wuvvum Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Not been the best weekend for the wuvvum fleet. It started when I took the 107 to the car wash on the way home from work on Friday evening - the car is now clean but most of the badging on the back got washed off so the car is now a EU O . Then later in the evening I jumped into the Rover to go and see a mate - it was making a strange noise but I couldn't immediately see anything - then as I turned the steering it started to clonk and vibrate violently. Turns out the offside front spring had broken and the broken end was sat on top of the tyre. So I abandoned the Rover and took the MGF instead. Yesterday I jacked the car up and took the wheel off, then brought the Maxus round to the car park so I could plug the angle grinder into the inverter under the van's bonnet. It made short work of slicing off the (quite sharp) broken end of the spring, and I was able to get the spare wheel on so the car is now movable, albeit down on one side. The nearly new GoodYear Eagle Sport tyre is fucking toast though. I'm quite pissed off about that as it was the best tyre on the car and a bit of an awkward size to replace (215/60x16, not a size most of the local part worn places have in stock, and rather expensive for a decent quality new tyre). I did start to try to take it apart in preparation for the new spring - the drop link came undone easily enough and the nut came off the bottom ball joint bolt without too much of a fuss, but the bolt itself has hitherto shown zero interest in moving. I've left everything soaking in Plus Gas and when my mojo is a bit better I'll have another go but with the car up on the big jack so I can get a proper swing at the bolt with the lump hammer. All rather annoying as I'm going to Devon on Wednesday for a funeral and I'm now going to have to take the 107, which is less than ideal. The next job was to jack the front of the MGF up to try and ascertain which wheel bearing is making noise. From a spin of the wheels I think it might actually be both of them, which is a bit of a pain as they're not a DIY job on these. Further investigation was hampered by the discovery that the car has locking wheel nuts and no key - it turned out that the one on the offside was only finger tight anyway but the nearside was on there properly and necessitated much hammering of smaller sockets before it'd come undone. I've ordered a set of non-locking nuts to replace the locking ones as nobody nicks OEM alloys anymore - they're all after the cats. Speaking of which, the MG could ideally do with a new silencer as it's starting to hole at one end and is also blowing from the join with the down pipe, but the cheapest one I can find is 96 quid and I'm not spending that so it's just going to have to keep sounding a bit farty. I still can't get the Visa to run properly. I replaced the dodgy nearside spark plug and it fired up immediately and ran fine for a few minutes until it started overfuelling again. It's definitely the needle valve not closing properly as when I noticed the carb start to fill with fuel I switched off, took the fuel line off the pump and blew and I could blow through into the carb - it wasn't wide open but it was obviously open enough to be letting petrol through to places it shouldn't be going. I have no idea what's causing it though - everything is moving freely and when I take the top off the carb and lift the float up manually it closes the valve as it should. I've taken the carb off the car again so I can have a better look but at the moment it's got me completely baffled, and it's starting to piss me off as that's now the only thing standing in the way of the car being usable. In fact I'm actually wondering if the car might be haunted, as when I was taking the carb off the electric fuel pump randomly started ticking several times, despite the ignition being off and the keys in my pocket. Weird... On a more positive note, I got in the Volvo yesterday for the first time in a couple of months and was pleased to note that the windscreen cover seems to have managed to stop the water ingress into the cabin. I stuck the key in the ignition just to see if there was any life left in the battery and greatly to my surprise the car fired straight up and ran fine. So that was nice. Cheap eBay batteries FTW... DVee8, BeEP, brownnova and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Ah a 75 pulling its favourite cunt's trick. Sorry about the tyre man, that's a top level pisser ☹️ wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Winter is finally here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 After nearly 3 months of procrastination pissing about careful deliberation, I finally got round to setting up my new Moto G82 phone. I was initially stumped as it wanted a double-ended USB-C cable to copy stuff from my 4yo G6 but in the end did it by bluetooth / magic. Smoothest transition so far, even transferred most of my my saved passwords, which I'd been dreading. I have had to set-up my homescreen pages though, which is actually no bad thing as I weeded out some no longer needed stuff. It's much faster, and has better data connection, even in a couple of places I couldn't get online with the old one. Slightly bigger screen but, strangely, text on web pages (including AS) is slightly smaller. Early days, but for a £240 phone I'm happy so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 hours ago, High Jetter said: Slightly bigger screen but, strangely, text on web pages (including AS) is slightly smaller. Settings > display > font > text size Adjust to your liking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 A retreat from cambelt roulette just in the nick of time... 2016 Focus dome, AnnoyingPentium, wesacosa and 6 others 5 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcyonecorporation Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/5/2023 at 6:41 AM, sutty2006 said: I can’t wait to visit your lightbulb museum one day Mr @LightBulbFun . the experience will be enlightening. it may give me some bright ideas for future projects. sorry. if nothing else, it should be well lit LightBulbFun, sutty2006, Yoss and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I took the opportunity to leave the roof off the ropey Boxster all day as it was tucked in the corner of the works car park, and it’s at the point where I think I’ve fixed the leak into the cabin, but it’s taking ages to dry out, given the time of year. No doubt the foam backing will need properly drying by pulling the seats and carpet to sort that properly. But that stripped out autoshite version of a GT3 lightweight can wait until the spring. To think Porsche used to charge more for less content; I’m getting it for free! Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Earrings Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/5/2023 at 10:55 AM, HMC said: Mid engined, rear bicycled Curious..that tape on the front of the plate..have you put it there? We usually tell people to do that if they’ve had theirs cloned, just so we can differentiate from the genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 17 minutes ago, Pat Earrings said: Curious..that tape on the front of the plate..have you put it there? We usually tell people to do that if they’ve had theirs cloned, just so we can differentiate from the genuine. I was in the middle of a plate change to my plate wanker plate 😂 Pat Earrings and dave j 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 19 hours ago, wuvvum said: Not been the best weekend for the wuvvum fleet. It started when I took the 107 to the car wash on the way home from work on Friday evening - the car is now clean but most of the badging on the back got washed off so the car is now a EU O . Then later in the evening I jumped into the Rover to go and see a mate - it was making a strange noise but I couldn't immediately see anything - then as I turned the steering it started to clonk and vibrate violently. Turns out the offside front spring had broken and the broken end was sat on top of the tyre. So I abandoned the Rover and took the MGF instead. Yesterday I jacked the car up and took the wheel off, then brought the Maxus round to the car park so I could plug the angle grinder into the inverter under the van's bonnet. It made short work of slicing off the (quite sharp) broken end of the spring, and I was able to get the spare wheel on so the car is now movable, albeit down on one side. The nearly new GoodYear Eagle Sport tyre is fucking toast though. I'm quite pissed off about that as it was the best tyre on the car and a bit of an awkward size to replace (215/60x16, not a size most of the local part worn places have in stock, and rather expensive for a decent quality new tyre). I did start to try to take it apart in preparation for the new spring - the drop link came undone easily enough and the nut came off the bottom ball joint bolt without too much of a fuss, but the bolt itself has hitherto shown zero interest in moving. I've left everything soaking in Plus Gas and when my mojo is a bit better I'll have another go but with the car up on the big jack so I can get a proper swing at the bolt with the lump hammer. All rather annoying as I'm going to Devon on Wednesday for a funeral and I'm now going to have to take the 107, which is less than ideal. The next job was to jack the front of the MGF up to try and ascertain which wheel bearing is making noise. From a spin of the wheels I think it might actually be both of them, which is a bit of a pain as they're not a DIY job on these. Further investigation was hampered by the discovery that the car has locking wheel nuts and no key - it turned out that the one on the offside was only finger tight anyway but the nearside was on there properly and necessitated much hammering of smaller sockets before it'd come undone. I've ordered a set of non-locking nuts to replace the locking ones as nobody nicks OEM alloys anymore - they're all after the cats. Speaking of which, the MG could ideally do with a new silencer as it's starting to hole at one end and is also blowing from the join with the down pipe, but the cheapest one I can find is 96 quid and I'm not spending that so it's just going to have to keep sounding a bit farty. I still can't get the Visa to run properly. I replaced the dodgy nearside spark plug and it fired up immediately and ran fine for a few minutes until it started overfuelling again. It's definitely the needle valve not closing properly as when I noticed the carb start to fill with fuel I switched off, took the fuel line off the pump and blew and I could blow through into the carb - it wasn't wide open but it was obviously open enough to be letting petrol through to places it shouldn't be going. I have no idea what's causing it though - everything is moving freely and when I take the top off the carb and lift the float up manually it closes the valve as it should. I've taken the carb off the car again so I can have a better look but at the moment it's got me completely baffled, and it's starting to piss me off as that's now the only thing standing in the way of the car being usable. In fact I'm actually wondering if the car might be haunted, as when I was taking the carb off the electric fuel pump randomly started ticking several times, despite the ignition being off and the keys in my pocket. Weird... On a more positive note, I got in the Volvo yesterday for the first time in a couple of months and was pleased to note that the windscreen cover seems to have managed to stop the water ingress into the cabin. I stuck the key in the ignition just to see if there was any life left in the battery and greatly to my surprise the car fired straight up and ran fine. So that was nice. Cheap eBay batteries FTW... I had these fitted to my '75 and they gave piece of mind. https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-RSC000131 wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 4 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: Settings > display > font > text size Adjust to your liking Have just tried that, it makes text & menu fonts bigger (and this as I type it) bigger, but not AS or webmail. It's not a problem though, was just a comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 19 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Have just tried that, it makes text & menu fonts bigger (and this as I type it) bigger, but not AS or webmail. It's not a problem though, was just a comment. Huh, strange then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Leyland Worldmaster said: I had these fitted to my '75 and they gave piece of mind. https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-RSC000131 Those are actually a bloody good idea. Wish I'd known about them sooner... Leyland Worldmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 11 hours ago, High Jetter said: even in a couple of places I couldn't get online with the old one. snortle you need THAT password High Jetter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I meant my physical location, not the sort of sites you subscribe to 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 23 hours ago, wuvvum said: Those are actually a bloody good idea. Wish I'd known about them sooner... There is quite a bit of information about them on the Rover 75 and ZT OC. They're not perfect, however I do remember seeing a number which saved tyres. The 75 seems to like going through front springs for sure... Best of luck with getting your car sorted! 😎 👍 wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 I got my Dolomite back from the barn at the weekend after not seeing it for months, amazingly it fired straight up, even the battery was full charged and it drove back home perfectly. I can't get over how good condition this 1850 is, everything works other than the speedo under reading which is a worry as i think i have have sped through a average speed camera on the A12 on the way home, (doing 60mph instead of a indicated 50mph 😒) There's no rust anywhere apart from the chassis that i stupidly crushed with a axle stand and there's no rattles or squeaks, amazing for a mid 70s BL car! Again as i had the camera out i thought I'd take a load of photos! crad, Yoss, Steviemillar and 46 others 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Stunning looking car @trigger. First car I owned after passing my test in 1989 was a brown V reg 1500HL Dolomite, yours looks far better than that ever did at 10 years old and yours is pushing 50 years old. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Lovely @trigger! Reminds me of a p plate 1850 auto I had in about 2004. It had a lovely Webasto roof and was the same colour. Sadly after being rescued from a barn and put into daily use something wierd happened with the rear axle and (to date the only time this has happened to me) a rear wheel fell off the car. I needed new underpants after that! trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SiC Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 11 hours ago, trigger said: I got my Dolomite back from the barn at the weekend after not seeing it for months, amazingly it fired straight up, even the battery was full charged and it drove back home perfectly. I can't get over how good condition this 1850 is, everything works other than the speedo under reading which is a worry as i think i have have sped through a average speed camera on the A12 on the way home, (doing 60mph instead of a indicated 50mph 😒) There's no rust anywhere apart from the chassis that i stupidly crushed with a axle stand and there's no rattles or squeaks, amazing for a mid 70s BL car! Again as i had the camera out i thought I'd take a load of photos! I wish my Sprint was this shiny! I didn't realise yours was an early Dolomite too (different grab handles amongst other things). I wonder if the 1850, like the early Sprint, had smaller wheel studs. I remember reading that the MET police had a habit of snapping them during hot pursuit and loosing a wheel! Later cars had thicker studs to solve this and often people upgrade theirs. It's something I've pondered doing on mine if/whenever I get it finished. trigger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Hopefully the gearbox saga is at an end. The 4 speed had a crunchy 3rd and 1st could be difficult. Didn't go totally smoothly as when on the way to the garage an injector pipe broke. Bollox!! Got to the garage. I have a few spare ones. Did I have them in the van? Of course not. They are in a locker in the motorhome. Rang a mate who came round in his Evoque, so I tried to not look like a hairdresser, to get the spares. Upshot is gearbox is spot on. Thank you @Ged. I sent off for gearbox seals, did they fit? Of course not so I'll have to see if the existing ones leak. Hoping not. So I am a reasonably content bunny. mercedade, BeEP, Yoss and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 My entire fleet... I had five about a month back. AnnoyingPentium, Yoss, Tickman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Stopped for a steak bake and coffee from Greggs at Toddington Services today and spotted this in the car park, police commercial vehicle unit with what appears to be a portable axle weighing machine, the young lads in a sprinter speaking to plod didn't look overly impressed by it, but its back end was on its arse, so either over loaded or fucked. AnnoyingPentium and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 A minute of Maestro. HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 I ordered a set of Nankang tyres for the 2CV from Camskill and they were delivered today! I can’t wait to fit them… when I checked the date codes I found they’re 20 months old. Disappointing as I don’t expect to do huge miles and they’ll probably get replaced due to age rather than wearing out. AnnoyingPentium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmonicCheeseburger Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Car shopping in the next few week/month tops when funds are sorted. Question is what? E10 fuel, autobox only (prefer proper auto no semi-auto,DSG,PowerShit etc) As much an-car as possible, issue is budget of I presume at this point £2,500 max would prefer under. Moon on a stick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 40 minutes ago, Lankytim said: I ordered a set of Nankang tyres for the 2CV from Camskill and they were delivered today! I can’t wait to fit them… when I checked the date codes I found they’re 20 months old. Disappointing as I don’t expect to do huge miles and they’ll probably get replaced due to age rather than wearing out. A lot of tyres in unusual sizes are made in batches and then stocked until the batch runs out. Any 2CV Nankang tyre you can buy will probably be around that old. Lankytim and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said: Car shopping in the next few week/month tops when funds are sorted. Question is what? E10 fuel, autobox only (prefer proper auto no semi-auto,DSG,PowerShit etc) As much an-car as possible, issue is budget of I presume at this point £2,500 max would prefer under. Moon on a stick? MK2 Focus with a torque converter auto, job done and case closed AnnoyingPentium and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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