reb Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 48 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said: What engine is in the 850 reb? Is the 2.5, 5 cylinder Audi lump? Yep, audi 2.5 5 pot Tamworthbay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 15 minutes ago, reb said: Yep, audi 2.5 5 pot I have the same in my V70 and was wondering if it take veg. There seems to be a bit of contradictory information so good to see yours is doing well on it, albeit not on pure veg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Some amount of success has been had! mrbenn, dozeydustman, djim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 15 quid off Gumtree just now, local in Nottingham. No bullshit, no pissing about. It's an Ikea Kallax https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/shelving-units-systems/kallax-shelving-unit-black-brown-art-20275885/ Seller getting rid of all her old furniture for design/colour reasons. Good job it was an Ikea as it didn't quite fit in the 620 much to my embarrassment. Cue fumbling around in the pissing rain for an allen key. Which, naturally, were all at home. Luckily seller had one. Ultimately, all my old vinyl collection of albums and 12 inch whoppers will slide into the eight cubes therein quite nicely - easily hold 50 or more per cube. For now it's re-erected and currently hosting random tat in the living room. mrbenn, egg and chodweaver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Just taken The Volvo for a run. Ended up in a place called Creeksea Ferry, which despite being fairly close to Southend-on-Sea is remote AF: l It was nice to go for a drive with no destination but back home in one of my own cars after a week of driving a selection of 'character-building' M-B Atego trucks around London and the Home Counties Jerzy Woking, egg, Asimo and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 21 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Just a few miles up the road from me, been a couple of times, just used the link to the website, sounds like its getting busy up there with over 700 cars last year. Whereabouts are you travelling from? I used to get the use of an X1-9 and a Jag xj12 and a Marina van where I used to work back in 84 until the passenger in the van pushed and pulled the steering wheel taking us into a small oak tree doing 60mph, luckily hit it dead centre pushing engine and gearbox back into the cabin and snapping my left femur and nearly out of my butt cheek! The van headlights were wrapped round the tree nearly touching each other! Sad to say it was a write off as was I nearly with my head trapped in the top of the windscreen between the roof and steering wheel after the old style seat belt snapped! Oh happy days! Capel? I’m in Bagshot. I went last year and it was busy. The entry email this year is staggering arrival based on postcode. I’ll see what the weather forecast is like before committing to going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 2 hours ago, 00833827 said: Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere Thermostat working ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 19 hours ago, reb said: Some amount of success has been had! that reminds me of my brain ... Cavcraft, reb and Fumbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, MikeR said: that reminds me of my brain ... Coincidentally it's also how my brain feels when I think about how I'm going to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I've been feeling a lot better today and I wanted to do the balljoints on the Toyota as it goes in for it's MoT tomorrow. Unfortunately the split pins holding the castellated nuts to the tapers joints are rusted in. Spent 45 minutes trying to drift them out so I gave up. They're the originals by the looks of it so done well to last 20 years. I have done some gardening instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Galaxy filling driver's footwell with water again. Big time. Sunroof has also joined in the fun and decided to leak. CBA with the latter (found some gen on the web reference the drainage channels) but did manage to finally clear the scuttle drain on the driver's side. Had to put the wipers in the up position and turn key off so I could my hand down the gap. Pulled out bits of soil, then inserted a long hard plastic fuel pipe down the hole, two or three times then tested it by using a watering can. That's running free now, though should stop being lazy and get some torx bits, remove the inner wing plastic shield and then clear the base of the drain out as it would appear crap from the road clogs it up. Did the wet and dry vac have to work today? You betcha, M8... ...that was all from the driver's footwell and there was more besides. Fingers crossed it's done the job, as (hopefully) has the tape I've put round sunroof seal. Next up, half-heartedly fumigate the outside of the Transit. Probs last cleaned when Jesus was in swaddling clothes, looks much better now. Well, as better as a battered old Transit can be. The puncture it had has been fixed, the exhaust leak silenced and some odd and split pipes fixed. It's still in limp mode though, that needs to be investigated as does the mystery/occasional battery drain. So to answer the question I pondered in my empty head:, Yes, yes it doe s fit. Didn't even try and drive it (should have for the LOLZ) loaded with the Galaxy, but at least there's an idea of what fits on the bed now. clayts450, Lacquer Peel, chaseracer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 eeee dem cillz iz wel krusti m83, swop fur a mteeeveee editiong tigra and a baggie. in other news, the daily 120 prado has developed a ball joint clunk. from all 4 front balljoints at once. fuggin mint like. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdelmonti Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 7 hours ago, 00833827 said: Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere Is that remnants of rad seal in the old water pump? Could be causing a blockage if it's built up somewhere, might be worth a flush through with a hose. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Saw Jimmy deVille off that Goblin Car Works program in Lidl earlier. Well, I saw the bloke off that awful Tattoo Fixers-esque car program, had to look up who he was when I got home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, mrdelmonti said: Is that remnants of rad seal in the old water pump? Could be causing a blockage if it's built up somewhere, might be worth a flush through with a hose. No i think just gunky rusty coolant. But will flush thru. I put a new rad in it also. All i can do now is put it all back together and see but i was hoping to be taking out a knackered pump and frayed belt to boot but both are in good shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 8 hours ago, mrbenn said: Thermostat working ok? Thermo is pretty new but i will test her before i refill. Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Just checked Galaxy. Still taking on water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I have been growling about in the Chrysler, went down to West Wales to see family, the kick down acceleration is quite addictive and the noise sounds great, even in my nearly deaf state. I'm pleasantly surprised by the fuel consumption as it seems to be hovering around the 20mpg mark, with a mix of local and longer trips. Slightly better than I used to get from the petrol Land Rover. The only problem is I put it on a limited mileage policy as I didn't think I would use it much, already done over 1000 miles in it. Hopefully I will come to my senses before it bankrupts me. NorfolkNWeigh and Sigmund Fraud 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 today we have mostly been to Ripon Racecourse for a classic car show, in Rodney Mini. we even braved Sutton Bank getting there. for those who know the A170, Sutton Bank is 1 in 4 for about a mile an half going up, and 1 in 10 for about 2 miles coming back down. Rodney covered both with ease. even if there was a queue behind us.... well, we have as much right as anyone to be on the road, and we do only have 37-ish horsepower (when new) available. and we did see some AWSUM motorcars there. Kerry's favourite was the 1970 Chevelle. mine was the Alfa Montreal, and no, it seems that ZZ Top weren't there with the Ford Model A hot rod. shame.... brownnova, clayts450, danthecapriman and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Just checked Galaxy. Still taking on water.VAG heritage. I'm still chasing my Passat's water leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 ^^^^OOOF! at that Chrysler Sunbeam! Much droolage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 I’ve just been invaded,,, Tadhg Tiogar, BeEP, Six-cylinder and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 ^^ Should be easy to drift off to sleep. All ye need to do is count, er..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 The Mazda has been leaking water. Leaning over the engine whilst blipping the throttle using the throttle cable resulted in being squirted in the face with coolant. So I decided to remove the offending pipe. Seemingly simple... surely... Nope it’s well buried and the bloody pinch clip is inaccessible with pliers... It took almost an hour, but the bastard is off!! it was so brittle it snapped. Annoyingly I thought I had some spare pipe in the garage... but no I must have used it.... Trip to the motor factors it is tomorrow, and maybe I can use it!! Oh wait the MoT expires in 10 days... bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 hours ago, richardmorris said: I’ve just been invaded,,, Why are there all those German Army helmets around the edge of the grass, or are they Land mines? CGSB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00833827 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 On 6/9/2019 at 7:50 AM, 00833827 said: Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere Checked the thermostat last night, it opened up fine. To check for another blockage, if i was to put a hose in the pipe that feeds in to the top of the rad, leave the thermostat out, and remove the water pump and run the tap, I would expect the water to pour out there where the water pump should be, telling me the way is clear. How does that theory sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, 00833827 said: Checked the thermostat last night, it opened up fine. To check for another blockage, if i was to put a hose in the pipe that feeds in to the top of the rad, leave the thermostat out, and remove the water pump and run the tap, I would expect the water to pour out there where the water pump should be, telling me the way is clear. How does that theory sound? shove hose in both holes and stat housing 00833827 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 13 hours ago, dozeydustman said: ^^^^OOOF! at that Chrysler Sunbeam! Much droolage. I had a 1.0 ls in the same colour way back the...engine and box got hoofed out for a ti spec setup tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 In other news, €69,000 can get you this https://www.facebook.com/groups/1444216189200311/permalink/2322939444661310/?sale_post_id=2322939444661310 Nothing to do with me....but not far from me Split_Pin, richardmorris, Jerzy Woking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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