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[AlabamaShrimp]

Shit...

 

 

He'd definitely been poking at it. Then I poked a lot more.

 

Pulled out all the crap. Some of it was metal I'd had put in about 5 years ago. Only held together with the black crap they'd covered it over with.

 

Still nicely square so had a word with Bob next door. £30 to patch it. It won't be amazing but then neither is the rest of the car. Time to start saving.

[JohnK]

Is that the same probe that looked lovely for sale on the blue forum a bit back?

 

I knew that I recognised the car yes it is

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/201367/ford-probe-black-price-teesside

Yes that's it...Geordie (Chris) is a good mate of mine. No doubt he will have a thread on the 530i up in the Readers Rides section soon!

[Shep Shepherd]

Shit...

 

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He'd definitely been poking at it. Then I poked a lot more.

 

Pulled out all the crap. Some of it was metal I'd had put in about 5 years ago. Only held together with the black crap they'd covered it over with.

 

Still nicely square so had a word with Bob next door. £30 to patch it. It won't be amazing but then neither is the rest of the car. Time to start saving.

 

Liked for UNLIKE. I was scared that I was going to do the same with The Aero today, as it had some patches of quite heavy surface rust in the inner rear wheelarches. Thankfully, it looked worse that it was

[AlabamaShrimp]

I'm scared to post a picture of the back arches in case it makes them fall off they're that bad.

[320touring]

Shit...

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He'd definitely been poking at it. Then I poked a lot more.

 

[MickDundee] "That ain't a hole..

 

This is a hole!

 

 

[/MickDundee]

 

Seriously though, good luck getting it sorted - it looks reasonably straightforward!

[dozeydustman]

 

Got in the Commodore's car, drive to Gravesend Grammar School, shout for the caretaker to open the gate so we could get to the helicopter 

 

 

Was the caretaker called Merv? He was caretaker when I was there 1992-97

[chompy_snake]

Decided to return after leaving a couple of years ago.

Mostly be lurking as very busy with new flat, moving in and decorating!

[Guest Hooli]

Welcome back

[ruffgeezer]

The Peugeot partner I bought a few weeks back is nearing completion. Just as well as I've had a hint of a sale on it too!

[Ohdearme]

Saw these chaps limping around a roundabout in a quite beleaguered way.

 

Stopped to offer assistance, realising as I pulled up I had a tow hook but no rope. It transpired a brand new hub on the car was failing in a mechanically grinding way.

 

Sadly my newly acquired motor didn’t have even have a jack in the boot (news to me) so I could only provide fairly useless moral support and after a spot of sympathetic chin rubbing and admiring of metal, I left them to await the wife and toolkit.

 

Drove home feeling a woefully inadequate Samaritan (no idea when he snuck in the car)

[Asimo]

It's actually bloody lovely to drive. The 3cyl diesel....Naturally it sounds like a cement mixer, but at speed it's very quiet.

 

The big one - lack of much history = timing belt roulette. Its a fairly easy looking belt to do, SOHC with plenty of space around the engine (Awaits one of our resident mechs telling me they are a nightmare!)

 

I have no personal experiance of this job but I have been told that the injection timing has to be adjusted after a belt change because the injectors are actuated by the camshaft and timing is slightly affected by the new belt.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I have no personal experiance of this job but I have been told that the injection timing has to be adjusted after a belt change because the injectors are actuated by the camshaft and timing is slightly affected by the new belt.

Friendly mechanic it is then

 

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[spike60]

I have no personal experiance of this job but I have been told that the injection timing has to be adjusted after a belt change because the injectors are actuated by the camshaft and timing is slightly affected by the new belt.

If it's a 3 pot PD VW engine you don't, or not on early ones you don't. I've changed belts on a few 3 and 4 pot PD engines and never heard of this, PD are the cam actuated ones.

[twosmoke300]

Pd belts are a lovely job esp the 3 cyl . Just buy the crank locking too . It’s not dear and a must to do the job properly . M6 bolt does the cam locking duties .

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Pd belts are a lovely job esp the 3 cyl . Just buy the crank locking too . It’s not dear and a must to do the job properly . M6 bolt does the cam locking duties .

Glad to hear it, cheers dude. I'll get the locking tools and go for it then.....

 

What would take you a couple of hours will probably take me a full day mind

 

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[GrumpiusMaximus]

 

It was a bit of a shitpile, to be honest.

 

Full ramblings here:

 

http://autoshite.com/topic/32394-latest-news-thread/page-2?do=findComment&comment=1568627

[catsinthewelder]

I used one of those today to retrieve some missing carkeys.

 

The suspension feels very odd when you crest a hill at 90 with no weight in the back.

 

It was obviously helpful that there was a very long private racetrack enroute.

 

An LDV Convoy minibus on the same road racetrack didn't feel as worrying at 80.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

It's the weird detachment in the handling I couldn't quite fathom.  No road feel at all and every little bump turned into a bounce.  Cresting anything would be very interesting, I'm sure.

 

The worst bit was some 'slowy downy' lines into the A303 bit near the Fleet Air Arm Museum.  They were not very fun to drive over at all.  Kept feeling like I might lose it at any time - even though I'm sure there were plenty of adequate grip levels.

 

80 was very odd on the private test track, I must admit.

 

And the weird, weird gear ratios and turbo spooling drove me nuts.  There's more on the thread I linked but essentially:

 

1st - short but fine.  Weird clutch issue to do with hill start assist, but ratio is fine.  2nd is long.  3rd is weird.  You change into third when you feel you should in any other car, only to be met with a complete lack of low-down torque.  Rev it up another 200/300 and suddenly the turbo spools up.  It's like they've deliberately put the torque band above the gear change.  So you have to rev the nuts off 2nd to be in the torque for 3rd.  That'll be a 105PS issue, I'm sure.  4th is very long with a bit of the 3rd gear issue but not so bad.  4th really is the gear to cruise in.  5th is fine.  6th is completely pointless and only pulls at all on a private test track.  On the road, one cannot drive quickly enough to make it worth having.

 

The turbo is too big for the base-model's 105PS output.  But they don't seem to have changed the gear ratios.

 

The hillstart is really annoying.  When you're in first at a standstill, the clutch has a dead spot at the bottom of its travel for 3-4 cm.  When you actually find the bite, you've almost stalled it - so you have a really narrow window to work in if you're not used to the van.  Combine that with a very sensitive accelerator and you've got a very easy way to stall a torquey diesel.  Which shouldn't be possible in this day and age...

 

Urgh.  Could be worse.  I could be driving a Juke, I suppose.

[Kiltox]

My Relay only does 70 (limiter fitted) but it feels very out of its depth if you chuck it into a bend at speed when unladen. So much more so than other vans.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

My Relay only does 70 (limiter fitted) but it feels very out of its depth if you chuck it into a bend at speed when unladen. So much more so than other vans.

 

 

The scariest part was on the road from Woodbury Common into Exmouth.  There's a very sharp S bend that takes you 90 to the right up a rise and then straight back to the left.  The A pillar is so big, I couldn't see the road markings.  You hit the corner at about 30 and combine the odd disconnection and lack of road feel, the wayward suspension and bouncy back end, the weird gear ratios, the sensitive brakes and the fact you can't see a bloody thing because the road is where your A-pillar is and you have a brown-trouser moment.  Never had a problem with that corner in any other vehicle.

[Richard]

You can turn the hill start assist off using the buttons on the steering wheel. You can't do much about the rest of the van being the worst product anybody has ever made. I'm sure motorcyclists appreciate Ford's decision to not bother fitting fuel caps to them.

[Jazoli]

You'll find a lot of dmf equipped diesels really easy to stall as if the ecu detects the revs are too low it kills the fuel to protect the dmf from vibration, I went from a 1.8td Mondeo which you could lift the clutch at tick over and pull away in second in to a 2.0tdci Mondeo which would stall for fun and needed plenty of revs to get going, that's progress for you.

[MikeR]

its been an early rise for me , the washing machine is still going

 

the back door is wide open as the washer does full tilt boogie

 

it can be heard across the back gardens

 

which makes a change from some twat with a hammer /leaf blower /mower / revving engine / hedge trimmer / etc

 

waking me up !!!

 

even better , both washers on full tilt boogie !!!  , the one outside has joined in

[Guest Hooli]

You can turn the hill start assist off using the buttons on the steering wheel. You can't do much about the rest of the van being the worst product anybody has ever made. I'm sure motorcyclists appreciate Ford's decision to not bother fitting fuel caps to them.

 

Saves the drivers needing to loose the caps I guess.

[xtriple]

Not feeling too bright today. Woke up (which is a good start I guess) and just couldn't balance at all. Barely made it to the loo as I was wobbling around like a very drunken sailor on a rough sea. Still the same (just not so much) and pain is gloriously flowing around my spine and down my legs. Took the dogs round the block and Phoebe, yes my crippled dog, was waiting for me and kept giving me 'hurry up' type looks. Fell over three times on the walk.

 

I have to babysit 9 week old puppy for a few hours soon whicI would normally be really happy about, dreading it now.  

[stuboy]

busy day out yesterday for sons 17th he wanted to go to wingham wildlife sanctuary, meal in harvester, whilst eating i can hear turbos and big muscle stuff, afterwards wandered over to garden centre car park to be greeted with mixed cool looking motors, ill try post pictures today.

[richardmorris]

Now I assume this container will have cars in it. Unfortunately they don't have a ramp!

 

Hmm, this is a bit of a Michael Caine  - hang on lads I've got an idea moment.

 

[richardmorris]

Turned out to be a Mclaren - after a bit of an oops moment.

[davehedgehog31]

Now I assume this container will have cars in it. Unfortunately they don't have a ramp!

 

Hmm, this is a bit of a Michael Caine  - hang on lads I've got an idea moment.

I don't see how this can possibly end well. 

[richardmorris]

I don't see how this can possibly end well. 

 

Amazingly, and somewhat disappointingly, it seems to have been pulled off. They did go and get two ten foot planks at one point though. Only the one car inside in the end (slightly crashed) plus a couple of crates of broken carbon fibre and wheels (still attached to the suspension).