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[loserone]

Ah bugger!

[SiC]

11 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

The pre-cat lambda wasn't behaving, frayed wiring, bit of insulating tape and it's stopped the car from cutting out and/or trying to kill me again.

Pre cat lambda is commonly referred to as the first sensor. It's the first out of the two to receive the exhaust gases. 

[AnnoyingPentium]

1 minute ago, SiC said:

Pre cat lambda is commonly referred to as the first sensor. It's the first out of the two to receive the exhaust gases. 

Aye, this one:

It's the second one that was bringing back erratic figures when I checked it with the ELM327 thingy. If it's a result of the first one then I'll just replace both.

[puddlethumper]

Mot this afternoon for the van. Twitchy bum time. It might be a fail because of a hole in the sill but I'm hoping my mate will let it go because it's getting done on the 24th. Didn't want to take it in after because it only leaves six days for anything else that turns up. Trusted welder bloke had a look underneath and says it doesn't need any welding there. The only welding it's had underneath is the drivers footwell coz of a leak. Not bad for a 33 year old Pug van. Body work is looking a bit shit so if anyone knows where I could get an offside wing, or even both, I would be grateful.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

I've also upgraded the four speakers which improved the sound loads.

What speakers did you use?  I bought some upgraded 4" speakers but they're too deep to fit in the dash holes properly - the original speakers seem to be very low profile.

[Eyersey1234]

Just seen this piece of chod on the M1, some kind of VW but can anyone identify it?

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Aye, this one:

It's the second one that was bringing back erratic figures when I checked it with the ELM327 thingy. If it's a result of the first one then I'll just replace both.

Probably do both, that tape isn't going to hold up forever with the temperatures of that area and the precat is a bit more important than post cat for running. 

But those readings for the post cat sensor were definitely not right, sensor is probably easiest thing to swap first. Luckily it shouldnt be the cat at fault as the high - low waveform turned flat for the second sensor which indicates it is performing as it should. However the reading was too high (rich)

It really needs some in depth diagnostics but that would come at a cost, which would soon become uneconomical 

[Dyslexic Viking]

2 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Just seen this piece of chod on the M1, some kind of VW but can anyone identify it?

 

Looks like a Brazilian Transporter with the rear parts cut off and with a caravan glued on.

[chadders]

Here's a similar one on a German bus:

 

[angle]

3 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Just seen this piece of chod on the M1, some kind of VW but can anyone identify it?

I think those are South African plates (and it's RHD) which means it's probably a Jurgens Autovilla. No idea what's going on with the snout though...

 

[barefoot]

Doesn't the snout contain a radiator? Suggesting some other, more exotic power-plant like Subaru or Alfa-Sud. Definitely a Jurgens though.

[chadders]

Wasn't there a box you could fit on an aircooled front bumper to hold the spare wheel rather than have it inside? A tidier(?)solution than the usual exposed position.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, barefoot said:

Doesn't the snout contain a radiator? Suggesting some other, more exotic power-plant like Subaru or Alfa-Sud. Definitely a Jurgens though.

I think the last of the South American T2s had Polo engines, so not exactly exotic...

[puddlethumper]

Yay! New mot.  A couple of piddly advisories. Another year on the road for the old heap. 

[loserone]

13 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

Yay! New mot.  A couple of piddly advisories. Another year on the road for the old heap. 

Fookin A

[High Jetter]

4 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

 

Looks like a Brazilian Transporter with the rear parts cut off and with a caravan glued on.

 

Looks like it reversed very quickly into a caravan! 🤣

[Eyersey1234]

7 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Looks like it reversed very quickly into a caravan! 🤣

🤣🤣🤣

[OM646]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I think the last of the South American T2s had Polo engines, so not exactly exotic...

But the Polo engined T2 had a flusher grill in the front 

 

Now, there were also some rarer diesel ones that do have the snout 

[dave j]

23 hours ago, C3C3 said:

Replacing the wings on the base spec escort, found a big o hole in the drivers floor and the back third of the drivers side sill needs doing.

 

Replacement wings line up pretty much spot on other than the vertical due to some excess material. Going to save the reach arches almost in the entirety as the material is solid just all bent up, nothing a dolly and some elbow grease wont fix.

 

 

 

 

The pics aren't working for me

[vulgalour]

Painting this one little fuel flap has been a bit tiresome.  The brush paint requires three coats to get to a thickness you can flat and polish it nicely.  I'd already got the second coat on the outside face before the whole piece reacted for some reason and I had to flat it back almost all the way to primer.  What you see here is the second coat of brush-applied paint, before its finished settling out, which is why it looks a bit wibbly.  Happily, no reaction this time.  Providing the third and final coat goes on without trouble, this can then be flatted back and polished and I should be able to get a reasonable finish on the rest of the car.

[wesacosa]

22 hours ago, OM646 said:

Maybe a Blaupunkt Madrid 200 BT?

ooh that's nice.  I am trying to source an original stereo for my XM but if I can't I might try something like that, as its much more palatable price wise than the Bremen

[abelw44]

Joined the 107 gang. Kept seeing people rave about them on here and couldn't resist the cheapness of tax insurance etc. Anything I need to look out for? First task is a wheel bearing. Had a recent clutch which I have heard is a major weak point.

This has probably already been said, but check the rear brake lines - they have a rubber coating that stops about an inch short of the ferrule for the Flexi lines in the rear wheel arch. All the crap gets flicked up off the road and the last inch rusts like crazy, so worth redoing with cupronickel or similar imo!

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[Longbridge Apologist]

Well that’s that then.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, abelw44 said:

This has probably already been said, but check the rear brake lines - they have a rubber coating that stops about an inch short of the ferrule for the Flexi lines in the rear wheel arch. All the crap gets flicked up off the road and the last inch rusts like crazy, so worth redoing with cupronickel or similar imo!

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Guess who will be fitting a new front to rear brake pipe on their 107 this weekend for that exact reason?

[vulgalour]

14 hours ago, vulgalour said:

Painting this one little fuel flap has been a bit tiresome.  The brush paint requires three coats to get to a thickness you can flat and polish it nicely.  I'd already got the second coat on the outside face before the whole piece reacted for some reason and I had to flat it back almost all the way to primer.  What you see here is the second coat of brush-applied paint, before its finished settling out, which is why it looks a bit wibbly.  Happily, no reaction this time.  Providing the third and final coat goes on without trouble, this can then be flatted back and polished and I should be able to get a reasonable finish on the rest of the car.

Back in the paint stripper with this one.  Third coat didn't level out properly and reacted all over.  Didn't do this coat any differently to the second coat, same flatting back, same paint, etc. so I can only assume there's something on this panel that the paint doesn't like.  Bit of a bugger.  I've never had this much trouble with brush-on paint before.  Can't afford to replace it all with the premium stuff and I've got so much of this stuff that I'm just going to persist until it behaves.

I'm going to do a sample on the car to see if I get a different result.  The pink I've already done didn't react, even when thinned with the same thinner.  The one known difference is that I primed this fuel flap with different paint to what's on the car and I suspect it's that which is causing the reactions.  Sometimes with paint you just have to start again.

I know, I should just spray the car.  Thing is, the neighbours are too close, I have no clean and covered space I can use to paint in, and I haven't got anywhere to keep even a small compressor.  So brush painting it is.  I've never had this much trouble with it before, the only reason I'm persisting is I know I'm capable of getting really good results with a brush and some time.

[Zelandeth]

32 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Back in the paint stripper with this one.  Third coat didn't level out properly and reacted all over.  Didn't do this coat any differently to the second coat, same flatting back, same paint, etc. so I can only assume there's something on this panel that the paint doesn't like.  Bit of a bugger.  I've never had this much trouble with brush-on paint before.  Can't afford to replace it all with the premium stuff and I've got so much of this stuff that I'm just going to persist until it behaves.

I'm going to do a sample on the car to see if I get a different result.  The pink I've already done didn't react, even when thinned with the same thinner.  The one known difference is that I primed this fuel flap with different paint to what's on the car and I suspect it's that which is causing the reactions.  Sometimes with paint you just have to start again.

I know, I should just spray the car.  Thing is, the neighbours are too close, I have no clean and covered space I can use to paint in, and I haven't got anywhere to keep even a small compressor.  So brush painting it is.  I've never had this much trouble with it before, the only reason I'm persisting is I know I'm capable of getting really good results with a brush and some time.

This is what happened to me and is why the paint finish on 2/3rds of TPA is so awful.  Switched primer between two jobs (because the stuff I'd used before was no longer stocked locally), and it reacted horribly.  It also proved to be immune to thinners or paint stripper...and mechanically removing it from a fibreglass base proved basically impossible as it had a stronger bond to the fibreglass than the fibreglass did to itself.  It also turned out to immediately clog sanding discs/paper etc as soon as you so much as walked near to it.

Still kicking myself for not just leaving it alone as I wound up with a far worse result than I started out with.

[vulgalour]

Funny you should say that about the primer because that's exactly what happened with me when I was priming this.  Switched brand part way through as the can I was using didn't quite have enough, didn't think it would matter (even though I know you shouldn't do it, I've got away with it before) so I bet that's what it is.  At least the paint doesn't clog the paper when sanded, it actually sands pretty nicely.  Here's hoping it is just a primer issue since that's a lot easier to resolve.

[Cord Fourteener]

On 5/18/2022 at 2:55 PM, Dyslexic Viking said:

 

Looks like a Brazilian Transporter with the rear parts cut off and with a caravan glued on.

 

On 5/18/2022 at 12:10 PM, Eyersey1234 said:

Just seen this piece of chod on the M1, some kind of VW but can anyone identify it?

Looks like an artizan barista or pizza bar owner got creative with gaffer tape and a welder. 

[Zelandeth]

Am absolutely not proud of this bodge, but also am kind of proud of this bodge.

Has successfully removed approximately 1 1/2" of slop from the gear lever.

The worn out bush will actually be replaced next time I'm doing an order from Autodoc (etc), just isn't worth it for the sake of a £2 bush and it was bugging the heck out of me so I improvised.

[beko1987]

It's probably now stronger than the new Bush...