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[Saabnut]

You will need new brake shoes, the fluid will have soaked right through the lining. Cleaning/burning/etc the fluid out of the surface will only work until the surface layer is worn off. Sorry.

[Noel Tidybeard]

we even managed to break wind at 50....

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this is the correct speed for a mini 1000 to travel everywhere

 

[drum]

DB by candlelight. 

 

I changed the fuel filters and clean out the sediment bowl on the lift pump.

Now I can't get any fuel through to fill up the filters.

I've opened the bleed valve on the second filter, but no amount of pumping the lift pump or cranking the engine is bringing fuel through. 

Can only get about quarter of an inch up the glass bowl on the lift pump.

 

I must be doing it wrong, or I'm sooking air.

[adw1977]

they did have this super clean looking mark 1 Sierra 2.0 GL. my dad had one, though his was "sable" and was as never as clean as this one. this one hasa 5 speed gearbox, my dads didn't have that! plus, my fathers Sierra had "dangly" mirrors and i think the bumpers are the wrong colour also.... still its a nice looking old thing

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That looks brilliant, and the "colour toned" bumpers and non-dangly mirrors are correct for a GL.  It even has the original wheel trims.  5 speed gearbox was an optional extra.

[The Moog]

Looks perfect to fit an Audi TT in. ;)

 

Your a bad man! 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

W203 this morning has decided not to recognise either key.

 

Can unlock with the wee small metal key but the hazards flash and nothing works.

 

Can't even move it because the steering lock is on and it's all electronic on these, and the angle I've parked it at means it'll hit the wall if I push it straight out

 

Looks like an EIS fault...... Have left battery off but not holding out much hope.

 

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[They_all_do_that_sir]

Plus it's blocking her car in!!!! Fark sake

 

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[Datsuncog]

^^^ Daaah! The kind of Monday woes nobody needs... hope you get it sorted. Known issue on these, or is it freestyling?

[stephen01]

Indulge me talking about moderns.

 

The local main dealer has just cold called me.. "We see your (actually wife's, but I pay the bills) car is due a service, cam belt / water pump / brake fluid change..."

 

Me: 'Is there a menu price for that?'

 

 

..........(sound of keyboard tapping)........"Yes, £790........ plus  VAT"

 

I love modern cars.

 

a chap I know has just spent similar on an Ibiza, it's still only done 30k. I've asked for first refusal when he sells 

[Supernaut]

Been doing a bit of work on the ex-Bramz 205 today.  It now has a functioning horn - albeit wired up to a separate switch.  A bit of investigation with the multimeter revealed that when the column stalk is pressed inwards, a grand total of 2 volts arrives at the horn.  So it's obviously not as simple as a disconnected plug in the fuse box - there's evidently a deeper issue somewhere, which I have neither the time nor the energy to attempt to investigate at the moment.  So separate switch it is.  The original horn works OK now I've cleaned up the earth connections, which is a bonus as it's a bit manky and I thought I might have to fork out for a new one.

 

My Sunday wouldn't have been complete without some crawling around underneath one vehicle or another, although this time it was just to get the steering rack boot unclipped from the rack end - that took some pissing about as the clip is rather rusty and access not brilliant, but got there in the end.

 

Then I whipped the rear brake drum off to have a look and see if I could see what the issue was there.

 

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Aye, I think that would explain the

.  The cylinder must have been leaking for some time as everything is absolutely covered in fluid.  So I'm going to order a new cylinder in - not hugely expensive and doesn't look like too much of a twat of a job (famous last words I know).  What I'm not sure of is whether the brake shoes will go again with a good clean up, or whether they're so saturated with brake fluid that they'll never generate any friction again.  I also need to order a new hub nut as the one on there is absolutely mullered.  I managed to snap the tip off one of my Halfords Advanced screwdrivers knocking the staking out, which I wasn't too impressed by.

 

Other than that and getting the C4 through its test, the only other fettling I've done this weekend is to have a play with the Lexmoto bike - I bought a smoll inline fuel filter in the week, and fitted it yesterday in an attempt to stop the crap from the tank getting into the carb.  It appears to be working, to an extent at least - I had the bike running for about 10 minutes yesterday, having borrowed the battery from the Spacy.  It's a bit reluctant to idle off choke and it doesn't want to rev either, although it could be made to rev briefly with the old hand-over-air-intake trick, but it sounds healthy enough.  I think the carb needs to come off for another clean really.  The lights are all working and it's charging OK, so once it's running right a part worn rear tyre and a strip'n'clean of the brakes and it should be nearly ready for the road.

 

Um... when I've taken the rear drums off old Peugeots, the bearing hasn't stayed on the stub axle like that. It's meant to be pressed into the drum.

[dollywobbler]

Um... when I've taken the rear drums off old Peugeots, the bearing hasn't stayed on the stub axle like that. It's meant to be pressed into the drum.

 

No, I think that's ok. The outer race is pressed into the drum. That's the inner.

[Supernaut]

It probably is ok. I've personally never seen one do that though.

 

I think that's mainly because when I've been taking the drums off it's been to replace a fucked wheel bearing!

[panhard65]

It probably is ok. I've personally never seen one do that though.

 

I think that's mainly because when I've been taking the drums off it's been to replace a fucked wheel bearing!

It happens a lot with Peugeot / Citroens. They are not supposed to come apart like that but it will be ok as long as the ring that holds the 2 inners in place is removed and discarded. It is like a little sprung metal band and will be attached to either of the inners or fall out on it's own. It may well already be missing though as they do get thrown away when this happens. Don't even try to refit it as you will spend hours and just end up messing up the bearings.

[plasticvandan]

Going to look at my gaffers sons Shitroen C2,anything i should know? is it shite?

[They_all_do_that_sir]

^^^ Daaah! The kind of Monday woes nobody needs... hope you get it sorted. Known issue on these, or is it freestyling?

 

Potentially known issue, in that the EIS (ignition module, rather than have an actual key these have a sort of IR key similar in idea but not execution to renault key cards)

 

To fix it needs removed and sent away with both keys to be repaired and reprogrammed. seems to be around £120 assuming they find no other faults.

 

To extract the wife's qashqai, I had to perform the following:

 

1) wait until the neighbours car was out of the way as my steering is locked (again electronic) and the merc was aimed at her picasso,

2) remove some trim to manually release the car from park (again electronically controlled),

3) Give myself a hernia pushing the car out of the four dips its wheels have left on the loose stone driveway,

4) Panic as it gains momentum quickly and runs onto the road,

5) Near run myself over stopping it,

6) Find spare keys for qashqai as wife has taken main keys with her while walking kids to school,

7) Remove Qashqai,

Roll merc back onto drive way until it gets beached half on the road half on the drive

9) Summon help from a friendly gardener working nearby

10) Put car back on drive

 

Ive left it with the battery disconnected in the hope it will reset itself, and I'll worry about it later.....as for the low voltage I had noticed a few times on enetering the car that the rear interior light was on. Up until now I've blamed the kids but perhaps there is something amiss there, causing a battery drain, which overnight has dropped the voltage low enough to cause this issue.

 

The internet tells me low battery voltage can cause the EIS to just not power up at all so I have everything crossed thats my issue.....

[egg]

https://www.fordpartsuk.com/5w30-formula-f-engine-oil-4-x-5lts?utm_source=FordPartsUK&utm_campaign=871c3e52ea-171107+November+merchandise&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0c9a15aa6d-871c3e52ea-101899609

 

Ford parts UK doing 20 litres of Formula F 5-30 for £63. Not sure whether that includes postage.

[sierraman]

Modern diesels can be a pain, but driven properly they’re not too bad.

This is only a 1.8 (VVTC) so doubt it’ll be a rocket ship somehow!

Sounds a good buy. Seems to be quite a few late ones knocking about at few pennies.

[junkyarddog]

Had an Autojumble stall at a local-ish show yesterday.

Amazing the amount of automotive tat you can squeeze into a Viva.

The overladen and underpowered car did the 70ish mile round trip without missing a beat.

 

[egg]

Did you sell much?

[junkyarddog]

Sadly not very much.

Lots of people about though.

All the stands there said the same,no-one was spending.

 

So had to pack most of it back up again.

 

Was still worth my while though

[mercrocker]

Gorgeous Viva, though....Is that yours?

[junkyarddog]

Yip,all mine.

One of three Viva's in the current JYD stable.

 

All HC's.One I've owned since 1992.

[spike60]

Currently sat in a bar waiting for the Rotterdam/Hull ferry with a BMW 530d that's a little broken on the way back from the Nurburgring 24h.About 100km away it burst something on the rear suspension air bags when in the outside lane. Limped into fuels Station and after hoiking all the crap out I removed the floor cover and folded one of the feed pipes allowing it raise the rear on one side bag. Steady 50-60 mph 100km to port with no prob. ????

Will we make it back to Teesside?

Will an elderly estate sat hard down be too much temptation for Customs?

What burst like a rifle shot when then car was minding it's own business?

[vulgalour]

Dashcam spotting a success today.  However, there was one slight issue with camera placement, perhaps you can spot it.

 

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[Ghosty]

Looking at this R8 on't Bay. I'm quite excited about it really, I still miss my old one. I've seen a couple of other similar examples go through eBay and I'd really like one/have regretted them passing - it'd be a big load off the wallet too (much cheaper insurance and I'd profit from selling the Prelude), and my mum keeps going on about me getting a car we can both go out in which would be great for her mental health.

 

I've missed the airy interior, zippy acceleration and handling too, nothing else has compared to the R8. Also there's a hell of a lot more practicality, I can carry bikes in an R8.

 

It's dahn saarf - so what. There are places I can ask to stay in London and possibly Cambs, and sleeping on an R8 rear seat is entirely possible, I've done it before.

 

Observations from the listing:

 

• nicely specced with paint, leather and alloys
• owner possibly uses handcream based on the steering wheel/levers, low miles, one owner car - giffer?
• Suspect it's possibly in the hands of a flipper though, in the picture with the service folder the car is ratchet strapped on to something.
• no rot in the rear arches, nor any MOT bits relating to it - garaged?
• non-saggy headlining
• reg Jan '92 so no cat needed (having ideas about a stainless exhaust lol)
• non-airbag so I can put a silly steering wheel on if I want

Do y'all think I'm overinvested?

[anonymous user]

I'm still without my Land Rover, what seemed like a simple job has snow balled. Apparently the no spark, non running issue has now turned into a sparking, but non running issue. I'm a bit confused as it was running fine before when it had a spark. If I'd known it would take this long I would have bought a stop gap car by now.

[vulgalour]

Ghosty, I reckon you're being moderately sensible about it tbh.  You like them and enjoy owning them so that's a massive plus, makes it easier to put up with any problems you might have.  Sounds like it ticks your personal boxes and you're not getting on with the Prelude so it could well be a good swap.  They're still cheap at the moment and moderately easy to get hold of, but that won't be the case forever, look what happened to the price and availability of its predecessor.

[bramz7]

Ghosty, go for the R8. 

 

Can possibly help you go get it if I am free.

[MarvinsMom]

I had a brief go on a CB125 once.  It frightened the living shit out of me.

 

 

i had this happen to me......

[Ghosty]

 

 

 

This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.

 

 

 

 

 

FFS. Texted the seller and they replied 'sold tonight £1100'.

 

Well fuck you too m9.

 

Anyone selling an R8?