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2,819 · January 20

1 hour ago, comfortablynumb said:

You know the answer to this is curry on Monday and Tuesday?

24,938 · January 20

64,087 · January 20

Anyone with a yellow car up for this on Saturday? We're taking one of the Lupos

9,720 · January 20

Man V tyre 1 ended tyre 1 man 0.

My usual method of bead breaking using a spade and a big lever bar resulted in a bent spade and pulling the workbench out of its fixings to the floor. I was tired and admitted defeat like a mature adult as the risk of regretful damage was high.

Went up the yard where the old boys fuckabout with tractors and whatnot to see if they had a bead breaker I could borrow. They lent me a pry bar they had used it for years. He used the claw end, smashed it in the bead and levered it over. May work with a stiff old big arse tyre though no joy with my soft sidewalls.

The flat end could be clobbered in though and doing that all the way round loosened the bead just very slightly.

More work with big bar and spade saw it off.

Turns out my trusty rusty levers were better at this method than the pry bar. Which was just as well as rust had made the second one more of a battle than the first. In fact i'm calling that a full blown war.

Could of just taken them to be fitted instead of spending a good hour sweating, bleeding and risking actual tears though what's important for me is i've walked away with a 2-1 victory.

When i find the bolts I bought i can fit them again to the gti alloys and have a matching set of four wheels. Am more than happy to settle for some grip though. Plus it'll give me time to club the curbed alloy straight and prep them for paint proper.

9,720 · January 20

Have also reattached the roof rack when it got ripped off sliding a bit wide on my woodland rally stage *shortcut. Sure the Toyos will help with that on the next run.

33,704 · January 20

5 hours ago, bunglebus said:

Anyone with a yellow car up for this on Saturday? We're taking one of the Lupos

Someone needs to buy that Saab in the for sale forum.

Also, anyone after a free petrol paid trip to London on Saturday is welcome to borrow my Mégane.

35,304 · January 20

Oil change for the new-to-me forum Saab. It had only done 4k since the last change in November but I had the consumables ready and tonight was my only free night for a while so I went ahead. Very easy change although it's the first time I've ever seen a white oil filter, K&N no less! Replaced with a Bosch item and 4 litres of 5W30, mixture of Saab stuff, Comma and Castrol Magnatec fully synthetic. Not gonna lie, I had a full 5l of 5w40 Comma oil poised to go in before I realised that was incorrect and dashed to Halfords at lunchtime! Normally it would get what it's given but as it's an elderly Saab I thought best to put quality stuff in of the right grade. It's a bit like a cat that's been fed white fish all it's life, you daren't give it anything else 😂

It has been parked up for a few days and I noticed a few drips of coolant hanging off the offside splash guard, just under the subframe. This is obviously where the tiny amount of coolant has been going although I've done about 500 miles since I bought it and the level hasn't budged. Just means it's losing it and not using it which is a win in my book 👍

I've been having a few conversations recently with my son's head basketball coach who is in his seventies and I don't think has driven anything other than Saabs for decades. I'll park next to his at the game on Friday!

35,304 · January 21

Out and about in the E46 helping my mum this morning before work. After dropping her off I was pressing on, so to speak and the ABS, traction control and red brake light came on and hasn't cleared on restart. Doesn't seem to affect anything (apart from making it very easy to light up the rear without TC being on!) and importantly the gearbox light remains off so that's good.

I may have to cave and order a code reader for this car as I'm actually quite enjoying it now!

15,694 · January 21

50 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Out and about in the E46 helping my mum this morning before work. After dropping her off I was pressing on, so to speak and the ABS, traction control and red brake light came on and hasn't cleared on restart. Doesn't seem to affect anything (apart from making it very easy to light up the rear without TC being on!) and importantly the gearbox light remains off so that's good.

I may have to cave and order a code reader for this car as I'm actually quite enjoying it now!

it was one of the ABS sensors when my m3 did similar but it can also be the brake pressure sensors and one or two other things so think you might have to plug it in as you say

January 21

I’d say wheel speed, as if a brake pressure sensor fails it will keep the ABS and lose only DSC and put the yellow handbrake light on. Sadly I’ve experienced all of those failures…

14,087 · January 21

Right, so used the Jag the other day and there seemed to be a scraping noise, a bit like a loose brake shield or something (I had this before on a Rover 827 I had) but looking into the brake shield I couldn't see anything and nothing seemed to be loose. The problem is often, as I work nights, I often only see the cars in the dark.

Yesterday morning whilst looking for any car wash that was open (none were :angry: ) I managed to grab some pics and managed to find something that was loose:

It appears that what looks to be a torsion bar has ccome loose.and something else is hanging. I was hoping that this week and next weeks money would be mine, but clearly not. I also need to sort out a dentist as my top inner teeth have lost thier fillings and it's starting to hurt very slightly now. Local dentist is booked up for 6 months...

So it looks like it's gonna be March before I see any free money, by which time something else will come up and require paying.

35,304 · January 21

Thanks @wesacosa and @JakeT. Northernmonkey did think one of the sensors was drifting out of spec at higher speeds.

If I stick to the limits on the motorway I should be fine.....

25,128 · January 21

Changing a tyre in a farm track by a busy dual carriageway, whilst wearing a full suit wasn’t high on the list of aims for this morning…

I did end up having to remove my tie as it kept getting in the way, but the rest of the suit survived unscathed.

I hadn’t considered how much extra physical effort it is to hold everything at arms length so as not to get dirty 🤣

24,938 · January 21

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38,768 · January 21

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, I like it if they leave it unattended you know what to do................

24,938 · January 21

3 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, I like it if they leave it unattended you know what to do................

How do you know it wasn’t my and colleague’s new company cars? His new technology campus* is just up the road, I pass it every day and sometimes see him bombing around in his Renault alpine.

38,768 · January 21

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

How do you know it wasn’t my and colleague’s new company cars? His new technology campus* is just up the road, I pass it every day and sometimes see him bombing around in his Renault alpine.

I will come and work for you if I get a T50 as a company car!

9,367 · January 21

I saw a few T50s testing at the last SMMT open day in May.

24,938 · January 21

13 minutes ago, alcyonecorporation said:

I saw a few T50s testing at the last SMMT open day in May.

They look very smart in the metal. Not sure about the tiny window but apart from that a lot classier than the mclarens. A modern f1 look.

21,308 · January 21

Went to local co op. 4 packs of neck oil IPA £8. Not cheap but marks want £2.50 a can.

Got to self checkout. £1.75. I raised this with a member of staff who checked. The price was correct.

So I bought more.

That is my good fortune used up for the rest of the year.

January 21

5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Peter Stevens made a lot of fuss about wonky shut lines on those (on social media), but that don’t look too bad to me. 11/10 would buy when I win the Euromillions.

9,275 · January 21

I've just eaten 4 pickled eggs.

In other news, I'm constipated tomorrow.

21,308 · January 21

3 minutes ago, outlaw118 said:

I've just eaten 4 pickled eggs.

In other news, I'm constipated tomorrow.

I doubt it.

24,938 · January 21

1 hour ago, EspenO said:

Peter Stevens made a lot of fuss about wonky shut lines on those (on social media), but that don’t look too bad to me. 11/10 would buy when I win the Euromillions.

Even through the thick double glazing we have they sound brilliant. Shut lines are a lot better than many mclarens I see out there.

27,636 · January 21

A good friend of mine who runs a big vacuum repair shop in Manchester dabbles in having parts made and flogging them. He's done range rover stuff for years but has had some rover 75 repair panels made

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335543809225?fbclid=IwY2xjawH83VxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHe3t4RoWSciRjFyH8XqiIWfxZ-v1onUNwtjPLiZMSNxUHHMVTwa0zXj0Yg_aem_FrthhdrfrrO8HHxNeAjr6w

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235698462361?fbclid=IwY2xjawH83hZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdPWTKDI--VEaocsbFpkPBXtgo4BJzYZkAuOMlOkx8x-vKNeWOD8pWKX6Q_aem_BpFHTpjwyCXzIJr8GqsX2g

Knowing his vacuum parts he has made they won't be awful, but obv I've never tried one 😂 Felt reasonable to flog the links up here though 👍

24,938 · January 21

1 hour ago, EspenO said:

Peter Stevens made a lot of fuss about wonky shut lines on those (on social media), but that don’t look too bad to me. 11/10 would buy when I win the Euromillions.

I had no idea he was still alive!

35,304 · January 21

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

A good friend of mine who runs a big vacuum repair shop in Manchester dabbles in having parts made and flogging them. He's done range rover stuff for years but has had some rover 75 repair panels made

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335543809225?fbclid=IwY2xjawH83VxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHe3t4RoWSciRjFyH8XqiIWfxZ-v1onUNwtjPLiZMSNxUHHMVTwa0zXj0Yg_aem_FrthhdrfrrO8HHxNeAjr6w

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235698462361?fbclid=IwY2xjawH83hZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdPWTKDI--VEaocsbFpkPBXtgo4BJzYZkAuOMlOkx8x-vKNeWOD8pWKX6Q_aem_BpFHTpjwyCXzIJr8GqsX2g

Knowing his vacuum parts he has made they won't be awful, but obv I've never tried one 😂 Felt reasonable to flog the links up here though 👍

It would be interesting to see how these fit. I had a pair of Tom Hobbs ones fitted 3 years ago and they are generally regarded as the best in Rover circles, mine certainly fitted without needing bashed about. But, as they are hand made, you can't always get them, so it's great that someone else is making them. I'll share this link on the 75 FB page!

January 22

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

I had no idea he was still alive!

https://www.facebook.com/PeterStevensDesign

He’s fairly active commenting on different aspects of car design 🙂

21,494 · January 22

13 hours ago, Lord Sterling said:

Right, so used the Jag the other day and there seemed to be a scraping noise, a bit like a loose brake shield or something (I had this before on a Rover 827 I had) but looking into the brake shield I couldn't see anything and nothing seemed to be loose. The problem is often, as I work nights, I often only see the cars in the dark.

Yesterday morning whilst looking for any car wash that was open (none were ) I managed to grab some pics and managed to find something that was loose:

It appears that what looks to be a torsion bar has ccome loose.and something else is hanging. I was hoping that this week and next weeks money would be mine, but clearly not. I also need to sort out a dentist as my top inner teeth have lost thier fillings and it's starting to hurt very slightly now. Local dentist is booked up for 6 months...

So it looks like it's gonna be March before I see any free money, by which time something else will come up and require paying.

I've had the radius arm mounting pull out of the floor on an early XJ6. Looks complex and undriveable atm.

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