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[Ghosty]

Broken something on the Volvo. Went to inflate a tyre as thought it was a bit low, cigarette lighters gone all Jake Blues. Pop it out, and there’s a couple of loose wires joined with bent spades and a spare terminal on the back of the cigarette lighter. Pop it on at Old Man’s advice and there’s a crack , the radios shut off and now it won’t start.

Good thing I’m only about 2 miles from home but I think I might need towing.

Can’t see any dead fuses except the fuel pump one which came pre-melted on the car.

It better fucking not be that.

 

With all the shit that this thing is throwing at me atm I’m seriously tempted to get shot of it.

[dollywobbler]

Alternatively, always be careful when playing with random wires... (it's a lesson we all learn at some point).

[Ghosty]

Or, just fuck fuses. Summoned a multimeter and it’s all good. Why do lighters kill ignition?

[Sigmund Fraud]

Wynn's power steering fluid stop leak, more like Wynn's power steering fluid continue leak

 

Check the metal part of the power steering pipes for pin holes, no magic gloop is going to help with that !

[vulgalour]

 Found a NOS exhaust downpipe with a proper clamp and decent flexi AND a NOS speedo cable online last night, both listed specifically for the Princess, so I did a buy.  Wish me luck they're correct/not broken this time!

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Today was a very silly day. The main event was preparing the discovery for its MOT! It's not so much of a daunting task if the car is regularly checked over, like last weekend when I checked all the lights and all were operational. I checked them this morning and BOOM! A number plate light bulb had blown, there are 2 which simply unscrew, pull down and change the bulb... Refitting is reversal of removal ​except for when someone has been there before!

What this ''someone' had done involved removing the plastic shroud housing the lights and upon re-fixing, trapped a live feed to the light between the shroud and the tailgate. This meant that I was unable to pull the lamp holder down enough to well, do anything really. Then a rotten spring clip fell off and it was reaching that point when the job is a bit of a false starter. So off with the door panel and removal of things commenced to free the trapped cable.

Along the way I found the 2 subs in the rear tailgate to be fucked.

 

 

I also found the washer fluid bottle bricked with ice and washers innop. Took some pipes off to clear and a heater under the washer bottle whilst I messed about elsewhere.

Washers still not working, no sound of motor... Checked fuse, blown. Anyone got a 20amp? Robbed one from out of the 635's spares collection, motor worked! Still iced up though.

 

Shot off to halfords to be robbed, which I was. I got neat screen washes for the disco and the touring ( god, I'm getting tired of having frozen washers!), some top up oil and coolant for the disco. I also bought some cheapy replacement speakers which came with tweeters things and mini crossovers...

 

 

Which will look like this...

 

 

I wasn't going to fit the Tweety ones but thought sod it, what could possibly go wrong? Drill, drill, drill, hammer, hammer... More agro than its worth... Hammer, screw...

 

They sound a lot better than what was there that's fosho! Got me tunes blaring and all fixed up and off to the test...

 

 

Sweeeet... It's a straight A for the disco! Then it snowed...

[busmansholiday]

Walking down to local 'spoons Mrs BMH rings. "Ah, I say, you've remembered the fourth thing you need from Wilco's" (next door to 'spoons). "No, there's water pouring out of the cupboard under the sink by the dish washer and the dishwasher is making funny noises".

Fuck, turn around and go back.

Eventually turns out waste pipe has split from dishwasher, I feel a bodge may be due tomorrow.

[panhard65]

Walking down to local 'spoons Mrs BMH rings. "Ah, I say, you've remembered the fourth thing you need from Wilco's" (next door to 'spoons). "No, there's water pouring out of the cupboard under the sink by the dish washer and the dishwasher is making funny noises".

Fuck, turn around and go back.

Eventually turns out waste pipe has split from dishwasher, I feel a bodge may be due tomorrow.

But did you get to 'spoons !

[coalnotdole]

Thought I do some snow clearing with the Davie Broon. Started ok with some electrical boostage but the hydraulics wouldn't play ball. A valve must be stuck.20180302_144137.jpg

 

Bonus Start charger shite in that photo!

[Essex V6]

I've been thinking about how the crap car hobby brings us together as DW said, and it reminds me of how a lot of us are so obsessed sometimes, like Hendry. My mum wrote this to me a few days ago....which kind of sums up how it starts in the cradle!

Apparently I was the same according to my folks. My sister calls me Rain Man sometimes due to my memory of car related stuff!

[Talbot]

Which will look like this...

 

[image of back door speaker grille with new speakers behind it]

Pleased to see your rear door speaker grille is just as fucked as every other D1 300 / D2 I have ever seen. Mine included.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Yeah, was going to repaint it but it's way too cold for all that caper.

Missis rams all the kids scooters and bikes in the back too, it's not worth bothering with really. I might brush over it with shoe polish or something if I get bored one day... (Laughs out loud to self...)

[Noel Tidybeard]

Bonus Start charger shite in that photo!

 

no, no, no, no, no, that is a patented Prince of Darkness Loom Smoke Replenishing Station- often mistaken for an large battery charger

[richardmorris]

Yup it certainly is , I work with homeless so if you fancy bedding down in your garden tonight on a bit of cardboard and report back tomorrow how funny it was feel free

 

My parents are doing “feeding the roofless “in Wrexham this weekend, sat and sun. They are expecting about 50- for a sandwich ( choice of three ), cup a soup, biscuit, packet of crisps and unlimited tea or coffee, edit plus fresh fruit - banana, apple or orange. Apparently banana is favourite ( see sugar intake and teeth at the end).

 

It’s run by the Sally Army, funded by the council I think. There’s a rota for the Wrexham churches which should mean you get one weekend a quarter.

 

They buy the bread and fillings and make the sandwiches and collect the rest and trestle tables from central office in a few large boxes. I helped out the other year over Christmas, they were all so grateful and pleased to be talked with. Slight annoyance is that for health and safety reasons all sandwiches have to be used that day. How an extra day is going to turn a ham or cheese and onion sandwich toxic we don’t know.

 

It does make me angry that some tories think there is no one on the streets. Do they think people choose to be sleeping on a pavement in a sleeping bag when it’s -5?

 

The sole thing my mum doesn’t like is the amount of sugar they put in their tea. Purely for energy really as I’ve said.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I posted an advert for the maestro on retro rides . It’s like the Mary Celeste over there there’s tumble weed rolling between web pages.

What happened it used to be buzzing?

I found that as well, completely dead as a doornail! I've sold loads of tat on there in the past but now it's a total dead loss

[drum]

no, no, no, no, no, that is a patented Prince of Darkness Loom Smoke Replenishing Station- often mistaken for an large battery charger

That old starter has saved the day loads of times with my old land rovers and tractors.

[busmansholiday]

But did you get to 'spoons !

And bargain booze on the way back for 3 bottles of Titanic Brewery Captain Smith for £5.

[tommytwo]

I wish to extend my thanks to several members on this board who recommended that I try selling my car on Ebay. It sold and for a very good price. Despite the weather, the buyer made a long trip to collect the car tonight and it is now gone. This was my first ever sale using Ebay and I found the right buyer.

 

You know who you are. I just wanted to say a big "Thank you very much"

[dollywobbler]

Someone actually sold a car on Ebay?! Now that's a news story.

[dome]

Someone actually sold a car on Ebay?! Now that's a news story.

It does work but only if you do a classified ad. My BMW went that way in no time. I'd never auction a car on there though.

[SiC]

Got an electrician coming tomorrow to fit a new consumer unit. As this house hasn't got RCDs and full of wiring bodges that I've slowly resolved, I'm more nervous about it than having an MOT done on any of my cars. I'm really not quite sure what will be brought up in it.

 

If all goes well and doesn't bankrupt me, I might ask about having a proper high current feed put into the garage too. Maybe even with a nice fat 16A socket. At the moment its some dodgy spur coming out of the conservatory somewhere to then go underground to appear in a double socket. Knowing the rest of the wiring done by previous owners, its probably something stupid like standard twin and earth going under the garden soil.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Renault 30's ahoy here in NZ!

 

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D'ye think he has problems finding new rear brake discs?

[The Moog]

 

 

. At the moment its some dodgy spur coming out of the conservatory somewhere to then go underground to appear in a double socket. Knowing the rest of the wiring done by previous owners, its probably something stupid like standard twin and earth going under the garden soil.

Checks attic....nope.....

 

How do you know my electrical layout left by previous owners....

[Mr_Bo11ox]

It has a 'box from a 620ti fitted, but with the ratios changed to diesel ratios.  The chap I bought it off was a bit mental and spent shitloads on it - it originally had an all-singing-all-dancing Quaife LSD, but that shat itself after a few thousand miles so he took it out and fitted the (rebuilt) 620ti 'box.  It's also had pretty much every conceivable performance upgrade apart from a remap (which would have been far more cost effective and is something I will eventually get done), as well as the suspension and uprated front brakes from a ZS190, and three (count 'em) strut braces.

 

Blimey. I'd love to knoe more about someone who fits a quaife LSD in a Rover 45 diesel, sounds like a right headbanger

[SierraMikeHotel]

I've got some serious horn for this.  Shame it's 13 miles from the nearest railway station... I wonder if they'd pick me up?  Or if there's a shiter nearby who fancies helping out with a coleckshun?

 

Kingsbridge in Devon if you're not in a position to click the link.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/volvo-v40-estate-1997-automatic/222860818349

[dollywobbler]

I've got some serious horn for this.  Shame it's 13 miles from the nearest railway station... I wonder if they'd pick me up?  Or if there's a shiter nearby who fancies helping out with a coleckshun?

 

Kingsbridge in Devon if you're not in a position to click the link.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/volvo-v40-estate-1997-automatic/222860818349

 

Interesting feedback from the last time this car was 'won.' 

 

 

An obvious scam,i will not deal with this cheat.

[17-Coffees]

Came back from Pacific North West, got stranded in the Netherlands last night. Got put up in a the Marriott hotel, The Hague, right next to Europol’s office and several other international government organisations. All for free. Included dinner and breakfast tody!

 

So dispite freezing temperatures, I went for a walk around and did some Euro-Shite spotting...

 

 

 

 

 

[xtriple]

I could do Kingsbridge if it would help?

[SierraMikeHotel]

Interesting feedback from the last time this car was 'won.' 

 

Noted with thanks... reminds self to look more closely next time.  I haven't looked at the MoT history yet either.

 

I did think the BiN was suspiciously low.

[SierraMikeHotel]

Aaaaand I'm out. MoT expires 7th March and I reckon it will need discs at least so I won't be driving it home. Shame, it's just what I'm looking for but I do want some MoT at least.