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[SiC]

On 3/19/2020 at 8:49 PM, 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

I've been thinking of getting one of these after seeing a couple of YouTubers using them. What is the magic search term for eBay/Amazon/AliExpress to get the decent ones? Also what size is going to be likely the most useful vs taking up bench space. 

I've got the ride-on mower carb to clean up and rebuild as it's first job, then the Dolomites carbs once I pull that back out. 

[brownnova]

This week truly has seen some unprecedented scenes.... 

The full beam on my 9000 which has only operated on one light and with no dash indicator for the last few months randomly started fully working again this week... 

[richardmorris]

Polished some of the rust off the doors

[Stanky]

My Fuelpecker card arrived today in the post, just in time for quarantine lockdown so I'm not going to be needing petrol for a while! 

Also went and washed the Daewoo which is all sparkly now

[Cavcraft]

Today made some time to go and see the garage who are fixing the Lambretta.

Another discussion had, this time it looks like the (knackered) crank is going to be replaced with a GP one and fly wheel to match. He says they're stronger/better made and can take more power, even though I'm not at the moment after making it much quicker. The cost of a Casa kit, then new carb etc is going to be too expensive. Re-bore and new piston on the cards, cheaper than buying another 185 kit.

 

[Royale80]

Took my Senator out for a spin today. Nice quiet and effortless-not bad for 37! (Wish I was!).

  

 

Also been tidying the garage (photos are lying).

Must get the brake flaring kit and the Royale back on the road-see whats missing? No t bad for 40.

 

 

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 hours ago, brownnova said:

This week truly has seen some unprecedented scenes.... 

The full beam on my 9000 which has only operated on one light and with no dash indicator for the last few months randomly started fully working again this week... 

You might have gone over a bump, therefore restoring a connection.

In other news:

Replaced the seal with a new one on the cap of the CX's expansion tank. Gearbox fluid level holding steady. Engine oil level still mystifying, and having dipped the dipstick into a part-used bottle of Castrol 10w-40 to determine the colour of what should appear between the marks, and then comparing that to the reading I get from the engine, there's definitely a leak somewhere, but surely a possible HGF wouldn't lead to the oil level dropping that much?

*scratches head, puzzled*

...and the horn works again.

[richardmorris]

46 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

You might have gone over a bump, therefore restoring a connection.

In other news:

Replaced the seal with a new one on the cap of the CX's expansion tank. Gearbox fluid level holding steady. Engine oil level still mystifying, and having dipped the dipstick into a part-used bottle of Castrol 10w-40 to determine the colour of what should appear between the marks, and then comparing that to the reading I get from the engine, there's definitely a leak somewhere, but surely a possible HGF wouldn't lead to the oil level dropping that much?

*scratches head, puzzled*

...and the horn works again.

You’re sure it’s not leaking or burning oil? It has to be going somewhere, scotty is not beaming it out.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

8 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

You’re sure it’s not leaking or burning oil? It has to be going somewhere, scotty is not beaming it out.

If it was burning oil, there'd be blue smoke from the exhaust. There isn't any of that.

What I am getting is an absence of a reading on the dipstick. That's why I dipped it in unused Castrol to make sure I wasn't imagining things. Sure enough,  the Castrol shows up between the marks. Wiping it off and dipping it back in the engine gave a reading of...nothing visible. 

If there is an oil leak, it has only happened since the oil and oil filter were changed. 

[spike60]

If there is no oil showing on the dipstick surely the level is low?  You can highlight dipstick oil by pressing the stick onto clean flat kitchen roll. 

[spike60]

We used to have a  2003 BMW 520i 2.2 that went from using 1L/1000mls  to 3L/1000mls with never a hint of smoke or poor running, it didn't leak anything either. An expensive habit!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

46 minutes ago, spike60 said:

If there is no oil showing on the dipstick surely the level is low?  You can highlight dipstick oil by pressing the stick onto clean flat kitchen roll. 

Yes, this is exactly the point. It wasn't low when the oil was changed. If it is low, then it must be going somewhere. The question is.....where!?

[spike60]

As far as I'm aware onto the floor, into the coolant or out the exhaust are the only options.  There's usually about 1L between min and max marks plus whatever below the min mark. If was leaking this amount I would expect you to see it where you park or smell it when it got onto the exhaust. A litre or more going into the coolant would float on top and be coming out past the cap messily.

 

 

[MikeR]

I wonder if BAP245B is still on the road ?

 

[brownnova]

Hoping this wasn’t @Cavcraft

[JeeExEll]

54 minutes ago, MikeR said:

I wonder if BAP245B is still on the road ?

 

DVLA says 1964 red Austin 848cc. Last changed owners 2015. No MOT results.  Awwwww.

But, . . . it's currently road taxed   yaaaaayyy.  Tax due in August 2020.

Result.

Oh, just Googled it, it's the one from the 60s Randall And Hopkirk tv series.  Didn't know that. Have never watched any of these but look forward to seeing them one day, maybe on Netflix?   Fabtastic.  I think there may be some FD Ventora 3.3 rubbing-thigh moments there.

[holbeck]

34 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

DVLA says 1964 red Austin 848cc. Last changed owners 2015. No MOT results.  Awwwww.

But, . . . it's currently road taxed   yaaaaayyy.  Tax due in August 2020.

Result.

Oh, just Googled it, it's the one from the 60s Randall And Hopkirk tv series.  Didn't know that. Have never watched any of these but look forward to seeing them one day, maybe on Netflix?   Fabtastic.  I think there may be some FD Ventora 3.3 rubbing-thigh moments there.

Paging @simon8201 for Randall and Hopkirk mini anecdote. 

[hairnet]

9 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Polished some of the rust off the doors

@chaseracer

dave look - runner

[paulplom]

The daughters driving test next month has been cancelled. I'd promised her the bini if she passed. Looks like I'll be keeping it for the foreseeable future. Both a grump and a grin I suppose.

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

Whilst trundling down the estate driveway to fetch the paper, this happened...

The big 100K.

Car was worth 300, now 167.

[reb]

It's mum's birthday today, unfortunately my brain is mince so have been unable to get out and get anything for her. She did however express a strong interest in taking on LKX, she asked as if it was my place to say no! Having seen how my cars get of late, it wouldn't be right. Also Dad's Car for me is Mavis, LKX arrived just as I was leaving home I think.

I'm going to fire over to work to ask very nicely if I can come in and do a couple of quiet shifts, not that there's many going round, but I need to get back to work or I'll go mad!

She hasn't seen the car since last Saturday morning, it's normally parked up away from the house during the week, and dad was always off on adventures in it at the weekend. It looks a bit grim right now:

Just dirty from the state of the roads, so I'll beast mode cleaning that while she's at her parents. 

I got a little something made too, I'm better at tasks than buying gifts. As was dad!

Don't worry, it's not actually screwed down, I'm just an idiot and accidentally got it with holes, so chopped the heads off a couple of wood screws and superglued them in the holes. So completely reversible, even if it absolutely never will be. Though I can take it off if I'm deep cleaning the interior, so I'll be able to get some brasso on it without getting it everywhere.

[mrbenn]

What a lovely idea Reb, and the "fake" screws are genious.

[stuboy]

Decided to cut screw a vw bora bumper trim to the mondeo, with lil help from my lil boy..

 

 

[Jazoli]

Chavtastic

[reb]

@stuboy he will remember that forever. It's good to see!

[richardmorris]

On 3/20/2020 at 3:01 PM, loserone said:

I can't make it play, but I am rubbish with technology most of the time.

It doesn’t do anything, I just too a photo of something out of the window that was making my cup of coffee vibrate across the desk.

[MikeR]

and I just spent the day cleaning the car inside and out , hoovered , de rusted , painted ,,,  looked at , fiddled with ...

still needs more doing on the underside but my I have to wait for my wounds to heal before wheels can come off !

[Andyrew]

Choppy choppy.

Too much choppy choppy. 

Good job I've got all the brake pipe making equipment. 

Shames its in the boot of the  Astra 8 miles away. And I've got the keys here.

Getting home is going to require some bodging.  

 

 

[HillmanImp]

Went to go for a drive in the Porsche but the battery was flat again, somethings amiss there. 

So I took the Subaru. It really is well weapon. Sadly every other cunt in the world was also out driving slowly everywhere and whilst I did manage a few overtakes it was pretty crap.

It was a silly time of day to go out for a blast though, should be early morning or evening for the quietest roads. 

[paulplom]

4 or 5am is my time providing I'm up. The roads are invairiably dead with only the odd taxi knocking about.
You can be a hooligan and the only one that gets hurt if it goes tits up is you.

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