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[Kiltox]

Yep - just made an arse of changing core plugs on a 1.4 Fiesfa so it's still running a bit rough but less so than before

[richardmorris]

Got home in daylight and swapped the indicator relay in the 2cv for a spare. For at least a decade the flashers have been somewhat lethargic but I've recently been counting to two between flashes!

The new (old) relay has them flashing at speed again. A job I have been putting off for years but took less than a minute to do. Priorities! I've also just bought a vernier caliper from eBay to get an exact carb float measurement.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172112246089

[Kiltox]

Van's gear linkage popped off tonight - previous cable tie repair by a previous owner finally gave up.

 

Will renew the cable tie for now but it turns out there's a clip/clamp that can be bought for £6 to help hold the worn link rod in place without fucking around replacing the cables

[cobblers]

Came back from work and there was a crowd of lads outside the house - I was half expecting it because I saw this happen on the CCTV before leaving for home:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFBcbNdUWUQ&feature=youtu.be

 

The blue car is an Insignia VXR that a mate of the lad over the road bought cash about two weeks ago with some money from a supposed compo payout. Anyway it sounds flipping lovely, lad who owns it is 19 or 20. Madness!

Anyway, the bloke who's car rolled down was being strangely arsey to the rabble of fairly lairy looking lads and was trying to suggest that it wasn't his fault the car had rolled down so it wasn't anything to do with his insurance. Strange really. The back bumper of the insignia was pretty much coved in, but it hadn't touched the metal anywhere that I could see. I sent the lad the video off the camera.

It's a stroke of luck for me really because half an hour later it'd have been my car parked there instead.

[richardmorris]

Saw a 6 wheel Citroen Cx flying along near Dartford hospital today. Too quick for a pic.

 

but it must have been this one....

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=750591

There is only one in the U.K. Phil Collins ( no not him ) is a physics teacher i think in Kent. He sent me a couple of bits for my cx many years ago.

[M'coli]

Phil Collins of Sierra Cosworth fame?

[wuvvum]

The Rover of Doom has just rolled over 120,000 miles.  It had just rolled over 100,000 when I bought it, which means I've now done more or less 20K in it.  Although this isn't much for five-and-a-bit years of ownership, it's the most I've ever done in one car.  I still really like the old heap.  It's got the fuelling turned way down at the moment so it's not as stupidly quick (or as stupidly smoky) as it used to be, but it's still got more than enough grunt for overtaking, and it's improved the fuel economy slightly too - it now seems to be averaging nearly 60mpg on the commute to work.  Only thing I can really fault it on is that the heater isn't brilliant, and takes fugging ages to start putting out warm air.  I now no longer regret the days I spent crawling round underneath it getting rust in my eyes and brake fluid in my hair.

[cobblers]

I suppose the good fuel efficiency is why the heater is shit. My mk3 golf diesel used to be the same, i'd have to thrash it to get it warm and when going down hills the heater would start to blow cold. I put a couple of thermostats in it but in the end it turned out that there just wasn't enough waste heat from the engine to keep me warm.

[danthecapriman]

My nice new Weber 34ICH carb conversion kit arrived today for my Transit.

Just in time for the weekend, so now I've got something to do. So finally it'll be goodbye to the lumpy, smokey erratic idling, leaking piece of shit VV carb that's been perched on the Pintos inlet manifold since 1985.

 

I'm surprised it's lasted so long really. I'll still keep it somewhere though, for originality sake.

In theory it shouldn't be in bad order really as the vans not even reached 20k miles from new yet!

[vulgalour]

Wow, P6s are cheap!   I have never noticed that before.  There's a nice looking (as in I like the colour combo) one on eBay at present for around £2k, dark grey with a red interior.  Lovely.  But seriously, why are they so cheap?  They're not even ugly!

[garbaldy]

/\ they wouldn't be if they wore another badge,

[5speedracer]

Close. The OM615 is about 40 years old. It's the OM651 in the A180 Auto, Renault-derived OM607 in the manual.

 

[/ex Merc warranty admin]

Oops, bit dis...desli....dils.....wrong way round.

 

Sent from my X17 using Tapatalk

[fordperv]

Phil Collins of Sierra Cosworth fame?

i loved the blue brooklyn ford livery car and the mr tompkinson carpets pink and white car

[richardmorris]

Just had the a/c serviced on the merc ( air care automotive  from elstead ). Some of the gas had run away, but all full now and got the inside cabin temp down to 6 degrees. £65 all in and done in the carpark at work.

[loserone]

http://www.durham.gov.uk/article/10040/Warning-over-safety-of-part-worn-tyres

 

 

The survey found that only one of 39 tyres checked bore the required 'PART WORN' tyre marking, was in sound condition and was, therefore, legally compliant.

Twenty five tyres had problems that could impair safety.

Ten of these had unsafe repairs; ten had significant age-related deterioration - with nine of them over ten years old and the other 23 years old; and five had been run flat or at very low pressure causing damage to the tyre's structure.

[egg]

I never have much luck selling car parts on eBay, but hey I just managed to sell a couple of empty crisp packets!

[tooSavvy]

Ooof!!

 

A complete Carina2 hatch, white, currently languishing on the side of the A19[N], by the Hartlepool slip.

 

Has a cone behind it, on the verge.... >> Probably of getting fragged

 

TS

[Kiltox]

Collectioning tomorrow - something big, thirsty and void of a MoT

[Tickman]

Collectioning tomorrow - something big, thirsty and void of a MoT

Well done with the clearance autoshite style

[Kiltox]

My fleet reduction skills are next level

[vulgalour]

Reduction is a contraction of two words:  repeated introduction.  Not a lot of people know that.

[Bear]

Farm shenanigans completed. Loss of space not as horrific as anticipated, but still frustrating.

 

Visitors tucked up nicely in garage (DS/P4)

 

Smart still here

 

Life just keeps on being chaotic

 

I still think Ford Pumas are seriously underrated.

[Lukas]

Been waxoyling the Galloper-chassis today. Well, half of it, for now. 

 

I was wearing a breathing-mask, security-glasses and a complete painters overall like this nice looking man here:

 

 

But despite all that, there is one thing I have to say to you about this job: It´s the ugliest, most horrible and the dirtiest of all jobs I have ever done! 

 

Utterly, utterly horrible. 

 

I´m off to take a shower...

[alf892]

Van's gear linkage popped off tonight - previous cable tie repair by a previous owner finally gave up.

 

Will renew the cable tie for now but it turns out there's a clip/clamp that can be bought for £6 to help hold the worn link rod in place without fucking around replacing the cables

Easy fix for that......drill a small hole in the socket in line with the waist of the ball and insert small spilt pin.

 

Access can make this simple task impossible though.........

[Lacquer Peel]

I suppose the good fuel efficiency is why the heater is shit. My mk3 golf diesel used to be the same, i'd have to thrash it to get it warm and when going down hills the heater would start to blow cold. I put a couple of thermostats in it but in the end it turned out that there just wasn't enough waste heat from the engine to keep me warm.

 

The heater in my Caddy TDI seems fine, and old 405 diesels have heaters like furnaces.

Modern Sprinters are utter shit, the engine temperature drops at idle so you essentially have no heat if you're waiting around.

[anonymous user]

Been waxoyling the Galloper-chassis today. Well, half of it, for now.

 

I was wearing a breathing-mask, security-glasses and a complete painters overall like this nice looking man here:

 

 

But despite all that, there is one thing I have to say to you about this job: It´s the ugliest, most horrible and the dirtiest of all jobs I have ever done!

 

Utterly, utterly horrible.

 

I´m off to take a shower...

I have been wearing a similar outfit. But that was for insulating the loft. (Still not finished)

[Cavcraft]

I've just bought a moped (scooter) the name of which sounds like a Korean dog training class.

[ruffgeezer]

I am the high bidder on a non turbo Citroen with no mot near Nottingham. Only 20 hours to go to find out if Mrs Ruff is going to lop off my conkers.

 

In other news, anyone available for shit Citroen collection capers?

[dean36014]

I am the high bidder on a non turbo Citroen with no mot near Nottingham. Only 20 hours to go to find out if Mrs Ruff is going to lop off my conkers.

 

In other news, anyone available for shit Citroen collection capers?

Ah, if that happens to be a red estate I'll won't bid on it. 

[bub2006]

Im not far from notts ruff. What do you need sir?