egg Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I'm doing M3/A303 to Exeter tomorrow - any major roadworks or delays other than the usual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 A few pictures from a car show this morning The Rover was a proper beauty, fourteen thousand miles from new egg, danthecapriman, MarvinsMom and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Normally dislike car boot sales but bagged this for £15 -The paint glue and brushes are missing but you would'nt use them on a kit like this anyway. richardmorris, GrumpiusMaximus, purplebargeken and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 A few pictures from a car show this morning IMG_20180715_110054.jpgIMG_20180715_110815.jpgIMG_20180715_110802.jpgIMG_20180715_120111.jpgIMG_20180715_111003.jpgIMG_20180715_110619.jpgIMG_20180715_120245.jpgIMG_20180715_115158.jpgThe Rover was a proper beauty, fourteen thousand miles from newIs that a big Wolsey trying to be a packhard ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Bloody hell!!!!!! Conked out. Had no tools on me as I don’t like to tempt fate by carrying them. That will show me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Squire_Dawson and HillmanImp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Bloody hell!!!!!!Conked out. Had no tools on me as I don’t like to tempt fate by carrying them. That will show me.Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI carry all my tools with me and any spares I have. The theory being if I have them I won’t need them. It’s worked for the last twenty years! Squire_Dawson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Aye. That's how the voodoo works. Carry spares and you're guaranteed never to need them. But the one time you forget, break down is a certainty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 today we has been to the Rover club(s) classic car day at East Kirkby. we went with the Rover 75 club. but as mine is slightly broken as one of the ball joints is shagged we went with this car insteadDSCN7748.JPG we saw thisDSCN7813.JPG and thisDSCN7806.JPG these flew over headDSCN7854.JPG and so did this (crap picture of a Hurricane.....)DSCN7861.JPG which was much lower than it looks, in the picture it just small, not far away...... there were some cars there too includingDSCN7776.JPGDSCN7769.JPGDSCN7772.JPGDSCN7773.JPGDSCN7770.JPGDSCN7759.JPGDSCN7752.JPGDSCN7753.JPGDSCN7764.JPGDSCN7766.JPGDSCN7754.JPGBrilliant selection,there's really something there for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Other 'stuff' going on in family life meant that I couldn't attend FOTU yesterday and I've spent most of the last week or two driving only the Avensis. Not a good state of affairs when it's the middle of summer and I should be using the older things. Finally got a few minutes to fit some eBay purchase parts onto the Sunny: Plugs, leads (to replace the originals dated 1987) and an air filter. Even I managed to get them on without breaking anything and it still worked again afterwards. Hopefully it'll give me cleaner starting from cold, it didn't seem to like any dampness. Jim Bell, RobT and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Bloody hell!!!!!!Conked out. Had no tools on me as I don’t like to tempt fate by carrying them. That will show me.Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIts blatantly beyond fucked. No point carrying on with it at all. I tell you what I'll give you £300, no £500 for it as I'm feeling generous even though i have no use for it, just trying to help out a fellow shiter in need. nacho man, wrenchvolt, jumpingjehovahs and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Does anyone know where to get windscreen seal inserts by the metre rather than pre-cut for a specific car? I need 8 metres, ideally in black rather than chrome. Also needs to be 8-10mm wide, though I suspect they're all the same width anyway and this measurement doesn't really matter. I can't reuse what's on the car as it's shrunk and has gone brittle (the seal insert, that is, not the car). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Does anyone know where to get windscreen seal inserts by the metre rather than pre-cut for a specific car? I need 8 metres, ideally in black rather than chrome. Also needs to be 8-10mm wide, though I suspect they're all the same width anyway and this measurement doesn't really matter. I can't reuse what's on the car as it's shrunk and has gone brittle (the seal insert, that is, not the car).Try woolies trim. https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Does anyone know where to get windscreen seal inserts by the metre rather than pre-cut for a specific car? I need 8 metres, ideally in black rather than chrome. Also needs to be 8-10mm wide, though I suspect they're all the same width anyway and this measurement doesn't really matter. I can't reuse what's on the car as it's shrunk and has gone brittle (the seal insert, that is, not the car). https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/product/1801/rubber-extrusion this anything like it? vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Project Fusion disposal has begun. First stop Clacket Lane, then Cobham shortly after thanks to the smoothie that went straight through. Traffic heavy until the M3. Premier Inn at Andover achieved (3 hours in all!), Exeter and then St Ives tomorrow.... Revel in the beauty of England... GrumpiusMaximus, RobT and wrenchvolt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I think this is the one I want: https://www.woolies-trim.co.uk/product/1763/chrome-screen-insert Can't believe I didn't think to check Woolies on this one. I can't find another they do that's flat-backed, there's nowhere for a pointed-back to go in the seals I've got and I don't think it'll compress enough to work if I tried. About £30 posted, plus whatever the fitting tool costs, which isn't too bad. I could fit the stainless over-trim that fits in the same slot (salvaged from a series 1 car), they look nice, but nobody seems to know what tool I need to fit it with and it's of a design that trying to do it with screwdrivers or whatever isn't going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Does anyone know where to get windscreen seal inserts by the metre rather than pre-cut for a specific car? I need 8 metres, ideally in black rather than chrome. Also needs to be 8-10mm wide, though I suspect they're all the same width anyway and this measurement doesn't really matter. I can't reuse what's on the car as it's shrunk and has gone brittle (the seal insert, that is, not the car). Here perhaps.............. https://www.segalmotortrimmings.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I must be getting to like the Merc. I have started to worry about it so I must be! I was having a panic earlier about play in the steering near full lock (they all do that sir!) and then worried about the gearbox going into reverse as it seems to pause for about 1 tenth of a second before doing as requested. I hate me, when I don't care about cars, I relax and just drive the sods, then when I do like them, I worry needlessly about trivial things and get all worked up! Polished it yesterday, it does come up most pleasingly ) davehedgehog31, RayMK and HarmonicCheeseburger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Twiggy: Unless i'm being blind (quite possible) I can't see any windscreen insert pieces on that site. Plenty of other useful bits, mind, none of which I need at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Angyl - "Claytonrite" is the keyword you need. The locking strip comes in 3 sizes (bottom of the page): https://www.par-group.co.uk/rubber-and-polyurethane/rubber-extrusions-and-profiles/rubber-window-seals/ You are looking for something like this? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLAYTONRITE-RUBBER-CHROME-FILLER-LOCKING-INSERT-PER-METRE-CHEAP-/171827135014 Should be able to get it in black. If in doubt, ask for a sample. http://www.rejel.com/cr01m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I haz achieved Exeter...chod spotted dome, jumpingjehovahs, wrenchvolt and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I haz achieved Exeter...chod spotted IMG_20180716_122046.jpg OMGLOLVODRIFTYO etc. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hey up, lunch has arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Angyl - "Claytonrite" is the keyword you need. The locking strip comes in 3 sizes (bottom of the page): I don't know that it is. They all have a pointed back to them and I'm pretty sure that won't fit in my window seal which has no accomodation for the point. The trim that's fitted is flat on the back, as is the slot it goes into. Good to know the name of the stuff for future reference at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiggy Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Twiggy: Unless i'm being blind (quite possible) I can't see any windscreen insert pieces on that site. Plenty of other useful bits, mind, none of which I need at the moment. This was the part I thought would be helpful: https://www.segalmotortrimmings.net/index.php/rubber_sections/?k=:14:: Seem to have loads of it. Apologies if I`ve got it wrong ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Moar Exeter spots stealing Premier Inn WiFi vulgalour, twosmoke300, wrenchvolt and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Must be a thin driver in the that Mini. egg, Talbot, oldcars and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Twiggy: Took me a moment to figure out what the link was, it was throwing me to a generic page. Same issue as the stuff Eddie linked in that it has that point on the back that's not compatible with my seal. The Princess window seals are annoyingly specific and one of the few things they didn't parts bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Try http://www.kingfisherrubber.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Or https://www.coh-baines.co.uk Mr Bickle recommended this place to me for the sunroof seal on the Wartburg. They are open to short runs of bespoke stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Well I've done what I said I'd never do....I've joined a union. After three plus years of my bosses ignoring my attempts to get paid for the job I do & the HR dept here ignoring my requests to lodge an official grievance I've run out of other options. I still disagree with most of what this union stands for, as most of their ideas are bloody stupid but if it gets me the correct money I'll stay a member till the process is complete. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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