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[hairymel]

I have been ignoring a small split on my voyager exhaust for 3 and a half months.

It's been very noisey for the last 3 months

In a act of extreme exertion I have dragged my arse out of bed before 11am and popped to work to have a look.

It's split and rusted out over half way round the middle box.

So up on the 'portable lift' and a quick buzz with the welder. Hopefully it will at least last to mot time

 

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

Don’t think the ride height or tyre profile is quite right for those wheels.

Your dead right. Back to oem ftw

[Jamie]

@cort16and what about my new wheels, seein as your an e90 licker

 

[cort16]

Too big for my liking  , are they x5 wheels ?

 

[cort16]

You know what it needs? 320si wheels, probably the best thing about the car.

[dean36014]

I've finally got my c15 back on the road after taking it apart to do a little bit of welding at the bottom of the inner wings. So that turned out to be repair both sills, inner and outer, both inner wings and A posts, passenger floor, both headlight panels, front cross member and nearside chassis leg. Two new wings and bonnet lobbed on as originals turned out to be rotten too. New brake Flexi hoses, brake fluid flushed, and I fitted visa headlights as I prefer the indicators in the heaslights. Just need to sort out a bonnet trim now. Thankfully it drives lovely again. Now just the small matter of a mot due in just over a month.  Photo flatters it, the new offside wing is wobbly, paintwork terrible and laquer peel all over. Next year I'll sort out the more cosmetic welding needed, replace the full sills as I've tracked some down and I might even lob some paint on it.  I love this little van.

[HMC]

At the NEC show here. Great mix of cars; currently immersed in SIMCA

[HMC]

Also- isn’t that mr bollox old one that he got from an auction donkeys years ago?

Edit-

I never forget a number plate- it is the very same. Owned by a forum aluminus

[Jamie]

1 hour ago, cort16 said:

Too big for my liking  , are they x5 wheels ?

 

Yeah x5 19s 10 inch wide rears. Had a set of 216s on one before. Nice wheels but too much for me I paid less for these with tyres than a set of 216 motorsports go for without tyres 

[Six-cylinder]

47 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

I've finally got my c15 back on the road after taking it apart to do a little bit of welding at the bottom of the inner wings. So that turned out to be repair both sills, inner and outer, both inner wings and A posts, passenger floor, both headlight panels, front cross member and nearside chassis leg. Two new wings and bonnet lobbed on as originals turned out to be rotten too. New brake Flexi hoses, brake fluid flushed, and I fitted visa headlights as I prefer the indicators in the heaslights. Just need to sort out a bonnet trim now. Thankfully it drives lovely again. Now just the small matter of a mot due in just over a month.  Photo flatters it, the new offside wing is wobbly, paintwork terrible and laquer peel all over. Next year I'll sort out the more cosmetic welding needed, replace the full sills as I've tracked some down and I might even lob some paint on it.  I love this little van.

I thought you were going for pig noise?

[dean36014]

26 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

I thought you were going for pig noise?

I need to find a visa lower valance to do it. I've got visa headlights in now so that's the lighting sorted out. To fit the pig nose I just need to adapt the crash bar behind the bumper which is easy enough but i can't find that valance panel anywhere. Hopefully will find one at a citroen show next year. If that fails I'm going to have to make something to cover the cross member and wiring harness as it looks weird without it. 

[Yoss]

4 hours ago, Timewaster said:

Be careful using a jack on that new drive. 

Changing wheels on a friend's Mk2 Cavalier on his tarmac drive with the crappy Vauxhall Jack, the jack sank into the tarmac and folded under the car just as the front wheel was coming off. 

Luckily the drive shaft nut caught on the wheel centre and held the car off the ground or it could have been much worse. 

Do not trust OE jacks or tarmac drives. 

Use a bit of hard wood as a spreader at least. 

Thanks for that, but don't worry, I never use OE jacks, certainly not at home anyway. I have one of these in the garage. 

Which has a nice roller to spread the weight at the front. But even then I have a large sheet of steel that I'll be using for a while until it hardens properly. I used to do all my work in a council car park when I still lived at home. Different times etc.., you could get away with anything then. But they resurfaced all the car parks on the estate and they took a long time to harden properly. There are still triangular holes there where my axle stands sunk into the new tarmac. So yes, I shall be careful. Thanks anyway. 

[wuvvum]

Collected.  Newest car I've owned. 

[stuboy]

After babysitting and shower dodging got chance to get on with sticky handbrakecaliper Unexciting pictures of freeing off rear handbrake mechanism on the shalaxy...

[spike60]

When my son had a Mondeo the replacing rear calipers and wheel bearings was an annual service item.

[SRi05]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Collected.  Newest car I've owned. 

New one to me, what is this fine beast? 

[wuvvum]

Hyundai Sonata CRTD. 

[clayts450]

Leather* and wood* for the win, Mister ?

[clayts450]

The 620 has thrown a strop with the arrival of the 820 by somehow self-disconnecting its washer fluid hose going to the nozzles from the pump/bottle. Straightforward fix, surely, right ?

Nope, all the gubbins are hidden behind the front wheel arch trim, which means jack up and wheel off tomorrow. 

Then I need to sort out the back brakes on the Accord as that also has spat its dummy.

Once I get that sorted, I suspect the Accord will be looking for a new Autoshite owner. As much as I love everything about it, it just doesn't fit in the fleet for obvious reasons. 

[Spottedlaurel]

26 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Hyundai Sonata CRTD. 

I thought these might be a logical progression from the Camry. What's your verdict on it?

[SRi05]

23 minutes ago, clayts450 said:

 

Once I get that sorted, I suspect the Accord will be looking for a new Autoshite owner. As much as I love everything about it, it just doesn't fit in the fleet for obvious reasons. 

 

[Steve79]

9 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Fitted some new wheels to the wife's tt, she said thanks but they look shit. What do you think? 

Think the wheels themselves look fine but on the TT they fill the arches out a little too much. Just my opinion

[richardmorris]

I’ve been to see this today.

[richardmorris]

Not to buy, a friend ( him with the Morgan, s class etc) has just bought it. Mainly i think because a friend of his in Marseille has one.

unfortunately it’s needing of more than a tickle with the sparkly stick. Despite looking lovely as is, it’s like a rotten pear. Does anyone have parts for a 1957 van? 

[clayts450]

Cappuccino and a croissant please, my good bearded friend.

[richardmorris]

Just now, clayts450 said:

Cappuccino and a croissant please, my good bearded friend.

Now, harp( owner, like the alcohol) has said his step daughter has already suggested crepe from one side and ice cream the other.  The plan is to convert back to 425cc and get rid of the rot while preserving the patina. I’ve suggested anchor wax- any other suggestions? It has been varnished.

its currently on a modern* 602 but a drum brake box. The original engine and box are in the back. New chassis and floor and bulkhead replaced. But the rest needs a lot of welding.

[xtriple]

10 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Fitted some new wheels to the wife's tt, she said thanks but they look shit. What do you think? 

I like them! Will they fit an SLK350?

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I’ve been to see this today.

thought the reg looked familiar  

[GBJ]

11 hours ago, jamiechod said:

Fitted some new wheels to the wife's tt, she said thanks but they look shit. What do you think? 

She's right, it looks shit.

The wheels are Ok though.

[stuboy]

Picked up this spoiler for the mondeo..