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[vulgalour]

Last night's rain and wind has destroyed another fence panel (who needs money anyway), and blew the cover off the Maestro.  Thankfully, the issue with the cover is that the stitches gave up on one corner and the strap pulled out, an easy repair since it was just the stitching that had failed, not the strap or the cover.  Unfortunately it did mean enough rain had got into the car that I could have probably kept sticklebacks quite happily in the boot, not quite enough water for goldfish, you see.

[brownnova]

33 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

Last night's rain and wind has destroyed another fence panel (who needs money anyway), and blew the cover off the Maestro. 

Similar here, fence panel down and cover of the Mazda... first time I’ve seen it in a couple of months.

After looking at a potential replacement a couple of weeks back I realised that I would really miss the MX5, so I made a pact with myself that I will have the Mazda back on the road for spring... plan is to get it to a local MX5 garage next month to have a good look at what is up engine wise add see if it is fix or replace time. 

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Mr Laurence said:

Yep that’s the next job on my list! I did them with some T cut when I first bought it at the start of the year, but they’ve started yellowing again. Is there anything you’ve used that’s worked well?

I used some Turtle Wax headlight restorer stuff in a green bottle.  It seems to have done a decent enough job on the 75's headlights - it got rid of the cloudiness and appears to be keeping it at bay a couple of months down the line, which is more than T-Cut could ever manage. 

[eddyramrod]

I don't know where else to put this but since I was talking about him in the grim cars thread...

Today would have been my dad's birthday.  His centenary in fact.  December 27 th 1920 he arrived, and was 84 when he died.

[Cord Fourteener]

20 hours ago, Craig the Princess said:

For those on phones who can't work out how to see a signature can you put the link in a post?

Turn the phone to landscape I think

[MarvinsMom]

time once again for a bit of a fleet update-

Rover 75, 202450-odd on the clock and still going. this has recently been treated to some of the finest* chinese deathrings at our favoured tyre spot, as i noticed that the tyreson the back of the car were proper fucked and waaaaaaay past their prime. it has also had the none functioning lights replaced meaning that there is currently, touch wood, no warning lamps lit on the dashboard. i think though that the thermostat in the motor is jammed open as the temp gauge barely gets off the bottom bump currently, as Rover gauges are complete liars, until the engine is fucked, and the stat on an M47R lives in a brittle plastic housing then i don't think that will be getting changed anytime, soon or otherwise. also the a/c is needing a regas,  it was working with plenty of cool air at the back end of last year, and the back parking sensors are not working either. otherwise i guess thats not too bad for a 20 ear old Rover.

The Toyota still doesn't start, not all the time anyway. there is a recon starter in the boot of the car, but as we had a cold, wet and miserable day trying to change it yesterday with no luck, then in the boot it will stay. first we tried jacking the car up, only to find that the jack doesn't want to work, Kerry thinks some seal in the mechanism has burst, no matter we'll put on the ramps instead, only it won't go up, cos the splitter, front bumper fouls on the ramps . so we added some planks of wood to lift the front of the car, and some more and then another. when we got the car onto the ramps, we eventually got the undertray off, eventually, only to find out that the starter was all but in accessible behind the exhaust and then the wiring loom, once i got a socket on it, well i couldn't friggin move it..... not with a ratchet, or the torque wrench, or the biggest breaker bar we've got...... and i was proper swinging  on them, well thats when i walked off the job. Kerry is going to find some mug to do it for us in the new year!

And everything else? well the orange mini has been started and backed out of the garage. it then got put back in the garage! still that must have been the second time in more than a year that it has actually been started up! the bikes, Marvin the metro and Rodney mini, i know that they are still in their respective lockups, cos i have seen them, but thats all that i've done with them, maybe next year, or the year after that, maybe i'll even get to use them, maybe....

[Split_Pin]

Sounds like an inline Renault 5 thermostat is required for the 75, all 3 of mine got this treatment and it works perfectly.

[SiC]

10 hours ago, MarvinsMom said:

well i couldn't friggin move it..... not with a ratchet, or the torque wrench, or the biggest breaker bar

A torque wrench is a precision instrument and shouldn't be used for busting nuts off! That's if you want to have it anywhere near correct when you use it next. 

[yes oui si]

Turns out that Dunbar is more than just a coastal junkie's paradise... 

[yes oui si]

Also spotted a Polestar 2 (much nicer in dark colours) and this. I want one. 

[Split_Pin]

Welcome to winter with a 75.

[Tickman]

Good job you like them!

[Schaefft]

35 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Welcome to winter with a 75.

Welcome to bmw ownership. I've held my door shut more than once driving to work. I didn't need that reminder...

[SiC]

#BecauseSomerset

 

[Supernaut]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Welcome to winter with a 75.

My Saab is currently doing the opposite!

The hinges on the driver's door are tired, and now really showing it. I have to push up on the door handle and pull it open at the same time in order to get in it.

[davehedgehog31]

5 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Welcome to winter with a 75.

Memories of various ingeniously* deployed bungee cords on cold commutes.

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting... moved some stepping stones and ran over a worm..

[alcyonecorporation]

stop running over worms man 

[Mike D]

Managed to get a few hours mini ing this aft, got the drivers door window and regulator fitted, and got a bit of headway made on building the subframe up. I'd have got the handbrake cables fitted but i thought id bought some new quadrants for the radius arms, seems i bought everything but! 🤦‍♂️

Ill blast the old ones up tomoz and see if they will go again

[egg]

I'm looking forward to Jonny Smith's updates on this in the New Year...

[bunglebus]

Going to look at a Lupo tomorrow. Much excite

 

 

[richardmorris]

43 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

Going to look at a Lupo tomorrow. Much excite

 

 

At least the car is wearing a mask!

[Cord Fourteener]

5 hours ago, Supernaut said:

My Saab is currently doing the opposite!

The hinges on the driver's door are tired, and now really showing it. I have to push up on the door handle and pull it open at the same time in order to get in it.

I have to do that all year round in my tired Mondeo!

[Asimo]

10 hours ago, egg said:

I'm looking forward to Jonny Smith's updates on this in the New Year...

Wot?

Toyota Crown  (edit -🙄) I understand but... do you have a link?

Edited December 29, 2020 by Asimo
Gin

[egg]

1 hour ago, Asimo said:

Wot?

Toyota Crown I understand but... do you have a link?

[clayts450]

Yay - van passed its MoT - let's see if I can get it to 200K now....

[brownnova]

Step one to a tidy garage... buy a tool cabinet. 

[N19]

2 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Step one to a tidy garage... but a tool cabinet. 

Next step, now you have space, buy more tools to fill tool cabinet and leave overspill on garage floor?

[brownnova]

Just now, N19 said:

Next step, now you have space, buy more tools to fill tool cabinet and leave overspill on garage floor?

Exactly. 

[Joey spud]

This needs to find a new home so...

The battery has been on the charger/conditioner..

Then the exhaust started to blow and needed a bit of welding.

I needed a new gasket for the tail pipe and found this up the shed.

Yee haa. I also snapped the two studs off and had to weld on a couple more.

That'll do. Mot is booked for tomorrow then it's  getting put up for sale as i have a van for work so never really used it.