Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 1 minute ago, wuvvum said: 26 minutes ago, martc said: That's a brace of Aurus Senats. ... They're an imposing looking vehicle. And they look absolutely nothing* like a Rolls Royce. Perish the thought! Fumbler, richardmorris, wuvvum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 19 hours ago, EightMegs said: I've accidentally nicked the CV joint boot on the Yaris with a cold chisel the day before my NCT >_< Get a blob of superglue on it before it becomes a tear, it might just get you through without having to faff with replacing the boot until after the test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Tim_E said: Man: did you walk into a bar? Horse: neigh. Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, why the long face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 11:52 AM, Split_Pin said: After the heavy rain last night, it was a good time to check the water ingress issue on the passenger footwell on the Cavalier. Clearing the central drain pipe made no difference and the water was actually dripping out the floor bung. I was a bit concerned that the bulkhead was rotten there. Although I do have the means to weld it now, there's wiring behind there so it could get a bit involved. First I broke the windscreen washer pump outlet. Great. New one only £8 from ebay so ordered it on the hoof. Garage that did the timing belt broke this vacuum hose connector which was annoying. I'm surprised it didn't affect the running. Anyway, I can't get a new one yet as typing it into ebay brings up actual vacuum cleaner stuff! I stripped out the plastic scuttle panel. Its very fragile and will need some gaffa tape here and there. The bulkhead looks OK . I reckon if I wanted to make things a WHOLE lot worse for myself I could dig out the bitumen matting and find a hole somewhere but as it stands, resealing the factory joins with Tiger Seal is a better solution. I'll then go over the lot with a couple of coats of Hammerite to seal the bitumen matting up as its cracked in a few places. One area of grot about an inch long near the bottom of the screen but its not doing anything at the moment so I'll Vactan that up and leave it for now. Glad I've got a decent garage to allow everything to dry out for a few days before sealing it! I also had new fuel hose fitted from Hose World as the original was badly perished and definitely a fire risk. New stuff looks pretty heavy duty! @Split_Pin I have a spare scuttle panel here if you want it? I meant to include it with the Cav, but missplaced it prior to selling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Floatylight said: Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, why the long face? A white horse walked into a bar and asked for a whisky, the barman said "we have a whisky named after you" The horse replied "What, Nigel?" stonedagain, Sigmund Fraud, Cord Fourteener and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Floatylight said: Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, "are you Sarah Jessica Parker?" Eyersey1234, Floatylight and R1152 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Burnside said: @Split_Pin I have a spare scuttle panel here if you want it? I meant to include it with the Cav, but missplaced it prior to selling! Yes please! I have devised a repair to the plastic involving a scrap length of door seal rubber but a better one would be perfect. I shall PM you! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 25 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Yes please! I have devised a repair to the plastic involving a scrap length of door seal rubber but a better one would be perfect. I shall PM you! No problem, I'll get on to finding some suitable packaging etc asap. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Floatylight said: Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, why the long face? aldo135 and Jerzy Woking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Floatylight said: Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, why the long face? A joke so old, it was known to the Ancient Romans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Spent last week camping in the T2 in the Lake District. To say that the weather was changeable would be an understatement. The new gearbox was very pleasantly silent, the old van/new engine ran smooth & swift and the Propex heater was toastie warm, but burnt a shitload of gas. In other exciting news, the Scirocco has become surprisingly brisk for a babby 1600. Tickman, LightBulbFun, HillmanImp and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightMegs Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 7 hours ago, vulgalour said: Get a blob of superglue on it before it becomes a tear, it might just get you through without having to faff with replacing the boot until after the test. I put some electrical tape over it and then the jubilee clip on top. It ultimately failed the test on corrosion, so I got some 1.5mm plate on the way home 👍 vulgalour 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 4 hours ago, anonymous user said: A white horse walked into a bar and asked for a whisky, the barman said "we have a whisky named after you" The horse replied "What, Nigel?" It was a race-horse. Late evening, wanders up to the bar. Barman: Sorry, you're just too late. Horse: But you just called me in! Barman (confused): I didn't! Horse: You did! My name is Time Gentleman Please. (...puts coat on) anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: A joke so old, it was known to the Ancient Romans. 7 hours ago, Floatylight said: Nah, I was going with... A Horse walks into a bar, the barman asks, why the long face? A sheep walks into an ouch and says "bar". anonymous user and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I made an interesting discovery today. I've always wanted to know what my Grandad's first company car was knowing that he had a Ford Consul L in the mid 70's. Well I got chatting with my dad this morning and he told me that before my Grandad had the Consul (which was the second company car he owned), the first company car he had was a Silver 4-door Datsun saloon in around 1973/74. At first I thought it could be a Laurel C130 as my dad describes it as one of the top end spec models, but after looking through some photos on the internet, he said it was a 260C saloon. My dad recalls the grill with the two square chrome pieces in the centre, and that it was silver with a black vinyl interior, so something similar to this: That's my news for today, I might ask my uncle if he's got any photos of it. R1152, artdjones, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holbeck Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 This was up for sale at my local auction, I used to see it from time to time in town and even spoke to the elderly owner a couple of times. It's tidy, but short MOT so I lobbed a £500 commission bid on and thought I was in with a shout. The hammer has just gone down at £2K! That's £2326.80 with auction fees. Insane. BorniteIdentity and Supernaut 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, holbeck said: This was up for sale at my local auction, I used to see it from time to time in town and even spoke to the elderly owner a couple of times. It's tidy, but short MOT so I lobbed a £500 commission bid on and thought I was in with a shout. The hammer has just gone down at £2K! That's £2326.80 with auction fees. Insane. I guess the ex-owner's happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Off to ECP to return my old starter for the surcharge. It's not exactly the same part as the new one but it's equivalent, hopefully that doesn't matter because it wasn't a small surcharge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 4 hours ago, holbeck said: This was up for sale at my local auction, I used to see it from time to time in town and even spoke to the elderly owner a couple of times. It's tidy, but short MOT so I lobbed a £500 commission bid on and thought I was in with a shout. The hammer has just gone down at £2K! That's £2326.80 with auction fees. Insane. Catalytic converter is a good £5-600. Before you even consider it's a lovely Honda that's been well cared for with 3 doors etc. However, it's about twice what I thought it might be. Someone really wanted it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Code reader plugged into the Fiesta of doom, comes back as P0030 which is the precat lambda sensor, I tried to clear it but it failed. I've ordered a new sensor, hopefully it's as simple as that. Next job is to fix* the crusty wings then it's ready for an MOT and selling. Tickman and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 2 hours ago, reb said: Off to ECP to return my old starter for the surcharge. It's not exactly the same part as the new one but it's equivalent, hopefully that doesn't matter because it wasn't a small surcharge! I'm not sure many people at euros know what the right part for anything is, so I wouldn't be too worried... chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Today.... I have mostly been *53 miles a week! Burnside and Coprolalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 The sun's starting to come out, So I though I'd go and give the Golf a look over (I still have it) at the parents and to check a few things. Thankfully all I can see it should need for test is a patch of duct tape over a small bit of rust, and to secure part of the NS door trim back on. On top of that I'm going to finally get it serviced, as well as do the fuel filter to see if that'll cure the mysterious cutting out issue. Then hopefully have a few summer fun days with it, roof down and maybe have a white van driver shout "poof" at me while driving it. It'll be 2019 all over. Tickman, The Moog and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said: Thankfully all I can see it should need for test is a patch of duct tape over a small bit of rust, Ah yes, structural MOT-spec duct tape. Just like another dark blue slightly rusty shed in the local area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Stepdaughter started a new job today, a few hours a week in the local chippy. She is 17 in January and is hoping to start lessons as soon as she can DVee8, LightBulbFun, sdkrc and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosfandango Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 There’s been one of these missing from my collection of crap for some time. I’ve had loads of them over the years, this one will be staying. They are starting to get scarce and rather expensive here too. Welcome to the lounge that is my W124. CFD richardmorris, Fumbler, Burnside and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Is there a bourbon in the glove box, it feels like there should be. (More class than bling, unlike modern mercs, there's no chrome here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Anyone near York/Boroughbridge? Someone on bookface is selling an MX5 Momo steering wheel for cheap that I want but it's collection only. (Or if anyone has one they'll sell me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Carlosfandango said: There’s been one of these missing from my collection of crap for some time. I’ve had loads of them over the years, this one will be staying. They are starting to get scarce and rather expensive here too. Welcome to the lounge that is my W124. CFD That is class man, enjoy. Carlosfandango 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Because my 1979 T2 wasn't registered until June '80 it requires a rear fog light. After 25 years of frankly shit, derivative efforts I have installed a much prettier alternative. Technically it's illegal since it doesn't have the correct 'EU approved' or whatever words moulded into the lens, but do I care? I don't even take it for a test anymore. Jim Bell, Tickman and crad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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