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[Jazoli]

7.23am is a lie in for me, I've not slept past 5.30am for as long as I can remember.

[Split_Pin]

9 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

7.23am is a lie in for me, I've not slept past 5.30am for as long as I can remember.

Same here, means I get lots done on days off though!

[dozeydustman]

13 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

List please DD

List will be forthcoming. I know there are 2x Talbot Sunbeam ones and 2x Citroën AX. I’m not going to be at home until tomorrow morning and they are all boxed up and packed in with a load of my other belongings I’m bringing back from the folks!

[reb]

I wish I was able to get up so early every day, but I work 4pm-midnight most days so it's not really possible usually.

Igot most of the parts I need but being unable to lift the car isn't helpful. It's also very warm and quite rainy, so now I'm tired and grumpy already!

[Saabnut]

I would like an AX one if there is one spare. No rush, not planning on breaking it!

[dozeydustman]

1 minute ago, Saabnut said:

I would like an AX one if there is one spare. No rush, not planning on breaking it!

1 reserved for you Mr Saab.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

List will be forthcoming. I know there are 2x Talbot Sunbeam ones and 2x Citroën AX. ..

Did Autodata publish anything for the Citroën CX?

[anonymous user]

42 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Did Autodata publish anything for the Citroën CX?

A very short booklet, I think the title was "Take to main dealer" and the sub-title was "Run away"

[HillmanImp]

THAT'S where the oil leak is coming from... 

Its just coming out a lot more now after I've 'had a look at it' .... 

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Did Autodata publish anything for the Citroën CX?

I have no idea! I’ve got to have a good look through the manuals and see what there is, what sort of condition they’re in (they range from almost new to tatty).

I’m taking a short break from sorting through all the stuff that is apparently mine at my folks and my grandparents old house, car is nearly full though. I has found more cameras though for my growing collection, inc a Bell & Howell 8mm cine camera!

[BorniteIdentity]

Local village fete today. It’s a small village of about 500 people,  but some interesting stuff is clearly parked up behind garage doors. 

Bonus points for identifying the car in the last picture. 

I was due to take the Mini but the tyres aren’t being done until Tuesday and I didn’t want any neighbours communicating their concerns with any visiting members of the constabulary. 

 

[skattrd]

Marcos GT?

[High Jetter]

Looks like it

[SiC]

Yeah almost certain a Marcos. Unless it's some kit car copy. 

[reb]

Today was one of those rare good days, see above, but the aux tensioner on the Volvo has just decided to present itself as fooked. New one ordered but won't be here til Tuesday. Arses.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Oh... NOW People want it...

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Just took the 635 out to buy some mushrooms. It hasn't been out for a month or so. It really doesn't like low tyre pressures. AHOY there me mateys...

Mushrooms bought, strange clicking from rear brakes was worse than ever. Have to pull the handbrake up a notch to shut it up a bit. Think I may have to do some work on it. I'm guessing the shoes retaining clips have failed and they are catching the drum. Luckily I have a set of new ones ready for install.

 

I'm getting 4 tyres for it too. I'm looking at the hankooks that are on the Merc because they are grippy, this car needs that, I'm also I'm 11k miles deep on the Merc and the fronts aren't even halfway worn. Either that or go with Dunlop blues because I had those on the touring twice and they were a good tyre. I've always put SP01 sports on it but they crack up before they wear.

Looks well posh on its new private plate. The UK number plate is so intrusive on car design, it's amazing the difference another plate can make. Save yourself a few quid, if you are bored with your car... Don't sell it... Instead, get it on another plate!

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, BoggyMires said:

Just took the 635 out to buy some mushrooms. It hasn't been out for a month or so. It really doesn't like low tyre pressures. ...

 

2.5bar front, 2.8bar rear.

[Fumbler]

Finally, Brother Fumbler left a deposit on something reliable to work on, albeit a lot more rusty. Fortunately, it's surface rust on the chassis, two blowing seams on the body, solid sills and a bodged towbar. That'll be the first thing we'll be removing. Oh, it's also top top top top top top top top spec and uses LHM and spheres instead of air and bellows!

Because of this, the Range Rover is up for sale!

 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

45 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

2.5bar front, 2.8bar rear.

Well remembered. Although I set mine at 2.8 all round to assist with the already very sloppy steering. It is fitted with a low tyre pressure warning device anyway... If it falls below 2.8bar then I scrape the 2nd speed hump along my road. MM precision designed into this car you know.

[clayts450]

Two of Team Clayts wearing their new decals with pride

[Tadhg Tiogar]

52 minutes ago, BoggyMires said:

Well remembered. ...

I stuck to the 2.5/2.8 rule even when I changed to 8x17s (235/45/17) all round.

Nowadays it's different: 35psi front/29psi rear, because French.

[MarvinsMom]

what a friggin' day......

got Cocopop out of the lock-up, cos its nice out and the car hasn't been used in some weeks. check oil - yes, we have oil, look at the water - no water, the expansion tank is bone dry.

ah - ok - we have some water in the other lock-up. put maybe a litre and a half in, and start the car. only to be greeted by a rapidly growing puddle of water on the floor. 

seems to be coming from around the water pump. so, with Cocopop been an MPi mini, we take the shroud thing off from the alternator for a better look, only to be squirted in the face by a rhythmic spurt of water coming from somewhere round the water pump. so in protest at been in the garage, the car has become an enormous water pistol. there is also a whirring sound coming from the car that wasn't there last time the car was used. 

so, i guess i need a new water pump for that then. at least they are only £20, though getting at it will be a bloody nightmare.  because mini, and even more because its an MPi mini.

then to make matters worse i decide to get the black mini out, because, well nice day and the orange one isn't really drivable. only to back the car out of the garage and into a daft little dwarf wall opposite. i've dented and scraped the back valance on said car.

fuckin'hell. shit. arse. fuck, fuck, fuckerty fuck...... just to prove that i am incapable in having anything nice.

so, tomorrow the black mini is going away again, then i'm going to (try) changing the front drop links on the Rover, and also try to replace/repair the back wiper on the Rover. which has died.

which means i'll probababily set it on fire.........

(local mechanics on sensing that i am holding a screwdriver)

and Marvin the metro, in spite of me taxing said vehicle at the start of the month, it is still in its garage, feeling very unloved. i just have not gotten around to going and getting that car. which makes me sad.

[Fumbler]

Printed for sale signs for P38. Sale is really happening now!

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, Fumbler said:

Finally, Brother Fumbler left a deposit on something reliable to work on, albeit a lot more rusty. Fortunately, it's surface rust on the chassis, two blowing seams on the body, solid sills and a bodged towbar. That'll be the first thing we'll be removing. Oh, it's also top top top top top top top top spec and uses LHM and spheres instead of air and bellows!

I never even knew that was a thing on Land Cruisers,  Every day is a schoolday.

[Fumbler]

Seems to be reserved for top range models like Brother Fumbler's LC Amazon. It combines the LHM suspension of Citroen with the conventional sprung suspension of your normal 4WD car. The hydraulic susspension on a Land Cruiser adjusts the height and comfort (This I know to be true) whereas so the springs are there to absorb large shock it seems. Kind of a best of both worlds situation I think. I'll find out more once I'm underneath.

[wuvvum]

Speaking of Toyotas, the Carina E passed its MOT today - first time and everything (although it would have failed had I not got the sill welded last weekend).  So that's one more car road legal.  Still a minority on the fleet at the moment mind...

[davehedgehog31]

The 405 was subjected to a marathon cleaning yesterday, took ages but its looking tremendous. 

First it got a standard wash, I've no hose so I had to use my crappy 5L pressure sprayer. 

I had made a monumental veg oil mess, this stuff can be brutal to get off but some engine degreaser shifted it in a giffy. 

I then went over the full car with a clay bar. Then some Autoglym polish and finally some Bilt Hamber wax. Would recommend both polish and wax heartily. The wax is reasonably hard work to buff off although I have been applying it fairly liberally. It lasts absolutely ages though. 

 

[BorniteIdentity]

20 minutes ago, davehedgehog31 said:

The 405 was subjected to a marathon cleaning yesterday, took ages but its looking tremendous. 

First it got a standard wash, I've no hose so I had to use my crappy 5L pressure sprayer. 

I had made a monumental veg oil mess, this stuff can be brutal to get off but some engine degreaser shifted it in a giffy. 

I then went over the full car with a clay bar. Then some Autoglym polish and finally some Bilt Hamber wax. Would recommend both polish and wax heartily. The wax is reasonably hard work to buff off although I have been applying it fairly liberally. It lasts absolutely ages though. 

 

Holy shitballs. That is something else. Hoorah! 

[brownnova]

A decision has been made... 

Using the camper to tow our new trailer fully loaded whilst also hauling it’s heavy ass along is probably going to kill the already very high clutch. 

So it’s time (after many months of procrastination) to revive project Saab as it’s the only one with a tow bar. 

Urgency means I might have to entrust it to a mechanic rather than do it myself sadly...