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[Zelandeth]

9 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

The OS Top suspension link on the P4 had seriously knackered bushes which I’m guessing should be the reason behind the wayward steering, 30 minutes or so spannering time saw a new set fitted and the car back on its wheels. I’m yet to test drive it as as I was under there I noticed that the refreshed brake master cylinder I fitted is literally pissing out which is infuriating. It explains where the brake fluid is going to, I was worried it was the brake servo. Should I rebuild the BMC I removed or just stick a new one on? 

If the bore looks good on the old one I'd probably say rebuild it given how utterly crap the modern parts often seem to be these days.  

[lesapandre]

23 hours ago, lesapandre said:

"So begins an advert for the Ram 1500, a pickup truck slightly bigger than the Panzer I tanks of Nazi Germany and almost as heavy".

One is a US truck manufacturer.

The other is despotic regime responsible for the deaths of upward of the 75 million people including the worst genocide known to mankind.

Any comparison is invidious.

Guardian has now amended it's Truck article to remove the N-word reference. 

[Metal Guru]

21 hours ago, artdjones said:

Less than 0.05% of vehicles registered in the EEA last year were Rams. A Ram is 20ft long, about the same as most LWB vans.

It might be a problem if 10% of vehicles sold were full size US pick ups, but are there many people around who could afford to run one? Really the article is a typical "why oh why" piece written by and for bed wetters. It would fit in the Mail just as well.

I saw an article that compared it to a Sherman tank , which was also about 20ft long. A Panzer 1 was only 13ft long , (although 6 tons), so comparable to most cars on the road, but that wouldn’t be much of a story. 

[artdjones]

9 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

I saw an article that compared it to a Sherman tank , which was also about 20ft long. A Panzer 1 was only 13ft long , (although 6 tons), so comparable to most cars on the road, but that wouldn’t be much of a story. 

Even a Tiger 1 was only just over 20 ft. And I doubt that many tanks have been much bigger.

[Metal Guru]

6 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Even a Tiger 1 was only just over 20 ft. And I doubt that many tanks have been much bigger.

Both the Germans and Americans had super tanks being developed but they didn’t really get completed  in time for action in WW2.

[D.E]

10 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Both the Germans and Americans had super tanks being developed but they didn’t really get completed  in time for action in WW2.

I doubt a tank like the Maus would have been a gamechanger anyway. It's so big and heavy that it would have been of no use on many battlefields.

[chadders]

18 minutes ago, D.E said:

I doubt a tank like the Maus would have been a gamechanger anyway. It's so big and heavy that it would have been of no use on many battlefields.

Even if it was you just cover it with napalm and cook the crew inside.

[somewhatfoolish]

A foolishly missed opportunity to compare the Dodge Ram to london buses, giraffes, elephants and tennis courts, the traditional SI units of tabloid newpaper reporting.

[artdjones]

2 minutes ago, chadders said:

Even if it was you just cover it with napalm and cook the crew inside.

That's what you try to do with any tank. I've certainly never wanted to be part of a tank crew.

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, D.E said:

I doubt a tank like the Maus would have been a gamechanger anyway. It's so big and heavy that it would have been of no use on many battlefields.

Maus? Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, reb said:

I was sitting working in my home office this morning, which looks out over my garden, I saw two of the farm workers in the garden so went out to see what was going on.

They were rescuing a sheep which had escaped. After they lifted it over the wall back into the field I asked what I should do if there's escaped sheep and nobody around, so he gave me a business card with numbers for the farm. This is quite handy as I've been trying to get such a thing for years, the letting agent had no idea since the sheep belong to a different farmer than the cottages do.

My sheep neighbours are clever enough to get out of their field but not clever enough to get back in.

[dome]

19 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Checked both driveshafts on the red A4 this morning. I've no idea how it's actually still driving. There must be about 15 degrees or so rotation on the wheel before the drive shaft starts turning and even when it does, they sound like someone stirring a bag of marbles. Nearside sounds like the inner joint is fucked too.

Not driving that again until they're both replaced 😅

I did think in your earlier post how it reminded me of when the S4 shat an inner CV joint. Hope you get it sorted without too much hassle. I can't remember how big a job it was for me but it should be in my thread somewhere, holler if you want me to go digging 

[Bear]

I just had to work on a Nissan Juke.

I've never seen a Nissan Juke close up before.

It's the heater motor. I changed the cabin filter while checking it out.

Anyone who has worked on a Nissan Juke will already know what my opinion of the the car is now.

And yet, I have agreed to change the heater motor.

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, RichardK said:

I just had to work on a Nissan Juke.

I've never seen a Nissan Juke close up before.

It's the heater motor. I changed the cabin filter while checking it out.

Anyone who has worked on a Nissan Juke will already know what my opinion of the the car is now.

And yet, I have agreed to change the heater motor.

Good luck. See you next month for the review.

[Joey spud]

My neighbour runs a 300k mile Skoda taxi and being a rental understandably it drops a bit of oil where it parks.

But yesterday I noticed he's now started growing mushrooms under it too.

[andy18s]

19 hours ago, D.E said:

I doubt a tank like the Maus would have been a gamechanger anyway. It's so big and heavy that it would have been of no use on many battlefields.

Not what you want to see lumbering towards you on War Thunder though.. 

[reb]

8 minutes ago, andy18s said:

War Thunder

Is the forum for that still a hotbed of national security leaks?

[richardmorris]

[lesapandre]

25 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

https://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/_ch-584.php#null

Vintagebentleys.org sets out that:

Chassis No.584

Engine No.592

Registration No. YT4413

Date of Delivery:May 1924

Type of Body:4-seater

Coachbuilder:Vanden Plas

Type of Car:SP 

 SP = Speed Model = 9' 9 1/2" wheelbase, high compression engine, twin S.U. carburettors

First Owner:A.R. Edwards*

"According to original Vanden Plas Coachbuilder records, this car was originally fitted with Body No. 1051 with a Sports; eggshell black; 5/1924.

Michael Hay, in his book Bentley: The Vintage Years, 1997, states: "Vanden Plas body no. 1051. Reg YT 4413. Crashed February 1930 - frame beyond repair and engine very badly damaged. Bought and rebuilt by Bowler." "

Fantastic provenance. Sometimes these are rebuilt after crashing as in this case.

*An A R Edwards is noted as racing in the Isle of Man TT in 1921 & 26. So possibly owned by the same. Of course he may have met a premature end in February 1930...  

[lesapandre]

That machine is 100 years old - wow. These are good for 90mph+. 

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

That machine is 100 years old - wow. These are good for 90mph+. 

And the brakes?

[Merryck]

18 hours ago, RichardK said:

I changed the cabin filter while checking it out.

Hope it's easier than changing one on a K11 Micra! You have to cut away the plastic panel behind the glovebox.

[lesapandre]

10 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

And the brakes?

I've never driven one and have no idea of the stopping distance. They will be rod-operated I assume. 

I think 90 is a conservation estimate- some of these with the larger engines were 120+. A most elegant way to die.

Beautifully conservative presentation without all the gee-jaws people adorn these things with. 

[wuvvum]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

And the brakes?

Those brakes are frigging massive by 1920s standards.  Some cars in those days didn't have brakes on the front wheels at all.

[comfortablynumb]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

That machine is 100 years old - wow. These are good for 90mph+. 

Years ago, driving up to high Wycombe on the M40 with my dad to collect my first range rover, we were overtaken by a Bentley very similar to that, probably doing 85, 90 mph.

Dad was a big Bentley enthusiast, but even he said 'thats going to take him until Birmingham to stop!' 🤣

[Bear]

1 hour ago, Merryck said:

Hope it's easier than changing one on a K11 Micra! You have to cut away the plastic panel behind the glovebox.

To... change the filter?

WTAF?

[Christine]

Its true ! 

[Merryck]

Yeah, it's not a great design choice!

[reb]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That machine is 100 years old

Every so often I have the realisation that there are cars (and other objects) that will be 100 years old within my lifetime, that will forever feel "not that old" to me because they were still kicking about in reasonable numbers when I was little.

I remember being somewhat put off at classic car shows how many late 70s cars there were, because there were still quite a few hanging on in daily use around me.

[Yoss]

On 13/10/2024 at 18:00, comfortablynumb said:

Had one for 30+ years, he lives in my kitchen, and goes by the name of dead Tom.

Was a Muppet treasure island reference so the kids friends weren't scared stupid by him, although a couple still were

I got the Muppet Treasure Island reference as soon as you said it. It is genuinely one of my favourite ever films. Up there with The Third Man, Dr Strangelove, Some Like It Hot and Gregory's Girl.