Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 ^^ My money's on 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Mazda diagnosis, it's now running just a really weak spark, which he has said is that cheap dizzy cap I put on, so get a new cap he says...£20 for the advice. The Moog, BorniteIdentity and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 3 hours ago, egg said: Mazda diagnosis, it's now running just a really weak spark, which he has said is that cheap dizzy cap I put on, so get a new cap he says...£20 for the advice. Been out for a quick run, it's not entirely happy, but starting ok. Looking at Nipparts, Herth+Buss, intermotor, Bosch caps - anyone got any preference/advice? Oh, and @LightBulbFun can say I told you so ? LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Looking like fail this year. Handbrake not registering..... clayts450 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 TADT,S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 News update: That's a relief. Handbrake will need doing, though, as does the exhaust. Tester thinks "oil leak" might be LHM, but where from God only knows. Stevebrookman, egg, dome and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Picked a new old stock lower grille off eBay, not OEM, but given £15 delivered had to have it in stock given vulnerability of this area. Kiltox, LightBulbFun, BorniteIdentity and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Got a cheapo winch off eBay and had it fitted in the van to try and help loading shit motorbikes/garden tractors/mobility chairs etc. clayts450, Skizzer, paulplom and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Car wise things are 50% not good. Just when I have decided to take the plunge and have the valve stem seals on the Mini sorted, the Clio suspension started making a creaking sound yesterday when manoevering. Today the noises got progressively more unpleasant until tonight when I went over the last speedbump before my drive and I heard a crack from the front. No idea what it was, I couldn't see anything obvious. The car still moves about ok. To add to that it needs bottom arms, inner track rods and tyres. The Mrs was supposed to be using it for a few weeks while the Mini was getting sorted, looks like the Audi for her and the Corsa for me Unsure how to proceed, may sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Being a Renault I'd hazard a guess that it's broken a spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Unfortunately the previous owner fitted coilovers so I'd have to replace the whole lot as springs are not available separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Oops!Going round a sharp corner on the Bristol to Bath cycle/shared path. I slow down a lot for it. Child on his own turning around on the corner. I swerved to avoid but swerved too far and hit the dirt. As I was going quite slow, I didn't have the balance to catch it from falling. Fell right, over compensated, fell left and scraped down the tarmac, smacking my head on the floor in the process. I only bought my helmet last month and it has a nice dent in it too. I guess hundred quid well spent as I'm typing this now and not in the back of an ambulance...Beginning to hurt now the adrenaline is wearing off and a nice big bruise is forming on my leg. No car fettling for a while. No broken bones that I'm aware of though! scdan4, Mally, Split_Pin and 6 others 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Crikey, literally the best £100 you ever spent. Leg'll polish out. purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Glad you’re ok, That’s about the only accident that helmets are designed for. Straight fall from stationary hitting the ground. All those sold here just have one standard so £10 or £300 the extra money just goes to design and ventilation not protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Glad you’re ok, That’s about the only accident that helmets are designed for. Straight fall from stationary hitting the ground. All those sold here just have one standard so £10 or £300 the extra money just goes to design and ventilation not protection. Not entirely true. You have to spend a bit more to get a MIPS equipped helmet. Also the more expensive helmets tend to be a lighter design, so reduces the weight on your neck too in an impact. Paying over around 60 quid or so doesn't get you much more though admittedly. I paid extra for the MIPS and it was more comfortable than some of the cheaper helmets. The impact on my helmet was me coming off sideways and smacking it clean on the ground as I slid along. Going on the grazing on my arm, it would have been quite a mess on my head. Plus a fair old whack to the side of my head. My dad came off his bike after hitting a drain cover at 20mph. Force split the helmet in half. Best mate is a medical doctor. He worked in various A&Es in London while he was training. Apparently those cyclists that didn't wear a helmet generally ended up as vegetables or weeks of recovery from the head injury. Those that did had broken bones. More serious accidents he didn't really see, as they usually go straight to the morgue... dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Best solution - don’t fall off! catsinthewelder and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scdan4 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Yep, you just had your money’s worth. glad you’re still with us. eta im aware of someone who no longer is from almost the same thing. Young family, wife, the whole 9 yards you try not to think about. so, yes, very glad you are still here. SiC and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 yesterday we took the Minis, Cocopop and rodney mini to thwaites mill, on the outskirts of the city. it was their classic car and bus day. the cars were o show in the paddock at the rear of the mill, while a number of old busses were running through Leeds, either into the city centre and back, or from thwaites mill, to armley mills industrial museum and to the middleton railway. we saw these cars there, including our two the other cars on show frankly put our little cars to shame. they were mint, something our cars aren't! we rode on these busses the Alisia had a pretty impressive turn of speed, plus we also saw these other busses its come to something wen a Dessin Dart and some poxy Optare thing have also been preserved, i rode them when new and didn't think much of them then! but i also remember riding Bristol VR;s and RE's as well as Leyland Olympians and Nationals as a kid, all in United red.... i am getting old it seems!" sadly numbers both of cars and busses were down on last year, i am hoping that it was just the week of crappy weather beforehand which had put visitors and exhibitors off going. cos it's a great show, one of my favorite ones anyway. BL Bloke, strangeangel, Skizzer and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hmm. Maybe I didn't slow down as much as I thought I did. Turns out that having an accident and thus giving me a shot of Adrenaline speeds me up! Thankfully I was a bit tired from work and wasn't really going for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 22 hours ago, dollywobbler said: RRG was awesome. Thanks for tea Brownovas! My pics. TWC and her bubbly friend. That awful Iveco with the lovely CF grill and stuff, in my view, is quite awful and it's not taxed either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 22 hours ago, trigger said: It was the big Stonham barns car show today....................... Wish I'd been able to go - last show I attended there was 20+ years ago! Saw one or two things on their way down there. Thinking I might go along to the rod/custom show there next Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 SiC, glad you are okay mate. Phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, MarvinsMom said: ....its come to something wen a Dessin Dart and some poxy Optare thing have also been preserved, i rode them when new and didn't think much of them then! .... When I started my career back in 1995/6, I used to have to get the bus from Golders Green to Bayswater - Route 328 as it was then - and Worst Bus relied on single decker Dennis Darts. They were mostly driven by ethnic Somali drivers based at Westbourne Park depot. The Somalis were often up for fast running and could make the Darts perform - I'm convinced they drove as though they were dodging bullets in Mogadishu (the civil war in Somalia was only four/five years after starting). From a standing start, they could make a standing passenger slide from front to the banked seat section at the back, and then reverse the slide as they braked. Skizzer and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 @MarvinsMom Excellent set of photos- thanks for sharing. What goes on with VDV142S though? Here it is on Portland Bill in a former life... The second photo is yours. Weird! MarvinsMom, brownnova and Skizzer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 12 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: Great pics, looks a nice local show. Something doesn't look right to me with the front of this, though - is it more tauny-like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 12 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: Great pics, looks a nice local show. Something doesn't look right to me with the front of this, though - is it more tauny-like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 31 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Great pics, looks a nice local show. Something doesn't look right to me with the front of this, though - is it more tauny-like? check says registered 2014, so looks like an import Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Different waistline too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Yup, think it's a Taunus GXL about 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 14 hours ago, SiC said: Oops! Hide contents Going round a sharp corner on the Bristol to Bath cycle/shared path. I slow down a lot for it. Child on his own turning around on the corner. I swerved to avoid but swerved too far and hit the dirt. As I was going quite slow, I didn't have the balance to catch it from falling. Fell right, over compensated, fell left and scraped down the tarmac, smacking my head on the floor in the process. I only bought my helmet last month and it has a nice dent in it too. I guess hundred quid well spent as I'm typing this now and not in the back of an ambulance... Beginning to hurt now the adrenaline is wearing off and a nice big bruise is forming on my leg. No car fettling for a while. No broken bones that I'm aware of though! Liked for the helmet doing its job, although chicks dig scars. Get onto Zyrofisher, the distributor for a crash replacement. https://www.zyrofisher.co.uk/giro/content/giroreplacement richardmorris and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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