DodgeRover Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Every morning I drive past a layby near Mastin Moor and at least once a week there's a big pile of shit dumped there. It's 1 mile away from that tip. People are just arseholes I suppose.Twas nice to meet you earlier by the way, I'm busy looking at bigger solar panels and charge controllers now! Sorry if I was a bit quiet - I'm knackered! cobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Day trip to France today in the 19. 327 miles done without issue, apart from a few butt clenching moments where it wouldn't start on le shuttle. I think it was luck more than anything which prevented me being 'that' person in a rubbish old car causing delays. Being photo bombed by a Xantia In a village called Ault in the Somme department where I also spotted a 25, 21, Safrane, Mk1 Uno and this minter... The rotten to feck A-pillar is what impressed me most! I also wanted to go to the Renault factory in Douai where 19s were made, but couldn't be bothered in the end. The car itself drove well the whole trip, and is quite relaxing being comfy with the 1.4 Energy engine being unobtrusive (or maybe I wasn't driving it hard enough...) On the way back to Calais I was thinking how open for business France seemed today, but as if to prove Junkman right I saw this. Bit annoying as I really needed a piss at that point. Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, blakey79, HMC and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Sounds a great road trip! Did you see many other 19s? And did you get any double takes with the uk plates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 That Aire has been closed all summer, it is being redone. RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Meanwhile I mainly listened to the v6 as I pootled around town. Thermostat ordered, and gear linkage taken apart, cleaned, greased and reassembled to that it’s less stiff across the gait. Bene! Six-cylinder, bramz7, holbeck and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Sounds a great road trip! Did you see many other 19s? And did you get any double takes with the uk plates?Nope, none others. Funny you should say but I did get quite a few looks, and the woman at the Eurotunnel terminal directed me to the LHD kiosk. Light was fading and she obv just assumed I was a Frenchie! HMC, egg and BorniteIdentity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Weird seeing two of my former cars on the same page out and about with other serial shiters.... Wait did I say weird? Brilliant, I meant. egg, RobT and HMC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I must get into Europe and have a pootle about sometime soon. Any particular reason you went over today, Rob? Or just fancied it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 20181006_142446.jpg The rotten to feck A-pillar is what impressed me most!Bloody hell, that makes my C-Class look concours... cobblers and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Got some stuff done today despite the weather. The Rover 45 now has a shiny new cat, a shiny new offside rear wheel bearing and a shiny new nearside rear anti-roll bar bracket. The bracket was the most awkward bit - getting the old one off wasn't actually too bad in the end, the set of bolt extractor sockets I'd ordered off eBay arrived yesterday and whilst the 10mm socket wouldn't get a grip on the bolt head, the 9mm was persuaded on with a bit of help from a lump hammer and that wound the bolt straight out. One of the bolts holding the bush onto the bracket needed similar treatment. Getting it all back together was a bit more involved - for one thing three out of the four bolts were shagged so I had to go out and buy some more, and I'd also managed to bend the metal frame of the bush whilst wiggling it around trying to get it off, so it took a while for me to persuade it to line up properly - got there in the end though. The wheel bearing was a piece of piss as expected - the bit that took longest was getting the drum off, it wouldn't come off for love nor money for about 20 minutes and then it suddenly came away in my hands. No, I don't know either. The cat wasn't too bad of a job - 6 bolts, none of which was seized amazingly, and the gaskets on the car were reusable (a good thing because the cat didn't come with any) so it was just the faff of getting everything to line back up (and stopping the fugging gaskets falling out) whilst lying under the car with the exhaust about 4" above my head. Again though it's on there now, and I couldn't detect any gas leakage when I fired the car up - it hasn't made the exhaust much quieter though. So it should be more or less ready for its retest now - all I need to sort is a rear tyre, I haven't yet decided whether I'm going to try and get the local tyre place to fit one of the decent 185/55x15s I have in stock, or whether I should just borrow a pair of wheels from the Rover of Doom to get it through the test. I might have another bash at bleeding the brakes too - they're not too bad but the pedal could be firmer. The Merc now has new wiper blades all round, and I've had a first go at cleaning the inside of the windows, which were filthy - I'm going to have to have a second pass tomorrow I think, but I can see out of it much better now. I'm still thoroughly enjoying driving it. I haven't tackled the CV joint on the Audi yet - that will be a job for tomorrow if I can be arsed, as well as sorting the directional control for the heating on the LDV. Skizzer, Jim Bell, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Went up to sittingbourne to help my friend fix his wifes car.. top mounts on ford fiesta st.. Good work, and look at that poor Citrine Mondeo loitering under a tarp in the background, you'd never see me doing that......oh..... michael t, stuboy, RobT and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I must get into Europe and have a pootle about sometime soon. Any particular reason you went over today, Rob? Or just fancied it?Just fancied it really, plus a little road trip acts as an antidote to the boring daily grind. Le Touquet is a nice place to go, with the added bonus of a Renault 20 in residence. I've seen it a few times now, parked in different places so it's a runner! michael t, HMC, blakey79 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R9UKE Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 The mighty Grand Espace 3.5 V6 has been awoken from hibernation. I am having a 2.2 dCi traded in this week that will donate loads of parts to it and finally give me the push I need to tidy up and MOT the beast. Really looking forward to the Classic show at the NEC in November, will do the usual of making it a week long trip to see the relatives in the Midlands, coincides nicely with bonfire night and Diwali in the same week, always a great time to be over. The options are.... fly over, fly back (cheapest option but, yawn). Fly over and book nothing back (the last two times I've done this it's ended in driving a Laguna V6 and a Cadillac CTS back to Belfast). Or drive over, probably with the CLK. The ferry is an absolute fortune, but probably works out cheaper in the long run as I won't buy unnecessary tat when I'm over. Split_Pin, fatharris, Datsuncog and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I found a perfect solution instead of having to buy a new head unit and faff about fitting it. There's an input lead that directly plugs into the stock Bose system of the Mazda. Cost about £5 and I've hidden the wire to pop out the driver side, and I can plug in an aux lead into the female unit. Now I can play my songs and this lead has a mic (from Halfords) and works very well to take hands free calls too. chodweaver, fatharris, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leanycan Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Day trip to France today in the 19. 327 miles done without issue, apart from a few butt clenching moments where it wouldn't start on le shuttle. I think it was luck more than anything which prevented me being 'that' person in a rubbish old car causing delays. Being photo bombed by a Xantia 20181006_143610(0).jpg In a village called Ault in the Somme department where I also spotted a 25, 21, Safrane, Mk1 Uno and this minter... 20181006_142446.jpg The rotten to feck A-pillar is what impressed me most! I also wanted to go to the Renault factory in Douai where 19s were made, but couldn't be bothered in the end. The car itself drove well the whole trip, and is quite relaxing being comfy with the 1.4 Energy engine being unobtrusive (or maybe I wasn't driving it hard enough...) On the way back to Calais I was thinking how open for business France seemed today, but as if to prove Junkman right I saw this. 20181006_191248.jpg Bit annoying as I really needed a piss at that point.Bloody hell I’ve never seen with rust quite like that... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 This happened. Followed by motorway trip at 70mph. Chasing Porsches. Sadly just a visit to the TOC AGM. Although a purchase is now a step closer with more information on a potential car. Jim Bell, Ghosty, fatharris and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 20181006_142446.jpg The rotten to feck A-pillar is what impressed me most! On a W208 CLK the bit of the A pillar you can see is only a trim. I know this because mine blew off on the A1M after Autoglass changed the windscreen.......... RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 RIP Siouxsie and the Banshees - Superstition cassette tape. 1991-2018. I was a bit worried it was the deck but on inspecting the casette it looks like at some point another deck has had a nibble on the tape and someone has rewound it, there's a portion that's all creased like it's been mangled around the inside workings of a deck. None of my other tapes are exhibiting these symptoms and this tape was second-hand. Still got a couple of years enjoyment out of it all the same. Time to go shopping for random selections again I think. Toyah and Prefab Sprout are still doing fine, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 On a W208 CLK the bit of the A pillar you can see is only a trim. I know this because mine blew off on the A1M after Autoglass changed the windscreen..........That reassuring Mercedes kwalitee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Good work, and look at that poor Citrine Mondeo loitering under a tarp in the background, you'd never see me doing that......oh..... post-20084-0-68378800-1536862547.jpgtis a shame egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Last but one post on this thread:http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/140498/autoshite-forum?page=7Any of the mods registered over there and want to reply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Last but one post on this thread: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/140498/autoshite-forum?page=7 Any of the mods registered over there and want to reply? [Looks at user name on that post] SiC and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Surprised there's not complaints of argos catalogues.. The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 RIP Siouxsie and the Banshees - Superstition cassette tape. 1991-2018. I was a bit worried it was the deck but on inspecting the casette it looks like at some point another deck has had a nibble on the tape and someone has rewound it, there's a portion that's all creased like it's been mangled around the inside workings of a deck. None of my other tapes are exhibiting these symptoms and this tape was second-hand. Still got a couple of years enjoyment out of it all the same. Time to go shopping for random selections again I think. Toyah and Prefab Sprout are still doing fine, thankfully.Want this? PM an address if you want it. Cavcraft, vulgalour, mercedade and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Well the Audi is mobile again, ish. The CV joint I bought turned out to be the wrong one - looked pretty much identical, but the ABS ring was very slightly larger which prevented the joint from fitting into the hub. Of course I didn't discover this until I'd fitted it onto the driveshaft - and having twatted it on with a large hammer, it was very reluctant to twat off again, and I must have pissed the neighbours off royally with the combination of banging and swearing. Got it off in the end though. As the old CV joint was also now off the car, I was able to get all the ball bearings back in their proper places (having cleaned them all off first obvs) - I then repacked it with the rest of the grease which came with the new joint, and refitted it to the car. Then I had great fun* refitting the rebushed wishbone and bolting everything back together. So it moves under its own power again, and I drove it about 1/2 mile earlier with some reasonably tight turns included and nothing fell out / off, but something is now rubbing and another something (or perhaps the same something) is making a loud droning noise above about 20mph, so that's going to need looking at again - unfortunately I'd run out of daylight by that point. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Do I ever, Doug! Message incoming That's a double-happy for me because I also bagged myself a Terence Trent D'arby tape tonight. DVee8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Another 260 miles in the Rover today, driving back from Sussex, including a visit to Goodwood. Mrs DW did a long stint in the Rover and was getting quite a hoon on by Herefordshire! She finds the lack of grunt on hills very annoying. I just mash the throttle into the carpet, which makes it double-kickdown... Noel Tidybeard and RobT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommotech Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 My brothers A4 TDi has had overboost issues for a while but has become undriveable recently, as it drops into limp mode if you accelerate through 40 mph. I took the turbo off to find the variable geometry actuator arm sticking and notchy. He’d had a quote of 700 quid to fit a new turbo, but I’ve stripped and cleaned these before with success. A mornings work has the car running so much better. It goes like it should and seems quieter. As you can see there was a huge amount of carbon causing the vanes to be impeded in their operation. I used alloy wheel cleaner to great effect. chodweaver, Rusty_Rocket, skattrd and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I've not taken one of those turbos apart but I know some folks use "Mr Muscle" oven cleaner on them in situ to clean the vane thingys. tommotech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Heading to France tomorrow for hopefully some sun and definitely some of the local wine. My place is 939 miles from here. I have a kitchen to take down so borrowed a friends 12x6 plant trailer to take it. We built a frame to the top of the tailgate so now it is a 12x6x6 covered trailer. Decided there was space now so added a double bed and mattress. No space in the trailer now! Oooh, look - it has an extended draw bar for the digger bucket - so lets fit 4 x pushbikes on there then. Using the recently acquired 500 quid Misubishi Pickup to tow it and no point in wasting all that space. Started with a 2 seater settee and cushions, then all the kitchen fitting equipment, including chop saw and table. Then several bags of stuff for a fiend and his family who are joining me next week. Managed to get the tailgate shut, but dare not open it again until there.That left the double cab. In the back are the glass kitchen unit doors and shelves, the sink, taps etc, plus the spares for the trip. Plus assorted small stuff, just about up to the roof in there. The front footwell has the trolley jack, socket set and assorted tools, and in the morning the laptop bag will go in there, and my bag of clothes across the top and onto the passenger seat. I wanted to take my Henry Hoover, but sadly have run out of space, It is FULL!Only have 2 worries now. 1. Customs at the Tunnel - I hope they do not want to go through anything! 2. Will the 500 quid WBOD make it? Watch the grin and grump threads for the next 36 hours for a probable answer! HMC, drum, mercedade and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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