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131,166 · July 5, 2016

Mended the Combo as my son suggested looking under the bonnet at the linkage. The plastic rod had come off, so I pushed it back on and cable tied it and it seems fine now!

9,749 · July 5, 2016

Where is here?

Mihaltsi, Pavlikeni province in Bulgaria.

Every town and village has a central square where the old communist party had a monument.

Most are old artillery pieces or some piece of mining equipment depending on what the local "speciality " was....

17,044 · July 5, 2016

That Discovery is just the sort of thing to trade in against a lovely green ~~XJ40~~ Freelander....

Don't you think, Skizzer?

I do.

FTFY...

26,956 · July 5, 2016

Mended the Combo as my son suggested looking under the bonnet at the linkage. The plastic rod had come off, so I pushed it back on and cable tied it and it seems fine now!

The meriva did that. I bought a fancy uprated metal linkage off ebay that sorted it!

Amy got quite adept at loosing gears stopping, popping the bonnet, pushing the bar on, dropping the bonnet and carrying on in the week it took to arrive! Even the police were impressed* when they happened upon her doing it once

35,695 · July 5, 2016

My Trafic has cable ties on the linkage.... I now know why

28,492 · July 5, 2016

Is it not the one 'the doctor' sold to that chap who now uses it as a daily driver...

I think that's Dippy.

I mean the aforementioned ( by Skizzer)member of this fine organisation, not as in the Right Said Fred ditty meaning slightly mentally ill.

53,448 · July 5, 2016

Damn you and your ear worms!

8,134 · July 5, 2016

Mihaltsi, Pavlikeni province in Bulgaria.
Every town and village has a central square where the old communist party had a monument.

Most are old artillery pieces or some piece of mining equipment depending on what the local "speciality " was....

The red light district must be worth a look...

July 5, 2016

An impromptu trip made to Milton Keynes last night. We're not too sure how but it dropped it's driver window that day despite not moving an inch for three weeks. Strangely we discovered the screwdriver (aka petrol cap key) had vanished from its hidden little spot. The doors were still locked?

Looking a little less stylish now! Haha!

11,605 · July 5, 2016

Yes, NLS 192P does indeed belong to Dippy of this parish who uses it daily. He did buy it from the Doctor.

12,052 · July 5, 2016

The picture of the sierra looked right from the early 90s after some scrote had smashed the drivers window to steal the grundig tape player

17,473 · July 5, 2016

9-5 brushed off the mot man's glares and prods today and ended the 45 minute bout with a pass and the advisory box clear. Ideas have been going around in the wee small hours to change it for a 4x4, but it's getting under my skin now. I like Saab's me.

44,540 · July 5, 2016

RAV4 is currently undergoing surgery. Looks it it was the water pump that was (very noisily) failing. Some of you may have heard it at Shitefest. It got a LOT noisier last week. I've farmed out the work because I'm dead busy AND can afford it. That doesn't often happen. It's usually one or the other! I've been told Â£260-280. Place bets now! That's obviously for new belt, tensioners and water pump. And a certain amount of swearing I suspect.

I've actually been missing the thing. Wasn't expecting that.

5,965 · July 5, 2016

Mihaltsi, Pavlikeni province in Bulgaria.
Every town and village has a central square where the old communist party had a monument.
Most are old artillery pieces or some piece of mining equipment depending on what the local "speciality " was....

Any chance of some close up pics of it please?

July 5, 2016

The picture of the sierra looked right from the early 90s after some scrote had smashed the drivers window to steal the grundig tape player

You're probably right - going by the fact the driver window is etched in a different number plate and the tape cassette was already missing upon purchase! It's most definitely had the plastic sheet treatment before

36,646 · July 5, 2016

Any minute now my telephone is going to ring with "Your Mercedes is ready to collect, Sir" and my arsehole is going to start twitching like a bunny rabbit's nose.

From what I can gather: It's had...

Another head gasket kit fitted
Refurbished set of valves
BNIB genuine duplex timing chain and associated sprockets
Camshaft (previously enjoyed)
Rocker Cover
Few hoses (that were brand new but incorrect for a car with A/C)
Heater unblocked thanks to some unhelpful twat using K-seal (that'd be me)
When I spoke to the guy on Wednesday he said "Well it's 10 hours labour" and that was 5 days ago. Seeing as they've not called to say it's ready, I'm bloody terrified. More of my wife's reaction than to actually paying it you understand...

Still being sheepish on price, but it also needs two ball joints. I knew this because the steering is 184x lighter turning right than left. So that adds another Â£100 on.

Christ.

28,547 · July 5, 2016

Yes, NLS 192P does indeed belong to Dippy of this parish who uses it daily. He did buy it from the Doctor.

Apologies all round, I thought Dippy's was on an N plate too.

23,499 · July 5, 2016

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/emergency_services_called_to_vehicle_fire_on_the_a11_1_4602140

Oops.

Slammed and paint-stripped all in one go. And a baked pineapple.

28,547 · July 5, 2016

Discovery news: it now has an MOT, yay!

Then, because it's a bloody minded Land Rover, it sprung a coolant leak a mile down the road. Fuxake.

Slightly wounded Discovery by Skizzer, on Flickr

I stuck it up on ramps and had a quick look underneath. There's a very secondhand-looking pipe under there:

Coolant leak by Skizzer, on Flickr

So tomorrow (?) I'll take the bumper off and have a better look. I suspect RadWeld isn't going to do this, it looks like it needs some plumbing. And I bet it'll be a right bee-atch to take apart, too.

Just when I thought I might finally get one of the cars running again. Joy.

45,016 · July 5, 2016

^ That's frustrating skizzer! Looks to be fighting you, and perhaps a pipe to the autotrans oil cooler has let go?

32,451 · July 5, 2016

I'm going through a right stage at the moment of craving another car even though i technically don't have any inside storage for it, having sold the Cortina I've got some money and a classic insurance policy going to waste so I'm keen to fill it. I've been hanging back as theres the possibly of the Ital van coming up soon so i want space and i have a perfectly usable Dolomite which i haven't had much use off so far this year because of the weather.

But i really fancy trying either a Allegro or a Marina at the moment, not a long term ownership thing, just for a bit of a laugh really. I've just veen offered this 1972 1.8 SDL Coupe for Â£1800, it has a years mot but needs a bit of fettling on the sills and rear arches as well as de-chaving.

It's also back in it's original SDL wheels, it is tax exempt but i can't decide if it's a daft move or not?

2,188 · July 5, 2016

Waved goodbye to this yesterday.

Going back to within a 10 minute walk of where the first owner lived!

Today I said goodbye to the Maestro........

........and hello to a big Fiaty boot full of WIN

3,508 · July 5, 2016

i can't decide if it's a daft move or not?

It probably is.

Therefore there are only two possible follow up questions.

When are you buying it?

When is the collection thread going to be filled with some red hot Marina action?

20,325 · July 5, 2016

I'm going through a right stage at the moment of craving another car even though i technically don't have any inside storage for it, having sold the Cortina I've got some money and a classic insurance policy going to waste so I'm keen to fill it. I've been hanging back as theres the possibly of the Ital van coming up soon so i want space and i have a perfectly usable Dolomite which i haven't had much use off so far this year because of the weather.

But i really fancy trying either a Allegro or a Marina at the moment, not a long term ownership thing, just for a bit of a laugh really. I've just veen offered this 1972 1.8 SDL Coupe for Â£1800, it has a years mot but needs a bit of fettling on the sills and rear arches as well as de-chaving.

It's also back in it's original SDL wheels, it is tax exempt but i can't decide if it's a daft move or not?

Having been upside down (as a passenger) in a moronina coupe (a 1.3 auto in beige), where a pedestrian was hit (and later died having never regained consciousness), as the car left the road whilst oversteering wildly, having hit a patch of damp, I am definitely qualified in a perverse sort of way, to tell you what to do.

Of course you should buy a marina. They were shit then, and are shit now, and people will love you and adore you for preserving and cherishing, that which deserves to be put out of it's misery.

If you do buy one, get one with worn out suspension, shite tyres, well past their sell by date, and with as much rust as possible.

my comments apply to the MGB which was basically a marina, but much less practical.

44,540 · July 5, 2016

Marina needs to happen. You are the man to de-twat it.

In other news, the RAV is back.

Â£282.50 worse off, but hey, my engine didn't get destroyed. Left any longer, I think it might have been. The water pump was seriously f*cked. It was a replacement, but by heck it was shagged. It barely wanted to turn at all, and sounded as smooth as Mel Gibson's chin.

So glad the plucky RAV got me to Shitefest and back, and that it didn't spectacularly let go when hauling Bub's caravan out of the field.

3,773 · July 5, 2016

FaoMr Skizzer...doesn't look like a coolant pipe........are you sure?

10,256 · July 5, 2016

Yeah, that looks like a PAS pipe to me too.

11,605 · July 5, 2016

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Waved goodbye to this yesterday.

Going back to within a 10 minute walk of where the first owner lived!

Today I said goodbye to the Maestro........

IMG_20160705_141140020_HDR.jpg

........and hello to a big Fiaty boot full of WIN

Isn't that funny how the Yorkshire registered Regata has returned home and the Kent registered Maestro has also (almost) returned home with Vek!

11,605 · July 5, 2016

Also, a bit of tat removal and some correct peaked reflective plates will transform that Marina. Â£1800 does sound steep though if it needs welding.

28,547 · July 5, 2016

FaoMr Skizzer...doesn't look like a coolant pipe........are you sure?

Yeah, that looks like a PAS pipe to me too.

Not at all sure - it was bleeding pink blood so I figured coolant and then stomped home in a huff. PSF would indeed make more sense - thanks.

I'll investigate properly tomorrow if I get time, otherwise the ungrateful little shit will have to wait until next week.

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