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[Skoze]

Pics please

 

Pics available in Classic Land Rover magazine in a couple of months time...

 

[richardmorris]

Well I drove up to North Wales from Surrey in the merc this morning. Quite clear apart from a four car shunt on the m42, and seemingly the entire length of the m54 being 40mph limit. Merc perfect of course. Then got the X1/9 out and had a quick drive in between hospital visiting hours. Only problem being a veeerrrrryyyy sllooooow driver's window. Took the switch apart and contacts were black, contact cleaned them up and all is back to just slow. Success!

[Richard]

The V70 goes quite well for a diesel that isn't boosting properly. I'd better look at the thermostat though.

 

[HillmanImp]

Damp curry smell inside the xantia? Check the heater matrix.

 

You know, that reminds me of my old Xantia, it used to do that. Wonder why?

[vulgalour]

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[richardmorris]

You know, that reminds me of my old Xantia, it used to do that. Wonder why?

Matrix leaks at the plastic seam. Bacteria lives off the antifreeze and when it warms up you get the hot damp curry smell of cooking bacteria.

[vulgalour]

@HillmanImp:  I had issues with the Onion Bus on the insurance front, most wanted rather a lot so I went direct to people not on the comparison sites.  Adrian Flux are insuring me with 3 years NCB, 3 years experience, 32, parked on the street for about £450.  Most quotes were coming in at the £900-1400 mark elsewhere.  I was told by a couple of insurers that Xantias have a 'high risk claim' attachment, which I can only assume means they're shit in a crash and personal injury payouts are normally huge as a result or something of that ilk, they wouldn't actually explain what it meant when I tried to get more info out of them.  In fact, getting actual information out of an insurer about risk factors and how to make insurance more affordable is akin to trying to get a whelk out of its shell with a wooden spoon.

[Ghosty]

The V70 goes quite well for a diesel that isn't boosting properly. I'd better look at the thermostat though.

 

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[Richard]

01001000 01101111 01110111 00100000 01100100 01101001 01100100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100?

 

I was trying out all the functions on the diagnostic software. This was the instrument panel test, it sweeps all the gauges and flashes all the warning lights- except the MIL because some bounder has removed the bulb as an alternative to actually fixing the fault.

 

There's also a function to test the deadlocks, but I couldn't find a way to unlock them so we were locked in the car too for a while.

[hairnet]

i r disappoint you werent doin 139 mph

[phil_lihp]

Right then, someone somewhere is in a lot of trouble.  Which one of you Volvo owners has been mending your car?  The delicate Volvo Welfare Balance has once again been upset.  

 

After a mare of a job last year with Philibusmo getting the turbo inlet pipes off for cleaning and replacing of the PCV system on the 940, which was blocked solid, I'd assumed all would now be well, it'd blown the front cam seal which we'd also replaced at the same time.

 

Drove it about 30 miles this morning and when parking up afterwards noticed a strong smell of burning oil.  Turns out it'd blown the dipstick out of the tube and sprayed the engine bay quite liberally with oil.  It's also venting oil mist through the filler cap and generally consuming quite a lot.  Either we missed a pipe or its worn its piston rings - I really hope not because it's only done just under 140k but it does seem to have been badly neglected in recent years before I got hold of it.  A quick compression test will probably be the next port of call before I go pulling the PCV bits off again.

 

In addition, the dreadful job of replacing the heater valve has not resulted in dry carpets or a working heater, it now seems that the heater matrix is clogged solid and leaking as the drivers footwell is still a little soggy and the heater is pathetic.

 

Falling slightly out of love with this car at the moment, despite its recently demonstrated ability to swallow large items of furniture.  Hopefully this is a temporary setback.

[Shep Shepherd]

Right then, someone somewhere is in a lot of trouble.  Which one of you Volvo owners has been mending your car?  The delicate Volvo Welfare Balance has once again been upset.  

 

Not me; The Volvo remains unbroken

[RobT]

Sorry, that'll be me Phil. I've been tinkering with the 440 today trying to make it run better, plus i did a coolant flush in a cheap attempt at resolving the running hot issue. It starts and idles better, but not sure about the overheating until i take it for a run tomorrow. It's got a slight misfire so I'll be doing the plugs, leads and dizzy cap next as they look ancient, so you've been warned!

[HMC]

Soz phil, I could be to blame too. The saga of the ABS warning light on the 760-

 

Remove front discs to clean the wheel speed sensors. One was stuck on the hub and needed a bit of careful persuading; which may or may not have knocked that disc out of true; which resulted in the need for new front discs/ pads. It seemed daft to pop something like that back on the hub. After all that- warning light still there.

 

Clean all connectors and relays, no different. Take out the warning light bulb, then some sort of reality check happened- this is not the way to ' fix' it, what sort of shiteist are you? Bulb back and get a multimeter on the sensors, One giving a duff resistance reading. MOT due Tuesday so I'm hoping I can get one in time!

[michael1703]

Right then, someone somewhere is in a lot of trouble.  Which one of you Volvo owners has been mending your car?  The delicate Volvo Welfare Balance has once again been upset.  

 

After a mare of a job last year with Philibusmo getting the turbo inlet pipes off for cleaning and replacing of the PCV system on the 940, which was blocked solid, I'd assumed all would now be well, it'd blown the front cam seal which we'd also replaced at the same time.

 

Drove it about 30 miles this morning and when parking up afterwards noticed a strong smell of burning oil.  Turns out it'd blown the dipstick out of the tube and sprayed the engine bay quite liberally with oil.  It's also venting oil mist through the filler cap and generally consuming quite a lot.  Either we missed a pipe or its worn its piston rings - I really hope not because it's only done just under 140k but it does seem to have been badly neglected in recent years before I got hold of it.  A quick compression test will probably be the next port of call before I go pulling the PCV bits off again.

 

In addition, the dreadful job of replacing the heater valve has not resulted in dry carpets or a working heater, it now seems that the heater matrix is clogged solid and leaking as the drivers footwell is still a little soggy and the heater is pathetic.

 

Falling slightly out of love with this car at the moment, despite its recently demonstrated ability to swallow large items of furniture.  Hopefully this is a temporary setback.

A tin of this will sort it

 

 

A customer bought a 740 in for a mot and it was breathing/ smoking and I couldn't get it through the emissions, a tin of supercharge and ragging it in 2nd gear and its running well

[beko1987]

Might get some of that for the zx, it was high on the emissions...

[Richard]

I've been doing a bit of Volvo fixing. Sorry.

[stuboy]

collegue at work says her car squeaking and making funny noise.. 

noticed were the rubber bung and dust cover got too?

and that nylon spring cup is breaking up..

she will be taking it to her local garage asap

3 days at local garage... cant find out what noise is...

 

oh well cup collapses she will soon know

[phil_lihp]

A tin of this will sort it

 

 

A customer bought a 740 in for a mot and it was breathing/ smoking and I couldn't get it through the emissions, a tin of supercharge and ragging it in 2nd gear and its running well

Thanks, got to be worth a shot!

[JohnK]

Just struck a deal on this:

 

 

Not the usual type of car I would go for but I borrowed one of these a couple of years back and they are surprisingly fun!

[worldofceri]

Saab mended itself in a very minor way yesterday.  Pulling up at Sainsberry's I noticed the FASTEN BELTS warning light come on when I unbuckled.  This has never illuminated in all the time I've had the car.  Worked perfectly again this morning.  Hopefully now the passneger window, reversing lights, HRW etc, etc, will follow suite and spring back into operation...

 

 

Sorry if this has upset the Saab mended/broken karma balance somewhere...

[twosmoke300]

Yes there is cos the radiator has started leaking on my 9-5 .

[worldofceri]

Soz about that.  I feel responsible.

[twosmoke300]

It only started leaking when taking the wife into hospital to have the baby so it's fine . What you need at that moment is "bong" low coolant level coming up on the Saab nag centre

[michael1703]

Saab mended itself in a very minor way yesterday.  Pulling up at Sainsberry's I noticed the FASTEN BELTS warning light come on when I unbuckled.  This has never illuminated in all the time I've had the car.  Worked perfectly again this morning.  Hopefully now the passneger window, reversing lights, HRW etc, etc, will follow suite and spring back into operation...

 

 

Sorry if this has upset the Saab mended/broken karma balance somewhere...

Biscuit crumbs/dandruff/hair must have got dislodged in the seat belt stalk

[andy18s]

20p piece ?

[Vin]

When I first signed up to E-Bay in 2002 I bought some original Autocar cutaway artwork for the Fiat 131...

 

It was painted by Chris Plant and graced the pages of the edition from 1st October 1974. I have a copy of it and this edition featured a 5 or 6 page review of the new Fiat, but the cutaway is in black and white...

 

Anyway the reason I'm posting is, after years of it being sandwiched between two pieces of hardboard, I've finally got it framed and it's now on a wall!!!

 

 

 

[tooSavvy]

 

.... could you not get some nice straight wood for the frame....

 

 

TS

[dollywobbler]

No dramas on the 250-mile drive back home in the XM, other than a bit more wind noise than usual because the sunroof glass has risen slightly. Odd. Given there's no switch wired up. No overheating, though it did get a bit close going up a steep hill. Very slowly. Behind a 'smiley' hi-cube Transit. I was forced* to overtake to get more cooling air into the rad. I shall examine the fan switch as a first step.

 

Had a bit of daylight time when I got back, so put the glass where I wanted it, removed the motor, operated the motor until it was in the 'closed' position, then put it back in. Result is that it doesn't drop down very well into position, but sliding it back a bit and then to closed does work. I suspect I need to play with the alignment of the assembly - which is why I'm not putting the headlining back in just yet. Typically, driving to Devon and back home both involved driving into the sun...

[Sigmund Fraud]

I just bought a 30-year-old, broken motorbike that was made in a country which no longer exists... Midlife crisis, Autoshite style !