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[beko1987]

I've got to get back out under the zx today. Where I amended the position of the back box hangers to try and fit the zx cat to a 306 exhaust system. Now it's back with its original cat I need to amend them some more as the back box sits too high and fouls the rear bumper. Causing no damage, but it's FUCKING annoying as all I can hear now is the vibration! 

Bit early for the big hammer though 

[beko1987]

Talked myself out of the job. Remembered that I was shit scared of snapping a hangar off the backbox the first time, now I've got to bash them up away from the weld. 

Decided on a plan B and bought 2 extra long hangars to provide the drop

(£4.something each, not £9 for 1). Red and poly too, must be 10 horses in that? 

[Shep Shepherd]

After two hours of spannering, The Aero is once again a functioning car. No oil leaks, broken bits, leftover parts or strange noises from the engine. Disaster averted! I'm really looking forward to driving the car again and making full use of its performance in due course ^^

Getting the car back on the road is a huge weight off my mind. Not only have I saved a great car from certain death, I can use it as a daily driver again, which is handy, as The Volvo is going in for an MOT tomorrow...

Video time!  No idea what the screech is, but the car has always done it when started from cold, and it's never got any worse. It started first time, too. Not bad after not being run for a month. The smoke is penetrating oil burning off the exhaust manifold and downpipe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Floatylight]

Productive morning changing the thermostat on the Saab, now sits rock steady in the middle of the gauge, previously lucky to get a reading, now to change oil and filter it I can get the sump nut undone, feels like it's been done up by Geoff Capes..

Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk

[Cavcraft]

Got absolutely wankered last night on my works do, brilliant night out.

Yesterday I picked up a new kick start lever for the Vespa. It had rounded off and it was a bit of a gamble as was worried the shaft itself might be knackered. Anyhow, £10 for a brand new lever sorted it, the old one was a right bastard to get off, involving swearing/hacksaw/swearing/crowbar. A short video clip of its maiden flight since buying it, apols for the truly dreadful quality*

Also, the Lambretta's (new) clutch started slipping again, so took it back to garage who discovered some back plate thing was very loose. 2 hours labour and fingers crossed it seems ok now.

Talking about pipes and how I like the upswept Micron style exhausts and a lad at the garage offered me a Fresco (iirc) power pipe, which is mega tempting. Need to replace the carb at the same time, they recommended a Scootopia 22 mil one to replace the standard one, as they're supposed to be much better in all departments and are 'fit and forget' they reckon.

This thing is never going to be the fastest one out there but there is actually no better sound in the world than a 2T with an aftermarket pipe going full chat or on shutting the throttle down.

[brownnova]

Seeing such Saab progress makes me jealous... 

I really need to fix the screen washer on mine. Busy didn’t get around to it this weekend... that’s another week with a drinks bottle full of water in. the car! 

[Lankytim]

Having a pre-house move clear out and found this V5 in a manual. It’s a crappy Princess I owned, raced and scrapped many years ago.  The mot fail doesn’t look too bad but it really was hanging! 

Is it of any use to anyone? 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

4 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Got absolutely wankered last night on my works do, brilliant night out.

Just about to leave for the office Christmas do. Scenes of gluttony and enforced jollity* now follow 

[Supernaut]

Sat in a very posh hotel in Edinburgh, awaiting food.

Down here for the week for training. The room has a king sized bed and overall is equivalent to a small flat. This is well beyond my station!

It even has a great view. It's up a big hill near Murrayfield.

[richardmorris]

43 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Just about to leave for the office Christmas do. Scenes of gluttony and enforced jollity* now follow 

Your work do is on a Sunday? Do they pay you to attend? Here at Scrooge industries we may have a pub meal next week if we can fit it in.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Your work do is on a Sunday? Do they pay you to attend?...

No. But last year, I paid for it!

[Yoss]

On 12/2/2019 at 5:21 AM, MorrisItalSLX said:

It has arrived.

But all regret evaporated when I put it with the others.

Oh yeah.

So what did CUV 478C come from? It's nearly a Routemaster reg, they stopped at CUV 363C.

[Split_Pin]

Just had a seat in my cousins' hubbys new Volvo c70 Cabriolet. 54 plate, 33k, black with baseball glove leather. WANT.

[egg]

Luckily I'm just a contractor and don't get invited to Xmas lunch.

Bloody relief.

 

[richardmorris]

44 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

No. But last year, I paid for it!

I have declined tomorrow’s invite to the drinks do at the mansion house ( as the call it, in France it would be the chateau) as work is going on. I expect to be stopped on the drive on the way home by the armed fuzz.

[Shep Shepherd]

8 minutes ago, egg said:

Luckily I'm just a contractor and don't get invited to Xmas lunch.

Bloody relief.

 

I've been invited for drinks with my colleagues at my local Wetherspoons the Saturday before Christmas, but I hate Wetherspoons and all it stands for, so I wouldn't patronise any of their pubs even if I was dying of thirst. I'm going to visit my parents in east Kent instead.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I have declined tomorrow’s invite to the drinks do at the mansion house ( as the call it, in France it would be the chateau) ....

No gateau at the chateau, then

[LightBulbFun]

34 minutes ago, Yoss said:

So what did CUV 478C come from? It's nearly a Routemaster reg, they stopped at CUV 363C.

Ditto had to do a double take! especially as Routemasters used the rectangular at the front and square at the back

but realised CUV478C is just after the last of the C Reg RMLs as you say (next being JJD364D) and also Routemasters tend to have painted/transfer "plates" rather then actual number plates

should of left a comment at the time!

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

Having a pre-house move clear out and found this V5 in a manual. It’s a crappy Princess I owned, raced and scrapped many years ago.  The mot fail doesn’t look too bad but it really was hanging! 

Is it of any use to anyone? 

one for the wegistier cc @vulgalour ?

but regardless its always interesting to see old V5s and study them  (like i noticed theres no wheel plan recorded but its down as 2 Axle rigid body on the DVLA checker)

but I recommend hiding the VRM better I was able to figure it out, even without my tool to search for it via the VIN! (because I tried to look it up via the VIN just out of sheer curiosity, and was getting no results, so figured out the reg from your photos to see just what the hell the VIN was on the DVLA database turned that its GJ not 6J its just not that clear in the photo)

I dont recommend using the pen marker thing to hide details in a photo as it is slightly transparent still! 

 

if you want to complete the cycle on it, you could tick the "I Have scrapped the vehicle" thing and send that slip/V5 off to the DVLA, as there's currently no scrapped marker against it

 

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

No gateau at the chateau, then

The nibbles are very nice, but the drink is awful.

[Spottedlaurel]

Mild and dry weather meant I had the opportunity to take the '88 Sunny out today, about 40 miles of dad's taxi duties. It was as charming to drive as ever.

It would have been nice to get that LS400 in the autumn, but I'd have to have put more effort into selling the Sunny and I'm glad I didn't. It has a distinctive character which offers something different to my old Datsuns and newer, '90s onwards stuff.

Datsuns are hiding in the garage and for the first time I've let the Laurel's MoT lapse and stuck it on SORN for the winter. It has been in and out a bit though as I've needed to use the garage space for other jobs. 1200's battery is flat, must get it charged so I can take advantage of any decent weather on the unsalted country lanes.

Still nothing done about the Camry - may as well take it for an MoT once things get quieter next month, then that'll force a decision one way or the other.

Had an enjoyable drive in the modern Lexus on quiet roads the other night. A journey that usually take 1hr 20 was knocked off in just over an hour, yet it was still very relaxed and calm.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

30 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I have declined tomorrow’s invite to the drinks do at the mansion house ( as the call it, in France it would be the chateau) as work is going on. I expect to be stopped on the drive on the way home by the armed fuzz.

Got to be worth going , just in case big Bruv. Is there, after al he's got bugger all else to do. You could get him talking after a few Advocaats, record it then get an SM on the proceeds from the tabloids.

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Got to be worth going , just in case big Bruv. Is there, after al he's got bugger all else to do. You could get him talking after a few Advocaats, record it then get an SM on the proceeds from the tabloids.

As mentioned the drink is rubbish. Mulled wine or Heineken last year. It’s a nice idea, and everyone is very polite, but it’s rather stilted. I need to work late anyway, so an excuse not to go.

[Tickman]

2 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Sat in a very posh hotel in Edinburgh, awaiting food.

Down here for the week for training. The room has a king sized bed and overall is equivalent to a small flat. This is well beyond my station!

It even has a great view. It's up a big hill near Murrayfield.

Leonardo Hotel, Clermiston Road?

[clayts450]

You ungrateful bastard. Autoaid on the case.

[clayts450]

Think the fuel pump is fubar

[LightBulbFun]

8 minutes ago, clayts450 said:

Think the fuel pump is fubar

is it an electric pump? if so give it a thwack with a hammer or such tool

if the thing uses a brushed DC motor it might just be a dead spot on the commutator or jammed brushes, by hitting it you might be able to jog things back into life to get you home or to wherever your going  

[MorrisItalSLX]

3 hours ago, Yoss said:

So what did CUV 478C come from? It's nearly a Routemaster reg, they stopped at CUV 363C.

I have no idea I’m afraid, I picked them up on eBay many moons ago for a very good price if I recall correctly.

@LightBulbFun I have had no luck researching that plate as it appears to have been properly scrapped and does not return results on the DVLA checker.

[LightBulbFun]

28 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

@LightBulbFun I have had no luck researching that plate as it appears to have been properly scrapped and does not return results on the DVLA checker.

its a common misconception that if it does not show up on the DVLA checker, that it means its been properly scrapped

it just means the vehicle has been either dead or inactive for so longer, thats its either just not part of the DVLA database, or its been archived by the DVLA and is not on the front line so to speak

before the introduction of the Certificate of destruction, V5s just had a little "I have scrapped this vehicle" check box on the V5 that you would send to the DVLA, where then the vehicle would have a scrapped marker appended to it

but the vehicle would/still does remain on the DVLA checker/database, most Model 70's are marked as scrapped for example

its only with the introduction of the CoD sometime in the 2000s I think? do vehicles "vanish" from the DVLA checker, but even then they still show up on the MOT checker and 3rd party websites  

so CUV not showing, means its just been either dead/inactive for a very long time (ie before the V5 and centralisation of the DVLC/DVLA etc) or dead/inactive for such a long time that at some point the DVLA decided it was not worth sticking on the main computer and archived it

see @egg and his Invacar,  is a prime example of vehicle was inactive for so long that it was either not stuck on the DVLA computer, or was archived early on, and as such did not show up on the DVLA checker/database, until we brought it back to life  

(im not 100% sure if it was part of the DVLA database at some point and it got archived, and thats the "Pre DVLC" records the guy was talking about, or it if the DVLA does have a collection of archives/records from local offices still)

[RobT]

Not much done this weekend as big dollops of CBA.  However, I did need to fix the door lock on the 11, as it broke a couple of weeks ago.

It's a low tech mechanism that I fixed* with some poorly applied gaffer tape.  Seems to work better now with less resistance, so hopefully that's sorted.

The pin had dropped out, as a previous bodge of chemical metal over the pin had failed.  Unless it came out of the factory like it...

So at least I can park it up at Sainsbury's or wherever and not have the faff of reaching across from the passenger side to lock it.

I also took the Laguna for a blat just because.  It's been sat for 10 days yet fired up instantly and idled and ran perfectly.  Two functioning Renaults on fleet isn't bad I reckon.

Next up is getting the new tyres fitted to the 406, ideally in the next week or so, and a new battery for the Cavalier as I think that's on its way out.

[clayts450]

Interesting evening.

Took the 214 out for a hoon, was running lovely, dived down a couple of junctions down the M1 to give it a good blow out as been standing a couple of weeks. Came off at J25, car died at the traffic lights. No startee.

First plaudits go to Autoaid who were ace - no hanging on for hours, straight through to an operator. Second plaudits go to the recovery guy from Burrows, who made it to me in less than 30 mins. In the intervening period I had company from a Highways Agency Officer, who coned off the lane I was in, pointed out that I was technically in a live running line on the motorway and then when his mates turned up they pushed  me back down the slip road into the hard shoulder....as the guy from Burrows turned up. He tried to stop them as he could have scooped up the car there and then so he was pissed off as he had to bugger about reversing etc.

Photo of shame

Guy from Burrows took me home and I suggested he reverse down my cul de sac and we could drop the 214 in one of the parking bays at the bottom - he was happy, I was happy, and I gave him a roll of gaffer tape as he had something rattling in the truck which was driving him mental.

After he'd gone, I went to push and pull the 214 around as it was a bit skew wiff and was over two parking bays. After a lot of grunting and swearing, I improved* matters somewhat. Fuck this, let's just give the car a go at starting.

Started first time.

Ungrateful bastard.

Roffle.....?