory of fixing a car.

When I got my passat the next day it stopped boosting.

Problem was given via obd2 diagnostics curtesy of a neighbour; the MAF sensor wire had freyed. 

That was easily twisted back and taped up and its been fine since. 

I like cheap easy fixes!

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Probably one of the height corrector linkages is sticky.

It feels like that, for sure. Hopefully having it up in the air this Friday will tell all.

[JMotor]

13 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Me and my 7 year old have been missing my 5 door Noobtuned black 93og.

Crazy, comfy and very pretty

Have been looking through the Noobtune FB page 😂. 

Even a simple remap would make it a good bit more nippy. 

[Spurious]

What a cute little friction plate. Also love the handling instructions, very Japanese 😃

[iainrcz]

Fucking GT 86, something else has broken. The second thing in 3 years!

A door courtesy light has blown.