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[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

Well. Technically you can...

I’m opportunistic,  not cruel

[richardmorris]

Now this is something I’ve not seen before.

from the club vehicules anciennes de Calais FB page. 

hello thank you for the addition I'm from boulogne sur mer with my little 205 multi bodywork durisotti 244000 km for almost 29 years I'm putting it back to new this summer

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Next-door neighbour sez he is going to scrap his much-battered Astra diesel estate, mainly because he thinks the head gasket might be about to fail.

Anyone want it for parts?

[richardmorris]

Ax fans..

 

https://youtu.be/WZjwwfncO6E

[Andyrew]

23 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Next-door neighbour sez he is going to scrap his much-battered Astra diesel estate, mainly because he thinks the head gasket might be about to fail.

Anyone want it for parts?

Oil in the coolant? 

[Tetleysmooth]

On 2/17/2020 at 11:04 PM, RobT said:

Took me 2 minutes this evening to get the old one off.

Lazy twat.  I should've done a proper job on Saturday.  Oh well, might have a go next weekend. But only if I can manage to remove the torx headed screw I rounded off whilst fitting the door card to the replacement door...

Glad to see you're keeping on top of things with the 9000 Rob ?

[stuboy]

Today I went and helped my friend fat Dan to swap his standard exhaust to straight piped exhaust on his mondeo st tdci, quite simple, new rubber hangers, had to drill through boot floor so can bolt up extra hanger, sound ok it u like vroom coo ...lol 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

35 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Oil in the coolant? 

Possibly. Not quite as bad as I've got it, where the coolant now resembles tea or Bailey's. 

[stuboy]

 

 

 

[Andyrew]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Possibly. Not quite as bad as I've got it, where the coolant now resembles tea or Bailey's. 

Oil cooler seems to be a common culprit on these for this, suprised mines okay. Our old van had a full on black header tank of oil and coolant. Sold to a vauxhall toucher and Still does and going strong to my knowledge. 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, Andyrew said:

Oil cooler seems to be a common culprit on these for this, suprised mines okay. Our old van had a full on black header tank of oil and coolant. Sold to a vauxhall toucher and Still does and going strong to my knowledge. 

 

Useful to know. 

Once the budget allows, the CX is going back to Garage Dubois-Loizou for investigation. The new head gasket set is here, and I think I might have found a spare oil cooler for a lot less than CX-Basis would charge if they had one in stock....

[dozeydustman]

Has anyone else noticed this?

look like

is this why all voxels and pergots (of recent years) r shyte?

 

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Next-door neighbour sez he is going to scrap his much-battered Astra diesel estate, mainly because he thinks the head gasket might be about to fail.

Anyone want it for parts?

@Mr_Bo11ox is after something Astra G shaped. Sounds possibly right up his street. 

[Craig the Princess]

The Applejack Allegro has been out again today. Single carriageway A roads that Norfolk seems to have almost exclusively seem to suit it, that tank was 240 miles at 42.5 mpg.

[wuvvum]

The Applejack is 998cc, right?  I recall my 1.0L Allegro being happiest at sub-60mph speeds too - although it did rev quite sweetly for an A-series.

[Craig the Princess]

8 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

The Applejack is 998cc, right?  I recall my 1.0L Allegro being happiest at sub-60mph speeds too - although it did rev quite sweetly for an A-series.

Yes, it is back running a 998cc as it did originally. Goes pretty well considering the lack of horsepower, I guess it is about keeping momentum.

It seems to be about 4000 rpm at a real 60mph so that is its comfort zone.

It is on the worse set of tyres that we have (3 MOTed Allegros, 3 sets of tyres) so does squirm a little over bumps.

[egg]

Not sure where to put these? I was linked to these Citroen Enterprise (2 seater) brochure pics on Twitterer. For your Sunday morning amuse bouche.

[lanciamatt]

The biturbo may be going up for sale as I've seen something else I fancy, might be fun trying to sell it, not exactly common place. 

[320touring]

Took the Toledo to a tartan Tarmac meet..

Met a shiter (Laurel owner), and mentioned here to the Dacia owner;)

Here it is with some other highlights

[beko1987]

Doesn't a hyundai ioniq modern make a din when the radar sensor gets blocked with snow! The 3 warnings on the dash stayed in for a good few miles too until it melted

[Aston Martin]

This guy custom made a mk1 style grille.

[loserone]

That's ace.  Makes it into something I'd drive.

[00833827]

Never had a clutch go on me before but a few months back i said to my missus after driving her car that the clutch bite was gone a bit high and also there was a bit of a vibration in my foot when driving it. So we were out for a spin and got home. I pulled up outside and was reversing in. Couldnt get it into reverse for a while and she was grinding when i tried. Then i got it in. Reveresed in and when putting the pedal in she still wanted to roll back. I switched it off. Put in neutral and started again. Cant get it into gear when its running. Can when its off.

So im guessing clutch is gone?

Its a 2005 1.4 petrol vw golf . 220000km on it and thats the original clutch

[N19]

In anticipation of a (hopeful) flat move soon, I'm thinking ahead and preparing stuff. For the garage I've picked up a screwfix shelving unit, and intend to use it for storage and workbench. The bench has 18mm ply to give it some strength, and a side panel of MDF to screw hooks for tools, socket rails etc on. Battery linked to some LED rope to provide illumination. Going to get some aluminium sheet and angle cut to size to top it. 

Plan is to do another and put them together at the back. 

Not beautiful carpentry by any stretch of the imagination, but very satisfying to have achieved something! 

[Andyrew]

Got to the workshop , 15mins in it was lesson time.

Did you know that a suzuki samurai metal  rear bumper leaned against the car bloody hurts when you walk past and stand on the other end by accident?

I do now .

The more you know!

[egg]

On 2/22/2020 at 10:34 AM, egg said:

After not starting the Mondeo for 36 hours, just checked resting voltage on the battery - 12.4v. So really it's on the cusp. I don't think there is a drain (nothing has changed) so time to pony up for a new one, I think.

I know you're all riveted by this story - but I didn't start it yesterday, and now down to 12.3v. It's had it. 

Anyone know of any good battery offers on at the moment? Probably want to avoid the real cheapy Lion ones etc.

Good job I'm not* squeamish Andy! That looks horrible. 

[Eyersey1234]

1 hour ago, 00833827 said:

Never had a clutch go on me before but a few months back i said to my missus after driving her car that the clutch bite was gone a bit high and also there was a bit of a vibration in my foot when driving it. So we were out for a spin and got home. I pulled up outside and was reversing in. Couldnt get it into reverse for a while and she was grinding when i tried. Then i got it in. Reveresed in and when putting the pedal in she still wanted to roll back. I switched it off. Put in neutral and started again. Cant get it into gear when its running. Can when its off.

So im guessing clutch is gone?

Its a 2005 1.4 petrol vw golf . 220000km on it and thats the original clutch

Yes sounds like the clutch has gone, its done well though. 

[Cookiesouwest]

Today I changed a manky indicator

For a Depo knock off

Little jobs can be satisfying

 

[jonathan_dyane]

Got back from holiday today and picked my 9-5 up from it’s LPG conversion.

First impressions are good, smooth running, no perceptible power loss and tidy job. Cost more than the car mind (and indeed the cost of conversion was well in excess of what I have paid for any car). I still feel pleased with myself though!

[Bren]

On 2/22/2020 at 4:41 PM, xtriple said:

I had  a double stack 280SE in silver with 'Mexican hat' wheels. I loved it, but... it was a 'tad' rusty (read: hanging!) and I entrusted it to a specialist to find/make and then fit new front wings, re-spray it and generally return it to me for a not inconsiderable amount of folding (back in the day when we actually used 'foldoing'!) in pristine condition. I was working lots and lots of hours and had neither the time nor the energy to do it myself.

After a few months, the specialist went silent. After a few more I was getting worried and sent a friend that llived local to have a word. It seemed yon 'specialist' had done a bunk and left my car in a layby! When I collected it, the wheels were gone, all the chrome (bumpers. grill etc) was gone and the car was stripped with no parts anywhere to be found.

I gave it to a breaker  

At least the bill was reasonable