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[Six-cylinder]

Yesterday evening I went along to see my friend in his white GT6 at Turweston Airfield checkpoint during the Triumph Round Britain Reliably Run.

 

They had some fun with a Ex-Met 2500 while I was there.

 

It's ok the PT Cruiser owner had a Vitesse and wants another!

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Been on a 5-minute collection errand for a well-known collector of domestic cleaning appliances.....

[beko1987]

Been on a 5-minute collection errand for a well-known collector of domestic cleaning appliances.....

People collect domestic appliances? What a wierdo!

[egg]

People collect domestic appliances? What a wierdo!

 

Do Toaster collectors exist, this makes me wonder?

 

edit, of course they do, good on 'em: https://en-gb.facebook.com/Electric.Breakfast/

[tommotech]

Try not to adjust the actuator. Although most cars have a little closed loop learning for the flow rate.

IIRC. The way a vacuum one is set, was to give it a particular vacuum negative pressure and then adjust the clevis adjuster to give a particular back pressure at a set flow rate.

 

Then it does a full sweep and checks the back pressure at 3 different actuator vacuum settings.

In development they just set it with deeper gauges and no pressure, which is very crude.

Obviously later ones have de lect'trick actuators.

 

Luckily I have got diagnostic kit that allowed me to run the boost pressure test. Didn't adjust the actuator rod, there was no need to but having the diagnostic as a back up is useful.

[stuboy]

Took oppertunity that needed a new battery for fozzie, £80.99 petrol or £90.99 for diesel one, minus promotional code, price paid £53.42, bargain i say

[skattrd]

Whilst at the garage tinkering with the Volvo (still broken, cause unknown) I thought I should try and find where the clonking noise is coming from on the 205. My shopping list isn't too bad, drop link, ball-joint/wishbone and a CV boot kit, that should hopefully reduce the noises the car makes.

[spike60]

That reassuring Mercedes kwalitee...

It was an Autoglass quality problem, not a Mercedes one!

[Arthur Foxhake]

I'm back finally. That was a long old drive, 4.5 hours at 50-55mph, reducing to 30 on some hills with a throttle pedal that felt like operating a heavy clutch.

Its a rough old beast but I'm very happy with it.

Need to sort out the throttle linkage and some leaf spring bushes as well as the obvious welding. And stop exhaust fumes getting in, it got a bit stinky with the windows shut.

Pics.

 

First time I've seen it in years. Yes, it is a traveller site.

 

 

 

This door is not in a great state. Gaffa tape was applied liberally.

 

 

There is some dust on the modern tech dashboard.

 

The graffiti has been there about 15 years.

 

The vast living area, stripped by the previous owner and mostly used in his new lorry.

 

The power*house. This took quite a bit of waking up.

 

 

It was made to stare it's replacement in the face and feel inadequate in the length and girth department.

 

Then I drove it 200 miles to its new home and parked it up.

[dollywobbler]

What's that? Shonky camper vans are in fashion? Good job I just spotted this then.

 

Mind you, the car park hid other gems*.

[Noel Tidybeard]

People collect domestic appliances? What a wierdo!

 

yeah wot a tosser prolly drives a crap car as well! :mrgreen:

[beko1987]

Do Toaster collectors exist, this makes me wonder?

 

edit, of course they do, good on 'em: https://en-gb.facebook.com/Electric.Breakfast/

That's actually quite interesting!

 

I know someone on here who collects kettles... I won't name and shame though!

[DodgeRover]

I'm back finally. That was a long old drive, 4.5 hours at 50-55mph, reducing to 30 on some hills with a throttle pedal that felt like operating a heavy clutch.

Its a rough old beast but I'm very happy with it.

Need to sort out the throttle linkage and some leaf spring bushes as well as the obvious welding. And stop exhaust fumes getting in, it got a bit stinky with the windows shut.

Pics.

 

First time I've seen it in years. Yes, it is a traveller site.

 

20181006_154533_HDR.jpg

 

 

This door is not in a great state. Gaffa tape was applied liberally.

 

20181006_155037_HDR.jpg

 

There is some dust on the modern tech dashboard.

20181006_154903_HDR.jpg

 

The graffiti has been there about 15 years.

20181006_155018_HDR.jpg

 

The vast living area, stripped by the previous owner and mostly used in his new lorry.

20181006_154849_HDR.jpg

 

The power*house. This took quite a bit of waking up.

 

20181006_161332_HDR.jpg

 

It was made to stare it's replacement in the face and feel inadequate in the length and girth department.

20181008_093300_HDR.jpg

 

Then I drove it 200 miles to its new home and parked it up.

20181008_150759_HDR.jpg

Was that to a prebooked mot or is it exempted as a showmans?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

People collect domestic appliances? What a weirdo!

Yes, I wonder who that could be.....?

[Arthur Foxhake]

Was that to a prebooked mot or is it exempted as a showmans?

It was to a pre-booked MOT. I decided not to present it as the windscreen washers weren't working. And stuff.

[dollywobbler]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

[SiC]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

Getting rid of the Invacar after all that work?!

 

 

Yes I know you don't mean that one.

[BorniteIdentity]

I’ve been out of the game a bit over the last few months. (Bloody house refurbishment)

 

Consequently I’ve not bought a car since January, and this is bad! Lord knows I’ve tried (the less said about the base Mondeo the better) but hopefully this weekend will see something arrive. Just need to complete the usual ‘fun’ with the insurance company and we should be good to go!

 

I’ve never had one of this model, I’ve never had anything from this manufacturer and I’m probably about a foot and four stone too big for it. It might only be a brief tenure!

 

Sierra and 190 are now off the road for the winter, so the logical thing to do is to bring in something else.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

 

 

The simple solution is to sack off the Nippa in exchange for the Favorit.  Then you can consider it an enormous power and space upgrade.  Mrs H might like the Favorit, too - it probably won't have power steering...

 

Mmmm.  Favorit.  Yes please.

[Fumbler]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

Lay off the.. uhh...Rover? Oh... er.. ah. Mayybe not... Er, the Nippa... pls no. It favourite of mine. How about hibernating the Rover in that farm you had the Matiz stored! Yeah yeah sounds just fine to me.

[stuboy]

Took oppertunity that needed a new battery for fozzie, £80.99 petrol or £90.99 for diesel one, minus promotional code, price paid £53.42, bargain i say

Got pics mixed up

[dozeydustman]

Got pics mixed up

 

 

I was about to say, you took the old battery out, placed it next to new one, then put it back in?

[egg]

The simple solution is to sack off the Nippa in exchange for the Favorit.  Then you can consider it an enormous power and space upgrade.  Mrs H might like the Favorit, too - it probably won't have power steering...

 

Mmmm.  Favorit.  Yes please.

 

It defo won't have power steering...

[Noel Tidybeard]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

 

well sacking off the mile muncher with your job would just be plain stoooopid

 

as said bin nippa (whilst in sellable condition) and spoil mrs hubnut with skodas decadance*

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I can say that it is a surreal experience having someone else's vacuum cleaner - that you volunteered to pick up in the first place - temporarily living in the back of your car. Amongst years of accumulated horsehair, hay and straw. And probably some spiders as well, but I've only ever seen the occasional cobweb on the front passenger door, never the arachnids responsible.....

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I'm back finally. That was a long old drive, 4.5 hours at 50-55mph, reducing to 30 on some hills with a throttle pedal that felt like operating a heavy clutch.

Its a rough old beast but I'm very happy with it.

Need to sort out the throttle linkage and some leaf spring bushes as well as the obvious welding. And stop exhaust fumes getting in, it got a bit stinky with the windows shut.

Pics.

 

First time I've seen it in years. Yes, it is a traveller site.

 

20181006_154533_HDR.jpg

 

 

This door is not in a great state. Gaffa tape was applied liberally.

 

20181006_155037_HDR.jpg

 

There is some dust on the modern tech dashboard.

20181006_154903_HDR.jpg

 

The graffiti has been there about 15 years.

20181006_155018_HDR.jpg

 

The vast living area, stripped by the previous owner and mostly used in his new lorry.

20181006_154849_HDR.jpg

 

The power*house. This took quite a bit of waking up.

 

20181006_161332_HDR.jpg

 

It was made to stare it's replacement in the face and feel inadequate in the length and girth department.

20181008_093300_HDR.jpg

 

Then I drove it 200 miles to its new home and parked it up.

20181008_150759_HDR.jpg

Just.....wow. Deserves its own thread surely! What its story and what do you plan to do with it?

 

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[dozeydustman]

I'm dangerously close to buying a Skoda Favorit. Only one car is a realistic candidate to get rid of, and it's the only comfortable distance car on the fleet. Am I mad?

 

 

Applying a little bit of logic would say whichever of the two smoll cars is the more likely to be a PITA or harder to keep on the road.

[Asimo]

Split plastic water-rail on the Connect leaking a litre or so in ten miles.

Glad I spotted this before replacing that thermostat housing. (Which is leaking, but not much)

Araldite and glassfibre tape.

Fingers crossed. Will be carrying a gallon can of water until the bodge has proved itself!

[Chris2cv]

Thought you might be interested in my idea this weekend to refurbish the mirror on the 2cv as they were getting a bit sloppy. The job should have taken about 20 minutes. Here are my version of the instructions :  (NB - This is not a reflection of the quality of the part, just the dangers of poor tools, a car that hates you and being a bit of a pillock)

 

1  Remove mirror from car – 2 screws C5minutes (including getting screwdrivers out)

2 Remove glass and trim from mirror body  C1 minute

3 “Undo screw inside body” Find screw is jut a rusty blob with no discernable head.

4 Try to undo from mirror arm end. Destroy head on screw.

5 Get drill and try to drill inner head. Get cross. Slip 4 times causing large cuts to hands  C1 Hour

 

Next day.

6 Continue drilling. Decide to drill out rubber ball holding it together as the kit replaces this.

7 Find that rubber ball moves constantly and it is very hard to hold a 2cv mirror in a vice. C1hour

8 Eventually destroy rubber ball and pull arm from body. Expect bolt to come out of mirror arm.

9 Bolt does not come out of arm. Cut bolt with hacksaw.

10 Break hacksaw blade. Find another hacksaw.

11 Cut bolt. Expect bolt to come out of arm. Bolt does not come out of arm.

12 Gradually hammer bolt out of arm. C 1hour

13 “Hole in arm may require drilling to correct shape”. Drill using small drill bit to widen hole. Get to 90% of shape.

14 Break drill bit.

15 Find another drill bit, spend about 10 mins drilling then find that hole is harder that the drill and you have destroyed the drill bit.

16 Mirror Arm falls from vice. Grab arm.

17 Find that arm is very hot. Burn finger.

18 Go and treat burn.

19 Go to Homebase (Other shops are available) for a new drill bit.

20 Try again with new drill bit, successful this time. C 5 minutes (+half hour travel)

21 Gather new fittings, from safe place on bonnet of car (not the car I went to Homebase in!)

22 Find that grease has disappeared.

23 Find grease, C 5minutes

24 Assemble mirror with various new fittings

25 Drop mirror and all fittings all over floor.

26 Find all fittings C 5minutes

27 Drop mirror and fittings again.

28 Find all fittings except for one washer C10 minutes

29 Find that socket set is in the back of the Clio. Which is 70 miles away.

30 Find another socket set.

31 Loosely assemble mirror then go to car

32 Attach mirror to car

33 Realise that I have not fitted the new gasket between the mirror and the door

34 Take mirror off again

35 Fit gasket

36 Fit mirror body again

37 Find that have lost one of screws holding mirror arm to car. 

38 Spend 5 minutes looking for screw. Do not find screw

39 Refit glass and trim c5 minutes.

40 Close door of garage and go to clean wounds.

 

[dollywobbler]

There is a strange assumption that I'm somehow forcing the Nippa on Mrs DW, and she dreams of something more luxurious. I'm not sure why people think that.

 

I can confirm that she really does like it, because attempts to sneak the Skoda onto the fleet have gone down in a very lead balloon stylee. Oh well. Maybe I can make 2019 the year of the Favorit, though I also really want an Ami 6 saloon or a GSA as well.