lesapandre Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Sorry to hear that BF - the job not the gearbox. Hope the new crew can make something of it. Which mag was it? barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 My heap earning me a living carrying tower scaffolding to a warehouse to change dead strip light tubes. RobT, The Moog, Saabnut and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 33 minutes ago, lesapandre said: Sorry to hear that BF - the job not the gearbox. Hope the new crew can make something of it. Which mag was it? VW Camper & commercial - 'the original & best' http://www.volkswagencamperandcommercial.co.uk lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 58 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: My heap earning me a living carrying tower scaffolding to a warehouse to change dead strip light tubes. That looks a proper heap for the job. None of that modern rubbish. puddlethumper and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, puddlethumper said: My heap earning me a living carrying tower scaffolding to a warehouse to change dead strip light tubes. no pictures of the light fixtures, the old or the new tubes? aww LOL adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Quick french supermini swap. Austat, davehedgehog31, Angrydicky and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, puddlethumper said: My heap earning me a living carrying tower scaffolding to a warehouse to change dead strip light tubes. You any good on slate roof strips/ felt/re-slate? They don't use felt now. Need a scaffolding company for mine probably, gable is high. Stone terrace, end house. Not been done for hundreds of years, but all the others have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Interesting variety of vehicles on the Silver's drive yesterday: Then about 10 minutes later: An unexpected Fiat Panda no (A)less(i). mercedade, Angrydicky, danthecapriman and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Man I hate decorating, but the pink had to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 5 hours ago, MarvinsMom said: i thought that the 618 and the 623 both ones with Honda engines? and that 620 used a T16 and the diesel was the L-series derived from the perkins prima, both of them been Rovers own engines, with a Rover gearbox. the honda engine is the wrong way round, Rovers, and just about everyone else's end-on transverse engine, sits on the left hand side of the engine bay, Honda at that time, for some reason best known to themselves were the other way round, with the engine sitting on the right hand side of the engine bay. or did i dream it? Correct on all counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 618 and 623 were defo Honda engines, but I'm sure I remember reading that the auto 620s used Honda mechanicals as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Yes, 620 was either Honda (auto or manual - mine is the former) or the Rover T-series turbo-nutter ti version Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Slowsilver said: An unexpected Fiat Panda no (A)less(i). Has it got a rear silencer yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 3 hours ago, Mally said: You any good on slate roof strips/ felt/re-slate? They don't use felt now. Need a scaffolding company for mine probably, gable is high. Stone terrace, end house. Not been done for hundreds of years, but all the others have. Sorry @Mally I'm too old and creaky for roofing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, puddlethumper said: Sorry @Mally I'm too old and creaky for roofing. Me too, I once got the chimney sweep brush stuck in the pot and had to go up and pull it out from the top, but it was 40 years ago. puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 7 hours ago, wuvvum said: I thought it was only the auto 620s that used the Honda engine? Nope - all petrol 600s had Honda engines and gearboxes with the exception of the 620 ti. Defo Ronda. I think @Ghosty will correct me if I'm wrong, but I reckon you're thinking of the 400 series, where autos were Honda and manuals K series. Stevebrookman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Could well be. I've only owned one non-turbo 620 and that was nearly 20 years ago... Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 10 minutes ago, Angrydicky said: Nope - all petrol 600s had Honda engines and gearboxes with the exception of the 620 ti. Defo Ronda. I think @Ghosty will correct me if I'm wrong, but I reckon you're thinking of the 400 series, where autos were Honda and manuals K series. The nasp 620 was a Honda F-Series. I don't know much about HHRs (I'm more interested in Civics and R8s) but I think you're right in the case of the very early models, they carried over the engine and autobox from the R8. It took until about 1997 for Rover to work out how to mate an autobox to a K-Series for an in-house automatic option (I think this happened when the Honda partnership ended), which they did using a 1.6 K-Series and a CVT. The 'bubble dash' 2/400 (Tourer, Cab and Tomcat that lasted longer than the hatch/saloon, overlapping into HHR production) also had K-Series engines with CVTs for the auto option, whereas the earlier R8 dashed models from before the HHR's arrival were available with Honda engines and gearboxes. Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Had the Axle swapped on my 206 Gti, exhaust was held together with a coke can #autoshite mercedade, Stevebrookman, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 The scenic left work today on the next stage to its new home. Battery connected and it started first time. As @Wingz123commented , it is very quiet especially given its near 170,000miles. Given that the only other car movement outside was that white Lamborghini I know which will be cheaper and more reliable! Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Man I hate decorating, but the pink had to go Saw this and thought @stuboy had been let loose in your gaff 😂 gm, DeeJay and Ghosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 This beast is going to need a nearside rear wheel bearing I think. It's definitely starting to make noises. puntopaul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 today i have had to drag me dad round to sort out the jobbie pipe in the back yard. i had wanted kerry to put a couple of brackets on the soil pipe to stop it bouncing about, as there were none fitted. there had been some at some point, but these had long since rotted through. brackets bought, but kerry starts twittering on about it been a bodge and something more permanent is required. so the existing jobbie pipe got pulled out, and then we find that in spite of having some shiny new lengths of pipe and a selection of fittings, we didn't have, of all things a saw..... so i put it all back together, and this morning, it had come to bits, resulting in jobbies in the yard. oh for fucks sake! one panicked call to me dad, and a couple of hours doing the most horrible job i've ever done, and the pipe is now replaced, new and shiny and not leaking and concreted in., though its not shown in those pictures. and i have had words with kerry, next time i want a couple of brackets, well i'll get a couple of brackets (or call a plumber) the worse thing though, is that my dad isn't the man he was, i mean he is still as fit as ever, but he is getting old and at 72 its starting to show. and that is very fucking shit. mercedade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Slowsilver said: Interesting variety of vehicles on the Silver's drive yesterday: Then about 10 minutes later: An unexpected Fiat Panda no (A)less(i). you know, once upon a time, the Maxi was a pretty big car..... and that one looks glorious. a Maxi isn't never ever going to be a looker, but as i get older, the more and more attractive they look. hmmmmmmmm, Maxi......... Slowsilver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Ghosty said: Has it got a rear silencer yet? Nope. It fell off and still hasn't been replaced. Sounds dreadful. But nothing to do with me fortunately. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 MX5s are good for the soul. loserone, catsinthewelder, egg and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 8 hours ago, Slowsilver said: Interesting variety of vehicles on the Silver's drive yesterday: Love this shot its like a disabled persons vehicular progression throughout life Gets issued a Model 70 by the Ministry when he turns 16 in 1973, then in 1978 he gets a new maxi via the recently introduced motability scheme, then after a long successful career retires treating himself to a new Mondeo Ghia in 1993 beko1987, lesapandre, Lord Sterling and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Retiring age 36 is pretty good going... davehedgehog31, richardmorris, LightBulbFun and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 This popped up on my facebook from 5 years ago. Happy memories of breakdowns past when it was chuffing out steam like Thomas the Tank engine in M8 rush hour traffic on a section with no hard shoulder. GR8tymz dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Yesterday I had a bad headache at work about an hour after I arrived, so went back to the car to take a couple of paracetamol. On arrival I realised I'd caught it doing the elusive leaking when cooling down. Seems to be one of the hoses coming off the temperature sensor housing, possibly owing to the notch in the housing... Chucking it down today so stuff going to sort it now, but progress! beko1987, Stevebrookman, Cord Fourteener and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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