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[Zelandeth]

That was quick!

Came all the way from Buffalo in the US. Only ordered it on Friday.

Hopefully this and a regas will get the A/C on the Jag going again.  Not expecting miracles though and am fully expecting further leak fixes to be needed at the very least.  Though there is pressure in the system, albeit not much.

[richardmorris]

This Is a better view from the window. Just delivered by HR Owen.

[Andyrew]

This may be news to some but

The design of the humble 2cv/dyane engine and gearbox. 

It's wank

utter wank. 

Complete and utter wank

 If you dont want to take the front off everything is in the bloody way.

 

WANK!

[Split_Pin]

Here is where I got up to at close of play today.

It looks a bit shit because I have discovered that unless you spraypaint them, you'll never fill all the crevices in the surface of breeze blocks with paint. However it is functional insofar as it now reflects light coming in so I can see what I am doing as the one lightbulb doesn't do much. 

Ceiling next when I have the right paint. Delivery of the shelving and my workbench is shit slow. Don't order anything from Bigdug if you are in a hurry.

[camryv6]

6 hours ago, gm said:

You are a brave / crazy man ! She'll have your stones if your not careful  

Brave or stupid ?

[Tickman]

20 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

It looks a bit shit

It looks much better. 

Hope the workbench and shelving come soon.

[beko1987]

4 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

 

I imagine with the amount of places doing delivery only type services at the moment as folks have suggested there's probably been a big spike in demand for van rentals so it doesn't surprise me the price has gone up a bit.

When my stepdad went to get a van for their 2nd try at moving we were about 3 weeks into the 'proper' lockdown (probably the weekend cummins drove to durham whilst I felt like a criminal driving helping mum move, which was legal tenuously) they initially didnt have any. Then he spoke to the cap who sorted him out the week before on abortive move one who remembered him. Ended up in a van that came back 10 minutes before, signed the forms saying it wasn't washed or inspected, to waiver him from blame and got £40 knocked off for the privelidge. Think it still cost him £300 for the weekend though, as his sister lent it to him as his last roll of the dice before the move was cancelled and he went bankrupt as he couldn't afford the mortgage (which is why they moved, cheaper property for retirement etc)

When we dropped it back it went straight into the wash bay, I imagine then straight back out the door again.

I was more amazed that at 85mph we were doing 16mpg... never seen a modern derv so low, although we were fully loaded at the time. Even dropping the speed (once he realised the 85mph, was not a single other car on the road and the bit between oxford and bicester is boring as fuck and downhill) it was in the low 20's until we got off the motorway and back to 45mph in the b roads

[Split_Pin]

22 minutes ago, camryv6 said:

Brave or stupid ?

I might be a lot of things but stupid is not one of them.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, Andyrew said:

This may be news to some but

The design of the humble 2cv/dyane engine and gearbox. 

It's wank

utter wank. 

Complete and utter wank

 If you dont want to take the front off everything is in the bloody way.

 

WANK!

It’s a pain on dyanes but it’s only five mins at most to take off both 2cv wings.

[Stinkwheel]

This may be news to some but
The design of the humble 2cv/dyane engine and gearbox. 
It's wank
utter wank. 
Complete and utter wank
 If you dont want to take the front off everything is in the bloody way.
 
WANK!

But it’s a hemi - great fun winding up Mopar guys.


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[Andyrew]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

It’s a pain on dyanes but it’s only five mins at most to take off both 2cv wings.

You bastard.

 

 

Then there's this mug full of wank.  

 

 

 

[Zelandeth]

33 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

... never seen a modern derv so low, although we were fully loaded at the time. Even dropping the speed (once he realised the 85mph, was not a single other car on the road and the bit between oxford and bicester is boring as fuck and downhill) it was in the low 20's until we got off the motorway and back to 45mph in the b roads

The piece of excrement I had from Sixt wouldn't even do 70 unless it was downhill and managed 16mpg over about 300 miles.  I was not amused.

[plasticvandan]

Car cleaning day today

[richardmorris]

2 hours ago, Andyrew said:

You bastard.

 

 

Then there's this mug full of wank.  

 

 

 

Again, not too bad a job on 2cvs. The trick is to loosen all the joints from the manifold. And your gearbox is a lot cleaner than mine!

https://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/-c-13_94.html

 

[vulgalour]

Not often I'll admit total defeat with a job, I can usually find some sort of work around.  The BX injection pump has me beat.  That's why it's off for inspection and, hopefully, rebuild.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to put the thing back together and neither can anyone else I've spoken to, so rather than force it and break something (again), thought it best to put my wallet on a diet instead.

Princess should be less problematic, I'm literally waiting on two valve shims arriving in the post so I can finish bolting the engine back together and get it running again.  Could do with a timing light to set it all up properly since there's no rev gauge so that's another item on the tools shopping list.

I'm actually glad the cars were broken when they were.  Because of World Event I haven't been able to go and do the stuff I would normally so not having my own cars running hasn't been too much of a hindrance.  If they'd been this broken when things were more normal I believe I would have lost my temper a little bit.

[Andyrew]

Which exhaust bodge would sir try?  

Exhaust paste? Bandage? Gun gum? Jubile clips?

Ill shall take them all!

 

BIN !

[richardmorris]

25 minutes ago, Andyrew said:

Which exhaust bodge would sir try?  

Exhaust paste? Bandage? Gun gum? Jubile clips?

Ill shall take them all!

 

BIN !

A new one I think, I last replaced one in 2000 so it’s done ok.

 

https://www.ecas2cvparts.co.uk/-c-13_94.html

 

I don’t think it’s worth getting a stainless one.

[Skizzer]

6 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Thing that gets me about supercars is that they take up so much room on the road, yet have barely enough space to transport two people.

True, but there’s more to life than carrying passengers.

 

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

True, but there’s more to life than carrying passengers.

 

I agree. The last time anyone was in the back of my merc coupe was my uncle’s funeral six years ago. 

[Agila]

36 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I agree. The last time anyone was in the back of my merc coupe was my uncle’s funeral six years ago. 

Didn't they use a hearse?

 

Sorry.

[Zelandeth]

54 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

True, but there’s more to life than carrying passengers.

 

Seconded for obvious reasons...

...I wholly agree though that a lot of modern supercars are utterly and completely pointless and seem to have all the downsides of something like the money pit shown above but without any of the perks that make me love it despite all its faults.

We really need to get those two together at some point for a joint photoshoot.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Skizzer said:

True, but there’s more to life than carrying passengers.

 

fuel tank on back seat :D

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

CX news from Garage Dubois-Loizou: the top of the engine is now dismantled and they are well into the guts of it.

The oil cooler does need replacing, but nobody has one in stock, not even CX-Basis - they've checked. Looks like an e-mail or call to Stan Platts in the remote hope that he might have the right one lying around somewhere. If no joy, they will improvise one from another car and modify it to fit. Not sure how that's going to work.

The camshaft will also be checked to see whether it was really bent, or whether the pulley on the end was mounted off-centre.

[RobT]

On 6/7/2020 at 9:02 PM, RobT said:

The Morris is still running weird, so I've bought a NOS Lucas distributor in case the old one is knackered.  There's only so many times I can blame points and condensers.

Yet again, I've been proved wrong.  Yesterday I found a NOS condenser in the Metro's glove box which I'd forgotten about.  Lobbed it in the Morris today and whoosh!  Running like clockwork again.  No missing under load and feels more eager too.  Hopefully that's sorted now and I can move on to other jobs.  Quite fancy getting the tyres fitted next.

I celebrated with a photo.

[320touring]

1 hour ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

CX news from Garage Dubois-Loizou: the top of the engine is now dismantled and they are well into the guts of it.

The oil cooler does need replacing, but nobody has one in stock, not even CX-Basis - they've checked. Looks like an e-mail or call to Stan Platts in the remote hope that he might have the right one lying around somewhere. If no joy, they will improvise one from another car and modify it to fit. Not sure how that's going to work.

The camshaft will also be checked to see whether it was really bent, or whether the pulley on the end was mounted off-centre.

Is it only an engine oil cooler?

It may not even need one with modern oils. A lot of E30 folks will delete the oil cooler as it's a pain if leaking, and doesn't help unless thrashing it all the time

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, 320touring said:

Is it only an engine oil cooler?

Seems so. Here's the old one, taken out today:

 

[320touring]

Looks similar to this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401070088013

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

28 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Looks similar to this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401070088013

 

...and similar to the one for the Berlingo. Need to know the dimensions though - the Blingo one is 75mm high, which is too much.

If it had been available, the correct one would look like this:

[320touring]

17 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

...and similar to the one for the Berlingo. Need to know the dimensions though - the Blingo one is 75mm high, which is too much.

Only an 'ask the seller' away

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, 320touring said:

Only an 'ask the seller' away

54mm high, apparently. I'll note this one down, just in case.