trigger Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Ha! The van was layden down with a load of shite from my garage in the back! Cheers, it's really dragging on now, I've never felt so stressed out and worried before so will be glad when it's all over, had a removal company over yesterday who quoted £1300-1400! oldcars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Ha! The van was layden down with shite from my garage in the van! Cheers, it's really dragging on now, I've never felt so stressed out and worried before so will be glad when it's all over, had a removal company over yesterday who quoted £1300-1400!Don’t they know you’ve already got a van? Surely they’d have seen strong competition and priced accordingly! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Promised myself I'm going to be more proactive in 2019. So, first (and hopefully not the last) to get attention is the Cadillac. Parked it up in June because the driver's door stopped working on the central locking and it was pissing out PAS fluid. Connected the battery up yesterday and it started first turn and blasted around all day like it was never off the road. Booked in next week for new PAS fluid pipes (hopefully not too much of a faf) and I brought a door lock actuator back from The States in October so that should have her good again. rf25jv36Q%Ws%YCaW0%5Ug.jpgI think this might be my old one ! How did you end up with it? SiC and oldcars 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Ha! The van was layden down with a load of shite from my garage in the back! Cheers, it's really dragging on now, I've never felt so stressed out and worried before so will be glad when it's all over, had a removal company over yesterday who quoted £1300-1400!Buy me a Marina van and i will move all your stuff. I don't care how long it takes me trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Watching your car being MOT’D once you know it’s failed is like watching your ex with her new fella and your kids with their new Dad. What the fuck do I know. It passed!! Was convinced a rear brake was binding. Nop! We’re in!! Datsuncog, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, Angrydicky and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Can one of you two please take my Reliant in next month. You must be lucky. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 The Volvo also sailed through the MOT last month with no advisories. I was actually amazed. I've never had a car do that before. dome, Split_Pin, Jim Bell and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Power company thats just gone bust... Stop your payments at the bank . they appear to be taking money despite not being due .and stalling enquires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 As mentioned over in the Veg thread, got absolutely nothing car related done for about three weeks due to being horrendously busy with everything else. Saturday will see a fleet departure in the shape of the C1. The white 405 is languishing on stands in the lockup with MOT now expired awaiting it's new handbrake cables, which I have. Monsieur PIN has kindly offered assistance which I plan to take up. The red 405 is drawing air when running on veg, going to bypass the plastic filter housing installing a cannister type filter from a 320D and thicker 10mm fuel hose. To be completed this weekend at the latest. Saab - Perfect. It has a spare ignition cassette in the boot. No idea if it works but a colleague at work is having issues with his so it may be sold to him... Disastra - Perfect. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Have you the 'right to repair'? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46797396 This was always bound to happen. In electricals and in fashion, we have finally reached the absolute bottom of the curve where it is now impossible for costs to be cut any lower. I was only saying the other night that I am paying less for certain things today than I was 30 odd years ago.The fair wife, a fashion designer was asked for a reduction in price of her 'knicker pack' for Asda - it's a pack of three knickers.She offered that final last single cent - and they accepted. It is madness. As even Cambodia is now beginning to increase its prices, having had children making clothes in exchange for buttons for years. Who has won the race to the bottom? HarmonicCheeseburger, davehedgehog31 and egg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Saab - Perfect. It has a spare ignition cassette in the boot. No idea if it works but a colleague at work is having issues with his so it may be sold to him...That was there when the previous owner bought it so I can't tell you why it's there or if it works! davehedgehog31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ....Who has won the race to the bottom? Amazon. tooSavvy, egg, jumpingjehovahs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Full of lurgy. Not great when you're on a no sick pay contract. Then again, I've got a mug of hot squash and on the sofa watching Juliet Bravo on Youtube, so could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ...watching Juliet Bravo on Youtube, so could be worse. Not much fucking worse! DeeJay, blakey79, spike60 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ah, come on, top shite TV . I'm running out of car videos, and I'm not listening to all this Brexit rubbish. tooSavvy and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Went to collect multipla exhaust, dropped phone cracked screen. Can just about make out what I’m typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 as the sun was shining, I though I'd take the mx5 for a bit of a run - except when I went to close the garage door : fucksticks ! it had jumped off the rails and the wires on both sides were a tangled mess on the spools not having a willing assistant handy, some creativity was required door propped up on jacks cables held in tension by a fire extinguisher on bungees with an extreme amount of pissing about, I finally got it back in working order. it's now getting dark and I'm very cold so the mx5 is going back in the garage and I'm putting the kettle on The Moog, mercrocker, DVee8 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ....with an extreme amount of pissing about, I finally got it back in working order. it's now getting dark and I'm very cold so the mx5 is going back in the garage and I'm putting the kettle on That was a quick drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangernomics Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 as the sun was shining, I though I'd take the mx5 for a bit of a run - except when I went to close the garage door : IMG_8776.JPG fucksticks ! it had jumped off the rails and the wires on both sides were a tangled mess on the spools not having a willing assistant handy, some creativity was required door propped up on jacks IMG_8777.JPG cables held in tension by a fire extinguisher on bungees IMG_8780.JPG with an extreme amount of pissing about, I finally got it back in working order. it's now getting dark and I'm very cold so the mx5 is going back in the garage and I'm putting the kettle on Is it the red one side white the other cones with a spring running across the top? If so the refurb kits about £10-15 off ebay gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Is it the red one side white the other cones with a spring running across the top? If so the refurb kits about £10-15 off ebayHe has hopefully sold the house so I think it is considered fixed The Moog and gm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 ah, come on, top shite TV . I'm running out of car videos, and I'm not listening to all this Brexit rubbish.Do Taggart, on UKTV (no, no not the other lot *UKIP) *sozz LowBlow egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Is it the red one side white the other cones with a spring running across the top? If so the refurb kits about £10-15 off ebay that is exactly what it is, but, as Tickman says, the house is under offer so it's as good as fixed. I cleaned the runners with petrol and re-greased them, its smoother than ever now, I consider that a win I am being extra careful how I open the door, just in case The Moog and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Was at a cremation today of an 83 year old bloke who's maintenancejob I took over 5/6 years ago. He was still going up ladders till 3 years ago.Anyhoo, the coffin carrier, some Vauxhall thing, turned up with squealing brakes ffs.Peter, the deceased MAINTENANCE guy, would of turned in his, erm cremation?, if he'd heard it. He didn't go out in the usual box type thing though. A wicker coffin was his choice. Less polluting.Mind you he was not just into saving the planet but everything including Land Rovers. He left me quite a lot of tools because his offspring wouldn't know how to use them.Top bloke. somewhatfoolish, spike60, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I was only saying the other night that I am paying less for certain things today than I was 30 odd years ago.You didn't also happen to mention how young the police look these days? Isn’t it better to scrap an old appliance and buy a more efficient one?This is no simple question.It is a simple question. Just bloody fix it. Hang the expense or hassle. I've been doing this for donkey's years. Lord Sterling, chodweaver, spike60 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 He left me quite a lot of tools because his offspring wouldn't know how to use them.Top bloke.My Mum confided in me that my Dad is very pleased I have become reasonable with his welder as he would hate to see it not be used. BorniteIdentity, puddlethumper and chodweaver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Have you the 'right to repair'? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46797396 This was always bound to happen. In electricals and in fashion, we have finally reached the absolute bottom of the curve where it is now impossible for costs to be cut any lower. I was only saying the other night that I am paying less for certain things today than I was 30 odd years ago.The fair wife, a fashion designer was asked for a reduction in price of her 'knicker pack' for Asda - it's a pack of three knickers.She offered that final last single cent - and they accepted. It is madness. As even Cambodia is now beginning to increase its prices, having had children making clothes in exchange for buttons for years. Who has won the race to the bottom?This is a very different tone from the one adopted by critics of the EU’s previous initiatives on energy efficiency.There were warnings that forcing vacuum cleaners to use less power would leave Britain’s floors dirty.It transpired that the rules had forced manufacturers to make new cleaners that cleaned equally well – but using less power, thanks to better floorhead design. Oddly this is why everybody I know who has a Henry has been unimpressed when replacing the old one with a new eco friendly version. BorniteIdentity, beko1987 and barefoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf892 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Had a trip out today to service a boat as I'm 'between jobs'. Was bloody great........sunshine and lovely location (Bray near Windsor). Access to main engine really good and gent not too bad so a pleasant and steady few hours spent.Only spoiled by having to travel around the M25 in rush hour on the way home.........I used to do that regularly but really had forgotten was a truly shit experience it can be. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 With the Allegrino on winter duty I need it in fighting trim. So I did some fault finding on the reversing lights. These have been troublesome since I installed them, I suspect because I am missing the switch locking nut. It’s a car of the era when everything was extra, no n/s door mirror, no cigar lighter, certainly no radio. In the Pennines it’s helpful to see well. Started with the basics first by checking the bulb, highly unlikely both would fail at the same time but the next step would involve getting access under the car. 9108186A-AA7C-4CB0-9F7B-D983EE0E5C95.jpeg Bulbs fine as I thought. Up on the ramps it went and I start checking out the automatic switch. AAAAB9CC-4048-4424-94CA-9321AF31406B.jpeg Disconnected the wires and switched ignition on, then checked the feed with my circuit tester. A7919F9B-FA05-435F-A6F1-9B0F7F9AA316.jpeg So we have a feed! Then it’s definitely the switch at fault. As I said, it should have a lock nut but one didn’t come with the switch, I don’t have one for this thread, and it seems to screw in with enough resistance to stay put anyway. However, over the years it must’ve worked itself out a bit. I screwed it, checked the lights, nothing. Screwed it in some more and observed the lights were lit. A basic circuit, working again. Now I know the weak point. 11BF9BBF-48A1-4440-85DF-D378CD4CF2A1.jpeg Threadlock. Squire_Dawson and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I've just seen this link on another forum. I'm pretty sure we've got members who'll argue at least five of them aren't crap. Obviously no-one could defend a Vectra though. https://www.carthrottle.com/post/10-of-the-worst-british-cars-ever-made/ egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Threadlock. LightBulbFun, Paul Dupart, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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