The new news 24 thread

[paulplom]

I was rather hoping of you Woolarding the pink jimny. 

[stuboy]

Trailer driving volunteered by the missus and the bil... neither wanted to drive it so muggins did it... still need more experience reversing..

[320touring]

@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😁

[Ghosty]

After some cryptic texts and an unexpected phone call, I'm looking at a car tomorrow. It's rather promising on paper. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

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!🤣🤣🤣

[hairnet]

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

[HillmanImp]

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. 

[HillmanImp]

1st train(s) achieved. 

If you jump on the wrong carriage on this one you're boned. 

[HillmanImp]

Wtf, we're going the wrong way. 

I'm *sure* I'm on the right train. 

 

[dozeydustman]

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.

[HillmanImp]

We've done a big loop round and are heading south now. Phew! 

[andyberg]

17 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Wtf, we're going the wrong way. 

I'm *sure* I'm on the right train. 

 

Good luck 🤞

[HillmanImp]

1st train exited. Half hour wait till next one. 

[HillmanImp]

2nd and final train. 

[Ghosty]

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. 

[SiC]

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.

[RayMK]

Love the Austin Devon!  Quite a lot of interesting stuff there, and not so many that seeing everything becomes a marathon.

 

[Tickman]

5 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

2nd and final train. 

Hopefully the silence means whatever you were after is working.

[Split_Pin]

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.

[HillmanImp]

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. 

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, SiC said:

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.













 

Ooh, a Gilbern.

[HillmanImp]

26 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

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 has 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. 

Its odd, this car as it is today is only 2 years younger than my 1st Jag was in 2014 when I bought it. 

The XF seems much MUCH newer in my head and the XJ felt like it was an old car when I bought it (not to drive it was just an old car if you get my drift). 

Strange, innit. 

 

[brownnova]

Went to the Retro Works show in Chester today, took the 2CV And met the 2CVers… 

But there were some excellent finds at this show! 

Not least this Renault 18 Turbo! 

Other highlights: 

And last but by no means least 

[Dick Longbridge]

What a selection. That R18 turbo takes me straight back to 1993. I was 18 and worked as a weekend skivvy at the local garage. The owner often let me borrow forecourt cars to go on parts runs and one day he lent me his R18 turbo. It felt very average right up until the turbo kicked in, which just so happened to be as I was alongside a car I was overtaking. Almost crapped myself - that thing was rapid!!

[stuboy]

8 hours ago, Ghosty said:

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. 

did u tell him your annoyance?

[Fumbler]

While I wait for another power steering pump I decided to fix the horn issue on the car. I pinched the horn from the alarm (as it's never going to work again and has the same connector), made a bracket and splaffed some Hammerite on it. Hjonk hjonk.

 

[hairnet]

54 minutes ago, brownnova said:

 

 

 

 

you did the frog thing on purpose? @brownnova

[Ghosty]

27 minutes ago, stuboy said:

did u tell him your annoyance?

yes, in stern but polite words. 

[trigger]

I went up with a mate on Friday morning to collect the garage find Capri 

It wasn't too bad to get out in the end, we managed to inflate most the tyres with a little inflator and pulled it out with the truck without too much fuss

my mate then span the truck around and towed me out backwards along the road before spinning around again and pulling it across the road to a school entrance to load it onto the truck

On the way back we took a wrong turn and ended up outside the original dealers garage to got a few photos. 

One passing young salesman asked if it was a Capri 🙄 I said yes we've bought it in for a service and he just walked off, strange lot.

After getting the car home I've managed to get it turning on a bar, unfortunately the cambelt was so gummed up in corroded remains of water pump that it actually stripped the teeth of the belt but thankfully the 2.0s are non interference. 

So I cleaned the interior as it was a bit mouldy

Which got the Mrs Trigger thumbs up of approval. 

So there you have it, plenty of work to be getting on with but no as bad as it could have been, I can't wait to wash it though! 

 

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

And last but by no means least 

Fuck it. My next car (if I'm in the country long enough) will be a Lada. I need to experience the misery.