Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Just now, Frogchod said: I like cx horns. A short push for a friendly Meep, push and hold for fuck off ya basterd air horns... One of mine didn't work (think the diaphragm dried out), so I only have the one. Have a spare pair which will be tried once I get the head gasket done. I did wonder if I should add a third trumpet for greater effect...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: One of mine didn't work (think the diaphragm dried out), so I only have the one. Have a spare pair which will be tried once I get the head gasket done. I did wonder if I should add a third trumpet for greater effect...... My first cx Pallas had the town and country horns -a standard clam shell pair for the first push and the Fiamm air horns for a real blast. I don’t know that this was normal though. I have the clam shell horns in the 2cv at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 1 hour ago, richardmorris said: There’s a new series of chasing classic cars on quest ( and on demand on an app called Dplay). Bought a Stutz Bearcat that had been stored since 1931 -new plugs and leads and some fuel and water works and it was at pebble beach in its original condition. Fabulous that it’s not over restored. I saw that. What a chariot. A definite 'don't do anything' machine. richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 7:50 PM, HMC said: * CAR nov 1989 And then read said article. 1991 Rover Pathfinder concept looked preety good. No doubt influenced the stying of the Skoda Roomster by the looks of it. HMC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 The fleet have been fighting me lately. Some habitual incompetence on my part hasn't helped the situation. 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. It'll benefit from having the timing set no doubt, so I'll get myself a timing light rather than rely on random tweaks of the dizzy. The 11 has carb problems, which I'm hoping to sort with a used replacement. Bigger issue is this appeared. I'd taken the carb off previously and replaced the broken choke rod (£12.81 fix FTW) but now the auto 'box warning light of doom has appeared, and the two must be related. Too much of a coincidence I reckon, and it was fine beforehand. Done loads of checks on wiring etc but still ongoing. Bloody typical too as I'd decided to sell it, as I've no room for it sadly. Or rather no undercover storage which ideally it needs. I also think the bonnet hinges are suffering from fatigue, but seeing these two together perked me up. The Cavalier boiled over on me today. This one was pure incompetence as I forgot to put the expansion cap back on after topping up the water. Conveniently placed so it jammed the bonnet shut. Got there in the end. Phew! Normal service resumed. Taxed the Metro today, but on reflection I daren't even touch that at the moment... Stevebrookman, Split_Pin, BorniteIdentity and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 C30 gearbox has got a lot worse very suddenly. Fucksticks. Need to check the swirl arm hasn't fallen off but I'm very worried. I need to get that 205 home asap. loserone and paulplom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtriple Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 1 hour ago, RobT said: The fleet have been fighting me lately. Some habitual incompetence on my part hasn't helped the situation. 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. It'll benefit from having the timing set no doubt, so I'll get myself a timing light rather than rely on random tweaks of the dizzy. The 11 has carb problems, which I'm hoping to sort with a used replacement. Bigger issue is this appeared. I'd taken the carb off previously and replaced the broken choke rod (£12.81 fix FTW) but now the auto 'box warning light of doom has appeared, and the two must be related. Too much of a coincidence I reckon, and it was fine beforehand. Done loads of checks on wiring etc but still ongoing. Bloody typical too as I'd decided to sell it, as I've no room for it sadly. Or rather no undercover storage which ideally it needs. I also think the bonnet hinges are suffering from fatigue, but seeing these two together perked me up. The Cavalier boiled over on me today. This one was pure incompetence as I forgot to put the expansion cap back on after topping up the water. Conveniently placed so it jammed the bonnet shut. Got there in the end. Phew! Normal service resumed. Taxed the Metro today, but on reflection I daren't even touch that at the moment... Has the gearbox got a kickdown cable attached to the carb? If it's too tight, problems could be caused. RobT and Stevebrookman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Not sure, but that's one more thing to look at, thanks. Edit: thinking about it, all it's got are the choke and throttle cables, and a couple of vacuum lines and fuel/coolant hoses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 3 hours ago, richardmorris said: My first cx Pallas had the town and country horns -a standard clam shell pair for the first push and the Fiamm air horns for a real blast. I don’t know that this was normal though. I have the clam shell horns in the 2cv at the moment. Mine came with an electric horn which was pathetic. The previous owner put it in because the air horns weren't working. I dismantled the air compressor and got it working, then managed to get one of the two trumpets freed off enough to bin the electric one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Ghosty said: C30 gearbox has got a lot worse very suddenly. Fucksticks. Need to check the swirl arm hasn't fallen off but I'm very worried. I need to get that 205 home asap. Eh? it's absolutely fine now. I'm still getting the 205 back. I really want to crack on with making it shiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 3 hours ago, RobT said: Bloody typical too as I'd decided to sell it, as I've no room for it sadly. When you do actually decide to sell it... dibs... EDIT: @Mrsbrownnova has reminded me she called dibs on this in the FoD after last years FOTU... But I think that’s one and the same... Skizzer, RobT, LightBulbFun and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, brownnova said: When you do actually decide to sell it... dibs... EDIT: @Mrsbrownnova has reminded me she called dibs on this in the FoD after last years FOTU... But I think that’s one and the same... You two fall for cars a little too easily! That thing is a proper beauty though. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Ghosty said: You two fall for cars a little too easily! That thing is a proper beauty though. An 11 has been on my vehicular bucket list for like ever... We’ll see whether the timing works when Rob does want to move it on... life is changing lots at the mo! Plus I might have to sell to buy having just bought the 2CV... (which incidentally was what ruled me out of buying it when Bramz sold it too...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobT Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I would love it if you were still interested, and I do remember the dibbage. But yeah, lots going on for you and I'd need to make sure the auto 'box isn't borked first obviously. It still shifts fine so must be something stupid, I hope. brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Enterprise van rental booking for Saturday confirmed. Not really enough there to justify a collection thread, but still.... Return on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Enterprise van rental booking for Saturday confirmed. Not really enough there to justify a collection thread, but still.... Return on Sunday. How far south of the river are you going ?? Crawley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, mitsisigma01 said: How far south of the river are you going ?? Crawley Worse than creepy Crawley. I'm going to - *sharp intake of breath* - Gipsy Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Erm...seems quite a lot has to come off to do the oil pan. Glad I didn’t try doing this myself now. dome, Tickman, Craig the Princess and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Sierra Base in Viral Hit Shocker. ? SiC, adw1977, DeeJay and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Worse than creepy Crawley. I'm going to - *sharp intake of breath* - Gipsy Hill. Within walking distance but safer in a van, get in and out as quickly as possible, sounds just like Crawley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 4 hours ago, RobT said: ..... I'd need to make sure the auto 'box isn't borked first obviously. It still shifts fine so must be something stupid, I hope. If it's beginning to slip, this might help keep it going for a little while - it worked on my CX before the gearbox finally gave up, so long as it was gently driven; flooring the throttle and engaging kick-down destroyed any benefit of using it. Alternatively, if it's only the fluid that needs to be kept in reasonable order, I had reasonable results with this stuff RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Just now, mitsisigma01 said: Within walking distance but safer in a van, get in and out as quickly as possible, sounds just like Crawley That is the whole point of the exercise: get in, fling two big boxes of random leftover CX S2 parts in the back, and leave really quite quickly. At sixty-seven quid for 24 hours' smoll Kangoo van rental, can't afford to hang about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Having a laugh ain't they £67, probably cheaper in a taxi or don't they do 4 hour rentals? At that price might as well make a day of it and go car spotting and fish n chips in Whitstable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said: Having a laugh ain't they £67, probably cheaper in a taxi or don't they do 4 hour rentals? At that price might as well make a day of it and go car spotting and fish n chips in Whitstable Quite likely. Never mind Whitstable, I could end up doing a Shitely run with other people's parts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Insured the 205 by transferring what's left of the Jag policy over. Was going to ask the boss for a day off to collect it but he beat me to it with a case of the Mondays so it'll probably be Saturday. paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 When I spotted a picture @Slowsilver in the April 2020 Car magazine I was sure they were asking his views on the Maclaren 765LT v the Lamborghini Aventador S he had driven recently! But no, he was turning his head away in disgust from the crude Marina when the Maxi is transverse engine, FWD, 5 speed, independent rear suspension hatchback with a modern OHC engine! Slowsilver, catsinthewelder, puddlethumper and 5 others 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I left the Bluebird parked in the sun we had a couple of weeks ago with a few tapes on the dash. Yesterday I had Now 4 on, but it didn't want to eject for some reason. And having stripped the cassette player apart... Oh, that's not straight. (it's far more deformed than the picture suggests) paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Nice to have a simple fix- slightly tappety cold start/running, on the 216sorted by an oil and filter change. Used millers nanodrive ee 10w40 which is a fave of mine. catsinthewelder, Skizzer, Tickman and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Currently voicing objections online at a Council Planning Committee meeting, against a proposal for a nightmare flats development next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: That is the whole point of the exercise: get in, fling two big boxes of random leftover CX S2 parts in the back, and leave really quite quickly. At sixty-seven quid for 24 hours' smoll Kangoo van rental, can't afford to hang about. Presumably hire vans are now ZOMG£££ because ZOMGPANDEMIC means everything white, cube-shaped and mobile is required for delivering 'essentials'. Before this nonsense shopping about could get you a days hire for less than £20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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