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[Kiltox]

Is this rectifiable with filler and an aerosol? Never done it before but looking to learn on something.

 

 

 

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Yep just spend a lot of time stripping it back properly and treat with rust remover

[worldofceri]

...excellent advice...

 

Thanks Richard.  My gut feeling is that it's a gearbox issue.  

[Lacquer Peel]

Just had a look in Glass's.

 

 

That's a lot of car. 02 makes it pre-PD as well.

Plush veg mobile

[RobT]

I went to Cranleigh Classic Show in the Metro today. Weather was good, loads of different tat on display, and Mike Brewer was the compere (can't have everything I suppose). Actually I don't mind the bloke, and he said positive things about Allegros, so maybe Wheeler Dealers are due a BL tin resto.

 

Anyway, I only took a few pics. This Triumph 2000 was one of my favourites. I spoke to the owner's missus and she said it's one of their dailies, being used for tip runs etc. Big old load space in these when you have a proper look. Lovely.

 

 

An old Bentley. I think it's unrestored and only has 22,000 miles on the clock. I couldn't quite hear what the owner was saying as some twattish know-fuck-all kept butting in. The wings looked too good to be original paint though. Either way I liked it.

 

 

GR9 for being John Steed.

 

 

Giffer with Cortina selling tat.

 

 

A Zummerset for Dicky. For sale too at £5,500.

 

 

The wide variety makes this a good show, and I chatted to lots of friendly owners. WUD DU AGAIN.

[HMC]

Haven't had much spare time this weekend but I did pap a traction engine as it trundled by whilst I was testing the filler neck repairs on the Merc...

[Cavcraft]

Still a lovely looking car those CLKs, they certainly weren't as nice on the eye when they facelifted them.

 

I've had a pretty horrible day (non-car related) but in  (dull) fleet news, here's what has occurred:

 

 (2015, boring) Viva given it's longest trip out to date, still only managed an indicated 42mpg, but the gauge has barely moved so maybe the computer isn't right? The cruise control was a God send and it pulls well for a poxy 1.0 litre and is actually a nice little car.

 

Calibra: more hopeless attempts to start it, my son came home, whizzed the dizzy cap off, gave it a wipe and it fired up. Let it tick-over then went for a 'drive it like you stole it' blast, where it performed heroically and almost made me smile.

 

Silver 405TD estate: charged the battery and it started first go. Back box now fitted, bit tight against the bodywork but 100% better and sounds like it should. Still some more jobs to do though.

 

Red 405TD estate: used as the battery lead mule for the Calibra. Funny how being a more basic model it actually feels poles apart compared to the (later, snazzier) silver one.

 

MX5: Untouched, still smells of burning oil as it has since my test drive before I bought it. The duck tape has now fallen off the gaping hole in the sills. 

[Sheefag]

Speaking of gaping holes in sills, what happened to that MG?

[Cavcraft]

With it's lucky* new owner in London somewhere.

[spike60]

Haven't had much spare time this weekend but I did pap a traction engine as it trundled by whilst I was testing the filler neck repairs on the Merc...image.jpg

I don't know what you've done with yours but  my 2000 Clk had a split rubber pipe about the size of heater hose behind the arch  liner somewhere that dribbled on your Hush Puppies when you filled the tank. The temporary repair with insulating tape was still going strong when I last saw it 2 years later.

[Supernaut]

17-Coffees and I went to Knockhill today.

Look at this heap of chod. Not a straight body panel amongst them.




We got to walk the track after all the racing, and sneaked into the pits just as the sun was beginning to set, hence me managing to get that epic shot. I'm properly chuffed with how well that photo turned out.

[panhard65]

Can't complain about mine, then, at least it was fixed...

 

News 24: Can't afford a new bike now because tyre. Considering the fate of the hearse, it has a nanosecond of MoT left and is highly unlikely to get another. Itching to get to work on the Smart.

If the hearse is going do you think you could retain the plate for me if I cover the costs.

[vulgalour]

I have decided in my wisdom to make one of my personal favourite photographs into a tee-shirt type print thing.  Redbubble have 20% off EVERYTHING at the moment too, so that saves you a few bob if this tickles your fancy.

 

http://www.redbubble.com/people/angylroper/works/22823303-remould-rusty-princess

 

[Angrydicky]

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A Zummerset for Dicky. For sale too at £5,500.

 

 

That's lovely, thanks Rob! Don't know the owner myself, but I recognise the reg as one featured in the club mag a while back. The owner used to have a black Somerset in the sixties and decided to relive his youth by buying another one.

[mercedade]

Would anyone be able to make use of these?

 

Original Volvo hubcaps, complete with removable centre caps. Complete, no breaks or cracks - a couple of dents and marks.

 

These were liberated from a now-dead 240 (I think) because I decided that anything which looked so cool must be worth an absolute fortune and eBay would make me rich.

 

Then I forgot about them.

 

Now I just want someone to use them.

 

[HMC]

I don't know what you've done with yours but  my 2000 Clk had a split rubber pipe about the size of heater hose behind the arch  liner somewhere that dribbled on your Hush Puppies when you filled the tank. The temporary repair with insulating tape was still going strong when I last saw it 2 years later.

Same with mine, bad first impressions as it wouldn't rev nor hold fuel if you brimmed it. A MAF and some heater hose I had at the back of the garage sorted things.

[Supernaut]

Would anyone be able to make use of these?

 

Original Volvo hubcaps, complete with removable centre caps. Complete, no breaks or cracks - a couple of dents and marks.

 

These were liberated from a now-dead 240 (I think) because I decided that anything which looked so cool must be worth an absolute fortune and eBay would make me rich.

 

Then I forgot about them.

 

Now I just want someone to use them.

 

 

Are they 15" ? They'd look hilarious on my Xantia.

[Sheefag]

Speaking of gaping holes in sills, what happened to that MG?

With it's lucky* new owner in London somewhere.

 

Did you post it to him?

[mercedade]

Are they 15" ? They'd look hilarious on my Xantia.

Umm...dunnno. Crucial information though I'd have thought, so well done me for not including it.

 

I will measure them this evening.

[Lacquer Peel]

Are they 15" ? They'd look hilarious on my Xantia.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hilarious*

[spike60]

Just had a look in Glass's. 

 

 

That's a lot of car. 02 makes it pre-PD as well.

Autodata reckon PD 1.9 available  in Octavia in 2000 and after, so check which engine if running on chip fat wanted.

[Lacquer Peel]

Autodata reckon PD 1.9 available in Octavia in 2000 and after, so check which engine if running on chip fat wanted.

It's definitely a VE TDI, I wouldn't buy it otherwise.

[Supernaut]

My Xantia now sounds even more like a tractor. I took the back box off to see what it would sound like, then put it back on, but it's not sealed properly.

 

I found out that the bit of pipe from the old tail section on the BMW 316 is a perfect replacement for the back box on the Xantia. It's the bit of pipe that rusted just before the 316's back box. It fits the clamp on the Xantia's exhaust perfectly, is just the right length, and even has a kink near the end that makes it exit through the original gap in the Xantia's rear bumper! Mr Coffees said he might look into welding brackets onto it during a tea break at his work this week, as it has nothing anywhere near the right place to go on the hangers on the underside of the Xantia.

 

So... tractor time! It still doesn't sound as apocalyptic as the Xantia that's now Beko's though. I guess that's the difference between the XUD and the HDi.

[trigger]

I went to get my aircon sorted today in the Fiesta, they drained, tested and refulled the system but it still didn't work so out came the laptop where he ran a diagnostics test in it where it said the relay was at fault, so removed that and bridged it and volla the compressor cut in (i should have checked this before just suspecting the aircon to have ran out). Ford wanted £35 for a new relay so I've ordered a second hand £5 one of ebay, hopefully its that and not the switch.

 

In the end it all came to £30 so i can't complain.

 

 

Have a bonus photo of a Cavalier Calibre Convertible that sits in the garages yard.

 

[oldcars]

I went to get my aircon sorted today in the Fiesta, they drained, tested and refulled the system but it still didn't work so out came the laptop where he ran a diagnostics test in it where it said the relay was at fault, so removed that and bridged it and volla the compressor cut in (i should have checked this before just suspecting the aircon to have ran out). Ford wanted £35 for a new relay so I've ordered a second hand £5 one of ebay, hopefully its that and not the switch.

 

In the end it all came to £30 so i can't complain.

 

 

Have a bonus photo of a Cavalier Calibre Convertible that sits in the garages yard.

 

Can't must have got a few £££ back from bridging one of these?

[Ghosty]

Autodata reckon PD 1.9 available  in Octavia in 2000 and after, so check which engine if running on chip fat wanted.

 

That's odd. The Glass's had seperate listings, one marked PD and one not (old TDI 110bhp, available from 2001, 130bhp PD available 2003).

[twosmoke300]

Trig - surely they would have hooked the gauges up and seen there had pressure was ok

[beko1987]

My Xantia now sounds even more like a tractor. I took the back box off to see what it would sound like, then put it back on, but it's not sealed properly.

 

I found out that the bit of pipe from the old tail section on the BMW 316 is a perfect replacement for the back box on the Xantia. It's the bit of pipe that rusted just before the 316's back box. It fits the clamp on the Xantia's exhaust perfectly, is just the right length, and even has a kink near the end that makes it exit through the original gap in the Xantia's rear bumper! Mr Coffees said he might look into welding brackets onto it during a tea break at his work this week, as it has nothing anywhere near the right place to go on the hangers on the underside of the Xantia.

 

So... tractor time! It still doesn't sound as apocalyptic as the Xantia that's now Beko's though. I guess that's the difference between the XUD and the HDi.

Mine does sound tractory... Was childish earlier and blezzed past a group of youths in 2nd gear, they looked impressed*

 

I think there's a slight hole where the front pipe goes into the 'cat', could see a small hole and I think I can hear blowing. Will put some exhaust putty on it at some point, and if it sounds better in the 10 miles before it all falls off cos exhaust paste always does that to me I'll know...

[trigger]

Trig - surely they would have hooked the gauges up and seen there had pressure was ok

I don't know much about them to be honest. He just removed the headlight, plugged it all in and left it to run for 30 mins.

[twosmoke300]

He will have used an automatic machine I expect . It takes the gas out then vacuum tests the system for 20mins or so .