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[panhard65]

Took this out of the boot of a customers car this morning apparently it was a pot hole.

[nacho man]

I bet you get some funny excuses for stuff, and why it has broken.

[bramz7]

I hope it was someone on here who bought the mega late 605 on auto trader. SRDT Automatic on a T (!) plate.

 

I call first dibs if it was one of you.

[Bren]

Vectra has passed it's MOT.

 

Just need to find out why I am having cooling issues.

[egg]

And now it has an MOT. Really glad it's been saved by someone. Note slight VAG scene yo! changes - that's a different front grille and it looks a tad lower more stanced than when I had it!

 

A bit like the white Corsa, this looks like a 'theshadow' find that will live on...

 

[Guest Hooli]

Took this out of the boot of a customers car this morning apparently it was a pot hole.

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That's impressive.

[Christine]

This didn't happen much with good old 155 13 SR , 165 14 hr  OR DARE I SAY even modern 185 70 13's  .    Progress eh?

[dome]

Pick up the keys to my new lockup today. Plan is to make it a winter retreat for the Locost and store some other crap out of my garage in there leaving me able to actually work on cars in my garage

[beko1987]

Pick up the keys to my new lockup today. Plan is to make it a winter retreat for the Locost and store some other crap out of my garage in there leaving me able to put new, different shit in my own garage

[Bucketeer]

Congratulations to the new lockup owners/renters. I've got the day off today and am going to look at one this morning. Myself and the girlfriend have two parking spaces and two cars, a new garage would add room for one more, and I'm currently hoping to buy two more cars in the next few days. Oh well, at least there's a Tesco just up the road with plenty of parking/long term storage.

[chaseracer]

These are NOT my hands, nor is it my picture......

 

'Car Mechanics' with Eddie Izzard...?

 

[chodweaver]

'Car Mechanics' with Eddie Izzard...?

 

Nah, nails'd be black

 

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[stuboy]

attempting to change flexi piepe on the fozzie

[stuboy]

Flexi was too flexi so got one off ebay cheep, set about chopping 2 rust bolt hanging to cat, then thought id just chop through with disc cutter... once chop and then no room at all, and thought oh pants as need to get it cut, spoke to future Fil and he has air saw , so drove it the most deafing mile to his house only broke 2 blades, only thing is replacement has straight join where on car its curved, hammered on and tested blows but im physically broken..

[Supernaut]

^^ I just fucking hate working on exhausts, in general. I think the main thing I don't like is that you're constantly working against gravity while trying to join together some stupid bits of pipe that don't want to go together. Pattern parts for exhausts never seem to fit just quite right too.

[Tayne]

Does the Rickman Ranger also belong to your FIL?

[Guest Hooli]

^^ I just fucking hate working on exhausts, in general. I think the main thing I don't like is that you're constantly working against gravity while trying to join together some stupid bits of pipe that don't want to go together. Pattern parts for exhausts never seem to fit just quite right too.

 

You forgot the carbon & rust falling in your eyes every time you try to align anything.

[tooSavvy]

I Say Again.... ATS (me with arms folded, looking on) proved it for me....

 

Up Up.... And Away (goes my rusty auld $hite)

 

 

TS

[twosmoke300]

Time and experience has taught me that universal exhaust flexi joints are just not worth the hassle .

[chodweaver]

^^ I just fucking hate working on exhausts, in general. I think the main thing I don't like is that you're constantly working against gravity while trying to join together some stupid bits of pipe that don't want to go together. Pattern parts for exhausts never seem to fit just quite right too.

Friend of mine maintains that he always leaves exhaust work to the guys who do it all day long, but if he doesn't have that option, his preferred method is to strafe the underside of the vehicle in question with a 50 caliber weapon to 'loosen things up first'...

 

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[Guest]

Exhaust are a real pain in the arse, unless you have a ramp and the big blue spanner- then I love 'em.

[SiC]

What's the big blue spanner?

[Guest Hooli]

Oxy-acetylene I bet, fits both metric & imperial exhausts.

[twosmoke300]

Yup also known as the hot spanner

[clayts450]

After reading stuboy's experience, I've decided I'm not going to fit the new front exhaust section myself.

 

In fact I asked a local garage to quote (they'd deffo come in cheaper than the £350 Kwikshite quoted) but they advised me the front pipe and cat are separate sections (despite me giving them the exact MGR part number, and the replica Klarius part number)

 

I can't be arsed pointing out to them that the Streetshite is not a fucking ShittyRover, it's a 25/ZR.

 

Gonna get the guys at MG Mobile Mechanics in Derby to do it instead - at least they know their stuff

[stuboy]

Does the Rickman Ranger also belong to your FIL?

yeah

[clayts450]

Cheap Saab 9-3 2.2 TiD (2002 MY so the 1,100 different changes version of the 900) up for sale locally which looks pretty good and only 110K on the clock with FSH - gen me up guys - are these hopeless ? Know its a Vox injun.

 

And sorry Eddy - has to be a manual

[twosmoke300]

Cracking reliable engine - I'd say one of vx best . Bit noisy and inj pump electrics can just fail but thats Robert Bosch's fault .

Egr and inlet manifold gums up - mucky afternoon cleaning that out .

Poor starting esp when low on fuel and /or parked uphill can be leak off pipes / t pieces or injector seals . Officially a cam out job but you. Am so it without . About 60 quids worth of bits and 4 ish hours work at home .

 

Watch for the pedals moving when turning the steering wheel - bulkheads crack where the rack mounts and it's a bastard to repair esp with the big diesel lump in there .

Rest of the car is pretty good but arches rust and interior is pretty small / cramped .

I prefer the 9-5

[JeeExEll]

Don't know if it's been posted on here before but I've just noticed that the online DVLA MOT-history-check no longer lists the location of test-centre.

[Eddie Honda]

Yep. It has. About 32 hours ago. http://autoshite.com/topic/30113-grumpy-old-man-thread/page-2260?do=findComment&comment=1359251