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we had the mini out to play today, but the revels were sadly short lived.

seems our old friend "Mr Missfire" has come back.

its the same symptoms as before, stuttering under load. so i guess the culprit is going to be some crud floating around in the carb somewhere. 

so the days run over the wee back roads of north yorkshire got cut short, and we headed over to Kerrys as fast as 10 inch wheels and 3 cylinders could manage. only to find out that kerry had left her keys at home "cos i won't need them with me"

fucks sake.

i have decided that i am going to NAIL a fuckin' coat hook onto kerrys forehead so that there will be somewhere to put her fookin' keys!

well, now't else for it but to head for home. we made it too, though there were moments when i thought we weren't!

"get and old car, they said, it'll be fun, they said......"

so after that, well i doubt we will be running out tomorrow in the run from Middlesbrough to Pickering. 

we also found that the head gasket on that car is weeping, well more than weeping, dribbling, leaking, pissing out? oil too.

yep, i am REALLY loving the bloody thing at the moment!

and the Rover went for its test the other day.

it failed, of course. basically it needs the cataracts on the headlamps polishing back, a o/s track rod and the hand brake, which is shit on a 75 at the best of time encouraging back into something resembling working order on both wheels.

so not too bad for a 20  year old, 208,000 mile Rover!

now to get someone to just do the jobs above.

and the Toyota too has had a test what it failed with a "major defect", the repeater thing in the wing mirror had given up,

now this is not some wee bulb, like what it would have been in the olden dayz, but some sealed LED shit. the only one i could get was from the local toyota main stealer, for £90.

£90 FUCKING QUID!!!!

still, could be worse, a friend had the same thing with some piece-of-shit golf, and that was £800-odd plus VAT as they had to change the WHOLE DOOR MIRROR!

the LED nonsense wasn't available on its own, so it was a complete mirror job.

"german engineering" what a fuckin' joke!!

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Took the Cavalier down to the NE meet yesterday, it was a brilliant day.

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Unfortunately the drive back was somewhat tense though! The Cav is overheating quite a bit. It's fine on A roads and around town but on the motorway the needle rises almost to the red, especially on inclines. I thought I wasn't going to make it home at one point.

On reading up on it when I got home, the 1.7TDs are known for this. I've bought a new thermostat (I've been told there are 2 though, no idea where the second one is!) and I will flush the cooling system out, hopefully that will cure the issue. The coolant in it looks spot on though so I'm not sure why it would be crudded  up.

My plan is obviously to fix this, get it MOTs again in September and then I will probably sell it.

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56 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Yesterday back to retirement weekend,  rip out the kitchen, scraped all fire encouraging ceiling tiles from lounge/kitchen/bathroom and bathroom walls. Found a nice duckhams jug probably worth 20p and a empty paint stripper that tin i thought was cool looking..

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In the early 1980s when I ran a motor parts store we sometimes were sent boxes of them to give them away with a 5 LTR Duckhams 20/50 oil purchase.

I used to have a couple but have not seen them for a while.

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Bridged both fans on the Cav this morning, both working.

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I will get a new sensor as well as a thermostat. The housing doesn't look great but the only 2nd hand replacement on ebay doesn't look any better. 

I also shut a screwdriver in the wing channel, jamming the bonnet shut. Thankfully Mrs_Pin was on hand to help me get it open again.

My old car mojo  has taken a bit of a dive this morning.

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This arrived yesterday:

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I have to admit I much prefer it over the previous generation, I wasn't expecting that. The interior is pretty Spartan in a "wipe it down with a damp cloth" kind of way, it rides well, the 1.3 turbo lump seems to propel it well enough (I'm not insured on it so I didn't get a go) and it has an astonishing amount of rear legroom and boot space!

I might buy one myself once they're a few years old and a bit cheaper!

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2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Bridged both fans on the Cav this morning, both working.

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I will get a new sensor as well as a thermostat. The housing doesn't look great but the only 2nd hand replacement on ebay doesn't look any better. 

I also shut a screwdriver in the wing channel, jamming the bonnet shut. Thankfully Mrs_Pin was on hand to help me get it open again.

My old car mojo  has taken a bit of a dive this morning.

It's probably a sensor right? it's a bit basic for ECU trickery to be controlling the fan. Did you sort the issue with the oil filter?

It's also a bit hot to be messing with the car, I make more silly mistakes in the heat I find. 

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Had the civic out on some country roads yesterday, it's changed my opinion on how it drives.

I quite liked it before, but found it a bit nervy on things like motorways, would be easily unsettled by crosswinds, bumps etc, not bad, just not much 'waft' to it. Had a few more drives like that in it, and definitely feel more used to it, but that little edgy nature is still there, exaggerated by a ride that is just a touch too jiggly.

But, It works brilliantly on twisty stuff. It dives into corners, steering feels razor sharp, it's really agile, has tons of grip, feels well planted and balanced, you can throw it into corners in ways that feels like it'd be too quick for a lot of cars and it darts in so quick on turn in and hangs on so easily, it feels like it's begging you to give it more stick. Good fun. Helped by a lovely gearshift and the engine that just has dollops of torque out of corners.

Only real downside on those roads is still the ride. Not outright bad, but just jiggly enough often enough to think 'This is a good laugh, but i'd happily trade a little bit of sharpness here for a touch less jiggle'.

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I got to do a glider flight yesterday. Winch launches you 0 - 60mph in 3 seconds up to 1000ft when the cable is released. Did the, "You have control" "I have control" bit while I frantically tried to remember what the instructor had told me and managed a few manoeuvres  for a few minutes, all in all a wonderful experience.

 

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13 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

I got to do a glider flight yesterday. Winch launches you 0 - 60mph in 3 seconds up to 1000ft when the cable is released. Did the, "You have control" "I have control" bit while I frantically tried to remember what the instructor had told me and managed a few manoeuvres  for a few minutes, all in all a wonderful experience.

 

 

stuff that

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16 hours ago, 320touring said:

Looks decent, doesn't it?

 

Obviously, being the base model, the drivers one is all black plastic.

 

for over 2 years my galaxy has matt black drivers mirror where passenger mirror is colour coded..

 

i do have a replacement that needs painting.. for last 2 years though.

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My new welder has been getting a bit of a workout this weekend.  Not with me at the helm as I don't trust myself with it yet on thin stuff, I let my welding mate drive, but the result is that the floor of the Renault 6 now looks rather less like something out of the Flintstones.

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The Innocenti has also had the hole in its nearside rear inner arch / floorpan welded up, although I didn't get a photo of that.

I had been hoping the replacement brake flexi for the Toyota would arrive on Saturday so I could get that done but it hasn't turned up yet, so it'll be one evening in the week.  Seems to be the week for Toyotas failing MOTs on brake flexis...

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13 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

 got to do a glider flight yesterday. Winch launches you 0 - 60mph in 3 seconds up to 1000ft when the cable is released. Did the, "You have control" "I have control" bit while I frantically tried to remember what the instructor had told me and managed a few manoeuvres  for a few minutes, all in all a wonderful experience.

Why do I find myself idly wondering what would happen if the cable didn't release? I'm with @stuboy on this one.

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There's a manual release in the cockpit and if that didn't work for some reason there's hydraulic cutters to cut the cable at the winch end. i.e. two back-ups. Stu was statistically more likely to come to harm doing his DIY than I was going gliding.

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Fkmee I've been busy. 

So busy I don't even get much chance to scroll the beige recently. 

But, holidays and work and life etc etc so it's all good. 

Mondeo got an aircon regas. Now it's like winter in the Antarctic inside.

On that basis the Passat is also under the surgeon's knife. 

Mondeo also, as well a MiL light telling us it needs a service, stop light warning, has started showing traction light and cutting power. Upon reading on the Internet, therefore true, I find out this can be caused by incorrect tyre pressure so first job this morning was a trip to the tyre machine and sure enough each tyre was different. Apparently different tyre pressure can, occasionally, give a wheel speed error and make the computer throw a fit. 

Anyway all is well generally, but I'm busy, is it time for a snooze? I hope so.

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So the Honda centre caps were deteriorated and really annoyed me. Rung Honda near me and they quoted around £110 for 4...which was ludicrous. Apparently aluminium and plastic is why. However Startin Honda in Worcester seem to do special offers on their eBay store for random honda items and to my surprise, they had a set of 4 for £35.  Makes all the difference!

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On 7/23/2021 at 9:01 PM, Six-cylinder said:

It is a McLaren Speedtail, about £1.75 million each.

A friend of a friend has an 1992 F1 that he bought 15 years ago for £650,000.

He still has it, and occasionally drives it when he is in the UK. Looking at what they sell for now, an unbelievable investment too,although he bought it for the pleasure of driving it. 

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The lower steering knuckle on my 205 aka the Peashooter, had play in it.

Local factors couldn't help,so turned to eBay, got the wrong one,there are 3 types apparently. Great.

One with a square end to the steering rack, and two splined versions.

More research required then.

MrAuto had them both,helpfully one had an "up to chassis number" listed,so bit the bullet(again)and hoped for the best.

Arrived this morning, a quick check under the car,and yes,it looks the same.

Assume the position, 

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New one fitted.

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Old kippered one.

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Took almost as long to get the gaiter seated back in as it did to swap the UJ.

Still all back together now and it works well,so not a bad mornings tinkering. 

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38 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

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Can't believe a Kawasaki GPz 305 deserves to be called a classic. Old yes, rare yes, but neither make something a classic.

They were awful things, with horrendously fragile engines. Can you guess what lead me to this conclusion?

I agree, they were dogshit when new, anything old seems to get a 'classic' tag these days, when most stuff actually isn't.

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