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[GrumpiusMaximus]

30 minutes ago, Scruffy Bodger said:

It's a comfy old bus I'll give it that.

It really is.  Just sat at 60 in the lorry lane the whole way back and it soaked up the miles.

[vulgalour]

30 minutes ago, stuboy said:

On same road I saw these beauty's... was there an autoshite meet somewhere?

 

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[Scruffy Bodger]

6 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

It really is.  Just sat at 60 in the lorry lane the whole way back and it soaked up the miles.

It'll certainly do more but seems happiest bumbling around the place. It should have been pretty frugal at that speed too!

[GrumpiusMaximus]

3 minutes ago, Scruffy Bodger said:

It'll certainly do more but seems happiest bumbling around the place. It should have been pretty frugal at that speed too!

Aye.  Certainly was.  Once you get up to 60, it just sits there.  As you said, torquey.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

2 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Washing the car today and...

 

...it's okay, I fixed* it.

Welding gas and grinder is arriving this week, so it's typical the arch fell off today.  Passenger side is making a bid for freedom too but still has just enough structure left to keep it on.

Nothing that a decent slab of wob won't solve.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

These have slightly weird double split circuit brakes witch are a total mare to bleed, especially from an empty system.

Yes.  Yes they are.

I think I need to get myself a pressure bleeder.  The vacuum bleeder is OK (a lot better than an Eezibleed or a bit of pipe into a jar of brake fluid) but it does struggle with properly awkward systems.  Assume the 145 front calipers are 4-pot with two bleed nipples like the 164's?

[Spurious]

21 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Yes.  Yes they are.

I think I need to get myself a pressure bleeder.  The vacuum bleeder is OK (a lot better than an Eezibleed or a bit of pipe into a jar of brake fluid) but it does struggle with properly awkward systems.  Assume the 145 front calipers are 4-pot with two bleed nipples like the 164's?

I watched some of Edd China's stuff on YouTube. And he was talking about using a pressurised vessel to back bleed awkward systems back into the reservoir as your pushing the air the way it wants to go. Apparently common on big vans etc. 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Do we have any Glasgow shitters able to do a collect and post on a numatic hoover for me? 

G32 9qu

Sold already! Was listed for an hour...

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, Spurious said:

I watched some of Edd China's stuff on YouTube. And he was talking about using a pressurised vessel to back bleed awkward systems back into the reservoir as your pushing the air the way it wants to go. Apparently common on big vans etc. 

i bleed my scooter brakes with a syringe.. i cant remember if it worked or not

[Lankytim]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Yes.  Yes they are.

I think I need to get myself a pressure bleeder.  The vacuum bleeder is OK (a lot better than an Eezibleed or a bit of pipe into a jar of brake fluid) but it does struggle with properly awkward systems.  Assume the 145 front calipers are 4-pot with two bleed nipples like the 164's?

I can't remember if they have 4 pots on the front but they do have two bleed nipples and two flexible pipes going to each caliper, I did a quick google and came up with a VOC forum thread where various owners were commenting on how the factory procedure doesn't work and the various ways people had tried. I don't think there's a hard and fast rule on how to do it.  Presumably if you apply pressure to the system you can fill it full of fluid and expel the air in one go but whenever I've tried this I've ended up with a fluid facial and non working brakes.

[cort16]

3 hours ago, Lankytim said:

More Voleing today with some action on the brakes. I jacked the rear up, put it on stands and removed the wheels, hoping to get the calipers off for a good clean up. Unfortunately I couldn’t get the bolts out so I had to settle with removing the pads and giving those a bit of attention. The callipers appear to be reasonably new, the pistons slide in and out nicely and are very shiny, possibly stainless- either way I was pretty pleased as I was expecting them to both be seized and in need of a rebuild.

These have slightly weird double split circuit brakes witch are a total mare to bleed, especially from an empty system. I did my best to get the air out but totallY failed on the first attempt. I think it needs to be pressure bled, I did have a GUNSONS EASY BLEED but I think I binned it after a brake fluid explosion while attempting to bleed the brakes on a Morris Oxford years ago. It’s a job for another day I think. 

The handbrake works fine so all that was left was to tidy up the rust on the discs as best I could with a wire brush. 

The arches were both full of mud so I took the opportunity to give them a good clean out and hose down.

Before i refitted the wheels and removed the stands I test fitted a slot mag alloy to see how it would look. The tyres are slightly too small but the biggest issue is the wheel touches the backplate and caliper, I think a spacer should fix it but I’m not overly struck on them anyway so may stick with the existing steels, the tyres for these are expensive though. Apparently the previous owner of the slot mag wheels  had them on a Volvo 244 and they fitted fine by all accounts so they should go on one way or another.

The spare wheel wells are in Ok shape, considering they’re prime rot spots for any vehicle that’s remotely 240 related, the drivers side being the worse. The passenger side looking pretty nice. 
 

OBV with the back end in the air I fired it up, stuck it in gear and went for a “drive” It’s the first time I’ve seen the strip speedo in action and it looks amazing! 

What great looking car. Is the drivers side rear, rear window normally in two parts on these?

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Washing the car today and...

 

...it's okay, I fixed* it

Trying to turn it into a HLE version?

[Spottedlaurel]

Much use was made of the wheelbarrow today, to get stuff from the shed to the driveway:

Starting to see some empty shelves:

And the 20' container is starting to fill up with six loads taken there today, but still plenty of room for what we need to get in there:

 

Now going through the many, many unboxed magazines, the best way I've found of moving them around is to make a stack about 9-12" high and tie it with string. Much easier with two people and Master SL soon got into the swing of it. The LS400 is now sitting rather low with a load in it ready to drop off tomorrow morning on the way to work.

[Lankytim]

24 minutes ago, cort16 said:

What great looking car. Is the drivers side rear, rear window normally in two parts on these?

On the early cars yes, both the rear side windows were two piece with the rearmost opening, after 1971 ish they became one piece and remained the same all the way to the end of 240 production in 1993. 

[brownnova]

More family road tripping in the Trans Sport this weekend… an eventful getaway to Lancashire! 

Motorway miles munched, Many hideous hours in traffic jams as well, I even slept in the back briefly, as but it coped superbly at every turn.

It’s an awesome thing… but I think the itch has been scratched now… 

[High Jetter]

I'd have a random, but now I know where's it's been am not so sure.

[captain_70s]

"We should go for a wee spin along the coast in the Acclaim."

May have gotten a bit carried away to the tune of 150 miles...

[juular]

13 hours ago, Lankytim said:

These have slightly weird double split circuit brakes witch are a total mare to bleed, especially from an empty system. I did my best to get the air out but totallY failed on the first attempt. I think it needs to be pressure bled, I did have a GUNSONS EASY BLEED but I think I binned it after a brake fluid explosion while attempting to bleed the brakes on a Morris Oxford years ago. It’s a job for another day I think. 

I am really not looking forward to doing this particular job on my 240 as I've drained the system and I hear it's a major pain.  I was going to get an easi bleed but now I'm not so sure, after hearing about the impromptu showers people are getting from the fluid tank.

[davehedgehog31]

650+ miles in the Lexarse since it's test last Friday. 

Nothing to report, whafting well. Averaging 25-28mpg.

[Jim Bell]

1 hour ago, davehedgehog31 said:

650+ miles in the Lexarse since it's test last Friday. 

Nothing to report, whafting well. Averaging 25-28mpg.

It's like the Japanese ML. But better. 

[Cord Fourteener]

12 hours ago, brownnova said:

More family road tripping in the Trans Sport this weekend… an eventful getaway to Lancashire! 

Motorway miles munched, Many hideous hours in traffic jams as well, I even slept in the back briefly, as but it coped superbly at every turn.

It’s an awesome thing… but I think the itch has been scratched now… 

Really, scratched? I'd definitely have a random or two.

How many mpgs or do I not need to know that?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1 hour ago, Cord Fourteener said:

Really, scratched? I'd definitely have a random or two.

How many mpgs or do I not need to know that?

If sir has to ask, sir cannot afford the fuel bill.

[Cord Fourteener]

2 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

If sir has to ask, sir cannot afford the fuel bill.

I can't afford the fuel bill, its true. One can dream!

[Cord Fourteener]

3 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

If sir has to ask, sir cannot afford the fuel bill.

Fuel Consumption: Check price.

[trigger]

We had a little bit of drama at a show yesterday, we had about 70 cars to park in our club area and this beautiful Lancia Fulvia was already parked there. 

After a short while we turned round to find it down a the ditch behind, complete with the owners 92 year old wife still in the passenger seat! 

We all rushed over and thankfully she was still OK if a little shaken up, it seems the elderly owner hadn't put the handbreak on and also hadn't put it in gear properly 🤦‍♂️

As a group we all managed to push the front down and support the back enough for the owner to drive it out the ditch, luckily it had a tow bar which took the brunt of a impact although the bumper was squashed and the lower rear quarter a little dented but all in all they got away lightly considering how deep the ditch was! 

[dollywobbler]

Yikes! We had vehicles reversing towards a ditch at the Social, and it caused me a few heart-stopping moments.

[N19]

I went to a show on Whitstable sea front a few years ago, we were reversing up to the edge of a steep downwards drop towards the beach. Someone in our group did stumble of their camp chair and tumbled down a way, luckily no cars went that way!

 

[Eyersey1234]

19 hours ago, brownnova said:

More family road tripping in the Trans Sport this weekend… an eventful getaway to Lancashire! 

Motorway miles munched, Many hideous hours in traffic jams as well, I even slept in the back briefly, as but it coped superbly at every turn.

It’s an awesome thing… but I think the itch has been scratched now… 

What does SMOLL_brownnova think to it?

[dozeydustman]

I was gifted a couple of flimsy metal shelving units last weeks. Bolted the two together and much more stable.

I can arrange my tools and spares neatly. The old wooden shelf is dismantled (the bare pine) and will be sawn into lengths to prevent things falling off the back.

I really need to rehome that vintage till (cash register). It *was* working a few years ago but the master key has jammed in the ‘locked’ position.

Pre-MoT on the C2 next week, and a service on the Mini after that.

[trigger]

Actually here's a few photos from the Stonham Barns show yesterday

This is a the oldest Marina saloon and is absolutely stunning, Paul the owner did the full restoration on his own collecting parts from the BL show in Peterborough 

This 505 SRD Turbo apparently lives around the corner from me.

This Jag cost £400000 to build, the owner wanted a car with classic style and engine but with all the modern features of to drive it to Switzerland, it has a 6.1 V12 engine and everything was custom built. Love it or hate it you have to appreciate the attention to detail.