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[Snake Charmer]

8 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Can't fit the new strut yet though because I discovered that the nut is in fact M10 x 1.25mm, and the only M10 nuts I have are 1.5mm pitch.  Don't think any of the local hardware places will have any fine pitch nuts, so I'm going to have to order them online.

Most Japanese motorcycles use  M10 X 1.25, any local bike shops?

[Ghosty]

That 2CV based thing is fucking gopping, it appeals to me about as much as I appeal to women.

Go figure, same name. 😂

[wuvvum]

10 hours ago, Snake Charmer said:

Most Japanese motorcycles use  M10 X 1.25, any local bike shops?

Nearest bike shop is 10 miles away but I do have the remains of a dead Honda Spacy in the back garden - I might see if there's any I can nick off there.

[wuvvum]

This happened this morning. 

Scary...

[wuvvum]

My view out of the office window at the moment 

[richardmorris]

[wuvvum]

And home again.

Somewhat to my surprise, the old crate never missed a beat, whether it was hammering down the dual carriageway at 60+ or grinding through the bank holiday traffic in Wroxham on the way home.  It still definitely needs some fine tuning by someone who knows what they're doing though, and the valve clearances on the offside cylinder need adjusting.  There's also still a bit of petrol in the oil, but I'm not sure whether that's new or just because I didn't quite get all the old oil out of the engine when I changed it.  It certainly isn't doing the flooding the carb, conking out and chucking petrol all over the inlet manifold that it used to do before my last fiddling session, so that's good.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Nyphur said:

Huge glass of absinthe?

Close, ricard. Never tried absynthe- I can do without the hallucinations!

[richardmorris]

19 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

And home again.

Somewhat to my surprise, the old crate never missed a beat, whether it was hammering down the dual carriageway at 60+ or grinding through the bank holiday traffic in Wroxham on the way home.  It still definitely needs some fine tuning by someone who knows what they're doing though, and the valve clearances on the offside cylinder need adjusting.  There's also still a bit of petrol in the oil, but I'm not sure whether that's new or just because I didn't quite get all the old oil out of the engine when I changed it.  It certainly isn't doing the flooding the carb, conking out and chucking petrol all over the inlet manifold that it used to do before my last fiddling session, so that's good.

Remind me of the engine and where you are. It’s not the air cooled 652 is it?

[HMC]

Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird

Verdict: would recommend 

[HMC]

PS- i can delete if needed the above post, im afraid im drunk, although it it stays i can search old posts when im old and reminisce

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Remind me of the engine and where you are. It’s not the air cooled 652 is it?

Yep, 652.  I'm in Norfolk.

[barefoot]

56 minutes ago, HMC said:

Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird

Verdict: would recommend 

 

[Bear]

Got to build a fing

[wuvvum]

Replacement shock more or less fitted to the MG.

Just needs a retaining nut for the top mount - I've ordered some nuts online as couldn't find any the right size.  Mildly annoying as I would have liked it to be usable for the MG centenary this weekend but hey ho.

[Stanky]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Replacement shock more or less fitted to the MG.

Just needs a retaining nut for the top mount - I've ordered some nuts online as couldn't find any the right size.  Mildly annoying as I would have liked it to be usable for the MG centenary this weekend but hey ho.

Drive it anyway, just go a bit* slower over big bumps. Gravity FTW

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird

Verdict: would recommend 

Share her number?

[EspenO]

On 25/05/2023 at 16:37, Stanky said:

Anyone ever gambled on a 'special' hire car?

I did the «dealer’s choice» thing with Hertz in Gothenburg a few weeks ago. I think the smallest car I could’ve gotten was a Yaris or similar.

Ended up with a brand new, 2 - yes, two - km on the clocks, Citroën C5 Aircross hybrid. Lovely car, but a bit thirsty as it hadn’t been charged.

Of course, this being Volvo Town, it was one of about three non-Volvos in the entire parking lot 😄

 

Best free upgrade I ever got was with Sixt in Frankfurt 7-8 years ago. I had booked a 3-series or similar, which turned out to be a VW Tiguan. A bit meh I thought, but fair enough.

However, the «Refill Adblue, or I won’t start in *** km» message was showing. After a while of them trying to refill it from a 20 litre tank into the worst filler location possible (beside the spare wheel istr) they gave up and asked if I’d like the BMW 4-series Gran Coupe next to it instead.
 

Only too happy to! However, some tapping at a tablet later, it was already spoken for. Would I take the black, dull looking 5-series Touring across the aisle? A rather less enthusiastic yes.

It turned out to be a 530d X-drive with dark brown full leather and ALL of the toys. Fantastic thing. 

 

[PhilA]

Spent a good chunk of the day pfaffing with the car.

Pulled the clutch master off, wasn't overly optimistic.

Well, there we go. The bore is perfect. Put a new seal kit in and buttoned it up.

Stuck that back in place and hooked it up.

Took the wheel off for better access to the slave, that's seen better days.

Still, replaced the slave cylinder, which was 110% stuck solid in place. Got it all bled up which returned a good pedal.

Stuck a new solid state fuel pump on and flushed the lines through. Net result, it'll move by itself now. Still starts really nicely too.

 

Phil

[Tickman]

That looks lovely 

[PhilA]

It's a little* smoky.

 

Just put some Slime in the tyre that keeps going down, that should help.

Oil change pending. Diff sounds horrible.

[wesacosa]

@LightBulbFun

[stuboy]

Popped too work as I wanted to clean the wheels on the mighty mondeo( I don't live near for a hosepipe),  I had great idea to put my new wheel brush in my drill ( i get chronic cramp/pain )and some mixed up tfr, think it did an OK job and water was manky.. 

 

[17-Coffees]

Many words stuck with F....

Such as Fuck...

Bonnet blew open while doing 70. Fuuun.  

Looks worse than it is, just bonnet and windscreen. 

And awaiting recovery of now. 

[RayMK]

15 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said:

Many words stuck with F....

Such as Fuck...

Bonnet blew open while doing 70. Fuuun.  

Worse than it looks, just bonnet and windscreen. 

And awaiting recovery of now. 

Not the driver's seat as well?

Hope it can be fixed without too much excess/insurance hassle.

[17-Coffees]

And sorted*...

Race car now innit.

 

Now to see what route to take with thr windscreen 

[Matty]

19 hours ago, PhilA said:

Spent a good chunk of the day pfaffing with the car.

Pulled the clutch master off, wasn't overly optimistic.

Well, there we go. The bore is perfect. Put a new seal kit in and buttoned it up.

Stuck that back in place and hooked it up.

Took the wheel off for better access to the slave, that's seen better days.

Still, replaced the slave cylinder, which was 110% stuck solid in place. Got it all bled up which returned a good pedal.

Stuck a new solid state fuel pump on and flushed the lines through. Net result, it'll move by itself now. Still starts really nicely too.

 

Phil

When did this happen? Missed you getting a Sprite. Looks a brilliant candidate for do not paint. Smart little thing 👍

[hairnet]

19 hours ago, PhilA said:

 

is this why youre a fan of them - messed with them when younger?

(i remember folsom )

[17-Coffees]

14 minutes ago, Nyphur said:

Are the bonnet catches known to fail on those Civics @17-Coffees or was it just bad luck/accidentally not closed properly?

I'll be the first to put my hand up, and say it was the latter part! 😅

I can laugh about it, and got travel arrangements made for work.  But car will be sitting till June till the windscreen can be done! 

[PhilA]

2 hours ago, Matty said:

When did this happen? Missed you getting a Sprite. Looks a brilliant candidate for do not paint. Smart little thing 👍

It's my father's car, I was brought home from maternity hospital in it in 1980, and it last saw the road in 1982.

It's been something of a fixture around here.