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[beko1987]

That boot light microswitch looks near identical to a Dyson upright brushroll switch incase the repair doesn't last! 

It probably will last though, fixes like that are often all those things need*

[Split_Pin]

Yes.

My car has been looked after since 5th October.

Definitely * been kept inside.

Yes.

Interior is filthy as well. 

At least it's back, seems to drive as it was and the the replacement temperature guage voltage regulator is working

At least he gave me the down pipe gasket for free.

[captain_70s]

There is one of those kicking about the west end of Glasgow same colour and everything. Want me to nip out one night with an angle grinder and liberate it's exhaust?

[Split_Pin]

43 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

There is one of those kicking about the west end of Glasgow same colour and everything. Want me to nip out one night with an angle grinder and liberate it's exhaust?

Knowing these cars it would have a minute model difference and therefore everything would be completely different!

[Supernaut]

37 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Knowing these cars it would have a minute model difference and therefore everything would be completely different!

Or, more likely, the exhaust on it is just as bad!

[TheOtherStu]

Brand new job started this week, down south. Drove back last night, been there since Sunday.

The wife is particularly impressed that this afternoon, I'm driving to the NEC to disappear until Sunday night. If anyone is coming, if you come to the MR2DC stand, I'm the fella with the beard and the Blue Mk3 (with the brown engine). I've seen some of the snobbery around the NEC and my car is far from a) standard and b) a garage queen, so expect to see some criticism. The MR2DC got slagged off last time too, because it didn't contain mint, standard examples (which isn't what the DC is about).

[Bear]

Covid sucks.

Five days of isolation to go. But also feeling like death warmed up.

Meh.

[Garythesnail]

On 11/10/2021 at 6:11 AM, bobdisk said:

Did he do the Trabi-Safari around Berlin? I did, Its the best drive around a city there is!!😃!!

Is it? Tokyo looks good, too🤪

[Talbot]

7 hours ago, beko1987 said:

That boot light microswitch looks near identical to a Dyson upright brushroll switch incase the repair doesn't last! 

Microswitches like that are standard engineering components, available from electrical suppliers the world over for a few pence.  There are a bazillion different sizes, orientations, options and so on, but with a part number, you can usually find somewhere selling an identical one for 20p.  Not the £289 they want for a new mechanism from a main stealer.

[stuboy]

Went to see my friend again and I know I posted before but uts looking kinda knackered now..

[beko1987]

2 hours ago, Talbot said:

Microswitches like that are standard engineering components, available from electrical suppliers the world over for a few pence.  There are a bazillion different sizes, orientations, options and so on, but with a part number, you can usually find somewhere selling an identical one for 20p.  Not the £289 they want for a new mechanism from a main stealer.

Yup! I've got a handful of them floating around my small dyson parts box too incase they come in handy one day

[SiC]

Look what I parked next to at the chippy!


Came back to my car with chips in hand, I was greeted with "don't suppose you could give me a jump start?"
"Sure!"
What he didn't realise is that it was his lucky night and met a fellow British Leyland bother.

Jump start didn't make any difference. You could hear the clunk of the solenoid but I noted the lights didn't dim much.

I asked for a wheel brace to give the starter a whack. Unfortunately I couldn't get enough room to hit it with any force. Also noted that the shaft on the end didn't move. Anyway I suggested that we push it to the end of an empty car park and give it a good old fashioned bump.

Pushed it to the top of what is a slight incline. He got in and I started pushing.

Brrrruum!


Gave me a first bump in thanks and he thanked me for all my help. I said I couldn't leave a fellow British Leyland owner in need like that. He set off very happy that he didn't have a long wait for the recovery services.

But for my good deeds, my dinner had gone cold!

(Kinda wished I left my number in case he wanted to sell it as I'm after one right now 😂)

[stuboy]

21 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Knowing these cars it would have a minute model difference and therefore everything would be completely different!

try buy a grill for a seat leon..... wish she still had a ford mrs stuboy

[gm]

must be the night for AS good samaritan-ing. I was out getting dinner and happened across an elderly lady who had been dazzled by oncoming headlights and drove over the end of the parking bay down a three foot drop, her car was well and truly stuck at a worrying angle. I got her safely out of the car, made sure she was ok then rescued the two confused dogs from the rear footwell. It was good to see that a number of folk stopped to offer help, one thoroughly decent chap went and got her a cup of tea while I called the AA for help. The promised recovery truck was taking a long time to appear so the police were called, they arrived and got the lady home safely, the truck still awol. Big thanks to the girl from the local Costa coffee who had seen what was going on and brought out hot drinks, what a lovely thing to do.

 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, gm said:

must be the night for AS good samaritan-ing. I was out getting dinner and happened across an elderly lady who had been dazzled by oncoming headlights and drove over the end of the parking bay down a three foot drop, her car was well and truly stuck at a worrying angle. I got her safely out of the car, made sure she was ok then rescued the two confused dogs from the rear footwell. It was good to see that a number of folk stopped to offer help, one thoroughly decent chap went and got her a cup of tea while I called the AA for help. The promised recovery truck was taking a long time to appear so the police were called, they arrived and got the lady home safely, the truck still awol. Big thanks to the girl from the local Costa coffee who had seen what was going on and brought out hot drinks, what a lovely thing to do.

 

I’m pleased that there are good Samaritans about still. 

[gm]

shame about the fanny in the transit who shouted "you can't park there missus" hope his next shite is a hedgehog

[horriblemercedes]

I had a funny conversation today. I took my dad to pick up his new car. A brand new Discovery 5. Left him alone for a few minutes to inspect it and I was having a chat with the saleswoman.

Her: What do you drive then?

Me: A BMW 3-Series

Her: They're nice cars. Have you ever considered a Jaguar?

Me: Actually my last car was a Jaguar. I really liked it.

Her: Oh really? Which one was it?

Me: S-Type

Her (eyes lit up): Oh really? Why did you get rid of it?

Me: It was really rusty.

Her: Oh, I see. I haven't heard of that with them. I'll have to look into it. I thought maybe you had kids and needed more seats.

Me (penny drops): No, no. An S-Type. Not an F-Type. Don't worry, I can't afford any of the cars in this showroom!

Her (looking disappointed): Oh, I see.

[wuvvum]

Randomly, after about 9 months, the driver's door window on the 75 has started working again.  Just in time for winter...

[horriblemercedes]

7 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Randomly, after about 9 months, the driver's door window on the 75 has started working again.  Just in time for winter...

When you say working, it didn't go to the bottom and then stick there, right?

[wuvvum]

Nope, went up and down just fine.  The driver's door switch pack has been completely unresponsive (apart from the door mirror adjustment) for the past 9 months or so, despite my having replaced both the switch pack and the BCM.  I'd pretty much given up on it.

[horriblemercedes]

18 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Nope, went up and down just fine.  The driver's door switch pack has been completely unresponsive (apart from the door mirror adjustment) for the past 9 months or so, despite my having replaced both the switch pack and the BCM.  I'd pretty much given up on it.

I'm glad to hear it. I love 75s. I probably would've had a CDT Tourer if my 320d hadn't come up here (by Jamie) for a great price. A 320d wasn't on my radar but a 75 was what I really wanted. At least I've got the same engine, so that's kind of close

[SiC]

The restoration side of Charles Ware has apparently gone into administration. Parts section still going on as a separate concern. 

[artdjones]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

The restoration side of Charles Ware has apparently gone into administration. Parts section still going on as a separate concern. 

Minors are not as fashionable as they once were. 

[loserone]

Saville has a lot to answer for.

 

 

Too soon?

[Split_Pin]

Fucking hell  Mike 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[omegod]

For the first time in 25 yrs of fiddling with cars I have had some paintwork done, nasty rust blister on one door top  and one on a door bottom ,a new grille surround colour coding and some scratches buffed out , I was very nervous leaving my baby with a random paint man but fook me he's done a magnificent job, spectrometer used to match the paint and it's an invisible blend. Happy bunny  

[Fumbler]

Pick pick

No hole strictly speaking, but the outer sill has fizzled away.

 

[Lankytim]

Another 10 mile wonder around Stoke revealed some beautiful old crocks. 
 

The SD1 was a regular sight until a few years ago, glad to see it’s still around. 
 

I think we can all unite and agree that the best use of the Lincoln involves an oval and a steel post. 

[SiC]

Bini gone. It's so much of a nicer car than the Fabia. The Fabia makes you feel like a cheapskate or a peasant. Problem is, it does everything the Mini goes but costs less to do. Apart from driving quickly - the Fabia is very slow.


Extra £650 doesn't go a miss though. Even if I did loose like £400 on it. The £100 deposit pretty much disappeared filling the Boxster tank up at the weekend...

[Ghosty]

Really struggling to find a car for sale that I actually want to buy (!). Just looking for a winter shitter...