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[NorfolkNWeigh]

On 4/18/2020 at 12:49 PM, Cavcraft said:

Mo was totally on the level about the state of the interior of this car, and this is in no way a complaint against him. 

 

Started cleaning the inside of the 406 this morning, the stench is unbearable. Left windows open slightly for a day, didn't make much offs. Got the old Karcher out of the garage, the pump for the wash bit doesn't work though. However bad the driver's seat looks, the front part was 20 times worse before I started. In the end, I used one of those scouring pad on a stick things that are normally for cleaning fish tanks.

 

 

Did the headlining where I could, too. The interior light switch area looks like some sort of brown mottled bakolight, or some old bag who smoked 300 bifters a day's net curtains. Although better it's still horrible by any other standards. Some perfume I found in another car has been liberally sprayed inside.

I once bought 2 406s from a Taxi firm, both this colour although one was an LXso not as veloury plush. They both stank of fags, so I left the windows open before potential buyers viewed them. I sold the nicer GLX to a couple and they came back the next day to collect, it had been raining so windows left up all day. The bloke was convinced I’d swapped the cars over and insisted on smelling inside the other one on the drive. I pointed out the different specs, upholstery wheels etc, but he was adamant. It was only my keenness to let him take the other one that perversely made him want the smellier one.

[dozeydustman]

23 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Shock! Horror! Dustman actually does something car related on a car related forum!

 

The old dear next door wanted to go and get her weekly shop but her 107 wouldn’t turn over. I know it’s not an ideal charger for a sealed battery but my smart charger for sealed batteries is kaput ?

She was told it had a new battery when she got the car a year ago but it’s date stamped 2012 so methinks seller was lying git, so quite possibly this battery is on the way out, especially as she only pops out once a week for shopping.

Looks like I’ll be getting her a battery soon.

Lady next door’s car battery didn’t take much of a charge. Had 13v before I connected it to her car this morning but it still didn’t turn over.
11.6v after one attempt at starting, so yes it’s definitely knackered.

Just ordered her one from ECP with my magic coupon browser plugin (honey) getting me 57% discount; a ‘£117’ Bosch battery coming in at just over £50 delivered.

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, TrabbieRonnie said:

I've got to ask wuvvum, what is the wee thing on the left?  Lovely duo and a great park job!

That's the Innocenti.  Wor Dollywobbler did a road test of it on his YouTube channel a couple of years back which gives a bit more info.

 

[Bren]

The e60 fettling continues. Some marks to the bumpers and o/s skirt - the white plastic was visible. Would sooner do it this way with an aerosol than touch it in with a brush.

[xtriple]

Took Phoebe and Chester to the park today. I didn't intend to (even though I am reliably informed it is okay to do so) ust meant to take Chuckles round the block. Phoebe however had other ideas and for an old cripple she can be surprisingly sprightly when she wants to be! She was out so fast she forgot her tennis ball...

Loads of people down there, dogs aplenty so Chester fell in love with a grey mutt and had a wonderful time and refused to come home, the fat twat!

Went to the shop and GOT BREAD! Not had any for ages so I was looking forward to some toast, two slices in the toaster and er, one slice came out toasted the other side disintegrated and the toaster blew up! Big bang and smoke it was like an old Ford with the valve seals u/s in the  kitchen for a while. Bugger, and indeed, damn. I was really looking forward to toast (we know a song about that, don't we?) but the one slice I had was forgotten in the rush to sort the kitchen out and it was cold and soggy so got left.

well, the aforesaid 'fat twat'ate it actually - waste not want not as my old Granny used to say.

[00833827]

The v50 being the most modern thing i have ever owned (2006) reported to me yesterday that a headlamp bulb was blown. Two results followed. 

1. I had one in stock and i changed it easily and quickly.

2. I found my odb2 scanner. Plugged it in a got faults on it even though no lights on dash. Those were :

Current Fault Log
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P0341: Camshaft Position Sensor "A" Circuit Range/Performance (Bank 1 or Single Sensor)
P138B: Unknown code - More information may be available on the web

 

Since the thing is sluggish and lacking power especially when climbing any but of an incline i wonder if these are related. I will begin the research once the red wine has had enought time to breath

[richardmorris]

I had a busy half hour clay baring the bootlid on the merc which was going blotchy again. Then three coats of autoglym super resin polish and three or four ( lost count) of poor boys blue paste stuff. Looked perfect with a deep glass shine. Six hours later look at the amount of pollen I've just brushed off with my hand.

[Cavcraft]

Dull content warning:

 

Got the buffer out before, nice couple of hours graft including washing it twice, then polishing. The interior fag smell is nearly gone now, thank heavens.

 

[Andyrew]

That's a whole Bunch of win right there Mr craft. 

[GBJ]

59 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Dull content warning:

 

Got the buffer out before, nice couple of hours graft including washing it twice, then polishing. The interior fag smell is nearly gone now, thank heavens.

 

There's something very odd with the wheels.

 

 

[tommotech]

I reckon an Aircon bomb (at least that’s what I call them) will get the last of that stench out of the 406 @Cavcraft, the type where you run the A/C on recirc,  push the one shot nozzle and let the aerosol run out. They also disinfect the vents etc. 
I’ve got a coconut fragrance Würth one here if you want it, just pm and I’d be happy to post it. They’ve certainly done the trick for me with smelly cars, mind you they may not have been as rank as yours!

[00833827]

3 hours ago, 00833827 said:

The v50 being the most modern thing i have ever owned (2006) reported to me yesterday that a headlamp bulb was blown. Two results followed. 

1. I had one in stock and i changed it easily and quickly.

2. I found my odb2 scanner. Plugged it in a got faults on it even though no lights on dash. Those were :

Current Fault Log
------------------
P0341: Camshaft Position Sensor "A" Circuit Range/Performance (Bank 1 or Single Sensor)
P138B: Unknown code - More information may be available on the web

 

Since the thing is sluggish and lacking power especially when climbing any but of an incline i wonder if these are related. I will begin the research once the red wine has had enought time to breath

P138B seems to be glow plugs - I can see in the partial service history they have been changed about 100,000 km ago so could well be a bad one in there. I will get the multimeter out and stick it on them later to see what it tells me

[egg]

Nice article in the Observer about Lada's in Cuba. If you want to buy one there, they go for about £15k!!

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/19/take-me-to-your-lada-cubas-passion-for-a-little-russian-box

[wuvvum]

This afternoon's task, after some time spent pissing around with the Merc's brakes, was to try and get the nearside rear door open on the V70. 

Got the door card off OK even with the door closed, which I was surprised about.  Frustratingly though I was unable to get to the bottom of what was preventing the door from opening.  Everything that I could see from looking inside the door was connected as it should be - the lock button raises and lowers the little brass lever, the cable to the internal door handle pulls on the bit it's supposed to pull on - but the catch isn't operating.  Pulling on the handles (either inside or outside) it feels like the door is locked.  I even tried sticking a screwdriver in between the catch and the door to see if I could get it to ping up that way, but no luck - although if it thinks it's locked it wouldn't ping open with a screwdriver anyway.

I can only assume that something has broken inside the bit of the catch mechanism which isn't accessible from inside the door due to being boxed in.  The boxed-in bit of the mechanism is held in with three Torx bolts, which are easy enough to access with the door open...  I must have been out there for a couple of hours trying everything I could think of, but the door is still resolutely closed.  I can foresee an appointment with an angle grinder in its future...

[Split_Pin]

Well fuck.

That's 2 out of my 4 cars now officially rotten.

This is the Clio's OSF jacking point to outrigger join, or lack of it. Its always been flat and chewed looking but thought it appeared particularly dodgy when I was under it at the weekend. It took no effort to get into this.

With no skills or facilities to weld it and garages only taking on key workers cars, Vactan and heavy stone chip will have to suffice for now!

[Volksy]

18 hours ago, wuvvum said:

This afternoon's task, after some time spent pissing around with the Merc's brakes, was to try and get the nearside rear door open on the V70. 

Got the door card off OK even with the door closed, which I was surprised about.  Frustratingly though I was unable to get to the bottom of what was preventing the door from opening.  Everything that I could see from looking inside the door was connected as it should be - the lock button raises and lowers the little brass lever, the cable to the internal door handle pulls on the bit it's supposed to pull on - but the catch isn't operating.  Pulling on the handles (either inside or outside) it feels like the door is locked.  I even tried sticking a screwdriver in between the catch and the door to see if I could get it to ping up that way, but no luck - although if it thinks it's locked it wouldn't ping open with a screwdriver anyway.

I can only assume that something has broken inside the bit of the catch mechanism which isn't accessible from inside the door due to being boxed in.  The boxed-in bit of the mechanism is held in with three Torx bolts, which are easy enough to access with the door open...  I must have been out there for a couple of hours trying everything I could think of, but the door is still resolutely closed.  I can foresee an appointment with an angle grinder in its future...

Could it be that the outside handle has failed, and the childlock is on?
I'm guessing that the trigger for the childlock isn't accessible from inside the door?

[junkyarddog]

More golf weldage has occurred. 

Front door seal lip.

rear door seal lip.

The sills are fairly solid,but a few localised holes had appeared. 

Time for a cuppa I reckon!

 

[beko1987]

23 hours ago, Cavcraft said:

Dull content warning:

 

Got the buffer out before, nice couple of hours graft including washing it twice, then polishing. The interior fag smell is nearly gone now, thank heavens.

 

That looks very smart! 

 

Who are you and what have you done with the real Billy? 

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, Volksy said:

Could it be that the outside handle has failed, and the childlock is on?
I'm guessing that the trigger for the childlock isn't accessible from inside the door?

That did occur to me, but as far as I can see all the gubbins for the exterior handle are connected as well.  I couldn't be 100% on that though as with the window up I couldn't operate the external handle from inside the car, and with the window down I couldn't see the handle gubbins as the window assembly was in the way.  Once we're allowed to talk to other people again I might have to get someone to haul on the external handle while I look inside the door to see what's happeneing, but that's probably clutching at straws a bit to be honest.

Indeed, the trigger for the childlock is on the rear edge of the door and not accessible until the door is open.

[beko1987]

Sounds an awful lot of bother for a scrapyard door in the same colour and 15 minutes with the grinder... 

I had to re wire the door of the Zafira upside down with the doors closed (drivers opened with the key), it's a bastard, and it wasn't the lock, if it was that would have been game over. 

[Floatylight]

V8's all round lads, I'll take some off yer hands...

BBC News - US oil prices turn negative as demand dries up
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[Split_Pin]

Clio is getting collected by a breaker tomorrow. I don't want to do this but I have to draw the line somewhere.

Truly gutted but you cannot save them all.

[sporty-shite]

16 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Clio is getting collected by a breaker tomorrow. I don't want to do this but I have to draw the line somewhere.

Truly gutted but you cannot save them all.

Me too. Fancy another 1*2, although collection would be a bit of a pain in current circumstances. 

[Split_Pin]

9 minutes ago, sporty-shite said:

Me too. Fancy another 1*2, although collection would be a bit of a pain in current circumstances. 

Your silver one? What happened to it? No more Renault for me for as long as I live!

[sporty-shite]

31 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Your silver one? What happened to it? No more Renault for me for as long as I live!

I sold it to @DialATune on here around October/November. I had four cars around, and needed to get a couple out of the way. Pretty much regretted it straight away! The ones I really wanted to keep were the ones that sold straight off!  

[RobT]

I've done a buy.

Having been floored by the poxy virus for two weeks and finally having some energy again, I felt like treating myself.  It's the one that appeared in the tat thread, and despite being a bit ropey is perfect for bombing around in locally (seeing as that's all we can do at the moment).

I had it delivered this morning so I didn't have unnecessary contact with people, and feeling bold I took it on an essential run to Sainsbury's.  Paintwork is flat, but for an ADO16 it's mostly solid, and despite only doing 800 miles in 14 years the engine runs really well.  Makes me realise the Metro could do with a tune up.  Plus it should keep me busy for a while.

[Split_Pin]

That is lovely, it looks superbly original too. Lovely day for it!

[BorniteIdentity]

9 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Clio is getting collected by a breaker tomorrow. I don't want to do this but I have to draw the line somewhere.

Truly gutted but you cannot save them all.

Gutted. I always assumed I’d buy that off you! It’s lovely and such a shame. 

Enjoy the money. Must still be worth quite a bit non ?

[00833827]

Kangoo still in service as a workhorse. This is the 3rd load shes gonna dispatch. Removed one for the old man who is cocooning right now. Its old garden stuff in there so nice and light. Bone dry. If i lived more rural i would be sticking a match to it.

The garden waste that is, not the Renault

[Semi-C]

I fetched my Dad’s XJ6 home yesterday from it’s repairing and I felt like a guest at an Ambassador’s soirée.

Back to back, fat-man barge roadtest.

For me there’s little to choose between them: cabin noise is comparable, equally comfy seats and both possess looks that engorge my member. The XJ’s mirrors are more useful then the LS’s and since it’s module reprogramification, it feels more responsive on the throttle. The Lexus does have a 75k mile head start over the Jaag but you’d struggle to tell, such is its quality.

Verdict- Like trying to choose between a nude 24 hours with Fenella Fielding (Carry on Screaming era) or being gifted a YZR500, unpossible.