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[Dyslexic Viking]

Great Wall pickups seem to age surprisingly well but my favorite about this is the comment on this from one that a Transit of this mileage is probably on the 3 or 4 engine which this one isn't so these are better than a Transit? It is at least less rusty than one.

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

There has been a lack of snow this winter but we got a white Christmas in the end.

[tooSavvy]

Xmas has, indeed, arrived = turkey crown has just come out for 'defrost'! 🍗🧑‍🎄👍

🚙💨

[andy18s]

Uh oh....

[IronStar]

ERMAHGERD SNER!!!!111ONE in Belgrade. In December! Unheard* of! This rare* occurrence has caught winter road maintenance services off-guard, and now there's snow on the road everywhere. It was an absolute shitshow when I was getting home last night.

Apparently, LSD conversions are not just amazing for going/cornering fast, but can also get you into a garage that didn't have its entrance cleaned and has a layer of ice under the snow much much easier than if you didn't have it. 

[Back_For_More]

On 22/12/2024 at 18:14, Rustybullethole said:

Cheers, it had been bugging me for a while and now sorted for less than a tenner.

If you geet stuck for battery operated gear or tools I'm not far off matey as you know.... Just drop me a line and I'll pop over if I'm around. 

Could've saved you some grief - open offer as always 

[Yoss]

Happy Christmas to me! As mentioned in the grumpy thread a couple of weeks ago I did a really stupid thing. But today a big heavy package covered in Škoda Díly stickers arrived. 

Full of these. 

 

And this. A complete head with valves, springs and oil seals! 

The piston and liner set were €87 and the head €207! Okay, it says they are made in China on the website but they are packaged as Viká who are a well respected aftermarket company. I've used their stuff before with no issue. And anyway I have no other option. 

 

 

[grogee]

30 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Happy Christmas to me! As mentioned in the grumpy thread a couple of weeks ago I did a really stupid thing. But today a big heavy package covered in Škoda Díly stickers arrived. 

Full of these. 

 

And this. A complete head with valves, springs and oil seals! 

The piston and liner set were €87 and the head €207! Okay, it says they are made in China on the website but they are packaged as Viká who are a well respected aftermarket company. I've used their stuff before with no issue. And anyway I have no other option. 

 

 

Happy Christmas! That's simultaneously expensive and a bargain. 

I do know it's 100 times better than any Xmas gifts I'll get this year. And I don't even own a Skoda (yet). 

[richardmorris]

37 minutes ago, Yoss said:

Happy Christmas to me! As mentioned in the grumpy thread a couple of weeks ago I did a really stupid thing. But today a big heavy package covered in Škoda Díly stickers arrived. 

Full of these. 

 

And this. A complete head with valves, springs and oil seals! 

The piston and liner set were €87 and the head €207! Okay, it says they are made in China on the website but they are packaged as Viká who are a well respected aftermarket company. I've used their stuff before with no issue. And anyway I have no other option. 

 

 

It’s like adult Lego for Christmas playing.

[Sigmund Fraud]

1 hour ago, Yoss said:

Okay, it says they are made in China on the website but they are packaged as Viká who are a well respected aftermarket company.

I initially thought that it was a reconditioned head, and was looking for the winged arrow logo on the side... Took me a while to realise it was a new casting !

Are port sizes, valve sizes and compression ratio as per Fabia spec ?

[tooSavvy]

Skoda 136 head, I had an engine swap done but the 'swap' must have been run with plain water as the gasket went pretty soon after using my Estelle....

My local Skoda guy took it off and sent it along to the engine reman place he used... They said 'cheese alum' and massive corrosion around the face = not put off, nonetheless they welded up the holes/redremmeled the cut outs + aggressive skim....

It ran [... Very Well 🤣] 🙄

Never Say Die.... 👍

🚙💨

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, Sigmund Fraud said:

I initially thought that it was a reconditioned head, and was looking for the winged arrow logo on the side... Took me a while to realise it was a new casting !

Are port sizes, valve sizes and compression ratio as per Fabia spec ?

According to their website it just says it is for the Favorit and Felicia. I don't know how different the 1.4 Fabia engine is, I'm not sure what they did to it when they uprated it. 

They don't list a head for the 1.4 on the Fabia section although they do have two OHC heads listed. 

[Yoss]

2 hours ago, tooSavvy said:

Skoda 136 head, I had an engine swap done but the 'swap' must have been run with plain water as the gasket went pretty soon after using my Estelle....

My local Skoda guy took it off and sent it along to the engine reman place he used... They said 'cheese alum' and massive corrosion around the face = not put off, nonetheless they welded up the holes/redremmeled the cut outs + aggressive skim....

It ran [... Very Well 🤣] 🙄

Never Say Die.... 👍

🚙💨

The old head has a large pitted area on the flat face as well as the damage to the combustion chamber. That's basically what made me go for the new head. 

[aldo135]

Good day for these 2, the Laguna made it itself useful with a Christmas tip run and picking up last minute shopping. Then got a phone call late morning to say my BMW had passed its MOT. Pleased and a bit surprised as its been pissing oil… they offered to top it up but I politely declined and did it once it was back home 😂 Merry Christmas everyone 🎄

[Split_Pin]

The stains are still dotted about the parking spots around my house from that BMW 6 months later 😂

[loserone]

I flipping love that Laguna.  Fancy a brightly coloured cabriolet in the summer @aldo135?

[Yoss]

Somebody's having a good Christmas. 

We don't get many interesting cars going past what with us being in a cul de sac. 

[aldo135]

On 25/12/2024 at 03:37, loserone said:

I flipping love that Laguna.  Fancy a brightly coloured cabriolet in the summer @aldo135?

Never say never, though if I was changing it I should be looking at something more van/estate shaped…

[loserone]

Just now, aldo135 said:

van shaped…

The express is going nowhere, sorry!

[bunglebus]

Boxing day car meet at a local pub, rammed as usual and people still arriving after I got too cold and left.

All the pics here: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBW97Y

Most ancient car there, just 122 years old!

Australian Oxford ute was my pick of the day

 

[wuvvum]

That's a brave owner taking a Fiat 131 out at this time of year!

[artdjones]

30 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

That's a brave owner taking a Fiat 131 out at this time of year!

If it's lasted this long it's one of the good ones. Fiat 131s were very inconsistent from the rust point of view. There used to be 12 or 15 year old ones around that had had normal use, with on street parking , but had never been welded. And others that had half the floor replaced along with all the door bottoms at 7 or 8 years old. 

I think the steel used was of very variable quality. Some excellent, some made up of 50% oxide from new.

[hairnet]

only remembered about plum pudding races at 2am this morning

always think theyre new years day - hence miss them

no it was today - no wai planning for that cos old/imfirm/thick/wuvvum

ahh well

retromobile then if i remember

[reb]

9 minutes ago, hairnet said:

only remembered about plum pudding races at 2am this morning

always think theyre new years day - hence miss them

no it was today - no wai planning for that cos old/imfirm/thick/wuvvum

ahh well

retromobile then if i remember

You broke my AI:

[andrew e]

13 hours ago, wuvvum said:

That's a brave owner taking a Fiat 131 out at this time of year!

It’s local car, be uses all year round, even braver! Quite miffed I missed yesterday @bunglebus  (cos working), always a proper eccentric turn out.  

[beko1987]

13 hours ago, reb said:

You broke my AI:

He'll be our own Sarah Connor when the AI uprising starts 👌

[Snake Charmer]

Sat in a dirt car park waiting for a fwend to do a bit of mud plugging. 😁

[Rustybullethole]

22 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Sat in a dirt car park waiting for a fwend to do a bit of mud plugging. 😁

Be this off road or sexy fun time stay safe and have a great day. 

[dome]

2 minutes ago, Rustybullethole said:

Be this off road or sexy fun time stay safe and have a great day. 

Can't it be both?

[Rustybullethole]

2 minutes ago, dome said:

Can't it be both?

why yes of course.