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10 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

So, the K11 of unreliability is reliable.

Shocker I know.

The issue is basically the wires going to the IACV and TPS which when touched in ANY manner will go to random values and insane.  It's not the connectors, it's the damn loom itself, and I cannot find a single broken wire, I even wrapped each wire individually.  How I got it running was removing the air box.   When hot it would sink down due to expansion and get close to the wires, so removed that and run it minus a air cleaner and wham, reliable for the past month or so, just do not even fucking BREATH on those wires.

We plan to get rid once MOT runs out in January, it needs a LOT of work really, 121k miles and it shows, likely be WBAC when it happens, will see if I cba to part some of the choice bits out before hand though.

Likely choice is either a W203 1.8, Corolla, or MK IV Golf.

 

I'll PM you.

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@JJ0063 I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your dad.  You should be proud of what you did for him - looking after him when he fell on hard times with his condition. If only this world had a few more selfless good folk like yourself. 

As said by  @High Jetter It's never to late to get some help if you want it man. 

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20 hours ago, grogee said:

I have often fantasised about an 'easy maintenance' car with exposed screws all over the interior instead of stupid hidden clips, loads of room in the engine bay etc.

It would be a small low tech petrol engine or electric, halogen lights, terrible aerodynamics with a boxy shape for good access to everything. The 'daytime running lights' would just be the normal sidelights with no stupid LED fairy lights. 

A/C the only mod con with a range of useful phone holders, nobody needs the tech now because it's all on your phone. Hole in dash with ISO connector for stereo of your choice, 4 big but simple speakers in doors.

Steel wheels, high profile tyres, simple torsion beam at the rear, MacPherson struts up front. 

In my head it would look like the original Transit Connect, there would be a 5-seater or van options. 

Bumper panels, wheelarches and side rubbing strips all screw on and off without need for any special tools. 

So a 107/aygo/c1 then?

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15 hours ago, stuboy said:

Popped round to collect some timber and gave missus brother and dad a hand loading up some more stuff from deceased uncles house, bloody compressor was hooge.. to stop more stuff going to there house the brother gave me these axle stands. Anyone identify them?

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I had an identical set, bought in the local Halfords back in the mid 80s. I think they were branded by one of the big accessory firms. Stadium, maybe.

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10 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

3 years today since I found my old man passed. 

 it always comes to the front of my mind around now. I just find it easy to talk about on here as almost anonymous, 
 

The old man had a brain aneurysm probably 18-20 years ago now, I remember it vividly 
 

For the rest of his life he just went down hill, I believe he was let down by the system -

0 aftercare, no support at all - he was a completely different person. 

It was quite obvious what the outcome was 

 

 I was very numb and for a long time had terrible flashbacks and nightmares of finding him. That stuck with me for over a year. 

 

I’d almost had to come to terms with losing my dad many years ago -
 

 but finding my own dad having been passed for some time was fucking horrific and ruined my mental health, anxiety is still a huge issue even 3 years later and I really should have sought some professional help/counselling for probably borderline PTSD
 


 

RIP old man,  9/11/55 - 30/07/19

That all sounds very stressful and traumatic to experience. 

Ring cruse. This is exactly what they exist for. 

https://www.cruse.org.uk/

Good luck. 

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Replacement rear courtesy lamps for the 75 are completely unavailable it seems.

Genius* solution:

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I replicated the shape of the broken lugs with 2 nails using my vice as a shaper and glued them on.

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Now setting in place, hopefully that works, even somewhat!

 

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1 hour ago, grogee said:

Being small, the Cayg07 doesn't afford good access to many things. But I am a fan of small and basic. 

I found it very easy to service. I also changed the front discs and pads. You can't really get more basic.

I even fitted a rev counter to the side of speedometer. Also fitted some speakers to the parcel shelf and wired them direct to the radio. Everything came apart dead easy and went back together no bother. The whole radio and top half of the dash from the white heater part up over is held in with one screw behind the fan speed knob. Brilliant simplistic design.

 

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3 hours ago, paulplom said:

I found it very easy to service. I also changed the front discs and pads. You can't really get more basic.

I even fitted a rev counter to the side of speedometer. Also fitted some speakers to the parcel shelf and wired them direct to the radio. Everything came apart dead easy and went back together no bother. The whole radio and top half of the dash from the white heater part up over is held in with one screw behind the fan speed knob. Brilliant simplistic design.

 

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Don't get me wrong I'm a big fan but this is the exception, not the norm. There isn't really a head unit to speak of on modernz.

Also there will be underbonnet jobs that are a PITA due to access, but most routine service items have been optimised for £running costs.

It's interesting how it's developed because doing the air filter on my Saab 9000 required moving the washer bottle (well only because one of the clips was fucked) but it's notably harder compared to most newer stuff. 

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2 hours ago, Steve79 said:

If anyone is in Bristol today the Bristol Vintage and American vehicle show on siston common is well worth a visit.

Loads of cars up here and "Twix" (Buicks new nickname) is getting plenty of attention

 

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Some more pics of the show today. Only took a few of the non American stuff as everyone has seen an mgb/Capri/Cortina before 😂

 

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6 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Replacement rear courtesy lamps for the 75 are completely unavailable it seems.

Genius* solution:

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I replicated the shape of the broken lugs with 2 nails using my vice as a shaper and glued them on.

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Now setting in place, hopefully that works, even somewhat!

 

Fixed  :)

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Saw my childhood dream car today, I've never ever seen one in the flesh despite going to lots of events

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It wouldn't be my choice of colour but what a car, it sounded a bit disappointing going up Clay Hill (at Oulton) on a demo lap but then it had some other exotica around it. 

F5000 cars sound awesome mind

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1 hour ago, Jazoli said:

Saw my childhood dream car today, I've never ever seen one in the flesh despite going to lots of events

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It wouldn't be my choice of colour but what a car, it sounded a bit disappointing going up Clay Hill (at Oulton) on a demo lap but then it had some other exotica around it. 

F5000 cars sound awesome mind

 

I saw a silver Miura in traffic the other week

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Didn't get much done on the fleet this weekend because yesterday was FOTU and today it was pissing down for most of the day.  I did get the other rear caliper off the Volvo though ready to be greased up and have new pads fitted - again everything came undone easily, I have still yet to encounter any seized fixings on this car which is remarkable given its condition.  Bizarrely the brake pads I've bought, despite being supposedly the correct ones for the car, are about a mm or so too wide - on the nearside I just refitted the old pads as there was plenty of meat left on them, but with the offside one of the pads is nearly down to the metal, so I'm going to have to fit the new ones somehow - I might see if I can file them down a bit.

I also removed the engine from the Mobylette - or most of it anyway, the cylinder head is still in place as the bolt that holds it on has bent and won't come out.  Hopefully with the rest of the engine removed access will be a bit easier and I'll be able to wangle it off somehow - I ran out of time to attempt it today.

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Then I can fit the new head gasket.  The old one was indeed pretty fucked.

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Been driving the 107 around today, feels like a racing car after doing 220 miles in the Innocenti yesterday.  Annoyingly I switched the blower on today for the first time in a while, as the windscreen was getting a bit misty, and the interior started to smell of exhaust fumes.  It's had what sounds like a bit of a fart from the manifold gasket for a while now, but obviously that's either got worse or it's started blowing from somewhere else - it's not particularly loud though.  What I can't quite fathom - although this is probably me misunderstanding how things work again - is that the air intake for the heater / demister is at the base of the windscreen, not under the bonnet - in fact there's a seal at the back of the bonnet which is between the engine bay and the air intake - so I'm not quite sure how the fumes are getting into the car. 

It's not an issue at this time of year as I generally have the thing switched off anyway and just open a window for ventilation, but it could be a problem when the weather gets colder and I have to use the heater - the 107 doesn't have a recirculate button.  When I next have a spare minute I'm going to stick the car up on the ramps and see if I can pinpoint exactly where it's blowing from - I'm actually kind of hoping it's not the manifold gasket as the chances of the manifold bolts coming undone without shearing and / or collapsing into a shapeless blob of rust are somewhere between zero and none.

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Nothing as exciting here! Booked a first service for my new TIPO for August 19 (12,000 miles) and just ordered four new Toyos for the x1/9 for the 18th (56,000 miles).  Both in north wales.

X1/9 also booked for a very local village fete on Saturday- I’ve told my dad he can go and play in the car if it’s not raining.

Its always had Pirelli but they no longer do the size.

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