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[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this in my late uncle's garage when I was cleaning it out.

Don't know if they still exist, I know he had a Corsa at some point in the 90s.

Interesting, the cap looks a more recent design, like the Nikwax bottles but the font and design look older, 70's?

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Found this in my late uncle's garage when I was cleaning it out.

Don't know if they still exist, I know he had a Corsa at some point in the 90s.

@JJ0063 is just down the road from Dereham so he's probably best placed to advise.

[wuvvum]

Had a singularly unproductive day today.  Spent a good couple of hours on the Maxus and got absolutely nowhere.  I still can't get the track rod end undone, despite soaking it in Plus Gas all week.  I tried heating it but that didn't help - not sure if my little propane blowtorch was getting the metal hot enough, everything is quite chunky being a van.  The wishbone ball joint showed no interest in coming undone either - I was hammering away at the ball joint splitter but couldn't budge it. 

Part of the problem is that the ball joint has so much play in it that when I try to get brutal with it it just moves around and the splitter won't stay in place.  I've squirted some Plus Gas round where the taper goes into the wishbone, but I have no idea if any of it will penetrate or if it'll do any good if it does.  I could really do without having to pay a garage to do it though.

I was determined to do something useful given that it was such a nice day, so I changed the plugs on the Innocenti (it seems to be running smoother now but that could just be a placebo effect...) and I got the 107 up on the ramps, gave the underside a rinse off with the 12v jet wash and slapped some Hydrate 80 on the rusty bits.  I might spray some underseal under there as well, help improve its chances of surviving the winter.

I was pleased to find that despite the fairly torrential rain we've had this week, the Innocenti has stayed bone dry inside.  That's good as it means that hopefully I can park it up over the winter without having to put a cover over it - I'm not sure covers do a great deal of good to the bodywork.  The Volvo has got a bit damp in the passenger footwell, which isn't unexpected; the Renault 6 had a bit of dampness on the floor but no standing water like it's had in the past, which is good.

I did do a buy today.

I say a buy, it was mostly a swap for the Dodge, although I did have to stick a bit of money on top.  It's quite a posh one - Exclusive spec - although it's a 2.0 HDI with an auto 'box so it's not a rocket ship.  It does have a lot of gizmos though, including voice recognition (the first time I've had a car thus equipped) and front foglights which come on when you turn the steering, plus the usual heated electric leather seats, sat nav, auto lights and wipers etc.  First impressions are quite good - I think it'll make an excellent long distance cruiser.  It does have an annoying rattle from the nearside front over bumps though which I'm going to need to investigate.

[JJ0063]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

@JJ0063 is just down the road from Dereham so he's probably best placed to advise.

Yup still there!

[andy18s]

11 hours ago, stuboy said:

get a hesitation when rolling low speed with v6, changed plugs, coil pack,  checked for air leaks, fuel leaks and nothing.

 

any one experience simile with v6 duratecs?

 

tommorow im swapping the pipercross filter with a standard paper filter.

 

 

Do these still use the IRMC that was on the 2.5? V6 Cougars had the same symptoms ans it was nearly always the IRMC sticking

[Twiggy]

On 19/09/2022 at 21:38, AnnoyingPentium said:

Reading this tonight. Bought of Amazon. Loving it so far.

Got mine from Amazon - a brilliant wee book. Many thanks to motor punk !

[Sunny Jim]

Been a bus wanker today. Dropped the BX with @mat_the_cat and got the bus home. I know the road well and love driving it but it requires too much concentration to be able to admire the view so it was good to sit back and appreciate it.

 

 

[camryv6]

1 hour ago, Sunny Jim said:

Been a bus wanker today. Dropped the BX with @mat_the_cat and got the bus home. I know the road well and love driving it but it requires too much concentration to be able to admire the view so it was good to sit back and appreciate it.

 

 

I think i have been on his forum too long, i thought you meant you borrowed the bus from @mat_the_catand drove it home.

[Yoss]

We're on holiday with green Favorit and Chieveley the dog. 

This is Caerfai Bay just south of St Davids and almost as far west as you can get in south Wales. About 220 miles from Southampton. I did let Chieveley out after this photo but it's very difficult to get him to stand still when he goes somewhere new. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

The Vivaro wouldn't start in August after sitting since June and I have since left it sitting but was planning to have it transported to the garage for troubleshooting this week. So today I found out that I should charge the battery and checked the voltage as well and before charging it was under 12v and after charging for a few hours and while the charger was charging the battery it was at 14v so decided to test if it would start now and it did instantly. This is strange as the starter has cranked the engine without a problem in the past but it has not started. So do I just possibly have a bad battery? I don't know but took it for a drive and it still runs an drives perfect after all these months.

The only problem is that the stereo won't work now and I need code to make it work which I don't have. I am going to change this, but I would like to have the CD that is inside it back, is there anything I can do? or do I just have to go medieval on it with an ax or something to get the cd back?

[Fumbler]

The wing has turned shiny. I've hung it back on the chair and I'm using a compact Mac as a ballast.

 

[richardmorris]

Article on the future of classic cars and petrol in the telegraph. Doesn’t appear to be behind a paywall.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/end-road-classic-cars/

 

[camryv6]

45 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The Vivaro wouldn't start in August after sitting since June and I have since left it sitting but was planning to have it transported to the garage for troubleshooting this week. So today I found out that I should charge the battery and checked the voltage as well and before charging it was under 12v and after charging for a few hours and while the charger was charging the battery it was at 14v so decided to test if it would start now and it did instantly. This is strange as the starter has cranked the engine without a problem in the past but it has not started. So do I just possibly have a bad battery? I don't know but took it for a drive and it still runs an drives perfect after all these months.

The only problem is that the stereo won't work now and I need code to make it work which I don't have. I am going to change this, but I would like to have the CD that is inside it back, is there anything I can do? or do I just have to go medieval on it with an ax or something to get the cd back?

Stupid question but have you tried ejecting the CD in safe mode ?

[stuboy]

10 hours ago, andy18s said:

Do these still use the IRMC that was on the 2.5? V6 Cougars had the same symptoms ans it was nearly always the IRMC sticking

its low speed rolling not like foot down with the imrc being called upon

[Dyslexic Viking]

26 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Stupid question but have you tried ejecting the CD in safe mode ?

Yes, I have, but it won't come out.

[camryv6]

4 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Yes, I have, but it won't come out.

Get medieval with it then, or the boring answer is get the code.

Just thought pull the radio out sometimes people write the code on the outer casing.

[Dyslexic Viking]

19 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Get medieval with it then, or the boring answer is get the code.

Just thought pull the radio out sometimes people write the code on the outer casing.

I'm unsure if it's possible to get hold of the code any longer, but I'll see what I will do.

[Sunny Jim]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Article on the future of classic cars and petrol in the telegraph. Doesn’t appear to be behind a paywall.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/end-road-classic-cars/

 

They tried to get me to register to read it but they failed. https://12ft.io/proxy?ref=&q=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/end-road-classic-cars/

(Though you will have to scroll down a bit)

[HillmanImp]

At Angmering today apparently. 

No idea how accurate this is. 

 

[wuvvum]

I had a little visitor in the shed today.

And that was about the only good thing that happened today. 

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, HillmanImp said:

At Angmering today apparently. 

 

No idea how accurate this is. 

 

No clip 🤔🤔

[Ghosty]

Up Marsden Moor bah'waterproof jacket. 

[Split_Pin]

I realised I haven't added any fleet updates for quite some time and that's because....there isn't. Thankfully other than maintenance, which I have made sure I put in the time on, they've been well behaved. 

I have been incredibly busy this year and my life is basically work and family with very little time for anything else. I have managed to get a few hours on a Sunday to get to the Retroshite meet but ultimately  I don't think people are ready for the mighty Cavalier yet.

I managed to scrape 5 minutes to replace a brake light bulb on the Cav (as well as take apart and rebuild a diecast Mercedes!)

I have booked its MOT for this Thursday. I don't think its too far away from a pass as its had a lot of new parts this year.  The handbrake is high but since adjustment requires getting the whole back end in the air, I opted for 'it works' and hopefully it will be sufficient.

The cost of living rises in my household are set to be absolutely out of this world, as I'm sure is the case for many. I'm putting the Cav on SORN after its MOT and I may do the same for the Saab. They'll not eat a piece in the garage/drive for the time being.  GM stuff just starts right up after lying for months in my experience.

[loserone]

Hey @JimH how is my bodged PaS pipe doing on the FRV?

 

[JimH]

I only lift the bonnet to pour some oil down its throat when it gets remembered. The power steering still powers so I assume it must be holding tight. 

It is the first car in a long time that has impressed me and when it dies I will be very upset if I can't get another one. This is entirely down to the folding middle front seat which is a work of genuine genius. 

[Supernaut]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

The cost of living rises in my household are set to be absolutely out of this world, as I'm sure is the case for many. I'm putting the Cav on SORN after its MOT and I may do the same for the Saab. They'll not eat a piece in the garage/drive for the time being.  GM stuff just starts right up after lying for months in my experience.

There is a part of me considering putting the BMW on SORN once it's back from its welding, then just MOT it in Spring...

[Yoss]

Up at dawn and down to Newgale beach. Chieveley doesn't get on well with most dogs so we thought it would be quiet. It was. 

 

Wife and dog circled. 

 

And a bit further down the road. 

 

[dozeydustman]

Just taken to Saab for its MoT and walked back home. Didn’t get round to changing the exhaust flexi so I left it in the boot. If that’s all it needs then the garage can swap it. Couldn’t see anything else that was an advisory or a fail underneath so it’ll be advisories onlyI I hope.

Anything else and I’ll have to see what I can do at home.

[Talbot]

Minor tinkering day yesterday.

One dead glowplug on the Merc, which means removing the inlet manifold to get to the plugs.  This would normally be a ballache, as there is a "bastard bolt" that can only be accessed from below, so to get the manifold off usually means having to jack up/use drive-on's for the front of the car, undertray removal etc and reach up with a hex-drive to remove the bolt in quesiton.  As luck* would have it, the manifold has been off many times in the past, meaning the casting is broken and the bolt missing, so you can do everything from above.  Cheeky bonus.
The dead one was the second one I checked and the glowplugs were being compliant and came out without fuss, which for an OM606 is a bit of a miracle.  Back to starting smoothly on six rather than knocking like a bastard on five-and-a-bit cylinders for the first 30 seconds.

Also serviced my housemate's 2018 Fiat 500.  Thankfully it's one of the 1.2 models, not a twin-arse model, so it was pretty straightforward.  The oil it takes looks like water, and it feels very strange puting only 2.75 litres of oil in a sump (especially when the merc takes 9!).   irritatingly had to make a sump key.  I've got a 12mm hex-drive somewhere, but could I find it?  Of course not.  So an M16 bolt had a 12mm hex duley ground into the end of it, and the sump plug came out nice and easily.  Changed the plugs too, and it fired straight up, which is always re-assuring.  The old oil from her car is now in the fuel tank of mine, to be burned off as part of the 75 litres of fuel it currently has in it.  Best place to dispose of it.

Still haven't replaced the dead number-plate lamp in the Merc, so it beeps at me every time you turn the lights on.  ~3 years and counting on that...

[wesacosa]

Major disappointment when I picked up the hire car for our long weekend in the remote West of Ireland.  Its like being back in the early 2000s inside.    

Having said that its quite an honest little thing. Don't get me wrong its a terrible car and the ride on these roads is baaaad,  but it doesn't feel bloated and has pretty decent steering. Wouldn't have one in a million years but a definite reminder that small cars really shouldn't be fat and bloated

need to resist looking at prices of Panda 100HPs.......