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[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Spurious said:

Spend em before they notice?

Any holidays/ferries etc to buy? Used to use my Tesco vouchers on Irish Ferries.

Dunno. If I spend the points, and Nectar correct the mistake, I could lose the points that are actually mine and go into minus numbers!

[Asimo]

On 16 October 2019 at 9:26 PM, stuboy said:

Ohh I wonder what's in the box..

Connect Van failed MOT this morning on a driveshaft gaiter.  

Ordered from the firm named on the box. It's the right hand shaft, with an intermediate support bearing. £35 from JandR!

How they do the whole shaft for that little I don't understand.

New pads and discs to go on too. The discs would do, but I have had new discs waiting for five years and I am sick of the sight of them. All four pads worn down evenly to about 2mm.

Any hints on seperating the knuckle ball-joint from the control arm?

 

[Richard]

BFO hammer? 

[barefoot]

I went to a Rover 75 meet today. I go to a lot of VW air-cooled shows and although they're all the same, they really are, despite the opinions expressed on here, all very different. Leaving that argument for another day, all Rover 75's really are the same, and the things folk do to them are essentially pointless. I saw an early W plate with the much later smokestone, graphite grey dash fitted and an 06 plate which looked earlier than all the others put together with a proper wooden dash & those early oval 2.5 litre badges. All the V8 examples seemed to have crappy V8 badges all over them & silly big chrome exhausts. Folk were friendly enough and gave me a jack and a plenum rodding tool. Here's an exciting photograph of lots of the same car in a field on a dull day.

[brownnova]

6 hours ago, Tim_E said:

We are ready to hit the road again! Woop!

I love 924s, I’d really like another. Still my favourite car I’ve ever owned! 

Good run out (for testing and giving it good blast purposes) might be Chester cars and coffee tomorrow morning. Planning to potter over myself (never having made it there before), not quite decided which steed to take. 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

3 hours ago, Andyrew said:

What model disco? 

V8 ES. Don't tell me you've got a master just kicking about in the shed and I can have it 'free to a good home'.

[Cord Fourteener]

12 minutes ago, brownnova said:

I love 924s, I’d really like another. Still my favourite car I’ve ever owned! 

Good run out (for testing and giving it good blast purposes) might be Chester cars and coffee tomorrow morning. Planning to potter over myself (never having made it there before), not quite decided which steed to take. 

Ooh sounds like fun. What time start/finish? I don't think I'll be able to head out until the afternoon so if there's still something going on I could head over. I was thinking that a quick run over to Betws Y Coed to recycle some bottle tops was vaguely appealing.

I did manage to get out twice today so that was good.

Edit: I just looked and found their website and it's 7:30 to 10:30, so it's unlikely I make it

 

Edited October 19, 2019 by Tim_E

[brownnova]

17 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

Ooh sounds like fun. What time start/finish? I don't think I'll be able to head out until the afternoon so if there's still something going on I could head over. I was thinking that a quick run over to Betws Y Coed to recycle some bottle tops was vaguely appealing.

I did manage to get out twice today so that was good.

Edit: I just looked and found their website and it's 7:30 to 10:30, so it's unlikely I make it

 

Always worth driving to Betws to recycle bottle tops/drink tea/eat cake. Hope to see this in the flesh some day! 

[Andyrew]

2 hours ago, BoggyMires said:

V8 ES. Don't tell me you've got a master just kicking about in the shed and I can have it 'free to a good home'.

No no, was wondering if it was a disco 3/range rover sport , I was going to suggest checking the servo for oil as these have a common issue with filling them with oil. 

Island4x4 is a good place for landy bits. I've spent way to much with them over the past few years.

My discos a 300tdi so bits are usually cheap as chips anyway. 

[MikeR]

rescued this little chap tonight .... the dog spotted it ... only 230 grams ... with  ticks ..... not good for the winter

curled up fast asleep now like a little puppy after its feed ...

will be dropped off at the vets/rescue next week or sooner ..

meanwhile he has to sleep on a pile of my old odd socks from the rag drawer

[egg]

Sadly a rare sight these days. Well done.

[Spurious]

12 minutes ago, MikeR said:

rescued this little chap tonight .... the dog spotted it ... only 230 grams ... with  ticks ..... not good for the winter

curled up fast asleep now like a little puppy after its feed ...

will be dropped off at the vets/rescue next week or sooner ..

meanwhile he has to sleep on a pile of my old odd socks from the rag drawer

You're a good egg... most people would ignore them

 

good link with some advice

 

http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/00Ref/MiscellaneousContents/BHPS_Combined/D75TheBasicFacts.htm

[holbeck]

Zut alors!  a C15 milestone. 

[Cord Fourteener]

9 hours ago, brownnova said:

Always worth driving to Betws to recycle bottle tops/drink tea/eat cake. Hope to see this in the flesh some day! 

That plan has also changed (re: wife and kids doing that particular chore)

So, if you are free and fancy a run round the Triangle (The Denbigh moors roads, well worth spending an hour or so!) this afternoon I can provide tea/cake/company

https://www.drivingroads.co.uk/evo-triangle/

Let me know if you could be temped... @brownnova and anyone else close by and interested?

[brownnova]

Sorry Tim, plans are already in place for this afternoon. Another time tho that sounds fun! 

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Sorry Tim, plans are already in place for this afternoon. Another time tho that sounds fun! 

We should perhaps make a local meet up for the few of us nearby

[MikeR]

12 hours ago, MikeR said:

rescued this little chap tonight .... the dog spotted it ... only 230 grams ... with  ticks ..... not good for the winter

curled up fast asleep now like a little puppy after its feed ...

will be dropped off at the vets/rescue next week or sooner ..

meanwhile he has to sleep on a pile of my old odd socks from the rag drawer

he is off to the rescue centre now , he has eaten a sachet of cat food , done a escape bid in the night ,found and  re housed and had his breakfast and gone back to sleep !!

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

We should perhaps make a local meet up for the few of us nearby

I’ve been thinking of organising a Shitesteddfod for us Welsh Shiters for a while! 

[brownnova]

Went to Chester cars and coffee this morning. Here’s some of what I saw!

Sadly I had to park between two moderns, although when I looked I realised that there’s 10 years between the two cars either side of mine! 

One life... lived it. 
Got the major horn for a 924 at the moment. 
 

Lots of shiny stuff, plenty of modified and modern stuff but a good friendly mornings meet! 

[Spurious]

Because I'm easily distracted, I bought something this morning. It's made in a country that no longer exists.

Can't pick it up for about 10 days or so. Sadly.

But there shall be a collection thread soon. Oh yes.

[Fumbler]

16 minutes ago, Spurious said:

 It's made in a country that no longer exists.

Yugoslavia?

[Spurious]

Yugoslavia?

All will be revealed. Along with coffee, trains and a drive home (hopefully).

You're in the right continent anyway but I'm saying nowt.

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Spurious said:

All will be revealed. Along with coffee, trains and a drive home (hopefully).

Oh yes indeed. Looking forward to it!

[brownnova]

Oi I’ve cornered the Yugoslavian market on AS thanks!

In reality I look forward to whichever (hopefully former communist) car you have bought! 

[Christine]

Caddy mk1

[LightBulbFun]

42 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Because I'm easily distracted, I bought something this morning. It's made in a country that no longer exists.

Can't pick it up for about 10 days or so. Sadly.

But there shall be a collection thread soon. Oh yes.

Ohh I hope its a Trabant!

(or a 2 Stroke wartburg) 

[Spurious]

Ohh I hope its a Trabant!
(or a 2 Stroke wartburg) 

Sadly not. Thought theres a nice trabant for 2200 on Facebook it's a little out of my budget.

I needed something that will do a work run every so often.

It's a fairly solid motor car. Bit bargy.

[MikeR]

all safely dropped off at the rescue centre , and some of his unwanted guests already  removed ...

[Cord Fourteener]

Went out for a blast, a bit of a tune up and a nice drive.

I did the triangle on the Denbigh moors, that are on my doorstep.

Car is on top form, list of things needing doing is reduced to the meanial now.

I saw some bad driving, a rare raptor (possibly a Hen Harrier, maybe a kestrel. Both live up there, Hen Harriers are very very rare indeed so statistically it was a kestrel I suppose), the biggest murmuration of starlings I've seen in a very long time and a sheep in the road who nearly ruined everything for us both.

Was a lot of fun and very pleasing.

Edited October 20, 2019 by Tim_E

[captain_70s]

Man, the early unmolested 924 is such a nice design.