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[richardmorris]

God help us all.

 

 

Given the quality of some natural born subjects I am not at all concerned about foreigners living here.

[Timewaster]

Got some mirrors with some other stuff and I have no idea what they're off. Any ideas?

 

 

Google images would suggest 80s Honda Acty van.

[Junkman]

I don't befuckinglieve it!

 

https://www.thelocal.at/20160707/escaped-kangaroo-evades-police-in-austria

 

 

Wild Austria

 

 

Indeed!

 

[junkyarddog]

Indeed!

 

Maybe not a mistake after all!!

 

[vulgalour]

Cheers Timewaster, I would be inclined to agree with you on that.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

OK, that makes me think there is a real gearbox problem, like a broken one-way clutch or blocked valve passage or low pump pressure.....I wouldn't worry about the fluid; time for an auto transmission specialist.

If it was mine I might first (optimistically) take the sump off and check/change the filter / oil pickup screen (assuming this 'box has one) and look for debris. Then fill up as per Dave and hope for the best.........

Think I'd better start praying... *sighs*

[hairnet]

You are the least affected considering you being out of the country most of the time.

Irish passport applied for

[Skizzer]

Aside from some Lotus fondling (qv), today’s little car job was to fix the right rear light cluster on my unloved modern BMW, which had gone out of service.BMW, being a purveyor of quality*, premium*, reliable* automobiles as everyone on the Internet and in car magazines will tell you, makes its lamp connectors with excessively flimsy contacts that regularly burn out.

 

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(This is one of the two reasons why BMWs often pull out on the motorway without indicating. I’ll leave you to guess the other. Me, I always signal, which is why mine has burned out, and probably why I’m blackballed from the owner’s club.)Luckily, and contrary to appearances, there’s enough metal left there to still make contact with a bit of jiggling, so I cleaned it all up with a squirt of EasyStart (=carb cleaner, basically) and squeezed in a bit of graphite paste to the female side:

 

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So far, job’s a good ‘un. Driving it to London tomorrow so we’ll see how well it lasts; I’ve ordered a new connector (cheaper from BMW than on eBay, interestingly) but you only seem to be able to get the male side which is annoying.Annoying seems to be what the BMW ownership experience is all about. But don’t get me started.

A week and 500 miles later, I declare this fix to have worked. Yay!

 

#topbodging #propershiter #proud

[Skizzer]

I also went to visit my XJ-S this morning and bring the bill up to date.

 

It’s had an MOT, alternator, wiper motor and fuel gauge in the last round of fettling over the winter. I suspect they’ve undercounted quite a lot on the number of hours’ labour.

 

 

It’s now misfiring when warmed up. Suspects are the ECU, gummed up injectors or elderly underbonnet wiring. Hoping it’ll be ready to come home next week.

[Felly Magic]

It's not a happy day for xtriple, dollop 3 has FTP'd and it's the same AA bloke he saw recently, with ungrateful dollop2, if I was Dave atm, I wouldn't stop swearing for at least an hour. Has that poor bloke smashed an entire mirror factory output for a year? He really does need some good automotive vibes in his life

[trigger]

My alloys got dropped off this morning so i got them fitted and took the old girl for a run down to the marina at Levington, 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Moog]

That looks amazing Trigger - stunning looking car

[GrumpiusMaximus]

My alloys got dropped off this morning so i got them fitted and took the old girl for a run down to the marina at Levington, 

 

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Phwoaarrrrr!

[Skizzer]

Flamin eck Trigger, thats looking amazingly gorgeous. Very jealous.

 

Looks like you've sorted out the ride height as well, wasn’t it sitting a bit tail-up at one point?

[wuvvum]

I also went to visit my XJ-S this morning and bring the bill up to date.

 

It’s had an MOT, alternator, wiper motor and fuel gauge in the last round of fettling over the winter. I suspect they’ve undercounted quite a lot on the number of hours’ labour.

 

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It’s now misfiring when warmed up. Suspects are the ECU, gummed up injectors or elderly underbonnet wiring. Hoping it’ll be ready to come home next week.

Heh, I'd forgotten how wide XJ-S bonnets don't open.

[Skizzer]

Yes, the back of my head is now mostly scar tissue.

 

That’s one of a great many reasons why it now gets shipped off to Mister Matic whenever it goes wrong. They told me they’ll miss it when it’s gone home.

[richardmorris]

Heh, I'd forgotten how wide XJ-S bonnets don't open.

You mean that’s it?

 

I’d always assumed they had a workshop vertical setting like Mercedes.

[xtriple]

It's not a happy day for xtriple, dollop 3 has FTP'd and it's the same AA bloke he saw recently, with ungrateful dollop2, if I was Dave atm, I wouldn't stop swearing for at least an hour. Has that poor bloke smashed an entire mirror factory output for a year? He really does need some good automotive vibes in his life

I'll have you know this car is only 'dollop 2.0' and yes, it did ftp, and again, yes, it was the very same AA chap that came out to stricken heap of shit number 1. However, this time we seem to have a happier outcome.... I hope. I knew it was the serpentine belt, I booted it away from some lights to show my mate Mark that it did indeed, have some ;go' in it. As it went into second gear, there was a bit of a bang and the battery light came on, steering went heavy and so did the weight in the pit of my stomach!

Seems a pulley shattered and threw the belt off, amazingly, the AA had one of each in stock, so Lee went off to Exeter to get them, came back with bottled water for us and the dogs and in the blink of an eye, the car was fixed. £67 for the parts which is a tad steep but no labour (other than the tenner I gave him)  so a result as far as I can see. That pulley could have failed at any time, glad it went then to be honest. Sadly the mission we were on, got aborted so attempt number two possibly tomorrow.

[trigger]

Thank you!

 

 

Flamin eck Trigger, thats looking amazingly gorgeous. Very jealous.

Looks like you've sorted out the ride height as well, wasn’t it sitting a bit tail-up at one point?

 

I did buy new shocks for it but after looking at others it seem the suspension wasn't high at all, it's just the way these look with 14" wheels and the non-Vitesse suspension, It looks pretty normal in the photos! 

 

I keep getting dirty thoughts of selling it again, it's a lovely car, don't get me wrong but i get more enjoyment now from my Ital van, i think it's the way that you have to actually drive the van, it feels engaging and rewarding where as the Rover is just a case of putting it in drive and letting the powerful brakes and the power steering do all the work for you.

 

Plus the fact that I don't use it much is making me fancy a tax exempt car again, I'd love to get back in a 70's car, maybe a Triumph 2500 or Vauxhall Victor, I'm not sure. Ideally i should sell both and use the money to buy something i really want.

[Felly Magic]

So glad you had a happy outcome Dave, and the AA patrolman lived up to their old advert slogan, £63 isn't a great deal in the scheme of moderns, and I do suspect when floppytoppydollop started up, a huge sigh was breathed, and him going above and beyond fetching water, that is top drawer customer service

[Skizzer]

Thank you!

 

 

 

 

I did buy new shocks for it but after looking at others it seem the suspension wasn't high at all, it's just the way these look with 14" wheels and the non-Vitesse suspension, It looks pretty normal in the photos!

 

I keep getting dirty thoughts of selling it again, it's a lovely car, don't get me wrong but i get more enjoyment now from my Ital van, i think it's the way that you have to actually drive the van, it feels engaging and rewarding where as the Rover is just a case of putting it in drive and letting the powerful brakes and the power steering do all the work for you.

 

Plus the fact that I don't use it much is making me fancy a tax exempt car again, I'd love to get back in a 70's car, maybe a Triumph 2500 or Vauxhall Victor, I'm not sure. Ideally i should sell both and use the money to buy something i really want.

Wow. I'd swap it for my Vauxhall Victor (and some cash if required) in a heartbeat.

[Felly Magic]

Thank you!

 

 

 

I did buy new shocks for it but after looking at others it seem the suspension wasn't high at all, it's just the way these look with 14" wheels and the non-Vitesse suspension, It looks pretty normal in the photos! 

 

I keep getting dirty thoughts of selling it again, it's a lovely car, don't get me wrong but i get more enjoyment now from my Ital van, i think it's the way that you have to actually drive the van, it feels engaging and rewarding where as the Rover is just a case of putting it in drive and letting the powerful brakes and the power steering do all the work for you.

 

Plus the fact that I don't use it much is making me fancy a tax exempt car again, I'd love to get back in a 70's car, maybe a Triumph 2500 or Vauxhall Victor, I'm not sure. Ideally i should sell both and use the money to buy something i really want.

 

 

Austin Maxi 1750HL?

[cort16]

I’d recon that’s the best 2600 in the country . There was some guy on eBay selling a red one claiming it was the best in the country but yours is nicer .

 

Stuffs so expensive now finding nice cars is hard that’s why I gave up and bought a z4

[trigger]

I saw that one! It made £3350 but mine is definitely nicer, his had a spoiler and tow bar and didn't look as tidy, it's always a bit strong to claim yours is the best of something because a better one always comes out of the woodwork!

[cort16]

Most 2600’s are tatty moonraker blue cars. Being red it really stands out.

[Talbot]

You mean that’s it? I’d always assumed they had a workshop vertical setting like Mercedes.

IIRC they do. It involves the use of a spanner, and the removal of the bonnet mounting bolts...

[Felly Magic]

Those photos Triggs look straight out of an Austin Rover brochure circa 1983. I notice ACA have a Triumph 2500 auto with an estimate under £3k. Plus a lot of stuff that shouldn't be in the auction.. Advertise that for £5k with a brighly lit white room, and job done

[Brodders]

Those photos Triggs look straight out of an Austin Rover brochure circa 1983. I notice ACA have a Triumph 2500 auto with an estimate under £3k. Plus a lot of stuff that shouldn't be in the auction.. Advertise that for £5k with a brighly lit white room, and job done

The last MoT didn't look great for that Triumph to be honest. If it were me looking at 70s shite at ACA next weekend, my eyes would be on this Vauxhall Viscount instead.

 

 

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-16th-june-2018/1971-vauxhall-viscount-33-auto/

 

However, every time I see Trigger's SD1 I remember how superb it is. It is an absolutely gorgeous car (and the velour is another paragraph alone). I would keep it for a bit longer (until something I really wanted came along).

[wuvvum]

Ideally i should sell both and use the money to buy something i really want.

You're not allowed to sell the Ital van until I've had a go in it.

[trigger]

Coming to Shotley on Friday 22nd?