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[richardmorris]

Very quick polish - first time in four years! Autoglym and this dodo juice for the black trim and tyres. Not used it before but leaves a nice solid matt finish.

[wuvvum]

I've done a buy.

[HMC]

4 hours ago, Joey spud said:

Subaru Brat news.

I am about to put my house up for sale and the estate agent has advised that seven cars and an 80's caravan with half a floor on the front (I don't think he clocked the Minor up the end of the garden) might put potential buyers off.

So the old Subaru in the corner by the road was unearthed and moved up on the driveway. Its had a cheap car cover on it throughout the winter months for the last four years and despite internet opinion saying otherwise the paint hasn't bubbled or been abraded and allowing for it being red it hasn't particularly faded either.

I have changed the tyres to 195/60's instead of previously fitted rakish 195/50 x15 tyres.

I think the bigger tyre suits it and will give it longer legs too,alas my son says the opposite.

And while having a dig through the shed a while back a refound the bash plate and wing undergaurds for it so spent way too long remembering how they fitted and what fixing went where.

I needed a battery too so at around four pm yesterday i went on to the Tayna battery site and ordered a nice Exide jobby and it turned up at 9.30 today.

Happily it's charged to the brim and not been sitting around for weeks on a cold concrete floor somewhere degrading.

I can now drive it down and park it up at my vacant new abode and now just need to re-home the soggy caravan.

Arnt buyers daft- it shows what ample space you have for parking, which is usually something they make a big thing of in the sale particulars. It would encourage me!

[320touring]

Big progress on the Oxford today, thanks to @captain_70s

 

it didn't start off the best,

 

But after some attention to valve clearances, a new spark plug and a new fuel hose route, it was successful as the video shows.

 

Think this is the first time it has run on 4 cyls since I have had it.

 

Full writeup here

https://autoshite.com/topic/29795-320tourings-major-morris-manoeuvrings/?do=findComment&comment=2741617

[Angrydicky]

20 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I've done a buy.

Short back and sides please.

[MrGTI6]

25 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I've done a buy.

Looks good. Fantastic colour! 

I was driving one of these earlier in the week. It was a 2.0 petrol with the manual 'box, so a very similar setup to the standard GTI hatchback. It went surprisingly well! 

[Joey spud]

34 minutes ago, HMC said:

Arnt buyers daft- it shows what ample space you have for parking, which is usually something they make a big thing of in the sale particulars. It would encourage me!

Exactly that's why I bought the place.

To be honest i think he was more concerned about the quality rather than the quantity.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I've done a buy.

Ah, a Peugeoghini. Nice

[richardmorris]

Spring view.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I've done a buy.

wtf

[BorniteIdentity]

Go on then, @wuvvum - I could do with cheering up.

(Don’t be using a showbiz age either!) 

 

[trigger]

Dad bought this 1978 MG Midget 1500 last summer from the mechanic next to his barn, long story but it had been in his garage for 6 years and now the owner wanted it sold and dad stepped in thinking it be a nice project

roll on about a month ago and we decided to start getting it ready for the road, we spent a few Saturdays trying to get it run until eventually going though all the fuel system and now it runs like a dream, it's needed new switches and some pretty shoddy repairs doing properly but today we managed to get it pretty much finished, par just a drivers seat belt and needing to polybush the front trunnions and then it's going on Ebay as dad can't physically get in the car and them bucket seats are a bit too narrow for my liking.

I got the new number plates from fancyplates, I was pretty impressed with them, in the correct pre 2001 font too

I must say it's a lot of fun to drive and after struggling to fit a speedo cable to the gearbox i managed to find a 5th gear whilst on a road test! It looks like it has a type 9 box fitted which was unexpected! It also has a bloody powerful stereo that runs from your phone into a amp in the back, the roof is a bit shite though! Lets say it's more of a fair weather car!

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, trigger said:

Dad bought this 1978 MG Midget 1500 last summer from the mechanic next to his barn, long story but it had been in his garage for 6 years and now the owner wanted it sold and dad stepped in thinking it be a nice project

roll on about a month ago and we decided to start getting it ready for the road, we spent a few Saturdays trying to get it run until eventually going though all the fuel system and now it runs like a dream, it's needed new switches and some pretty shoddy repairs doing properly but today we managed to get it pretty much finished, par just a drivers seat belt and needing to polybush the front trunnions and then it's going on Ebay as dad can't physically get in the car and them bucket seats are a bit too narrow for my liking.

I got the new number plates from fancyplates, I was pretty impressed with them, in the correct pre 2001 font too

I must say it's a lot of fun to drive and after struggling to fit a speedo cable to the gearbox i managed to find a 5th gear whilst on a road test! It looks like it has a type 9 box fitted which was unexpected! It also has a bloody powerful stereo that runs from your phone into an amp in the back, the roof is a bit shite though! Let’s say it's more of a fair weather car!

Looks good - perfect time to be selling a fun summer car.

[Matty]

On 4/13/2023 at 1:38 PM, sdkrc said:

Helping someone buy this colossal liability

I knew @Cavcraftwould relent eventually 🙄

[Cavcraft]

On 4/13/2023 at 1:38 PM, sdkrc said:

Helping someone buy this colossal liability

Fingers crossed it was CarTakeBack.

[stuboy]

The mighty v6 started to cut out, and so I decided to clean the icv, swap the k&n filter for a pipercross, and noticed the multiplug on the coil securing tang had disembarked.. so using the preferred autoshite method of cable tie .. wishing I was more agile and slimmer too.

 

 

 

[trigger]

Also if anyone is localish and at a loose end tomorrow and fancies seeing 300+ old cars in a field then our first meet of the season is on, I think it's going to be a very busy one!

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Go on then, @wuvvum - I could do with cheering up.

(Don’t be using a showbiz age either!) 

 

I'm 43 and the Peugeot is vehicle # 605.

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

Looks good. Fantastic colour! 

I was driving one of these earlier in the week. It was a 2.0 petrol with the manual 'box, so a very similar setup to the standard GTI hatchback. It went surprisingly well! 

That's what this one is - 2-litre with 140ish bhp.  It does indeed GLF, although it's a bit undergeared.

[JJ0063]

335 is throwing up all sorts of ABS/DSC warnings and saying it’s the right front wheel speed sensor supply so I whipped the wheel off to check the wiring and clean the sensor. No different so ordered a new one, hopefully it’s just that and nothing more. 

Whilst I was there I ended up painting the caliper yellow as it was originally lime green when I bought the car, I sprayed them all black, that had worn off to a black with bits of green showing through so thought I’d try something different. Going to drive round with just the one yellow for a while to see if I like it or hate it and then decide whether to do the rest. 
 

I also need to either get new wheels or have these refurbed.

[Jazoli]

Black calipers, silver wheels, my 2p

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

335 is throwing up all sorts of ABS/DSC warnings and saying it’s the right front wheel speed sensor supply so I whipped the wheel off to check the wiring and clean the sensor. No different so ordered a new one, hopefully it’s just that and nothing more. 

Whilst I was there I ended up painting the caliper yellow as it was originally lime green when I bought the car, I sprayed them all black, that had worn off to a black with bits of green showing through so thought I’d try something different. Going to drive round with just the one yellow for a while to see if I like it or hate it and then decide whether to do the rest. 
 

I also need to either get new wheels or have these refurbed.

Yellow calipers are inoffensive on blue cars imo

[Popsicle]

Time to fix the advisory on daughters number 2's Swift today, rear wishbone bush worn, I say advisory, it was a get it done asap mate as its ready to pop out. So armed with a new wishbone time to crack on.

Yep that rear bush is not looking good.

Bush has come away from the arm.

No pics of it finished and attached to the car as it was dark by the time I'd finished, serves me right for not starting it till 6pm.

Needless to say every bolt put up a fight and the bottom ball joint took a good smacking and prying to come off. I really struggled to get the new wishbone in, wouldn't line up at all, then I noticed the driveshaft had popped out the gearbox, no wonder the bugger wouldn't go back properly. A nice big splodge of grease over the drive, this Swift really does like to mark its territory! Once the driveshaft was popped back in it all went back together pretty well.

Just a quick question for you far more knowledgeable folk, should I be looking to repack the inner CV joint with grease or is it a case of 'fuck it, it'll be reet'?

 

[barefoot]

Filled the Scirocco with fuel and doubled its value.

[Back_For_More]

Mate Terry who helped me with the marathon rear wheel bearings on the Forester had his Focus rick up Friday night with smoke pouring from the near side front wheel bearing...... 

Yesterday was spent undoing bits, twatting other bits and then hoping bits went back on with no 'where the fuck did that come from' bits left on the floor. 

No photo's as I'm a twerp

Fitted the charged battery to the E46... I'd brought the spare keys from Belgium this week - it only fired right up.... Final prep for MoT this week. 

Everything crossed for that.... Been stored for 4yrs 

 

[Bren]

Tyre in lane 1 of the M56 eastbound at Runcorn.

Made a telephone call to the emergency services.

Left at the clifton turn off. Imagine my surprise when heading towards the mersey gateway I spy a slow moving audi A4 - slow moving beacuse it only has three tyres......

[richardmorris]

Quick wire brush underneath to attack the surface on the rear suspension I saw starting last year when the new tyres went on. Coating of dinitrol. Nice and shiny now.

[richardmorris]

20 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Quick wire brush underneath to attack the surface on the rear suspension I saw starting last year when the new tyres went on. Coating of dinitrol. Nice and shiny now.

And for northern hemisphere viewers….

[HMC]

Those french arches are older, and most likely better preserved than the jag ones

[Fumbler]

Did a PAS fluid change. Was a bit manky.

It's supposed to be blood red, so it probably* was overdue.

*Really very was.