Dyslexic Viking Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 In the last few days I have done some small repairs and maintenance on the tractors. Today it was the Volvo I worked on and changed the engine oil and oil filter, diesel filters and cleaned the sediment bowl and last clean and change the oil on the air filter on it so then it is ready for another year. Six-cylinder, Yoss, LightBulbFun and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Maestro overheated a little bit today. I say a little bit because it threw the overheating light on until I whacked the heaters up full and then it calmed down. Thing is, it was so hot in the car I couldn't even tell the heaters were blasting hot air at me, it just felt the same. Happily, there's now a thunderstorm stomping about the place so here's hoping for a big pile of rain so my brain will start working again. wuvvum, Tickman, Lacquer Peel and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I suppose this is progress on the merc suspension repairs. Off at a rehabilitation spa ( my mechanic’s drive) for rejuvenating treatment ( hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Shopping trolley. Please stop embarrassing me by doing this. And please stop playing silly buggers with the clutch. I'm getting quite tired of your antics. Please and thank you. And please. Six-cylinder, EightMegs and outlaw118 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Just been into Bristol to eat at a Chinese buffet, preparing my son for our trip to Hong Kong in November, or not. Very good social distancing still and everyone wearing a mask while choosing food. But my stand out moment is returning to the car! The Xedos outsized by a bini and a golf, just shows how much cars have grown over the years. Cookiesouwest, Split_Pin, Six-cylinder and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Fuck me, Bristol gets dark very early these days! 🤣 andyberg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Best looking car in the car park tonight, even if it was the only one! Kiltox, dome, BL Bloke and 11 others 12 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 47 minutes ago, Crackers said: And please stop playing silly buggers with the clutch. I'm getting quite tired of your antics. I'll do you a favour and take it off your hands, M9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Fuck me, Bristol gets dark very early these days! 🤣 That's the dark cloud of doom hanging over it, or nasty Chinese smart phone 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Tonight’s Mavericks meet is bought to you by the colour red: Other colours were available… Lucky to have this on my doorstep every Tuesday! About 150 cars there tonight apparently! Sunny Jim, mitsisigma01, RobT and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The man from the ministry he say - Yes! Pretty good for a 20 year old Merc.. outlaw118, Kiltox, Saabnut and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 16 hours ago, andyberg said: That's the dark cloud of doom hanging over it, or nasty Chinese smart phone 😂 Man, haven't been there in so long. Surprised they even let you drive up to the triangle any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, PhilA said: Man, haven't been there in so long. Surprised they even let you drive up to the triangle any more. Oh the other side of the triangle is now single lane, all the bus stops are closed off to allow 2 cycle lanes!! One each side of the road, its fun in rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, andyberg said: Oh the other side of the triangle is now single lane, all the bus stops are closed off to allow 2 cycle lanes!! One each side of the road, its fun in rush hour. I bet. I was stood at the lights on the corner by park street and on front of us a white Opel Manta ran the red light and knocked him down at speed. Luckily the guy rode horses and rolled to a halt relatively unscathed but people used to fly through there coming down from Clifton. I guess now you get to risk your life similarly but now the risk is posed by the Lycra Warriors, because everybody knows red lights don't apply to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Email from MX5parts.uk - 10% off parts, might be worth a look to owners. gm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 They must be struggling for business cause I've not owned an MX5 or bought from them in 10 years and I got it too egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Floatylight said: The man from the ministry he say - Yes! Pretty good for a 20 year old Merc.. Just picked it back up, MOT'd, Serviced, Air con regassed. Old pollen filter minging! Even had a mini valet.. The garage I've started using has an interesting selection of cars knocking about.. Sorry some pics upside down! Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Biggest oil leak on the Merc seems to be the rocker cover gasket. Poked around on eBay, £20-25 seems to be the going rate (except for the two listings at £7...which seems too cheap) which may or may not be the right one. Main dealer? £18 and it'll be here day after tomorrow. Plus there should be a decent chance of it actually being the right part. Floatylight, Six-cylinder, richardmorris and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Eeek! It drove surprisingly well considering there’s nothing holding one side of the suspension to the car! He’s going to attempt to loosen the mounts tomorrow after a day of plusgas. Dyslexic Viking, chaseracer, Six-cylinder and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 As the above pics, if rick can get the bolts undone without shearing them off think the plan it to strip it all, send the metal for blasting and get all new rubber together with the repair plate from Mercedes. Stanky, chaseracer and outlaw118 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 My Fiat Stilo is back from having a new clutch, another fail courtesy of the previous owner. Cost more than I paid for the car to have it done, but was totally worth the expense. Now I can actually pullout of junctions in busy traffic etc safely! Also took the lazy option and had them replace the front discs too, as they were low. So no more embarrassing squealing every time I stop either. I'm still looking for a decent replacement headlining as the current one is torn to shreds in the back. So if anyone knows/ see's one Breaking etc ideally in the Midlands. That would be greatly appreciated. Split_Pin, Dyslexic Viking, outlaw118 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Burnside said: My Fiat Stilo is back from having a new clutch, another fail courtesy of the previous owner. Cost more than I paid for the car to have it done, but was totally worth the expense. Now I can actually pullout of junctions in busy traffic etc safely! Also took the lazy option and had them replace the front discs too, as they were low. So no more embarrassing squealing every time I stop either. I'm still looking for a decent replacement headlining as the current one is torn to shreds in the back. So if anyone knows/ see's one Breaking etc ideally in the Midlands. That would be greatly appreciated. Nice to see one still earning it's keep. Remember thinking they looked really smart when they came out. Burnside 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 On 7/20/2021 at 8:14 PM, andyberg said: Just been into Bristol to eat at a Chinese buffet, preparing my son for our trip to Hong Kong in November, or not. Very good social distancing still and everyone wearing a mask while choosing food. But my stand out moment is returning to the car! The Xedos outsized by a bini and a golf, just shows how much cars have grown over the years. Is this the auto one that was for sale on here recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Schaefft said: Is this the auto one that was for sale on here recently? Yes indeed. I love it. Its a car I have always wanted since I test drove one many years ago. Schaefft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 5:24 PM, SRi05 said: Staycation 2: the sequel Upto Aberdeen today, then hitting the east Coast tomorrow. Saab doing Saab things Over 600 miles clocked up in the sizzling Scottish heat in this beast over the past 3 days. Drove back down to Glasgow today as its TWENTY EIGHT degrees! In Scotland. An actual portal to hell has opened cort16, Tickman, Jim Bell and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnside Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 19 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Nice to see one still earning it's keep. Remember thinking they looked really smart when they came out. Thanks. I can remember actually driving a Stilo hatchback in the same spec brand new, at a horrible hire company I briefly worked for. An at the time I found the styling rather bland as a Fiat fan ! Although when I started looking around for a cheap estate car, a few yrs back. The Stilo styling was one of the reasons I brought it!! Funny how your taste's change. It's been a great workhorse so far and hopefully intend on keeping it for a good while longer yet. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Had to post this on here, made me laugh so much when I saw it. Had to pop and visit my mum tonight to help them with some paperwork as they’re moving house. Whilst I was there she mentioned her car had to have some welding for it’s MOT last week so thought I’d have a look. State of this, done by a garage too 😂 this is a 55 plate Corsa C that she’s owned since it was 18 months old. Fucking wood screws, god knows what the actual welding is like underneath but check out the stonechip. she genuinely couldn’t see the issue, I was laughing so much but at the same time was quite annoyed at the terrible workmanship from a garage to a car shes owned so long. Her reply to me was “oh it’s an old car now, they said I’ll probably only get another year out of it now anyway” 😂 Stanky, Isopon, Leyland Worldmaster and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 A while back I noticed two holes that had been burrowed into the pile of grass clippings in the back garden. I assumed some small rodent had made its home in there - the holes are about the right size. Today I met its resident. What was it, I hear you ask? Maybe a cute little field mouse, or perhaps a vole? Nope. It's a fugging spider. Huge bastard great black hairy thing, probably the biggest spider I've seen in this country outside of a zoo. You can just about see its front legs poking out of the hole on the right in this picture: Now I'm normally no arachnophobe, but that's taking the piss a bit. I'm happy for it to continue minding its own business in my compost heap, but if I catch it coming in the house it's going to find itself on the wrong end of a carefully aimed lump hammer. Yoss, somewhatfoolish, LightBulbFun and 9 others 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Had a slightly more productive day today, mainly because I didn't attempt anything too ambitious. Today's tasks were to sort the stereo on the Swift, upgrade the horn on the Ducato (the one on there sounds like it was nicked from a Honda Vision, which is a bit pathetic for such a big vehicle), take the carb and the exhaust off the Spacy for further fettling, and have a play with the new welder to see if I can work out what settings would be appropriate to weld up the Renault 6 floor. I didn't get on very well with the welder to be honest. Even with everything turned down to minimum it blows holes in 0.75mm steel plate with worrying ease, so I'm not sure whether the waffer-thin floorpan on the Renault is going to stand up to it. More fiddling required methinks. Also my auto darkening goggles packed up half way through (they still darken instantly when I strike the arc but then they take about 5 minutes to become clear again when I stop welding) and the mask I bought off eBay a few months back doesn't darken at all. Ho hum. I also cleared some more rubbish out of the shed, and in so doing I found a few '70s and '80s car mags, plus a brochure extolling the virtues of the Ligier Ambra. So that was nice. outlaw118, clayts450, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jikovron Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Dodge cab Spotted this at random and thought of the bollox camper wagon mainly as its listed in Alfreton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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