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[mercedade]

Post-MOT fail for the Rover, I'm trying to find a local welder who comes recommended. Turns out no-one has any idea!

 

Can anyone here recommend a welder who'd be prepared to take on sill replacement (x2) on my 820? I've got the sills, I just want someone who'll be able to chop, clean, patch inner sills (where needed) and fit my replacement panels.

 

I'm provisionally booked in somewhere, but that's more by default than as a result of a recommendation and I'd always prefer somewhere tried and tested.

[daveb47]

Sadly Maplin don't do those ignition amplifier kits any more, I just looked.  Maplin isn't much more than a toyshop these days, sadly,

 

(Maplins was the holiday camp in Hi-De-Hi, by the way, as Google just reminded me when I typed it in.)

Think i have one of those somewhere,i will have a look later.

[mercrocker]

 

(Maplins was the holiday camp in Hi-De-Hi, by the way, as Google just reminded me when I typed it in.)

 

See my avatar!

[MarvinsMom]

Post-MOT fail for the Rover, I'm trying to find a local welder who comes recommended. Turns out no-one has any idea!

 

Can anyone here recommend a welder who'd be prepared to take on sill replacement (x2) on my 820? I've got the sills, I just want someone who'll be able to chop, clean, patch inner sills (where needed) and fit my replacement panels.

 

I'm provisionally booked in somewhere, but that's more by default than as a result of a recommendation and I'd always prefer somewhere tried and tested.

I know a fella near Malton (that's passed York on the A64 heading towards Scarborough) who is a whizz at body work, though that may be too far from Manc to be practical?

[cros]

Dear Scotland, you have recently taken delivery of a bunch of English arseholes who will probably try to pass themselves off as 'comedians'. They will doubtless push sycophancy to new levels due to the recent referendum, and I only hope that you have good sense to treat them as you would counterfeit goods seized at a boot sale- run a steamroller over the cunts.

[Supernaut]

Dear Scotland, you have recently taken delivery of a bunch of English arseholes who will probably try to pass themselves off as 'comedians'. They will doubtless push sycophancy to new levels due to the recent referendum, and I only hope that you have good sense to treat them as you would counterfeit goods seized at a boot sale- run a steamroller over the cunts.

Thankfully I'm in Aberdeen, so get to avoid the annual cunt-import. We've got enough native ones here anyway!

[cros]

Thankfully I'm in Aberdeen, so get to avoid the annual cunt-import. We've got enough native ones here anyway!

Apologies, I thought Marcus Brigstokke was English when it's abundantly clear he's from the Easter Islands.

[mercedade]

I know a fella near Malton (that's passed York on the A64 heading towards Scarborough) who is a whizz at body work, though that may be too far from Manc to be practical?

Yeah, probably a bit far to be honest, but appreciate the thought.

[cros]

Last week bought a new vehicular addition but I tell myself that I'm downsizing as after 26 years the Nuffield 3/42 will be up for sale.

This tractor is from around 1980 and will be used for mowing the lawn and powering the wood chopping machine.

It has a 900cc 3 cylinder Di engine and was bought with a few faults which means cheaper. These have now been rectified- literally, (the diodes were burnt out in the regulator), and the leaking plastic tank fixed.

[Ghosty]

Just seen an LHD(?) green DS floating through Glossop - looked like it could have been Cleon-Fonte driving it?

Doesn't beat the tatty J-reg BX I spotted earlier in Sheffield though, being driven by an old bloke - one Pallas wheel cover, one missing, chrome and wood roof rack and a tailblazer/heckblende!

[captain_70s]

Bought a nice pre-facelift "Dolomite" nose badge for the 1300 to replace the naff later "Triumph" type, because priorities.

 

Test fitted it on 50 Shades of Yellow:

 

[Skizzer]

XJ-S micro-update:  You may recall this is currently immobile for want of spark.  

 

I have cleaned and fiddled with every connector I can find that seems ignition-related;  that hasn't helped (but did make the starter motor work as that had stopped too).  

 

Having failed to learn anything very useful from trying out my fledgling multimeter skills*, I have now gone down the path I promised myself I wouldn't:  started buying new parts in the hope that one of them is needed.

 

First try, ignition coil.  Ordered from Amazon because then it should arrive soon.  I note also that like-for-like they're half the price of Jaguar Classic Parts or SNG Barratt;  it's not a rare or special type so I refuse to pay double because it's for a Jag.

[Bobthebeard]

Having driven the Mecury from oop North down to Essex to deliver it to Purplebargeken I am now without a roadworthy 1990's American car. Given how comfortable the Mercury was over the 270 + mile trip, how it just quietly rumbled along on cruise control has restarted the mojo to get the Oldsmobile back on the road. So much so that I was up and working on the Olds in the garage at 7.00 am this very morn.

The fuel consumption of the Mercury was a nice surprise. Given that I had only done local journeys previously, 32 mpg (with cruise control set at 55 mph for a lot of the trip) was Very Nice.

 

Bonus free night in a Holiday Inn halfway courtesy of Mrs Beard who was working in Walsall.

 

 

[Tamworthbay]

Having driven the Mecury from oop North down to Essex to deliver it to Purplebargeken I am now without a roadworthy 1990's American car. Given how comfortable the Mercury was over the 270 + mile trip, how it just quietly rumbled along on cruise control has restarted the mojo to get the Oldsmobile back on the road. So much so that I was up and working on the Olds in the garage at 7.00 am this very morn.

The fuel consumption of the Mercury was a nice surprise. Given that I had only done local journeys previously, 32 mpg (with cruise control set at 55 mph for a lot of the trip) was Very Nice.

Bonus free night in a Holiday Inn halfway courtesy of Mrs Beard who was working in Walsall.

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so is 'aar Ken' fully yanked up now? Must get the finger out and arrange the long overdue visit.

[xtriple]

Bentley is partially fixed... maybe. Newly rebuilt alarm/immobiliser ecu seems to have cured the starting problem but after being away from Specialist cars for a couple of days to have the discs skimmed, it has been returned undone as 'they don't have the correct equipment to do discs that big.

 

It was 7 weeks on Wednesday since it went to them.

 

I am seriously fed up with it all. Everything takes so long and costs so much to do it is ridiculous. Also, nothing is ever simple or straight forward with it. Mojo seriously affected... I hope when it comes back, my love for the thing returns as it is sadly lacking at the moment.

[bub2006]

I'll be popping to see kem soon Tamworth. Make it a joint venture?

[Bobthebeard]

Bentley is partially fixed... maybe. Newly rebuilt alarm/immobiliser ecu seems to have cured the starting problem but after being away from Specialist cars for a couple of days to have the discs skimmed, it has been returned undone as 'they don't have the correct equipment to do discs that big.

 

It was 7 weeks on Wednesday since it went to them.

 

I am seriously fed up with it all. Everything takes so long and costs so much to do it is ridiculous. Also, nothing is ever simple or straight forward with it. Mojo seriously affected... I hope when it comes back, my love for the thing returns as it is sadly lacking at the moment.

Hopefully the love will return. As ever, one of the biggest issues with owning such luxury/expensive cars is running and maintaining them of course. Many things are expensive and difficult to sort. Specialists* don't want to know unless it is easy, (£££s) mainstream repair shops are scared to work on them and options are limited to say the least. I owned a Citroen DS Safari back in 1991, ok, not a luxury car as such, but specialist. Actually finding anyone to actually take on, and actually do the work was soul destroying. " Yeah, no problem, leave it with us" always meant nothing happened for weeks with lots of excuses...

Goes with the territory I guess. Sadly.

The DS Safari actually got seriously damaged by one 'specialist'. Claimed it had been reversed into by a coach from the nearby coach depot. Actually turned out that one of the employees had been razzing it round the yard for a 'laff'. Of course I ended up losing out due to insurance company not being able to find either the mystery coach and no one admitting anything.

[Tamworthbay]

I'll be popping to see kem soon Tamworth. Make it a joint venture?

sounds good,

[bub2006]

ROADTRIP

[panhard65]

Got sent this picture by my other half today looks like she took a sneaky pic at ALDI last weekend.

 

[Kiltox]

Not sure I can part with the Rover, look at it!

 

[cros]

∆∆ Don't!!

[vulgalour]

Made an attempt to tow the Renault home with the tow pole and Chompy's Picasso.  First issue I knew about was having no towing eyes at all anywhere on the Renault, so we used the bumper iron because that's bolted to the chassis and is the only thing the pole will attach to.  I do not have a tow rope.  Test tow around the yard went smoothly so we set off in convoy with Chompy in the towing car, Mike in the Renault and me behind in the Rover to provide a safe rear vehicle.

 

The GOOD news is that the Renault's brakes work, it steers well, it rides well and looks pretty smart on the road.  It genuinely turns heads in a way I've only ever seen supercars manage, which was a very pleasant surprise.

 

The BAD news was that when Chompy stopped at the first junction the tow pole unhooked itself so we made it the grand total of about 500 yards.  Rehitched it and put the Renault back in the unit for now because we have no safe way of towing it four miles.

 

Going to get a trusted chap with a flatbed to move it but that could take a while, he's good but always in demand.  A-frame loan wouldn't help as I have no vehicle with a tow bar.  Is there a knack to towing these cars?  Or is it just that it should have a towing eye and mine hasn't got one?

[dollywobbler]

I'm having towing woes too. 2CV will not be making an appearance at the local show tomorrow, because I can't find a bloody trailer to get the thing there. FAIL.

[Guest Biggus Dickus]

Made an attempt to tow the Renault home with the tow pole and Chompy's Picasso.  First issue I knew about was having no towing eyes at all anywhere on the Renault, so we used the bumper iron because that's bolted to the chassis and is the only thing the pole will attach to.  I do not have a tow rope.  Test tow around the yard went smoothly so we set off in convoy with Chompy in the towing car, Mike in the Renault and me behind in the Rover to provide a safe rear vehicle.

 

The GOOD news is that the Renault's brakes work, it steers well, it rides well and looks pretty smart on the road.  It genuinely turns heads in a way I've only ever seen supercars manage, which was a very pleasant surprise.

 

The BAD news was that when Chompy stopped at the first junction the tow pole unhooked itself so we made it the grand total of about 500 yards.  Rehitched it and put the Renault back in the unit for now because we have no safe way of towing it four miles.

 

Going to get a trusted chap with a flatbed to move it but that could take a while, he's good but always in demand.  A-frame loan wouldn't help as I have no vehicle with a tow bar.  Is there a knack to towing these cars?  Or is it just that it should have a towing eye and mine hasn't got one?

Surely investing four pounds in a tow rope would be the logical solution?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TONNE-Towing-Strap-Heavy-Recovery/dp/B00RLQ4GH4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470427986&sr=8-2&keywords=tow+rope

 

[scaryoldcortina]

Vulg, I hope chompy challenged you to a fist fight in the street after the junction incident.

 

I take it the renner still isn't running then? I'm going to be in the area over the weekend if you want me to have a quick look at it...

[vulgalour]

I haven't had time to do any more on it so no, it's still not running.  That was the big reason for towing it home, so I could have it more easily accessible to work on it and get it running.  It's gonna be something super simple, I'm just flat out with work so finding any time is pretty tough.

 

You're more than welcome to come and have a poke at it and point out what stupid thing I've not done that's dead obvious to anyone else looking at it... and I just remembered I STILL forgot to get that photograph of the leads for Eddie Honda.

[scaryoldcortina]

PM me a postcode and a phone number, and I'll ring you when I'm passing by.

[EssDeeWon]

Taking the Primrose Connie down to the Kent coast tomorrow.  Paid my rip off £5 toll fee for a bridge that has been paid for 3 times over, now to fill it up with Pez.  The £5 toll fee becomes insignificant then... Looking forward to the drive, don't often go very far in the old girl.

 

KV6 Powaaaaa ahead.

[stuboy]

Taking the Primrose Connie down to the Kent coast tomorrow.  Paid my rip off £5 toll fee for a bridge that has been paid for 3 times over, now to fill it up with Pez.  The £5 toll fee becomes insignificant then... Looking forward to the drive, don't often go very far in the old girl.

 

KV6 Powaaaaa ahead.

any were dingy and dull?