Cavcraft Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said: Thanks. It's a bit of a scruffbag in original paint. I love it though. After years of owning restored series 3 on the whole, I've completely changed my outlook and have sacked off shiny slimline for chubby fatbird showing six decades of life on her paint. Having said that, the old girl was last on the rode in 1971, so the slumber period was pretty lengthy. The thing with scooters is that there must be more either cosmetically perfect or fake patinad ones than just rough ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 -5 to -1 seems to have brought this with it. Cue utter morons crashing / getting stuck as it approaches 1 mm, Sunny Bewdley my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Round here the roads are white with salt, and the gritters are out daily. It's -3 yes, but it's dry, not snowy or icy at all. We don't need the roads gritting purely because it's a negative temperature. Fumbler, oldcars and Craig the Princess 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Same here, the roads are now a thick white crust of salt with the occasional brine puddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I took eva up the m40 yesterday and it's white! She wondered what it was. We're a few hedgerows that we're thick with splashed ice from puddles was quite pretty, I had no one behind me so we could crawl last and look My car actually looks very clean compared to others as I've not really been out this winter. It's growing green stuff though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Same here, the roads are now a thick white crust of salt with the occasional brine puddle. It's not weather for driving something older or rust prone. That said I'm out in the Jimny as it's the only thing I can depend on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 I needed a 501a bulb for the Daewoo indicator today, so I popped into a local high street motorspares place rather than defaulting to ecp/eBay. Nice chap in there, had the bulbs I needed on the shelf, I also bought a nice 1/4" ratchet and some silicone tube for bleeding brakes. I will go back and use them again in future, didn't realise it was there. I notice he's also an agent for caarparts.co.uk so will try and order service stuff through him too chodweaver, Cavcraft, Lacquer Peel and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Spurious said: It's not weather for driving something older or rust prone. Oops! Definitely guilty of that. 5 minutes ago, Spurious said: That said I'm out in the Jimny as it's the only thing I can depend on. Indeed, It'll rain tomorrow and some of next week apparently. It'll be good to wash that stuff down the drain and off my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, Fumbler said: Same here, the roads are now a thick white crust of salt with the occasional brine puddle. Same. Fumbler, dome, Split_Pin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyBastard Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 30 minutes ago, Spurious said: It's not weather for driving something older or rust prone. Er.. dave j, dome, Broadsword and 7 others 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Floatylight said: I've met and spent time with at least three of the moderators and to me at least they appear to be some of the most considered, courteous, friendly people I've ever met. To be honest I've no idea why they would put themselves in the firing line for such vitriol from some around here, I for one certainly would never consider putting myself in the firing line. As you were... Forum moderation is as easy or hard as you want to make it. As most of you know I'm staff on www.thedarkwob.co.uk, with a strict constitution of only having narrow powers to "work the door" insofar as to approve new members and delete spam. When we elect any new mods, yes we're a functioning democracy, all new staff agree to stick by the constitution and never change anything without the general consent of the members. Nothing's perfect and even we've had personality clashes and the odd flounce but by and large it works well enough. AS and TDW are essentially two cheeks of the same arse with a common membership so I'm not posting this to gain members, after all whoever wants to post on there from here already does and most of the other shiters have a sock account on there just to confirm to themselves that we are the only old car forum approved by The Daily Stormer. On the other hand I also used to moderate a Facebook page for bikers wanting to meet up with pillion passengers for rides out. We had over a thousand members and the problems I had to deal with were a nightmare! As you can imagine most of the riders were male and most of the pillys were female. I had to deal with countless reports of sexual harassment and have been forwarded more unsolicited cock pics from ladies unimpressed my a riders "overenthusiastic" chat up routine! Eleven years ago when I first joined Autoshite there was a nucleus of Cavette (as he was called then), Bollox, Hirst and Pogweasel. All of them were entertaining posters who kept the forum moving along with quality car posts injected with real laugh out loud humour. It's a real shame that only one of them remains here now. I do understand that a forum is essentially an organic and evolving medium that changes to reflect the views of its current membership but maybe our new members should use the search function and read what was posted here between 2010 and 2015 to see what the Autoshite DNA is really like. Even in our unmoderated days things were far from perfect, EccentricRichard, a lad clearly on the autistic spectrum got hounded out. On the other hand mikey the porn star with his Audi R8 with its PU51DRY vanity plate deserved to get the flaming he received. Do I agree with what Mr Bollox said in the post that got him put on the naughty step? No! I totally disagreed with what he said but I respect his right to be able to say it without being censored! We had a long running Scottish Independence thread on the lead up to the 2014 vote north of the border where tempers got frayed and some pretty strong opinions were voiced but at the end of the day nobody fell out over it! Anyway, enough of my rambling, I'm off to update my taxi thread because as a customer pointed out to me earlier, it is my anniversary back on the taxis. Hugs and kisses. Warren T Claim xxx stillOrange, Conrad D. Conelrad, holbeck and 32 others 31 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Perhaps a rethink of the moderation aspect of the forum would encourage former posters / dark wob persons to return? #bettertogether #missioncreepsince2017 loserone, Magnificent Rustbucket, stonedagain and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 In short, who is being protected, and from what? chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Laurence Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Wow... I’ve only just caught up with all this, and I don’t think there’s much more I can add really. I took a break from the forum to focus on other stuff before modgate kicked off, so I don’t really have any memory of it, but I do remember that when I came back early last year I did notice that a lot of the frequent posters I could remember were gone. Seeing bollox go is a real shame; his writing style and threads were some of my favourites and knowing there won’t be any more horse box updates is gutting. I wouldn’t consider myself to be a particularly big contributor to this forum and I still see myself as a bit of newbie, so I don’t have any way of keeping in touch with bollox, nor any of the other members that left while I was gone, whose posts I used to enjoy reading. I’ve always tried to steer clear of making any political posts. At the end of the day I’m here to look at and talk about old cars, but that doesn’t mean I’m against others having those discussions, even if they differ from my own views or occasionally leak into threads about cars. We’re all adults here, so hopefully we’re all capable of talking about these things and accepting that we can’t always agree on everything. The diversity and range of opinions and interests is what makes this place special, and it seems a shame to lose that. Shite Ron, Urko, The Old Bloke Next Door and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Any forum that loses such an aluminus as @Magnificent Rustbucket needs to take a long, hard look at itself. Never met him, but he strikes me as a level headed and reasonable human being and he decided a line had been crossed. drum, Urko, alf892 and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave j Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, DodgyBastard said: Er.. I did laugh at the Chevette video yesterday, it wouldn't get anywhere in the snow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Anyway... the fucking boot doesn't open on the Touran now and I think the battery is coming to the end of its days. Time to actively look for another Galaxy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cavcraft said: Anyway... the fucking boot doesn't open on the Touran now and I think the battery is coming to the end of its days. Time to actively look for another Galaxy now. Get an Alhambra, apparently they are better. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2cv Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 In rather a turn around from last week's posts, the Clio is the only one of the fleet that I can currently use! (It had to have a new battery last week) Stepway - Brake light switch broken, should be sorted on Monday Moped - Suffered an FTP last week, haven't got around to that yet, as I've been "promoted" to van driver at work, so I've been bringing the van home. 2cv - working, (albeit leaking oil quite badly) but stuck behind scaffholding (still) at my parents house. Good job that we can't go anywhere anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrcento Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Not sure what it says about my reputation, but somebody nearby has bought a mk2 Cavalier convertible, and it seems everyone on the street seems to automatically think it must be mine. N19, mk2_craig, Cavcraft and 18 others 6 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Oh, so maybe there's a buildup of condensation in the spare wheel well again that's dripping out... Useful to have a pointer... Vantman, Mrcento, Yoss and 11 others 4 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I done fixed something rob88h, Cavcraft, crad and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Reading a old copy of Practical Classics, the rust in peace section from none other than @eddyramrod. Cavcraft, bangernomics, Vantman and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I thought I had thrown out all my old Popular Classics magazines but I found a small batch when I was moving some things in the garage last week. I had every issue from January 1990 until the final issue in July 1996. Someone who was once on here and shall remain nameless, failed to turn up and collect them for free after I had spent several evenings sorting them all out into years so the whole lot went in the bin. Sadly there weren't any of the early white cover issues left, just some glossier ones from 1992. At the time I loved classic cars, mainly due to my inherited Dinky and Corgi collection from the 1950s and 1960s. And I loved that magazine. I've moved on a bit since then and so has the car scene so it's all good but I'm glad a few have been saved including the final edition. DVee8, Amishtat, Craig the Princess and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Princess Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 07/02/2021 at 17:28, Craig the Princess said: Driving back from work on Friday, at dropping my phone and smashing the screen to bits, they Multipla was reluctant to go into 5th. Then extremely reluctant to leave 5th. Drove home like Michael Schumacher did that time he won a race stuck in 5th and left it until today. The black arm at the top is meant to be attached to the grey ball just below it (above the green painted bolt on the left). The arm was attached by the last scrap of metal and came off in my hand mate. Secondhand replacement found on eBay for £33 Replacement part fitted in about 20 minutes earlier. Gear change feels better than ever which suggests the failure has been coming for quite a while. stonedagain and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Tim_E said: I done fixed something I see no repair... #seamless 😃 Noel Tidybeard and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdearme Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Wife advised the Mazda has stopped ‘that screeching noise from cold’ also reported battery light came on coming home from shop. bonnet inspection reveals an aux belt has gone walkies for the second time on this car albeit a year apart. Wonder if there’s a wobble in a bearing somewhere? currently in a taxi to liberate old mans spare Mazda 3 so we’re still mobile. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Crankshaft pulley - is it a two part damper type where the rubber is disintegrating? Ohdearme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 1:08 AM, wuvvum said: The new flasher relay I ordered turned up, but although the terminals are in the right places they're all the wrong way round so it doesn't work. It seems Iveco decided to use a different pin layout to literally everyone else, and the correct relays are almost impossible to find. The original relay is working again now after I took it apart and wiggled bits around, so I'm hoping it'll last a bit longer. Do you have the set of tools for removing connector terminals? Could reconfigure it to something standardised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Took the plug out of the Lexmoto this afternoon, it was pretty shit looking so wire brushed it up and tried resting it on the engine, getting some power to the battery and seeing what happened. Nothing. Spare plug in my tool box. Nothing. Then I remembered the side stand was down and tried again, nice spark. Put it back in and it ran, although it clearly needs a new plug, the bike to be ticking over and then a short run to hopefully see it running well. One of the brakes was sticking, so tapped the calipers gently and it's a bit better now. andyberg and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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