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[DVee8]

Where do I see a picture im intrigued

No don't do it man!!

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I've seen a picture of bubs latest purchase,and no amount of eye bleach will make it go away

Do share!!

 

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[Guest Hooli]

I've seen a picture of bubs latest purchase,and no amount of eye bleach will make it go away

 

Knowing Bub slightly I'm scared....

[Jim Bell]

It doesnt disappoint.

He clearly has no fear.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

His description was enough for me.

I've been following the EBay Tat thread for long enough and seen more than enough overgrown Victorian bath chairs created from a fucked Regal or Robin, bits of garden furniture and a B&M storage box, to know that Morgan hasn't got anything to fear on the lightweight high performance 3 wheeler front.

Saying that , it can't be more of a death trap than DW's blue thing.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Non-car-related, so apologies but I've finally managed to crack the guitar solo to 'Time' by Pink Floyd.  I've never actually had the willpower to sit and concentrate on learning something on the guitar for quite so long.  There was no technical reason I couldn't play it, just a personality one...

 

On car-related topics, fuel filter changed on the Golf with absolutely minimal spillage.  Turned out that my landlord/neighbour was doing exactly the same thing on his van so he's even taken it to be disposed for me.  Nice chap.  Has a Lancia Prisma up on bricks that I'm always tempted to make an offer on but can't afford...

[captain_70s]

Drove the Civic for the first time in a fortnight today, here is how it compares to the Acclaim:

 

Pros:

 

It is much quieter.

It is less crashy over bumps.

Gearbox is less notchy.

FM radio.

 

Negatives:

 

It feels needlessly large.

It is impossible to see out of, the A pillar in particular blocks all view of everything.

The steering is vague as all hell, devoid of any and all road feel.

There is no travel in the throttle pedal and it is too heavy.

The brakes are shit (might just be my example...).
The seats are too hard.

 

Do not want.

[Jim Bell]

Drove the Civic for the first time in a fortnight today, here is how it compares to the Acclaim:

 

 

Do not want.

 

£100 2nite m9?

[Guest Hooli]

brOken xbox n 'aRf empTy bucky boTTle?

[stuboy]

hoped garage call to relieve me of money to collect the focus, but no..

[SiC]

Good old Civic is in for it's MOT tomorrow. Should be a straight through breeze* like it always is! Also put the TT as my main insured car now. Eeek.

 

Got temporary insurance on the Civic for two days too, so might use that for a bit to remind me what I'm missing. I moved it off the drive yesterday. Apart from the usual diesel clatter reminding you it's still running, it's not a bad old motor and I do still quite like it...

[stuboy]

oh and again i left the lights on the galaxy...... dead battery... why does my lights on chime not bloody chime

[STUNO]

oh and again i left the lights on the galaxy...... dead battery... why does my lights on chime not bloody chime

 

Because the battery is dead 

Been there, done that, and the chime was working.

[Guest]

oh and again i left the lights on the galaxy...... dead battery... why does my lights on chime not bloody chime

Do your interior lights work off the drivers door?

[stuboy]

Do your interior lights work off the drivers door?

 

 

no i think there connected....or not as would seem

[Ghosty]

Coffee time for me, sleeping pattern's fucked.

 

 

The tracking is still off on the Honda, and I clocked yesterday that the pulling to the left gets worse under braking, along with vibration through the steering wheel on the motorway. Now that's not right is it?

 

Going to investigate the brakes today - some plonker has rattle canned the calipers and disc centres in the past so it's plausible there's something amiss because of that

 

Managed to scratch the rear bumper too which I'm miffed about, luckily there was already a crack in the (very soft) paint close by so it could have been worse. I'll have to touch that in.
This car's too bloody clean, I'm paranoid about it...

[Asimo]

Coffee time for me, sleeping pattern's fucked.

 

 

The tracking is still off on the Honda, and I clocked yesterday that the pulling to the left gets worse under braking, along with vibration through the steering wheel on the motorway. Now that's not right is it?

 

Going to investigate the brakes today..

I would be checking tyre pressures and wheel balance first then front suspension joints: rubbers, ball joints and strut-top bearings( if this car has McPherson struts.)

[Ghosty]

Tyre pressures are all good, 29 all round. I'm not one to forego things like that!

The tyres are very recent, 2017 stamped on them and barely worn, )the size is moulded on to the tread and it hasn't even worn off yet - sub-1000 miles?), so wheel balancing seems unlikely but could well be worth a check.

The o/s front has a seemingly collapsed spring as evidenced by replacing the (also collapsed) dampers with new KYBs not causing a difference to the uneven front ride height, could that be relevant? Don't get why it'd pull left though if the offside is lower, unless the uneven load is messing with the diff and putting more torque on the o/s wheel? Purely thinking out loud there.

There's also some play in the steering around the centre which I think is a loose UJ.

Joints etc are all good as would have noticed/checked when replacing the dampers.

From how it's behaving in general I'm looking to the brakes, but it could be anything. 

I've ruled out the tracking through the super scientific method of a piece of string.

 

 

 

Typically the collapsed spring issue is the opposite problem to one I've had before, the rear of the A4 had fucked dampers and too-long springs to start with. Replacing the springs for correct height ones had the car knocking and banging all over the shop until new Bilsteins were sourced.

[rainagain]

not sure where to put this but there's some suspension spheres going through John Pye if they are any use to anyone:

https://johnpyeauctions.co.uk/lot_details.asp?l=1&lotid=3471047&pageno=23

[rainagain]

in fact they have a ton of car parts going through from this page on wards:

https://johnpyeauctions.co.uk/lot_list.asp?saleid=4815&siteid=1&h=0&pageno=23

[Bucketeer]

^^^^ Ooooh, lots of mystery boxes of random parts. Very temptage. Be still my bidding finger.

[holbeck]

Off to look at potential new shite this afternoon.

[stuboy]

Thought id check why interior light not working, and lights on not chiming..

 

[M'coli]

Tesco Metro around the corner from the car park my car is in: 5L veg oil for £3.50? Don't mind if I do...

[holbeck]

Off to look at potential new shite this afternoon.

 

 

" It's fucked Dad ".

[captain_70s]

£100 2nite m9?

 

brOken xbox n 'aRf empTy bucky boTTle?

 

Sadly it's a case of "do not want but also need" given it's currently my only functioning car out of the 4 I own, several of which haven't been road legal in years...

[vulgalour]

They've decided to do some road works of some description locally and the contraflow is really confusing so I missed my junction.  Just as well though because doubling back put a bit more time on my journey so that I got to see a SEAT Terra campervan (or a van with side windows, pretty sure it was a camper) go past the opposite way on a flatbed.  No pictures because driving, sadly, but it was a little moment of excitement.  Also learned that Camac tyres are rubbish when trying to set off from a mud-slicked junction (more housing development work nearby) and just result in making you look like a fanny by offering no traction when trying to join traffic.

[stuboy]

Attempted to tidy up my shed..

[danthecapriman]

I know this is Autoshite but bollocks to you, I like clean and shiny!

 

I’ve just spent the entire day cleaning the Mercury! Got started at about 08:30 and only just finished.

It’s had a good clean and cockpit shine etc inside, then a two bucket wash and dry off. Break for lunch then a cut back and polish/wax.

Doesn’t sound like much for a days work but it was serious graft I can assure you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovely!

[mrbenn]

Top job, Dan! Genuinely don't think I could be bothered doing a car that size, and I've been known to go a bit "detailing world" in the past.