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[chaseracer]

3 hours ago, brownnova said:

...the rot is more extensive on drivers side. The bit where the door shuts and joins the inner wing is gone.  It’ll require some tricky fabrication unless I can find a part... 

Pretty sure SPOG does a panel - or maybe ECAS.

[somewhatfoolish]

29 minutes ago, captain_70s said:

My personal favourites were the bloke who opened his car door into the side of the Dolomite so hard it rocked the car, while I was sat in it! He was also so far away that with my door opened all the way it wouldn't even touch his car! 

To be fair in a 4 door doloshite that's not very far; he was obviously a secret Dougal.  

 

[Split_Pin]

Cavalier was dry and leak free for a few days, even on a longish run.

GUESS FUKIN WOT.

It's shat it's coolant AGAIN.

A few days ago a small water pipe from the thermostat housing was leaking so I replaced the spring clip with a stronger jubilee and tightened it right up. Except it wasn't that at all and the water pump feed pipe above was not tightened enough. Now that small pipe has split right at the jubilee clip and it picked the moment I had put the car in my garage to have a prod at it to completely shear off. 

Cue frantic running around to catch around 3 litres of coolant from flooding the garage and house.

Thankfully the pipe is a bit longer than necessary so I'll just trim off the torn end and refit. Oh and also then refit for about the 6th time, the 312 boost pipes that are in the way.

If ever there's anyone needing a cooling system completely stripped and rebuilt on an Isuzu 1.7 TD in 19 minutes, hit me up.

 

[PhilA]

Power's back on at the house.

That's good, at least. 

[dozeydustman]

On 14/09/2021 at 12:08, wuvvum said:

I would have expected a 12-tonner to have 8-stud wheels, or is it not that straightforward?

 

On 14/09/2021 at 16:50, Agila said:

Honestly no idea i passed my class 2 in an 18t thing and drove 26t for a year before going class1.

It just looked small, I did drive a 14t gas truck for boc gases that was the size of a 7.5t for a short while. (Too much hard work doing 120kg cylinders)

I just think there is a lot to be said for train hard, fight easy. It will pay off when you just get given some keys on the first day. There will be zero help or allowances from a transport office, they just want an arse on a seat.

 

MoT check states it’s rated at 12t. First time I’ve seen 6-stud wheels on anything over 7.5t. General rule of thumb (for two axles) used to be:

6-stud 17.5” wheels 5.6-7.5t
8-stud on 17.5” wheels 8-12t, occasionally up to 14t
10- stud 16-18t.
 

[HMC]

12 hours ago, captain_70s said:

I think the Acclaim lasted a fortnight between being painted and getting it's bumper scuffed. It's gained a scuff on a rear quarter and various car park dings since, just par for the course.

My personal favourites were the bloke who opened his car door into the side of the Dolomite so hard it rocked the car, while I was sat in it! He was also so far away that with my door opened all the way it wouldn't even touch his car! Or the old lady who let the handbrake off and let her car roll 5ft backwards down a hill into the front of my Civic before driving off. Amazing stuff.

 

Gotta love* the general public’s care and attention. And moral scruples.

[artdjones]

43 minutes ago, HMC said:

Gotta love* the general public’s care and attention. And moral scruples.

I'm not condoning the behaviour in any way. But back in the 80s the trend was for cars to have grey plastic numbers and large grey plastic mouldings on the doors. So minor bumps and scrapes hardly mattered. Then the marketing men and stylists decided to paint bumpers and rubbing strips. So now tiny scrapes can cost several hundred to put right. Cars should be able to be able to stand up to minor scrapes, they are meant to be used, not saved.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 15/09/2021 at 21:07, puddlethumper said:

I had a slight accident earlier this evening. Urban dual carriageway, Dudley by pass, where they are doing some resurfacing. Right lane coned off coming up to a round about. I was in the left lane behind a line of cars waiting to get to the round about and numpty comes up the right lane and decides there is enough room between the cones and me to barge in. Unfortunately there wasn't enough room and my offside corner met his rear arch. Big shaven headed guy jumps out and starts shouting and generally being aggressive. I thought, look out road rage. He tried to open the passenger door, mines lhd, which was locked, coz I don't have any friends and therefore don't carry passengers. Starts to come round the other side so I locked the door. I thought he was going to attack me. After a bit he calmed down enough that I got out, keeping my distance just in case. He had a minor scrape on his rear arch area and I had no damage. Can't beat a 305 steel bumper. I took photos and exchanged details. I have never made a claim or had one against me in 50 years of driving so I was well pissed off. 

I'll give everyone one guess what make of car he was driving.

report it to old bill just so its on record in case Ronnie Pickering tries any funny claims

[brownnova]

14 hours ago, chaseracer said:

Pretty sure SPOG does a panel - or maybe ECAS.

I thought so, I just need to pop up and see exactly which bit it is! 

[Dick Longbridge]

11 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Cavalier was dry and leak free for a few days, even on a longish run.

GUESS FUKIN WOT.

It's shat it's coolant AGAIN.

A few days ago a small water pipe from the thermostat housing was leaking so I replaced the spring clip with a stronger jubilee and tightened it right up. Except it wasn't that at all and the water pump feed pipe above was not tightened enough. Now that small pipe has split right at the jubilee clip and it picked the moment I had put the car in my garage to have a prod at it to completely shear off. 

Cue frantic running around to catch around 3 litres of coolant from flooding the garage and house.

Thankfully the pipe is a bit longer than necessary so I'll just trim off the torn end and refit. Oh and also then refit for about the 6th time, the 312 boost pipes that are in the way.

If ever there's anyone needing a cooling system completely stripped and rebuilt on an Isuzu 1.7 TD in 19 minutes, hit me up.

 

I thought 1990s dervs were reliable*? 

At least when the ungrateful old bugger eventually sorts itself out, it should be pretty much bombproof ok for a while. It'll be worth it in the end!

[chaseracer]

2 hours ago, Dick Longbridge said:

At least when the ungrateful old bugger eventually sorts itself out, it should be pretty much bombproof ok for a while ready for a quick sale...

FTFY 😉

[Lankytim]

Today I finally managed to buy a 2002 V70 that I’d agree to buy a few months ago, a couple of collection attempts had been thwarted by being pinged and then catching Covid but today was the day when all the ducks were in a row, the planets aligned and I was finally able to scoop it up. 
 

My tool for collecting the V70 was the Amplus towing dolly which up until now I’d only used for moving old crocks around locally but this motor was in Bromborough on the Wirral, an hour or so from my home in Stoke on Trent and it was going to be by far the furthest I’d towed with it.  I met the sellers son at her house, had a chat and loaded up.

The Volvo was pretty sweet, D5 auto with 200k on the clock but one owner from new and full main dealer service history.  Unfortunately the elderly owner had knocked a motorcyclist off last December and it had been parked in a garage since then.  Fortunately the rider only had minor injuries although his bike was badly damaged and the Volvo took some damage too. 
 

The towing dolly worked really well with no issues at all other than the small aero tyres it uses getting slightly hot. I don’t know if it’s a feature of the design or not, those little wheels must be spinning at a tremendous speed even when I’m only doing 50mph or so. 
 

The V70 looks repairable but I’ll probably break it for spares instead, the auto box is probably on borrowed time as it’s on over 200k and are a weak point on these models, there’s lots of nice parts however. The Thor alloys sport newish Michelins and the spoiler would pretty snazzy on my own V70, I also fancy retrofitting the reverse sensors. 

 

[Vince70]

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

[sdkrc]

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

[aldo135]

 

16 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

Love this 😊

 

I work in a school and our primary 2s were making loads of things out of cardboard boxes yesterday, all donated from parents.  I only noticed when tidying that one of them was an Ann Summers box, who brings that in for the kids to play with 😂 thankfully there was no “space rocket” inside!

[mitsisigma01]

31 minutes ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

Had the same on my red K11 recently and it hasn't blown up yet even with E10 juice 🤞

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

It would be bad luck if the other lights lit up rather than just a milage...

[juular]

Engine withdrawal fail.

 

Trying to use an engine crane in this location is basically impossible thanks to the stones and the big divots despite lining the area with plywood.

I'm going to chop the front of the car off and just tow the bastard out with my van, subframe, engine, gearbox and suspension in one go.

[STUNO]

3 hours ago, sdkrc said:

My son is 2 and likes boxes. Pretending they're houses, cars, fire engines etc.

I'll order a large one and we can build a fort and paint it. Happy days. Can't envisage any problems here

...well shit.

Box arrives and it's far, far too big.

Obnoxiously big.

Can't hide this one.

Missus walks into the hallway and freaks out.

After assembly it's not so bad.

 

3 days in and it's going very well.

 

For all of you cardboard aficionados, it's a double walled, corrugated brown box 

Drove past a house yesterday. They had everything including a bouncy castle and merry go round hired for a 2-3 year old's party. My only comment was "they should have got a cardboard box, much more fun for a little one ".

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Vince70 said:

I hope it doesn’t mean bad luck if you get all the sixes come up on a red car but luckily I didn’t see any magpies this afternoon.

 

Not all 6's, first one still a zero.

[doobietoo]

Been a while since the last update as work has been properly silly busy but here we are. The 406 spent around 6 weeks in limp mode until we could get it to a Pug specialist with the proper kit. He cleared the 1500 odd codes that had built up over the last few years and diagnosed a £40 sensor in the intake somewhere as the issue. With that replaced along with the back of the exhaust which randomly fell off one day despite showing no signs of rust apart from at the joint that failed,  it was back to its old self and actually feels like a 2.2 turbo now.  The 1500 to 3500 rev pull brings a smile to your face and becomes a bit addictive. It does put a bit of a dent in the fuel consumption however it is still over 40mpg despite mainly covering sub 10 mile trips. 

As I am on holiday it went in for its MOT last week and failed on four bulbs, an anti-roll bar link dust cover (we replaced both links as the other one got a bit bent when the spring broke) and a broken front number plate caused by a kamikaze pheasant who decided he could cross the road in front of myself and the bus I was overtaking. He cleared the bus but had no chance with me and died in an explosion of feathers.   The indicator bulbs are yellow with clear covers and the yellow fades over time hence the fail. 

For a 19 year old vehicle I think that is quite a good result and means I will have another year in its company. Despite old Peugeot absolutely everything electrical still works including the heated seats, auto wipers, auto lights and the cruise control. The only remaining fault now is the dodgy fuel gauge which goes from full to quarter full normally then jumps back to half full and then continues back to empty. I have a new one but my mechanic is a bit loathe to fit it as it means taking the tank out which in turn means taking lots of other bits off. We will get it done once we are both less busy. 

 

[Cord Fourteener]

With the Mondeo in the garage over the weekend (wasn't the plan!) The Volvo is doing the family long haul work. 

It's easy, the most relaxing long distance drive I've had in a while, possibly ever!

 

[puddlethumper]

I had a go with a Plasma cutter on Friday. This one can cut through 20mm steel. I was impressed.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, puddlethumper said:

I had a go with a Plasma cutter on Friday. This one can cut through 20mm steel. I was impressed.

Most bank robberies are online these days, though!

[juular]

54 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said:

With the Mondeo in the garage over the weekend (wasn't the plan!) The Volvo is doing the family long haul work. 

It's easy, the most relaxing long distance drive I've had in a while, possibly ever!

 

Handsome. It's the only word that can adequately describe one of the last real ovlovs.

[Cord Fourteener]

9 minutes ago, juular said:

Handsome. It's the only word that can adequately describe one of the last real ovlovs.

I did notice it getting attention on the motorway from other people. 

[juular]

Mrs's LS400 sounds amazing. I gather it isn't meant to. And the MOT is tomorrow.

Noise hole #1 of 2.

I R MEKANIK.

Sounds.. normal.

She's going to hate it. 

[Fumbler]

This morning, the BX has now decided it will sit at the correct ride height on every setting. I R Confuse.

[83C]

The Sharan is on facebook marketplace, so I'm dealing with the usual idiots. 

Today's example:

Buyer: Is this still available?

Me: Yes.

B: 500

Me: No, £750 is the lowest I'll go. 

B: 600??

Me: See above.

B: I come from Newport, fuel is expensive. 650?

Me: No, I'm not subsidising your fuel costs having already dropped £200 off the price. You want it, you pay your own fuel.

Message deleted, I can't be arsed to waste time responding any further. 

15 minutes later he comes back with agreeing on £750, and a request for address and phone number, vague address given but no number. Apparently on his way around 1300, be here in two hours (120 miles away on not great A roads, good luck). Just had a message saying he's still 50 miles away. Will he turn up at all? Will he have £750 with him? Will he try and pull any little stunts like sticking water in the oil etc? Who knows...

[Cord Fourteener]

2 hours ago, 83C said:

The Sharan is on facebook marketplace, so I'm dealing with the usual idiots. 

Today's example:

Buyer: Is this still available?

Me: Yes.

B: 500

Me: No, £750 is the lowest I'll go. 

B: 600??

Me: See above.

B: I come from Newport, fuel is expensive. 650?

Me: No, I'm not subsidising your fuel costs having already dropped £200 off the price. You want it, you pay your own fuel.

Message deleted, I can't be arsed to waste time responding any further. 

15 minutes later he comes back with agreeing on £750, and a request for address and phone number, vague address given but no number. Apparently on his way around 1300, be here in two hours (120 miles away on not great A roads, good luck). Just had a message saying he's still 50 miles away. Will he turn up at all? Will he have £750 with him? Will he try and pull any little stunts like sticking water in the oil etc? Who knows...

Who knows when dealing with FaceFook... Good luck, hope it goes well.