New POD Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 6:12 PM, HillmanImp said: Incidentally there's a guy I was racing against called OP_OMEGA_V8 which I assumed was nothing to do with Vauxhalls but I've looked and theres a whole section on Wiki about prototype V8 Omegas. So its been educational too. You know that Holden made cars and pickups that appear to have very similar profiles to the front half of the omega right ? Just buy a Monaro and retrofit the front panels off an omega. I'm sure it would fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 3 hours ago, New POD said: You know that Holden made cars and pickups that appear to have very similar profiles to the front half of the omega right ? Just buy a Monaro and retrofit the front panels off an omega. I'm sure it would fit. Might be a bit wider than an Omega, though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Two inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Been out to do a 2 minute job changing the headlight bulb on the Subaru. Access was good, old bulb straight out, new bulb straight in, just need to clip it tigh.... Fucksticks. The plastic holding the retaining clip had snapped. I remember L1 saying the other side had broken too. Had a look and it was cable tied so I've done the same but not before I'd dropped my phone and half a packet of cable ties into the engine bay. It then took me about 10 minutes to get the bonnet down as it wouldn't shut. Managed it eventually. Now worried its gonna just pop open when I'm driving it as it was so reluctant to shut. Now the new light is about 400 times brighter than the other side so I'll have to go back tomorrow to get another to cable tie it in again and no doubt face more shenanigans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Yeah, the cable tying was a bitch. Not sure why the headlights do that, I guess they get hot and it degrades the plastic. That bulb can't be that old either, they were both changed in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 28 minutes ago, loserone said: Yeah, the cable tying was a bitch. Not sure why the headlights do that, I guess they get hot and it degrades the plastic. That bulb can't be that old either, they were both changed in May. Plastic just degrades doesn't it. It's just standard as stuff gets older innit. I've got a light restoration kit too to de-yellow the lights. Will try and do that over the next few days as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, hairnet said: Two inches Fill the gaps with wob. Nobody* will notice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Today is turning into a "one job leads to another" type of day... Decided to give the Bluebird some attention, discovered a damp spare wheel, traced to... Oh. Missing floor bung and an extra hole. And a spare wheel covered in rust. Cleaned up for now, wheel wirebrushed and kurusted, need to sort the boot floor out properly at some point. Sprayed the well with WD40 temporarily. Poking around the engine, oil filter is done up v tight and not much access for a grips style tool to remove, might splash out on a chain remover. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 35 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Plastic just degrades doesn't it. It's just standard as stuff gets older innit. I've got a light restoration kit too to de-yellow the lights. Will try and do that over the next few days as well. We drove past a bloke using a restoration kit and drill polisher on a S-type jag this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 More messing about with the Mini today. It kept wanting to stall when the revs were allowed to return to idle Although it would always recover before it cut out manoevering was a pain in the arse because the issue made it too easy to stall without riding the clutch a lot. Unhelpfully, it doesn't have a separate Idle Control Valve, everything is integral to the throttle body so all I could do was clean it up. Quite a bit of trunking had to be removed. The smaller box is some sort of resonator. Theres a surprisingly large about of room round the back of the engine with all of that removed. Throttle body sits under the bog pipe on the left. The butterfly area was fairly clean however I gave it a few passes of brake cleaner anyway. I accidentally stripped the thread of the tiny bolt holding on that useless resonator box (it's before the main air cleaner) so it's now cable tied in. Might replace it with plain pupe if I can be bothered. The fall to idle seems much smoother now. Ordered a MAF sensor too however the car doesn't have one (only Turbo models do) hopefully I'll get a refund of some sort. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 5 minutes ago, DVee8 said: We drove past a bloke using a restoration kit and drill polisher on a S-type jag this afternoon. Thats the sort of think I've got. Think it was about £15 from ECP. Will be careful to keep it very wet when sanding, my mate burnt the lenses in his Boxster doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: More messing about with the Mini today. It kept wanting to stall when the revs were allowed to return to idle Although it would always recover before it cut out manoevering was a pain in the arse because the issue made it too easy to stall without riding the clutch a lot. Unhelpfully, it doesn't have a separate Idle Control Valve, everything is integral to the throttle body so all I could do was clean it up. Cars haven't had Idle Control Valves for years. Pretty much everything that is a fly-by-wire throttle body doesn't have one. Does the car have a clutch switch? I know some cars have it not just for cruise but also to tell the ECU that there is a substantial load decrease coming because the clutch pedal is down. Then not to overreact from loosing that load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Sisters poxy rotten transit update: 50 mile round trip to collect a new starter motor this morning. Would have been the afternoon if the ecp guy hadnt phoned ,and woke me up, to tell me they shut at 6pm instead of 8. Bit of a struggle to fit the new starter until I got to the ignition feed to the starter. Last connection and the ring terminal fell off before I even touched it. Trip to my buddy to borrow a box full of useful conectors. Pretty shoddy repair but it was the best I could do due to access issues. Then the poxy top bolt on the starter wouldn't go in. 1 1/2 hours into darkness relying on my phone balancing on my forehead and I'm done. In more ways than one! Giving my sister 2 bills One at realistic garage rates and one with just parts and a £43 bottle of whiskey. Wonder which one she will want to pay? Ps van starts and runs obvs Tickman, paulplom, dome and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 minute ago, hairymel said: Ps van starts and runs obvs Now you've worked on it, how long does the new warranty last? hairymel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Warranty? You are joking right? As long as it moves out of the spot my voyager normally parks on I don't give a shit. *possibly warranty until it goes to Portugal, I love my sister and I am a mug. bangernomics and SiC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Wifes civic hit the milestone which millenials say to bin the car paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Transit guilt trip payment update : brother in law has paid the parts and whiskey bill and tried to add an extra tenner which was refused. sister has asked if I am in at 7 tommorrow night for a 'delivery' I'm hoping for strippers *wire type obviously *not obviously but still hoping? Skizzer, SiC, Tickman and 10 others 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 hours ago, hairymel said: Transit guilt trip payment update : brother in law has paid the parts and whiskey bill and tried to add an extra tenner which was refused. sister has asked if I am in at 7 tommorrow night for a 'delivery' I'm hoping for strippers *wire type obviously *not obviously but still hoping? The delivery will be parts for you to service it! ? hairymel, bangernomics, stonedagain and 5 others 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 15 hours ago, SiC said: Idle Control Valve. Does the car have a clutch switch? Indeed, only my Corsa left on the fleet which has one as it's cable throttle. No idea on the clutch switch but good shout, I'll check that, cheers. No refund on the MAF sensor as its outside 30 day return period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 My OH'S Corsa hit 100k miles the other day, as I wasn't in the car at the time I don't know exactly when and she has no interest in cars so won't have noticed mrbenn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Sigmund Fraud, Angrydicky, Yoss and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 14 hours ago, jamiechod said: Wifes civic hit the milestone which millenials say to bin the car Scrap it m8 Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairymel Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 hours ago, dave j said: The delivery will be parts for you to service it! ? Do not like Unfriend request I hope not. I have a hefty hangover this morning and the thought of doing a brake service fills me with vomit. Oil and filters no worries though? dave j 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Double Family visitation complete. (Two trips from North Wales to Stratford-on-Avon one either side of Christmas) Another 700 trouble free miles in the 9000, meaning it’s now nearly at 199,000. Probably due a service, so might do that this week. LightBulbFun, chaseracer, hairymel and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 3 hours ago, HMC said: A like minded idiot. Great. If he’s not on here then he bloody well should be! Angrydicky and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Beige and primer grey duotone Robin? That's thread of the year material already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Just seen a mk6? Could be a mk2 who fucking knows... Diesel Golf blowing black smoke everywhere. On the doors? "Go Vegan" You'll be pleased to know I battered the bitch to death. Amishtat, BorniteIdentity and Skizzer 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I wonder how much the founders of Electric Classic Cars made from the sale of the business to Norman Crowley's Electrifi..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Last wash of the decade for 75% of the fleet today. As I couldn't save the poor old Megane, I have vowed to do right by this Renault in 2020. Skizzer, dome, 320touring and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Only wash of the decade (by me) for these two. The Aerodeck because it’s going in for MOT on Thursday and wants to create a good impression, the Kodiaq because it has accumulated about 2,000 miles of motorway filth and salt in the last week. mrbenn, Tickman, LightBulbFun and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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