andy18s Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Flat bottom steering wheel will allow you to indulge in more of the previously mentioned pies. Bobthebeard, stonedagain, The Moog and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 11 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said: Took the Sierra to work this morning in a bid to cheer myself up. I've got a wet arse (unsure whether it's a leak or just damp) and it was a bit reluctant to start. Still zero heating so that needs attention, and the clutch continues to slip. Still - the sight of that nose poking out in the car park cheered me up no end! What a lovely sight, nice to see the bASe getting used. BlankFrank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Oh, @LabRat, you absolute winner. Can't wait to read how you get on with the MG. Looks almost 5 series-ish from the side. Right, today I had to go for an early morning collection for a Vespa part. Round trip of only about maybe 15 miles, but took the longer route just because. Decided to take this vile Passat to see what it drove like, stopped on the way to put £5's worth of supermarket fuel in. Verdict: Wipers: Shit. Headlight visibility: Fucking shit. Pleasantness of interior: Fucking shit. Heater controls: Shit. Power: Good, to be fair (but see below). Heater: dial moves but no cold air: Fucking shit. Came home via the bypass, got out the 50 zone then clogged it. Guess what? EML on, limp mode engaged. Stopped (at petrol station) turned off/back on, EML still on, limp mode disappeared. Came through town, back on to bypass, then bypass/motorway number 2. Properly clogged it this time, holding on to flat out in 2nd and 3rd to see if it cleared the car out a bit. Limp mode re-engaged, 'emissions workshop' light activated. Emissions light went off again, stopped/re-started car EML still on, limp mode gone. It'll be that shit arsed N75 valve, I'd put money on it. Even though it was dark and the car has tinted rear windows, it was chucking out some smoke from the back, expect giving it some welly probably helped it in a way. On top of all that there's a weird, faint vibration through the car. Defo not wheel balance, more like early signs of DMF (from experience with another car that the vibration was horrible through) or maybe an engine mount. It's hard to think of a shittier car to be honest, it's so typical of this era of VAG rubbish. There isn't a chance in 50,000,000 years these are fit to lick the canine shit encrusted tyres from Battersea Dogs Home's wheel barrow, let alone a Vectra or even a Mondeo. scdan4, alf892, chodweaver and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Cavcraft said: Came home via the bypass, got out the 50 zone then clogged it. Guess what? EML on, limp mode engaged. Stopped (at petrol station) turned off/back on, EML still on, limp mode disappeared. Came through town, back on to bypass, then bypass/motorway number 2. Properly clogged it this time, holding on to flat out in 2nd and 3rd to see if it cleared the car out a bit. Limp mode re-engaged, 'emissions workshop' light activated. Emissions light went off again, stopped/re-started car EML still on, limp mode gone. It'll be that shit arsed EGR valve, I'd put money on it. Even though it was dark and the car has tinted rear windows, it was chucking out some smoke from the back, expect giving it some welly probably helped it in a way. On top of all that there's a weird, faint vibration through the car. Defo not wheel balance, more like early signs of DMF (from experience with another car that the vibration was horrible through) or maybe an engine mount. It's hard to think of a shittier car to be honest, it's so typical of this era of VAG rubbish. There isn't a chance in 50,000,000 years these are fit to lick the canine shit encrusted tyres from Battersea Dogs Home's wheel barrow, let alone a Passat or even a Mondeo. FTFY. Basically the same complaints can be made on most, now aged, 2000-2010 diesel products. I can't imagine much from the 2000 that has a diesel engine will survive to classic status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Bit more serious. If anybody knows of any lonely old people who will be eating Christmas dinner alone because they have no family or close friends, can they let me know? I need to borrow some chairs.Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk blakey79, Joey spud, catsinthewelder and 10 others 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Ok, Fancyplates get a thumbs up from me LabRat, BlankFrank, Dannyk and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 48 minutes ago, egg said: Ok, Fancyplates get a thumbs up from me Certainly looks the part! How did you get such an accurate replica with the Ford logos etc? The front plate on the Acclaim is rapidly deteriorating but I'd like to keep the dealer info... egg and paulplom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I'm in a strange situation. Kids are away to my mothers for the night. Partner is away to the village hotel for a spa day with her mate, then going back to partners for drinks and staying over. My problem is I can't remember when I was last by myself and how am I going to entertain myself?I should probably wash the t5 and van. Or even drive the t5, must be a week or so since I drove it. The flat is nice and tidy with no outstanding chores other than a few dishes in the sink, and I've just fed myself with last nights chinese.I'm at a bit of a loss tbf. I can't remember the last time I drank that much that I passed out. So I've decided that's what I'm going to do. My dilemma is whether to go to the pub and kitchen and get blasted or stay in watch shit tv and get wasted on grants and the king goblin she bought me yesterday.What ever I decide, I have to walk the dog 1st. First world problems etc. What would scooby do?Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Why not walk Fido and end up at the pub to see if you like the taste of it. You can always walk Fido home and return if you do. Some might say getting wasted is a waste of a free day, but I'd do just the same as you when I have if I had the chance. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I think he wants the plate. It tastes a lot better than it looks Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Great idea. Win win. I'm still black and in my work gear but so feck. Thanks for the suggestion.Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Trip over to Looms to see if the 620 they'd just taken in had the requisite rear light cluster which some twat cracked. Typically, just about the only thing taken off the car since it arrived at the yard on Monday was.....the offside rear light cluster. FFS. Hoping a guy in the NW on the 600 FB group is willing to let me have one off his scrapper for nil pence. Did bag the parcel shelf speaker covers, as mine shattered into eleventy billion pieces when I swapped the gubbed speakers out a few months ago. Wrong colour, but who cares. As I was so doing someone accosted me and said 'is that your 600 with the Autoshite sticker' ? Not sure if it was someone on here - they were raping modern Peugeot bits. Also off a gutted early R8 216, grabbed a couple of rear head rests (again, wrong colour) for the 214, and a beige rear window winder to replace a snapped one for the 420 . Sadly no 25/ZRs in from which I could steal the top rad hose. 10 quid the lot anyroad, happy with my early afternoon's work. egg, eddyramrod, purplebargeken and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, egg said: Ok, Fancyplates get a thumbs up from me Ooh how did you get the badges and dealer script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Same question from me. I emailed Fancy plates asking, but they've yet to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 @barefoot @Split_Pin @captain_70s I just contacted them using the online form saying please can you email me back - which they did next day, I then attached a couple of photos for them, and 5 days later they are here. I was exchanging emails with a guy called Michael who must be the design guy. They aren't the cheapest, but I was charged no extra for this. I just had to mention the design in my special requirements when ordering online. I'm not going to put it on until I'm feeling on top of my game, I have a history of making them a tiny bit crooked, which then does my head in! Email is: info@fancyplates.com Amishtat, captain_70s and barefoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Today I spent the last 4 hours on the other half’s diesel aclass as it had been throwing up P0401 which looking online means EGR valve. So I’ve now cleaned it out and she went up the road and after a few miles the light came back on again. So I had a play under the bonnet again and reset the code for about the 100th time and gave it an Italian tuneup and it seems fine now although she did say the car made a gurgling noice when she turned it off ? I think it’s time for a bath now. scdan4, stonedagain, BorniteIdentity and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Vince70 said: ...I think it’s time for a bath now. If you went out looking like this in Islington, they'd accuse you of racism! stonedagain, barefoot, richardmorris and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I'm thinking - wear gloves next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I did start off with gloves but they fell apart after a dosing of mr muscle oven cleaner and carb cleaner, After all that work and the engine management light has come back up with the same code although this time the car is running well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Friend got given a load of part built pedal planes.. so asked to use my galaxy as his roomster not big enough .. love the galaxy but the seats are heavy lugging them in and out dome, vulgalour, chodweaver and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 5 hours ago, paulplom said: I think he wants the plate. It tastes a lot better than it looks Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Looks like it’s been pre-regurgitated just in time to get bladdered! paulplom and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64A60 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I've been out on a few local runs in the A55, drives well with a good column change. The Ignition Light was staying on so now laid up whilst a local retired Auto Electrician checks what appears to be the original Regulator (dated February 1958). scdan4, Fumbler, Angrydicky and 23 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 50 minutes ago, 64A60 said: I've been out on a few local runs in the A55 Saw this in the preview and thought we didn't need to know about your sex life ? Cavcraft and barefoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 FINALLY removed The Aero's sump. Took me longer than I expected, as I'd forgotten to remove one bolt, but it came off easily after that: BLACK Oil pickup strainer didn't look too bad. FFS! The sludge you see was just the tip of the iceberg, as it were. Underneath the remaining oil, there was even more. I think I saved the day by dropping the sump. I reckon that the engine would have been wrecked fairly quickly if I'd carried on driving the car after it started to exhibit symptoms of a blocked oil pickup strainer last month. I cleaned the sump, baffle plate and oil pickup strainer with foaming oven cleaner followed by Elbow Grease degreaser, both of which did a grand job of cleaning them, as you can see: Going to refit the sump tomorrow and put the car back together, with a view to putting it back into daily use from Monday. Hopefully, it will be easier to reassemble than it was to dismantle. loserone, Saabnut, beko1987 and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 That's fucking clean! egg, LightBulbFun and Shep Shepherd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Ive less than 300 miles on the Astra until it hits 200K miles! I plan on treating her to a full tank of Shell V-POWWAH diesel to celebrate! Which funny enough she'll be due a tank roughly as 200 rolls along! I should hit that by the end of the year, one way or another! Shep Shepherd, scdan4 and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just now, beko1987 said: That's fucking clean! I was really surprised how well it came up, although it did take a couple of hours and lots of scrubbing to get it to that state of cleanliness. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Where are the two holes Shep? Have you filled 'em up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shep Shepherd Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, egg said: Where are the two holes Shep? Have you filled 'em up? They're in a cast-in strengthener on the gearbox end of the sump and have no bearing on the oil retention properties of the sump. I'm probably going to leave them open, as I don't think they will cause any problems if I do. If need be, I'll seal them with aluminium tape. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Did a little bit of low-key fettling this afternoon. Had wanted to swap the cat out on the 420 as its incorporated heat shield rattles like a bastard. Stubborn rusty bolts holding it to the front pipe stopped play (intermediate bolts came off lovely). Fitted new parcel shelf speaker covers acquired from Looms earlier today to the 620 - two minute job. Went to fit the rear head rests to the 214 but quickly realised a major flaw in my cunning plan - no holes for head rests.....d'oh ! Took off knackered window winder on 420 nsr, but bad light stopped play, so will finish off tomorrow. If time allows tomorrow, will be fiddling around with the handbrake on the 820 as it's a bit too loose for my liking. Yoss, RobT, chodweaver and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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