N19 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Water sloshing around in the Bluebird rear wing cured by drilling a small hole underneath, at which point said manky water drained out. It's pretty much totally inaccessible I think, so I've just sprayed the inside with WD40 in the hope that'll dry out any remaining moisture... So naturally I came back to find that there's a bit I didn't cover in the sealing which seems to be letting in water. Round 2 begins soon... Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Corsa D cam back from the garage. Bought a water pump, but it wasn't needed. Turned out it was the thermostat leaking, they're a big plasticky thing and known for cracking/breaking it seems. Anyhow, collected it Wedes evening but not had the chance until today to test it properly, and it's been fine. Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 @SiC Car throttle youtube buy a 2k track car, how apt 😂 dome, 00833827 and SiC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 hours ago, SiC said: Had a father-son tool handover today. Not all of them, mostly stuff that he will almost certainly ever touch again. Some Kwality stuff there. Paint on the meter looks the same as a battery charger of similar age my dad had. It's actually still in use today, providing 12v to a door lock release for 11 hours a day, 7 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, HMC said: Wonder if there’s any false jeopardy in the “saved from the Scrapheap” tagline. Im sure whoever “found” them immediately thought more of selling them to the classic fraternity, and it cannot be a literal term as last time I looked you couldn’t weigh in ash / whatever wood makes up a body buck. Good publicity, whatever the motivation and facts of the situation. Weren't they all part of the recent auction of Bristol gone bust stuff, if so hardly lost. egg and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Today the 205 got put back on its wheels for the first time in well over a year in preparation for getting shifted to my unit. The HDI plan is in the bin because various goings on this year have led to everything related to it being thrown into complete disarray, I'm sure it's still doable but I'm not the one to do it. The plan now is to put it back to standard-ish and get it as well sorted as I can while I have the time to work on it. There will still be turbots involved, but in a more factory intended manner. MrsREB will be arriving in just over a month, we'll see how long her promise to keep me company at the unit lasts when she realises how bastarding cold it is up there! Tickman, chaseracer, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Been to see a friend who has the kind of stuff you'd all spaff over... Military stuff, modern and vintage fire engines, one of those yank streamlined buses, old mercs, jags, kit cars, Japanese stuff... These two were new. Signum is one of the 3.0 v6 diesels and is for sale. Very tempting. Jag has been driven through a tatfield by a previous owner. dome and Jamie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I seem to attract dark metallic green cars 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, yes oui si said: I seem to attract dark metallic green cars 😂 Me too. Id honestly rather have a dark met green 420d than my estoril blue yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Jamie said: Me too. Id honestly rather have a dark met green 420d than my estoril blue I've had two Oxford Green e39s on Style 49s Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 hours ago, egg said: Bristol wooden mules 'discovered' in Surrey. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8893901/amp/Wooden-replicas-used-make-Bristol-Cars-saved-scrapheap.html Usual daily mAil rubbish. Just up the road from me at the old BOC / LINDE headquarters for a couple of years. Auctioned last month, egg and anonymous user 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 39 minutes ago, yes oui si said: 3.0 v6 diesel yes oui si and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Usual daily mAil rubbish. Just up the road from me at the old BOC / LINDE headquarters for a couple of years. Auctioned last month, Ah, were they actually part of the auction? I hadn't realised that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Saw this today... surprised to see dodgy paper plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: Having seen what they part out for, I could run it until it pops then make decent profit on the lights, wheels and cat alone. It's an Isuzu lump isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 minute ago, egg said: Ah, were they actually part of the auction? I hadn't realised that. The whole lot has gone / been scrapped.,Gordon Murray design group has bought the site for his new supercar snd d3sign campus. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, yes oui si said: Having seen what they part out for, I could run it until it pops then make decent profit on the lights, wheels and cat alone. It's an Isuzu lump isn't it? Yep, Isuzu design. It's true that the cat on something like that would probably weigh in for £££. yes oui si 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Just now, wuvvum said: Yep, Isuzu design. It's true that the cat on something like that would probably weigh in for £££. The mates rates on it makes it appealing. Ticket until April as well, just that rear quarter gouge and a scuffed bumper makes it a no-go for most buyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 A bucket full of cun....calipers. Nearly there with the Rover, but I feel traumatised! Got a bit carried away with the heat and melted the brake hose, so the latest is this. Rounded off the brake pipe wotsit for added incompetence. Have ordered a set of flare spanners, so hopefully they'll offer enough grip. I bought a brake hose previously but it's incorrect, so have bought another one. Started the job at 1.30pm, finished at 10.30 with a break for tea. Much of that time was spent fucking about trying to get the handbrake cable reconnected. The new bracket from the MGF caliper wasn't the same as the old, so gave up and MAP gassed and Irwin'd the bolts on the old one off, which was a drawn out affair. Was tempted to set fire to the car at this point. Limped it into a residents parking bay on the handbrake only, and the next fun* instalment will be when the parts arrive and I've undergone the necessary therapy session... Six-cylinder, danthecapriman, Coprolalia and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 It's handy having a van. Twiggy, RobT, anonymous user and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 The Doblo failed its test on a wishbone bush and both rear bumpstops.The parts were supposed to arrive on Monday but turned up today . The old ones were pretty ragged.As you can see,you probably use a special tool that fits into the small cutouts on the top cup to fit and remove them at a Fiat dealer.A large drift and a lump hammer soon loosened them. Then ran a tap up the threads in the chassis. Glad I did that. Then hand tighten and tap round half a turn. The wishbone can wait until tomorrow. RobT, Vantman, clayts450 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Just found a very old email from 2003, where I asked Vulcan engineering for the price of a complete GT spec rebuild of my MK2 escort engine. This was the 1.3 so would have lifted BHP to about 70ish with a new unleaded compatible head Quote The price of a STD 1300 GT spec rebuild inc a new carb & vat is 1079.82 but this DON'T inc Fitting is around £340 inc vat. I decided at the time, this was madness and ended up selling it. But given the price of RWD escorts these days, probably would have been a sensible* investment, Dick Longbridge, KitKat, RobT and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 4 hours ago, holbeck said: It's handy having a van. As long as you’re not enticing young children into the back as a modern child-catcher? Stanky, beko1987, brownnova and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 23 hours ago, reb said: Today the 205 got put back on its wheels for the first time in well over a year in preparation for getting shifted to my unit. The HDI plan is in the bin because various goings on this year have led to everything related to it being thrown into complete disarray, I'm sure it's still doable but I'm not the one to do it. The plan now is to put it back to standard-ish and get it as well sorted as I can while I have the time to work on it. There will still be turbots involved, but in a more factory intended manner. MrsREB will be arriving in just over a month, we'll see how long her promise to keep me company at the unit lasts when she realises how bastarding cold it is up there! Nice to see you posting again Reb, hope you’re doing well. Sorry to hear the HDi project isn’t going ahead now but looking forward to some 205 updates Agila and reb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Yesterday was birthday no. 42 for me. Had a day at the Amberley Working Museum with wifeypants and my parents. Sadly bad weather and early light fade meant I didn’t get to see the whole place (mainly the trains, buses and cars) but it’s full of every day household and industrial shite and it would be a great place for shiters to meet up post new new lockdown. IMG_3688.MOV strangeangel, gm, Vantman and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 4 minutes ago, Stanky said: Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup ARP warden's post I believe. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Perhaps a space age thunderbox? Another vote for that as a meet up place here. One day. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stanky said: Wtf is the last pic? A teleportation chamber? Looks mega, definitely a good location for a meetup 6 minutes ago, Fumbler said: ARP warden's post I believe. 6 minutes ago, lisbon_road said: Perhaps a space age thunderbox? Another vote for that as a meet up place here. One day. “Portable” air raid shelter. Possibly used for ARP. It really is a good place and will happily organise a day there. It’s about £13 an adult but will see if they do a discount for a considerable group. strangeangel, LightBulbFun, Stanky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 That looks well awesome that place, deffo up for a meet there next year (hopefully) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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