andy18s Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 21 hours ago, wuvvum said: Depends. Those cheap generic resistor-in-a-box jobs are pretty crap A decent quality tuning box can be a bloody revelation. You can get a Ron Box for a p38 diesel and it apparently transforms the car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Yep, Ronboxes are superb. I have them on both the Rovers and they really do make a difference. More expensive than a cheap generic eBay job but better value for money I reckon. Broadsword 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I took my Ron box off because "any modifications sir". It's crap without it. and I know no one worries about it but me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 BX timing belt done. It's not a job I'd care to do at home, much better given to someone else with proper workshop equipment. In fact, that's exactly what ended up happening, so thanks once again to Mike for helping me sort out a French car with too many things in the way of the thing you're trying to fix. LightBulbFun, Tickman, The Moog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 37 minutes ago, vulgalour said: a French car with too many things in the way of the thing you're trying to fix. Is there any other kind? Tadhg Tiogar and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 If I think of one, I'll get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 3 hours ago, vulgalour said: .....a French car with too many things in the way of the thing you're trying to fix. *uncontrolled laughter* ? vulgalour, The Moog, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 8:54 PM, Lankytim said: I think this one was a resistor-in-a-box style gizmo, they're about £120 brand new but this one came with a car I broke for parts. They seem to go for £20-30 on ebay so if anyone want's their car to go slower and run like shit PM me. i got one of these for the galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommotech Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 MOT pass, with a clean sheet. I do enjoy this little beauty. BorniteIdentity, The Moog, vulgalour and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 34 minutes ago, tommotech said: MOT pass, with a clean sheet. I do enjoy this little beauty. My favourite style front to the Midget and yours is a fantastic colour! I like a lot. If you ever do come to sell, please let me know! tommotech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Off to Caterham autojumble tomorrow to see lots of stuff. Includes military surplus too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Nice drive through the ancient Blean Woodland for work this morning. shoddybanger, Lacquer Peel, RobT and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Yahoo !! Another year of veg eating miles. A couple of advisories, well five actually but nothing to worry about. Bucketeer, shoddybanger, egg and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 3:39 PM, Christine said: On 5/6/2019 at 5:22 PM, Yoss said: The icons at the top right of the mobile screen are now visible. At least they are on this phone. On 4/20/2019 at 3:39 PM, Christine said: Just called in to a friends for my tomato plants..and she's been dragging out her old Mini Clubman.. Utterly hanging, but the interior is spot on !! Last used 1990 There's more cars yet to be pulled out too ! C reg MGB ,(also very hanging ). 1964 D reg Austin Mini Traveller (hanging ) 1968 F reg Morris 1000 Traveller (hanging ex farm hack) They're all rotten..and seized. Bridge or have value ? No visitors.. the mg has a spare 3 bearing engine ..condition unknown All now scrapped... chaseracer, Joey spud and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Local show visited yesterday. Something about having one on a Saturday that makes it feel a bit more informal. I wasn't the only ASer there, Colin had bought his splendid Cortina along and it was great to catch up with him. I think the owner of this lovely Cavalier is/was a member here too. Quite a mix of stuff in attendance, the club who'd organised it have a membership with a wide range of 'proper' racing cars and classics. Some modern hi-po stuff there too. Good to see cars with plenty of patina there, like these: My photos don't do the Alvis justice (a 1948 TA14 apparently). It was certainly a car with character. At the other extreme, there were things like a 1906 Darracq with copious amounts of brass and wickerwork and this immaculate FG with just 32k on the clock. An enjoyable trip out. In other news, I'm currently pricing-up new tyres for a couple of members of my fleet. Turns out I can get a full set of four fitted to the Sunny for less than the price of just one preferred choice of Michelin on the RX..... Bucketeer, djim, Amishtat and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramz7 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Decided to spend my last day of annual leave doing some car spotting in London. Ghosty, vulgalour, Sealtainn and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 7 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: Local show visited yesterday. Something about having one on a Saturday that makes it feel a bit more informal. I wasn't the only ASer there, Colin had bought his splendid Cortina along and it was great to catch up with him. I think the owner of this lovely Cavalier is/was a member here too. Quite a mix of stuff in attendance, the club who'd organised it have a membership with a wide range of 'proper' racing cars and classics. Some modern hi-po stuff there too. Good to see cars with plenty of patina there, like these: My photos don't do the Alvis justice (a 1948 TA14 apparently). It was certainly a car with character. At the other extreme, there were things like a 1906 Darracq with copious amounts of brass and wickerwork and this immaculate FG with just 32k on the clock. An enjoyable trip out. In other news, I'm currently pricing-up new tyres for a couple of members of my fleet. Turns out I can get a full set of four fitted to the Sunny for less than the price of just one preferred choice of Michelin on the RX..... The Shep Shepherd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Wish I'd gone to Fressingfield now Nigel. I honestly thought it would be virtually all sports and racing cars so didn't bother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Angrydicky said: Wish I'd gone to Fressingfield now Nigel. I honestly thought it would be virtually all sports and racing cars so didn't bother! There was enough there to keep us occupied for the middle part of the day. They were relaxed about people coming and going whenever, so we didn't have to commit to the whole thing. Perhaps we should try and organise something for a few of us next year? Joey spud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 9:10 PM, vulgalour said: a French car with too many things in the way of the thing you're trying to fix. Never a truer word. The way this thing is going the correct instruction in the HBOL should be "remove car from engine". Literally everything is attached to everything else by inaccessible fasteners. Shep Shepherd, BorniteIdentity, vulgalour and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Saturday samples from Coombe Park, Coventry: Joey spud, Sigmund Fraud, CGSB and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 What is it with people deliberately bidding on cars out of sheer malice with no intention to buy? I got one bid on the XJS and within 5 mins of the auction ending the guy says he never had any intention to buy the car. Strange business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Just now, Broadsword said: What is it with people deliberately bidding on cars out of sheer malice with no intention to buy? I got one bid on the XJS and within 5 mins of the auction ending the guy says he never had any intention to buy the car. Strange business. He will if you sue him. After all, auction rules, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Yeah, good luck with that. Ebay don't give a fig about the sellers, only the buyers. adw1977, BorniteIdentity and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Electric fluid transfer pumps. Dem de shit. Always thought this was some sort of cheat/shortcut/bodge. You just pump the old oil into empty pop bottles. AMAZING. stonedagain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 9:25 AM, Spottedlaurel said: I think the owner of this lovely Cavalier is/was a member here too Cavboy80 owns that two door Cavalier. He hasn't visited the forum since December, but there's no change of keeper recently so he presumably still owns it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 I’m now at my parents after leaving coombe this morning.. cold and wet last night, so an impromptu make a curry for fifty people in the marquee took place. Much drink was drunk. Now I’ve transferred half of what was in the 2cv into the x1/9 to drive home tomorrow. And the exhaust now has a rattle at idle, but not at speed. RobT, paulplom and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I had an interesting day yesterday. I went to a nearby workshop to drop off a car for six_cylinder, and ended up driving their Iveco flatbed up to North Lincolnshire to collect a doom blue Zafira which is needed to be destroyed on film today. This is the last image Billy sees in his dreams before he wakes up in a cold sweat, shaking uncontrollably. For all the Iveco naysayers, this one was fine. Apart from an orange engine light. And a flashing red one. And kangarooing down the road for ten minutes after starting before the engine decided to stop spluttering and behave. And apart from needing to solve three riddles before a troll would grant you access to second gear. And rattling and shaking in the cab like two skeletons wanking a biscuit tin and a filing cabinet, inside a cement mixer. Or something. Other than that, it was ace. chodweaver, RobT, Stanky and 21 others 14 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Not the same doom blue zafira recently sold by Ruffgeezer was it? Bet Chris wondered where the heck you'd got to, the fastest I've ever done MK to Lincolnshire is an hur and 10 minutes... (although the A1 isn't 50mph anymore by the A14 so that could be beaten now, just not in my current car...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucketeer Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 25 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Not the same doom blue zafira recently sold by Ruffgeezer was it? Bet Chris wondered where the heck you'd got to, the fastest I've ever done MK to Lincolnshire is an hur and 10 minutes... (although the A1 isn't 50mph anymore by the A14 so that could be beaten now, just not in my current car...) It wasn't Tim's, it was from a garage up somewhere in Skattrdland. It was three and a half hours each way. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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