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[Cavcraft]

Drove the Lada yesterday, today went on the DT. Honestly can't remember how long it's been that a short, simple journey was so much fun. Broke free of the traffic coming home and gave it a little pasting between the gears. Absolutely magic, proper reminder of the good old days so added a couple of miles to the journey. 

  

Obvs noticeably quicker than the SS50, but also a lot easier and more enjoyable, if truth be told. It would appear another gear would be good, 40mph even seems to be quite noisy, but expect it'll be easy to get used to. The smoke trail in the mirror was a sight to behold.

 

 

[vulgalour]

Don't be like me.  I mean, that's good advice any day of the week, however I'm talking about ordering hoses and clamps.  Make sure you pay attention to ID and OD measurements and don't just go and buy clamps and hose with the 'same size'.  Ah well, got correct size clamps ordered and a whole bunch of spare smaller diameter clamps that I'm sure will come in handy for something some day.

[somewhatfoolish]

3 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Is that a Healey?

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Is that a Healey?

I wasn’t sure at first, but mot history check calls it a 1962 ac aceca. Many works bentleys seem to have TU numberplates but I don’t know if there’s a connection. 

[Ghosty]

What happens if you tax a car by Direct Debit then cancel the DD and put it on SORN again before the first payment is taken? 

 

[BorniteIdentity]

13 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

What happens if you tax a car by Direct Debit then cancel the DD and put it on SORN again before the first payment is taken? 

 

I think @cavcraft did this. From memory more than one strike and you’re banned from paying by DD, meaning you have to stump the whole lot up. 

[Ghosty]

Oh, sod that then, I need to have DD payments available to me as I have fuck all income. I'm flat broke and need to get to work, and I can only drive there, it's too far to cycle, the bus would take 2 hours, and there's no train.

[TrabbieRonnie]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Drove the Lada yesterday, today went on the DT. Honestly can't remember how long it's been that a short, simple journey was so much fun. Broke free of the traffic coming home and gave it a little pasting between the gears. Absolutely magic, proper reminder of the good old days so added a couple of miles to the journey. 

  

Obvs noticeably quicker than the SS50, but also a lot easier and more enjoyable, if truth be told. It would appear another gear would be good, 40mph even seems to be quite noisy, but expect it'll be easy to get used to. The smoke trail in the mirror was a sight to behold.

 

 

Awesome... bought this old Deet a couple of years ago for my eldest (honest!)… shown here prior to stripdown and a bit of a clean up.  Runs well, and is just about the perfect learner bike I think.

[Six-cylinder]

19 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

A friend has got a new car and is teasing me asking what it is from these photos.

Can you help be look super brainy and tell me what it is?

The wheels makes me think it is a kit car???

Because of my dismal failure to identify my friends car I have been sent an extra picture, help me guys!

[PhilA]

Bought this little contraption for my birthday, to clean small car parts (carburetors etc) 

So far been cleaning all the wife's jewellery. Recommended for everything. Water and a splash of non-foaming cleaner (simple green) and it's all coming out sparkly.

It's gotta be seen to have a use...

 

Phil

[HillmanImp]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I wasn’t sure at first, but mot history check calls it a 1962 ac aceca. Many works bentleys seem to have TU numberplates but I don’t know if there’s a connection. 

It didn't come up with a make and model on TotalCarCheck so I googled the plate and it came up that its Ian Flemings old car. 

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18216/lot/364/

[loserone]

On 3/15/2020 at 9:01 PM, trigger said:

 

 

@Manbearpig?

[vulgalour]

@Six-cylinder Buchanan bodied MG, perhaps?

[Six-cylinder]

8 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

@Six-cylinder Buchanan bodied MG, perhaps?

I can see your thinking but there are differences.

[rickvw72]

Had a 2005 Picasso in today, timing belt jumped, fucked the engine.

This follows 2005 Corsa, broken cam

Which followed a 2005 Seat Leon, lost all its cam lobes.

It appears 2005 cars are literally topping themselves at the mo!

[KitKat]

59 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Bought this little contraption for my birthday, to clean small car parts (carburetors etc) 

So far been cleaning all the wife's jewellery. Recommended for everything. Water and a splash of non-foaming cleaner (simple green) and it's all coming out sparkly.

It's gotta be seen to have a use...

 

Phil

They’re great. We had one of those at work. Ultrasonic cleaner? Highly effective for cleaning carburettors and aluminium parts.

Up until it shat itself, anyway

[richardmorris]

Just now, sickboy said:

They’re great. We had one of those at work. Ultrasonic cleaner? Highly effective for cleaning carburettors and aluminium parts.

Up until it shat itself, anyway

We have one that size at work- used it daily for about 18 years. It was about £800.

[Cavcraft]

2 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

I think @cavcraft did this. From memory more than one strike and you’re banned from paying by DD, meaning you have to stump the whole lot up. 

I did it loads. Loads and loads and loads. In the end the DiVLAds got a bit upset by it and I can't tax by DD any more. A mate of mine told me (at the time) they were limiting people to something like 5 (different) cancelled DDs, then they'd stop you using that method. Shouldn't complain, had an absolutely brilliant run for my money and compensated for the times the hopeless wankers reimbursed the wrong person instead of me.

 

They also seem to take 2 months for the first payment now, not looked too hard but I bet you can still tax something to get it back then cancel the payment.

[KitKat]

5 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

I did it loads. Loads and loads and loads. In the end the DiVLAds got a bit upset by it and I can't tax by DD any more. A mate of mine told me (at the time) they were limiting people to something like 5 (different) cancelled DDs, then they'd stop you using that method. Shouldn't complain, had an absolutely brilliant run for my money and compensated for the times the hopeless wankers reimbursed the wrong person instead of me.

 

They also seem to take 2 months for the first payment now, not looked too hard but I bet you can still tax something to get it back then cancel the payment.

Speaking purely from my personal observation, I think* that the first DD payment of 2 months only applies if you tax within the last week or ten days of the month. Any earlier and it’s just 1 months worth.

[wuvvum]

That sounds about right.

[egg]

Marty's Matchbox makeovers uses that same ultrasonic cleaner on youtube. Somebody sent it to him (in Australia) for free from the States!

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, PhilA said:

Bought this little contraption for my birthday, to clean small car parts (carburetors etc) 

So far been cleaning all the wife's jewellery. Recommended for everything. Water and a splash of non-foaming cleaner (simple green) and it's all coming out sparkly.

It's gotta be seen to have a use...

Looks like the 6L one?  Identical to mine just twice the depth I think.

Exceedingly useful thing!

[Cord Fourteener]

Apparently my BMW is running again! Woop. It needs some new intake hosing as I found a big hole in it and apparently it's running rich, possibly related?

Anyway I have really got to love my new Volvo 440, I'm definitely going to have to keep it for a while longer. But also (assuming we avoid total apocalypse) I have my first ever roffle here to look forwards to in the coming months as I doubt I can justify keeping four cars, much as I'd love to (secretly I would love to expand the fleet, but that's really not realistic right now).

 

[PhilA]

49 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

We have one that size at work- used it daily for about 18 years. It was about £800.

$67. We'll see how long it lasts.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

32 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Looks like the 6L one?  Identical to mine just twice the depth I think.

Exceedingly useful thing!

Itty bitty, takes 2 litres to "max", despite the label saying 3.2 litres.

 

Phil

[NorfolkNWeigh]

2 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Because of my dismal failure to identify my friends car I have been sent an extra picture, help me guys!

It has the air of a John Tojero design, but I can’t find anything it might be. Is this friend likely to have bought a car costing millions , hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands? It might narrow it down, a bit.

[PhilA]

Just cleaned the carburetor for my smallest mower, which was getting hard to start and was hunting a lot, especially when hot.

All clean and reassembled. I have to say, it's never ever run this well in all the time I've had it (second hand, got given it because it didn't run in the first place).

Bigger mower carburetor next up.

 

Phil

[High Jetter]

I'll see you two-mower, Phil

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Looks very much like an MEV Aston DBR1 replica.

[PhilA]

15 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

I'll see you two-mower, Phil

Actually 3

Working on the shite principle that there's a better chance of at least one working

Phil