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[Ghosty]

No Cooper S for us it seems, Old Man is being a grumblecunt about £ and the mother is starting to feel reluctant to let go of what we know (and have been told) to be a very, very good example of a Bini.

[xtriple]

Did we have a thread for snake oil treatments a while ago? If so, I have a contender....

 

The BGD has had one noisy tappet ever since purchase, only when first started after a day or two but it does tap away to itself quite merrily and rather spoils the ambiance... So, I bought some 'Wwynns oil treatment for noisy tappets' obviously that's not the real name but it's something like that but I can't recall properly because senile.

 

Bugger, indeed roger, me, it bloody works! All is now silent even after three days of inactivity.  What I want to know is: how does it work?

[bub2006]

Thickens the oil up maybe?

[Shep Shepherd]

I think it has gunge-dissolving properties or something.

[Supernaut]

Thanks for that. It has stemmed the tears. Slightly. I think my next purchase may have to be LS400 shaped. 

 

I know of one near me that may be for sale in the next few months. It's got really good* cambelt history (last receipt for a cambelt is from 2000).

 

Hey, would be an epic collection thread if nothing else!

[andy18s]

Having done such an excellent job of clearing the fleet ready for the move,the Mrs has decided to tell me she's away for a 2 day course next week,and will obviously need the Volvo......feck...

[dollywobbler]

I know of one near me that may be for sale in the next few months. It's got really good* cambelt history (last receipt for a cambelt is from 2000).

 

Hey, would be an epic collection thread if nothing else!

 

If the price is right, and it's an early non-interference one, then the adventure may be on. Not yet though. The lady at my insurance company is starting to despair of me phoning her yet again...

[Bear]

Work swamped me. Work has now been done. Now I gotta catch up on all the bits I've been working on...

[Bear]

And it may be time for the hearse to depart this life - going to try a couple more MoT stations - but the SLK flew through as always.

[Guest Hooli]

 

Engine out!!

 

I haz log envy, our heating needs them.

[Supernaut]

If the price is right, and it's an early non-interference one, then the adventure may be on. Not yet though. The lady at my insurance company is starting to despair of me phoning her yet again...

 

Haaaa, no.

 

It's apparently a couple of months too new to be non-interference. Ask RantingYoof about it. He was the last owner before it made its way up here. Current owner is a friend of mine, 17-Coffees and RantingYoof but he isn't on here, and is generally veeeery quiet. So we have no idea about the cambelt. I kind of had dibs on this car but I'm having second thoughts about it now, due to potential explodey-bang driveway ornament.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Today I got my local Merc specialist to put my heap on the ramp and check my engine mounts after I replaced the gearbox mount yesterday. My car's a bit too modern for them really but I love going there.

 

It shared a workshop with this lovely Pagoda , even the same colour.

[garbaldy]

 

Engine out!!

That's a spitfire engine surely

[Shep Shepherd]

Nice weather this afternoon in the westcountry. Had a meeting in Perranporth on the north Cornish coast. Most normal people would have taken a Merc convertible what with the weather and that whole first impressions counting thing; but because autoshite I decided the 740 was the car for me....

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Could almost be a brochure shot 

[New POD]

I've just paid someone for Fixing the BINI.

Wife and Daughter pointed out a clunking noise on full lock.

I diagnosed NOT a drive shaft.

Turned out to be 2 worn out front end bottom bushes. So fuck that I'm not arsing around on my back trying to fix that (cause I'm off to Lake Garda tomorrow and packing)

 I agreed with a local back street place that does my MOT's that they'd do it Thursday Morning. Which apparently means Friday afternoon. Took him 5 hours apparently. Given that he'd nearly finished at 6pm Thursday, but only actually finished at 4pm on Friday, I'm wondering if lying is normal for these "types"

£150 with a brake pipe, which we agreed was dodgy.

They don't have a card reader, don't do paypal. I have no cheques. I paid cash. How fucking back street is that?

[Ghosty]

Had a look at DVLA Cherished for the plate GG66GGG (yes 66 is available now).

 

£auction. Wonder what it goes for?

 

Which makes me think, won't OO00OOO, BB88BBB and AA44AAA be issued at some point?

[dave21478]

 

credit to XKCD....

https://xkcd.com/1105/

[richardmorris]

No photos but today outside my window was a Bugatti veyron ( reg something like BUG1A), beige rolls continental convertible reg x13aaa ( or something), white Ferrari California 458? Reg aaa again.

 

All with blingy chromed wheels. I had no idea football transfer fees came through so quickly!

[Cavcraft]

Thank you...

 

 

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Luckily* it's attracting the morons on social media already.

[fordperv]

today's job has been to swap the headgasket on the replacement engine I put in the saph for a multi layer steel one, I wanted to change it as a matter of course, I'm glad I did as I found someone had plopped a bottle or 2 of k seal in it in the past due to gasket issues around no4 cylinder (surprise surprise) I hate k seal,

 

 

 

the old gasket

 

 

 

I dropped the head off at the engineer's at 1.30 as it needed a lick, I got back with it at 5.30 so started putting it back together with new timing chain, oil pump chain, chain guides, water pump etc I left it at just needing the manifolds putting back on pipes putting back on and filling up with fluids

[fordperv]

double post

[crapcarcollector]

Luckily* it's attracting the morons on social media already.

Bit more shit than shite then

 

 

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[scaryoldcortina]

In a similar, but more nerdy vein - SQL injection attack via reg plate... here's hoping the Polski po-po don't standardise their input data.

 

[beko1987]

Haha

[For Fiats Sake]

Fucksticks, reversing panda skillfully between dustbins and modern car forgot about modern cars towbar and ripped one side of bumper mounts off.

 

Fucking bin men never came anyway, cunts.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

 

Is this some computer cunts joke that normal cunts don't get?

[beko1987]

Cunt possibly

[andrew e]

I got mine from Roys of Wroxham - probably not a lot of help for you, soz...

 

They do them on ebay though for not much more money.

Roys, their taking over the world!

 

https://www.roys.co.uk/do-it-yourself/car-and-bicycle/car-cleaning/pressure-washing/greenblade-8l-portable-power-washer

[scaryoldcortina]

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Is this some computer cunts joke that normal cunts don't get?

probably. They do chemistry jokes too.

 

[Cavcraft]

'Defense'