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[Amishtat]

So it seems our house is sold stc.. Looks like I need to sell some cars 

[mitsisigma01]

Just a few miles up the road from me, been a couple of times, just used the link to the website, sounds like its getting busy up there with over 700 cars last year. Whereabouts are you travelling from?  I used to get the use of an X1-9 and a Jag xj12 and a Marina van where I used to work back in 84 until the passenger in the van pushed and pulled the steering wheel taking us into a small oak tree doing 60mph, luckily hit it dead centre pushing engine and gearbox back into the cabin and snapping my left femur and nearly out of my butt cheek!  The van headlights were wrapped round the tree nearly touching each other!  Sad to say it was a write off as was I nearly with my head trapped in the top of the windscreen between the roof and steering wheel after the old style seat belt snapped! Oh happy days! 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Might take the CX for a run to nowhere in particular.

[lanciamatt]

Thama was in for mot this morning, a clean pass, very happy about that. I got the car last May after it had been off the road 11 years, service done, new cambelt, changed tyres and that's all it needed for mot. I've used it pretty much every day for 12 months as work car. It's not missed a beat (touch wood). Not the quickest thing but OK work commute to Doncaster, and it's good on juice. 

[reb]

Another veggie cold start this morning, and it was actually cold unlike yesterday's midday 14°! It was less funny this time, took even more cranking and it didn't sound at all happy with me. Fired along to the next village to get some pez to thin it out (but also for cleaning bits of HDI) then went for a little bit of a rag around the back roads to slosh it around in a vague effort to mix it properly. Once it's nice and hot it runs perfectly on veg, so it's good clean fun if the "carbon neutral" argument is true...

[Lacquer Peel]

Was that in the 850 reb?

 

 

 

 

[dozeydustman]

My brother's good lady has managed to rescue a number of Haynes and other workshop manuals from her local community facebook page, and will be in my possession next time I pop up to Gravesend or my family come here to visit. I have promised the lady giving them away they will go to good homes. All I know is they are "old" and suitable for most rammel on here.

[320touring]

Dug this out from under a tree after 8 weeks, and slung it in for an MOT ..

It only went n passed

[clayts450]

Quick scoot over to Rimmer Brothers this morning to pick up many parcels of goodies, including for the 214 (some exhaust fittings, dirt cheap), 420 (a new mirror, dirt cheap) and 620 (proper floor mats dirt cheap and a wooden clock/display thing as I'm planning on putting a funkier old skool Rover stereo in that can do the CD changer thing - not cheap).

[reb]

4 hours ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Was that in the 850 reb?

 

 

 

 

Yes, the 850. Realistically I can't afford to do any big damage to it, so I'm going to go back to a rough 50% mix after this half tank I think.

[reb]

Today this happened:

And now this is happening:

Bastard crane has dug into the ground mere feet away from where it needs to be. Frustrating as I managed to drag it a good few meters from where it's been sitting all week.

[reb]

Today this happened:

And now this is happening:

Bastard crane has dug into the ground mere feet away from where it needs to be. Frustrating as I managed to drag it a good few meters from where it's been sitting all week.

[Lacquer Peel]

Yes, the 850. Realistically I can't afford to do any big damage to it, so I'm going to go back to a rough 50% mix after this half tank I think.

I ran a V70 TDI with the same engine on high percentages of veg, it really didn't like it. Keep an eye on the engine oil level, if you have to crank the starter for more than a few seconds veg oil can pollute the sump, I ended up with polluted engine oil in the V70, it was very sticky.

[Tamworthbay]

What engine is in the 850 reb? Is the 2.5, 5 cylinder Audi lump?

[tommotech]

Everyone loves a free car, been given an R50 MINI One supposedly on a 53 plate. Clutch and trim issues but nothing drastic, will add it to my R50 project thread when it arrives. 

[reb]

48 minutes ago, Tamworthbay said:

What engine is in the 850 reb? Is the 2.5, 5 cylinder Audi lump?

Yep, audi 2.5 5 pot

[Tamworthbay]

15 minutes ago, reb said:

Yep, audi 2.5 5 pot

I have the same in my V70 and was wondering if it take veg. There seems to be a bit of contradictory information so good to see yours is doing well on it, albeit not on pure veg.

[reb]

Some amount of success has been had!

[clayts450]

15 quid off Gumtree just now, local in Nottingham.

No bullshit, no pissing about. 

It's an Ikea Kallax https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/storage-furniture/shelving-units-systems/kallax-shelving-unit-black-brown-art-20275885/

Seller getting rid of all her old furniture for design/colour reasons.

Good job it was an Ikea as it didn't quite fit in the 620 much to my embarrassment. Cue fumbling around in the pissing rain for an allen key. Which, naturally, were all at home. Luckily seller had one.

Ultimately, all my old vinyl collection of albums and 12 inch whoppers will slide into the eight cubes therein quite nicely - easily hold 50 or more per cube.

For now it's re-erected and currently hosting random tat in the living room.

[Shep Shepherd]

Just taken The Volvo for a run. Ended up in a place called Creeksea Ferry, which despite being fairly close to Southend-on-Sea is remote AF:

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It was nice to go for a drive with no destination but back home in one of my own cars after a week of driving a selection of 'character-building' M-B Atego trucks around London and the Home Counties

[richardmorris]

21 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Just a few miles up the road from me, been a couple of times, just used the link to the website, sounds like its getting busy up there with over 700 cars last year. Whereabouts are you travelling from?  I used to get the use of an X1-9 and a Jag xj12 and a Marina van where I used to work back in 84 until the passenger in the van pushed and pulled the steering wheel taking us into a small oak tree doing 60mph, luckily hit it dead centre pushing engine and gearbox back into the cabin and snapping my left femur and nearly out of my butt cheek!  The van headlights were wrapped round the tree nearly touching each other!  Sad to say it was a write off as was I nearly with my head trapped in the top of the windscreen between the roof and steering wheel after the old style seat belt snapped! Oh happy days! 

Capel?

 

I’m in Bagshot. I went last year and it was busy. The entry email this year is staggering arrival based on postcode. I’ll see what the weather forecast is like before committing to going. 

[00833827]

Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere 

[mrbenn]

2 hours ago, 00833827 said:

Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere 

Thermostat working ok?

[MikeR]

19 hours ago, reb said:

Some amount of success has been had!

that reminds me of my brain ...

[reb]

1 hour ago, MikeR said:

that reminds me of my brain ...

Coincidentally it's also how my brain feels when I think about how I'm going to make it work.

[dozeydustman]

I've been feeling a lot better today and I wanted to do the balljoints on the Toyota as it goes in for it's MoT tomorrow. Unfortunately the split pins holding the castellated nuts to the tapers joints are rusted in. Spent 45 minutes trying to drift them out so I gave up. They're the originals by the looks of it so done well to last 20 years. I have done some gardening instead.

[Cavcraft]

Galaxy filling driver's footwell with water again. Big time. Sunroof has also joined in the fun and decided to leak. CBA with the latter (found some gen on the web reference the drainage channels) but did manage to finally clear the scuttle drain on the driver's side. Had to put the wipers in the up position and turn key off so I could my hand down the gap. Pulled out bits of soil, then inserted a long hard plastic fuel pipe down the hole, two or three times then tested it by using a watering can. That's running free now, though should stop being lazy and get some torx bits, remove the inner wing plastic shield and then clear the base of the drain out as it would appear crap from the road clogs it up.

Did the wet and dry vac have to work today? You betcha, M8...

...that was all from the driver's footwell and there was more besides. Fingers crossed it's done the job, as (hopefully) has the tape I've put round sunroof seal.

 

Next up, half-heartedly fumigate the outside of the Transit. Probs last cleaned when Jesus was in swaddling clothes, looks much better now. Well, as better as a battered old Transit can be.

 

The puncture it had has been fixed, the exhaust leak silenced and some odd and split pipes fixed. It's still in limp mode though, that needs to be investigated as does the mystery/occasional battery drain.  So to answer the question I pondered in my empty head:, Yes, yes it doe s fit.

Didn't even try and drive it (should have for the LOLZ) loaded with the Galaxy, but at least there's an idea of what fits on the bed now.  

[sloth]

eeee dem cillz iz wel krusti m83, swop fur a mteeeveee editiong tigra and a baggie.

 

in other news, the daily 120 prado has developed a ball joint clunk. from all 4 front balljoints at once. fuggin mint like.

[mrdelmonti]

7 hours ago, 00833827 said:

Morning. Have a carina e that was getting hot so figured after a bit of diagnostics it was the water pump. So am in the middle of a belt and pump change. Pump out and to be honest it seems perfect. So now i am wondering, what else could it have been. New rad in her. Hope there is not a boockage anywhere 

Is that remnants of rad seal in the old water pump? Could be causing a blockage if it's built up somewhere, might be worth a flush through with a hose.

[robinmasters]

Saw Jimmy deVille off that Goblin Car Works program in Lidl earlier. 

Well, I saw the bloke off that awful Tattoo Fixers-esque car program, had to look up who he was when I got home.