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[Guest Hooli]

Spilt fuel pipe so the pump can't suck owt through?

[Skizzer]

Good thought - possible - no sign of leakage though...

[Guest Hooli]

Had it on my dad's kit car & that didn't leak either.

[nacho man]

On a little campervan trip to snowdonia. Pissed it down sat, sun and mon.

 

 

Parked next to this old cracker.

 

 

 

Didn't get chance to speak to the owner as they always seemed to be out and I am like a recluse anyway.

 

But today finally sun appeared.

 

 

Pitched by the sea for the next few days hopefully it stays sunny.

 

 

 

 

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[Skizzer]

Rig up gravity feed or jack the back end up?

Which would be easier....

Damn you and your intelligent lateral thinking. (Stomps off to fetch ramps from shed.)

[daveb47]

Mot on Volvo 940 this afternoon,only done 400 miles since last one.

May sell it if it passes,seems a waste just sitting outside house.

[cms206]

After fucking about since the last server crash, I have finally managed to make the forum work on the sodding phone again. Not been in the office much to catch up there so this is somewhat betterer.

 

Updates from the last time I was here...

 

 

The 205 diesel is now MOT'd. Rough and ready but now legal.

 

Tieshite continues; this silk number was two quid.

 

 

After nearly divorcing me, my wife now likes the 850 a great deal. The 406 estate makes her very carsick and the 850 saloon has fuck all luggage space so I think an 850TDi auto estate is now on the shopping list to replace this 850S and the 406 estate. Arse.

 

 

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[Guest Hooli]

Pretty sure there is a V70 TDi estate auto for sale on this very forum. It's exactly the same as a 850 with the corners slightly rounded off.

[Tamworthbay]

In the UK you are never more than 9 miles from a garden ornament RX8 with rotor tips made of cheddar.

If you think that's not true then perhaps there is one very close to you but invisible due to long grass...

But as they cost less than a packet of cathedral city then they are well worth a punt.

[daveb47]

Mot on Volvo 940 this afternoon,only done 400 miles since last one.

May sell it if it passes,seems a waste just sitting outside house.

Well it passed,advisery for weeping front shock. & a sidelight out which was working fine yesterday..

[Richard]

Pretty sure there is a V70 TDi estate auto for sale on this very forum. It's exactly the same as a 850 with the corners slightly rounded off.

 

Not only that, it's in East Kilbride.

[cms206]

Don't you lot fucking start, I'll get killed again!

 

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[bub2006]

Do it.

[tooSavvy]

I wouldn't say mad, exactly. Brave, maybe.

 

I like these - I briefly considered one new - and they still qualify (to me) as interesting, because a mainstream manufacturer dared to be different. Rotary engine, the door arrangement, the styling in general - all a refreshing change from the tired ubiquity of hatchback, diesel, Macpherson struts and our-cupholders-are-shinier-than-yours.

 

It'll be interesting to see how you get on, though obviously for your sake I hope it's tediously reliable*.

 

Lovely colour, too.

 

Is there not wisdom that running a 'TwoStroke' mix is the way to a happy revdom, on these....

 

TS

[wuvvum]

I never had any problems with my RX-8.  As long as I didn't try to start the engine when it was warm.  Or stall it.  Or switch it off within 3 minutes of a cold start.

 

 

My parents moved back to England today, after 23 years in France.  Or at least they began the process - they've left their old place and are now en route.  Texted my dad at lunchtime to make sure it was all going OK - got a reply to say that the removal van had got a puncture on the motorway on the way down, the toilet had broken, and one of the removal men got stuck in the lift and they had to call the fire brigade to get him out.  Hopefully the run of bad luck has now ended and the rest of the process will go swimmingly - it's a fucking big upheaval, especially for two people in their mid '60s (although to be fair they're both quite "young" for their age).  They don't have a place here yet either - they're going to be staying with my mum's sister in Somerset while they look.  It'll be nice to be able to just get in a car to go and see them (even if it does take several hours), rather than a plane / train / ferry.

 

 

In more cheerful news, and to my surprise, the Movano passed its MOT today, needing only a couple of brake pipes and the handbrake freeing off.  Not bad for a van which was supposedly fucked when I bought it a year ago - to be fair it does smoke a bit from a cold start if it's been stood, but it's fine once it's warmed up, and it's never once FTP'd. 

[stuboy]

Decided to support local comunity and let polish, polish and clean my car not bad for a tenner..

[Lord Sterling]

Arse man, my spotting skills are faltering badly. Was in Colchester just coming out of a Peugeot dealer looking to get to the train station when this SERIOUSLY CLEAN Partridge-look-a-like Sterling come floating past, driven by a posh looking lady driver in her late 40s/early 50s. It was a blue with a private plate '481 CRW' which turns out it's a 2.5 KV6 Sterling. Basically, my car but same colour/cleanliness as Partridges.

 

I was so overwhelmed I just froze admiring the car and didn't whip out the phone for a pap as I usually would.

 

Also spotted but not papped; Sherpa camper van in Yellow in Derbyshire/Yorkshire border near to Holmfirth, White Montego estate in Belbroughton, plus loads of other stuff that's too depressing to list.

[hairnet]

Pretty sure there is a V70 TDi estate auto for sale on this very forum. It's exactly the same as a 850 with the corners slightly rounded off.

and its hugely local to you

 

for a change

 

see mrs loves volvos really

[320touring]

Ahh bugger.

 

travel toolkit packed, can only mean one thing..

 

will pap up a thread tomorrow after woiks

[bramz7]

Won a ZX on eBay last night. Seller contact achieved, collection planned for next week, when I know my days off.

it's about 160 miles away, so one long old train journey followed by (hopefully) a reasonable drive back.

 

It's like I'm cramming in all this excitement so soon after passing to make up for all the time it took!

[Noel Tidybeard]

Arse man, my spotting skills are faltering badly. Was in Colchester just coming out of a Peugeot dealer looking to get to the train station when this SERIOUSLY CLEAN Partridge-look-a-like Sterling come floating past, driven by a posh looking lady driver in her late 40s/early 50s. It was a blue with a private plate '481 CRW' which turns out it's a 2.5 KV6 Sterling. Basically, my car but same colour/cleanliness as Partridges.

 

I was so overwhelmed I just froze admiring the car and didn't whip out the phone for a pap as I usually would.

 

Also spotted but not papped; Sherpa camper van in Yellow in Derbyshire/Yorkshire border near to Holmfirth, White Montego estate in Belbroughton, plus loads of other stuff that's too depressing to list.

 

YOU'RE FIRED

[Skizzer]

My own news is tinged with grump: having earned a gold star by passing its MOT with no advisories, and led me down the primrose path of saying nice things about it on here and promising it a good Italian tune-up and some regular use, my SD1 has now FTPd on my driveway.

The battery is fine and it can be persuaded to do a few revs if I squirt some EasyStart up its nose, but otherwise it won't properly catch on the starter. I can hear the fuel pump as normal. The petrol is pretty stale, but it ran ok the other day and I've chucked in a gallon of fresh stuff to no avail.

The only difference I can think of between now and when it ran fine is that it's now pointing slightly uphill, so I'm wondering whether the fuel pump is so enfeebled that it can't push the fuel up the slope. Could rig up a gravity feed I suppose, and see what that does.

So the SD1 won't start, the XJ-S won't start and the Victor either starts or idles but not both. Fuxake.

Went to start trying to fix the Rover this morning and it started on the first turn of the key. Perverse git.

 

I think the difference is that we've had two dry, sunny days. It does leak (because SD1) and so I guess the moral of the story is, don't leave it out overnight in the rain.

[Cavcraft]

Se5?

Yeo, that's the badger.

[John F]

Had a bit of spare time before (which is unusual) so decided to clean a couple of my cars, starting with Vauxhall's finest hour...

 

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2nd finest hour, you mean... after the pre-V grille V6

[HMC]

A few days back, SWMBO reallised the MOT was out on her modern land rover, around the same time I was getting it in the neck for buying the £170 Volvo. She's had the rover 75 for the last few days, and yesterday I got a call saying the clutch had gone. I recon its the wanky plastic master cylinder that's gone pop that these were saddled with, but we will have to see. The upshot is that the much complained over Volvo has redeemed itself as the only road legal and roadworthy car she can use. Infact earlier on I almost got a compliment out of her about its usefulness.....

[Supernaut]

I joined the Xantia facebook group that Beko is in. I posted a photo of my sheddy Xantia complete with Mercedes trims and CB aerial and so far have 13 likes.

 

 

I was worried they'd be the type of owners' club who are only interested in pristine, original examples.

[Vince70]

I treated the Z3 to an oil and filter change but I'm terrible with receipts etc so I just filled it in the service book just to see that I only gave it an oil change about 800 miles ago which was about a year and a half ago and my E36 is the same and I'm going to start using that again from the 1st September but at least that one has done a couple of thousand since I last gave It a service.

 

And I've now been back on eBay looking for something else to use for winter and I've no reason to get another car as I've already got the two but I think it's the thrill of seeing if I get stuck with a lemon or can I get a real peach for my money.

 

The problem I have is I do a car up for the winter months only for me to then get too scared to let the salt near it.

I must get out in them more..

[cms206]

IJ that Volvo is a thing of beauty. Dibs please when you're done with it.

 

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[beko1987]

I joined the Xantia facebook group that Beko is in. I posted a photo of my sheddy Xantia complete with Mercedes trims and CB aerial and so far have 13 likes.

 

 

I was worried they'd be the type of owners' club who are only interested in pristine, original examples.

Not from my experience, they seem ok. Slightly interesting reading translated posts but it helped me loads this morning!

[xtriple]

Remembered both sets of keys today so went and got the BGD out of the garage. I was soooooo intent on watching the passengers side front (which was very close to the Mazda) I forgot to worry about where the right side of the car was... Drivers side mirror folded right back on itself. Ho hum...

 

Doesn't seem to have done much damage but the back has popped partially off and I am fucked if I can work out how to get it back on. Not loose, but I bet you have to start at the bootlid disassembling to get the door mirror off and the tiny bit of plastic that is inevitably broken will be £400 and the kind of plastic that refuses to glue...

 

Once again, though, started all day no bother, is this progress?