83C Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Got a message at 1530 saying he was 50 miles away. Unless he’s travelling aboard a heavily drugged sloth, I reckon he is lying. Cord Fourteener and Low Horatio gearbox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 3 hours ago, 83C said: ...... 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... No, no (but depends on previous answer), yes (but see answer to first question). Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 That's opposite of what a buyer had off me today. Message fellow. Chat to him via messenger. Then speak to him on the phone. Arrange money, transport to pick it up. Turn up. Check over car, discuss money person to person. Was cheeky (in my mind) and offered a price. Buyer agreed. Do a buy. Bring car home. One Saab 93 Turbo Coupe. It's really not hard. You either want it or not. But I've got one major problem now... I actually didn't need another car. Oh fudge! 😂 brownnova, Cord Fourteener, Floatylight and 8 others 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I went to the Bodrhyddan Hall car show today… forecast said 10% chance of rain… so I thought it would be a good show… If course BBC weather had missed a nought off the chance of rain and it teemed it down from about an hour in. Arriving (when it was barely even spitting) we turned up the drive to find ourselves behind this red 2CV… so we ended up parked together which was good. A little later… Another turned up. There was space on the end of our row… Bloody Astra. Also on our row… So I went round thinking I’d take some pics on the second round. Then the heavens opened, so I went to the burger can and retreated to the car. View wasn’t bad… *aroused noises* This was behind me too… Sadly the persistence of the rain meant that by 12.00 I’d had enough and I beat a hasty retreat without even going round again (having outlasted a fair few other cars, and being in a convoy of 5 classics leaving.) Shame that my most local big show was wet again… Low Horatio gearbox, Dyslexic Viking, Austat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Like for show. Sad react for weather. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Friend drove round in his toyota aygo with engine light on and fluctuating idle. We plugged obd dongle on and discovered fault code P0511 idle air control valve fault.We peer under bonnet and poke at engine while tutting to ourselves and sucking through our teeth at the expenses this will incur like real mekaniks.Then we find a broken wire to the idle control valve that is broken right on the plug. To confirm this was the issue I poked a t-pin in to the plug connector and bared back the wire and soldered it on. She idled again!!! we called it a temporary* fix that we covered in silicone sealant and electrical tape while we look into getting a replacement 4 pin wiring plug for it.We then drink tea and bask in the glory of fixing a car. Stanky, Jenson Velcro, Unlucky Alf and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Fumbler said: This morning, the BX has now decided it will sit at the correct ride height on every setting. I R Confuse. Probably one of the height corrector linkages is sticky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 19 hours ago, juular said: 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. u can run a kwik fit depot now i recon better than they do.. Low Horatio gearbox, Minimad5 and juular 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, JMotor said: That's opposite of what a buyer had off me today. Message fellow. Chat to him via messenger. Then speak to him on the phone. Arrange money, transport to pick it up. Turn up. Check over car, discuss money person to person. Was cheeky (in my mind) and offered a price. Buyer agreed. Do a buy. Bring car home. One Saab 93 Turbo Coupe. It's really not hard. You either want it or not. I have one major problem... I actually didn't need another car. Oh fudge! 😂 Me and my 7 year old have been missing my 5 door Noobtuned black 93og. Crazy, comfy and very pretty. JMotor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, louiepj said: Friend drove round in his toyota aygo with engine light on and fluctuating idle. We plugged obd dongle on and discovered fault code P0511 idle air control valve fault. We peer under bonnet and poke at engine while tutting to ourselves and sucking through our teeth at the expenses this will incur like real mekaniks. Then we find a broken wire to the idle control valve that is broken right on the plug. To confirm this was the issue I poked a t-pin in to the plug connector and bared back the wire and soldered it on. She idled again!!! we called it a temporary* fix that we covered in silicone sealant and electrical tape while we look into getting a replacement 4 pin wiring plug for it. We then drink tea and bask in the glory of fixing a car. When I got my passat the next day it stopped boosting. Problem was given via obd2 diagnostics curtesy of a neighbour; the MAF sensor wire had freyed. That was easily twisted back and taped up and its been fine since. I like cheap easy fixes! JMotor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 hour ago, artdjones said: Probably one of the height corrector linkages is sticky. It feels like that, for sure. Hopefully having it up in the air this Friday will tell all. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMotor Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, Cord Fourteener said: Me and my 7 year old have been missing my 5 door Noobtuned black 93og. Crazy, comfy and very pretty Have been looking through the Noobtune FB page 😂. Even a simple remap would make it a good bit more nippy. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Well, the Sharan is still parked outside, unsurprisingly because nobody turned up. Maybe he got lost on the way from Newport, maybe he was bullshitting. Looking on his profile he seems to be rather religious, maybe he is praying tonight for forgiveness for being an arse? Somehow I doubt it. Fortunately no inconvenience to me, I'd planned a day at home anyhow. Still don't get why pretending to come and see a car is any sort of game worth playing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 What a cute little friction plate. Also love the handling instructions, very Japanese 😃 dome, Low Horatio gearbox, 83C and 15 others 10 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Fucking GT 86, something else has broken. The second thing in 3 years! A door courtesy light has blown. LightBulbFun, Fumbler, 83C and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightMegs Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 I put Scarlet's front bumper and grille back on yesterday before doing battle with the bolt on the crank pulley in an attempt to change the cambelt. It looks like someone has had a fight with the crank pulley before as there are chunks gouged out of the rim. I'm starting to think it wouldn't be worth the hassle replacing the belt as the one on it, though old, has no signs of being perished and the text on the smooth side is still perfectly readable. The crank pulley wouldn't even need to come off had Toyota decided to split the timing cover into three pieces rather than two... Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 The Rover 75 had its first long run in over a year at the weekend, down to the FOD and back on Saturday. Most enjoyable day, weather was great and I got to have a drive of a Citroën GS which is something I've wanted to do for a while. Sunday I met up with my work colleagues for a coffee which was nice - haven't seen them in the flesh since before Christmas. Then I drove down to Shotley in the Caliber to catch the tail end of the ECR meet / HubNut social - a lot of people had left by the time I got there but there was still some quality chod in the field, including a turbo diesel 505 saloon and a Bond Minicar which showed off its party trick by spinning in its own length in the pub car park on its way out. Anyone care to guess how much the H van was up for sale for? catsinthewelder, Austat, aldo135 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Nice to see you yesterday Wuvvum, that Dodge of yours is impressive for the fact there's so much hard plastic inside you could easily wash the interior out with a hose pipe if someone chucked up in it! I had the pleasure of Dollywobbler staying over for the evening in readiness for our East Coast Retros meet in the morning, I even ended up mopping some of his car for him. We had around 400 cars at the meet again, it was absolutely manic! I didn't get many photos as I was too busy parking cars or talking but here a couple I did get This was a recent Japanese import, my friend who owns it had one for years and done over 170000 miles in it before selling it at 233000 miles with a duff fuel pump and wants to make a replica of it with this one. And this was for sale for £2750, I particularly liked the 4 ft cobweb across the dash! Yoss, juular, Dyslexic Viking and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 14 hours ago, JMotor said: That's opposite of what a buyer had off me today. Message fellow. Chat to him via messenger. Then speak to him on the phone. Arrange money, transport to pick it up. Turn up. Check over car, discuss money person to person. Was cheeky (in my mind) and offered a price. Buyer agreed. Do a buy. Bring car home. One Saab 93 Turbo Coupe. It's really not hard. You either want it or not. I have one major problem... I actually didn't need another car. Oh fudge! 😂 OOF LEVEL INTENSIFIES That's lovely, absolutely love these 9-3's, brilliant cars JMotor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 On 19/09/2021 at 08:35, doobietoo said: 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. All the codes were cleared here too, I can't recall any of them reoccurring either (maybe the usual HDI pre-post heater one). Is the manual switch still on the fuel filler cap for dosing Eloys? That's a proper Burgess Microswitch one made in the factory on the team valley where my dad worked, if you ever remove it let me know and I'll pay the postage It is a great car with a fantastic interior, but I must admit I'm pleased to not have that engine in the fleet anymore. A 2.0 HDI one would be a great asset, I feel unfinished business with them as Mrs L1 declared it uncomfortable (whilst 6 months pregnant) and I think I actually prefer them to the 405 as a daily. Only getting 31MPG to the south of france and back was a bit pants though. If you're confident with the engine and the turbo, is a remap on the cards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 That Levin is just glorious. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 An interesting one, at work they've taken half the car park and are building a new part of the factory. Now, one of our drivers collars me the other day. "Is your car covered in overspray?" 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Turns out it is, a fine grey like aerosol mist. (Not sure if it's paint, or a sealant type deal.) I told my boss my number plate and now the insurance agent rang to discuss, a claim or some such shite. However, the car paint is already fucked and has a maingy roof and lacquer peel. Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Aston Martin said: An interesting one, at work they've taken half the car park and are building a new part of the factory. Now, one of our drivers collars me the other day. "Is your car covered in overspray?" 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Turns out it is, a fine grey like aerosol mist. (Not sure if it's paint, or a sealant type deal.) I told my boss my number plate and now the insurance agent rang to discuss, a claim or some such shite. However, the car paint is already fucked and has a maingy roof and lacquer peel. Time to get the paint sorted for free then! adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 58 minutes ago, Aston Martin said: An interesting one, at work they've taken half the car park and are building a new part of the factory. Now, one of our drivers collars me the other day. "Is your car covered in overspray?" 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Turns out it is, a fine grey like aerosol mist. (Not sure if it's paint, or a sealant type deal.) I told my boss my number plate and now the insurance agent rang to discuss, a claim or some such shite. However, the car paint is already fucked and has a maingy roof and lacquer peel. Do you want to borrow my car for a week or so? I'll drive to you and leave £100 in the glovebox for your effort if you can get it a full respray! Low Horatio gearbox and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Stanky said: Do you want to borrow my car for a week or so? I'll drive to you and leave £100 in the glovebox for your effort if you can get it a full respray! Where do we put our names down? 🤣 Stanky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 *Sigh...* Low Horatio gearbox and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I don't think it's the grey shit, I think it's the white shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Tackled the 545's rear brakeso oddly no drama - nothing seized. Need to take for a road test now. dome and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Just chugged past my front window… Stanky, brownnova, Yoss and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I love that pick up. I remember they did a canvas tilt for the back of them, but not many people bought it. Austat and chadders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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