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[LabRat]

And it's a pass! Surprisingly no advisories either. Might treat it to a wash and vac out now...

[oldcars]

I shall check that tomorrow

Possible airlock from fitting the new stat?

[DodgeRover]

On a boring note the new ML270 has run it's 1st full tank through at around 26mpg

Not bad given it's size and has the autobox as insisted on by the wife

Only potential fly in the ointment is the temp sits at around 65-70°c,running up to just over 80 on a good uphill stretch

Google suggests a failed thermostat as it should be at a constant 85-90°

Looks easy enough to do being located near the front of the engine but as its surrounded by plastic fuel lines it can wait untill it's a bit warmer outside

Get them to change the stat at the same time you get it converted to LPG?

[MikeR]

I nearly missed off my birthday good deed of the day I did yesterday ..

 

wife got home to say a friend was stranded with a dead car that would not start ..

 

so I threw a spare battery in the boot , jump leads and some tools ..

 

and got to a pug 107 sized car which was indeed dead , connected the spare battery via the jump leads and

 

it started !!!!

 

I am a hero in my own mind ....

[andy18s]

Diesel in this one as we couldn't find a decent petrol within our price range

There are many cheap cars out here but you do need to pay more for something "decent"

The UK really has the cheapest cars for sale in "real terms"

[Split_Pin]

Ok in a word the Audi is fine

 

I ran the engine for 20 mins, top hose, rad nice and hot, all good. The guage appears to be faulty/ erratic:

 

[The Moog]

That's good news. Do you have an infrared thermometer gun or similar to check temp?

[Split_Pin]

Afraid not

[gm]

have you checked the temp reading from the odb socket ? should highlight either a duff gauge or a duff sender

[Jazoli]

Brown car was becoming increasingly grumbly from the o/s rear so I spent an hour fitting a new hub/bearing and cleaned up the rear brakes.

 

Silence has now been resumed, its a really easy car to work on too which was nice, despite lots of surface corrosion everything came undone easily and there was plenty of evidence of preventative maintenance which backs up the full main dealer history.

 

[SRi05]

Spring is in the air (beneath all the clouds)

[Christine]

There's a horrible little car awoken from winter hibernation outside . Gawd, it is a mess ..I must get it painted .

 

[vulgalour]

Right, I could do with raising a bit of cash quicker than I can make artwork so about the only way I can do that is a SALE.

 

50% off stuff on his thread: http://autoshite.com/topic/34160-original-artwork-for-sale/ until the end of February.  DM me on any that you're interested in.  I'm not taking commissions at this time as my books are full and this sale is Autoshite only.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

There's a horrible little car awoken from winter hibernation outside . Gawd, it is a mess ..I must get it painted .

 

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Alternatively, just book it into FoTU2019?

[AlabamaShrimp]

Good news everyone! Frontera fixed!

 

 

Ball joint and track rod end changed. Said he couldn't work out where the noise was from so he cut open the ball joint, sprayed it and it was quieter so he changed it.

 

Parts and about 4 hours £95.

[chadders]

So whereabouts in the country are you?

[RobT]

There's a horrible little car awoken from winter hibernation outside . Gawd, it is a mess ..I must get it painted .

 

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Nah, fine as it is m8.

[Mally]

Have just bought a moggy engine. Says barn find, but looks more like field find.

What do you want for 40 quid?

[AlabamaShrimp]

So whereabouts in the country are you?

Wakefield.

[beko1987]

Hoiked the blown bulb out of the 406 as we're off to tesco in a sec and I didn't actually know if it was a boggo bulb or something special. Boggo bulb luckily

 

 

What I did notice though was the entire internal reflector unit moves about like fuck... Will have a Google later and see if there's a respected bodge for that

[chadders]

Wakefield.

Bit far for me to go I'm afraid - it's about £60 per hour round here. I suppose that I could move back to Tingley but that's a bit drastic.

[egg]

Has anyone here been to the Hammond micro car collection in Maidstone? Visits by arrangement - surely we need to arrange a 'club' visit?

 

https://www.hammondmicrocars.com/

 

[dozeydustman]

Has anyone here been to the Hammond micro car collection in Maidstone? Visits by arrangement - surely we need to arrange a 'club' visit?

 

https://www.hammondmicrocars.com/

 

Interest

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Has anyone here been to the Hammond micro car collection in Maidstone? Visits by arrangement - surely we need to arrange a 'club' visit?

 

https://www.hammondmicrocars.com/

 

 

 

Totally and utterly up for that.

[MikeR]

its in the spares bin  just in case

 

brushed the crap off , bit of lining up and some pigeon shite to hold it together ..

 

 

 

nothing  a smear of gum gum wont hide

[Six-cylinder]

Let get this straight, should this constitute a Autoshite collection?

 

A non Autoshiter had his vehicle mentioned on here by a Autoshiter and me an Autoshiter passed the details to another non Autoshiter who is buying it. I am collecting it tomorrow with the non Autoshiter and that is where it will live. Just to muddy the water further it will only live 3 miles from me and on past form I will be able to borrow it when I like!

[Mally]

No, but yes, but no, but yes.

[clayts450]

Fence-shite today to repair wind damage.

 

Two lumps of wood £15 from Wickes. 

 

 

Reused vertical planks.

 

Bodged it to make it all fit.

 

Shit job, but it'll do me.

 

Also created hedgehog, fox, cat entry point

 

Also gave me an excuse to finally put together my super* quality budget workmate which I bought from Wilkos eleventy-billion years ago for £6 because it was end of line. Not too shabby, did the job.

[SiC]

Had our buyer around our house today. He wanted to apparently measure up for curtains and see if his fridge fitted. Made me nervous, especially as we're at quite a late stage in this process and I really don't want the house chain falling apart.

 

So I spoke to my agent to see how it went. She said he was really excited about moving, got all the measurements he needed and was hoping he'd be moved in 3 weeks.

 

Three weeks?! I better get my shit together and sorted quick. There is a garage that needs moving into storage first!

[mrbenn]

Also created hedgehog, fox, cat entry point

 

 

Not for use by all at the same time, I hope. Could get messy