The new news 24 thread

[cobblers]

  On 23/02/2023 at 19:28, camryv6 said:

Do you mean ooof! i can still remember your fun* with your mini lol

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I still very vividly remember knocking the hanging basket full of soil into my freshly stripped and cleaned gearbox 😄

[Six-cylinder]

I queued behind this 12 reg Honda today and when it pulled away it left a mountain of smoke like a 1970s Cortina. Smoking engines seem not something I see much of these days when it used to be common.

[SiC]

  On 23/02/2023 at 20:31, Six-cylinder said:

I queued behind this 12 reg Honda today and when it pulled away it left a mountain of smoke like a 1970s Cortina. Smoking engines seem not something I see much of these days when it used to be common.

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Especially rare on a honda! Was it a petrol or a diesel?

[Six-cylinder]

  On 23/02/2023 at 20:47, SiC said:

Especially rare on a honda! Was it a petrol or a diesel?

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White smoke, I suspect petrol.

[vulgalour]

Squeaky brakes and smokey tailpipes aplenty here in Maidstone and, amazingly, not from the vehicle I'm piloting.

[Metal Guru]

  On 22/02/2023 at 19:10, HMC said:

School run: return leg

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Pre-seatbelt  safety for children. Wedge them in good and tight although for 1935 NCAP 5 stars , you’d need another child in there.

[vulgalour]

  On 24/02/2023 at 00:15, vulgalour said:

Squeaky brakes and smokey tailpipes aplenty here in Maidstone and, amazingly, not from the vehicle I'm piloting.

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Me and my big mouth.  Guess who has a squeaky front brake now.  Wheel getting a little warm too so it's probably a sticking caliper.  At least they're only basic single pot ones on the Maestro and I've got spares if I need them.

[egg]

The Peugeot 205 is 40 today (or maybe tomorrow). Happy birthday.

 

[PicantoJon]

Dad's Astra has decided to call it a day, surprised it honestly lasted as long as it did running on only 3 out of 4 cylinders...

Cheeky barsteward is still insured on the Picanto though, cue me shitting myself on my day off when I couldn't see my car on the sodding car park outside my flat! 

The joys of having the old duffer living next door to me, though he does feed the cat when I'm at work. 🤣

[GingerNuttz]

 

[Cord Fourteener]

Heck, I keep falling off the internet!

My Facebook notifications are an obscene and uncountable number now...

Anyway, I have washed both my Volvos, had a sqeek fixed in the alternator of the 740 and a rattle fixed (that was a broken pully) on the V70.

Looks like I'll have to continue to look at noises on the alternator or alternator belt of the V70, and get a cam belt. But that will get done, car is fantastic and going strong. 

I am about 120 miles from a milage milestone with the V70, if I can get a photo I will! I hope I can. 

[Fumbler]

The Fiesta received a new cambelt after I decided my 6 month long game of cam belt roulette was long enough and I really should pull my finger out and JFDI. I had a Gates belt fitted... after the garage discovered the Bosch Mk.6 Fiesta kit I had bought last month was completely wrong! I guess the Internet debate on whether my Fez is a Mk.5 or Mk.6 also extends to parts vendors.

The 850 got a new set of tyres which, unlike the last set, are all the same size, the same make and the same tread pattern. It actually feels rather nippy now. Still a very relaxing experience on the journey to work. It and the Ford need an oil change and I'm going to try and fix the powered aerial and headlining. I also need to set to modifying the PCV system as well.

[Stanky]

I fell into a time warp earlier.

Driving home from collecting the Dacia from the paint shop I followed a Citroen ZX Volcane up Portsdown hill on the M27, then overtook an immaculate H-reg Vauxhall rascal on the a32. 

I haven't seen an example of either vehicle IRL for about 15 years!

[Tigerfox]

Had a good week for a change.

Picasso straight through mot, first time in years.

Insurance renewal £79 for the year !  I know i am a old git, but more than happy with that.

[vulgalour]

  On 24/02/2023 at 11:04, vulgalour said:

Me and my big mouth.  Guess who has a squeaky front brake now.  Wheel getting a little warm too so it's probably a sticking caliper.  At least they're only basic single pot ones on the Maestro and I've got spares if I need them.

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Never mind, it stopped doing it.

[HMC]

THIS IS THE FBI KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM 

 

[HMC]

ARE YOU A PATRIOT?

 

[HMC]

GOD BLESS AMERICA

[Dyslexic Viking]

  On 25/02/2023 at 15:14, HMC said:

GOD BLESS AMERICA

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New car incoming I guess?

If so well bought, i like these.

[Ghosty]

MX5 seems to have shat its clutch slave, went to get in it and go to Halfords for cleaning products and a universal gearknob for Subway's Ka, and the biting point has gone to the bulkhead. Not hard or expensive to replace mercifully.

[Fumbler]

The Volvo developed this TADTS wiper issue, which is where the arm and wiper blade somehow lifts from the screen at the end of its travel-

I had a search around and, unless you have a parts V/S70 to hand, your best option is to file down the stops on the arm to close the gap between the blade and the screen. I got my Dremel thing out and whizzed some material off-

And voilà! A fully swept windscreen!

I've removed the arm so that I can touch up the ground off areas and make them look pretty.

[brownnova]

When was the last time you saw a Hyundai Atoz! 

This pulled up to use the tyre inflator whilst the 2CV was busy being MoTd. 

[RoverFolkUs]

  On 25/02/2023 at 19:54, brownnova said:

When was the last time you saw a Hyundai Atoz! 

This pulled up to use the tyre inflator whilst the 2CV was busy being MoTd. 

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Outside the local chemist, fittingly

[Fumbler]

  On 25/02/2023 at 19:54, brownnova said:

When was the last time you saw a Hyundai Atoz! 

This pulled up to use the tyre inflator whilst the 2CV was busy being MoTd. 

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The garage just down the road has one of these and a Perodua Kelisa as courtesy cars.

[Cord Fourteener]

Milestone! '03 V70 D5

 

[MrGTI6]

  On 25/02/2023 at 22:48, Cord Fourteener said:

Milestone! '03 V70 D5

 

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My boot-scootin' baby is drivin' me crazy...

[Leyland Worldmaster]

@LightBulbFun

Might be of interest; probably turned up on my feed due to Thermionic Valve searches. 

 

[SiC]

Scrap

 

In here

 

Now gone

 I probably should try cleaning up the brown rust stains now. 

Front subframe should be going this morning as it's sold. Need to find a home for the rear axle otherwise that'll be weighed in.

Mrs SiC is quite keen I don't fill the driveway too quickly again (!)

I might get the Boxster out though as I keep forgetting to cancel the tax, so might as well have it out and usable. 

[stuboy]

Spent yesterday on the Isle of the dammed aka leysdown doing some bits on the villa.. this where I spotted the carlton estate ( see my spotted thread )..

[wuvvum]

Oh, I do like to be, etc.