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[egg]

Unlikely to be of much interest, but sent ex @Kiltox @purplebargekeni10 off to have it's screen pump fixed, needed a new one, so mechanic got one from Hyundai. Also had an oil and filter, to stop me pretending I'm going to do it! Anyway first actual 'bill' in the two years we've had it. Can't go to far wrong with these it seems.

 

[Kiltox]

18 minutes ago, egg said:

Unlikely to be of much interest, but sent ex @Kiltox @purplebargekeni10 off to have it's screen pump fixed, needed a new one, so mechanic got one from Hyundai. Also had an oil and filter, to stop me pretending I'm going to do it! Anyway first actual 'bill' in the two years we've had it. Can't go to far wrong with these it seems.

 

Did it have a horrible aftermarket one on it? I can’t remember if that was one of the very few jobs I had to do to it. Stonking thing. 

[vulgalour]

21 hours ago, vulgalour said:

FAIL

Rear marker light - blown bulb.  Typically this happened on the way to the MoT since I tested everything before setting off.

Insecure headlight - the two screws holding the bracket in had backed out a bit, they need a fraction of a turn.  Already fixed that one.

Rust to inner wing/hole in chassis - I should have spotted this, somehow I didn't.  It appears to just be the inner skin, the structure behind it seems okay.  I'll know better when I get the angry disc on it, but I can't see it being too nightmarish to resolve.

 

Rust to inner sill - an historic repair with a loose edge.  There doesn't look to be any rust, just an unfinished edge that needs securing.  Don't have a photo of this to show you at the moment, so you'll have to use your brain pictures.

Advisory - oil leak to front.  It's the rocker cover gasket, TADTS.  I've got a new one to go on, I'll do the tappets at the same time, probably shan't bother for the retest since it's not vital and the leak is just your usual nonsense.

 

The nice thing is all the work I've done on it, like the rear arches, has been considered perfectly fine.  It's only work others have done, or general entropy, that's been flagged.

All repaired and ready to go.  Booked in for the retest at 16:30 today.  Literally took me longer to get out the tools and tidy up than to do the repairs.  Blown rear bulb decided to work because it wasn't blown at all, it was just being a little shit.

[egg]

50 minutes ago, Kiltox said:

Did it have a horrible aftermarket one on it? I can’t remember if that was one of the very few jobs I had to do to it. Stonking thing. 

Ooh, not sure, but I don't mind that he went for an OEM replacement (it does front and rear I think). He had a look over and no other issues noted.

[Pete-M]

It's Ronnie Pickering day. 

7 years. 

 

[reb]

Just cleaning up the exhaust before the MOT, maybe it'll help with the emissions?

[wuvvum]

Well the Maxus failed the MOT as predicted.  Two front bottom balljoints, a track rod end and a drop link, plus a corroded brake pipe which I hadn't spotted, and the bit of inner sill which I had.  Also needs the nearside headlight polishing, a front number plate and the handbrake adjusting.  So a fair bit to do but nothing terminal.  I had visions of having to replace both front wishbones, but the ball joints on these actually bolt to the bottom of the hub carrier and poke down through the end of the wishbone, so that should make replacement easier (and will definitely make it cheaper).

About £60 in bits, which I've already ordered - hopefully they'll be here in time for me to fit them at the weekend, then I'll have to see if I can persuade my welding mate to stick a patch on the inner sill.

[reb]

Not bad for a car that the only thing I've done to it in the nearly a year I've owned it is wash it twice and replaced two tyres.

[vulgalour]

3 hours ago, vulgalour said:

All repaired and ready to go.  Booked in for the retest at 16:30 today.  Literally took me longer to get out the tools and tidy up than to do the repairs.  Blown rear bulb decided to work because it wasn't blown at all, it was just being a little shit.

Retest complete: PASS  As if there was any doubt.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

Retest complete: PASS  As if there was any doubt.

Well done - all your hard work paid off!

[stuboy]

Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here..

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/

[andyberg]

16 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here..

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/

Nice car, I just despair at some people's grasp of the English language 🙄

[dozeydustman]

Managed to get a £10 voucher for Halfords so I’ve bought a cordless Ugga-dugga gun. (Not for £10)

Been after one for ages.

[N19]

I had to work late last week and got a taxi on expenses. The receipt shows a MK3 cavalier, although sadly the taxi was one of those new TXE electric ones. 

[egg]

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

[Spurious]

9 minutes ago, egg said:

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

Traaaaaansit Spowrt laaaaad. 

C. Definitely C. 

[JJ0063]

14 minutes ago, egg said:

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

D) They’re going to tarmac my drive and try to get me to agree to having some trees cut down or my roof pressure washed.

[N19]

3 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

D) They’re going to tarmac my drive and try to get me to agree to having some trees cut down or my roof pressure washed.

That'd be if there were "borrowed" plates on it...

[barefoot]

E - Twat.

[Supernaut]

16 minutes ago, barefoot said:

E - Twat.

The tradesman or the judgemental customer?

 

Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty!

 

Get over yourselves, all of you.

[horriblemercedes]

12 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

The tradesman or the judgemental customer?

 

Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty!

 

Get over yourselves, all of you.

I thought more likely a comment about the tastes of the sort of person who'd think that was a cool van rather than thinking that tradesman shouldn't be allowed it

[Split_Pin]

The best tradesman that did a job for me turned up to price it in an old s class, wearing brogues and had his jack russell in the passenger seat.

[egg]

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Get over yourselves, all of you.

I get where you're coming from....but a true story from my working life, me and a colleague were auditing a public service, me turned up in my old Fiat Uno, m'colleague turned up in new Porsche Boxster.

Staff there said we don't want to be checked up on in a guy who drives a Porsche, and he was taken off the job.

People make daft judgements like that all the time, sadly.

[New POD]

4 hours ago, egg said:

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

E) I bet he's got an I phone that was launched in the last 3 months, and his "wife" is the same colour as the van, and has bleached blond hair and botox. 

But b. 

[artdjones]

5 hours ago, egg said:

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

Can't I think B and C?

 

4 hours ago, Supernaut said:

The tradesman or the judgemental customer?

 

Oh, how dare a tradesman have some self respect and choose a nice vehicle in which to spend their entire day? They don't deserve that! They should be driving around in poverty!

 

Get over yourselves, all of you.

If they spend their entire day in it they aren't going to get much work done, are they?

[egg]

...anyway, my original post was meant to be a light-hearted look at a particular part of Ford culture!

[stuboy]

7 hours ago, egg said:

If you see a tradesman turn up in a full body kitted Traaaansit Sports on a private plate....do you think...

(a) top lad!
(b) style over substance?
(c) he's charging too much...

BIL has grey msrt and its great and he is a top spec chippie too

[egg]

7 minutes ago, stuboy said:

BIL has grey msrt and its great and he is a top spec chippie too

I didn't know until today that the Connect and Ranger can be spec'd up too...

[barefoot]

1 hour ago, egg said:

...anyway, my original post was meant to be a light-hearted look at a particular part of Ford culture!

My reply too.

[RoverFolkUs]

On 9/21/2022 at 8:12 PM, stuboy said:

Just seen a rover for sale on Facebook.. thought I'd share it on here..

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1034634554153293/

They could use the £700 to get some lessons in punctuation and grammar! Not a single bit of punctuation in that essay 😅

"Water pump needs putting back on" - BS translator - something has snapped along the way and is a total pain in the arse to sort out. Or the cambelt/water pump job went tits up, timing etc, so thats a convenient way of hiding it ...