mitsisigma01 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Are there any Bongo or Freda owners on here ..... I am trying to bump up interest in a set of 4 alloys with winter tyres fitted . I am going to see them tomorrow so will try and get some pictures and tyre details. Watch this space .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Why oh why has my sister in law got her heart set on this heap? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/531893852030075/ and she wants me to view it with her this week. SiC and dome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: Why oh why has my sister in law got her heart set on this heap? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/531893852030075/ and she wants me to view it with her this week. Fuck me that is awful, they are usually rotten too. You need to do everything you can to dissuade her. AnnoyingPentium and sdkrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 ✅'Putting the feels out' ✅Bombsite Street ✅ Blowover in an awful colour ✅ Random person in the background ✅ Clearly rotten ✅ Seller looks like a potless wee Ned ✅ Avoid. GMcD, AnnoyingPentium, dome and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurious Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Run away. It's probably rotten as fuck. Jimnys do like to rust and I've been bitten by them before. AnnoyingPentium and sdkrc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I hope you have to do a collection thread. Seems expensive too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMcD Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 17 hours ago, GMcD said: Bought a diesel heater. Same style that a lot of folk on here have. Thanks @SiCfor your thread on it a while back. Finally convinced me 😁. I figure it might be more economical than running my electric fans in the garage come winter although I'll need to see who will actually sell me red diesel in small quantities (20litres) as I believe it's still ok to buy for heating property. Mounted it out the road beside the vent, so I could get an exit for the exhaust. Need to get a couple of battery clamps and a switch for a more professional* setup, but otherwise done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Why oh why has my sister in law got her heart set on this heap? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/531893852030075/ and she wants me to view it with her this week. Surely you can find sufficient dubious bits about it to put her off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 The Vito went, don't think I'll ever have another of those to keep, it was shit. Sod's law, of course, dictated that we fixed the non-starting problem before it was sold. Anyhow, as wonderful as the Expert is, you can't get bigger bikes in the back and big(ger) vans are more useful for shit, so when this popped up for sale through a friend of a friend, it seemed a no-brainer... ...every single one of these seems to have a dent in the sill area on the n/s, must be a blind spot or something. It drove home ok, but I hear with my little ear some unexpected noises in the 6th gear area when doing 'motorway speeds'. They key also broke, so that's been a palaver alright. Despite those issues it was later improved several fold after a visit to the spares department... Further news about a Skoda Labia with totally invisible* body repairs and a Toyota Aygo that's trying to bankrupt me to follow. juular, w00dy, reb and 10 others 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Jazoli said: Fuck me that is awful, they are usually rotten too. You need to do everything you can to dissuade her. 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: ✅'Putting the feels out' ✅Bombsite Street ✅ Blowover in an awful colour ✅ Random person in the background ✅ Clearly rotten ✅ Seller looks like a potless wee Ned ✅ Avoid. 3 hours ago, Spurious said: Run away. It's probably rotten as fuck. Jimnys do like to rust and I've been bitten by them before. 2 hours ago, High Jetter said: Surely you can find sufficient dubious bits about it to put her off? My wife went to see her while I had my Saturday post-work snooze. The likelihood of a brake line being rotten may well burst was sufficient. That and a less than spectacular MoT history instantly made me think of it as a death trap. Trouble is sis-in-law is very headstrong so may well go and buy it anyway, and I know that will end in tears. 2 hours ago, paulplom said: I hope you have to do a collection thread. Might be soon if she likes the alternative suggestions wife and I have proffered. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulplom Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I was rather hoping of you Woolarding the pink jimny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Trailer driving volunteered by the missus and the bil... neither wanted to drive it so muggins did it... still need more experience reversing.. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 @Supernaut and @dome came over to the unit today to give me a hand with the Oxford. We got a load done, and I'm feeling much more motivated to gitter dun and get it on the road for a bit this year😁 Coprolalia, GrumpiusMaximus, Sunny Jim and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 After some cryptic texts and an unexpected phone call, I'm looking at a car tomorrow. It's rather promising on paper. GMcD and puddlethumper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 hours ago, dozeydustman said: My wife went to see her while I had my Saturday post-work snooze. The likelihood of a brake line being rotten may well burst was sufficient. That and a less than spectacular MoT history instantly made me think of it as a death trap. Trouble is sis-in-law is very headstrong so may well go and buy it anyway, and I know that will end in tears. Might be soon if she likes the alternative suggestions wife and I have proffered. just say NO you big wuss!🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 hours ago, dozeydustman said: [b]The likelihood of a brake line being rotten may well burst was sufficient. That and a less than spectacular MoT history instantly made me think of it as a death trap.[/b] so its legal but its fucked and possibly could fail and crash and kill whoevers in it thats not a good idea surely 35 million cars and people pick the shit ones and think thats ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Early morning start for a collection. No trains at this time of day from Shipley so this was my first mode of transport. Currently in Leeds train station waiting for my platform to be announced. Dyslexic Viking, sdkrc, Six-cylinder and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1st train(s) achieved. If you jump on the wrong carriage on this one you're boned. Tickman, sdkrc, wuvvum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Wtf, we're going the wrong way. I'm *sure* I'm on the right train. Lord Sterling and Tickman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 8 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: just say NO you big wuss!🤣🤣🤣 My sis in law sees any recommendation not to buy/do something as oppression (because she is quite mental). A ‘No’ would have been the green light for her to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 We've done a big loop round and are heading south now. Phew! Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyberg Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Wtf, we're going the wrong way. I'm *sure* I'm on the right train. Good luck 🤞 HillmanImp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1st train exited. Half hour wait till next one. Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 2nd and final train. wuvvum, Tickman, Saabnut and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Well I was on the way to look at a car, after the seller phoned me last night and arranged a time with me to view it. I'm halfway there and the cunt phones me and says he's sold it and he wanted to make sure I wasn't on the way. If you've got someone else viewing the car you should fucking well say so. RoverFolkUs, brownnova, High Jetter and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 A local village hall had a classic and cherished show today. Very badly advertised, it only was announced on their Facebook page yesterday. I didn't bother taking the MGB as it was walking distance and I couldn't be bothered to pull it out of storage. Coprolalia, Cookiesouwest, Six-cylinder and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Love the Austin Devon! Quite a lot of interesting stuff there, and not so many that seeing everything becomes a marathon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 hours ago, HillmanImp said: 2nd and final train. Hopefully the silence means whatever you were after is working. sdkrc, HarmonicCheeseburger, HillmanImp and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Well THAT WAS AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER. I did the good deed of changing the coolant on the black 93 today. Bolts holding the undertray were rounded so BFI was used. Drained no problem. Old coolant was past its best big time. Refilled it, heaters nice and hot, ran it up to temp and there is absolutely no circulation whatsoever. The cooling system is literally stone dead. No heat at all going to or from the radiator. I cannot understand how yesterday it was fine and today it isn't working at all. Either the thermostat has suddenly stuck shut or there's an immovable air lock. I'm really pissed off with the red one squatting in my garage atm while my part is stuck in the post and now this one is being an arse. All my best car related decisions are made when I'm fu**ed off. Cookiesouwest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 19 hours ago, Tickman said: Hopefully the silence means whatever you were after is working. Yeah. This is why I didn't do a proper thread as I knew I'd forget to update it. Anyhow, I was picked up from the station in this: And taken round the corner to where these are: To buy this: Wuvvum took me out for a spin in it to show me what its ailment was. It drove okay when it was working but by the time we got back it was coughing and spluttering a bit and billowing smoke out of the back. I'd only bought a one way ticket though, so money was exchanged and off I went, took a wrong turn, tried doing a 3 point turn and it conked out in a cloud of smoke next to some old men sat outside a club of some sort who found it most interesting. Probably the highlight of their day so far. "Please start.... Please start...." And it did. Next 180 miles were uneventful. It was fine when on the open road and on the move. When coming through Bradford and stop starting, it did begin to play up again though and went into restricted mode. Drove fine, no smoke or owt but was just down on power a bit. Carried on in restricted as didn't want to stop it and not to be able to restart it again and got it home. Imp Jr thinks its pretty cool. Then had to go back to Leeds to pick up the Elgrand. So, as long as I drive it where there's no other traffic, or lights or any reason to stop, its bob on. Wuvvum showed me the odd looking injector he thinks might be the culprit when I was at his. I've spoken to my local Jag specialist and they've said if it is that, they have a load of good ones they've taken off engines themselves that they can lob on for £225 and will warranty the part. Anyhow, will get it booked in shortly and see what they say. Hopefully an easy fix, hopefully..... However at the price, I've got some wiggle room if it turns out to be something a bit more involved. Shite Ron, mercedade, Stanky and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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