HMC Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 2 hours ago, MJK 24 said: Check the mileage of this old Mercedes online. And if you’re bone idle like me and can’t be bothered, it’s 565,000! What have the merc stars been replaced with on the boot and mudflaps? I can’t figure out what symbol it is. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, HMC said: What have the merc stars been replaced with on the boot and mudflaps? I can’t figure out what symbol it is. Thai Airlines badge, it was in the FB comments. Goes with the plate, like. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 If it's connected to an International Airline, why has it had to do so many miles? They could have flown instead. crad and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadsword Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/31/2021 at 9:33 PM, Broadsword said: *Hears scraping noise at 60 mph* what’s that then… Ah, right… PS.. I’m looking for a cheap pair of exhaust back boxes as of right now, in case anyone has any lying around (good used would do)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Looks like the Rover's leaving me as an extremely trustworthy party has made an offer I can't refuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightMegs Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 This will be me in November because my friend's TownAce needs all of the bushes in the suspension replaced. Should be fun. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 7 hours ago, stuboy said: Missus sister car kinda failed its mot.... Wait, what? "Nearside rear valve stem seriously damaged"??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 had me puzzled too but I suspect it refers to tyre valves not engine valves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Ah, that'd make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Horatio gearbox Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 More shonky car purchasing... the GF was super excited to win it. :D Dr_Slow, Dyslexic Viking, puddlethumper and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Last minute dash with sisters, brother not communicating to each other ment mot failure to be parked at my place, my galaxy to be used by future mrs stuboy, her old focus princess chariot given to her sister so she can get to work tommorow, but the pink 5 spoke wheels HAD to come off, so there s me rushing like a mad man trying to please everyone involved... all I got was moaned at, and realisation my left hand/wrist is too painfull to pickup heavy stuff.🥲🥲🥲🥲 Shite Ron, HMC, Cord Fourteener and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 On 9/1/2021 at 12:50 PM, wuvvum said: Wait, what? "Nearside rear valve stem seriously damaged"??? it baffled me at first...... never heard of it before......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Found the noise. I wonder what this means for the strut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 I went to view a T5 camper tonight, don’t know why but driving over there I just had a feeling that it wasn’t for me even before I’d seen it. It was a bit worse than described but not awful to be honest.. It’s a 2004 1.9tdi with 289k on the clock.. it actually started an ran really really well all things considered! My plan was to stick a set of alloys on it and paint it with military paint. What I wasn’t keen on was the fact the windscreen had a big crack on the passenger side albeit out of the swept area, airbag light on, remote locking faulty, strut top mounts knocking like mad, rear roof lining hanging off in one corner, timing belt is due on age not miles, it’s also clearly been sat for a while going by all the cobwebs in the arches which is worrying as it passed it’s MOT a month ago. I’m terrible at just buying cars because I want them but with this, I just had that sinking feeling as though the money was safer in the bank. Annoyed as we all I’m sure feel the same when we go and view a car then don’t buy it, but I’m trying to be sensible… Low Horatio gearbox and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 12 hours ago, JJ0063 said: I went to view a T5 camper tonight, don’t know why but driving over there I just had a feeling that it wasn’t for me even before I’d seen it. It was a bit worse than described but not awful to be honest.. It’s a 2004 1.9tdi with 289k on the clock.. it actually started an ran really really well all things considered! My plan was to stick a set of alloys on it and paint it with military paint. What I wasn’t keen on was the fact the windscreen had a big crack on the passenger side albeit out of the swept area, airbag light on, remote locking faulty, strut top mounts knocking like mad, rear roof lining hanging off in one corner, timing belt is due on age not miles, it’s also clearly been sat for a while going by all the cobwebs in the arches which is worrying as it passed it’s MOT a month ago. I’m terrible at just buying cars because I want them but with this, I just had that sinking feeling as though the money was safer in the bank. Annoyed as we all I’m sure feel the same when we go and view a car then don’t buy it, but I’m trying to be sensible… god that front is dissmal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, stuboy said: god that front is dissmal It just needs a heat gun going over it to bring the grey back to life. That reminds me, there was overspray on the bonnet latch, clearly had paint on the bonnet. I couldn’t see any other repairs and I’m too tight to pay £3 for a HPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Today I got stuck in a lift. It just stopped with a massive bang. It went from moving to not moving instantly. I was able to slide the inner door open easily, though it kept wanting to spring back. From here I could see I was between floors with the floor roughly at chest level. But the outer doors of either floor wouldn't budge. So I pressed the emergency button and got a terrible line to a woman somewhere. Luckily she could here me but she was all Norman Collier to me. But after about ten minutes she'd figured out where I was and said someone was on their way. So I sat there for another ten minutes but got bored (my phone worked for phone calls but not Internet so I couldn't even browse AS). I have a very low boredom threshold. So I thought let's have another look at this outer door. I soon found this bit moved up and down. And when you lifted it you could just slide the outer door open. You can clearly see my foot wedging the inner door open and that's the first floor at the top of the picture. Once the door was open I could tantalisingly see the outside world. This doesn't show the perspective well but I was pinning one door open with my foot and holding the other open with one hand whilst trying to take a picture with the other. Anyway, it was about a four or five foot drop to the floor. So I stood there for a bit contemplating the best way out. Both doors were spring loaded and I had a bag of mail with me. But just then somebody came in the main door so I asked them to hold the doors and I jumped out, thanked them and left. I was a couple of blocks up the road when I saw a Stour Lifts van turn into the car park. That was about half an hour later, so that's not bad, certainly better than the AA or RAC these days. I thought about walking back to explain the empty lift but I was late by now and he's a lift engineer, he should be able to figure out how I escaped on his own. Coprolalia, Cord Fourteener, BorniteIdentity and 5 others 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 In that scenario I'd be worried that the lift would restart when I was halfway out and chop me in two. richardmorris, Mally, Low Horatio gearbox and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58424221 A consultation or some such about adding a levy on older vehicles using the m4 in wales. It’s proposed as an option for pre 2006 petrol and pre 2015 diesel vehicles. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Climbing out of a lift stuck between floors when you're not absolutely certain that the master switch is off and physically locked out...No thanks. There are half a dozen interlocks to prevent the car being moved when any door isn't fully closed (and those safety systems having a fit is usually the reason for lift cars randomly stopping). Would I for a second trust them not to cut me in half when I was half way through climbing out...not a chance in hell. Congratulations on figuring it out...but better you than me! From someone who worked in a 16 storey building where the lifts had been held together by duct tape and willpower for the last ten years when I got there and at least one of the four did something wacky at least once a week. The service lift was always a laugh...the ramping on the motor hadn't worked for years... it's amazing how much a cable stretches and how much it can make the car bounce when it starts or stops over that distance! You always could tell when someone new to the building was in it, usually about the point they fell over when it took off. I do admit that it scared the crap out of me first time I used it...boarded on floor 13 going down, and it basically felt like the cable had been cut the millisecond I pressed the button for the first floor. Funnily enough the horrendously shonky service lift (and the control panel in that WAS literally held together by duct tape) was the one that never broke down the whole time I was there! LightBulbFun and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 hours ago, HMC said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58424221 A consultation or some such about adding a levy on older vehicles using the m4 in wales. It’s proposed as an option for pre 2006 petrol and pre 2015 diesel vehicles. Fuck, and I cannot stress this enough, off. Amishtat, Coprolalia, chaseracer and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Zelandeth said: There are half a dozen interlocks to prevent the car being moved when any door isn't fully closed (and those safety systems having a fit is usually the reason for lift cars randomly stopping). about 10 years ago I once accidentally triggered one of those interlocks while in a lift in a hotel in a different country and much like @Yoss the lift stopped with a THUNK between floors, only I was about 11, and I quickly found out that all the emergency button did was sound a really loud internal alarm... I dont think it actually actively did anything other then make a loud noise so that was rather distressing to say the least!, eventually I was able to grab the attention of someone on the floor bellow and the hotel crew eventually after being unable to get it going again, manually winched the lift to a hidden basement floor which was fun to see (especially as the lighting scheme was completely different to the rest of the hotel) and I got a free pizza on the Hotels food place which was nice LOL thankfully I had already seen (multiple times by then in fact because the whole series is awesome) the Secret life of machines the Lift so I had a good understanding of what was going on/how the lift operated, what the rescue options where and that I was not stuck in there for the rest of my days but it was still was not very fun! at least I think im pretty sure it was one of those interlocks as it happened when I noticed a slight gap in the doors and Put my face up to it to see if I could peek into the lift shaft and observe anything interesting and I gently stuck a couple fingers in the space to see if I could make just a little bit wider to get a better view when *THUNK*, I never did tell anyone about that at the time, I just said the lift stopped suddenly... stripped fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 6 hours ago, wuvvum said: In that scenario I'd be worried that the lift would restart when I was halfway out and chop me in two. 5 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Climbing out of a lift stuck between floors when you're not absolutely certain that the master switch is off and physically locked out...No thanks. There are half a dozen interlocks to prevent the car being moved when any door isn't fully closed (and those safety systems having a fit is usually the reason for lift cars randomly stopping). Would I for a second trust them not to cut me in half when I was half way through climbing out...not a chance in hell. Congratulations on figuring it out...but better you than me! From someone who worked in a 16 storey building where the lifts had been held together by duct tape and willpower for the last ten years when I got there and at least one of the four did something wacky at least once a week. The service lift was always a laugh...the ramping on the motor hadn't worked for years... it's amazing how much a cable stretches and how much it can make the car bounce when it starts or stops over that distance! You always could tell when someone new to the building was in it, usually about the point they fell over when it took off. I do admit that it scared the crap out of me first time I used it...boarded on floor 13 going down, and it basically felt like the cable had been cut the millisecond I pressed the button for the first floor. Funnily enough the horrendously shonky service lift (and the control panel in that WAS literally held together by duct tape) was the one that never broke down the whole time I was there! I must admit that never even occurred to me. Although once the doors were being held open I was out in about two seconds so had it restarted I reckon I'd still be out in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 https://www.hendy.co.uk/moke/military/?fbclid=IwAR1gM5VE71tOvBq5CRLwSRpB9h1lH--WLnBhnEf-Kytu7gJI7YCDO3OBwhU £26 grand for a faux MOKE with a Chinese 1.1 engine Kiltox and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I hate lifts due to working in a hotel, and the lift buttons always gave me a massive belt of static, same with the light switches in all the rooms. Had to just take it like a man when in the public areas but the service lift buttons got smashed by every random non metallic object I could find over a few year period. Didn't even matter what shoes I wore. At work the zip tap gives me a tingle if I wear my posh shoes, but wearing trainers is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 14 hours ago, stuboy said: Last minute dash with sisters, brother not communicating to each other ment mot failure to be parked at my place, my galaxy to be used by future mrs stuboy, her old focus princess chariot given to her sister so she can get to work tommorow, but the pink 5 spoke wheels HAD to come off, so there s me rushing like a mad man trying to please everyone involved... all I got was moaned at, and realisation my left hand/wrist is too painfull to pickup heavy stuff.🥲🥲🥲🥲 tell them all to FRO and do it themselves next time!😁 i'm sure someone of A/S will visit you in hospital! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, beko1987 said: I hate lifts due to working in a hotel, and the lift buttons always gave me a massive belt of static, same with the light switches in all the rooms.... Does the electricity go a bit mad every time you walk into a room!?? stripped fred and beko1987 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Does the electricity go a bit mad every time you walk into a room!?? Was the carpet I think. And the size of the place meant walking on alot of carpet. Everyone goes a little bit mad when I enter the room. Never fully worked out why 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 14 hours ago, JJ0063 said: I went to view a T5 camper tonight, don’t know why but driving over there I just had a feeling that it wasn’t for me even before I’d seen it. It was a bit worse than described but not awful to be honest.. It’s a 2004 1.9tdi with 289k on the clock.. it actually started an ran really really well all things considered! My plan was to stick a set of alloys on it and paint it with military paint. What I wasn’t keen on was the fact the windscreen had a big crack on the passenger side albeit out of the swept area, airbag light on, remote locking faulty, strut top mounts knocking like mad, rear roof lining hanging off in one corner, timing belt is due on age not miles, it’s also clearly been sat for a while going by all the cobwebs in the arches which is worrying as it passed it’s MOT a month ago. I’m terrible at just buying cars because I want them but with this, I just had that sinking feeling as though the money was safer in the bank. Annoyed as we all I’m sure feel the same when we go and view a car then don’t buy it, but I’m trying to be sensible… How much was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 15 hours ago, Fumbler said: Found the noise. I wonder what this means for the strut? That sounds like the Creaky Strut thing BXs do. There's some info on fixes here: https://www.bxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11771 Basically the strut isn't getting lubricated and/or has a bit of dirt lodged (it doesn't take much) that's making a bit of noise as the strut operates. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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