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[SiC]

Excuse my ignorance, but would leaving an auto in Reverse, and facing front downhill stop it from rolling? Obviously you can't then start it without putting it to neutral ..

Not enough drivetrain resistance to hold the car. In park, the parking pawl locks the output shaft. It looks like this:

[bramz7]

Well consider my ignorance excused! I'm glad I live on a flat road...

[anonymous user]

I'm beginning to lose the will to live trying to sell the Land Rover, I've now relisted it for the second time on ebay. Plenty of questions a few viewings (where everyone who has seen it says it's better than they expected, but they really want a diesel, or a hardtop, or they will get back to me and don't) A few of the "what's the least" plus the ones who want more photographs. I have been talking to someone who breaks Land Rovers who reckons I'd make more from the major parts if I broke it.

[vulgalour]

Offer on the house we're trying to buy has been accepted.  Fingers crossed it goes through okay this time and isn't a mess like other attempts have been.

[chatsharris]

Glad to hear that! ^

FatHarris came home from weekenders once, leaving his Rover 75 parked on the steep driveway, and went to bed.  A couple of hours later we heard a big bang, as far as we could tell the brakes cooled and contracted, handbrake stopped holding it and it rolled into the neighbours house.  The house was fine, but the 75 had a right angle embedded into its rear.  Stayed like that until it was scrapped.

 

I don't have any of these issues luckily, the 93 has to be in reverse to let the key out.  A smart solution in my eyes.

[skattrd]

I almost forgot, whilst at the garage today, not managing to fix the Volvo, I did go and start the Umm, which started without issue despite not being touched for months, because Indenor. This is now booked in for minor welding next week in prep for it's MOT. It does need major welding, but that's general bodywork, which I can ignore as it's not necessary for the MOT.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I always park a car in gear, handbrake up hard and wheels turned in. I had to stop when my wife started using the car too, as she refuses to start a car with the clutch down.

 

It was just a year ago that I watched the Avensis start to roll into a Corsa. Fortunately no damage or witnesses!

 

 

I had this a while back.  Park Lady Grumpius' car in first gear (because she loves to yank the handbrake, so it's stretched) and gave me a huge earful when she started it and it jumped forward.

 

She didn't particularly like my accusations of negligence and reference to driving lessons, when it's one of the very first things they show you...

[angle]

Tinkering with the Xantia today I found a thick wodge of service history in the passenger seat pocket (barrett thought it'd been lost).

 

SPEARS REAPAIRS

 

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There's bills for everything from 1998 to 2016, so not far off being a FSH. Cam belt was done 19k ago, and coolant needs doing so I'll make that a priority.

 

Wot a looker, gr9 profile.

 

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A strut return pipe has been ordered, 10 quid delivered from Lithuania as there's none over here (not reasonably priced ones anyway) so once that's fitted the LHM incontinence should be solved.

Coolant was done round about the same time as the spheres if you have the receipt for that (beginning of 2016 ish?), around the time I ended up fitting three thermostats in a month. It's probably only done about 10k since. Radiator was done then as well, so cooling system should be good to go. Nice to see it getting some love, I still miss it. Although I'm extremely disappointed at whoever took my giffer fish off.

[New POD]

My form teacher Mr Wilson was cool as eggs, 2CV, 80's Suzuki Jeep and a Saab 99 turbo, Mr Chambers had...literally HAD ...an MG Montego that got nicked by some 5th formers at the school disco then wrapped round a lamp post...turned out he was shagging one of his female pupils so guess he deserved that

Probably not.

 

Different times.

[New POD]

Probably not.

 

Different times.

joking. by the way.

[egg]

Try mazdaepc.com

 

Thanks I had looked at that. It confuses the hell out of me, because it suggests that I should order the one that BM catalysts say doesn't have a hole for the Lambda sensor, though mine clearly does! Also this version (BM70577) doesn't have a fitting kit either, where as the other option BM70170 does...

 

I'm usually good with parts, but not with this.

 

I guess this is the downside of ordering parts myself and then giving them to a mechanic to fit - if it was trade, he'd order both and return the wrong one.

[catsinthewelder]

If I were to find front end parts would anyone be able to assist in me collecting them?

 

I have one possible lead so far but it's in Shropshire.

 

Which end of Shropshire?

 

PM me details tonight if it's south of Shrewsbury/Telford and I'll try to get them while I'm running round tomorrow.  We have a van going to Sheffield on Sunday (might be full/might not) or I can hold onto them for a bit.

[Ghosty]

Which end of Shropshire?

 

PM me details tonight if it's south of Shrewsbury/Telford and I'll try to get them while I'm running round tomorrow. We have a van going to Sheffield on Sunday (might be full/might not) or I can hold onto them for a bit.

It's ok thanks Rich - I've had a much better offer from someone well known in R8 circles that's going to save me about £150. More driving needed but it's a whole front end for beer money.

[Fumbler]

MR2 brake caliper started sticking, father unstuck it and it works fine... for now. 17 days and it'll be on SORN for its winter hibernation.

[Guest]

The Storia passed it's MOT today which is good. The drive home was fun, but I'm slowly realising I should think about selling it

 

Volvo 850 (T5) is still broken, garage has no idea what is wrong with it. The error code (P0120) refers to TPS, which we've changed, along with cam sensor, crank senor and coil. It cranks but no spark, and everything is getting power or making a circuit ... maybe ecu? I need to see if Volvo forums can assist and/or find someone, hopefully not too far away, who can fix/diagnose the issue.

Check the earths on the front of the engine close to the starter, had a similar issue with mine, with the same code. Does it have the little test box to get the codes that way?

[catsinthewelder]

It's ok thanks Rich - I've had a much better offer from someone well known in R8 circles that's going to save me about £150. More driving needed but it's a whole front end for beer money.

 

I thought Joe had cleared the R8's from Ma Clelands field.

[Ghosty]

I thought Joe had cleared the R8's from Ma Clelands field.

Lol, I have a few bits of that one!

It is gone indeed, these parts are from a serial hoarder in Cambs. I'm going down next week in Moog's 406 wagon.

[RobT]

Coolant was done round about the same time as the spheres if you have the receipt for that (beginning of 2016 ish?), around the time I ended up fitting three thermostats in a month. It's probably only done about 10k since. Radiator was done then as well, so cooling system should be good to go. Nice to see it getting some love, I still miss it. Although I'm extremely disappointed at whoever took my giffer fish off.

Thanks, I didn't see that listed. Coolant looked OK but no harm replacing it, which I did on Monday and was easy enough. Made sure I bled it properly and touch wood the temperature is spot on and the heater toasty, ready for winter.

 

Not me guv re the fish!

[bramz7]

Wasn't me either! 

[trigger]

I took my Rover to the garage a few days back to get the carbs and the rich running issue sorted, a pair of needles and £100 later it's now running much better and doesn't smell as fuely now. To celebrate I've sold the car to a local chap who's been badgering me for weeks to buy it.

 

 

 

Not sure it's one of my better ideas but I have too many cars and want to lower my out goings, this was the easiest to sell and costs me the most to run and insure and I got a fair price for it, I'll probably sell the van next and use the money to buy something else which is tax/mot extempt next, but who knows!

[chatsharris]

Put the Skoda Fabia up for sale on twatbook, usual messages coming in.  It's a car I think that's too shit for Autoshite, so you'll probably won't see it on here.

[New POD]

Put the Skoda Fabia up for sale on twatbook, usual messages coming in. It's a car I think that's too shit for Autoshite, so you'll probably won't see it on here.

Sounds great. You should link to your twatface advert so i can ignore it because......twatface.

[skattrd]

Check the earths on the front of the engine close to the starter, had a similar issue with mine, with the same code. Does it have the little test box to get the codes that way?

 

Thanks Barry, I'll check the earths when I'm back at the garage.

 

It's early OBD, so I used a couple of pieces of wire and an led to blink out the error code. I then borrowed a snap-on code reader, which also said TPS, P0120, which surprised me, as I was told the early T5 weren't obdii compliant.

[bramz7]

Lol, I have a few bits of that one!

It is gone indeed, these parts are from a serial hoarder in Cambs. I'm going down next week in Moog's 406 wagon.

Just seen that on FB. So you've already got one of my old R8s, and you're about to get bits off of another?! Neat.

[Ghosty]

Just seen that on FB. So you've already got one of my old R8s, and you're about to get bits off of another?! Neat.

Oh it's THAT one?!

Small bloody world.

[clayts450]

Why I love independents.

 

V6 has had drastic loss of air in the front nearside tyre - 10psi or so over a few days. I couldn't see a puncture when I had the wheel off previously, so took it to my local indie tyre place, VTS, 2 mins drive away.

 

Rob the owner dropped the tyre in a huge paddling pool and we immediately saw what the problem was - air coming out between the rim and the tyre. Pops the tyre off, cleans the rims down, tyre on, balances it - no air loss. 

 

He also managed to release the stuck wheel nut on the offside tyre (with a whole lot of grunting and brute force and ignorance, and a mutha of all breaker bars). And cracked a huge smile (rare, apparently)

 

Total cost ? £15.

 

Had I taken it to KwikShit no doubt they'd have said tyre cannot be saved, buy a whole new set of Chinese deathrings for eleventy billion quid please, sir.

 

Rob - a man of few words, loyal customer earned.

 

http://www.vts-tyres.co.uk/

[dollywobbler]

This was fun.

[Bren]

Behind a nissan Juke today. Feck me ugly or what?

 

Reminded me of a shoe that had become trapped in an escalator.

[Slappy]

Any of you Chodbothers been shite purchasing in deepest Hampshire today..?witnessed a classic pez station shot being carried out. Or is that a thing that regular people do too. Won't mention the make and model just in case there's a surprise fred running

[Saabnut]

Early night tonight, marshalling at a rally tomorrow and signing on starts at 0630.

 

We do this for fun......