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[Hawkeyethenoo]

Going by what is often said about RR ownership, you better get used to this view from the drivers seat...

 

 

Any chance of a push, mister? It's been said before and I'll say it again. It's a lovely place to wait for the AA man/woman.

 

P.S. Nearly forgot. The ICE isn't working due to an, ahem, faulty amplifier.... Seller is supplying and fitting a used replacement when it arrives in the post. Not the Logic 7 system, sadly, but less to go wrong and 11 speakers 100w RMS should be plenty enough for Kenny Bruce.

[JJ0063]

Today I set about making one of our brick sheds into somewhere I can tinker about.

 

Got a halogen floodlight in Poundland for £2, few meters of flex and a plug.. mounted and ran the flex round and tacked it down the wall. No electric in the shed so will just run an extension reel from the kitchen when I’m out there.

 

Second job was to make a work bench. Got a piece of worktop for free from an old IT suite at work that was recently ripped out, a free fence post from the maintenance team.. chopped the post up and voila....

 

 

Just need to clean it all and paint now.

[egg]

everyone needs a space like that!

[stuboy]

1 bought new to me car... missus named it joy..

2.started to empty crap out of the focus in readyness to sell on

[Mrcento]

Just got a cracking offer for my Discovery

 

"Would you be interested in a swap for a parking meter?"

What?

 

How?.....

[Guest Hooli]

Just got a cracking offer for my Discovery

 

"Would you be interested in a swap for a parking meter?"

 

What?

 

How?.....

 

Did they ever empty it, might be a few hundred quid of 20p coins in there.

[Mrs6C]

I went for a walk this morning - nothing too strenuous just 8miles in Surrey, but didn’t spot much of interest. Here is the Mercedes gracing a Hurtwood control carpark.EB46DBB4-80D5-4EA4-8A07-FF1927D4DE17.jpeg

 

Also two elderly brick railway bridges for Mrs6C to identify.

Hmmm... both are on the old South Eastern and Chatham Railway's Reading branch between Chilworth to the west and Gomshall to the east...

 

The first is Brook Lane (Dark Lane) bridge on Little London lane, bridge no. 19/1290, ELR & mileage: RSJ 37m 5ch

 

The second is Sandy Lane bridge, bridge no. 19/1293, ELR & mileage: RSJ 37m 1052y

[SiC]

^^ I can't even remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, let alone fathom how someone can have a pictorial memory on fairly nondescript railway bridges.

[brownnova]

The good lady said “Do you want an instant turn on?” whilst shielding her phone to keep whatever dirty picture she had on the screen from me...

 

“What are you going to do show me a picture of a Maestro for sale” says I

 

She turns her phone to reveal.... a Red Austin Maestro for sale just 10 miles away

 

Oh how we laughed!!

 

I’ll message about a viewing tomorrow....

[drum]

My new* transit tipper which was working fine when I picked it up on Friday has developed a fault.

 

I tipped some firewood out and the tipper body wouldn't go back down. There's a solenoid that operates the return valve, allowing the body to lower under its own weight. I think it has died.

 

 

It sits over this shaft on the valve body.

 

The shaft doesn't appear to move, so I'm not sure how it works.

 

Any hydraulic knowledge out there?

 

I made another boring vid. Turn the volume down because of the tractor noise.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

^^ I can't even remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, let alone fathom how someone can have a pictorial memory on fairly nondescript railway bridges.

 

The whole railway / railway modelling thing is a fantastic test for preserving your memory.

[Jim Bell]

A good friend was clearing out a deceased relatives flat and came across these On The Road periodicals. 7 volumes with about 10 issues in each volume. Car maintenance guides in 1970s style.

 

When she found them she thought "Well nobody in the world is gonna be interested in these other than Jim Bell."

 

Obv she's not familiar with Autoshite.

These will keep me entertained for a while though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[stuboy]

today i will be scraping off the stickers of the focus and finding to original exhaust/lights

[Jim Bell]

today i will be scraping off the stickers of the focus and finding to original exhaust/lights

 

[richardmorris]

Hmmm... both are on the old South Eastern and Chatham Railway's Reading branch between Chilworth to the west and Gomshall to the east...

 

The first is Brook Lane (Dark Lane) bridge on Little London lane, bridge no. 19/1290, ELR & mileage: RSJ 37m 5ch

The second is Sandy Lane bridge, bridge no. 19/1293, ELR & mileage: RSJ 37m 1052y

10/10 tick VG. Don’t know how you found the second one I couldn’t see any plaques at all.

[fordperv]

A good friend was clearing out a deceased relatives flat and came across these On The Road periodicals. 7 volumes with about 10 issues in each volume. Car maintenance guides in 1970s style.

 

When she found them she thought "Well nobody in the world is gonna be interested in these other than Jim Bell."

 

Obv she's not familiar with Autoshite.

These will keep me entertained for a while though.

 

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It's nice that your friend thought of you rather than tipping them, obviously you will be starting a thread with examples of shite repair techniques and pictures from them

[Tickman]

My new* transit tipper which was working fine when I picked it up on Friday has developed a fault.

 

I tipped some firewood out and the tipper body wouldn't go back down. There's a solenoid that operates the return valve, allowing the body to lower under its own weight. I think it has died.

 

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It sits over this shaft on the valve body.

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The shaft doesn't appear to move, so I'm not sure how it works.

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Any hydraulic knowledge out there?

 

I made another boring vid. Turn the volume down because of the tractor noise.

https://youtu.be/7eAv-dIy7Ks

No help with the fault but please don't work on it un propped no matter how quick a job.

I know of too many people who should know better that have been crushed by them.

[Cavcraft]

I've just paid for another car that I haven't seen (let alone tried out) and is miles and miles away.

[Jim Bell]

I've just paid for another car that I haven't seen (let alone tried out) and is miles and miles away.

Is it Monday already?

 

Keep up the good work!

[binhoker668]

 

 

 

 

 

CD sounds achieved! Small beans again, but big improvements for me!

[Jim Bell]

Cheap fix!..

 

Chicken dinner.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after getting a call from the automatic workshop boss. Looks like the CX might be ready soon  . Only taken three months to rebuild the gearbox  . He wants to know where to send the (presumably substantial) bill 

[egg]

Ecp specials arrive, thanks Bornite, Air filter is actually correct, slightly doubts over the oil filter, but hey ho

 

[beko1987]

Just after getting a call from the automatic workshop boss. Looks like the CX might be ready soon . Only taken three months to rebuild the gearbox . He wants to know where to send the (presumably substantial) bill

Somewhere else!

[loserone]

You might have something of particular interest to them

[New POD]

My omega wants scrapping.

Not only does it need work to front alignment and brakes to make it brake in a straight line and make a set of tyres last longer than 5 months 8k miles.

Now the 4 disc changer refuses to take the magazine and play any of them. Straw. Camels broken back.

[Bren]

I've just paid for another car that I haven't seen (let alone tried out) and is miles and miles away.

You never fail to disappoint Billy.

[egg]

water leak gurus, my mondeo has white mould from damp along the base of the wheelarch where it connects with the boot floor. Where's it coming from? I think the rear lights are dry, which is a classic leak area. Soz if should be in ask a shiter...

 

[DeeJay]

I've just paid for another car that I haven't seen (let alone tried out) and is miles and miles away.

 Did you ask for a distance discount?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just after getting a call from the automatic workshop boss. Looks like the CX might be ready soon  . Only taken three months to rebuild the gearbox  . He wants to know where to send the (presumably substantial) bill 

 

Bill update:

 

- Gearbox rebuild including labour: £1850 + VAT

 

- Replacement of corroded radiator, labour charges for extracting engine and 'box, separation of both, then re-installation later, plus "other bits": £1150 + VAT.

 

So, er, not much no change out of £3600. More than I paid for the car itself.

 

*sighs*