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[Royale80]

1 hour ago, Skizzer said:

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.

It must be a Royale thing. I’ve also got ducting in the boot ?

[Royale80]

Also changed a rear bearing on the wife’s Focus this morning-again. I’ll try and get a proper Ford one next-the cheap ones don’t last long. May be a problem with car but no strange tyre wearing.

I hate changing these-access is a right pain.

[Royale80]

5 hours ago, Skizzer said:

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.

 

3 hours ago, Stevebrookman said:

It must be a Royale thing. I’ve also got ducting in the boot ?

Here's a photo-ducting been here for 5 years next to spare Sierra petrol tank.

[Skizzer]

1 hour ago, Stevebrookman said:

 

Here's a photo-ducting been here for 5 years next to spare Sierra petrol tank.

Snap! Must be factory then. 

[Royale80]

What a coincidence!

[Angrydicky]

I’m down to only one working electric window on mine now! And that one’s really slow.

[Skizzer]

1 minute ago, Angrydicky said:

I’m down to only one working electric window on mine now! And that one’s really slow.

But have you got mystery ducting in the boot?

[Angrydicky]

It’s a bit dark to investigate now and the boot light doesn’t work, but the answer is almost certainly. I had a bit kicking around that used to go from the old air filter to the front panel - pretty sure that’s in there along with loads of bits of engine etc!

[wuvvum]

I left it a bit late to go out on my bike this evening as I was pissing about getting the Mondeo ready for its MOT tomorrow, so I just trundled up to Happisburgh again, although I took a different route this time, down quieter roads.  They've fully reopened the access to the beach and cliffs, so I did a little bit of mild hors piste on my fancy new road bike.

It wasn't great at it - it nearly rattled my teeth out of their sockets.  It is bloody quick on the road though, so I can forgive its relative lack of off road prowess.

[mitsisigma01]

Wuvvum, have you got a link to the Pompey wheels? 

[richardmorris]

Y reg 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

That Jag is weird looking thing, at first I thought it might be armoured from the stance, but I think it’s just those silver sills and possibly slightly too large tyres. The mascot and tints suggest US spec, but no rear marker lights cancel that out. Knowing the sort of stufff your neighbours have in , possibly Middle Eastern, but then unlikely in black. It’s an odd one.

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Y reg 

 

[Vince70]

I managed to wire up my Wipac spots today on my R50 Cooper and they look great and got it done just as it started raining but I did cheat and will get scolded I know as I did use a scotchlock  as I found my 50 year old pifco soldering iron was a bit crap but it might of been a operator error more than the soldering iron.

 

[gm]

and the hairdryer ? 

[Vince70]

4 minutes ago, gm said:

and the hairdryer ? 

For shrinking the heat shrink that I put over the solder joints as it’s no connection blocks for me lol

[Tadhg Tiogar]

News from Garages Dubois-Loizou:

OMGHGF confirmed.

Replacement and repairs authorised. Big bill anticipated. Very big bill.

Think I might get some spare cylinder head bolts in. I've a nasty feeling one might snap.

[dollywobbler]

On 6/1/2020 at 9:08 PM, Split_Pin said:

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.

Can you tax it using the reference on the green slip? Apols if this is what you're trying to do.

[wuvvum]

Failing that you should be able to tax it at a post orifice - their system is less fussy than the DVLA website.

[wuvvum]

I ordered a tyre for the Mondeo last week as I was convinced the nearside rear was going to fail the MOT.  It turned up today - nice enough tyre for a cheapie, but it was the wrong size - I'd ordered a 215/55 16, they'd sent me a 205/55.

As it happened the Mondeo tyre scraped through with an advisory (although other bits didn't).  I emailed the tyre seller to complain and they processed a full refund within minutes and haven't asked for the tyre back.  So I have a free 205/55 16 tyre.  I don't actually have any cars at the moment that take that particular size, but I'm sure I will sooner or later...

The Mondeo failed on a front balljoint and a rear trailing arm bush.  You can buy the balljoints separately but they're riveted onto the arms from the factory, so I'd have to take the arm off anyway to grind / drill the rivets out.  So I've ordered a complete arm - being Ford it wasn't expensive.  I've also ordered the trailing arm bush but I'll probably get the garage to do that as it looks like it'd be a bit of a tit to do without the proper tool.

It's not a bad car really given its 200K+ miles.  It's been well looked after - there's a replacement DMF and at least two replacement cambelts in the history, the other side front wishbone was replaced last year and the MOT tester mentioned there's a new DPF in there as well, so it's not the usual shagged out old banger.  Given that I got it cheap I don't resent splashing out 150 quid or so to get it through a test.

[mitsisigma01]

5 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

News from Garages Dubois-Loizou:

OMGHGF confirmed.

Replacement and repairs authorised. Big bill anticipated. Very big bill.

Think I might get some spare cylinder head bolts in. I've a nasty feeling one might snap.

Are they not one use stretch bolts ???

[anonymous user]

I'm worried, Autotrader on facebook has started recommending cars to me. 3 Bentley Arnarge, a Bentley Continental, a TVR Chimera, a Jaguar, a Fiat 124 Spider and a MINI Cooper.  They probably realise that I'm both bored and suggestable. What they don't realise is that I'd rather have a Morris Minor traveller or another Morgan

[Tadhg Tiogar]

40 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Are they not one use stretch bolts ???

Apparently not.

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

Can you tax it using the reference on the green slip? Apols if this is what you're trying to do.

I tried that as soon as I had it before I got the new V5 in my name but apparently the tax part of the ownership has somehow been 'left behind' if that makes sense.

As long as it's showing as taxed then I'm happy to benefit from the DVLA's foul up until November.

[anonymous user]

16 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I tried that as soon as I had it before I got the new V5 in my name but apparently the tax part of the ownership has somehow been 'left behind' if that makes sense.

As long as it's showing as taxed then I'm happy to benefit from the DVLA's foul up until November.

But keep checking in case they suddenly sort it out and untax it.

[barefoot]

On 6/1/2020 at 5:30 PM, barefoot said:

'Taxed' the T2 at the post office this morning.  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? 

Everything seems to be OK

[richardmorris]

Out again today.

 

[flat4alfa]

Have you put an offer in yet?

[mitsisigma01]

13 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Apparently not.

Porous head ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

12 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Porous head ?

Not as bad as a batch of the DTR T2s, which had porous blocks.....

[wuvvum]

Not mine though.  Despite being a battered old heap mine has behaved impeccably throughout my ownership.  I still haven't put any LHM in it.