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[RobT]

59 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

WCPGW?

Fuck all (probably), so GIB.

[Six-cylinder]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

I'll keep that in mind, as I've messaged the seller to enquire about it. I know I like them as I've already had two of them, and three unrelated cars with derivatives of the same engine derivative, just not one in this getup. 

Peugeot 306?

[Ghosty]

12 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Peugeot 306?

No, I've only had the one 306. 
 It's an H plate 960 - one of the very first whiteblocks. 

[Six-cylinder]

5 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

No, I've only had the one 306. 
 It's an H plate 960 - one of the very first whiteblocks. 

Oh yes lovely, I guess "white block" is the straight 6 3.0 24v? I was selling these new working for a Volvo dealer.

I am thinking 306 because I am hoping this week to get my 306 fixed and back on the road.

[Ghosty]

5 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

Oh yes lovely, I guess "white block" is the straight 6 3.0 24v? I was selling these new working for a Volvo dealer.

Yes it is, whiteblock is one of the names for the Volvo Modular Engine, the 850/960 four, five or six cylinder engine that evolved into, amongst other things, the D5 my C30 has, and lasted in some form until the mid-2010s.

[SRi05]

22 hours ago, MikeR said:

our bees have crossed the line ,

dont mind a few

but this is getting like a crowd at a letter opening .

last night I popped up and pulled down the handy " landing pad " I had put up to block the entrance .

now the big ones cant get back in !!!  , and are flying off some where else ...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX has been called in by Garage Dubois-Loizou for examination. Must remember to book a transporter today....

[brownnova]

9 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Update, the seller already got back to me, he's open to near offers and will hold it for a month for £100 non refundable. 

I'm sorely tempted as it'll stop me pissing the money away.
It's a very early Volvo 960 3.0. 125k, cambelt done, new discs and pads, recent oil and filter, all mod cons and Caramac leather.
It's £995. 

WCPGW?

Sounds like a deal to me! Do it. Volvos suit you. 

8 hours ago, RobT said:

Fuck all (probably), so GIB.

Rob... that’s always your advice... it’s good advice. 

[phil_lihp]

Sounds like a decent deal to me.  Drop me a PM if I can do anything useful, I think I might even have seen the car around, there's not many of those round here but there's a chap in town who had a small collection of them including a stretched hearse/ambulance one at one point.

[wuvvum]

Got very little done on the fleet over the weekend.  Mostly because I was playing with bicycles, but also partly because of a mild dose of CBA, and because my V70 is a twat.

I decided I was going to try and fix the "tailgate open" warning message.  Looking on the Volvo forums the most common cause seems to be a broken wire where the loom passes through the hinge.  So I removed about a dozen bits of interior trim, unwrapped the electrical tape and pushed the insulation back for a look, but (surprisingly for a 250K-mile car) all the wires are fine.

Next up was the microswitch in the locking mechanism.  Except I decided I couldn't be arsed to remove the lock, so I thought I'd try and fool the car into thinking the tailgate was closed.  When it's open the microswitch is also open resulting in an open circuit, so I thought that if I just earthed the signal wire to ground that'd sort the issue.  There's only four wires running to the lock - two yellow wires which are part of the central locking circuit, a grey power wire and a pink wire which does the boot light.  This was the only obvious candidate for the boot open warning  - if the boot light is on then the tailgate's open so it'd make sense to use the same wire for both.  Except that shorting that wire to earth made no difference.  I was obviously being far too naïve in expecting it to be a simple solution involving a single wire - as far as I can tell Canbus wiring is like fugging quantum mechanics, with every single bloody wire existing in several states at once.  So that was a waste of a couple of hours.

I did get a nice thick coat of underseal on the Innocenti's new subframe though, so hopefully it'll last a bit longer than it would if I'd left it in primer.  Didn't get time to start trying to fit it though so that's a job for another weekend.

[w00dy]

3 doors down this morning. Luckily they were out for a walk at the time.

[AdeMk1]

3 doors down this morning. Luckily they were out for a walk at the time.

Oof. Glad all are ok.

[barefoot]

'Taxed' the T2 at the post office this morning. Took the V5c, completed a V112, for MOT exemption (because I'm not going to be driving it any distance this year) & that was it, job done. Chap gave me a receipt, which I read when I got home. It says that it was taxed from today and it's also for the retained document, the V5c, which the post office bloke gave me back. Does anyone think this will cause me problems later on? 

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

'Taxed' the T2 at the post office this morning. Took the V5c, completed a V112, for MOT exemption (because I'm not going to be driving it any distance this year) & that was it, job done. Chap gave me a receipt, which I read when I got home. It says that it was taxed from today and it's also for the retained document, the V5c, which the post office bloke gave me back. Does anyone think this will cause me problems later on? 

Id certainly staple it all together and file it, it's got the feeling of biting you in the arse in about 2 years... 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX is just after going off on a transporter to Garage Dubois-Loizou. That was quick.

Transporter driver thinks it's HGF, as he could smell oil burning....

And this is the only sign on the driveway that The Mistress ever sat here:

 

[LightBulbFun]

1 hour ago, barefoot said:

'Taxed' the T2 at the post office this morning. Took the V5c, completed a V112, for MOT exemption (because I'm not going to be driving it any distance this year) & that was it, job done. Chap gave me a receipt, which I read when I got home. It says that it was taxed from today and it's also for the retained document, the V5c, which the post office bloke gave me back. Does anyone think this will cause me problems later on? 

was the intention to change the taxation class from whatever it was to the historic vehicle tax class?

if so the guy at the post office was supposed to rubber stamp it and send it back to the DVLA to be updated

no ones going to break your kneecaps, but it just means the taxation class probably aint been updated! so you might wanna go back and sort it out!

 

quite amusing tho, after they forgot to first tax Dolly Mrs6c's Model 70, then forgot rubber stamp @Mrs6C's Visa and here they just forgot to take the V5c entirely LOL 

 

(NB if you have already in the past changed the vehicle to the historic tax class then you can do it all online etc, the whole V112 post office stuff is just a 1 time thing)

[Crusty Sills]

I fucking hate cars! Ungrateful pieces of shit! 

That is all, as you were.

[stuboy]

5 minutes ago, Crusty Sills said:

I fucking hate cars! Ungrateful pieces of shit! 

That is all, as you were.

problems i sense

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

CX is just after going off on a transporter to Garage Dubois-Loizou. That was quick.

Transporter driver thinks it's HGF, as he could smell oil burning....

Could well be. But it’s not a usual problem- the only other cx I know with HGF was neil hotham’s CGAT .

[Tadhg Tiogar]

13 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Could well be. But it’s not a usual problem- the only other cx I know with HGF was neil hotham’s CGAT .

Yes, but that's only because Neil insists on probing the limits of the engine and beyond. 

[richardmorris]

8 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Yes, but that's only because Neil insists on probing the limits of the engine and beyond. 

True. But why has yours gone? Was it standing for years unused?

[Split_Pin]

I cannot tax the 75 as there has been some sort of foul up at the DVLA yet again.

I have the new V5 in my name and on the original plate. It all appears hunky dory but a call to the DVLA by the previous owner confirms the tax has somehow not changed over with the ownership and the system won't recognise the V5 reference number. I also can't tax it by phone because don't get the option to as it's saying it's not due until November. Finally, the website says I must absolutely not phone customer services because I am not a key worker(TM) or essential member of society.

However the car was taxed by the previous owner and as that hasn't changed over, it is still showing on the system as taxed till November. 

So it's effectively on the house until they finally sort it out.

DVLA, what a bunch of wallies.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, richardmorris said:

...why has yours gone? Was it standing for years unused?

Well, I suppose it didn't help that the previous owner only drove it three times a year, which kind of explains why it only had 78000 miles on the clock when I showed up.

[Royale80]

After throwing my toys out of the pram regarding spares I thought I had obtained for my Royale-I taxed the Senator yesterday as I had sorned it due to bat flu. Took it for a spin and realised it ain't going to be for sale. Puts a smile on my face when I drive it. Got it home and fixed the passenger electric window. Funny thing on this-with wear the cogs on the motor and window get pushed harder together jamming the system-so I bodged a few spacers to loosen things off. Back out for a spin and all is well with the world!!

Even loosing the Royales keys didn't upset me-found them in the boot-eventually. Will take the Senator for a spin later and then start a few jobs on the Royale-again many thanks to Angry dicky!

 

Steve

[SRi05]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

 

However the car was taxed by the previous owner and as that hasn't changed over, it is still showing on the system as taxed till November. 

So it's effectively on the house until they finally sort it out.

DVLA, what a bunch of wallies.

Keep calm and drive on

[dozeydustman]

Snap!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

16 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

.... the only sign on the driveway that The Mistress ever sat here:

 

Must remember to buy some fuller's earth and stain remover to see if I can reduce this oily shadow....

[Skizzer]

1 hour ago, Stevebrookman said:

Got it home and fixed the passenger electric window. Funny thing on this-with wear the cogs on the motor and window get pushed harder together jamming the system-so I bodged a few spacers to loosen things off. Back out for a spin and all is well with the world!!

Good news! And good info — the passenger window on mine is very reluctant to go upwards and sounds like it has this issue.

I shall get on to it as the HVAC would benefit from the help. This may or may not be related to the 3’ length of mystery ducting that’s kicking around in the boot.

[dozeydustman]

Now treating the old girl to an oil change. Coolant & thermostat will be done later this week.

Filter ridiculously tight. I wonder which ham fisted idiot out it on ??

[beko1987]

Anyone looking for rover r8 doors?