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[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.. 

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Leather* and wood* for the win, Mister ?

It has leather*, but no wood* sadly.  The leather* is about half a step up from a Project Drive Rover, so not the worst ever used in a Korean car but not exactly Connolly hide either.

3 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said:

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

Well this probably isn't the best example, being an ex-taxi with 280K on the clock, but it's not dissimilar to the Camry in some ways, being a big roomy slightly bland barge with not a great deal of feel through the steering.  Ride is firmer than a Camry, though not overly hard.  It has the typical Korean feel of being well screwed together from relatively cheap components.  The diesel engine pulls well and seems pretty good on fuel (did the 200 miles back from Congleton on £20 of diesel), but you do have to work the gearbox as the gears are very close together (it's a 6-speed, but 60mph in 6th is 2,000rpm so it's not particularly high geared by modern diesel standards).  I imagine a V6 auto petrol would be a relaxing beast, but the VED on those is a bit silly.  Seats are comfy, although the driver's seat only just goes back far enough for me - I do like to drive stretched out though.

Apart from a bit of vibration at idle (don't think the DMF is in the first flush of youth), a slightly feeble heater and an occasional noise which sounds like a wheel bearing on its way out, I can't really fault this one.  Yes it's been well maintained being a cab for most of its life, but the fact that a 280K Korean car can still drive so well means that they must have done something right...

Anyway, it's booked in for an MOT on Monday so we shall see what we shall see.

[wuvvum]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention - I stopped at Asda in Grantham for a bite to eat.  Came back out again and there was another silver Sonata parked two spaces away.  Guess what I did?  Yep.  Unfortunately managed to time it just when the owner of the other Sonata was coming out of the shop, so couldn't really pretend that it hadn't happened either. 

[skattrd]

You should have given me a shout Wuv, I'm not far from Grantham, and was in town today doing errands.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 11/8/2019 at 8:09 AM, dollywobbler said:

BX Milestone.

350,000kms! Well done BX.

pah that's only 217,479.9 miles! ?

[Split_Pin]

The Mini started chugging again in Cumbernauld Town Centre car park this afternoon before conking out altogether. 

Thankfully it wasn't in the middle of a busy junction or something.

The dead o2 sensors which I believe are the cause look like a right laugh to access and change out. A special o2 sensor socket is meant to help with this. Many skint knuckles look likely!

[Jamie]

10 hours ago, xtriple said:

I like them! Will they fit an SLK350?

They sold today unfortunately but yes they do fit (5x112 bolt pattern) 

[Jamie]

10 hours ago, GBJ said:

She's right, it looks shit.

The wheels are Ok though.

Brilliant. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 hours ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

pah that's only 217,479.9 miles! ?

D'ye not think it's idling a bit high? Thought BX's idle speed was around 900rpm....

[richardmorris]

Perhaps the ac is running or the auto choke is engaged?

[xtriple]

Glad you sold the wheels from the Audi, I made an utterly derisory offer on a set of genuine AMG wheels, and I mean Cavcraft type derisory, insulting type... and I new it would never be accepted.

 

Just got the dreaded 'pay now!'  e-mail!So now I need tyres which even if I buy mingebag tyres will cost more than the wheels. I won't though cos I am a tyre snob... something else for me to be ashamed of