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[Cord Fourteener]

On 6/23/2022 at 4:55 PM, Cord Fourteener said:

So I had the oil deterioration light on the Mondeo and the smoke and the failed regens.

A quick oil change and dtc reset later and fingers crossed maybe I'll have sorted it.

 

Nope, lights on dash and smoke and limp mode.  Doh!

[Cookiesouwest]

Somerset Country Classic monthly meet, Blue Bowl pub, West Harptree. Only there for first 40 mins. Cars still arriving when I left.

A selection of what was on offer

Friendy meet. Will make it a regular on my Calendar.

[Supernaut]

22 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

The view from my office today.

I was Entry Control Officer for a team entering the dam's hydroelectric plant to devise rescue plans for maintenance workers.

Slightly concerned to be stood in the middle of a dam next to a metal access davit with lightning forecast but fortunately it didn't materialise!

 

Oooh, is that within a reasonable distance of the Shitefest site? Looks worth a visit.

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Somerset Country Classic monthly meet, Blue Bowl pub, West Harptree. Only there for first 40 mins. Cars still arriving when I left.

A selection of what was on offer

Friendy meet. Will make it a regular on my Calendar.

I must have just missed you. I got there at just before 1pm. Quieter than I expected. Suspect most avoided due to the forecast of rain + thunderstorms. 

[beko1987]

School fete today and they were selling decent beer for £3 a pint... North of £7 in the pubs round here. 

I had 4... Think the kids came home with me 🤔 I don't drink alot anymore

[Split_Pin]

3 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

Somerset Country Classic monthly meet, Blue Bowl pub, West Harptree. Only there for first 40 mins. Cars still arriving when I left.

A selection of what was on offer

Friendy meet. Will make it a regular on my Calendar.

Holy shitballs,  Fuego!

[wheel nut]

@Tickman 's update on the problem his daughter had with a wheel seized onto the hub reminded me of an issue I had myself that I meant to revisit. One of my dailys is a Dacia Logan which failed it’s MOT a few months ago on rusty discs. I changed them and the pads myself but the biggest problem I had was getting the wheels off. I had to resort to a combination of a sledgehammer plus driving it with loose wheel bolts on my driveway to get them to break free. 

When putting the wheels back on after rebuilding the brakes, they were still ominously tight to go onto the hubs so I reckoned it’s the bit of the hub that pokes through the wheel centre that was sticking.  So today I took the wheels off again and sanded the rust off the hub centres before applying a small amount of grease to try to stop them from rusting to the wheels again. I used the grease sparingly as the last thing I want is excess grease finding its way to my shiny new discs. The wheels slipped back on easily this time so hopefully this will do the trick.

A quick job to do which I hope will save me hassle in the long term. I don’t usually carry a sledgehammer around with me in case of getting a puncture so goodness knows what I would have done if I had discovered this by the roadside.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so how long was it since your wheels were last off? My front wheels had last been off 18 months before I found then stuck to the hubs but that 18 months included 2 winters which is probably when most of the corrosion occurs.

[trigger]

On 6/7/2022 at 1:08 AM, trigger said:

My new 240 Torslanda arrived on Saturday morning, I'm still questioning why I bought it though?! 

Probably not one of my wisest purchases! It was a bit rustier than I expected but to be fair to it the car starts and runs absolutely spot on and sounds great. 

It seems that it was owned by the last owner from 2004 until last November when it was moted having been unused for a year and then promptly crash and ended up with banger racers who raffled it off and a chap I know won it and has had it in his garden since. 

I gave it a pressure wash and a very quick mop and the paint came up so I got it in the garage and started stripping the damaged bits off

Which was pretty straightforwards, it's all mostly superficial but the hard part now will be finding the correct parts without spending too much

I did give the side a quick mop this afternoon to motivate me and it came up looking well so it's got potential, I'm not sure if the alleged 49000 miles is genuine or not but I wouldn't be surprised. As a bonus I also managed to get the radio code from the main dealer too! 

As usual I've hogged right into this old crate, ended up having the strip the front end off.

Then i bought all the panels i needed from a banger racer up near Norwich and spent the last week prepping them all for paint and fitting them all back onto the car.

Sadly i didn't take many photos at the time but you get the idea, I'm really pleased with the paint match, the wing from the breakers at been repainted the wrong shade of red so i done it again with a aerosol can and it looks fantastic.

I still have a lot of little jobs to do, all the brakes have turned out to be shagged so I've spent a small fortune on three new calipers and new shoes and pads all round and i still need to find a alloy as the old one was too damaged to repair and it will need tyres too but hopefully you'll agree it's looking a bit better now.

 

 

 

 

 

[hairnet]

trig youre such a slaaaaag

 

[Spottedlaurel]

Big day for the ex @BorniteIdentityAvensis SR, it's now in Euroland doing this:

As recently reported it went straight through an MoT, since then it's had a full belt change, new clutch and replacement coolant tank.

 

As recetly as Thursday evening it got used for taxi duties, carting Miss SL's BF's family to meet us for a farewell meal. It's covered around 1,000 miles since purchase and it's done a great job, so they feel confident in it.

They left us yesterday afternoon, making it down to an overnight stop in Ashford. By happy coincidence they ended up at the same place as an R-reg Corolla hatchback ( @Datsuncog style) that was also on the rally. Other cars I've seen taking part include a 'proper' Fiat panda, R-reg Rover 618, another Toyota or two and a Mk1 Honda CRV painted-up in Jurassic Park colours. Daniel will be happy to see the Avensis has only received the obligatory stickers, and there was consternation when one of them pulled off some lacquer when it needed to be repositioned....

A Volvo saloon shed a belt before even making the start, hopefully they got it sorted.

Compared to some they've got it easy in the Avensis. There's just the two of them and it swallowed all their luggage, camping gear for the trip home etc without any problem. I believe there's a Yaris taking part with four lads on board!

They've now made it as far as Brussels, via Calais, so at the end of day one that's a couple of countries ticked-off.

Daughter and her boyfriend are both just 18 and have never driven abroad before. Inevitably there's a bit of anxiousness here but I hope they have a great time and get back safe and well (including the car). I can't help but feel a little bit envious....

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, wheel nut said:

@Tickman 's update on the problem his daughter had with a wheel seized onto the hub reminded me of an issue I had myself that I meant to revisit. One of my dailys is a Dacia Logan which failed it’s MOT a few months ago on rusty discs. I changed them and the pads myself but the biggest problem I had was getting the wheels off. I had to resort to a combination of a sledgehammer plus driving it with loose wheel bolts on my driveway to get them to break free. 

When putting the wheels back on after rebuilding the brakes, they were still ominously tight to go onto the hubs so I reckoned it’s the bit of the hub that pokes through the wheel centre that was sticking.  So today I took the wheels off again and sanded the rust off the hub centres before applying a small amount of grease to try to stop them from rusting to the wheels again. I used the grease sparingly as the last thing I want is excess grease finding its way to my shiny new discs. The wheels slipped back on easily this time so hopefully this will do the trick.

A quick job to do which I hope will save me hassle in the long term. I don’t usually carry a sledgehammer around with me in case of getting a puncture so goodness knows what I would have done if I had discovered this by the roadside.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so how long was it since your wheels were last off? My front wheels had last been off 18 months before I found then stuck to the hubs but that 18 months included 2 winters which is probably when most of the corrosion occurs.

Nice work, I've had this same issue with several cars i've owned - all for the want of a tiny smear of copper grease when the wheel is being fitted to the hub. I'll always smear a little bit of grease on the mating face of the wheel with an old paintbrush the first time I have a wheel off the car, and check it subsequent times.

Many times I've had to resort to walloping the inside of the wheel rim with my big wooden mallet to free a wheel off - as you say, far better to discover this at home than on the side of a motorway on a rainy night!

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, wheel nut said:

@Tickman 's update on the problem his daughter had with a wheel seized onto the hub reminded me of an issue I had myself that I meant to revisit. One of my dailys is a Dacia Logan which failed it’s MOT a few months ago on rusty discs. I changed them and the pads myself but the biggest problem I had was getting the wheels off. I had to resort to a combination of a sledgehammer plus driving it with loose wheel bolts on my driveway to get them to break free. 

When putting the wheels back on after rebuilding the brakes, they were still ominously tight to go onto the hubs so I reckoned it’s the bit of the hub that pokes through the wheel centre that was sticking.  So today I took the wheels off again and sanded the rust off the hub centres before applying a small amount of grease to try to stop them from rusting to the wheels again. I used the grease sparingly as the last thing I want is excess grease finding its way to my shiny new discs. The wheels slipped back on easily this time so hopefully this will do the trick.

A quick job to do which I hope will save me hassle in the long term. I don’t usually carry a sledgehammer around with me in case of getting a puncture so goodness knows what I would have done if I had discovered this by the roadside.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so how long was it since your wheels were last off? My front wheels had last been off 18 months before I found then stuck to the hubs but that 18 months included 2 winters which is probably when most of the corrosion occurs.

Yes often corrosion around the centre spigot that causes the problem. A dead blow hammer is a help as they have a plastic face which means you can hammer the wheel without damaging it. It sometimes dislodges the wheel easier if you pull top outwards while banging the bottom of the wheel on the outside.

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[wuvvum]

I had the same problem with the 107 when I went to take the front wheels off to do the brake pads.  Rubber mallet made no difference, so I tried the driving it with loose wheel nuts trick - the offside wheel came loose pretty much straight away but with the nearside I ended up driving about half a mile, with a couple of enthusiastic corners thrown in, before it finally came loose.  I then had to tighten the wheel nuts back up so I could drive it home...  I put a smear of wheel bearing grease on the hub as that's what I had to hand at the time.

[Pat Earrings]

Serviced the Avensis today. I despise Crosland parts (spotted the Crosland oil filter and air filter) and despite the last service being less than 2k miles ago in the history and invoices, it was about a year or so ago. 
 

everything  bar the fuel filter was done, as that’s on order, a quality Blueprint item due on Tuesday. Bosch plugs taken out and better NGK ones in. I also treated it to a bottle of Liqui Moly Ceratec which at £20 odd was expensive but it is proven to work so wanted to give it the best. Runs lovely. 
 

Pollen filters have clearly never been changed. What an experience finding and replacing them but thanks to @BorniteIdentityfor the advice. 

[MJK 24]

2 hours ago, wheel nut said:

@Tickman 's update on the problem his daughter had with a wheel seized onto the hub reminded me of an issue I had myself that I meant to revisit. One of my dailys is a Dacia Logan which failed it’s MOT a few months ago on rusty discs. I changed them and the pads myself but the biggest problem I had was getting the wheels off. I had to resort to a combination of a sledgehammer plus driving it with loose wheel bolts on my driveway to get them to break free. 

When putting the wheels back on after rebuilding the brakes, they were still ominously tight to go onto the hubs so I reckoned it’s the bit of the hub that pokes through the wheel centre that was sticking.  So today I took the wheels off again and sanded the rust off the hub centres before applying a small amount of grease to try to stop them from rusting to the wheels again. I used the grease sparingly as the last thing I want is excess grease finding its way to my shiny new discs. The wheels slipped back on easily this time so hopefully this will do the trick.

A quick job to do which I hope will save me hassle in the long term. I don’t usually carry a sledgehammer around with me in case of getting a puncture so goodness knows what I would have done if I had discovered this by the roadside.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so how long was it since your wheels were last off? My front wheels had last been off 18 months before I found then stuck to the hubs but that 18 months included 2 winters which is probably when most of the corrosion occurs.

If you can’t get your (usually) rear alloy wheels off the hub, I recommend tightening the nuts up and dropping the jack down.

When on the floor, loosen each nut 1 full turn.  Then get hold of the car somewhere where you’re not likely to dent it and shake it side to side as hard as you can.  

The wheel and hub will soon part company as you’re putting their mating faces under a lot of strain / movement.

[wuvvum]

@trigger When's the next ECR meet?  I want to try and make it to at least one this year.

[trigger]

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

@trigger When's the next ECR meet?  I want to try and make it to at least one this year.

Here you go mate, it be good to see you at one

[Joey spud]

My wifes CRX had been languishing unloved down on her dads driveway for at least a couple of years and a decision has to be made whether to keep it or move it on.

So last weekend it got hit with a jet washer and my faithful jump pack (cheers Rac) was clipped on to its long dead battery,and being a Honda it coughed into life within a couple of seconds.

We have now bought it back home and i will have a look under it to see what's needed for another mot and then decide it's fate.

Trouble is being left abandoned unloved for so long has allowed grot to burst through the paint on drivers rear wheel arch and the end of the n/s rear sill.

And the laquer on the n/s front wing has started to peel off too,the paintwork was never great but now it's really showing where it has had various touch ups throughout its life.

It's an auto so it's not even slightly sporty to drive but it got lots of comments when its was being used.

The local car cash back place has offered £375 for it which surprised me I guess Honda cats are worth good money but I would need to remove the plate from it first.

Can I pull the plate off it without out it having a current Mot (expired 2019 I think) ?

[RoverFolkUs]

12 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

My wifes CRX had been languishing unloved down on her dads driveway for at least a couple of years and a decision has to be made whether to keep it or move it on.

So last weekend it got hit with a jet washer and my faithful jump pack (cheers Rac) was clipped on to its long dead battery,and being a Honda it coughed into life within a couple of seconds.

We have now bought it back home and i will have a look under it to see what's needed for another mot and then decide it's fate.

Trouble is being left abandoned unloved for so long has allowed grot to burst through the paint on drivers rear wheel arch and the end of the n/s rear sill.

And the laquer on the n/s front wing has started to peel off too,the paintwork was never great but now it's really showing where it has had various touch ups throughout its life.

It's an auto so it's not even slightly sporty to drive but it got lots of comments when its was being used.

The local car cash back place has offered £375 for it which surprised me I guess Honda cats are worth good money but I would need to remove the plate from it first.

Can I pull the plate off it without out it having a current Mot (expired 2019 I think) ?

Those things are worth BIG bucks in parts. If it has the 1590cc engine, IIRC they're a grand on their own

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, wheel nut said:

@Tickman 's update on the problem his daughter had with a wheel seized onto the hub reminded me of an issue I had myself that I meant to revisit. One of my dailys is a Dacia Logan which failed it’s MOT a few months ago on rusty discs. I changed them and the pads myself but the biggest problem I had was getting the wheels off. I had to resort to a combination of a sledgehammer plus driving it with loose wheel bolts on my driveway to get them to break free. 

When putting the wheels back on after rebuilding the brakes, they were still ominously tight to go onto the hubs so I reckoned it’s the bit of the hub that pokes through the wheel centre that was sticking.  So today I took the wheels off again and sanded the rust off the hub centres before applying a small amount of grease to try to stop them from rusting to the wheels again. I used the grease sparingly as the last thing I want is excess grease finding its way to my shiny new discs. The wheels slipped back on easily this time so hopefully this will do the trick.

A quick job to do which I hope will save me hassle in the long term. I don’t usually carry a sledgehammer around with me in case of getting a puncture so goodness knows what I would have done if I had discovered this by the roadside.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so how long was it since your wheels were last off? My front wheels had last been off 18 months before I found then stuck to the hubs but that 18 months included 2 winters which is probably when most of the corrosion occurs.

A problem I always see from cars that have come in for their first independent service after being in the main dealer network for years. 

2014 Skoda Yeti I had yesterday, had to hammer the shit out of the rear wheels. Tyres dated 2017, presumably the last time those wheels were off. Rear brakes were absolutely fucked, so that hadn't been spotted on the previous services either... Again, clearly the wheels weren't taken off. 

Cleaned up the hub surface and wheel surface, small smear of grease and it shouldn't get stuck again.

[Split_Pin]

Great progress on the 240 @trigger ,it looks fantastic.

[Joey spud]

30 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Those things are worth BIG bucks in parts. If it has the 1590cc engine, IIRC they're a grand on their own

No its only got the low fat 123bhp 1595cc engine.

[richardmorris]

I think if it’s had an mot or tax in the last five years you can put the plate on retention.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 minutes ago, Joey spud said:

No its only got the low fat 123bhp 1585cc engine.

Shame. But I wouldn't be taking the first offer, there are people who will buy the whole car for parts and pay a decent price 

 

[Joey spud]

Yes that's how I understood the Gov site but wasn't 100% sure I was reading it right.

[High Jetter]

6 hours ago, beko1987 said:

School fete today and they were selling decent beer for £3 a pint... North of £7 in the pubs round here. 

I had 4... Think the kids came home with me 🤔 I don't drink alot anymore

Have you done a headcount?

[beko1987]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Have you done a headcount?

Yea, their here this morning 👍

[mitsisigma01]

But are they yours 🤔

[BorniteIdentity]

16 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Big day for the ex @BorniteIdentityAvensis SR, it's now in Euroland doing this:

As recently reported it went straight through an MoT, since then it's had a full belt change, new clutch and replacement coolant tank.

 

As recetly as Thursday evening it got used for taxi duties, carting Miss SL's BF's family to meet us for a farewell meal. It's covered around 1,000 miles since purchase and it's done a great job, so they feel confident in it.

They left us yesterday afternoon, making it down to an overnight stop in Ashford. By happy coincidence they ended up at the same place as an R-reg Corolla hatchback ( @Datsuncog style) that was also on the rally. Other cars I've seen taking part include a 'proper' Fiat panda, R-reg Rover 618, another Toyota or two and a Mk1 Honda CRV painted-up in Jurassic Park colours. Daniel will be happy to see the Avensis has only received the obligatory stickers, and there was consternation when one of them pulled off some lacquer when it needed to be repositioned....

A Volvo saloon shed a belt before even making the start, hopefully they got it sorted.

Compared to some they've got it easy in the Avensis. There's just the two of them and it swallowed all their luggage, camping gear for the trip home etc without any problem. I believe there's a Yaris taking part with four lads on board!

They've now made it as far as Brussels, via Calais, so at the end of day one that's a couple of countries ticked-off.

Daughter and her boyfriend are both just 18 and have never driven abroad before. Inevitably there's a bit of anxiousness here but I hope they have a great time and get back safe and well (including the car). I can't help but feel a little bit envious....

I think about this old Hector daily.  Had I known then what I know now, I probably wouldn't have sold it - but I'm glad it's gone to such a great home and has had such care lavished on it already.  What a brilliant thing it is.

Keep us updated! 

[RayMK]

I bought two new batteries from ECP last week.  They were on special offer and were only about £31 each (Varta 12V 33AH). Today I replaced the nearly dead 2014 battery in my Reliant and, as expected after a fuel pump diaphragm replacement last week, it took a good 45 seconds to reprime the fuel system. I let the starter have a minute or two to recover from the shock then, much to my slight surprise, the engine started and ran beautifully on the second attempt and  I let it idle for several minutes. The general plan is to de-clutter the Reliant after its slumber since September last year, give it a clean to remove the garage dust, then maybe give it a brief test drive.  It will then be ready to sell as a runner in the next month or two.

The other new battery will go in to my 1980s mobility scooter and I'll buy another new one because it takes two. If the Reliant had not started, both new batteries would have gone into the scooter.