Six-cylinder Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I decided to venture out today and give the Cadillac a run, just 16 miles each way as a test. All seems well. The destination was Turweston Airfield where the Silverstone Social were holding a car meet. The best attendance I have every seen, my guess 300 cars. I have been there on a wet day and there were 40. I don’t think I have enough for a full report so just some personal highlights for me. My friends Nova and his sons MX3. If only Beko could pop round this afternoon and do MY 156 V6 engine like this it would make Mrs6C very jealous. I know this Spitfire and the carbon wrap is to hide the ill fitting white fiberglass bonnet. I like variety and this photo really does it for me, side by side at a show Mclaren and Morris Minor. There were airplanes, some flying. A dozen or more motorbikes, this looked the most interesting. The car I most wanted to drive home in. JeeExEll, richardmorris, dome and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Another staggeringly easy afternoon of fettling on the Streetwise - this car is an absolute joy to work on. Replaced front brake pads (not an advisory last time out but the old ones were getting low): Replaced front anti-roll bar drop links (was an advisory last time around) So, cross-referencing last year: Advisory notice item(s)oil residue on the engine - yup, still there - cursory squirt of Gunk here and therefuel pump is very noisey - yup, still 'noisey', no impact on performance whatsoever and something some Rovers just don/s/f and o/s/f outer cv boots are badly perished - no they're not perished at all, bizarre this one. Stretched them out, absolutely finen/s/f and o/s/f anti roll bar linkage bushes are splitting - sorted, gold starcorrosion to exhaust - wotever, m8slight corrosion to chassis - again, wotever, m8Parking brake lever has little reserve travel (3.1.6b) sorted, gold star I'm a darned sight more confident of the Streetwise passing the MoT than the Rover 620. Tuesday 10.30 it is then. If it fails, I'll be seeking a shit motor with a few weeks ticket for peanuts. catsinthewelder, LightBulbFun and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1986 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On the last not I had on the c2 the tester pushed down hard on the handbrake to make sure it didn't trip on the ratchet mechanism. Not something like that is it? I'm speaking to him in the morning, will check. Thanks!For now I think I've done all I can on it & to be fair it does all feel a bit less wobbly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 davehedgehog31, dome, spike60 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Ooooo nice! HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Actually got round to looking at the non-working horn on the scooter. The place that 'serviced' it said they'd found a loose connection and jiggled it so it worked again. Didn't work when I picked it up, so today had a look. Jiggling it slightly did make it work briefly, but took the horn cover panel off and find one the wires had chafed through to the point it actually just fell apart. Found some spare wire, cut a piece in and now have a working horn. Was supposed to have taken the wheel off the Transit to investigate the brake fluid leak, and fitted the new rear pads to the ML, but frankly the nice weather won, so I pissed off for a highly enjoyable 14 mile cycle ride instead. HMC and strangeangel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Braked in a249 junction of m2 and rear banging like front gate in the wind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Got a cut price PC subscription at the show (editorial Daihatsu charade content this month) and took just 2 pictures- 1070C726-B307-4838-8055-A2B25216BBEC.jpeg B5FBF84F-AABD-4EC3-A3AA-18C22C9E3A1F.jpeg Guess what the bottom one is(Clue- not a horsey horseless) Some sort of Peerless? HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackboilersuit Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Why in the 21st century is anyone still using steel for fuel lines when they go nowhere near anything hot? The Astra has plastic lines from the tank that connect to other plastic lines that run up to underneath the passenger footwell they in turn connect to steel lines to go up the bulkhead. These have flexi ends to connect to the pump and filter housing. Predictably after 15 Scottish winters the steel bits under the floor are rotten as a pear and outside my house and my parking space at work look like the exon valdez had been to visit. Even in this incontinent state though it's still doing 20mpg more than the petrol CRV so apart from a slight wiff of diesel and the marked parking spaces the leak was barely noticeable. Hose, clips and copper line have been procured and I've started pulling the festering mess apart. Fingers crossed normal service will resume after a couple of evenings work, weather and daylight permitting. Just minor teething troubles though, normal service will be resumed just shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Some sort of Peerless? Much warmer. I'd never encountered what it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Dean: Those ZX alloys work exceptionally well on Shonky. I suspect I say that every time I see them. chodweaver and dean36014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Gave the van the once over as it approaches nicer weather it’ll probably get used quite a bit. Hmm... this doesn’t look like it’ll be very effective. Better swap it for a fresh one (guesses size right phew) Once over of the oily bits reveals: Oil needs changing/good service needed Exhaust is blowing somewhere up the frontIt’s still rusty (why doesn’t that cure itself dammit!) Also found this weird stuff.... Turned out it was desiccated coco pops... honestly never use coco pops in a Campervan, they get bloody everywhere!!! Now to tax it and get using it! chodweaver and djim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Much warmer. I'd never encountered what it was before. You can see Peerless in the rear window/side window, but not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 It's a Peerless Macari. I didn't manage to find out much about the back story. It does look very odd. I enjoyed my journey home from the show. It started here. Along the way. (Welshpool) Marvellous. The Moog, chodweaver, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommotech Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 If you were at the NEC at the weekend and saw the Panther Rio I will be doing some mechanical and electrical recommissioning work on it. Will post pics for your interest, but it’s basically a Dolomite in a posh frock - all very 70s! HMC, dollywobbler, Skizzer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Braked in a249 junction of m2 and rear banging like front gate in the wind.. Both bolts missing from nearside rear caliper carrier... how and wtf how? rummaged through box of bolts at my friend garrys ( eggs mk1 mondeo fweind ) and found some to fit to get me back to ashford.. pair bolts ordered off faceass galaxy page Jim Bell, egg, Rusty_Rocket and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Tat_Gatherer Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 OK - due to tapatalk fucking me around this weekend - and the works place being uber tight on ANYTHING not theirs! I'll have to add a couple of photo's to the thread that is supposed to be my shit collection at a later date...….. THE WEEKEND - A SUMMARY …… FRI - PM - left work - EUROSTAR...….. Londinium - Maidstone - Colcs place. = GRANVIA PICKUP er.. picked up.SAT AM - 00.01 to be precise - EURO TUNNEL - GRANVIA off to EU …. EDIT - Forgot the Blazing tanker I passed on Brussels Ring Road.... going too fast to get a photo…. but it was well alight with recovery guy and driver just standing keeping their hands warm!SAT AM - 04.30 - HOME! No sweat…..SAT AM - 05.10 - showered and changed, off to Midi again….. sleep is for wimps!SAT AM - 07.56 - EUROSTAR number2 - Londinium once more.SAT AM - 09.30 - Choo choo - Londin(you get the drift) -> Don of the casters…… (Roy of the Rovers northern better looking cousin)SAT AM - brum brum - picked up by Shandylegs D himself (gentleman and top scholar - get the Midget project upon here dude!) and conveyed to conveyance of M sport type thingies for pootle back. (330CI - ex tayne and Shandylegs of this here Beige)SAT PM - 1.30 after much banter, workshop drools, fill up and most entertaining blah blah blah - heading SouthSAT PM - 6 ish - refuelled on Subway HD Chilli Nacho shit and Starbucks finest - opt for earlier departure so got wallet raped for another £76!.SAT PM - 7.06ish - Euro Tunnel again - offski………SAT PM - 9.30 - what the fuck is that noise?SAT PM - 9.38 - service stop - exhaust is blowing like a bastard…….. damn it!SAT PM - 10.45 - HOME - Lancaster bomber impressions for the last 100KM - but the downpipe to centre is fubar'd - will inspect properly later and fix asap.Sun - Due to totally booked out ferries from both Newcastle AND Hull - I couldn't get back for collection No.3 - so Glasgow will have to wait (a bit like Heaven, but with fatter chicks I think)Missed out on the triple collect - sadly disappointing…… Stick that in your - it's sooooo far away - excuses. MAN THE FUCK UP! (caveat - I was totally knackered and spent sunday chilling out and enjoying the sunshine…. kind of a recovery I suppose) It CAN be done - I thank you………………. Sigmund Fraud, mercedade, The Moog and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Bit of a long shot but is anyone here going to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 ETG. That's mental, and worthy of a thread of it's own The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Back home. Stayed overnight in the Cotswolds and collected some old 90s tg mags en route, where I spotted a “barn find” Took the more interesting (over Dartmoor) route back home. Car a bit ropey but reliable, didn’t cook itself in heavy traffic, pisses out fuel if brimmed (perished breather pipes I think, TADS- another thing to sort ASAP and avoid in the meanwhile) and OMG ABS BAS yellow light errors started flashing up (and staying on) after heavy braking and/ or putting the power down out of corners. Cancels with the ignition off/on. Hmmmmm. Any ideas? Mustn’t grumble, it’s a decent steer really. Broadsword, Exiled_Tat_Gatherer and mrbenn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2cv Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Took the 2cv out again yesterday. What a difference a couple of weeks made! Lovely warm sunny day, roof right down, not crapping myself that the car was about to blow over! It is MOT time on Saturday, rarely a high point of my year! Angrydicky, mrbenn, RobT and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella2 Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 During the last 50 miles the I changed both rear discs on the clio 182, these have the wheel bearings incorporated, and have just changed one of the front wheel bearings, so 3 out of the four changed. Guess what, the only bearing I haven't changed is now grumbling. Fuck sticks!! And to show it's appreciation of being insured a taxed I got this.Not one, not two but three lights. Welcome to Clio ownership. Forgot to mention that the temp needle won't get to halfway, and the thermostat is practically new too. Top banana Tickman, dome, mrbenn and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Woohoo! DISGUNBEGUD Just as well they are damn good fun when working:) bigfella2 and auntiemaryscanary 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 It will be a visual ringer for use in areas where loud ringing would not be suitable, i.e. library, theatre, hospital etc.Someone once told me they were for deaf people, but what use is a telephone to a deaf person! Deaf folk can use phones; they just put the handset into an acoustic coupler and a box of tricks spits out text and allows them to reply using a keyboard. MorrisItalSLX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 During the last 50 miles the I changed both rear discs on the clio 182, these have the wheel bearings incorporated, and have just changed one of the front wheel bearings, so 3 out of the four changed. Guess what, the only bearing I haven't changed is now grumbling. Fuck sticks!! And to show it's appreciation of being insured a taxed I got this.IMG_20190325_211612473jpgNot one, not two but three lights. Welcome to Clio ownership. Forgot to mention that the temp needle won't get to halfway, and the thermostat is practically new too. Top bananaLiked for sympathy bigfella2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 God I love this Streetwise - second straight pass in my ownership. Advisory list very helpful - discs I knew about, tyre I didn't Sigmund Fraud, Lacquer Peel, brownnova and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 By chance, and for the first time, my white Renault 21 met one of the white 25’s Nothing to add, except I’ve owned both versions for several years - they’ve never met! 320touring, Timewaster, Ghosty and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 By chance, and for the first time, my white Renault 21 met one of the white 25’s 1F237898-681B-4920-A1DC-D56289F55D3B.jpeg Nothing to add, except I’ve owned both versions for several years - they’ve never met!Two excellent cars. Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1986 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Clearly I was tempting fate in the high mileage thread last week. A few days after the Clio hit 190k we have hit a few MoT related issues.... Updates to follow on Tuesday. Update as promised....and it's a Pass! Explained the handbrake issue to the tester this morning and no further problems. Haven't had a chance to look closely at the welding work yet but that'll have to wait because no lighting in my garage. . I will reward it with some fresh oil soon too, and then it's onwards towards 200k which at current run rate could be achieved towards the end of the year (if I keep it that long!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 By chance, and for the first time, my white Renault 21 met one of the white 25’s 1F237898-681B-4920-A1DC-D56289F55D3B.jpeg Nothing to add, except I’ve owned both versions for several years - they’ve never met!Tremendous, not seen one that early since the 1990s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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