AnnoyingPentium Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 hours ago, High Jetter said: Must be a good polish then! Reminds me of the Polish Sherry scene from One Foot in the Grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Fumbler said: Helps that I have most of that to hand. It seems like an easy enough test to do. plenty of articles on how to make one on the net. You can either buy a second hand radiator cap to drill and fit the Schrader vavle too. Or maybe pull the overflow pipe from the expansion tank and clamp on to there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Sometimes running old cars feels like…. grogee, EML, Quintus and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 7 hours ago, wesacosa said: plenty of articles on how to make one on the net. You can either buy a second hand radiator cap to drill and fit the Schrader vavle too. Or maybe pull the overflow pipe from the expansion tank and clamp on to there? The overflow pipe is pretty accessible so I can do it from there. I have some bungs that'd fit quite well. wesacosa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 12:24 AM, HarmonicCheeseburger said: Anything to note of 1.8 or 2.0 1st gen Avensis in terms of problems or expensive borkage? Nothing at all. Squeaky steering racks is about the total sum of 'idiosyncrasies'. Mine is about to tick over 270,000 miles without a single incident. On 1/14/2022 at 12:50 AM, Ghosty said: Not really as they're just facelifted Carina Es. It's an interesting question. When is a facelift not a facelift? I'd argue that, with every single body panel being different, it's not a facelift at all. Only the engines were really carried over. But, I suppose they look a bit similar (as do all 90s Jap Saloons though). On 1/14/2022 at 11:06 AM, wuvvum said: Can't remember off the top of my head. Borniteidentity was our resident Mk1 Avensis expert, but he don't come by this way no more. If memory serves it's manageable as long as you don't let the oil level drop too low. I'm here. It's the 1.8 VVTi engines in the prefacelift MK2 Avensi you have to watch. Facelifts are easily spotted as they have the indicator repeaters in the door mirrors from 06plate on. One trick is just to run more oil in the early VVTi's; it's widely accepted that by having more oil - the contents don't get as hot and doesn't burn. I read somewhere that an early 'fix' for the issue was to simply move the markers further up the dipsticks! For me, the MK1 Avensis is the epitome of reliable motoring. Mine is now tired and will be pensioned off in a couple of months, but if I needed another car I'd just go and buy another one. Sadly, I now drive a modern for work purposes and the 'fleet of heaps' is full. Sigmund Fraud, wuvvum, Twiggy and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Good to see you back @BorniteIdentity 👍 NorthernMonkey, mercedade, nomiST and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernMonkey Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 12 minutes ago, MJK 24 said: Good to see you back @BorniteIdentity 👍 Absolutely 🙂 High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 MOT time for Felicia again. They were running late when I arrived so I offered to help. I've been coming here for decades and there were only two of them in today. Obviously I'm not a qualified MOT tester but by doing the job of sitting in the car and following the instructions shouted at me from underneath it does help them. The first car I had to do was this. I don't really keep up with all the modernz so I was surprised to find out that this was ten years old. It doesn't look it to me. It didn't seem that bad inside for such a small car. It had lots of gloss white trim which seemed better than the fake metal silver painted stuff that seems popular. It had one of these. Also with gloss white insert. And I was even more surprised to see these on such a small car. And this is what they were heating. Bits of leather, possibly real, and two types of cloth. I thought heated seats were mainly for leather but what do I know, I don't drive any cars from this century. It passed with flying colours, Neil the tester said it was like new underneath and the interior didn't have a mark on it. I once owned a ten year old car, a Dolomite SE, my first Dolomite, and I can assure you it did not look like a new car. And the Felicia? It passed if course, it's a Felicia. Sigmund Fraud, Dyslexic Viking, gm and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Good looking Felicia, that. Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJK 24 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Ronal Turbo’s ❤️ Yoss and AnnoyingPentium 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just bought a 90s French car with galactic mileage and no mot. Completely blind. From 100 miles away. Sounds like sheer fucking stupidity a recipe for issues, but I spoke to the owner at length beforehand and got a good vibe. So I'm cautiously optimistic... hope my gut feeling is right! Guess we'll see when it arrives next week! I've bought two cars blind in the past, with a 50% success rate. Hoping to increase that to 66%... 😅 AnnoyingPentium, adw1977, somewhatfoolish and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Soundwave said: Just bought a 90s French car with galactic mileage and no mot. Completely blind. From 100 miles away. Soundwave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 17/01/2022 at 06:25, brownnova said: Did a collection mission yesterday… went in the Volvo, but came back with a baby rather than another car! Decided to keep us on our toes by arriving 10 days early! But all is well… very often supplied with a leaky neck gasket- TADTS 🤣 brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwave Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: very often supplied with a leaky neck gasket- TADTS 🤣 Emissions are always an issue too! But congrats, @brownnova! brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Proud to say the newest car she has travelled in so far is a 1998 Mercedes… that’s ‘shite’ parenting right there. 👌 Dyslexic Viking, AnnoyingPentium and LabRat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 MoT today. Nails already bitten off. w00dy and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 8 minutes ago, Fumbler said: MoT today. Nails already bitten off. Best of luck. Jist feels like waiting for yer first born. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w00dy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 @95 quid Peugeot answered my plea for cheap practical motoring with this belonging to a work mate of his. It's a 1.3 CDTI in bASe 'Life' spec which presumably references a prison sentence, given most cells will be more lavishly equipped. I'm slightly disappointed it still has fancy electric front windows, but you can't have it all. It goes surprisingly well for a 1.3 estate, and the drive back across the width of the country was nice and easy. The wheel trims are going in the bin as soon as I can be bothered to cut them free. Dyslexic Viking, AnnoyingPentium, 95 quid Peugeot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/17/2022 at 6:25 AM, brownnova said: Did a collection mission yesterday… went in the Volvo, but came back with a baby rather than another car! Decided to keep us on our toes by arriving 10 days early! But all is well… Hmm, old Saab, old Volvo and new born. I'm sat here trying to work the phrase 'it's like trying to pick your favourite child' in to a witty remark but it's not quite coming to me. But you get the idea. Congratulations by the way. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 quid Peugeot Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, w00dy said: @95 quid Peugeot answered my plea for cheap practical motoring with this belonging to a work mate of his. It's a 1.3 CDTI in bASe 'Life' spec which presumably references a prison sentence, given most cells will be more lavishly equipped. I'm slightly disappointed it still has fancy electric front windows, but you can't have it all. It goes surprisingly well for a 1.3 estate, and the drive back across the width of the country was nice and easy. The wheel trims are going in the bin as soon as I can be bothered to cut them free. Full Trimz horror, Doctor Retro, take note!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Oh how I love removing CVs that have been knackered for some time 🙄 somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Today I are be mostly helping out a lady with her Panda. She's scared witless by a few advisories on her MoT so has asked me to quote for her. In the process of measuring up to make sure I order the right bits, it's occurred to me that these jobs don't need doing at all. Advisories were: Scored discs F&R Rusty rear springs Tyre cracked I agree with the tester about the tyre and actually it could do with two new ones. But the brakes are Absolutely Fine in my opinion. And the rear springs - meh, bit of surface rust but hardly worth mentioning. Anyway I said her money would be better spent on two tyres and a service, and if she still wants to do brakes before next MoT I'll happily change them. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 50 minutes ago, grogee said: Today I are be mostly helping out a lady with her Panda. She's scared witless by a few advisories on her MoT so has asked me to quote for her. In the process of measuring up to make sure I order the right bits, it's occurred to me that these jobs don't need doing at all. Advisories were: Scored discs F&R Rusty rear springs Tyre cracked I agree with the tester about the tyre and actually it could do with two new ones. But the brakes are Absolutely Fine in my opinion. And the rear springs - meh, bit of surface rust but hardly worth mentioning. Anyway I said her money would be better spent on two tyres and a service, and if she still wants to do brakes before next MoT I'll happily change them. Those discs look pretty scored to me. Obviously i would get another 2 years out of them, but for peace of mind for the lady I would have swapped them over for her. Hardly gonna break the bank BorniteIdentity and goosey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrydicky Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 One in. No.2 sister is going to be using her partner’s leased Nissan, and no longer needed “Ella” so rather than see it scrapped or run into the ground she’s donated it to the Hughes retirement home for unloved old cars. Mot up shortly, but hopefully it shouldn’t need anything for another one. It’s a bit modern for me; it’s the first car I’ve owned on the ‘new’ registration system, but it’s great fun to drive. I think they’re really underrated. It was mint when she got it, as it was previously owned by a gifferette who kept it garaged, but has picked up a few parking scuffs and scrapes from Croydon where it’s latterly been living. I’m hoping to be able to tidy it up a bit, first port of call will be some genuine wheel trims for it as the current ones are awful. AnnoyingPentium, BeEP, 320touring and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 I think there's something wrong with the Fabia... it's quick. Got up a hill I'd normally need third for in fifth gear. Should I be concerned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 1 minute ago, AnnoyingPentium said: I think there's something wrong with the Fabia... it's quick. Got up a hill I'd normally need third for in fifth gear. Should I be concerned? Tailwind? Gravity quake? AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Just now, grogee said: Tailwind? Gravity quake? Nudge from the Jag behind me might have done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, chancer said: Those discs look pretty scored to me. Obviously i would get another 2 years out of them, but for peace of mind for the lady I would have swapped them over for her. Hardly gonna break the bank They look worse in the pics than they feel with my finger. We've agreed to have another look at it/them before next MoT in the autumn. That way, at least she gets a bit more use out of what's on there - pads have loads of life. She barely does any miles, just trundles about locally. Hardly high stress stuff. More pressing for me, mechanically, us that she never services it and I'm the one who will be phoned when it breaks. My thinking being, if she wants to spend money, get the tyres sorted and the engine reliable, as they seem to be the priorities. It's a bit annoying as it's a 2010 4wd dizzle Panda which is a bit unusual/interesting/desirable so I don't want to see it just expire. Yoss, adw1977, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 18 minutes ago, grogee said: She barely does any miles, just trundles about locally. Hardly high stress stuff. That's what she wants you to think. Could be like the wee lady from the Golf advert. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Foxhake Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/18/2022 at 1:12 AM, wuvvum said: I've been having a poke around my newly acquired Maxus over the last couple of days. There were a couple of quick and easy fixes - the offside dipped beam had stopped working, so I fitted a replacement H4 I had in the kitchen drawer (bit of a fiddle as the battery is in the way but not the worst I've done) and the driver's side wiper blade had completely lost its rubber lip and so was doing very little - Roys of Wroxham supplied a replacement 22" blade for the princely sum of £2.79. The passenger side blade could do with replacing as well, but I didn't want to go on too much of a spending spree - the driver's side blade is the important one. The non-latching bonnet catch turned out not to be seized at all - it was stuck due to the fact that when the previous owner popped the bonnet to change the battery, the end of the cable sheath by the bonnet release had popped out of its guide and was sitting on the end of the guide, with the result that it was effectively shortening the cable to the point that the catch mechanism couldn't go back to its "closed" position. So that was another easy fix - of course I found this out after I'd removed the whole mechanism from under the bonnet... The van does have a bit of grot - it's the first Maxus I've owned with structural rust. It's not too bad but it is going to need a patch on the rear of the offside sill before the next MOT. Bodywork is a bit scruffy but not too banged about by Maxus standards, although the rear doors are going to need replacing at some point - the latch mechanism packed up so the previous owner cut holes in both doors and had been securing them with a padlock and chain through said holes. Which is less than ideal. The side loading door doesn't want to unlock for some reason, so I'm going to have to remove the plywood lining at some point and see if I can see what's going on there. It has a few gadgets that previous Maxuseses I've owned didn't have - aircon for one (although I have no idea yet whether or not it does anything), and also a factory fit reversing siren with a button on the dash to turn it off. It also has ABS, although the ABS light is on at the moment - that's going to need sorting for the next MOT, which could be interesting trying to find someone with a code reader that will talk to a Maxus. It also has alloy wheels (the spare has a brand new tyre still with the label on it) and front fogs. I didn't notice until I went to check the tyre pressures that it also has these amusing valve caps. The one thing it still needs to be properly usable at this time of year (now that it has working headlights and wipers and a locking bonnet) is the heater blower sorting - that doesn't do owt on any of the speed settings, not sure if it's a wiring issue or the blower itself packed up. Over the weekend I'll take the glovebox out and try running a live feed to the fan motor to see if that does anything. The heater does get warm and at motorway speeds there's enough warm air trickling through to take the chill off, but it won't be a lot of use around town or for demisting. In other news, I got the bus to Norwich on Sunday afternoon to retrieve the Daihatsu, and I spotted this parked up outside a carpet shop: First one of these I've seen in the metal outside of London. They're an ugly bugger, but as the last of the proper Bentleys (i.e. ones that don't have a VW engine) I quite like them - if my numbers ever come up I'd probably have one. The one I bought from you did the same with the heater. I put a ford focus hedgehog in there I think, I'm sure it was a focus one and it was a direct replacement, I could be going mad mind you. Edit. It was a focus one but not sure about direct replacement, some wiring had to be cut and spade connectors crimped on. Pretty easy if you Google it. wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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