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I'm sorry...what the hell?

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Just unbolted the exhaust manifold from the head...the last thing I said before starting was "Okay, let's place our bets on how many I snap..."

Every single one unbolted without any drama whatsoever.  Okay, 50/50 as to whether the nut unscrewed or it wound the stud out, but that's irrelevant to me at this stage.

What madness is this?!?  I was expecting this part to be a full afternoon of swearing in itself!

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19 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Try headbutting a pheasant whilst on a motorbike.. unpleasant.

I had one hit me in the chest after rolling over the nosecone of my Cagiva Mito. It then rolled up my chest, then over my helmet, leaving me slightly bemused.

The local policeman in Great Missenden, when I was young, P.C Flint, was unfortunately killed by a pheasant strike on his way home from work on the A41 between Chesham and Tring, whilst on a motorbike.

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A lot of work done on this recently.
Welding to offside sill at rear (cost £0 -did it myself)
I replaced the full cooling system as the radiator was corroded and blocked. New radiator, water pump, thermostat, fan switch, fans tested, coolant and I also replaced a few small pipes that were soft and leaking.
Straight through the MOT with only 2 advisories for front bushes and discs
New timing belt and tensioner today as the tensioners weren't done last time. Bottom pulley bolts had turned to chocolate so I'm glad I didn't attempt this myself.
Total cost including parts, the MOT and labour where I didn't do the work myself came to £264.

I took it to the Tartan Tarmac breakfast meet on Sunday and amongst about 95% very, very expensive and/or exotic cars, it seemed to be a refreshing change for the other attendees and got quite a bit of attention. 

A good choice of budget retro car I'd say.

 

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On my delivery on Monday there was a tree down right across the road. By the time I took this picture most of it had been cut up but when we first turned in to the road it was a sea of green right the way across. 

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I was off yesterday but when I got to the same spot today I found this. 

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I had no idea there was a car underneath it at the time. Shame as its quite unusual if not particularly interesting. 

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6 minutes ago, Yoss said:

On my delivery on Monday there was a tree down right across the road. By the time I took this picture most of it had been cut up but when we first turned in to the road it was a sea of green right the way across. 

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I was off yesterday but when I got to the same spot today I found this. 

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I had no idea there was a car underneath it at the time. Shame as its quite unusual if not particularly interesting. 

Tommi SMäkinen edition? 

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1 hour ago, Yoss said:

On my delivery on Monday there was a tree down right across the road. By the time I took this picture most of it had been cut up but when we first turned in to the road it was a sea of green right the way across. 

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I was off yesterday but when I got to the same spot today I found this. 

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I had no idea there was a car underneath it at the time. Shame as its quite unusual if not particularly interesting. 

I hope you logged that.

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15 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Specialist phones up saying they're too busy to see my car this week. Onwards to the next Citroen Specialists- Triple A in Rye. Hopefully they have a free slot. I spy a C5 estate outside so they can't be all that bad.

Was it a fixed C5 or a fkd come and get it off my forecourt C5.... 😉

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7 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I've got a telephone interview for the AA call centre in the morning. 

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

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On 28/09/2021 at 22:29, Barry Cade said:

Try headbutting a pheasant whilst on a motorbike.. unpleasant.

Try running one over on a 2 up loaded with camping equipment RD350LC at 85 mph. 

1) it's like hitting a curb.

2) my passenger slept through it.

3) my passenger asked what the smell of burnt meat was, when we arrive at the camp sight.

4) head later found trapped between belly pan and exhaust 

I once had to take a detour as a horse had jumped over the front of a car.  Poor horse was put down.  Ambulance was taking the driver away. 

Car looked like a write off. 

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2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

If you actually argue the toss with the retentions folk they drop your quote quite a bit... my mum does this every year and Relay is about £170. 

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3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

If you actually argue the toss with the retentions folk they drop your quote quite a bit... my mum does this every year and Relay is about £170. 

If they can do it profitably for £170 then charging an old man £422 puts them in the same category as the overcharging scam artists who rip off old people for repairs they have done.

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Audi has been delivered and will have the little things needed to pass the inspection fixed today. Then the excitement was what kind of car I got to borrow today, it became the workshop manager / owner's own Toyota Land Cruiser complete with his belongings and child seats.

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9 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Can you please ask them to justify the £422 per year they charged to a 76 year old man for his car recovery!!!! New member maybe...

No, 56 fkin years and they would still be skinning him now. Exploiting the elderly.... He didn't even drive for the last four years!!! 😠😠😠😠

Anyone know the email address of the bloke who does all the AA tv interviews 😠😠😠

 

Get them on twitter,,they hate bad PR..

Got taken over earlier in the year...

 

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5 hours ago, artdjones said:

If they can do it profitably for £170 then charging an old man £422 puts them in the same category as the overcharging scam artists who rip off old people for repairs they have done.

Especially when they know that he probably does 12 miles a week, and hasn't broken down since 1978, which is why he joined in the first place. 

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How can swapping a radiator be so difficult?

Capri:

Unscrew bottom coolant hose, drain coolant. Unbolt fan shroud. Unscrew top coolant hose. Unbolt 4 fixing bolts, pull radiator up.

 

Mondeo:

Spend ages fighting with bloody awful spring clips, eventually drain antifreeze onto hair/clothes, unscrew mounts for electric fan, unclip a load of related and unrelated wiring, try to remove, absolutely won't move, try to move bauden cable under the bonnet which gives a reassuring >SNAP< - oh feck - give up - come home and re-read the Haynes... bloody hell you have to dismantle half the bloody cooling system to even get the electric fan out! Give up and sit in the warm/dry.

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After wheel nearly falling off Mondeo there was one wheel nut missing and the rest merely loose.

I ordered a new nut, duly went to re-fit it and...

No threaded bar. It it possible it has sheared off along with the nut and that the two of them have gone for a romantic picnic together in the grass verge?

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Put the Cavalier away for the winter. Everyone knows these like to rot, except this one so I'd like to keep it that way.

I took the opportunity to picture the 2 auld dears of the fleet together as I was shuffling the cars about.

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Unfortunately I still can't get the Cavaliers thermostat pipes completely watertight. It's better than it was but the moisture ends up on the subframe which I do not want.

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The big pipe at the top is a new piece with new clips.  I think that's still leaking a bit. It's possibly not seated properly as it was very stiff and didn't really bend all that well.

The smaller pipe to the left of the the sender for the gauge is also dripping just a touch. I think this pipe is just old, I have a new more robust pipe left over from the Corsa engine change a few years ago.

The dark stuff on the block bottom left is Permatex,  it works very well indeed. It's backing up my home made gasket for the housing to block face.

Plenty of time to sort it over the winter.

There is also water getting into the boot which I think is from the aerial grommet. The aerial itself is electric but is almost completely seized but I have a complete replacement which I'll fit over the winter too.

Not much else needed really!

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1 hour ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Anything nasty to look out for on a 2006 Citroen C1 1.0 Rhythm please, going to c1🙄 in a while!! 

Clutch, clutch and clutch.

They were quite fragile on the earlier cars and several that I've driven (including mine) weren't adjusted right which in my case wrecked the release bearing.

Changing the radiator requires dropping the front crossmember which is bolted on with bolts made of cheese, so it's a question of how many you snap rather than if you snap any.

They're generally pretty hardy little cars though, so there aren't any other major pitfalls I'm aware of. 

By this age rust is obviously something you need to keep an eye out for as the factory protection wasn't great, but that's true of any car that's 15 years old really.

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