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[Cavcraft]

My mate fitted a dashcam to my daughter's Corsa the other day and asked me if I'd seen or knew about the Vauxhall 'shark' (insert your own jokes) and I hadn't. He said every Vauxhall from a certain time on had them and they mostly varied where from car to car, but he said all Corsa D models had them on the inside of the glove box. Pretty sure he said Teslas had ten different things hidden in them, and if you found them all it unlocked a feature that played a song!

[panhard65]

Well things might be going well. I am hopeless with cars having found the best buyer yet for my Porsche I started to think about what to get next. It seems I get a much better strike rate trying to buy in Spain as negotiations have just started for this little gem.

 

 

 

 

 

Saving the best til last it's only a 7 !!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

[vulgalour]

That's a lovely colour too.  Would love to read more on what it's like owning one of these so I don't have to.

[anonymous user]

It's my own fault, it was only last Thursday that in conversation with our yard man I was saying that the Land Rover had been running fine since changing the distributor. Today I went down to my sister and had it misfiring a few times under load and once cutting out completely at a set of traffic lights. Will it be points/condenser or coil or fuel, or something else? Place your bets now, I'll have a quick look but if it isn't obvious it's off to the garage. I think it could also be a bit of payback as currently it's my only vehicle. I shall visit ebay post-haste and see what unsuitable conveyance I can find as a spare runabout.

[stuboy]

Felt i needed to fiddle with the focus and add trim to splitter

[Shep Shepherd]

Went to the "All About Dogs" show in Brentwood today and spotted this beauty in the parking area on the way out:

 

 

 

 

A 1970 Dodge Coronet R/T in Plum Crazy metallic with the 440 'Six Pack' engine. Something I don't see every day.

 

Also:

 

 

Y U DO DIS

 

[Ghosty]

Prelude still won't fire.

 

Dizzy is off to check the coil.

[stuboy]

Drove my better half's Focus to work today.  75 BHP on the M20 in a Focus is not the most fun you can have.  At least it has new tyres so it's not so twitchy.  She hadn't even noticed how twitchy it had become!  I bloody had...

1.4 ??

[Skizzer]

Thank goodness for that.

 

[hairnet]

Well things might be going well. I am hopeless with cars having found the best buyer yet for my Porsche I started to think about what to get next. It seems I get a much better strike rate trying to buy in Spain as negotiations have just started for this little gem.

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Saving the best til last it's only a 7 !!!!!

 

 

 

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woof

 

did they ever do dash change in those?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Thank goodness for that.

 

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This was the better one of the pair.

[320touring]

Two ghosts of Xmas past today..

 

Old up to collect Tickman for more Oxford welding and parked in front of my old Clio 172

 

 

Then dropping him off, BOOM, my old 205 - looking in fine fettle with REB of this parish..

 

[Skizzer]

This was the better one of the pair.

It certainly was, and potentially a really nice one (per my reply when you posted about it in the eBay tat thread), and probably worth more than I bid. It went for £1140 in the end, which doesn’t seem unreasonable. The thank goodness is because I’ve got no business buying any more cars, especially obscure ones that don’t currently run. I have enough of those.

[HillmanImp]

Whats the griff with the Rancho? Any progress on it?

[Skizzer]

Whats the griff with the Rancho? Any progress on it?

Not that you’d notice

 

There are excuses: Work has been getting badly in the way this year, plus I had bronchitis for most of the winter and fell down coughing every time I tried to do anything that involved moving about. My little car-fixing time has mostly gone on the Victor, SD1 and Lotus in that order.

 

Weather and coughing are better now though and work should hopefully drop back down to 5 days a week, so I’m hoping to make a bit more progress.

[SiC]

Did you get the boot open on your SD1 in the end?

[GrumpiusMaximus]

1.4 ??

 

Yep.

[HillmanImp]

My little car-fixing time has mostly gone on the Victor, SD1 and Lotus in that order.

I was wondering as I just hadn't heard anything about it for a bit and it is one of my favourite cars of forever.

 

I know how it feels to have too many cars in various states of disrepair with no time to do anything on them, so feel your pain.

[Skizzer]

Did you get the boot open on your SD1 in the end?

I did! http://autoshite.com/topic/15402-skizzers-sd1-tomorrows-car-yesterday-fixerations-with-mixed-results/?p=1435972

 

And then the clutch went.

I was wondering as I just hadn't heard anything about it for a bit and it is one of my favourite cars of forever.

 

I know how it feels to have too many cars in various states of disrepair with no time to do anything on them, so feel your pain.

It's the shiter's curse, I think. My mother-in-law has been visiting so I've been on family/gardening duties this weekend, but she's heading off this morning so hopefully I can put in a bit of shed time this afternoon. I've booked a week off work later this month which should also help.

 

I must also add a big thanks to Brownnova of this parish who has secured me a genuine official Rancho workshop manual from the Llangollen Motor Museum shop

[anonymous user]

I have come to the conclusion that the Land Rover does not like Bank Holiday weekends. I checked it over this morning, spark and fuel fine, the only noticeable thing being the king lead did not seem fully home on the distributor. I have been out in it and it died just coming off a roundabout. Could not find anything amiss and after a few minutes it restarted, so I went home. I think it is the condenser, I have a spare, but unfortunately that is for the old (different) distributor. Everywhere is shut, hopefully it will get me to work tomorrow and I can get it sorted. Last Bank Holiday it was the starter motor.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

?.. It went for £1140 in the end, which doesn’t seem unreasonable. .....

In today's climate, that's probably fair. When I bought mine - running - in 2000, it cost me just under £900.

[Ghosty]

Yep, coil is fucked. Rotor is also seized on so has to be broken off, so a slightly painful bill for new coil, cap, rotor, and leads - gone for all Bosch parts. Plugs don't look too bad and can be replaced for sub-£20 so that can wait.

Should make quite the difference as the cap isn't too smart on the inside and keeps corroding its contacts and filling up with little metallic particles. Leads are OE as far as I can tell. The plugs aren't but don't look too bad. I'd have bought them with everything else but ECP were actually cheaper so it's by the by.

The dying coil probably explains why the car has always been so slow to start compared to what I'd expect of a Honda (virtually instant).

 

Off changing the fucked rear upper arm now, and praying that resolves my mystery tracking issue.

If this all works then the car really isn't far off being A1.

[captain_70s]

Waiting on a train to go borrow a prime shite car to use as all my shite cars are fooked. I've invited my girlfriend along for the ride as well.

 

This is how to spend a bank holiday Monday

[Supernaut]

Waiting on a train to go borrow a prime shite car to use as all my shite cars are fooked. I've invited my girlfriend along for the ride as well.

 

This is how to spend a bank holiday Monday

 

I'm at work, I'm the only one in my office, and I'm listening to Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

 

The roads were nice and quiet when cycling in this morning, too.

[egg]

Via a link on moneysavingexpert, Autoaid are offering 15 months cover to new customers for £48, worth a look if you have no breakdown cover at the mo.

 

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/car-insurance/breakdown-cover#BBtwo

[davehedgehog31]

Waiting on a train to go borrow a prime shite car to use as all my shite cars are fooked. I've invited my girlfriend along for the ride as well.

 

This is how to spend a bank holiday Monday

Have you told her what it is or is it a surprise? 

[davehedgehog31]

Also, British Superbikes on at Oulton Park today. Second race starting in ten minutes, 1630, on freeview channel Quest, or at link below;

 

http://tvcatchup.com/watch/quest

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Not really car related but thought I'd rub it in a bit.

 

I'll get some chod photos at some stage, but I've avoided having my phone on me, and therefore no camera, till now.

 

Highlights so far have been a smiley transit and an e36 coupe badly painted matt green.... But some amazing French and Spanish shite litters this place (Lanzarote)

 

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[Guest Hooli]

You must be near the equator, you're about 90degrees away from upright!

[Arthur Foxhake]

I stayed about 100 yards from where you are in lanzarote in March I think.

Are you in Puerto del Carmen about halfway up the strip near the big irish bar and hippodrome?