stuboy Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Popped along to the scaled-down all ford show. Was good and it was bloody hot.. Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Many thanks to @320touring today for his guidance and help with the Audi exhaust. We found it was blowing in 4 different places. 2 from the bottom of the downpipe and 2 further back at either end of a small silencer. Much mig welding and grinding later... VID-20210718-WA0001.mp4 I think its still blowing... Yep it is, arse. It's better than it was but ultimately the exhaust is at the end of it's life. I am currently considering my options but a fabricated replacement is looking the most sensible way to a permanent solution. Cheers also to @jaypee for the len of his big jack. Getting the car high enough was an issue before but now that it was almost level with the upstairs rooms in my house, there was much more space and light. louiepj, tooSavvy, Tickman and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Having a need to be nearby, I took the Capri to a famous filming location. No thrashing took place. Dannyk, Split_Pin, gm and 14 others 12 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaypee Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Split_Pin said: Many thanks to @320touring today for his guidance and help with the Audi exhaust. We found it was blowing in 4 different places. 2 from the bottom of the downpipe and 2 further back at either end of a small silencer. Much mig welding and grinding later... VID-20210718-WA0001.mp4 2.55 MB · 0 downloads I think its still blowing... Yep it is, arse. It's better than it was but ultimately the exhaust is at the end of it's life. I am currently considering my options but a fabricated replacement is looking the most sensible way to a permanent solution. Cheers also to @jaypee for the len of his big jack. Getting the car high enough was an issue before but now that it was almost level with the upstairs rooms in my house, there was much more space and light. Nae bother dude, good work on the Audi. The big jack is pure handy!! Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, N19 said: Having a need to be nearby, I took the Capri to a famous filming location. No thrashing took place. Did it fire up ok when you departed? BorniteIdentity and louiepj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 2 hours ago, N19 said: Having a need to be nearby, I took the Capri to a famous filming location. No thrashing took place. Could have made a fortune on ewetoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 A bloody hot jaunt in the 2CV over to Capesthorne Hall today. 15 minute queue in and a 20 minute queue out notwithstanding (complete with several overheating MGBs) it was an excellent show, far better attended than I have ever seen any previous event at Capesthorne! Have some prime AS fodder… Complete with Hubnut sticker, the Corolla owner could be heard yelling power less is more at me as we pulled alongside one another at traffic lights on the way home. Nice early Vectra! pink it’s like red but not quite… chaseracer, Dannyk, Fumbler and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Not got a huge amount done this weekend as the weather was too hot to be crawling around under cars, but I did have another crack at the Toyota's brakes - I think I've got the rears adjusted properly now, they're not binding anymore and the handbrake feels about right. The pedal still isn't quite there but it's better than it was. I've done as much as I can (I even bled them all again) so will just have to see what the MOT man says on Wednesday. Today I dug the Mobylette out of the garage to take some photos to send to the cyclemotor club so they can do me a dating certificate. I gave it a quick rinse off first as it was rather dusty from its lengthy slumber. I tried kicking it over just to see what would happen and, once I'd remembered which way was "on" for the fuel tap, it actually fired up fairly easily. I definitely didn't* then put my helmet on and ride it back round the corner to the garage. It's odd that a 40-year-old French 2-stroke can fire more or less straight up after being untouched for a year, and yet the supposedly bombproof 4-stroke Honda doesn't want to know... outlaw118, Carlosfandango, Andyrew and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 From a personal point of view, on Saturday, I decided it would be hot enough to change my shocks and drop links, so I did 🤣 I was a proper melting mess by the time I came in. Was going to do more work on the car yesterday, but decided against it so built a BBQ instead. In proper autoshite tradition though, one of the members of my car group has got a particularly shit Dahaitsu Cuore AUTO. He bought it for £200 to teach his girlfriend to drive in. Over the weekend, he took it off-roading and apparently, it did fantastically. FWIW, I have no idea why it has yellow lights. He really does need to join this forum. As well as having an MR2 Roadster, his daily is a 22 year old Micra. Coprolalia, Isopon, Stanky and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 When you go away for a week and your Volvo starts growing poppies. tooSavvy, Split_Pin, Twiggy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 After a few weeks of mid 30's it's nice to see it cooling down a bit...... Ffs Zelandeth and Cord Fourteener 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 31 minutes ago, andy18s said: After a few weeks of mid 30's it's nice to see it cooling down a bit...... Ffs It could be worse, you could be in Germany... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said: When you go away for a week and your Volvo starts growing poppies. A week or so back I got into the Ypsilon, having not used it for a few days, stuck it in reverse and it immediately started shrieking at me. My first thought was "oh cock, the parking sensors have shat themselves", but it turned out that a large weed had sprouted behind the car since it was last used and one of the leaves was about an inch from a sensor... Cord Fourteener and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 4 hours ago, wuvvum said: A week or so back I got into the Ypsilon, having not used it for a few days, stuck it in reverse and it immediately started shrieking at me. My first thought was "oh cock, the parking sensors have shat themselves", but it turned out that a large weed had sprouted behind the car since it was last used and one of the leaves was about an inch from a sensor... I backed up my new truck when I first got it into the driveway. It had a panic attack about the bush and stamped the brakes on for me. GWWWAARRRRRRrrrrrrrrrk goes the brake pedal. Didn't need that to happen right at that point... Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 16 hours ago, brownnova said: I spotted this on the road in Stalybridge last week! 16 hours ago, brownnova said: This belongs to a young lad about 20 who's trying to get a pre-2000 meet going in Preston with mixed results. The 280Z next to it is his dad's. The lad has an H reg Sunny with fender mirrors and Japanese spec lights and grilles as a daily driver. Cord Fourteener and brownnova 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 5 hours ago, andy18s said: After a few weeks of mid 30's it's nice to see it cooling down a bit...... Ffs What's odd is that's warmer than it is here, we're averaging between 32 and 35 right now with a low of 25-28 overnight. However, August through about November we'll be hotter. Joy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ghosty said: This belongs to a young lad about 20 who's trying to get a pre-2000 meet going in Preston with mixed results. The 280Z next to it is his dad's. The lad has an H reg Sunny with fender mirrors and Japanese spec lights and grilles as a daily driver. That's superb. I'm very much liking that (I have a BMW in that colour) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Staycation 2: the sequel Upto Aberdeen today, then hitting the east Coast tomorrow. Saab doing Saab things Tickman, Cord Fourteener, NorthernMonkey and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Think back to that horrible winter of 2010. I swore I'd never complain of it being too hot again and I never have. It's glorious out. Just been for for run to Halfords to pick up an oil filter tool for the Civic. I went in the Audi with the roof down, tremendous! Tickman and SRi05 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 15 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Think back to that horrible winter of 2010. I swore I'd never complain of it being too hot again and I never have. It's glorious out. Just been for for run to Halfords to pick up an oil filter tool for the Civic. I went in the Audi with the roof down, tremendous! Long drives with the roof down can be dangerous right enough, my face and back of my neck are burnt to fuck 😂 you don't feel the sun at all. But long may it continue ☀️ Split_Pin and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 One out!! Spotted an identical one at the show on Sunday, and went over to speak to the owner “It’s not for sale is it?” He joked… “funny you should say that” said I. Today he came with his trailer, and picked it up! Cleaned up really well… almost regret selling it now! Fumbler, dollywobbler, Jim Bell and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 This was in my van today. That's the hottest I've ever seen it. Previous high I'd noticed was 36c. This was obviously after it had parked up for 20 mins or so, it goes down as soon you start driving. Trouble is I never move more than a couple of hundred yards at a time so it never goes down much. And I'm guessing the sensor is behind the front bumper which is unpainted black. So obviously not accurate but still bloody hot. Cord Fourteener, Lacquer Peel, Six-cylinder and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I do believe there may well be a GS flat-four under that ever so slightly extended bonnet... Jim Bell, LightBulbFun, BL Bloke and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I've been away for over a week now. You know, nothing major. Just a move over 100 miles across Scotland to a new job. Broadband is now live in the flat, ooof it feels good. First day at the new job today, too. It's normal to end up wandering around a remote fish farm in the hills north of Glasgow on the first day of a job in IT infrastructure, right? Right...? Pat Earrings, cort1977, gm and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, chaseracer said: I do believe there may well be a GS flat-four under that ever so slightly extended bonnet... There is indeed! Cord Fourteener and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Supernaut said: I've been away for over a week now. You know, nothing major. Just a move over 100 miles across Scotland to a new job. Broadband is now live in the flat, ooof it feels good. First day at the new job today, too. It's normal to end up wandering around a remote fish farm in the hills north of Glasgow on the first day of a job in IT infrastructure, right? Right...? Glad it's going well man! Supernaut and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Got the brake drum off the Innocenti today, having found that a Poundland claw hammer was exactly the right size and shape to lever the handbrake mechanism to the fully released position. Oiled up the pivot inside the drum, as well as the shoe pivots, and put a dab of copper grease on the back plate where the shoes slide over it. Also squirted a load of spray grease onto the cable for good measure, although I don't think the cable is the issue. Apart from a brief moment of idiocy when I tried to refit the drum with the handbrake still applied, it went OK - it's nice and dry in there and the shoes still have loads of meat on them. The handbrake is definitely freeing up now - it's to the point where it's probably free enough to pass a test, although it is still sticking very slightly. I also refitted the exhaust with a load of assembly paste (works better than Gun Gum at sealing joins), a new secondary clamp and a bit of metal slathered in exhaust paste to help reinforce the previously fitted bandage which was starting to blow through. I also tightened up the clamps properly this time, using a ratchet rather than a pissy 13mm spanner, and the whole thing feels a lot more rigid now. It's quietened things back down too, which is good. So just a patch of welding to be done and it should be almost MOT ready. The Spacy must have heard me slagging it off yesterday as that now runs too. My expert* repair of the fuel tap seems to have done the trick - fuel is now flowing through rather than dribbling as it was before, and it's not leaking anymore. The idle is far too high and the exhaust is blowing fit to wake the dead, but one of those two is easily enough resolved - the other a bit more complicated as this exhaust is beyond welding, I have a spare exhaust in weldable condition but it's currently buried somewhere in a mate's garage so will have to try and dig that out. The headlight dip switch is going to need taking out and cleaning / lubing as well, and the front brake cable is sticking quite badly. So still a fair bit to do before it can go back on the road... Sigmund Fraud, RobT, Angrydicky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Yoss said: This was in my van today. That's the hottest I've ever seen it. Previous high I'd noticed was 36c. This was obviously after it had parked up for 20 mins or so, it goes down as soon you start driving. Trouble is I never move more than a couple of hundred yards at a time so it never goes down much. And I'm guessing the sensor is behind the front bumper which is unpainted black. So obviously not accurate but still bloody hot. What it does remind you is how hot it is in a car if you leave the dog in it though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Or in this case a black and white cat. TheOtherStu, louiepj, Tickman and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 6 hours ago, TheOtherStu said: What it does remind you is how hot it is in a car if you leave the dog in it though! Unfortunately we're not allowed to take our dogs to work. Probably just as well, cardboard boxes are our dogs favorite thing in all the world. He'd love it but I wouldn't have a job long. TheOtherStu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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