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[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I've experienced similar things before, but I can't explain it, but there's something about newer cars needing a strong charge and high voltage to start.

My Maxus van is like that (as were the two that preceded it).  If the battery voltage is even slightly too low it'll turn over all day without starting.  With the right voltage it'll fire up within a couple of seconds of cranking.

[SiC]

6 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

I've experienced similar things before, but I can't explain it, but there's something about newer cars needing a strong charge and high voltage to start.

Is your dad's van a diesel? Many common rail diesel ECUs need the engine turning over above a minimum RPM before it allows the injectors to fire. 

[SiC]

5 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Yes thats something, but I don't know enough about it to say if it was a reason for the not starting.

I believe there is a risk of explosion if a semi frozen battery is attempted to charge at too high a rate or used to start a vehicle.

5 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

On my way home from work earlier along the M57 at 5 PM (so dark) and I spotted a deliveroo rider going along the hard shoulder with no lights on 😩

Definitely one to phone 999 and report to the police when you see it happen. Dangerous both to the individual and other drivers.

[beko1987]

My mate noticed I had a brake light out as I left his Tuesday evening, and indeed he was right

Working bulb fitted from my random bulb pack in the car, which I need to bring in and check it's stock now I think about it. 

Rip cheap chinesium tat bulb

 

[barefoot]

Chap across the road has a new eco steer. He's planning to use it as a local delivery vehicle for his shop. It'll be sign written 'Johnsons rapid response ' and will have a sound system to play 'bat out of hell'.

Hes a lovely bloke.

[rattlecan]

3 minutes ago, barefoot said:

Bloke across the road has a new eco steer. He's planning to use it as a local delivery vehicle for his shop. It'll be sign written 'Johnsons rapid response ' and will have a sound system to play 'bat out of hell'.

Hes a lovely bloke.

Turns out we had it right in the 70's after all

[HMC]

Time for a curry…..

 

[barefoot]

On 04/01/2024 at 19:33, Split_Pin said:

Good your better half is home safe.

Did you find out what the problem was?

Update, the Rover was collected the following morning by my favourite mechanic who tested the car and was totally unable to get the fan to run. The relay was fucked, but as he took hold of the fan it came away in his hands. I now have a new radiator,  uprated fan and relay, supplied apparently by a Rover specialist in deepest darkest Wales. Contact details will follow. The car was tested for signs of HGF and passed with flying colours. The fair wife is happy again. 

[Split_Pin]

Good news.

HGF on a diesel 75 is unheard of so you're fine.

The guy you got your parts from will be Julian Anderson. There's a fair few bits on mine that he has made including the gold fan resistor.

[barefoot]

Mine's a 2.5 KV6!

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, HMC said:

Time for a curry…..

 

Do you deliver to Buckingham!

[Zelandeth]

21 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Do you deliver to Buckingham!

When you buy it, I want a shot!

[Six-cylinder]

18 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

When you buy it, I want a shot!

Mrs6C says no because of the blue interior.

You will have to make do with my "old one" when I sort the clutch out.

[auntiemaryscanary]

On 07/01/2024 at 17:17, auntiemaryscanary said:

Been busy getting the motorbike out of its cocoon.

We had the house, garage and shed rewired so wanted the bike safe from damage and theft whilst we moved out for the duration.

I've also been building the industrial racking I bought 2.5 years ago.

Will be a garage loft:

Will be a workbench and mahoousive storage at the far end:

I can lift the 1.5t rated beams and slot them in solo but not the 3t ones (ones on the floor in pic 4). Oh, one of the the blue frames fell onto my back! No damage done.

Each racking unit is 2.2m H (cut down from 4.5m) x 3m W x 900mm D. Although I'd measured and measured I was mightily relieved when they fitted in the garage.

Best off there will still be room to get a car in if it needs working on.

Minor racking update.

I'd collected a couple of thick pallets for the boarding but wasn't satisfied and couldn't be bothered arseing about with something that would never be to my requirements. Chipboard decking is available but once it gets damp/wet it's useless.

eBay had loads of ready made timber examples but most had wide gaps so I found some "closed" versions with a minimal gap leading to a run down to the beautiful West Mids.

£15 each (no vat, no receipt - £18 if wanted a bit of paper). 6 bought which covers 3 levels. Timber is 32mm thick. But my god they were filthy. Pic after they were hosed done. I was expecting more marks, stains etc. I reckon they've just been sat in an unused corner of a factory for a long time.

There's approx 11+ linear metres in each one. I can't get the timber that cheap, nevermind the faff of cutting and assembling.

Each one is 1340mm long. They would have fit in the back of the Doblo but some of them would have rested on the protrusions of the folded up rear seats. 4 Allen bolts and washers and the seats are out. I've had the f-ing thing 12 years and never had the seats out.

Yeah I know it's filthy but would ya look at that load space!

(The owner of the racking place had a modern Jag in bits. He says "I'll get this Jag back together one day". I said nowt, very unlike me )

[danthecapriman]

I was sat around at home today twiddling my thumbs and heard an almighty bang from outside in the street.

Looked out the window and couldn’t see anything so I nipped out for a look. 
A couple of doors down, in the street someone in a Prius has somehow managed to drive straight into a parked car on the side of the road! God knows how, but the Prius has hit it so hard it’s spun itself at a 45 degree angle as it came to a halt blocking the entire road! The car it hit is a brand new Mercedes SUV thing (one of them things with the green number plate!), looks like both are write off material.

Anyway, nearly 3 hours later the street is still blocked with no sign of recovery. People are having to drive down the pavement to get past, including double decker buses.

Makes you wonder what people are doing while they’re driving to manage things like that.

[HMC]

Off their tits on something possibly? 

[wuvvum]

Or adding puppy ears to their latest Instragram selfie.

[EyesWeldedShut]

I'd never dream of doing that...

Did have one dude who dropped his lighter into the passenger footwell take the wing mirror of my parked car once as he tried to retrieve it - he then properly took out half a dozen of the neighbours' cars. Wasn't even pissed. Proof that nicotine is bad for you.

[brownnova]

Been using the 9000 this week for commuting

Its wonderful, comfortable, reasonable economy, reliable…

But my God the headlights are utter shite! I have to drive with the fog lights on on the country lanes to stand a chance!

 

[Zelandeth]

16 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Been using the 9000 this week for commuting

Its wonderful, comfortable, reasonable economy, reliable…

But my God the headlights are utter shite! I have to drive with the fog lights on on the country lanes to stand a chance!

 

What state are the reflectors in?  Know it used to be a common problem with them degrading years back, and there at least used to be a company over in Germany who could re-silver them.

Sadly like the Xantia and XM the 9000 is cursed with that narrow light line so they're never going to be great as the reflector and lens design is so heavily compromised by being made to fit into such a small space.

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting , spending the shift in a horrendous mg 1.5 auto doing patient transport service 

[danthecapriman]

3 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I was sat around at home today twiddling my thumbs and heard an almighty bang from outside in the street.

Looked out the window and couldn’t see anything so I nipped out for a look. 
A couple of doors down, in the street someone in a Prius has somehow managed to drive straight into a parked car on the side of the road! God knows how, but the Prius has hit it so hard it’s spun itself at a 45 degree angle as it came to a halt blocking the entire road! The car it hit is a brand new Mercedes SUV thing (one of them things with the green number plate!), looks like both are write off material.

Anyway, nearly 3 hours later the street is still blocked with no sign of recovery. People are having to drive down the pavement to get past, including double decker buses.

Makes you wonder what people are doing while they’re driving to manage things like that.

I went and had a closer look earlier now all the heat has calmed down.

Prius has gone, the front corner and most of one side is smashed to hell on that. It’s ripped the front wheel and suspension out of it too and has pissed oil all over the road. Highways have just been out and cleaned it all up. 
The Mercedes is brand new! It belongs to someone a few doors down apparently and he’s only had it a couple of months. It’s absolutely annihilated though! The rear quarter panel is smashed right in, looks like a crumpled coke can. Both doors and the front wing are all smashed and scratched too. Round the back the tailgate is actually inside the boot now on one side! 
The Prius certainly wasn’t doing 30mph when it hit though looking at it.

[richardmorris]

On 11/01/2024 at 21:34, Six-cylinder said:

Mrs6C says no because of the blue interior.

You will have to make do with my "old one" when I sort the clutch out.

I think the blue interior one of the best bits.

[brownnova]

50 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

What state are the reflectors in?  Know it used to be a common problem with them degrading years back, and there at least used to be a company over in Germany who could re-silver them.

Sadly like the Xantia and XM the 9000 is cursed with that narrow light line so they're never going to be great as the reflector and lens design is so heavily compromised by being made to fit into such a small space.

I think the reflectors are fucked tbh. I’m going to take them apart when I get a chance… 

However, there is now water pouring down my drive as there appears to be a burst pipe under the drive, so it might not be this weekend! 

[alcyonecorporation]

Did the Scramble but the show overwhelmed me a bit so I might save the battery for the old resto show, eh.  Definitely looking to keep the old motors but do less of the writing  - the industry is grating on me. 



Fixed the headlights while I was there. I lost the full beams in the Trough of Bowland in September and TBH, full and dipped on an SVX aren't that dissimilar. 



I forget the price of the metal that attends the Scramble, sometimes. 

A few more bum notes from the phone and Nikon for your eye faces: 





































The wind chill at the Scramble was horrible. 



I couldn't go home to my shared house in Peebo, owing to two of my housemates having COVID, so I stayed with some friends in the next county over. 
His missus's Freelander was misbehaving and she needed a lift back home where another car awaited. 

The SVX WAS the office for a bit...she worked in the back so the laptop lid didn't go over the door mirror. 



After that it was time to go back to the garage before a quick wash at the hand car place and another rinsing of the arches owing to the access road looking like a bad day in the Somme. 





When I have enough spare money the SVX is going back to Carnetix to get the centre pulley done; it's moaning like a bad day at the brass house and the bearing is starting to go. 
Low loader to Melton, I reckon. 

If there's enough money in the pot I'll have the vomiting rocker covers sorted and get a price on new top mounts. 

[mk2_craig]

1 hour ago, alcyonecorporation said:

Scramble

I don't give a rats ass about any of the other tin that showed up, apart from the SVX maybe.  I want that Audi like a Renton junkie wants another fix.

 

Great photos by the way - thanks for sharing. 

[alcyonecorporation]

2 hours ago, mk2_craig said:

I don't give a rats ass about any of the other tin that showed up, apart from the SVX maybe.  I want that Audi like a Renton junkie wants another fix.

 

Great photos by the way - thanks for sharing. 

Glad you enjoyed 'em. 

I b-rolled 'em because ones from the Nikon are all soft as shite. 

I wasn't allowed to park in the 90s cool kids in-field. 

[grogee]

7 hours ago, alcyonecorporation said:

I wasn't allowed to park in the 90s cool kids in-field. 

Same. I brought my Puma hoping to make the 'top table' but no, not cool enough - into the pleb field please sir. 

Honestly though when are they going to get another SVX at the Scramble? They should have given you the red carpet. 

[alcyonecorporation]

3 hours ago, grogee said:

Same. I brought my Puma hoping to make the 'top table' but no, not cool enough - into the pleb field please sir. 

Honestly though when are they going to get another SVX at the Scramble? They should have given you the red carpet. 

It's the only one that goes, it's done two Radwoods and now a Scramble. 
I'm more surprised than annoyed TBH, you can't expect the door staff (many of whom might not be into cars) to know what it is, it's just an old, groaning heap of shit to them.

I did think of just driving across and leaving it there, but one of the marshals was really arsey when I tried to short cut. Wasn't worth getting into a row over, so I left it. 

[stuboy]

Thought I'd make a start swapping the egr valve, day 1 ,struggled with 2 bolts getting out, no room , freezing cold, got it off,my body said it was time !! 2'c couldn't feel my feet and toes, fitting new one will be a pain...