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[Cord Fourteener]

4 hours ago, 00833827 said:

Finally got around to looking around the kangoo.  Heres the sight that greated me under the oil cap. Im guessing head gasket might be a problem.

Its a 1.2 pez so same as clio engine. Think code is D4F or something along those lines. 

Are these engines known for HGF? 

About 110000 miles on the clock. 2006 reg

 

Edit : seems its common enough on this engine due to poor oil breathing setup and long filler neck. Advice is to clean it off and carry on. Will do that so

Pass me the salad, this one's a goodun!

[Shirley Knott]

6 hours ago, 00833827 said:

Finally got around to looking around the kangoo.  Heres the sight that greated me under the oil cap. Im guessing head gasket might be a problem.

Its a 1.2 pez so same as clio engine. Think code is D4F or something along those lines. 

Are these engines known for HGF? 

About 110000 miles on the clock. 2006 reg

 

Edit : seems its common enough on this engine due to poor oil breathing setup and long filler neck. Advice is to clean it off and carry on. Will do that so

Short runs? I service my brother's Twingo (Also D4F) and his always looked a bit like that... I'm not saying it's not HGF, but from my extensive testing on a sample size of one vehicle it seems like TADTS.

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, meshking said:

Found this in my loft. Anyone recognise what it might be from?

Will assume it's scrap, but don't want to be throwing something away that could be recored because it's from a 1916 horsey horseless of which only 3 were made.

It’s from a water-cooled vehicle.

[SiC]

Some light evening reading. Hopefully won't be too long before lockdown is easied enough that it can be MOT'd and then delivered. 

It's no 1100/1300 (still on the hunt for one) but it's something I want to give a go still and has enough mechanical similarities to give some of the experience. Plus engine parts compatibility with the MGB is useful. 

[00833827]

1 hour ago, Shirley Knott said:

Short runs? I service my brother's Twingo (Also D4F) and his always looked a bit like that... I'm not saying it's not HGF, but from my extensive testing on a sample size of one vehicle it seems like TADTS.

Well at least in my possession yes short runs and for the last few months at the garage i got it from id say yes also short runs. I will take a look in the expansion bottle tomoro. Not so sure what i am looking for but if it looks and smells coolanty i might be ok.

[Shirley Knott]

Provided you're not loosing coolant and it looks ok, then give the cap a wipe and move on with life. We found that the situation's helped by switching to fully synthetic and treating it to a decent long run a couple of times a week.

[meshking]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

It’s from a water-cooled vehicle.

Thanks Sherlock Morris. I shall now consign this to the skip. Once the skip is collected it will turn out to be from a 1935 rolls Royce and worth £10k.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

New addition to the yard this week....

[wuvvum]

Went on a bike ride up to Sea Palling this afternoon. This was the beach car park:

And this was the approach road:

Normally on a sunny Bank Holiday the car park would be bursting at the seams and the approach road would also be packed despite the double yellow lines.  So it seems people are still respecting lockdown after all. 

Plenty of houses flying Union flags though, and red, white and blue bunting hung in driveways above their German cars.

[ruffgeezer]

So the Berlingo has gone to it's new home, thanks to @barmatt for his assistance.

I've been away from work for a week as Mrs Ruff had to be tested for the virus amongst other breathing related things.

Thankfully she is all clear, the doctors suspect an anxiety related issue, so she is on a news and Facebook ban for the time being.

On the Friday before I stopped work, there was talk of a Vw Touran looking for a new home (and a new engine potentially) which has certainly made home on my radar!

[Dan the van]

12 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

New addition to the yard this week....

Had a foalie born on my yard a few years ago and I was lucky enough to be present at the birth.It was a magical experience.?

[stuboy]

I know I'll change the centre centre.. oh nuts rounded off.. new toy chop of the nuts and remove bolts , nope there studs, tried to blow torch them... nothing, then oh screw it I'll drop the from the flange and take indoors... so far so good but I'm drained, agony, #fybromyalgia #osteoarthritis  sucks balls... 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

A bit quiet on the A41 here....

[wuvvum]

Currently sat on the cliffs at Happisburgh.  It's deserted here too. 

Can't stay too much longer though, I want to ride home before it gets dark. 

[SiC]

Nothing better than reading a good book on a nice evening. 100% pleased that we moved out of the city - even if the pandemic may leave my recent purchase significantly devalued.


May have to build some sort of raised decking area so I get a better view than just a mound in the back field.

Decided that the MGB needs to come back out tomorrow. 

[Spurious]

I'd a nice day at the office today. Got up on the tops. 

Love swinging a 5 ton Merc about country roads

 

[Mrcento]

I have agreed to buy a car.

It is an estate and is listed as beige.

[wuvvum]

Another nice sunset this evening.  And some sheep. 

[HMC]

Bird watching here 

[cort16]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

Nothing better than reading a good book on a nice evening. 100% pleased that we moved out of the city - even if the pandemic may leave my recent purchase significantly devalued.


May have to build some sort of raised decking area so I get a better view than just a mound in the back field.

Decided that the MGB needs to come back out tomorrow. 

You could get a lot of rusty old cars in that garden 

[SiC]

You could get a lot of rusty old cars in that garden 

Funnily enough someone said the same thing on TDW. My reply...

Unfortunately there is no easy vehicle access to the back garden! I did say earlier to my long suffering wife that it was a shame there wasn't.

Why? Was her response.

Of course darling* when we have visitors it would be useful to have extra parking, I replied.

No it's because you want to park shit heaps in the garden, was her retort.

I couldn't argue with that.

[wuvvum]

Got the rear pads done on the 75 today - somewhat more successful than yesterday's brake fixing attempt, but then the 75 is only half German.

Wasn't too bad of a job, although the pads were definitely on their last legs, especially on the offside - on the outer pad the (remains of the) friction material came away from the backing when I knocked the pad out of the caliper.  Also the guide pins holding the caliper together are afflicted with the curse of the 7mm allen bolt - I have a 7mm allen key, but it's part of a cheap Rolson set, and with a socket and extension bar on the end to give extra leverage I wasn't quite sure whether the allen key was going to give up before the bolts, but they all came undone in the end.  Bleed nipples both cracked off OK as well.

Annoyingly the plug for the brake pad wear wiring disintegrated as I was trying to unplug it.  I shoved it back together as best I could, but the pad warning light is now on permanently - I might have to see if I can short it out somehow as that's going to get annoying.  Also when I first drove the car there was a weird pulsation through the brake pedal, but I think that was parts of the rear discs which hadn't seen a pad for some time suddenly being used for braking again, and it disappeared after a couple of miles.

Tomorrow if the weather isn't too thunderously shit I might even have a crack at the CV joint on the V70...

[stuboy]

Exhaust fitted...

 

[Fat_Pirate]

I made a start on tracing an oil leak on my CLK320 today... but gave up when I noticed quite a lot of the inner wing has evaporated.  

No worries, I can run it until the MOT expires at the end of September, then use my roffle GTV as winter wheels.

1st October 2020:

[Split_Pin]

16 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Got the rear pads done on the 75 today - somewhat more successful than yesterday's brake fixing attempt, but then the 75 is only half German.

Wasn't too bad of a job, although the pads were definitely on their last legs, especially on the offside - on the outer pad the (remains of the) friction material came away from the backing when I knocked the pad out of the caliper.  Also the guide pins holding the caliper together are afflicted with the curse of the 7mm allen bolt - I have a 7mm allen key, but it's part of a cheap Rolson set, and with a socket and extension bar on the end to give extra leverage I wasn't quite sure whether the allen key was going to give up before the bolts, but they all came undone in the end.  Bleed nipples both cracked off OK as well.

Annoyingly the plug for the brake pad wear wiring disintegrated as I was trying to unplug it.  I shoved it back together as best I could, but the pad warning light is now on permanently - I might have to see if I can short it out somehow as that's going to get annoying.  Also when I first drove the car there was a weird pulsation through the brake pedal, but I think that was parts of the rear discs which hadn't seen a pad for some time suddenly being used for braking again, and it disappeared after a couple of miles.

Tomorrow if the weather isn't too thunderously shit I might even have a crack at the CV joint on the V70...

Ah the 7mm Allen bolt, glad I kept mine now! My first 75 had the pad sensor wires tied together somehow and there was no light on the dash. My second one did have the light on but I just ignored it.

[320touring]

Firstly, can I say many thanks to  @paulplom for his advice and help!

Today, I did a NEW THING:)

a battle of good over evil, Man Vs Water.

"What did you do?" I hear you cry...

 

Today, For the first time in my 39 years, I replaced a Fill/Float valve in a toilet Cistern.

Sounds simple enough?

Well, the previous owners of our house thought it was a good idea to hide the cistern between the bathroom wall (breeze block with tiles) and the pipes for the boiler.

This is somewhat suboptimal.

As you can see the fill valve is at the LHS and helpfully pressed up against a 2ft thick sandstone wall.

fun times were ahead.

I managed to source new seals and a new  valve via Screwfix - ordered at 9am today, and available for collection by 9.42. social distanced collection, and top service.

Initially, i replaced the seal in the existing unit, but it still leaked. So much so, the water came out the handle.

I took some big boy pills and set about taking the whole unit out.

The Pela came in mighty handy!

Much fiddling and getting 1/32 of a turn on nuts later, the old unit was out. Splitting the float and valve section off made it easier to pull out.

 

I put it all back together with the new valve, but the stopcock top joint was leaking.

One roll of PTFE tape borrowed from a neighbour saw it all back together, and for the first time since we moved in here 7.5years ago, you can't hear a drip whilst sitting on the cludge!

As an added bonus, the handle now returns properly.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 5/8/2020 at 10:20 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

New addition to the yard this week....

Bit brighter now:

 

[paulplom]

My old jag xj8 just popped up on fb. I swapped it 4 years ago for my S70. One I've regretted ever since.
My S70 t-5 was a better car in every respect

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[busmansholiday]

The Panda now has a new MoT, didn't bother with the extra Boris time as fixing it in November might be a bit colder than it actually is today. Note to self though; don't get too clever when welding the sills and nicely fill them with a skim of wob so it all looks neat. The MoT man will make you remove it all so he can see it's been welded properly, then he'll say "nice welding", just to piss you off !!

 

[Mrcento]

As of yesterday, i now own a Vectra.

Mods- how long of a banning offence is this?