stuboy Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Exciting day... putting the mud flap on the dad wagon with next size up screws and some washers after council contractors mowed the grass and have no idea how it fell off Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Not really car related, apart from a drive up to oxford and back, but my 10year old niece is impressed with my balancing skills. Obviously not a very productive day but did alow my sister and brother in law to get on with their own stuff. Added bonus is take home madeleines and raspberry muffins! Rust Collector, AnnoyingPentium, Twiggy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 It was a nice sunny day again today so I went for a little drive in the country. trigger, Yoss, mercedade and 26 others 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, wuvvum said: It was a nice sunny day again today so I went for a little drive in the country. Wasn’t sunny for me, windy, drizzle all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rust Collector Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I did some car washing today, the Lada first as it’s not had a wash in my ownership: With all the rust and chipped paint it’s hard to see an improvement, but at least you don’t get dirty hands from touching it now, just tetanus. More satisfying was washing the E320 CDI, as it was plastered in general diesel filth and road dirt: That should scare the neighbours a bit less now. Best result of the day is that my partner has driven the E Class and has declared that she loves it! There’s still a few little bits to sort and more tidying to be done, but at least she can start using it now. Coprolalia, Split_Pin, Sunny Jim and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Is Kate Middleton's brother on here, then? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11762405/Real-reason-James-Middletons-neighbour-feud-revealed.html#article-11762405 timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Last night I watched 22 miles with Mark Wahlberg on C4. He only tried to escape in a Rexton! Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 The ‘goona clocked up 170,000 miles yesterday. It got to 169,999 as I approached home so I drove around the block to round the number. I do like this car. chaseracer, SiC, Popsicle and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Met an old road sign on our way to the pub…. Tickman, loserone, puddlethumper and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 On 18/02/2023 at 18:53, lesapandre said: Interesting article on the perils of electric cars. No chargers at holiday resorts which are quiet a lot of the year and then have peak demand over the summer. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/18/taking-tesla-to-truro-warnings-lack-of-electric-charging-points Great way to make silly money - strap a big old diesel generator to a flatbed and tour Devon fleecing owners who can't find a charger this summer... I'll stick to my diesel banger... After the 940 let us down the day before the holiday we ended up taking the wife’s EV on holiday to Devon last summer. Absolutely no problem at all, no issues charging and cost a quarter of the money it would have cost in petrol. Don’t believe every scaremongering article you read. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 9 hours ago, artdjones said: Is Kate Middleton's brother on here, then? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11762405/Real-reason-James-Middletons-neighbour-feud-revealed.html#article-11762405 tell him too sod off to chipping norton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 The TransSport has been laid up since October as it started misfiring in September, and it was really too bad to attempt going far. Knowing it was coming off the road for winter anyway I didn’t bother investigating thinking I’d leave it til spring. Today I put a few litres of fresh fuel and some injector cleaner in, and wondered if it would start… quick go of the boost pack and away he fired first time. No misfire when cold, but the warmer it gets the more it misfires. I’m guessing coil or leads Does the hive mind agree? Its parked in the same spot as my old 900 was… and seems to have inherited the same furry friends… They didn’t nibble anything in the engine bay last time… I hope that’s the case again this time! BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I guess heat indicates coils going bad? Plug wires are easily measured for differing resistance. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Spark would be my thought. A lean mixture needs a hotter spark to ignite, so if it's weak it will worsen as the engine warms up and the mixture is leaned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 8 hours ago, barefoot said: Last night I watched 22 miles with Mark Wahlberg on C4. He only tried to escape in a Rexton! Mwuhahaha, they're everywhere! I notice you said tried to escape. That would be correct, you aren't going anywhere fast in a Rexton. barefoot and Lacquer Peel 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, brownnova said: After the 940 let us down the day before the holiday we ended up taking the wife’s EV on holiday to Devon last summer. Absolutely no problem at all, no issues charging and cost a quarter of the money it would have cost in petrol. Don’t believe every scaremongering article you read. Yes I suppose it depends on where you go and when -and the specific demand at that point. It's certainly a possible challenge getting enough chargers to meet spikes in demand - but yes of course you are right, we'll see. All this kit needs daily maintenance as well as initial capital cost on set-up - it depends where that comes from in the public demesne. Certainly a lot of councils will not be in a position to procure this unless through a third-party provider. I think the country needs to get serious about charger installation. The article raises some interesting points about how disconnected (no pun intended) the process has been at the moment. Having been part of some major infrastructure delivery teams (both roads and railways) there are a lot of practical issues to resolve to get this roll-out. It appears some need planning permission which is often fraught. I would expect some nasty situations at charge points if there are not enough at any given point - the sort of thing the tabloid press gleefully report. Our local Tesco has gone over to majority self-service tills - half were not working today and massive queues. A very very ugly atmosphere at the check-out and almost a fight. (Fear and Loathing at the Car Charger) Ho hum. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Lankytim said: The ‘goona clocked up 170,000 miles yesterday. It got to 169,999 as I approached home so I drove around the block to round the number. I do like this car. My k11 passed a milestone and as I pulled up to get a picture it clicked over ... fk fk Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Not a great deal done on the fleet this weekend because the weather was just too bloody nice to be rolling around under cars. I did drive quite a few of them though. I took the Volvo for a spin for the first time since it got ejected from the drive by the Visa - it fired straight up and drove fine, and it seems to have managed to stay dryish inside thanks to the windscreen cover. The Innocenti needed a jump start but that fired up straight away too, and I took it for a run up the coast road - I still love driving that little thing. Then I took the Visa out - not very far, only a couple of miles up the road and back again, but that's the furthest I've driven it so far and also my first foray onto NSL roads. I didn't push it too hard but I took it up to 50 and it buzzed along happily enough. It's still not running 100% right but it didn't break down and it didn't chuck all its petrol out over the engine so that's progress. It actually started up fine on the original fuel pump after sitting for a week, so my worries about potentially having to wind it over for ages to drag the fuel up from the tank seem to be unfounded. I did have to hit the starter motor with a rubber mallet to get it to engage though, which is mildly worrying - I'm hoping it's not starting to get tired as I remember how much hassle Lankytim had tracking it down. It's only done it the once though and it's started fine several times since then. On the fettling side, I did some paint touch-ups on the MG (really badly, but then it's always going to be a 10-footer anyway) and plugged the laptop into it to see why the airbag light sometimes comes on (looks like a dodgy connection to the driver's pre-tensioner). Interestingly the Delphi wouldn't talk to the engine but the cheapo generic eBay special code reader would. The only other job I got done was to replace the bottom hinge on the nearside back door on the Maxus. The hinge had partially seized and no amount of grease or oil seemed to be able to make it operate correctly, so I bought a pair of used hinges off eBay. Strangely the replacement hinges have different fixings where they bolt onto the body (one has studs, the other has threaded holes for bolts) whereas the hinges on the van both had studs. I didn't have any M8 bolts short enough so I've just fitted the one hinge for now - it's done the job as the door now opens and closes fine but it looks slightly strange with odd hinges. It seems that the battery I thought was on its way out is actually OK after I put it on the charger overnight last weekend - I've taken to disconnecting the live terminal when I leave the van to stop it draining, but I reconnected it today after it'd sat for a week and the van fired straight up. So that's saved me having to fork out for a new battery, which is a bonus. This afternoon I went for a bike ride down to Hickling Broad. It was difficult to believe it's only mid February, it felt more like April (although the snowdrops were a bit of a giveaway). There was even a chap fishing out on the broad. RayMK, timolloyd, BeEP and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ0063 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I managed to have a pretty productive weekend for a change. Ambers grandparents asked me to take their 50” LED flat screen TV to the tip for them as they’d knocked it against a wall which pushed the HDMI cable and snapped the socket off the board. I looked on eBay and there’s a complete main board on there for £10 but I found a HDMI - Scart converter so tried that and it works perfect. Obviously quality isn’t quite as good but for a free ‘fix’ I’ll take it. Bought a wall mount for £16 and stuck it on our bedroom wall. Massive (literally) upgrade from the 23” one we’ve had for years. Next on the list was the X5, it was running cool which on the M57 is a common problem where the thermostats stick open. Picked a pair up for £67 so changed them both. Took around an hour to fit them, the X5 has an electric auxiliary water pump so it’s fully self bleeding.. you just put the ignition on, fan speed on the lowest speed, heat up high, push the accelerator pedal to the floor for 10 secs and the pump comes on, 10-15 mins later it stops and it’s done. Also refitted the original grill back on. Now gets to 96c and I’ve gone from 24mpg at best to over 29 so I’m happy. Today I managed to do the air, fuel and cabin filters on the Scirocco. Need to sell it as soon as I get the V5 back so trying to get it ready. Only got the oil change left to do and a hoover! Finally I also got round to mounting our retractable washing line on the wall, been meaning to do it but mrs JJ wanted to hang the washing outside today as it was nice so I finally got round to it. Also did 3 hours at work. Successful weekend! High Jetter, wuvvum, chaseracer and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 The discovery now fits in the garage only had to remove the roof….. and the door…… and the walls…… at least I can see it while doing kitchen chores. Sunny Jim, SiC, DVee8 and 23 others 11 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Very strange wheels on this Leaf Lacquer Peel and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 13 hours ago, wuvvum said: It seems that the battery I thought was on its way out is actually OK after I put it on the charger overnight last weekend - I've taken to disconnecting the live terminal when I leave the van to stop it draining, but I reconnected it today after it'd sat for a week and the van fired straight up. So that's saved me having to fork out for a new battery, which is a bonus. Try one of these - had same trouble with our van (some sort of intermittent parasitic drain) so fitted one .... wuvvum, chaseracer and Tenmil Socket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 19 minutes ago, bunglebus said: Very strange wheels on this Leaf better than these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said: better than these Oh I dunno - you could keep the kids busy for days cleaning those with some TFR and a toothbrush? Have a gander at the Hyundai offerings for their Ionic (Ironic?) range - similarly bothersome and tasteless catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horriblemercedes Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 51 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Oh I dunno - you could keep the kids busy for days cleaning those with some TFR and a toothbrush? Have a gander at the Hyundai offerings for their Ionic (Ironic?) range - similarly bothersome and tasteless Like rain on your wedding day High Jetter, EyesWeldedShut and AnnoyingPentium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Try one of these - had same trouble with our van (some sort of intermittent parasitic drain) so fitted one .... Battery cut off switches are the future. Just fitted this one to my discovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Alison passed her MOT today. Two advisories. A chipped 'screen and a Number Plate Lamp; the latter being a nice* easy* fix. 🙌🙌🙌 Dyslexic Viking, stuboy, Popsicle and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Daily driving 1936 style. Split_Pin, dome, stuboy and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 16 hours ago, JJ0063 said: I managed to have a pretty productive weekend for a change. Ambers grandparents asked me to take their 50” LED flat screen TV to the tip for them as they’d knocked it against a wall which pushed the HDMI cable and snapped the socket off the board. I looked on eBay and there’s a complete main board on there for £10 but I found a HDMI - Scart converter so tried that and it works perfect. Obviously quality isn’t quite as good but for a free ‘fix’ I’ll take it. Bought a wall mount for £16 and stuck it on our bedroom wall. Massive (literally) upgrade from the 23” one we’ve had for years. Next on the list was the X5, it was running cool which on the M57 is a common problem thats a problem cos its quite a long way from norfolk *shit scouse joke alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Just now, HMC said: Daily driving 1936 style. still 1936 in devon anyway Leyland Worldmaster, HMC and Sunny Jim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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