Cord Fourteener Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 hour ago, junkyarddog said: Nice day for it. Everything looks glorious there! Eyersey1234 and junkyarddog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheel nut Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I got my engine crane shifted to my mothers house and then got some ropes attached to the jag engine and moved it away from where it had been sitting next to the wall. Despite being a big engine it was an easy lift due to the cylinders being vertical so sits nicely balanced. The engines I have found awkward to lift in the past are the straight 4s or straight 5’s where the cylinders are banked well over to one side making the whole thing an unstable mess. I couldn’t find any engine number but helpfully jaguar have cast “3 1/2 litre” on the block. I was expecting it to be a smaller capacity as I have a mk2 jag grill with a 2.5 litre badge on it hanging on my garage wall. I also looked out all the ancillaries I could find to go with it and got them photographed in the sunshine. Next week I’ll brave gumtree. Hopefully jag parts should attract a better class of buyer who can communicate in coherent sentences but with gumtree you never know. DVee8 and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 My knob was worn and tatty [insert sniggering] I wanted a nice one but everything was ST emblemed so stuff u all know I like a giggle so got a glo in the dark knob... Lacquer Peel, Cord Fourteener, wheel nut and 8 others 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 minute ago, stuboy said: My knob was worn and tatty [insert sniggering] I wanted a nice one but everything was ST emblemed so stuff u all know I like a giggle so got a glo in the dark knob... Where'd ye get this fae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 4 hours ago, junkyarddog said: Nice day for it. Lovely, where's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 1 minute ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Where'd ye get this fae? amazon AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 46 minutes ago, artdjones said: Lovely, where's that? The Silvermines,heading for Keeper hill drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Nice, the nearest I've been to there is Killaloe and Lough Derg. It actually has the look of a forest I've been to in Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 It's not that far from Killaloe,the roads are very narrow and in poor shape though. This the view from the car park half way up. Spurious, Dyslexic Viking, Split_Pin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Extreme weather calls for extreme measures. Seeing as I will not be venturing out at all today and the car is parked in direct sunlight, I’ve taken a leaf out of the Mediterranean way and covered the dash in blanket. Also did the same with the interior leather as I don’t want it melting. Yes they are bedsheets that you can see there too. Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgetgricey Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Well I didn't think it was going to happen, but its just been picked up by @worldofceri Edit: Just re-read that and my concern was nothing to do with Ceri who was as professional as always. Just that I spotted car on another forum for a very low price, so was not going to accept I'd bought the car until it had been collected. Now got to focus on selling the Merc to create space. HMC, Lacquer Peel, sdkrc and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 13 hours ago, stuboy said: My knob was worn and tatty [insert sniggering] I wanted a nice one but everything was ST emblemed so stuff u all know I like a giggle so got a glo in the dark knob... Is that in the Mondeo? If so, those V6 Mondeos are 6 speeds. My one was, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I reckon I got my money's worth out of that. I had to do *something* other than hiding indoors so chanced a very quick bit of shade spannering and got the rear drum off the Princess. The brake hose I need to replace is, predictably, refusing to budge so I've doused that in penetrating fluid in the meantime. I've never had a shoe wear down that badly before, so something was definitely amiss in here. I should have looked in sooner, I've had 'brakes imbalanced across rear axle' for a while now but since the car has always been like that, even after putting new hardware in a few years ago, I just put it down to being a Princess thing. Maybe it still is. Anyway, the real reason I think for this excessive wear is that the retaining washer for the front shoe is completely gone. I don't know where it's gone, it's just not there any more. That means the front shoe can move about in the drum and it makes exactly the knocking noise I heard when I moved the car. The problem now is I have no spare hardware, and I cannot find a rear drum hardware kit. The springs are dirty (they are inside a drum after all) but seem otherwise fine so should be re-usable. Hopefully I can just get replacement retaining washers, fit the new shoes I do have in stock, and not find any similar horrors on the other side when that comes apart. EDIT: ANG do retaining washers with associated springs and pins for an MG B that look if not identical, then at least very similar, and they're not hilariously overpriced. At least the stuff I've bought from ANG in the past has always been decent quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Scorchioooooo Cord Fourteener and Lacquer Peel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowsilver Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, vulgalour said: EDIT: ANG do retaining washers with associated springs and pins for an MG B that look if not identical, then at least very similar, and they're not hilariously overpriced. At least the stuff I've bought from ANG in the past has always been decent quality. It might be a good idea to check the length of the new retaining pins before buying the kit. I bought a new spring set supposedly suitable for our Maxi and the pins were about 5mm too short. The rest of the kit was OK but I had to reuse the old pins, which fortunately were in reasonable condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 36 minutes ago, vulgalour said: The brake hose I need to replace is, predictably, refusing to budge so I've doused that in penetrating fluid in the meantime. Chop the hose and put a socket on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 @Slowsilver since it's just the washers I need - the springs and pins seem like they'll go another round yet, though I'd prefer to put new ones in if I could find any - that's not too much of a concern at least. Providing the washers are the correct diameter. @SiC that's the plan. No point trying to save the hose since it's going in the bin. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ? Cord Fourteener 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: 32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ? 34 here in Manc. I've heard of 40 in Warwickshire, and 42 in Bristol. puddlethumper and Cord Fourteener 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cord Fourteener Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 46 minutes ago, puddlethumper said: 32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ? 32 here in the highlands of North Wales. Loving it! I managed 3 hrs work this morning then gave up, spent most of the afternoon on a hammock. You could almost play rugby with these petrol cans puddlethumper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Just checked and it's 39C here in Maidstone on the cool side of the house. At least the humidity is down at 30% rather than the 60% of a couple of days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogchod Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 It's a bit warm here too. Too hot for work 🥵 So took the day off 😀 Cord Fourteener and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Silloth has been achieved. Temp insured for this, so drove it fae Castle Douglas aw the wiy doon. Fuckin loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 1 hour ago, puddlethumper said: 32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ? 38 here at the moment, was 39 earlier. The house is coping surprisingly well though - it's probably nearly 15 degrees cooler in here than out there, I've just got a little USB fan going and I'm fine. Cord Fourteener, AnnoyingPentium and puddlethumper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 32 degrees in both Bonnybridge and Linlithgow, where I am just now. I'm into the third week of my annual leave and I'm loving it. A bottle of Pepsi Max, fistfuls of ice and a game of cards in the shade, what's not to love! AnnoyingPentium, Cord Fourteener, puddlethumper and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 42.9 highest measured in the garden today. Nuts. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said: Silloth has been achieved. Temp insured for this, so drove it fae Castle Douglas aw the wiy doon. Fuckin loving it. Yeeeeees. I'm kinda regretting not getting a Duster now. Neighbors up the street has a metallic orange one and it looks smaaart. AnnoyingPentium and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Doing OK here, its 32c according to my enviro-monit station https://maps.sensor.community/?selection=PM25&nooverlay=true#16/50.8167/-1.2110 I'm lucky that a lot of the heat seems to be being soaked up by the sea here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnoyingPentium Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, Spurious said: Yeeeeees. I'm kinda regretting not getting a Duster now. Neighbors up the street has a metallic orange one and it looks smaaart. Lovely big barges. 1.0 tce is good for wafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 About 32 in Tavistock, my house has huge thick walls and is partly built into a cliff so it’s nice and cool in the lower floors. Old school “tech” I work in a Georgean Manor House with big windows and that was hot; ironically we are having air con installed but it won’t be on the button for another week or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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