GMcD Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Holy shit balls I put some new metal into the Celica tonight. It was only a small 10cm x 10cm section but it's a start. Spent a long time faffing trying to setup and dial in the welder. Photos later once I've grind the welds down to save my blushes. dome, Tickman, djim and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 5 hours ago, richardmorris said: Thames motor yacht club at Hampton Court. Dafuq is that red thing with the gullwing doors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 The nut splitters I ordered were sitting on the doorstep when I got in from work, so I decided to attack the top mounting nut on the MG's rear strut. It took bloody ages because everything in the engine bay of a TF has about 2mm of clearance around it, but I got it off in the end. Can't fit the new strut yet though because I discovered that the nut is in fact M10 x 1.25mm, and the only M10 nuts I have are 1.5mm pitch. Don't think any of the local hardware places will have any fine pitch nuts, so I'm going to have to order them online. Also got the second pair of rear door hinges fitted to the Maxus - was a twat getting everything to line up, fortunately one of the neighbours wandered over to see what I was doing and I got him to hold the door in position while I fitted the top hinge - would have been even more of a bastard on my own. Door now opens and closes a lot more easily than it used to, so that's good. Drove the 206 in to work today as it hadn't had a run for a while. Weather was a bit dull this morning but was lovely by the time I left off at 5.30ish so I drove home with the roof down, which was nice. BeEP, catsinthewelder, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 11 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Dafuq is that red thing with the gullwing doors? https://www.burtoncar.com/ wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Can't fit the new strut yet though because I discovered that the nut is in fact M10 x 1.25mm, and the only M10 nuts I have are 1.5mm pitch. Don't think any of the local hardware places will have any fine pitch nuts, so I'm going to have to order them online. Most Japanese motorcycles use M10 X 1.25, any local bike shops? wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 That 2CV based thing is fucking gopping, it appeals to me about as much as I appeal to women. Go figure, same name. 😂 Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 10 hours ago, Snake Charmer said: Most Japanese motorcycles use M10 X 1.25, any local bike shops? Nearest bike shop is 10 miles away but I do have the remains of a dead Honda Spacy in the back garden - I might see if there's any I can nick off there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 This happened this morning. Scary... ProgRocker, wesacosa, RobT and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 My view out of the office window at the moment Ghosty, brownnova, morrisoxide and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 AnnoyingPentium, HMC and CGSB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 And home again. Somewhat to my surprise, the old crate never missed a beat, whether it was hammering down the dual carriageway at 60+ or grinding through the bank holiday traffic in Wroxham on the way home. It still definitely needs some fine tuning by someone who knows what they're doing though, and the valve clearances on the offside cylinder need adjusting. There's also still a bit of petrol in the oil, but I'm not sure whether that's new or just because I didn't quite get all the old oil out of the engine when I changed it. It certainly isn't doing the flooding the carb, conking out and chucking petrol all over the inlet manifold that it used to do before my last fiddling session, so that's good. Rust Collector, richardmorris, Wibble and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Nyphur said: Huge glass of absinthe? Close, ricard. Never tried absynthe- I can do without the hallucinations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 19 minutes ago, wuvvum said: And home again. Somewhat to my surprise, the old crate never missed a beat, whether it was hammering down the dual carriageway at 60+ or grinding through the bank holiday traffic in Wroxham on the way home. It still definitely needs some fine tuning by someone who knows what they're doing though, and the valve clearances on the offside cylinder need adjusting. There's also still a bit of petrol in the oil, but I'm not sure whether that's new or just because I didn't quite get all the old oil out of the engine when I changed it. It certainly isn't doing the flooding the carb, conking out and chucking petrol all over the inlet manifold that it used to do before my last fiddling session, so that's good. Remind me of the engine and where you are. It’s not the air cooled 652 is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird Verdict: would recommend brownnova, HairySteve, loserone and 15 others 5 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 PS- i can delete if needed the above post, im afraid im drunk, although it it stays i can search old posts when im old and reminisce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: Remind me of the engine and where you are. It’s not the air cooled 652 is it? Yep, 652. I'm in Norfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 56 minutes ago, HMC said: Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird Verdict: would recommend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardK Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Got to build a fing loserone, Six-cylinder and AnnoyingPentium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Replacement shock more or less fitted to the MG. Just needs a retaining nut for the top mount - I've ordered some nuts online as couldn't find any the right size. Mildly annoying as I would have liked it to be usable for the MG centenary this weekend but hey ho. Burnside, Six-cylinder, Stanky and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 10 minutes ago, wuvvum said: Replacement shock more or less fitted to the MG. Just needs a retaining nut for the top mount - I've ordered some nuts online as couldn't find any the right size. Mildly annoying as I would have liked it to be usable for the MG centenary this weekend but hey ho. Drive it anyway, just go a bit* slower over big bumps. Gravity FTW wuvvum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, HMC said: Took DOY out to a country retreat to mainly drink booze and have sex with a russian bird Verdict: would recommend Share her number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EspenO Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 On 25/05/2023 at 16:37, Stanky said: Anyone ever gambled on a 'special' hire car? I did the «dealer’s choice» thing with Hertz in Gothenburg a few weeks ago. I think the smallest car I could’ve gotten was a Yaris or similar. Ended up with a brand new, 2 - yes, two - km on the clocks, Citroën C5 Aircross hybrid. Lovely car, but a bit thirsty as it hadn’t been charged. Of course, this being Volvo Town, it was one of about three non-Volvos in the entire parking lot 😄 Best free upgrade I ever got was with Sixt in Frankfurt 7-8 years ago. I had booked a 3-series or similar, which turned out to be a VW Tiguan. A bit meh I thought, but fair enough. However, the «Refill Adblue, or I won’t start in *** km» message was showing. After a while of them trying to refill it from a 20 litre tank into the worst filler location possible (beside the spare wheel istr) they gave up and asked if I’d like the BMW 4-series Gran Coupe next to it instead. Only too happy to! However, some tapping at a tablet later, it was already spoken for. Would I take the black, dull looking 5-series Touring across the aisle? A rather less enthusiastic yes. It turned out to be a 530d X-drive with dark brown full leather and ALL of the toys. Fantastic thing. Stanky, BorniteIdentity and mercedade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Spent a good chunk of the day pfaffing with the car. Pulled the clutch master off, wasn't overly optimistic. Well, there we go. The bore is perfect. Put a new seal kit in and buttoned it up. Stuck that back in place and hooked it up. Took the wheel off for better access to the slave, that's seen better days. Still, replaced the slave cylinder, which was 110% stuck solid in place. Got it all bled up which returned a good pedal. Stuck a new solid state fuel pump on and flushed the lines through. Net result, it'll move by itself now. Still starts really nicely too. Phil Matty, wuvvum, MiniMinorMk3 and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 That looks lovely PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 It's a little* smoky. Just put some Slime in the tyre that keeps going down, that should help. Oil change pending. Diff sounds horrible. AnnoyingPentium, stuboy and hairnet 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesacosa Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 @LightBulbFun Cavcraft and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Popped too work as I wanted to clean the wheels on the mighty mondeo( I don't live near for a hosepipe), I had great idea to put my new wheel brush in my drill ( i get chronic cramp/pain )and some mixed up tfr, think it did an OK job and water was manky.. AnnoyingPentium, Popsicle and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 Many words stuck with F.... Such as Fuck... Bonnet blew open while doing 70. Fuuun. Looks worse than it is, just bonnet and windscreen. And awaiting recovery of now. dome, Six-cylinder, MrGTI6 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, 17-Coffees said: Many words stuck with F.... Such as Fuck... Bonnet blew open while doing 70. Fuuun. Worse than it looks, just bonnet and windscreen. And awaiting recovery of now. Not the driver's seat as well? Hope it can be fixed without too much excess/insurance hassle. CGSB, Itsy and 17-Coffees 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted May 27, 2023 Share Posted May 27, 2023 And sorted*... Race car now innit. Now to see what route to take with thr windscreen CGSB, Tickman, Coprolalia and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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