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[skattrd]

37 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

On a collection mission.  Being a bus wanker today cos cheaper - just boarded bus 2 of 4.

Fleet reduction seems to be going well for you as well then.

[MikeR]

looking at the skid marks in the foreground ....  some ones done that jump and carried it off  ???

 

[skattrd]

@wuvvum - if you're getting the Clio auto from Kings Lynn that finished on ebay at £122 can I have dibs please.... I forgot to bid on it.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said:

I nagged both my father and Grandfather to get these for me. I never got the full set and don't know what has happened to them now.

I've got a similar one (or maybe a reissue) from the late seventies / early eighties. Full set I think.

[wuvvum]

52 minutes ago, skattrd said:

@wuvvum - if you're getting the Clio auto from Kings Lynn that finished on ebay at £122 can I have dibs please.... I forgot to bid on it.

So did I 

Nope, bit further afield than that.  Only 2 buses from mine to King's Lynn. 

[Cavcraft]

On the back of someone annoying the fuck out of me with stupid questions about the Peugeot scooter, I had a bit of a go at trying to start it this afternoon. 

Had a spark, both from a random spare plug, and the one that was in it, plus fuel is getting past the in-line filter. Having cleaned the plug it ran, so I revved it and it sounded great. Stopped it (by key) started again, stopped it (by key) and then tried the kick start (which did nothing) then started it again. Took a couple of goes but was ticking over really nicely, then stopped after a minute or two and won't go again. I suspect fuel, had added some nice fresh petrol, but perhaps the carb needs to come off? Going to leave it until tomorrow then try again, in the hope that it will start and I can leave it ticking over until it's used all or most of the fuel.

 

[richardmorris]

Lost the nearside front indicator on the merc on the way home. I didn’t realise until I needed to indicate left and the bulb failure lit up with the remaining bulbs doing double time.  I do know where it was though, I just thought I’d hit a can. Will go back on the bike tomorrow and have a search. If nothing else, I can use the bulb again. 

I’ve just ordered a £8.99 replacement from eBay ( car parts saver, which I think is eurocarparts?).

Edit, yes, it is. The PayPal receipt has just come and says euro cp.

[wuvvum]

Collection collectioned. 

 

[High Jetter]

Ooh, get you with your twin sliding doors! That's the sort of thing I'm looking for right now.

[stuboy]

Well the end of the week of my holiday, saw both cars want money and attention , approx £140, saw me laying on cold wet car park and in the rain..both cars all sorted now.. need another week off.

 

 

[Lord Sterling]

33 minutes ago, sims00 said:

Got the 523i back from the garage and it runs smoother! Think the MAF must have been on the way out. God I missed it, it's such a beautifully kept motor. Mahmoud is an absolute gent, his garage and team are absolutely top class. I've never before had such blind faith in a garage as I do his now. Will be getting a full ATF filter and fluid change sorted with him next month too. Glad to be driving it again though, such a quality thing.

Sorry I couldn't meet you. Got roped into a mission to Nuneaton with a mate 'cus he wanted to pick up some speakers for his BMW 1-Series.

[wuvvum]

I rather like this van.  I've had several Sevel Nord vans in the past, but they've all been saddled with the hopeless DW8 engine - this one has the 110bhp DW10 2.0 HDI (or rather JTD 'cos Fiat) and it's a completely different animal.  It's quieter, more economical, the gearing is far more sensible and the performance is more than adequate.  It's also the first one I've had with electric windows (switches in the roof console, like an aeroplane) and functioning central locking.

It needs some fettling - first orders of business are that the heater blower doesn't work (and apparently the heater doesn't put out much in the way of warmth either) and the front brake pads are very low.  The speedo is dead, although that's less of an issue as I just used my sat nav, and it could also do with a new diesel filter.  Everything else seems OK though, and wonder of wonders, it even has decent wiper blades, which is a major rarity on my eBay purchases for some reason.

The seller was a very nice chap who has a unit on an industrial estate near Witney where he makes a living restoring vintage Rolls Royces - when I turned up he had a 1924 Ghost which was undergoing some minor tweaks following a trip to Switzerland after a full restoration, a 1926 20HP which was in the early stages of resto, an XK120 under a tarp, and the body off a Phantom III.  All far, far beyond my means obvs, but he made me a coffee and we had a natter about old cars while I made a fuss of his collie.  11/10 would buy shonky old van from again.

[richardmorris]

Found the remains of the indicator this morning. Several broken pieces. Some gorilla glue and sellotape and it will last for a few days more. The bulb was fine ( expensive Phillips chromed orange type)

[brownnova]

Wales is a bit damp... Had to drive through a hefty-ish flood to get home last night, didn’t see it until we were practically in it, and gave everyone a lesson on how not to drive through a flood. Anyway all was well we didn’t stall or cut out, and got home fine.

This morning I’m getting a small amount of steam from the radiator... 

Just floodwater drying off I hope... about drive to the midlands!!! 

[Cavcraft]

Lambretta's back from the garage. Had a helicoil, new cables, new clutch, back brake shoes, various seals and gaskets and new exhaust studs. Typically, it's absolutely bombing down, so no test ride yet. There was a 1964 Triumph Tina 100 for sale in there too, looked fantastic and quite tempting.

[puddlethumper]

Something for Snipes me thinks.

[Saabnut]

Went to pick up my friends from the railway station at Chateau du Loir. As I entered the town I passed 4 red/white UK registered 2CVs all wearing Deux Cheveaux Challenge plates. Despite me being in a RHD UK registered car, and flashing the headlights, all 4 completely ignored my waves, miserable barstewards.

[17-Coffees]

My flight from Portland to Amsterdam got hit by a massive 3 hour delay...meaning I miss my Connecting flight to Aberdeen. And looking got seems the only Sunday flight to Aberdeen that isn’t fully booked is the one I was due to get....

So I’ll A) Get pinnballed about the place till I get home, or B ) Hopefully get a free stay in the Netherlands again. 
I’m hoping option B! 

[Cord Fourteener]

10 hours ago, brownnova said:

Wales is a bit damp... Had to drive through a hefty-ish flood to get home last night, didn’t see it until we were practically in it, and gave everyone a lesson on how not to drive through a flood. Anyway all was well we didn’t stall or cut out, and got home fine.

This morning I’m getting a small amount of steam from the radiator... 

Just floodwater drying off I hope... about drive to the midlands!!! 

It's a bit damp, to say the least!

[brownnova]

Jeez the drive to the midlands was punctuated at regular intervals with large bodies of water, one of which I deemed impassable by the mighty Saab and ended up down lanes with further water traps! Made it eventually... 

[richardmorris]

15 hours ago, Tim_E said:

It's a bit damp, to say the least!

My dad had planned on taking the x1/9 out to the club AGM at Crewe heritage centre, but didn’t because of the weather.

[dozeydustman]

Given the Suzuki a nice run up to Manchester. Staying here for the week with my niece and her hubby and 4 week old nipper. I may also be fixing niece's hubby's Volvo while I'm here.

[wuvvum]

Didn't get as much done as I'd hoped this weekend as Saturday was pretty much a complete write off due to the weather, but got a few bits done today.

I bought a cheapo set of seat covers for the A2 and spent a fun* half hour or so fitting them today.  The seats aren't ripped but they need a clean (previous owner had sprogs who did spillages) which I can't be arsed with at the moment, so the covers were an easy way of making it look a bit tidier inside.  Whilst driving the car last week the MIL came on, and when plugged in it came up with the same MAP sensor code as before, so the next job was to extricate the sensor (not particularly easy to get to) and give it a good clean with contact cleaner (apparently carb cleaner is too harsh).  It hasn't made any difference to the running so I think it needs a new sensor - they're only about 12 quid so I'll order one in.  It's still perfectly usable as it is, but the occasional stuttering on a light throttle can be mildly irritating around town.

The non-functioning heater blower on the Scudo turned out to be due to the fact that when the bypass switch was fitted the relay was wired in wrong and appears to have blown.  The switch that was fitted is rated at 25A, so I decided to do away with the relay and just wire the live feed from the battery straight to the switch.  So I now have demistage, which is a major bonus at this time of year (and in this weather).  There's still not much in the way of heat - when driving along with the blower off and the dash vents open there's definitely some warmth coming through, but the blower overwhelms this and it starts blowing cool after a few seconds.  The inlet pipe to the heater matrix is lovely and hot, but the outlet is barely lukewarm, which bears out the previous owner's assumption about a blocked matrix.  I'm going to try the old dishwasher tablet trick to see if that helps - if not, a new matrix is only 20 quid off eBay, although I haven't fully investigated yet how much of a twat it'd be to fit.

The broken speedo appears to be an issue with the instrument cluster itself, as the clock is also dead - I don't think the speed sensing gubbins are at issue as the cruise control works fine.  I will take the cluster out at some point and see if there's anything obviously broken / loose / disconnected, but that's further down the priority list as I'm quite happy to continue using the sat nav for now.  Main priorities are to get the heater working and do the front brakes (pads have been ordered and will be fitted next time we have a dry weekend).  I'm still quite pleased with the van overall though - I might even end up selling the Maxus.

I made a start on prepping the V70 for the strut top mount replacement.  I ended up having to hacksaw through the drop link as that wasn't going to come undone for love nor money - appreciate I'm going to have to get it off sooner or later, but access should be a lot easier with the strut off the car.  I've cracked all the other bolts off and they all look like they should come undone OK - I didn't get any further than that though as I was running out of daylight (poxy GMT).  So that's yet another job for another dry weekend...

[Mrcento]

Currently trying to work out what "modern" daily i'm buying, it's down between 2, a 406 hdi estate and a vec c v6 diesel estate. Both have pros and cons but both will do the motorway cruise and lug car parts, skip run and furniture moving thing/generally being "an car" no bother. Both is probably the correct answer but nowhere to keep both, sadly.

Vectra is cheaper to buy, more spacious, quicker, better on the motorway (in terms or engine and wind noise), plentiful spares, more easily upgradeable, more useful toys (cruise control being the big one), more modern, but less economical, more expensive to tax and insure and being the V6, has its own potential fuel pump could go at any moment worries. Also has a shorter MOT, but still 6 months, so not bad, Always liked the C estates in SRI spec and really not too many around here, let alone for sale.

406 will be more expensive to buy but full years MOT, more economical, cheap tax, bit cheaper insurance, better on country roads (i honestly think the 406 is pretty much Peugeot's high point in the ride/handling balance), about as well equipped as a 406 can be (bar cruise, which is weird when it has every other option Peugeot pretty much ever fitted, but would be retro fittable), should be more reliable but being French..... Everything seems to work on it bar the remote part of the central locking and a distorted radio/sat nav screen (not that i'd ever use that, but it looks ugly with lines across it, Only £30 on ebay to fix though).

 

 

[wuvvum]

I wouldn't touch a V6 CDTi with a barge pole.  Remapped 1.9 CDTi would be just as quick, more economical and less troublesome. 

A nice high spec 406, on the other hand, I definitely wouldn't kick out of bed.

[Mrcento]

23 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I wouldn't touch a V6 CDTi with a barge pole.  Remapped 1.9 CDTi would be just as quick, more economical and less troublesome. 

A nice high spec 406, on the other hand, I definitely wouldn't kick out of bed.

I'd go 1.9 150bhp if i had to pick between Vecs, but there's zero 150bhp 1.9 Cdti estates for sale within 200 miles of me. Have heard different opinions on the v6 CDTI, Some say it's junk, fuel pump problems, thirsty etc, others say it gives little problem in the vectra if left untuned, the late ones were pretty much sorted and as reliable as could be (and this one is on a 58 plate) delivers torque in a wallop and still easily returns 50+MPG on a run, The 1.9s also aren't short of problems with EGR's (something the V6 seems way less prone for), swirl flaps and eating DMF's. They also have the M32 cheese box, whereas the v6 has the tougher 6 speed F40.

But yup i'm still put off because i'd still prefer the 1.9.... I've fancied one for a while, even though this v6 is the spec i'm after and they're getting harder and harder to find, the engine has just enough of a bad rep to make me wary.

I am leaning towards the 406... which probably means i'll have a Vectra outside soon ?

 

 

[bramz7]

Yeah another vote for a nice HDI 406 here, get a good one and it'll last ages. Get the 110, don't bother with the troublesome 2.2 136 or whatever it is. 

I got over 700 miles to a tank on a 406 and a Xantia with that engine, and they're surprisingly competent for a nearly 20 year old engine. 

[iainrcz]

I had a 1.8 petrol D9 406 saloon it was a cracking car.

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[loserone]

Buy both then sell me the 406.

[SiC]

6 hours ago, Mrcento said:

I'd go 1.9 150bhp if i had to pick between Vecs, but there's zero 150bhp 1.9 Cdti estates for sale within 200 miles of me. Have heard different opinions on the v6 CDTI, Some say it's junk, fuel pump problems, thirsty etc, others say it gives little problem in the vectra if left untuned, the late ones were pretty much sorted and as reliable as could be (and this one is on a 58 plate) delivers torque in a wallop and still easily returns 50+MPG on a run, The 1.9s also aren't short of problems with EGR's (something the V6 seems way less prone for), swirl flaps and eating DMF's. They also have the M32 cheese box, whereas the v6 has the tougher 6 speed F40.

@Bren will tell you his experience of his V6 CTDi Vectra C...

Well he actually now owns a BMW 645i as it turns out that is far less of a liability and stronger. Even though those V8 BMWs aren't a known reliable unit either!