puddlethumper Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 This could be of interest to those who have an old/older car and need new sills. There's a company round here, Tipton, who can shape sheet metal to nearly any form. Straight lengths up to 2/2.5 metres. If you can't get replacement sills, and they are straight, this company can do them. You will have to shape the ends but that isn't too difficult. I'll find out how much, roughly, on Wednesday when I pick up the shaped piece I've ordered, not a sill. The garage I use get them for MX5's and I think they said are about £40. The company is called Bowgriff Sections and all you need is a form of the shape you need. 0121 557 1117. Saabnut, chodweaver, LightBulbFun and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Further to above. I don't know if they are up to sending stuff. If not I can pick up and find a way to get them further. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9954655/Massive-hoard-174-classic-cars-sit-North-London-warehouse.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR2ZUZ8yAyC49gh6yQIPoqG1Rk2iYQg-1Q8FBu3zdrcP_mTOmZ2rwIvqUW4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 12:56 AM, 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. Id be more fearful of falling backwards into the open shaft. Only been stuck in a lift once - donkeys years ago at Woolworths in the goods lift. Something tripped the breaker on the main supply to the lift - there I was stuck for ages till the Otis man came as no one else would touch it and flick it back on. On the plus side I had some Spira bars to keep me company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 4 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That's almost a forerunner of the Dennis Dart (which was a bit longer). In the late 1990s, I used to travel on the Dart-dominated Routes 28/328/31, which coincided with First Group having a number of drivers of Somali origin, based at Westbourne Park. They were hilarious*, often driving the Darts as if on a racing circuit or dodging machine gun fire in Mogadishu. They weren't afraid to cut up other traffic to try to get ahead of schedule. All this was fun* for standing passengers in the lower ⅔rd section of the bus, who would have to hang on grimly or slide to the back under heavy acceleration, or slide forward under heavy braking. A local independent firm back in Donny had some 'interesting' tactics. They undercut Mainline to win contracts on 'quiet' routes, intended for Darts or Metroriders going round housing estates every half hour etc. Many were circulars, and the name of the game quickly descended into "how quickly can I get around this circle, timed for 55 minutes, and get back to the bus station". That is one thing in a little minibus, but the allocations were never fixed and an Atlantean or Fleetline would often be dragged out. Hurtling around the back-streets doing a slalom between parked cars in a vehicle of questionable roadworthiness that was several times bigger than what the route was designed for, had a certain excitement as a child. Obviously, this was pre buses being GPS tracked! LightBulbFun and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 On 9/2/2021 at 9:35 PM, JJ0063 said: 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. Wait, what? I have an MR2 with a similar issue. How does this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said: Wait, what? I have an MR2 with a similar issue. How does this work? TheOtherStu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, JJ0063 said: Wow! Every day's a school day. I'll try it on the wife's panda first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Forgive me Autoshite, for I have sinned. I have done something I said I'd never do. I bought a cr*ss*ver. In my defence it was basically scrap money. Ghosty, Supernaut, DVee8 and 12 others 7 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirton Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 In Sidmouth today a bright red car reg G12 CVS. Was the plate correctly spaced, no, was it correct, yes. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Do we get a prize for guessing what it was on, Mike? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Posh people used to buy city rovers- as spotted at a little evening away I recently had. Apparently his late mother’s from new. Cord Fourteener, anonymous user and Justwatching 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirton Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, chaseracer said: Do we get a prize for guessing what it was on, Mike? 😁 Others might, but not you, or a number of other shiters chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 58 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Forgive me Autoshite, for I have sinned. I have done something I said I'd never do. I bought a cr*ss*ver. In my defence it was basically scrap money. I remember these but not what they were called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Had to Google various things, a Dodge Calibre. I like obscure US domestics and this one is un-European enough to be just that. What's the craic with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 When the merc was collected the battery was flat. Six or seven weeks standing. My lithium pack was deployed for the first time and the car started without a problem. It says up to 3litres, but this 3.2 worked. Only down one light out of the full four charged too. I’m impressed. Tayna.co.uk have them. https://www.tayna.co.uk/jump-packs/energizer/energizer-50805/ reb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 🙏 👌 Dyslexic Viking, loserone, richardmorris and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I am now on the 4th day in the search for an intake manifold for the Audi to get the new carburetor to fit. And I'm running out of ideas where to look. Have searched through ebay, german and swedish used car parts pages and some in the uk. And has searched everything in Norway and has spent a lot of time on the phone today and is the same no one has VW and Audi parts from the 80's anymore. And no one has the right manifold so now everything rests on a scrapyard in western Norway that has a newer Audi 80. So I hope I can be lucky and that it has the right intake. holbeck and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: I am now on the 4th day in the search for an intake manifold for the Audi to get the new carburetor to fit. And I'm running out of ideas where to look. Have searched through ebay, german and swedish used car parts pages and some in the uk. And has searched everything in Norway and has spent a lot of time on the phone today and is the same no one has VW and Audi parts from the 80's anymore. And no one has the right manifold so now everything rests on a scrapyard in western Norway that has a newer Audi 80. So I hope I can be lucky and that it has the right intake. What engine is this? 1.6 / 1.8 four cylinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, MJK 24 said: What engine is this? 1.6 / 1.8 four cylinder? It's 1.6 4 cylinder should be the same intake on the 1.8 engine too I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 At the MX5 meet on Sunday a guy I know said he had a friend selling a Citroen Dyane… he just wants rid as it’s in the way. Count me in! He then said it may be a 2CV not a Dyane…. Still fine by me… Today he messaged apologising… turns out it was a C3… I’ll pass ta. wuvvum, Cord Fourteener, chodweaver and 6 others 1 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 41 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: It's 1.6 4 cylinder should be the same intake on the 1.8 engine too I think. It it different from a Golf / Jetta / Scirocco with the Audi engine being longitudinal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, MJK 24 said: It it different from a Golf / Jetta / Scirocco with the Audi engine being longitudinal? Golf / Jetta and more have the same I think. But is also a change do not know when where the intake became different. As the picture below which is a 1987 Passat possible this one has injection as replaced the carburetors? This is how mine looks towards the engine, so there is a clear difference. So I what I have to find is one that is similar to mine and is for Pierburg 2B or Pierburg 2E2 / 2E3 carburetor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Golf / Jetta and more have the same I think. But is also a change do not know when where the intake became different. As the picture below which is a 1987 Passat possible this one has injection as replaced the carburetors? This is how mine looks towards the engine, so there is a clear difference. So I what I have to find is one that is similar to mine and is for Pierburg 2B or Pierburg 2E2 / 2E3 carburetor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Let’s see what he comes up with 👆🏻 Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Dyslexic Viking said: So I what I have to find is one that is similar to mine and is for Pierburg 2B or Pierburg 2E2 / 2E3 carburetor. Is the engine with the single barrel carburettor identical spec. internally to the one with the two barrel carburettor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, MJK 24 said: Let’s see what he comes up with 👆🏻 Thanks! But if you do not know, I live in Norway, so I'm not sure if shipping and payment can be a bit of a hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Had to Google various things, a Dodge Calibre. I like obscure US domestics and this one is un-European enough to be just that. What's the craic with it? It's a 2-litre CRD - effectively a VW 2.0 TDI - with a 6-speed manual 'box. The engine has issues - from cold it overfuels like feck, so it pulls well when you floor it but smokes and stutters a bit on a light throttle. Then it goes into limp mode, where it runs lovely and smooth and doesn't smoke but takes forever to get up to speed. Code reader says MAF sensor and EGR valve - there's a new EGR valve in a box in the boot which is handy. It also has a hole in each outer sill towards the front, and some grot in the rear crossmember. And it only has a month's test left. It's actually been quite well looked after by the look of it - there's a stack of paperwork and the tyres are matching Bridgestones all round. It's a typical American car in that it has all mod cons but the quality of the interior fixtures and fittings is comically crap. It does look quite nice though. I think so anyway. Cord Fourteener and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said: Is the engine with the single barrel carburettor identical spec. internally to the one with the two barrel carburettor? I do not know as I can not find any information about it. I hope not. And there is a new manifold for the larger Weber carburetors to 1.6 and 1.8 which is similar to mine in attachment so would think it is similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: Thanks! But if you do not know, I live in Norway, so I'm not sure if shipping and payment can be a bit of a hassle. Is there a 9 or 10 digit part number cast into the manifold? Something like 123 456 789 A ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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