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8 hours ago, N19 said:

Not being able to make any progress on the Bluebird, I decided to be a pyromaniac. IMG_20210225_164940.thumb.jpg.0099e46a150edd6117cda9327ef6f703.jpg

...officially to burn some old bank statements, but it was great fun! 

Capri should be getting out for a trip on the weekend, going to treat it to a wash beforehand. 

What is that device? I could be doing with a safe-ish way of discarding correspondence. I tried that once with a garden chimney thing but after one puff of wind the entire atmosphere was filled with cinders. Thankfully no neighbours had windows open or washing out.

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23 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

What is that device? I could be doing with a safe-ish way of discarding correspondence. I tried that once with a garden chimney thing but after one puff of wind the entire atmosphere was filled with cinders. Thankfully no neighbours had windows open or washing out.

Incinerator bin. About £20. https://www.toolstation.com/incinerator/p94173

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Cheers - at some point in the near future the rusty spots and tidemarked sills will have an appointment with a wire brush, some vactan and a tin of white paint to tidy it up for the short term at least but it's solid and has been well looked after, came from a friend of a friend and should do the job perfectly.   My first ever VW too, I'm not intending on joining the dubber scene though, functional and tidy is all I will ever ask of it.

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There is a chap in his 50s riding around the pub carpark my study overlooks on a 2t moped. Through the joy of the internet it tells me its an ALKRO ByLight folding 49cc pedal moped

Alkro ByLight

with a novel drive system of toothed recess in the rear wheel

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and folds up into this

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fascinating. Its not had an MOT since 2013 either, but is whizzing about, looks like fun in the spring sunshine

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5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

What is that device? I could be doing with a safe-ish way of discarding correspondence. I tried that once with a garden chimney thing but after one puff of wind the entire atmosphere was filled with cinders. Thankfully no neighbours had windows open or washing out.

See Agilas post - very handy. Just need to plumb in a chimney and it could do for garage heating as well... 

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There we go... that's 1000 (well, 1011 now I'm back home) covered by TPA since she arrived on my driveway more or less in a pile of bits.

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Definitely beat the odds this little car.

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I used the post-cleaning photo of the original odometer reading as prior to me cleaning it the thing was a bit of an arachnophobe's nightmare when I got the car!

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When I remember that poor little thing rattling around in the back of a truck only to end up perched ignominiously on a stack of pallets in a garden near Devil's Bridge (and as I type this, YT has just sent me a notification of a new HubNut video about his Invacar - spooky or wot?!), I think what you've achieved is miraculous and you deserve a medal for it.

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Saved myself £185 today.

The Audi has suffered from temperamental electric windows, particularly  the drivers side. They take an age to 'wake up' after turning on the ignition which can be  inconvenient if you forget to put the window up again before turning the car off.

There are 3 very big relays under the dash, number 367 operates the windows.

I took it apart, crikey it looks like one of my dad's old clocks inside!

I carefully inspected it, all looked good but I was informed  that the solder joints could crack. After looking for ages REALLY closely, I found this:

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Cracked all the way around. According to the Audi 80 FB page, this is the solder that goes.

I've never soldered anything before but managed to make a neat-ish job of it.

Now I have instantly and consistently working electric windows!

Delighted!

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Bluebird washer pump turned up today. Fitted, hurrah, now have functional rear washer (the only car on the fleet to have one). 

There's a bit of grot on the wings to keep on top of as well. 

Capri should see a bit of fresh air this weekend, and also a couple of small paint touchups. It'll get proper attention next year. 

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16 hours ago, N19 said:

Bluebird washer pump turned up today. Fitted, hurrah, now have functional rear washer (the only car on the fleet to have one). 

There's a bit of grot on the wings to keep on top of as well. 

Capri should see a bit of fresh air this weekend, and also a couple of small paint touchups. It'll get proper attention next year. 

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Is that you driving up and down my road in a lovely red Capri then? It's been past for times now!

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I think I need a larger work vehicle so today I went to see a man who has two T4 Transporters for sale.

No1, the one I particularly went to see :-1577882622_ZWJhYzgwNTBmMzY5M2U4ZjBkYWQwZmY4Njc2ZTIwZTTRfyx3H2BGhBgkk1aJG2eFaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtM-vcy9waG90b18xNzE4MTk4MDR8fHwxMjAweDEyMDB8fHx8fHx8fA.thumb.jpeg.4c7594fc421133ba2818257fda323a93.jpeg

€2000. A 102hp 2.5tdi swb with a new test. Not as good as it looks in the photo on closer inspection, with a few body repairs that I would want to redo. Running fine. But not really good enough. I told him so, and just out of interest asked to see the other van:-1873509088_YWU1MmJiNzI0MjJlYWE2NWU3YjkwZjlhOWZiYjk2MjQR8BEi_EDJUUdzc0lnuLzsaHR0cDovL3MzLWV1LXdlc3QtM-vcy9waG90b18xNzE4MjE0OTl8fHwxMjAweDEyMDB8fHx8fHx8fA.thumb.jpeg.8b0b31d43e1e4dabe61193d057ea8587.jpeg

€1000. Another 2.5, this time an 88hp and lwb. No test and also an advanced case of lacquer peel. But no suspect body repairs, just a few honest scrapes. Also, it's done 250k miles. It might seem strange, but this van pulled me more strongly.  I don't need a project, however.

 

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