Pete-M Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, alcyonecorporation said: Those photos came alright, eh. Yeah. They're better than ones I'd have taken, wot wiv bein' an ebay fotographist an all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, Pete-M said: There was a lot of that about. I've had a few "real" minis and other than the hilarious handling there's not much about them that appeals to me. The BMW minis also corner hilariously well, but they're comfy to drive and lots more refined, as you'd expect from a 40 year newer design. I never understood the huge dislike of these from old car folk. Ok, the BMW mini isn't as tiny as the original but people are a fair bit larger than they were in the 1950s. 😀 I mentioned this before, early 2000s I was involved with a local mini group. I wasn't full on but I went to the more interesting sounding events. One guy has a beautiful black mk1 Cooper S and there were people who kissed his arse constantly and looked at him like he was some sort of God. One meeting, I think it was a pub quiz, he turned up in a Bini Cooper. He still had the mk1, just left it at home. Some went out to have a look and sit in, but I saw people actually turn their back on him and refused to speak to him. The same people who sucked up to him before. I turned up in a Sierra and no one said a word. (mini was in bits). That was the last meet I went to, and proved everything you ever suspected about one make car clubs. Pete-M and carburettor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/20/2021 at 3:18 PM, grogee said: Michelins, I hope? LJK Setright would be rotating in his grave if not. Forgot to add that the CX front discs and calipers were found to be still alright. Couldn't see enough of the pads, though, and some of that pad sensor wiring is looking a touch frayed....: Shite Ron and Stevebrookman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Pete-M said: I never understood the huge dislike of these from old car folk. Is it time for some ironic "100% BMC FREE" stickers ? Timewaster, catsinthewelder, Pete-M and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Forgot to add that the CX front discs and calipers were found to be still alright. Couldn't see enough of the pads, though, and some of that pad sensor wiring is looking a touch frayed....: They look like mighty 4-pot calipers on fairly small discs (compared to modernz). Bet it stops pretty well, I guess the magic suspension stops it squatting under hard braking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Well it sort of works. Didn't seem to want to open any further than that. It closed again OK though, much to my relief. The fan belt is indeed as loose as a hooker's whatsit, so I'll be getting that tightened. Will need to get the car up on the ramps though as the alternator mounting bolt isn't really accessible from the top. FSH: That was about 40K ago so on mileage at least the belt should have a bit of life left in it. The exhaust blow is coming from the downpipe near the manifold, which would explain why I had to drive all the way home with the heating on "recirculate". It looks like it's been welded before and is blowing on the edge of the welded patch. It's not a big hole but it does make a bit of noise being so close to the engine so that'll need sorting too - I'm going to Gun Gum it temporarily but it'll eventually need a new pipe - I'm hoping the bolts will come out without snapping, they look a bit heftier than the ones on the Swift to be fair. The Charade drove back from the West Midlands happily enough. It's surprisingly decent on the motorway for a 1-litre automatic - the engine is a bit buzzy as you'd expect, but it doesn't feel dangerously underpowered at all. Off the line it's positively nippy. The only issue that's going to need immediate attention is the heater is almost completely useless at anything above town speeds. There's no temp gauge so I can't tell whether that's because the engine is running cold or the heater matrix is partially blocked. I'm going to plug the laptop in and see if it'll read live data from the car so I can see what the coolant temp is doing. When stationary it gets warm enough to defrost the windscreen, which is the essential thing. Otherwise I rather like it - it's ridiculously easy to drive and surprisingly spacious for such a tiny car - I can fit in the back OK even with the driver's seat fully aft. It used a bit more fuel than I was expecting, but then it's not really designed for long motorway journeys - also if the engine is running cool that will probably have an adverse effect on the fuel economy. Coprolalia, alcyonecorporation, Sigmund Fraud and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The little green Fiesta is looking a lot less green now. It's remarkable how tidy it was under all that green moss and algae but I've now hit a snag, It won't rev over 3800 rpm and smokes when on the limiter, the ecu comes up with a P132B fault code which is a turbo actuator or boost fault? I'm not sure how deep i want to go into fixing that yet as i have no experience in them? other than a needing a new windscreen it's almost ready for a mot now though. Isopon, brownnova, Six-cylinder and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, grogee said: They look like mighty 4-pot calipers on fairly small discs (compared to modernz). Bet it stops pretty well, I guess the magic suspension stops it squatting under hard braking? It does. It stops a touch* better now that the ancient Maxxis tyres (date code was from, er, 16 years ago) have been binned. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 11/19/2021 at 7:58 PM, stuboy said: Fitted the uim cover to the v6 today, seems they was not about for long so sell quickly when come up for sale... Any one recommend a good plastics treatment? Thought I'd add a splash of colour by painting the letters and numbers.. Steviemillar, alcyonecorporation, Stevebrookman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Poorly elderly relative awaits surgery. Get well soon Auntie. BorniteIdentity, Jim Bell, Sigmund Fraud and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, trigger said: The little green Fiesta is looking a lot less green now. It's remarkable how tidy it was under all that green moss and algae but I've now hit a snag, It won't rev over 3800 rpm and smokes when on the limiter, the ecu comes up with a P132B fault code which is a turbo actuator or boost fault? I'm not sure how deep i want to go into fixing that yet as i have no experience in them? other than a needing a new windscreen it's almost ready for a mot now though. Don't make the mistake I made on my Espace. I assumed the noisy turbo was the culprit and spent quite a bit of time and money replacing it. Turned out that it was the solenoid valve that directs vacuum to the turbo (VGT?) actuator. The valve was £30 and ten minutes to fit... If you like I will see what I can dig out on Ford ETIS for the solenoid, assuming there is one. mercedade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 4 hours ago, yes oui si said: Wow that looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom13 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Pete-M said: This week I finally decided to buy myself an R53 Cooper S. Spent quite some time looking for one with the spec I wanted, and finally found one with all the bits I was looking for - leather, climate, nav, cruise, xenon, chili pack, sport suspension, pre-facelift, Cooper S only colour (Electric Blue). It is bloody good fun. The R53 Cooper S is 20 years old next year. Don't see many like this anymore. Only modifications to it are R56 rear trailing arms (stronger), non-runflat Bridgestones and polybushes. Nice this. I nearly went and had a look at a 2004 copper S convertible on facebook last week. The oil leaks, and MPG put me off getting one this time but I will definitely have one at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 I thought the Mondeo Hatchback was behaving itself. Instead it's been secretly and silently shitting itself. grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urko Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 19 hours ago, yes oui si said: Finally got the audi wheels on. I liked the steels, these work much better: That looks awful, like some wannabe pineapple dubber - what's next, NATO paint and a roof rack? SiC, brownnova, Angrydicky and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 2 hours ago, tom13 said: Nice this. I nearly went and had a look at a 2004 copper S convertible on facebook last week. The oil leaks, and MPG put me off getting one this time but I will definitely have one at some point. My one has had pretty much all the gaskets replaced. I noticed last night they've not replaced the PCV valve, which is probably what popped all the old gaskets. PCV on order. tom13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 4 hours ago, grogee said: Don't make the mistake I made on my Espace. I assumed the noisy turbo was the culprit and spent quite a bit of time and money replacing it. Turned out that it was the solenoid valve that directs vacuum to the turbo (VGT?) actuator. The valve was £30 and ten minutes to fit... If you like I will see what I can dig out on Ford ETIS for the solenoid, assuming there is one. Cheers for the offer, I've just managed to fix it... It ended up being a stuck actuator, took the E Clip of the rod and it all spring back into life again, gave it a squirt of WD40 and it now runs perfect, cleared the codes and there's no lights either so happy days! Minimad5, Garythesnail, DVee8 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 25 minutes ago, trigger said: Cheers for the offer, I've just managed to fix it... It ended up being a stick actuator, took the E Clip of the rod and it all spring back into life again, gave it a squirt of WD40 and it now runs perfect, cleared the codes and there's no lights either so happy days! Reeeee-sult! Good work. Hope the new screen gets done soon. Happy motoring! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Urko said: That looks awful, like some wannabe pineapple dubber - what's next, NATO paint and a roof rack? Can you show us on the doll where the nasty car hurt your feelings? Shiny paint, nothing on the roof. tom13, mercedade, Leyland Worldmaster and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 5 hours ago, grogee said: They look like mighty 4-pot calipers on fairly small discs (compared to modernz). Bet it stops pretty well, I guess the magic suspension stops it squatting under hard braking? If you look closely you’ll see that the caliper is not attached to the hub-carrier / steering knuckle it IS the hub carrier! One part doing two jobs, in this case helping to keep the unsprung weight down as well as engineering for efficient production. And yes, CX braking is almost dive-free and it is very powerful grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 The first frost I've seen this winter has fallen. Not much but it's there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 7 hours ago, wuvvum said: The exhaust blow is coming from the downpipe near the manifold, which would explain why I had to drive all the way home with the heating on "recirculate". It looks like it's been welded before and is blowing on the edge of the welded patch. It's not a big hole but it does make a bit of noise being so close to the engine so that'll need sorting too - I'm going to Gun Gum it temporarily but it'll eventually need a new pipe Well this could be more awkward than I expected. New exhaust down pipes seem to be completely unobtainium. Which would explain why the existing one has been welded. Balls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Well this could be more awkward than I expected. New exhaust down pipes seem to be completely unobtainium. Which would explain why the existing one has been welded. Balls. I'm guessing a custom stainless one goes completely against the ethos of AS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 It'd also probably cost more than I paid for the car... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, wuvvum said: It'd also probably cost more than I paid for the car... Is there a similar pipe from another car that could be adapted*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 It would appear not. I assumed the Kia Pride down pipe would be the same, given that they're the same car, but nope - completely different. The bubble shape 121 is closer, but still not the same - that used a 16v version of the same basic engine. I've only found one place online that even lists the correct part, and they're out of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, wuvvum said: It would appear not. I assumed the Kia Pride down pipe would be the same, given that they're the same car, but nope - completely different. The bubble shape 121 is closer, but still not the same - that used a 16v version of the same basic engine. I've only found one place online that even lists the correct part, and they're out of stock. You've probably already seen this used one.... wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I hadn't actually - I'd not ventured into overseas breakers yet, a lot of them don't want to post to the UK anymore as I found when I was trying to get Innocenti bits. I'll bookmark that one though - can't see it selling particularly quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: It would appear not. I assumed the Kia Pride down pipe would be the same, given that they're the same car, but nope - completely different. The bubble shape 121 is closer, but still not the same - that used a 16v version of the same basic engine. I've only found one place online that even lists the correct part, and they're out of stock. Is it the same engine used as in the Kia? If so could the whole system from a Kia be used, even if the individual bits are different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Or do the right thing and find an MX-5 which has the same family of engine but a bit bigger holes inside LightBulbFun, yes oui si and wuvvum 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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