goosey Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 New wheels arrived for my sons Suzuki Jimny, as we have converted the rear brakes to discs the original wheels wouldn’t fit Dyslexic Viking, Joey spud, paulplom and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Bollocks!!! That's 2 years it's passed with a rear fog lamp that doesn't work 😅 Now how am I going to justify more purchases?! RobT, Coprolalia, Dyslexic Viking and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Had a trip to Asda. Needed some bits - saw some decent alloy wheel cleaner for £7. However I then thought about when I would get chance to use it - it is passing down here. I put the wheel cleaner back and bought three bottles of lager instead. JakeT, MJK 24, Rust Collector and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bren said: Had a trip to Asda. Needed some bits - saw some decent alloy wheel cleaner for £7. However I then thought about when I would get chance to use it - it is passing down here. I put the wheel cleaner back and bought three bottles of lager instead. Did that clean the wheels ? Rust Collector, MJK 24, Stanky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I often find amusing things like this at my mum's stuboy, sdkrc, beko1987 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Rules 4, 5 and 7 are a bit defunct now 😂😢 (Thame branch closed a while ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 22 hours ago, Sunny Jim said: Discovered a surprise visitor at work this morning. Gave me quite a fright when I switched the lights on and it flew overhead. Is it a tawny? Look who's back. I've been told it's a young male tawny likely looking for a home. Plan is to work out where he's getting in, put up a nesting box and try and encourage him to use it. Any tips gratefully received! BeEP, LabRat, chadders and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Splashed out on some ht leads for the v6 as forum suggest to try this .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 19 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: I know someone that drove 100 miles for a milkshake! #autoalex #carthrottle alex's love for.. RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 1 hour ago, stuboy said: Splashed out on some ht leads for the v6 as forum suggest to try this .. A coil wouldn't go amiss for a hesitation issue. And the set of plugs if they haven't been done for a while. Depends how far you want to go with parts darts though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said: A coil wouldn't go amiss for a hesitation issue. And the set of plugs if they haven't been done for a while. Depends how far you want to go with parts darts though done them... RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The Volvo went tonight So last week I got it back from my welder and used my time of work striking wisely by priming the patches, seam sealing and undersealing them all (the inner sill had a small hole as did the spare wheel well) I then painted the sill Rover Hurricane Grey as that was a good match and waxoyled it all. I put the car on ebay Sunday evening and by Monday morning I had over a 1000 views and 105 watches! I ended up getting £3300 for it from a chap in Somerset on the promise I'd put a years mot on it today, which I did. Thankfully it was a clean pass so I spent a hour heading the 5 miles home in the grit locked traffic, I did see a 340 in the traffic mind This now leaves me a little more space and some spare cash to get the Capri finished off, hopefully that will be done soon too. brownnova, Dick Longbridge, Split_Pin and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 45 minutes ago, trigger said: little more space I wish my garage was that empty. Where do you store your tools?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 a panicked phone call from mother gm this evening "the car won't start, it stalled as I was parking and it's now stuck blocking someone else in" I grabbed some tools and jumped in the mazda on previous occasions, the problem has been that I had been driving the car and moved the seat back, she forgot to move it forward so wasn't pressing the clutch down far enough which is required for the engine to start (all vauxhalls are shite etc) however this time this was not the problem - a quick check showed a feeble 11.9v, lucky I brought the jump leads. reversing the mx5 into position (both cars have the battery in the boot, quite handy as her car was nose in) and a boost was applied - fired up first time so a suspect battery then. I followed her home and checked the voltage again, still only 12.0v the car is coming up for it's 6th birthday and is on the original battery so not unreasonable I take it this is a type 012 ? (sticking the reg into ecp gives 012, 063 or 096 as options) I see it is still showing a green indicator - are they to be trusted ? I'll get her a new one anyway, she is 76 so can do without the worry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 48 minutes ago, SiC said: I wish my garage was that empty. Where do you store your tools?! Ah there all the other side! If anyone is interested the Capri is plodding along, it's now running with a new Weber carb fitted, the brakes are currently being gone though, rebuilt the calipers, fitted new pads etc, had a mare with thr new hoses as they are a different thread to the originals and managed to strip the thread whilst doing up the nut 🤦♂️ Also bashed the bumpers straight again and repainted them today, quite pleased with how good they came out Still not looking forwards to sorting that shit strut plate out A friend came good with a pair of headrests for £20 Because priorities I got a dealer sticker of DMB on the back and have a new front plate on order from Retro Plates So finish brakes, fit bumpers, paint alloys, fit new tyres and it should be close to the road again! dome, Tickman, High Jetter and 38 others 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Type R's getting a set of Pilot Sport 4S tomorrow after work. I've also ordered new front dampers, top mounts/bearings, spark plugs, and a washer pump for it, and popped out to Halfords for new Bosch AeroTwins (they were cheapest for them) which were fitted in pretty much seconds. That was the best part of £1000. w00dy and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 It's your civic duty tho... MJK 24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Also, this came back from having the lower rear quarters welded up. Rear arches are like new now! Can see inside as it's still stripped out, they've done a top notch job. Can't tell it's been welded on the outside. w00dy, chodweaver, MorrisItalSLX and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 8 hours ago, trigger said: Ah there all the other side! If anyone is interested the Capri is plodding along, it's now running with a new Weber carb fitted, the brakes are currently being gone though, rebuilt the calipers, fitted new pads etc, had a mare with thr new hoses as they are a different thread to the originals and managed to strip the thread whilst doing up the nut 🤦♂️ Also bashed the bumpers straight again and repainted them today, quite pleased with how good they came out Still not looking forwards to sorting that shit strut plate out A friend came good with a pair of headrests for £20 Because priorities I got a dealer sticker of DMB on the back and have a new front plate on order from Retro Plates So finish brakes, fit bumpers, paint alloys, fit new tyres and it should be close to the road again! That's looking great man, I'm sure your welder chap could sort that plate out on the strut top no bother. Nice job on the bumpers too! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 10 hours ago, Ghosty said: That was the best part of £1000. Fuckin' tell me about it, man. I like my spaceship Civic, it's a really good car, but Honda parts prices seem crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercedade Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 10 hours ago, trigger said: If anyone is interested..... Running out of ways to express how interested I remain. AnnoyingPentium, trigger, coachie and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Another Ceri delivery! This one actually got the neighbours out for a look. But TL;DR it's a one owner local Bristol car that was his company car. Creme Cake (iirc) was in use until 2004 when it failed it's MOT and parked up for restoration. Left outside since then, it sadly slowly deteriorated. They had a number of lovely pre-war Austins in the garage which presumably was always the main interest and this just never got done.The chap passed away and the family decided that this had to be sold. When the cat came out from underneath and more rust fell out, they knew it was never going back on the road. I paid basically scrap price for it. I hate the idea of ever scrapping a car but this is by far past it. I'll primarily be using it for body cuts and the like. Maybe selling the odd part cheap if anyone is after anything. My purchase money went to a Parkinson charity, so will only be right if I donate a proportion of anything I sell there too.I'll do a video later of it after work. Apparently the engine runs really sweet. Ceri mentioned it even drove onto the trailer under its own power! Stanky, Coprolalia, sdkrc and 28 others 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schonker Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Nice work on the capri as usual Trig,Isaw the Volvo on eBay Sunday!Well done looking forward to updates on the capri trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 I mentioned to my partner recently that I fancy a disposable winter car, in diesel estate guise, as it's getting a bit miserable outside for projects currently and the Shogun Sport kindly shat itself at the weekend. 2 large dogs and a baby will be a nuisance in a Clio and the Insight is no good for any family duties being a 2 seater. Unbelievably, she said she thinks it's a good idea as long as I look to dispose of something else. I've agreed a deal on something today that I had my eye on, so I should have some collection action to share in the next few days. I reckon it's just the right balance of sensible and stupid. I've also got a viewing on a Trabant Kombi at the weekend, which is absolutely not what I need but it's not that far away and it's stupidly cheap. To keep to my end of the bargain, I'm going to have to push on with replacing the rear beam on the ZX so that I can put it in for MOT, and I anticipate that I will roffle that on here at a later date as I'd rather drive it into the sea than deal with the general public on a low value car. Tickman, Dyslexic Viking, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Ghosty said: Type R's getting a set of Pilot Sport 4S tomorrow after work. I've also ordered new front dampers, top mounts/bearings, spark plugs, and a washer pump for it, and popped out to Halfords for new Bosch AeroTwins (they were cheapest for them) which were fitted in pretty much seconds. That was the best part of £1000. type-r, what type-r? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Just got back from westest Wales with green Favorit. 553 miles in four days, real mixture of roads from the M4 (which is much longer than most people realise) and fast A roads to single track coastal roads. It's the longest trip I've done with this car since I bought it in April. No problems as such but the offside rear tyre started rubbing on the arch very slightly. I recently swapped the Team Dynamics wheels for the Ronals that I took off the Felicia and they must be very slightly wider. It hadn't been an issue before but I guess as we were loaded up with all our stuff and the dog (and he's 42.5kg) it was just that bit lower. It's only the tiniest rub but somehow the acoustics amplify the noise. It's hard to get the potatocam to photograph it properly but you can just see the left hand side is a little darker where it's skimming. That's after 500 miles so there's no real damage and it's rarely that heavily loaded but we will need a longer term solution. One other slight problem. It took six hours (including breaks) to get home and it rained the whole way and times was torrential. But when I selected second speed wipers it set the washers off at the same time. It never used to do that but I haven't used fast speed for a while. It must be something simple, probably in the switch. These wheels were all shiny four days ago. That's 500 miles of brake dust and general road detritus. And this is the main reason I think the tyre was rubbing. He is a bit of a lump. LightBulbFun, Rust Collector, AnnoyingPentium and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, SiC said: Another Ceri delivery! This one actually got the neighbours out for a look. But TL;DR it's a one owner local Bristol car that was his company car. Creme Cake (iirc) was in use until 2004 when it failed it's MOT and parked up for restoration. Left outside since then, it sadly slowly deteriorated. They had a number of lovely pre-war Austins in the garage which presumably was always the main interest and this just never got done. The chap passed away and the family decided that this had to be sold. When the cat came out from underneath and more rust fell out, they knew it was never going back on the road. I paid basically scrap price for it. I hate the idea of ever scrapping a car but this is by far past it. I'll primarily be using it for body cuts and the like. Maybe selling the odd part cheap if anyone is after anything. My purchase money went to a Parkinson charity, so will only be right if I donate a proportion of anything I sell there too. I'll do a video later of it after work. Apparently the engine runs really sweet. Ceri mentioned it even drove onto the trailer under its own power! Wow, that's a late one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: Wow, that's a late one! I thought that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said: type-r, what type-r? On 9/16/2022 at 9:49 PM, Ghosty said: This spaceship I bought about three weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 just helped save a old Polo from a nasty death , seems my diagnosis of "the water pump is fucked" was spot on .... new water pump and cambelt fitted pronto and all nice and quet now !! expecting lots of beer for keeping costs down to just a cambelt kit as opposed to scrap car .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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