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[adw1977]

16 hours ago, Stanky said:

OOOF. are those original wheel trims? They look shit.

No, and yes they do.

[RayMK]

The Tipo's clutch behaved strangely yesterday as I drove along our cul-de-sac on the way out to Stanford Hall.  It juddered quite severely a few times then settled down as if nothing had happened for the rest of the day, including going to my daughter's house near Leicester to water plants after Stanford Hall.  Today I was going to go to Buckingham Tesco to refuel but before Whittlebury the clutch pedal progressively stayed nearer the floor after each gear change.  I thought it might be a failing clutch master or slave cylinder so looped back home, using my walking stick to pull the pedal back up.  I've had a close look at the pedal and return spring - all looks clean, unbroken and in perfect condition. There is no trace of hydraulic fluid leakage anywhere.  I lubricated the clutch lever arm on the housing in case it had started binding, then went for another run round the block.  The clutch operated completely normally and smoothly until half way round then the pedal started to stay near the floor again for each change. I can't make the clutch or pedal do anything unusual by sitting in the car and repeatedly going through clutch and gear changes. Similarly, holding the clutch fully down or partially down for 15 seconds or more did not make it misbehave. I don't really know what else could cause the pedal to stay down but still allow the clutch to operate normally when pulled back up. There are no odd noises e.g. from a failing release bearing. Perhaps yesterday's temporary juddering is pointing to a problem with the springs or diaghagm in the clutch plate which, when rotating i.e. driving, starts to go out of position and jam up. Very odd. I'll have another look at it tomorrow.

[RayMK]

PS:  I went round the block again a few minutes ago and the clutch behaved perfectly.  How I love intermittant faults.  Some self curing problems I'll live with, but running out of clutch in busy traffic is not pleasant.  I had to judge engine revs and crash change this morning as I drove through town on the way back home.  It was very crunchy. I don't remember my MK1 Fiesta heap being that difficult to drive in the 1990s when its clutch cable snapped.  I must be out of practice.

[vulgalour]

Dropped Princess head off with the machine shop.  Pressure test and skim if required.  I've also asked them to remove the paint from the casting if possible (something they weren't super keen on doing) and to see if they can install a pipe in place of the waxstat housing so I can change to an in-line thermostat.  They made no promises on the paint removal or the pipe, and would look into what was involved.  I felt like I was asking for something really complicated, I'm sure I wasn't.  It'll be a few days before I know what's what, they're always pretty busy, so the Princess will be out of action for a bit.  Got to wait for the new head gasket set to arrive anyway and make a trip over to Lincolnshire to see a friend with special O series locking tools and shims and stuff for the head rebuild.  It's all a bit of a faff really, all because I want to do the job right.

While out in the BX today I was getting an occasional whiff of coolant.  I can't find any leaks, there's plenty of coolant in the car, so I'm not sure what was causing it or if it was just a coincidental thing.  It also sometimes smells like chip fat for some reason, even though I don't run it on veg and nor, I believe, did Dean.  It's otherwise boringly reliable, it's great.

[brownnova]

Had (I think) a positive phone call from the garage... The second (project) 9000 had gone in for some MoT work... apparently it’s nearly ready... 

“Was hoping to get it back to you today, but just need to finish doing a brake pipe” 

No MoT on the system though, But he is the tester! I’m cautiously optimistic I might have both 9000s on the road tomorrow... and for a smaller bill than feared... 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX hopefully goes in for first fluid drain and change next week after the gearbox rebuild, after doing the first thousand miles.

Need to get the join between front and mid-exhaust sections looked at, as there is definitely a very visible blow there.

Bought pack of small female spade connectors and some cable numbering labels in the hope of replacing the fecked ones on the radiator fan switch without getting the leads mixed up.....

 

[reb]

Today I went out and bought more PSA shit...

[stuboy]

Balls best book the mondeo in for its mot..

[nigel bickle]

M25, , Friday afternoon

I’m 

 

Yup, damned hot

 

High priority, say AA. Really dangerous position.. So, a 5.5 hr wait, to move us to a “ place of safety”- then another 2 hr wait?

 

Useless, just sodding useless

 

[MarvinsMom]

2 hours ago, nigel bickle said:

M25, , Friday afternoon

I’m 

 

Yup, damned hot

 

High priority, say AA. Really dangerous position.. So, a 5.5 hr wait, to move us to a “ place of safety”- then another 2 hr wait?

 

Useless, just sodding useless

 

well it does beat the 25 hours it took the RAC to get us and the Mini 1000 the 100 miles from Newark to Pickering, especially after the man from the RAC used a crowbar to pry the fuel pump off the back of the engine, breaking the end of the lever arm thing and it and the return spring then fell into the engine.

the RAC man i think thought it ery unreasonable that i didn't want him to just stick another fuel pump oon the car, given the big bits of metal floating around in the bowels of the engine and gearbox....

these are the broken bits of fuel pump we got back from inside the gearbox.

so yes, they are all friggin' useless.

 

[Split_Pin]

Home time from Arran today. We've had a fantastic time.

It's been a year of losses though, my job and now, we have just found out that the holiday house that we have rented for the past 16 years is being taken offline for good as the owners are retiring and moving up from England and into the house. We knew it would happen eventually. 

So long, Eastwood.

[brownnova]

What’s better than one Saab 9000 on the road... ?

 

 

 

 

2 Saab 9000s on the road!!!  

Years test for project Saab- now it can be a rolling resto! 

[Cavcraft]

Time to try out the new buffer...

 

It was quite clean anyway to be fair, but it's bought it to another level. There's more to do (didn't do roof properly and there's things like the tyres) but happy with the results.

[BL Bloke]

I'm off to see this shortly, it's only a few miles away and £150. Short Mot until Sept but the Mot history looks pretty good.

Note the winky face on door mirror, it's as if it's saying 'buy me, you know you want to'. ?

[BL Bloke]

The Fiesta has been viewed and driven. It has the 1.25 Zetec S engine so it's quite nippy. It has some rust on the rear arches and some scrapes on the corners but it is only £150 . The deposit has been paid and collection will be Sunday morning. Now to sort out some insurance.  ?

[egg]

Sorry for spotting it ?

Should be able to roffle it if you get a year's test on it.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

4 minutes ago, BL Bloke said:

The Fiesta has been viewed and driven. It has the 1.25 Zetec S engine so it's quite nippy. It has some rust on the rear arches and some scrapes on the corners but it is only £150 . The deposit has been paid and collection will be Sunday morning. Now to sort out some insurance.  ?

NICE MAZDA! Congratulations.

[BL Bloke]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

Should be able to roffle it if you get a year's test on it.

That's what I was thinking before I drove it but I quite like it. The seller did say it was nice to get a respectful enquiry about it instead of just 'wot's ur number' or 'wot's ur address'. ?

[Cavcraft]

Biked back to the car auctions this morning to collect my car. watched it go through Friday, was a farce to be honest. It went through right near the end (when most people had gone home) and the walls there must be made of nuclear bomb proof concrete as he'd bounced so many bids off them it's amazing the place still stands. It went through again the other night, CBA going to watch the inevitable so eBay here we come.

[vulgalour]

Got the Princess head back from the machine shop.  Cleaned, pressure tested (all good), and a 6 thou skim.  £80 for that.  Not done yet.  Next is to find somewhere that both has in stock, and can fit, a pipe in place of the waxstat housing, then acquire an in-line/remote thermostat housing to install into the radiator top hose to future proof things.  Then I can get on with rebuilding the head, doing the spinning stick thing with the valves and rebuilding the head ready to install it back on the car.  Then fresh coolant, oil, oil filter, new washer on the sump plug, new O-ring on the Distributor and we should, all being well, be good to go again.

Then I save up to get the suspension regassed.

It never ends, does it?

[dozeydustman]

It would appear BT has finally fixed the phone lines in my area; I've had nearly a whole 24 hours with landline and internet now.

[egg]

@vulgalour - it doesn't. Is the big move still on?

[busmansholiday]

1 hour ago, vulgalour said:

 

It never ends, does it?

Nope, it never does. Sadly, the more chod you own, the thinner your money goes on each.

[vulgalour]

The big move is still on, still lumbering along... it'll happen one way or the other.

[HillmanImp]

Fuckin 'ell. I hope the SD1s made by matchbox rust less than the real thing. 

[spike60]

3 minutes ago, HillmanImp said:

Fuckin 'ell. I hope the SD1s made by matchbox rust less than the real thing. 

They look like they're in the boot of my SD1!

[HillmanImp]

I found a mk2 Astra in there when I was tidying up. Rear arches will be dust by morning. 

[BL Bloke]

Fiesta insurance sorted, roll on Sunday and the purchase of my first Ford after almost 40 years of car buying.

[doug]

@Aston martin.

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[stuboy]

Keep seeing citreon in the yard, apparantly they deal and repair them...

 

https://www.yell.com/biz/marsh-citroen-repairs-ltd-romney-marsh-5755433/