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[brownnova]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

I know 2CVs are light, but didn't realise quite light enough to blow away in a strong wind!

No, but there was a story about a Yugo being blown off a bridge in America… so I’ve kept that in the garage… 

[Split_Pin]

The replaced seat base has made a huge difference to the interior:

Also, I found an antique* pound!

Soon to be advertised on Marketplace for £150.

[brownnova]

Wind update… car covers survived the night.

One large silver birch tree did not… 😬

[Ohdearme]

Waved this little thing off today. Still needs work.

in my ownership of two years I managed to get as far as clearing a mouse nest out the air box, blasting the moss off it, new front discs and calipers and the spark plugs twice (because I  did before one winter shutdown and forgot and did it again in spring).

it’s off back to @richbraith now he has storage. Should be enough bits in the boot to finish it off, I had the parts not the time.

Drives but only been near a road once when I forgot I hadn’t topped up the brake fluid and careered at a barely pedestrian pace.

 

[Shep Shepherd]

Thought I'd try and get The Volvo running today, given that I've owned it for 20 years tomorrow; a heck of a long time to own anything, let alone a car. I reconnected the battery, turned the key and it started right up, despite it not being touched since October when I lost interest in it after it wouldn't start when I fitted a new idle air control valve to it - I promptly refitted the old one, with the same result. 

It runs like garbage for a few minutes unless I disconnect the mass air flow sensor, though. I presume that's due to the idle control valve being goosed. I've not refitted the new one yet, as the weather's horrible and I feel a bit rough; hopefully, now it starts and runs again, fitting said valve will make the car run properly for the first time in two years.

The car still has the sweetest sounding B200F engine I've ever encountered, despite having piston slap when cold, which it's always had (TADTS) but has never got worse.

It's currently without an MOT and on SORN, but time permitting, hope to get it back on the road in the new year 😀

[Ghosty]

Er, things have gone to shit a bit. Most recently acquired Civic and Cav will most likely be for sale.

[Six-cylinder]

Somewhere on the M1 @Crackers was derated from 250bhp to 100bhp and was grateful to @Andyrew.

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Somewhere on the M1 @Crackers was derated from 250bhp to 100bhp and was grateful to @Andyrew.

DIC gone dicky?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Edit: Direct Ignition Cassette for those wondering. On this age Saab they are used for piston position from a clever electrical feedback on the spark plug. So when these coil pack modules, the engine stops dead.)

[hairnet]

100hp left and yellow truck of shame??????

whu?

 

[Ghosty]

27 minutes ago, hairnet said:

100hp left and yellow truck of shame??????

whu?

 

it'll be a 100hp Astra...

[wuvvum]

Got the heater working again on the Renault 4 today.  Turns out it wasn't air in the system (there was a bit, but not much) - it was the plastic temperature control lever which had lost its grip and was just spinning on the water valve shaft.  Must be a TADTS as the Renault 6 had the same issue a few years back.  So I removed the lever and turned the shaft using a 6mm spanner and got warm air straight away.

So that's good as it means the car's a bit more usable in the winter months.  It started a bit easier today too.  I'm still contemplating selling it mind - in an ideal world I'd keep it but I've struggled to keep up with them all this year.

That's about all I got done as it was raining for pretty much the whole of the rest of the weekend...

[Ohdearme]

4 hours ago, SiC said:

DIC gone dicky?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Edit: Direct Ignition Cassette for those wondering. On this age Saab they are used for piston position from a clever electrical feedback on the spark plug. So when these coil pack modules, the engine stops dead.)

Was more important to have one of those in the boot than a spare tyre…

[ProgRocker]

My nearly 6 year old Hyundai has now achieved 43,000 miles. 

[egg]

I'm concerned to note that there are only 3 taxed Gen 1 Kia Mentors left on Britain's roads according to HML. Assuming 1997 was last Gen 1 year, then another 30 SORN'd.

#won'tsomebodysavethekiamentor

(this shape)

[ProgRocker]

58 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm concerned to note that there are only 3 taxed Gen 1 Kia Mentors left on Britain's roads according to HML. Assuming 1997 was last Gen 1 year, then another 30 SORN'd.

#won'tsomebodysavethekiamentor

(this shape)

I`ve always had a soft spot for these and the Shuma II. Could have bought one on the knock when new when I left college but they cost around the same as my gross salary back in 2000. 

Come to think of it my wages probably haven't kept up because I'm sure the price of a base model C'eed is higher. 😕

[richardmorris]

[Datsuncog]

First thought there was 'Allard'... but I could be miles off.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Datsuncog said:

First thought there was 'Allard'... but I could be miles off.

A make that sounds like a Terry Thomas character - Frazer Nash.

1952 Frazer Nash Mille Miglia | London 2022 | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

[Hawkeyethenoo]

£100 pavement parking fines to be enforced in Scotland from today

They'll Never Take Our Freedom You Has Been Warned !

[Metal Guru]

21 minutes ago, Hawkeyethenoo said:

£100 pavement parking fines to be enforced in Scotland from today

They'll Never Take Our Freedom You Has Been Warned !

No doubt it will be enforced in the same way as litter and dog shit. I.e no one will ever get a fine.

[stuboy]

Could feel a drag and car not rolling well, turns out hand brake had seized on partially... so a big hammer/screwdriver and some wd40 got it off a working better

[Hawkeyethenoo]

1 hour ago, Metal Guru said:

No doubt it will be enforced in the same way as litter and dog shit. I.e no one will ever get a fine.

I'd guess 100% of 'hazards on pavement parking' delivery person would hope so, but I doubt it, as cooncils love PCN revenue and any means of expanding it. There are also locations where pavement parking is for the good and eases traffic flow, not that I'm condoning it. 

[Metal Guru]

15 minutes ago, Hawkeyethenoo said:

I'd guess 100% of 'hazards on pavement parking' delivery person would hope so, but I doubt it, as cooncils love PCN revenue and any means of expanding it. There are also locations where pavement parking is for the good and eases traffic flow, not that I'm condoning it. 

Where I live , there is a traffic warden about 1/2 day per month, because the council says they can’t afford more, so people park everywhere , double parking on double yellow lines. People even park on the yellow lines when there are legal spaces , just to park outside a particular shop. I do not know or have heard of anyone getting a ticket.

[Rust Collector]

24 minutes ago, Hawkeyethenoo said:

cuntcils love PCN kickbacks through subbing the work out to unscrupulous contractors

EFA.

Did anyone read the news article about one company that sits in a lay-by and watches you piss in the bushes before slapping you with a PCN?

[Hawkeyethenoo]

18 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Where I live , there is a traffic warden about 1/2 day per month, because the council says they can’t afford more, so people park everywhere , double parking on double yellow lines. People even park on the yellow lines when there are legal spaces , just to park outside a particular shop. I do not know or have heard of anyone getting a ticket.

If you want my advice, don't move house. 😀

[Hawkeyethenoo]

13 minutes ago, Rust Collector said:

EFA.

Did anyone read the news article about one company that sits in a lay-by and watches you piss in the bushes before slapping you with a PCN?

Let me guess. PCN issued at arms length by the same local authority which closed all the public toilets.

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

No doubt it will be enforced in the same way as litter and dog shit. I.e no one will ever get a fine.

In Bristol and surrounding counties they drive around with a car that has cameras on top. At the moment it's mainly for automatically catching over staying parking but I can imagine they could easily enforce pavement parking with it too. I think they have a button to mark the recording so they can go back to see what needs enforcing.

[egg]

Even more endangered than the Kia Mentor, is the first (UK) Hyundai Sonata. There are 5 left according to HML, only one taxed.

Where is it?

I thought it was a blandly handsome thing. But I'm strange. 

[artdjones]

16 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

No doubt it will be enforced in the same way as litter and dog shit. I.e no one will ever get a fine.

Lots of roads that used to be passable to two way traffic won't be any more.

[barefoot]

11 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Lots of roads that used to be passable to two way traffic won't be any more.

Cars will become smaller again...