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4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Ive now given up hope with the garage that has got my Audi. That's been 3 weeks and they've just fobbed me off. Why they just dont tell me they are too busy or aren't interested I don't know. I'm a polite and reasonable man.

I put a post up on the Audi 80 pages saying I might be breaking it and I think I got about 10 messages asking to buy it whole for £5-£600.

I realised that the headlights are worth a lot of money as are a lot of the other parts that are specific to final edition models so they are all clearly wanting to make a fast buck out of me.

There is a used stainless system for sale for £350 but that's just too close to the price of a new one for me.

I'll get it back and decide then. The same thing happened with the Cavalier and I felt differently once it was on the drive.

£350 plus fitting to get it back on the road isn't a huge sum. Especially if the owner of the system would have some flexibility on price 

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3 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I put the Prelude on Marketplace yesterday. 

There's a guy that's been on a train since 8am on his way to collect it.

:shock:

Wasnt the prelude meant to be a keeper? I’m struggling to keep up with your ins and outs lately ghosty! 

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Major news in the Greengartside fleet.

FATHA has since disposed of the troublesome Skoda Octavia and has bought this fine machine..

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A 2006 Renault Modus 1.6i Initiale in Ron Atkinson Gold with nearly a full year’s ticket and a stack of receipts for everything, right down to a wiper blade. All OAP owners before my dad and it is clear to see it was cherished in the past. It was advertised on facefart marketplace for a few weeks and there were no takers. It was only ten minutes in the car so on my week off I decided to go and have a look. A test drive was done and money exchanged hands. Bizarrely, the front coil spring broke as I moved it off the guy’s driveway. He offered to fix it at no cost to me so I didn’t chip him down on the price as it seemed fair and it was a genuine stroke of bad luck. A thoroughly decent chap who was into his cars too. Anyway, I picked it up Thursday morning. No pez station shot as there was half a tank of fuel in it already.

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FULL LEVVER INTERIA. Made from real French cows, dontchaknow.

Even the quirky little ‘boot chute’ works!

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However, there were a couple of three bits that needed sorting. Firstly the front towing eye cover needed replacing as it had broken tabs.

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Luckily, my local scrappers has a Modus in exactly the same colour so I managed to salvage the cover and replaced it.

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This Modus also helped donate a few other parts too.

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I didn’t realise that it was missing the rubber lip that goes across the top of the bonnet/bumper. The donor car came up trumps here again. Evidence this hasn’t been cleaned under here in a while.

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Sorted, much better. It’ll also stop the water running down the inside of the bonnet etc.

I also disconnected the rear parking sensors as they were constantly bleeping whenever reverse gear was selected.

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GINUWINE RENNO SENSRS, too. It’s only a temporary fix and I will look into getting it sorted.

I also found an original dealer sticker out of a scrapped Renault so I put it back in it’s correct place. Originally sold at Mitchell’s of Lowestoft, it then went to Hornchurch in Essex, then Clacton and amazingly back to Norfolk in a little village near Norwich, and we bought it from there.

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And for some bizarre reason, the aerial whip was spray painted silver! I assume that was because of the OAP owner’s difficulty in locating their car and that was done to make it stand out? A quick splash of satin black and lacquer brought it back to standard.

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As it is the Initiale model, it should have Xenon headlamps but there is a receipt from 2017 stating that they were replaced for standard units because of a fault in the system somewhere. A great shame and it will be something I will try and get sorted. As a consequence, the Xenon’s operated with an automatic headlamp leveller of some sort - basically there was no internal adjuster fitted. Again, the scrap Modus came to the rescue and I managed to retrofit a headlamp adjuster and this now works.

Dad paid £750 for it, which I think is worth every single penny. It drives absolutely brilliant and I am seriously impressed with it - one of the best cars he’s purchased in a long time. I’m on the hunt for a set of genuine mats for it so if anyone has some I’d be very grateful. Next big job will be to replace the timing belt and dephaser pulleys.

VERDICT: SOLID GOLD SHITE.

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2 minutes ago, greengartside said:

Major news in the Greengartside fleet.

FATHA has since disposed of the troublesome Skoda Octavia and has bought this fine machine..

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A 2006 Renault Modus 1.6i Initiale in Ron Atkinson Gold with nearly a full year’s ticket and a stack of receipts for everything, right down to a wiper blade. All OAP owners before my dad and it is clear to see it was cherished in the past. It was advertised on facefart marketplace for a few weeks and there were no takers. It was only ten minutes in the car so on my week off I decided to go and have a look. A test drive was done and money exchanged hands. Bizarrely, the front coil spring broke as I moved it off the guy’s driveway. He offered to fix it at no cost to me so I didn’t chip him down on the price as it seemed fair and it was a genuine stroke of bad luck. A thoroughly decent chap who was into his cars too. Anyway, I picked it up Thursday morning. No pez station shot as there was half a tank of fuel in it already.

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Amazingly, everything works on it.CB937382-DECC-48C7-8016-2A584987B381.thumb.jpeg.fc86158f92793d61e8802414b9a3ae05.jpeg

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FULL LEVVER INTERIA. Made from real French cows, dontchaknow.

Even the quirky little ‘boot chute’ works!

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However, there were a couple of three bits that needed sorting. Firstly the front towing eye cover needed replacing as it had broken tabs.

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Luckily, my local scrappers has a Modus in exactly the same colour so I managed to salvage the cover and replaced it.

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This Modus also helped donate a few other parts too.

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I didn’t realise that it was missing the rubber lip that goes across the top of the bonnet/bumper. The donor car came up trumps here again. Evidence this hasn’t been cleaned under here in a while.

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Sorted, much better. It’ll also stop the water running down the inside of the bonnet etc.

I also disconnected the rear parking sensors as they were constantly bleeping whenever reverse gear was selected.

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GINUWINE RENNO SENSRS, too. It’s only a temporary fix and I will look into getting it sorted.

I also found an original dealer sticker out of a scrapped Renault so I put it back in it’s correct place. Originally sold at Mitchell’s of Lowestoft, it then went to Hornchurch in Essex, then Clacton and amazingly back to Norfolk in a little village near Norwich, and we bought it from there.

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And for some bizarre reason, the aerial whip was spray painted silver! I assume that was because of the OAP owner’s difficulty in locating their car and that was done to make it stand out? A quick splash of satin black and lacquer brought it back to standard.

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As it is the Initiale model, it should have Xenon headlamps but there is a receipt from 2017 stating that they were replaced for standard units because of a fault in the system somewhere. A great shame and it will be something I will try and get sorted. As a consequence, the Xenon’s operated with an automatic headlamp leveller of some sort - basically there was no internal adjuster fitted. Again, the scrap Modus came to the rescue and I managed to retrofit a headlamp adjuster and this now works.

Dad paid £750 for it, which I think is worth every single penny. It drives absolutely brilliant and I am seriously impressed with it - one of the best cars he’s purchased in a long time. I’m on the hunt for a set of genuine mats for it so if anyone has some I’d be very grateful. Next big job will be to replace the timing belt and dephaser pulleys.

VERDICT: SOLID GOLD SHITE.

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That really ought to be part of the revitalised AS logo. Extraordinary. Well bloody played. 

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1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

That looks a fantastic little thing.  I'm not sure I'd want to go to the hassle of refitting Xenon headlights mind - every car I've owned with HID lights they've been completely shit.

Cheers Wuv, yeah I’m sure they were replaced for a reason. I don’t think dad’s too fussed either - I’ve done the hard bit of putting the adjuster in so at least it’s MOT-acceptable.

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2 hours ago, greengartside said:

Cheers Wuv, yeah I’m sure they were replaced for a reason. I don’t think dad’s too fussed either - I’ve done the hard bit of putting the adjuster in so at least it’s MOT-acceptable.

Although, as I found with the Škoda, if there is no headlight adjustment system fitted it's not a fail - it's only a fail if it's fitted and doesn't work.

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@greengartside love the modus. Really nice spec those initiales. 

The Morris minor has run out of electricity

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Handily it’s not game over; I dug out the starting handle which caused double takes from passers by. 

I’m pretty useless at electrics but I did a test with my multimeter which suggests the dynamo is not working. A second hand an apparently  tested and working unit was cheap and is on its way.

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Meanwhile being a glass half full person a mystery water leak into the boot serves as a mobile vase  whilst some flowers are in transit….

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After 8 weeks with the welder we finally got the 2CV back today! 
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It did look like it was becoming subsumed into his collection when I arrived.

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8 weeks was a bit waiting for parts and a bit me not having been able to collect for a bit. But it’s nice that you can no longer see the floor through the inner wings. 
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He left me some of the metal… 

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A good job appears to have been done. Can make a proper start on it’s cosmetics now. 

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3 minutes ago, brownnova said:

After 8 weeks with the welder we finally got the 2CV back today! 
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It did look like it was becoming subsumed into his collection when I arrived.

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8 weeks was a bit waiting for parts and a bit me not having been able to collect for a bit. But it’s nice that you can no longer see the floor through the inner wings. 
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He left me some of the metal… 

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A good job appears to have been done. Can make a proper start on it’s cosmetics now. 

Did he leave the rear seat clamps?

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RichardK - those new Ford Pumas are utterly, utterly gopping. All modern cars are ugly but that’s one of the worst ones I’ve seen for a while.

Some muppet around here has a bright, Kermit green ‘ST’ version. They drive it very badly and far too close, trying to bully peasants in 24 year old Rovers (like me). You can imagine what I thought, the first time I saw that awful, green frogface filling my rear view mirror. I had no idea what it was and had to read the badge to find out, when they finally overtook me.

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On 9/25/2021 at 1:39 PM, RayMK said:

For the last 3 months my Reliant Regal MKVI has been stuffed further in to my garage to make room for my son's motorcycle. Access to the Reliant is thus limited even more than previously to someone with my athletic* abilities. I last ran the engine and moved the car on 14th October 2020. Apart from an occasional mop around to evict spiders, I've not touched it since.  Today, still with very little enthusiasm to start it because of the difficulty of actually getting in to it, I strained every joint and have probably bruised my shins as well but managed to get in. I had prepared by charging the battery yesterday. Turning the ignition key gave a normal response on the dashboard i.e. oil and charge light came on, so I turned the key further to engage the starter.  All sounded normal but it did not fire on the first three 20 second attempts - it always takes a while for the fuel system to prime. On the fourth attempt it fired and idled smoothly on choke for about a minute, then died. I checked for fuel flow: Zero.  Could be that the tank is empty or, more likely, bunged up because of the long period of inactivity. I'll have to syphon mucky fuel out of the tank next time and put some fresh stuff in, though now is not the time to visit a petrol station with a jerry can.  Anyway, the engine sounded fine and with a bit of effort with the car out of the garage it should run ok.  Waiting for next time could take  quite a while.  These days, mojo for doing anything to cars except getting in and driving is lacking. Fortunately, my '94 Tipo and modern Mirage at least allow me to do that.  

If you're not planning to put the tripod on the road draining off the stale stuff and replacing it with Aspen alkylate fuel would help; it stays fresh far longer than pump fuel.

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2 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

RichardK - those new Ford Pumas are utterly, utterly gopping.

I quite like them out of all the modern things - but it’s a “top half only” deal, like, remove the inner ring of the arch, the lower airdam, lower the lot and retain the lights, arch curve, grille, make it 3 doors, I’d like the result. Plan to photoshop it.

But all cars like this make me wish we had something else to review, that the whole industry hadn’t chased this market.

This is an ST. It’s quick, uncouth, rather fun from the driver’s seat but it’s the same price (give or take a couple of grand) as a GR Yaris which is better looking as a sporty car, four-wheel drive and very, very capable.

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15 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

If you're not planning to put the tripod on the road draining off the stale stuff and replacing it with Aspen alkylate fuel would help; it stays fresh far longer than pump fuel.

Thanks. That is not one I'd heard of.  I'm still undecided as to the car's future with me. Selling it next year is very likely.  Prior to that, I would want to get the car running again from a cleaned fuel system for a last drive in my ownership.  The last time I recommissioned the car ready to sell, I enjoyed it so much that plans to sell went out of the window.  We will have to see what happens next time 🤔.

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13 minutes ago, RayMK said:

Thanks. That is not one I'd heard of.  I'm still undecided as to the car's future with me. Selling it next year is very likely.  Prior to that, I would want to get the car running again from a cleaned fuel system for a last drive in my ownership.  The last time I recommissioned the car ready to sell, I enjoyed it so much that plans to sell went out of the window.  We will have to see what happens next time 🤔.

If you need a hand with anything do feel free to drop me a line.  Always happy to help folks on here out if I can.

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