Split_Pin Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 You will notice frequent 70mph signs if you ever drive through Glasgow on the motorway. Between Paisley and Renfrew the limit fluctuates between 50, 60 and 70 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Some rust investigation on the OS and NS rear inner sills of the Corsa today. This was the offside. Nearside wasn't nearly as bad. Facial reenactment of me under the car: Amazingly, under the heavy flaking, the metal was still completely solid. Seems to be the way of this car. Currently waiting for the coat of Vactan to dry. Cavcraft, BorniteIdentity, captain_70s and 8 others 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Chester Cars & Coffee this morning, took the Jag. stuboy, BlankFrank, taxi paul and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Erm... Who gives way to whom in this situation? Skizzer, The Moog and Split_Pin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: Erm... Who gives way to whom in this situation? The smaller vehicle, or the less brave. wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/21/2019 at 8:01 AM, Skizzer said: It absolutely is. Unfuckingbelievable. I’d never thought about it before - but I’d have put you at “not much older than me”. Maybe 43. You wear it extremely well. HB2U too @wuvvum wuvvum and Skizzer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 The GT86 is going in for it's valve spring recall tomorrow. Comedy small courtesy car for the week no doubt. I'm just hoping that it all goes well. Having read of people's engines going pop after the recall I am slightly worried. Too much instant gasket goop that blocks oil galleries/strainers apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 In other North Westerly car show news I went to the Bodrhyddan Hall Classic car show. Run by the same people as Chumley, but sadly instead of our old mate Les there was a guy who sounded slightly like he belonged in the Wurzels! Unlike Chumley I got interviewed on the mic when I took Daisy into the ring. We didn’t win though... Have some piccies Only other 602cc powers vehicle at the event! Dan Dan the Nissan Man... Renner 15 as seen at ChumleyMind the pedestrian Richard! Started to piss down so we left early. Nice show though, would attend again! danthecapriman, The Moog, RobT and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Must be the day for it, BN. There was another show of some sort at Chester Lakes today, was going to go but other things happened. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike60 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, iainrcz said: The GT86 is going in for it's valve spring recall tomorrow. Comedy small courtesy car for the week no doubt. I'm just hoping that it all goes well. Having read of people's engines going pop after the recall I am slightly worried. Too much instant gasket goop that blocks oil galleries/strainers apparently. In 30 years working on mobile plant the only 2 broken cranks I've seen had mastic type gloop on the strainer in one and in the the other in a gallery. Neither had been done where i work I'd like to add! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 currently winding up the burd by saying I want to go and see this - about 2 miles from her parents, where I sit with a full belly https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113890865088 somewhatfoolish and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 In 30 years working on mobile plant the only 2 broken cranks I've seen had mastic type gloop on the strainer in one and in the the other in a gallery. Neither had been done where i work I'd like to add!Apparently it's "rattle, seize"New engine on Mr Toyota time.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 It's been two months since I dropped the Princess head off with machine shop #2 to insert a coolant pipe in place of the waxstat housing. Not a difficult job, as these things go. Tomorrow I'll be going in to see if any progress has been made, as I have several times before. I'm expect excuses and no actual progress, as with every other week I've been. I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Drove this around the Worcestershire countryside yesterday for an hour in the glorious sunshine. It was amazing fun, much more so than I expected for an old BL car! Oldest car I've driven! wuvvum, 320touring, skattrd and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 If I had as much money as I have chest hair, I'd have one of them in a heartbeat spike60 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Chester Cars & Coffee this morning, took the Jag. My dad used to go in the x1/9 when it was in the castle in Chester. But it seemed to get taken over by boy racers who then got them banned from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Replaced the clutch on the 205 this weekend. Actually removed the box last weekend, but have been stripping and cleaning it throughout the week too. Besides the clutch and gearbox oil, I also treated her to a new fuel filter, air filter, thermostat, and a thorough engine bay clean. I got so carried away I even took the gearbox casing and all the underbonnet plastic air ducts and filter housings into work and put them through our chemical cleaner. And fitted new fog lights.... Then took her for a test drive, ending in a celebratory baguette purchase....... dozeydustman, egg, BorniteIdentity and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Had a busy weekend and not long been home. Watching the Cracker DVD box set we got from CEX for £8. I'm enjoying watching the old rammel and mid 1990's network southeast liveried train as opposed to the storyline. Then again, that's me. Lord Sterling and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 38 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: Had a busy weekend and not long been home. Watching the Cracker DVD box set we got from CEX for £8. I'm enjoying watching the old rammel and mid 1990's network southeast liveried train as opposed to the storyline. Then again, that's me. Just noticed their first mistake - a series 1 Peugeot 309 on a J plate...... chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 9:26 PM, Spurious said: Tis lovely up there. I recommend a drive through Tullough road. Its a pass over to Glenmallen over the hills. I did this today - thanks for the recommendation, it really is quite spectacular, despite the weather. Almost went disastrously wrong when some pillock in a 2003 Fiesta came hooning over a blind crest in the other direction at about 50 - I stopped, he didn't, but fortunately he had the presence of mind to swerve onto the grass at the last second. I thought for a minute he'd come a cropper, but looked in my mirror and he was back on the road and still on his wheels, so I left him to it. Split_Pin, Spurious, RobT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, the sheep pulled into the passing place to let me through, which was nice of them. stonedagain, skattrd, djim and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 10 minutes ago, wuvvum said: I did this today - thanks for the recommendation, it really is quite spectacular, despite the weather. Almost went disastrously wrong when some pillock in a 2003 Fiesta came hooning over a blind crest in the other direction at about 50 - I stopped, he didn't, but fortunately he had the presence of mind to swerve onto the grass at the last second. I thought for a minute he'd come a cropper, but looked in my mirror and he was back on the road and still on his wheels, so I left him to it. People seem to fail to comprehend that you need to be able to stop in half the distance you can see on those roads - the other half of the distance being for the poor sod coming towards you.. Skizzer, wuvvum, Spurious and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: My dad used to go in the x1/9 when it was in the castle in Chester. But it seemed to get taken over by boy racers who then got them banned from there. They had signs up (here) and people were told. On the way out I noticed some kids in a Golf, an Audi and a Clio (I think) giving it big guns. Maybe there were pissed off as nobody was really looking at their cars? Stupid though, could wreck it for everybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 If you've got time @wuvvum head over to Applecross, West Coast above Skye. There's some spectacular roads round there. I took my old Beta VX round there a few years ago, its one of my fav car journeys. It might be time for me to do it again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I'll have to come back up here in the summer when the weather is drier and the days are longer I think. Today really wasn't the right conditions for hooning. 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skattrd Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Just now, wuvvum said: I'll have to come back up here in the summer when the weather is drier and the days are longer I think. Today really wasn't the right conditions for hooning. No, don't do that. In summer there is less chance for hooning due to tourists and caravans. I kept having to stop to build a gap to whatever was in front of me, and set off before the next caravan or motor home came along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 9/20/2019 at 10:53 PM, egg said: There's a whole bunch of us around 40 isn't there? 42 here. christ you is old........ im 44 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I did this today - thanks for the recommendation, it really is quite spectacular, despite the weather. Almost went disastrously wrong when some pillock in a 2003 Fiesta came hooning over a blind crest in the other direction at about 50 - I stopped, he didn't, but fortunately he had the presence of mind to swerve onto the grass at the last second. I thought for a minute he'd come a cropper, but looked in my mirror and he was back on the road and still on his wheels, so I left him to it.I really liked it up there. Reminded me of a lot of rural west Ireland; single lane with occasional grass growing up the middle. Sometimes you get good sightlines and can hoon a bit but like you discovered some aren't as clever when you need to wind it back in. Lovely Rover BTW. I always liked the estate 75. The wet had me looking at new tyres on my Suzuki. The fronts are old Bridgestone Duallers and the nearside right is probably as old as the car itself, I noticed it was all perished/cracked with the thread today. Twice today it made me doubt the grip, understeered coming off a roundabout and secondly an amber light and some heavy braking made the ABS kick in. I think I'll look at replacing them when pay day comes this week. Winter's coming and I don't want to end up in a hedge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, stuboy said: christ you is old........ im 44 I'm 50 in six weeks. I'm not sure how it crept up on me, I'm sure I was 42 the last time I checked. Saga cruises here I come! DVee8, stonedagain, Vince70 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The GT86 is going in for it's valve spring recall tomorrow. Comedy small courtesy car for the week no doubt. I'm just hoping that it all goes well. Having read of people's engines going pop after the recall I am slightly worried. Too much instant gasket goop that blocks oil galleries/strainers apparently.Compared to my 86 it's very quiet.Sent from my VFD 710 using Tapatalk Yoss and jumpingjehovahs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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