danthecapriman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Bought this off eBay the other day, One of those cameras you shove up your arse, only £30 odd so how long it’ll last is anyone’s guess, but I bought it for a specific job on my Capri so if it does that then I’m happy. It seems pretty good so far though! For the price I’m pleasantly surprised. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 ^ Was it 'slightly soiled' then ? Tadhg Tiogar, danthecapriman and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 34 minutes ago, danthecapriman said: .....One of those cameras you shove up your arse, only £30 odd so how long it’ll last is anyone’s guess, but.... ...just hope the probe doesn't snap off whilst you've got it in there. GrumpiusMaximus, stonedagain and danthecapriman 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: ...just hope the probe doesn't snap off whilst you've got it in there. Nothing a pair of long nose pliers and a good rummage won’t sort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 2 hours ago, dome said: 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 That's good of them. I had a pair of shorts repaired free by rapha earlier in the year after they got slightly damaged. Given the length of time it took I think they must send them abroad, but it was free and came back in a "rapha hospital repair" musette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 39 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: ...just hope the probe doesn't snap off whilst you've got it in there. NO pictures please. Tadhg Tiogar, danthecapriman and stonedagain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 3 hours ago, High Jetter said: Yup, think it's a Taunus GXL about 1971. Many years ago a friend of mine bought an imported left-hand drive Taunus of this type which was in immaculate condition apart from a very bent driver's side (i.e. nearside over here) front wing. Thinking it would be the same as a Mark 3 Cortina. he bought a new Cortina wing then discovered when he attempted to fit it that it was about 2 inches shorter than the Taunus one. He was so annoyed that he scrapped both the new wing and the car ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I’m on my first shitely Wee-wee count = 1 Heidel_Kakao and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 16 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: its come to something wen a Dessin Dart and some poxy Optare thing have also been preserved Weren't those Optares based on a VW LT35 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 14 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: @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! It's a convertible, built with a detachable roof so it could be used all year round (tourist stuff in the summer, normal service in the winter). Impressive that the roof has survived with it as most of them ended up as permanent open-toppers. That reminds me of going on holiday when I was little and passing a bus depot somewhere near the seaside where all the roofs were stacked on a frame in the yard - it was such a bizarre sight that I've never forgotten it. LightBulbFun, vulgalour, BorniteIdentity and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 1 minute ago, quicksilver said: It's a convertible, built with a detachable roof so it could be used all year round (tourist stuff in the summer, normal service in the winter). Impressive that the roof has survived with it as most of them ended up as permanent open-toppers. That reminds me of going on holiday when I was little and passing a bus depot somewhere near the seaside where all the roofs were stacked on a frame in the yard - it was such a bizarre sight that I've never forgotten it. I love the level of knowledge on here. What a bizarre thought that it's basically got a detachable hardtop for pleasant weather. Same* as my MR2 then! While we're talking bus and coach knowledge then, could someone answer me this - old coaches had timber frameworks under the alloy panels. How are modern coaches constructed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 While we're talking buses, I've got a job interview on Monday next week, it may involve buses. Driving them perhaps... Wish I'd pulled my finger out and fired off an application ages ago now! BorniteIdentity, Ghosty, strangeangel and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Not sure if this a grump yet but the person whom I was supposed to collect the shitely order from has shut his yard up and not answering calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: Not sure if this a grump yet but the person whom I was supposed to collect the shitely order from has shut his yard up and not answering calls. Maybe he's gone off to collect another shitely order from elsewhere..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Maybe he's gone off to collect another shitely order from elsewhere..... Not sure, as far as I know the person I’m collecting from is not a shiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Collection man just returned. All is well adw1977, Tadhg Tiogar, egg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Spotted near work with full compliment of AS stickers and a silver tape rear window. What a fine conveyance. Dick Longbridge and Floatylight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Meant to post yesterday, but one of my neighbours got home yesterday in his new bmw five series touring with a smashed tailgate. It's in two parts, glass can be opened independently of the tailgate. Apparently it activated itself when driving along and smashed the top glass part against the cycle carrier he had on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Punto power steering is currently playing up and heading for ftp. Just pulled a code of C1007 from it which conveniently seems to be stated as 'power steering motor failure'.Luckily the insurance is due to run out at the end of the month so I can park it up and ignore it till the mot is due sometime in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said: I love the level of knowledge on here. What a bizarre thought that it's basically got a detachable hardtop for pleasant weather. Same* as my MR2 then! While we're talking bus and coach knowledge then, could someone answer me this - old coaches had timber frameworks under the alloy panels. How are modern coaches constructed? Well, it's a bit complicated. Sometimes they use steel frames or some chromium mix to give a little rust resistance. Some use Aluminium for the framing. Then there are the 'systems'. These use extruded aluminium lengths that bolt or rivet together and interlock to make up both the load carrying part but negate the need for any aluminium panelling. Think along the lines of a more complex tongue and groove but in aluminium and you've got the idea. One manufacturer used composites to make a load bearing structure but as the vehicle in question was total garbage, we won't go into that one. MarvinsMom, Dick Longbridge and richardmorris 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 ^ So anything goes then?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Clutch is feeling suspicious in the Micra. It's not slippping yet but it does add to my belief that the previous owner rode the clutch constantly when she was driving. Will have to investigate! Also had its first petrol fill-up today. Put in £35 of petrol in which equates to 27 litres. Calculated MPG to be 48. Not bad I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I have had a productive day, which makes a bloody change! First of all, woke up, which was a good start as it meant I was still alive and I had been asleep, both good things I think you will agree. Then I went out and Waxoyled all the wheelarches of the MB and while in a fit of uber sad-bastard-ness, I cleaned, with Solvol Autosol no less, the exhausts! I do like a shiny tailpipe! or better still, two! Then, without any option on my part at all, I took BOTH dogs to the park (it was Phoebes day to stay home and rest but she was determined she was coming and lay across the front doorstep with her ball between her legs) where I was annoyed by 3 small children who insisted on being noisy and messy, annoyed to the extent that I moved the car and the dogs to a previously unused part of Ilsham Valley (unused by me at least). I am now old and grumpy and I have never been that fond of children and now positively detest the little bastards! Then I took the car, complete with shiny exhausts and two now grumpy dogs who would have preferred to go home and have dinner, to a new and untried Paintless Dent guy. He was jolly expensive! But, he was also very good so sort of okay by me. Because the dent was right on the crease line of the door it took a fair bit of effort and he did it while I waited and he was really careful and it took him about an hour without any break to get it to HIS satisfaction - I would have called it quits about 20 minutes earlier but glad he was more exacting than me! £90 for the whole door which is a bloody sight more than I usually pay but... And when I got home, the new tailored mats that I only ordered on Sunday had been delivered! By Hermes no less! And they are really rather good and even fit onto the original floor mounted locating plugs that MB see fit to supply their cars with (But no bloody mats!) and all for £12 from a guy on eBay. I expected shite and got... well, not shite, not even shit, in fact rather good. And bloody cheap! Having fitted them, then (whle dogs slept gently with now fat bellies) polished the whole car. Only with the fancy, super fast and super easy spray on Meguirs stuff rather than any of Autoglyms harder work products but the car looks great and the whole process took about 15 minutes even for a cripple. So as I said, productive. I know it's a sad thing but I really like this car! It sounds great: all throbby and warbly and it gets very vocal when the right pedal is depressed with vigour - or vim even! and for a short arsed Hairdressers motor, it gets a proper wriggle on. I can only imagine what a 55 version is like as this 350 goes like fook (5.2 seconds to 60 and a limited 155 mph top speed - hark at me being all 'Top Gear' and that!) and it makes me smile more than any car has in a long time. It is a right little hooligan and I can see it being great fun once I am fully acquinted with it and take it on some interesting roads. Noel Tidybeard, richardmorris, Skizzer and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 7 hours ago, danthecapriman said: Bought this off eBay the other day, One of those cameras you shove up your arse, only £30 odd so how long it’ll last is anyone’s guess, but I bought it for a specific job on my Capri so if it does that then I’m happy. It seems pretty good so far though! For the price I’m pleasantly surprised. Useful bit of kit! I got one a year or two ago after reading an article in PC Pro by Paul Ockenden. Just a cable with a camera on one end and a usb plug on the other. Not as convenient as a hand-held, but a good pic on the lappy and only a fiver from China. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I was hoping to have AC back in the merc this evening, but given that there is still a note on the dash saying “do not start” and much of the engine fan cowling is in the boot I guess something else has gone awry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Got talking to the chap parked next to me on thr Clio stand and he has 4 nearly new Cup dampers and similar condition Eibachs springs for £150. Top mounts are £20, hopefully the drop links are serviceable so that should be the nasty noises away for £notasmuchasithought. Still need new bottom arms but as the springs are on the struts I can fit them straight on and save on garage labour. Skizzer, The Moog, loserone and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Got talking to the chap parked next to me on thr Clio stand and he has 4 nearly new Cup dampers and similar condition Eibachs springs for £150. Top mounts are £20, hopefully the drop links are serviceable so that should be the nasty noises away for £notasmuchasithought. Still need new bottom arms but as the springs are on the struts I can fit them straight on and save on garage labour. Should really improve the ride. Watch though, the cup dampers have different bolt spacings at the bottom. Normal 172s are 54mm, cups are 60mm. Worth measuring before you buy Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 minutes ago, 320touring said: Should really improve the ride. Watch though, the cup dampers have different bolt spacings at the bottom. Normal 172s are 54mm, cups are 60mm. Worth measuring before you buy Good shout chap, I'll ask the dude. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Good shout chap, I'll ask the dude. Also worth checking your own car - incase it's ever had the hubs changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Timewaster said: Spotted near work with full compliment of AS stickers and a silver tape rear window. What a fine conveyance. Some AS sleuthing makes me think this £2000 Volvo might be a £95 Peugeot beko1987, dome and Cavcraft 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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