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[Saabnut]

Oooh, my Saab suspemsion is looking a bit low this morning, wonder what is causing that?

My friend, and ex business partner called me this morning, saying he wanted rid of the workshop manuals etc that were from our workshop and he had kept, but now needed the space. These are mostly Haynes BOL but there are a fair number of factory manuals, general guises etc, mostly for older and more obscure stuff. Thinking of this place, I said I would nip up and collect them. He asked which car I was taking which should have warned me of the quantities involved......

Yes, that is the back of the car, seats folded, loaded to window level! As a bonus I also got a load of test equipment (fuel injection, water system, a code reader, a glow plug tester etc).

A few of the manuals I will want to keep, but I will photograph and list the others when I unload them and offer them here.

[Jazoli]

51 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Whilst on the subject of condensation when it leads onto a slight smattering of mould all over the upholstery, what is the best approach to be rid of and clean up the mould, apart from a sprinkle of Unleaded and some matches ?

I use a wetvac then stick a dehumidifier in the car overnight, or if you don't have one a fan heater but leave the window cracked open, mould spores are not good for you, even antibacterial wipes will help remove it.

[mitsisigma01]

Best try something dryish as in for a mot tomorrow, not a fail is it ?? but then again I don't want to harm a usually helpful mechanic and moter??

[Floatylight]

FTP in progress, awaiting Autoaid...

Swapped relays about in the Zafira, ran fine, wondered if problem was down to damp in the fuse box so thought I'd pop to a scrap yard and pick up a fuse box cover that the clips weren't bost on. Stopped at Tesco to get some cash and now wont restart.. sigh....

[Floatylight]

35 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

FTP in progress, awaiting Autoaid...

Swapped relays about in the Zafira, ran fine, wondered if problem was down to damp in the fuse box so thought I'd pop to a scrap yard and pick up a fuse box cover that the clips weren't bost on. Stopped at Tesco to get some cash and now wont restart.. sigh....

Update - A lift home...

[High Jetter]

Hope you find the cause of the problem. At least you'll save a bit on fuel going home. Not much, but 'every little helps!'

[Cavcraft]

Vauxhalls don't break down, they simply stop for a while so the drivers of lesser cars and their passengers can admire them.

[stuboy]

Ohhh new tools... me likey !!

[richardmorris]

A bit dull today, this is the only thing I've seen.

 

[Cavcraft]

The two wheeled Iv*co continues to try and bankrupt me. The crank oil seal is leaking, it needs new rings, the engine casing machining or welding, the crank is slightly off kilter, and a few other bits besides. They also found this...

 

 

Which they say explains why trying different carbs hadn't made any difference. Given that it already had what they think was a car spark plug cross threaded into the engine, it looks like the bloke I bought it off perhaps isn't the brightest. 

[clayts450]

Handed my notice in at work today. Nine years working in social housing, of which seven were spent managing customer complaints, has finally caught up with me to the point I just need to exit the job stage right as fast as possible. To be fair, it's something I should probably have done three or four months ago, but after much contemplation and navel-gazing, I decided at the weekend that I should just do it. 

My boss was totally ace, and she knows me better than I know myself most of the time, and she'd already guessed this was coming, she just didn't know when. She sent a lovely email to key people in the business telling them I was offski, and even let me scarper before she sent it, so I wouldn't get bombarded. A sneaky peek on my work email account reveals even the CEO sent me a personal message.

I do have some cash monies to tide me over for a bit (sorry to rub it in for those Shiters who learned about their respective redundancies recently  ) but the impetus to buy a van and start couriering is now strong - already declared  sole trader status with HMRC and registered for VAT, so I can get registered on some trade sites and get in with some local indies. Oh, need to buy a van first of course.... 

Some of my fleet will likely need to move on (I did an income and expenditure analysis as part of my business plan, and the amount going out for shite is ridiculous), with, very regretfully, the Accord Coupe and, the 820 the two most likely to leave, so these will be advertised here in good time of course. The 420/620 and Streetwise will definitely be staying until I'm at the stage of eating gruel for tea. The 214 can burn in hell (if there's any arsonists about it's garage 12, the one with the white door).

[RobT]

Good on you clayts, I hope things work out.

[Saabnut]

Slightly battered, slightly singed and quite damp but I have lived through another offshore survival refresher. Now they have added diving equipment (well a compressed air bottle) and there are also seven trips in the helicopter simulater, including two in washing machine mode. Was only 3 when I first did it!

On my first survival, 32 years ago, there was an "older gentleman" (about 60) on the course and I felt sorry for him. Today, there was 4 people on the course, 3 under 30 and me! I hope they felt sorry for me as I am now that "older gentleman"

Still, that is me ticketed up for another 4 years.

[NorthernMonkey]

On 1/28/2020 at 8:55 PM, richardmorris said:

Anyone near Wigan/ Golborne  able to collect a spring compressor set (he won’t post).....rick will pay for item and postage / I can collect.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/spring-coil-compressor-for-mercedes-benz-cars-and-many-others/1364487306?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

That particular set is £39.50 brand new on eBay with free delivery

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F282526265363

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, Saabnut said:

Slightly battered, slightly singed and quite damp but I have lived through another offshore survival refresher. Now they have added diving equipment (well a compressed air bottle) and there are also seven trips in the helicopter simulater, including two in washing machine mode. Was only 3 when I first did it!

On my first survival, 32 years ago, there was an "older gentleman" (about 60) on the course and I felt sorry for him. Today, there was 4 people on the course, 3 under 30 and me! I hope they felt sorry for me as I am now that "older gentleman"

Still, that is me ticketed up for another 4 years.

@Mrs6C has done hers for when she worked in the Gulf of Mexico on a seismic survey vessel.

[Six-cylinder]

1/2 a Mini in Luton Airport!

[SiC]

2 hours ago, Saabnut said:

Was only 3 when I first did it!

Surprised they had helicopters when you were 3 years old. ?

[richardmorris]

22 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

1/2 a Mini in Luton Airport!

The poor thing. Is it even English wine?

[Steve79]

On 1/29/2020 at 1:37 PM, Saabnut said:

Oooh, my Saab suspemsion is looking a bit low this morning, wonder what is causing that?

My friend, and ex business partner called me this morning, saying he wanted rid of the workshop manuals etc that were from our workshop and he had kept, but now needed the space. These are mostly Haynes BOL but there are a fair number of factory manuals, general guises etc, mostly for older and more obscure stuff. Thinking of this place, I said I would nip up and collect them. He asked which car I was taking which should have warned me of the quantities involved......

Yes, that is the back of the car, seats folded, loaded to window level! As a bonus I also got a load of test equipment (fuel injection, water system, a code reader, a glow plug tester etc).

A few of the manuals I will want to keep, but I will photograph and list the others when I unload them and offer them here.

Dibs on any bmw e28 specific ones you have plz

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

The poor thing. Is it even English wine?

It is probably Luton-intolerant.

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

@Mrs6C has done hers for when she worked in the Gulf of Mexico on a seismic survey vessel.

Your good lady wife does seem to have had quite a varied career path...

[brownnova]

5 hours ago, clayts450 said:

Oh, need to buy a van first of course.... 

Luckily for you this popped up on Facebook today... 

Van... tick! 

[xtriple]

Been looking at clocks for the slk most of them are in the hundreds and no guarentee that they aren't fucked as well. But, one set was for a manual 350 (and as they sold about three manual 350s in the UK, not a lot of call...) and cheap.

But for an expat Northerner, not cheap enough so I offered £30. Bloody declined, miserable sod obviously wants to make a living!

Against my better judgement and while crying bitter tears into my open wallet, I offered £35. If Postage was included... don't ask, don't get. The chap obviously thought the easiest way to never hear from the whinging twat ever again (I do a good line in 'sob stories') was to accept!

And he did!

All I want from the clocks is the two LCD panels which don't need coding into the car (whole clock sets etc really do). Of course there's every chance they also have a dancing 'pink shrimp' living in one or other of the displays but cheap enough to find out. There is also the chance that I will brick the entire cluster when I try to swap one set into my clocks and I end up having to fork out £1800 (yes really!) to MB for a new set. Oh well, live fast, die young, leave a pretty (poor) corpse!

Please note: I live slow, too old to die young and my corpse would be the ugliest in the graveyard, but you didn't read that here, okay?

[SiC]

43 minutes ago, xtriple said:

But for an expat Northerner, not cheap enough so I offered £30. Bloody declined, miserable sod obviously wants to make a living

Cheaper?

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32902053818.html?pid=808_0000_0101&spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32902053818&aff_trace_key=&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=7191amp-2bANBZjV9F2JMbL8dDu7LQ1580495005965&browser_id=2529d6b0078b4cb7b9dda5d8f13703e2&is_c=Y

[xtriple]

2 minutes ago, SiC said:

Cheaper?

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32902053818.html?pid=808_0000_0101&spm=a2g0n.search-amp.list.32902053818&aff_trace_key=&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=7191amp-2bANBZjV9F2JMbL8dDu7LQ1580495005965&browser_id=2529d6b0078b4cb7b9dda5d8f13703e2&is_c=Y

Sadly not for my car, earlier version. But if this doesn't work I shall investigate.

[Alan_Green]

Today, a pass with no advisories for this bad boy:  (my Mazda 626 Coupe):

[High Jetter]

Well prepared then, and looking good. Must be rare now

[vulgalour]

Tried out some Captain Tolley's on the BX earlier today.  I suspect the water is getting in via the gutter trim or windscreen surround on the driver's side and, looking at how quickly the Tolley stuff disappeared on that side compared to the other, I daresay I could be onto something.  I'll keep dosing it up until it won't dose up any more and hope that cures the water ingress because I'm stuffed if I can figure out where else it's getting in without pulling the car apart.

[Dan_ZTT]

STOLEN TRUCK

Apologies if duplicate as I rarely keep up with this thread, just throwing this up as I saw it on faceache 

[PhilA]

My roof has been leaking onto the car on this side due to the tin being somewhat worse for wear.

Utilizing gooey black tar stuff and Long Stick On A Stick I managed to haphazardly patch up the worst of it. 

My neighbors love* the way it looks.

Really the metal needs to go and a proper architectural shingle roof to go on. But, for now I'll take a look to see if that's remedied the worst of it. The main problem is it's the old metal from the sides, recycled into roofing, with the holes that used to contain the nails holding it to the walls patched up and then painted silver. Far from ideal.

But, garage is garage so we'll see how it pans out in terms of replacement. 

The clouds are moving in and we're forecast rain. Maybe I'll even get results tonight.

 

Phil