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[Matt]

there was a couple of cars too.

 

 

 

Kind of want.

Kind of want that places' number to see how strong my want actually is.

[hairnet]

what he said only had no mot for 5 years and the toyota hasnt been taxed since 89

[Bucketeer]

Buses and shizz

 

That Yorkshire Traction bus used to take me home from school, along with others. Our buses were all 'Tracky' SHE reg's from the Barnsley depot. I distinctly remember SHE 111Y as our school was in a village called Shelley. 'Twas red back in the old days.

Small world.

[the judge]

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"To release the nearside-front lower ball joint simply unscrew and remove the 3 pointed star from the bonnet"

 

Re-assembly is reversal of removal.

[RayMK]

The Stellar only required ball joints to pass its MOT today.  I let the garage do it because the all-in, MOT and VAT inclusive cost was a very reasonable £227.  I had budgeted £450, so well happy  . 

[Sloth in a bowl]

Got a man with a cheap Ford Puma coming to see me tonight on his way home, what's the chance that I buy his car then win a Peugeot 5 minutes later?

[fordperv]

^ live dangerous and buy it

[dollywobbler]

EFA.

 

^ live dangerous and get very good at rear wheel arch repairs.

[vulgalour]

I completed the floor in the Princess.

 

Full update later tonight.

[panhard65]

Fairly sure Renault won't tell you.

 

From memory you need to join the Renault Owners Club as they have a chap who does all that stuff. I think they can get the build dates from Renault in France and give you something official to confirm it.

 

Fairly sure Renault won't tell you.

 

From memory you need to join the Renault Owners Club as they have a chap who does all that stuff. I think they can get the build dates from Renault in France and give you something official to confirm it.

Try the Renault classic car club for dating as the bloke who I tried to deal with through the owners club was a bit of a jobsworth. Renault do charge for the info though. Try the dealer first if you can find an old school one with staff that are helpful and interested in older Renaults. They can get the info but usually are too lazy so just pass you off to the owners club.

[andy18s]

Got a man with a cheap Ford Puma coming to see me tonight on his way home, what's the chance that I buy his car then win a Peugeot 5 minutes later?

A Puma is an itch I've yet to scratch,loved it's bigger brother the Cougar .

Need to make some room 1st though.

[Sloth in a bowl]

I've just agreed to buy a surprisingly rust free (except on one wheel arch) Ford Puma with 11 months MOT, juddery (though strong) brakes and a clutch that is in need of replacement; for £350.

 

Handover is on Friday evening.

 

We can has trackshite, yay.

 

Now if the bonus ball is number 18, I'm in the shit.

[vulgalour]

Can someone put me out of my misery with that Toyota?  I'm thinking it's a Celica but I can't find an example that's quite the same.

[Tayne]

I've just agreed to buy a surprisingly rust free (except on one wheel arch) Ford Puma with 11 months MOT, juddery (though strong) brakes and a clutch that is in need of replacement; for £350.

 

Handover is on Friday evening.

 

We can has trackshite, yay.

 

Now if the bonus ball is number 18, I'm in the shit.

You can probably sort the brakes by re-bedding them in.

Assuming you fix the cause of the problem, I'd guess an over-tightened wheel nut.

[Pillock]

Got a new LCD to repair the SAAB climate control unit - sometimes, you can get away with just wedging a strip of foam or something into the ribbon cable but mine, as well as missing segments, had a bleed on the LCD too so whole new panel needed. No problem, £21 delivered - someone is remanufacturing them with a proper PCB ZIF socket on instead of a direct cable-to-board connection.

 

Took the old one apart, the cable was so fragile it just fell off the board. Then realised I have no solder, as soon as I had the whole lot laid out on the kitchen side I remembered using the last of my solder fixing some headphones. 

 

Oh well, the delay in getting to Maplin means I can probably order a decent iron tip too, rather than using a 3mm job.

[Ghosty]

Can someone put me out of my misery with that Toyota?  I'm thinking it's a Celica but I can't find an example that's quite the same.

Corona. No such thing as a saloon Celica.

[MarvinsMom]

brake lights now working on the XJ-R, yipee!!

 

have had the switch replaced, minster jaguar say the one for an x300 is NLA so one for a x308 has been used instead.

 

main difference is the x300 one has its wiring harness attached while a x308 doesn't have one fitted.

 

so the new switch has had the original wiring soldered on and then the whole lot slotted away on top of the pedal box.

 

jump in, turn on and foot brake on, park switch comes off and the lights work, when needed!!

[RayMK]

Can someone put me out of my misery with that Toyota?  I'm thinking it's a Celica but I can't find an example that's quite the same.

It was bugging me as well.  Ghosty got it  .  I found a picture on https://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/profile/toyota-corona-2000-mkii/picture.php?p=-1257825104

[Lankytim]

Didn't someone try to buy thst Corona a few years back but the scrapyard Secretary had sent the logbook off as scrapped in error?

[trigger]

That story rings a bell with me too.

[cort16]

Yes it was mint when it came in too.

[cms206]

That's the one chaps; the fella who was running the yard at the time is now no longer there and the new "owner" is the original owner's son. Pity he wasn't in charge at the time the Corona came in...

[stuboy]

had great lunch here..

just outside hawkhurst kent..

took new bird to meet dad and stepmum

[cort16]

Here we go.Not quite mint but pretty tidy.

it seems the someone travelled up with a trailer to buy it but the yard owner wouldn't sell it giving it " na' mate it's not worth my license".

Instead it's sat rotting in the yard for 4 years. Well done.

 

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/10113-toyota-corona-anyone/

[The Moog]

Fitted secondhand SID on 95. Cheap at only £15. Having all the lines back makes me feel warm inside.

 

 

 

Also got set of bridgestone part worns fitted and tracking done. They straightened the steering wheel which makes the world good

[Coprolalia]

Anyone remotely Devon/Cornwall way know of any good cheap storage?

There's bugger all available in Plymouth and there's a couple of leads on cars I'd like to take up but would be storing them on the street.

[twosmoke300]

how many and what size are they?

[Coprolalia]

Potentially one old motor. I've got nowhere spare dry at the moment, so not going to actively pursue rustbuckets to leave them parked in the rain on the street until I can find somewhere.

[coalnotdole]

I've just agreed a deal to buy a Rebuilt race engine for the Straight 6 Coupé. The 213E Ford engine suffers from having very poor parts availability and pricing tends to reflect that most people who rebuild one have deep pockets.

 

This engine is one of 3 built for historic saloon racing in 1995 its supposedly done less than 300 miles, but has been in storage since then. Its got a stack of paperwork covering a whole bottom end rebuild. Oversize pistons, ported head, repofiled cam etc. Its not cheap by autoshite standards but its probably a fraction of the cost of commissioning all the work today. 

 

The plan will be to run it on the Triple SU setup that I posted about a few months ago.

 

I'll post up some proper details when I go to collect it on Saturday.

[Hertz]

Been looking for a cheap runaround for Mrs Hertz as she sold her Beetle a few months back thinking she would be OK using the T25 as everyday transport. She was wrong, no power steering made it quite tough to park and we didn't want to use it in the winter really as it's in really good nick.

 

Anyway a quick look around and I found this just up the road. It's a lovely little thing which will hopefully do the job for a good few years to come. 1.2L  3 pot FTW!