egg Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 That Clio looks a peach, nice save Rob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 13 hours ago, stuboy said: Mondeo fiddling, added carbon effect rubber side skirtage.. Bit marmite, but im not wanting ST wannabe Ramraiding Halfords like it's 1997. Never change Stu, never change. BorniteIdentity, djim, Brodders and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 10w 40 semi-sin half price at £8 for 4l in Tesco. I still spent 16 quid though. egg and holbeck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Meanwhile, a photoshoot gets underway near the stables... dome, Cavcraft, danthecapriman and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 All I can say is well done @dollywobbler on your latest acquisition! LightBulbFun, Craig the Princess and Floatylight 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Rover passed the MOT this morning not even an advisory this year !! I did ask about the slight oil leak, the tester said it was a little damp and ‘weepy’ under there but nothing drastic and not dripping so nothing for him to be concerned about. RayMK, anonymous user, dome and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 ^^Still winning at 75 ownership, excellent! GrumpiusMaximus, BorniteIdentity and EssDeeWon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Meanwhile, a photoshoot gets underway near the stables... Coorrr who's is the SD? Look forward to seeing moar pics from this shoot. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Service time . Somewhere under that exhaust manifold is the oil filter. The heat shield has to come off first. It's only just possible to get the filter loose with the filter "socket" and THAT short extension. Once it's loose, then it's finger tips. So cold engine only. Split_Pin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Good old eBay is really coming up trumps at the minute, everything I order coming through in a day or so. I ordered some 'Black Leather Balm' yesterday and it arrived this morning! Tiny little tin though but enough to do the tiny bit of wear on the drivers seat bolster. It's really good! Used about 1% on the entire bolster and it coloured all the wear perfectly. So, bouyed by this success, I tried to get the interior lights to work. Pressing various switches gets lights to come on permanantly but no courtesy lights. So, Google to the rescue... but horrors of tales of modules in the boot having got wet and dying! Ah, that's the R170 not mine, mine apparently doesn't have this module. But it has a setting in the cars computer. Go and sort out how to get to that menu via the buttons on the steering wheel, finally get there and it's all set up and complete with a delay and every thing else it should be set at. Bollox. Ah, it should have a switch as well that turns the courtesy lights off completely. No, no it doesn't and that's also for a different model to mine. Shit, shit and er, shit! I carry on reading and find a site called 'SLK World' which is a forum for posh gits like me wiv SLKs (well, it would be really wouldn't it with a name like that?) and it appears that all the later cars (2004 onwards) have interior lights okay but they also have an 'ambiant light sensor' so if it's light outside the interior lights don't work! You can test this sensor by removing the interior mirror and doing loads of complex stuff with multi-meters etc or, and this is the option I am adopting, you can ewait until it gets dark and then see if the lights work. I am sure you are all hanging on the edge of your seats for the outcome of this serious problem... I will report back. Maybe, if I remember or if there's still a problem. djim, Tickman, dome and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatylight Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Good old eBay is really coming up trumps at the minute, everything I order coming through in a day or so. I ordered some 'Black Leather Balm' yesterday and it arrived this morning! Tiny little tin though but enough to do the tiny bit of wear on the drivers seat bolster. It's really good! Used about 1% on the entire bolster and it coloured all the wear perfectly. So, bouyed by this success, I tried to get the interior lights to work. Pressing various switches gets lights to come on permanantly but no courtesy lights. So, Google to the rescue... but horrors of tales of modules in the boot having got wet and dying! Ah, that's the R170 not mine, mine apparently doesn't have this module. But it has a setting in the cars computer. Go and sort out how to get to that menu via the buttons on the steering wheel, finally get there and it's all set up and complete with a delay and every thing else it should be set at. Bollox. Ah, it should have a switch as well that turns the courtesy lights off completely. No, no it doesn't and that's also for a different model to mine. Shit, shit and er, shit! I carry on reading and find a site called 'SLK World' which is a forum for posh gits like me wiv SLKs (well, it would be really wouldn't it with a name like that?) and it appears that all the later cars (2004 onwards) have interior lights okay but they also have an 'ambiant light sensor' so if it's light outside the interior lights don't work! You can test this sensor by removing the interior mirror and doing loads of complex stuff with multi-meters etc or, and this is the option I am adopting, you can ewait until it gets dark and then see if the lights work. I am sure you are all hanging on the edge of your seats for the outcome of this serious problem... I will report back. Maybe, if I remember or if there's still a problem.Good sir, could you post a link to the leather balm? Sounds good stuff..Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 I genuinely wasn't sure if this was a grump or a grin so it goes here.Changed this socket today (and a couple of others) to give us more convenient USB charging.I know the colours of wiring have changed a few times down the years and I have seen every single variation today - this socket alone has red, brown, blue, black, green and stripy behind it. richardmorris, Datsuncog and egg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 This saw daylight for the first time in about four years. Under its own steam, no less. This pleased me only slightly more than the lovely fog of long-stale fuel which is still drifting out of the shed forty-five minutes later. egg, Supernaut, GrumpiusMaximus and 14 others 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 10% off avon or Michelin tyres on black circles at the mo with “flash10” code. got a pair of Avon zv7 covers for the Volvo at £43 each, not bad I thought. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 24 minutes ago, SierraMikeHotel said: I genuinely wasn't sure if this was a grump or a grin so it goes here. Changed this socket today (and a couple of others) to give us more convenient USB charging. I know the colours of wiring have changed a few times down the years and I have seen every single variation today - this socket alone has red, brown, blue, black, green and stripy behind it. Could be worse, when I was 16 I helped a mate with a very second hand DT50, a previous owner had rewired it. Sadly he only had brown wire. That was sooooooo much fun to sort. SierraMikeHotel and dozeydustman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Remember how I thought my Clio suspension was nackered and making cracking sounds going over speedhumps? I also thought the car was lower as it was scraping over them when it didn't before. I jacked it up to inspect the coilovers. Both sides looked fine. Dry, nothing looked broken and not even particularly rusty. Then I saw this. That's what I call a cheap fix to what I thought was an expensive issue. GrumpiusMaximus, Brodders, EssDeeWon and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SierraMikeHotel Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Could be worse, when I was 16 I helped a mate with a very second hand DT50, a previous owner had rewired it. Sadly he only had brown wire. That was sooooooo much fun to sort.I've owned old Citroëns. GrumpiusMaximus, Tamworthbay and Tadhg Tiogar 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 5 hours ago, EssDeeWon said: Rover passed the MOT this morning not even an advisory this year !! I did ask about the slight oil leak, the tester said it was a little damp and ‘weepy’ under there but nothing drastic and not dripping so nothing for him to be concerned about. Seeing this made me realise I haven't posted a photo of the latest resident here. 2.0v6 manual in Club SE spec (I think) recently bought by a friend, the paint is very faded (yes it really is primrose!). LightBulbFun, egg, EssDeeWon and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Superb. Yes the primrose paint does fade badly, my horizontal panels i,e, bonnet and boot have faded but it looks better / brighter on a sunny day or in good light. And T cut doesn't work as I tried that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 19 hours ago, RobT said: I do hope he'll be happy with it though, as he's a trusted shiter. In other circumstances I would keep it, as it's rather lovely and the sort of car I would spend ages looking for (if I was a Clio perv). Gutted to have missed this. I had an identical Mk1 Clio back in 2005. Hopefully it’s BramBram who’s bought it and it’ll be up for sale for £87 by the end of the bonk holiday weekend. EDIT: It’s an auto. Absolutely never. Ever. Not even if it was driven by Nicole herself, sans underwear. Tadhg Tiogar, Amishtat, catsinthewelder and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, BeEP said: Seeing this made me realise I haven't posted a photo of the latest resident here. 2.0v6 manual in Club SE spec (I think) recently bought by a friend, the paint is very faded (yes it really is primrose!). Did they do those Union wheels at launch? I thought they came later on the Longbridge cars. Either way, the launch colours are the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 minute ago, BorniteIdentity said: Did they do those Union wheels at launch? I thought they came later on the Longbridge cars. Either way, the launch colours are the best! I'm sure EssDeeWon will give you the definitive answer, but like you I think they only came on later cars so I assume the previous owner fitted them because he liked them. BorniteIdentity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Good... Not so good... That's 1.5 miles before it 'did a Jag' ? loserone, The Moog, SierraMikeHotel and 20 others 16 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angle Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Tamworthbay said: Could be worse, when I was 16 I helped a mate with a very second hand DT50, a previous owner had rewired it. Sadly he only had brown wire. That was sooooooo much fun to sort. I was about to say, the last electrical thing I did was to change a two gang light switch on the hallway. The wires were red, red, red, red, red, red and red. (admittedly they still are) SierraMikeHotel, Datsuncog, Vince70 and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BLACK-Leather-Dye-Colour-Restorer-MERCEDES-Leather-Car-Seats-Interiors-Repairs/152763174952?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 That's the leather balm I used, good stuff. Not impressed with the Jag above, looks a lot like my old one but I sold that months ago! Floatylight, The Moog, richardmorris and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Redeemed itself, suspect duff battery Broadsword, BL Bloke, richardmorris and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Fuck it I'd be happy just to sit in that! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Entirely my fault. It's been sat around for about a month and the mmobiliser and the stereo do drain the battery. The usual way of telling it's got a low battery, i.e. slow churning when going for a start don't happen with it as it has a 'high torque stater motor' and they work right down to a point a normal starter would have just whimpered. It started fine yesterday and this morning but I really should have thought about it. So sorry Billy (Sir William) spoilt your frst nights fun. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 You do not owe me an apology, I owe you one for the incredibly levels of FUCKABOUTERY this whole episode has caused. There'll be more (tales) of that this weekend at some point. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangeangel Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Managed to successfully interview for a promotion today... the downside is that I'll lose the current idyllic location that I work from, but my existing secondment would have finished at the end of September anyway. All things considered, it's a result Shep Shepherd, Split_Pin, 320touring and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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