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[Bren]

On 30/01/2021 at 2:02 PM, Bren said:

Had the vaccine this morning. Lets see if I start picking up 5G or grow womens tits.

No 5g and no tits - however I have a headache and feel like I have been run over. I in 10 suffer side effects.

[High Jetter]

Some of us have problems with jabs. My nervous system always knocks me out with a needle, and after giving a sample of blood some 15 years ago my heart stopped for a while. Don't let me put you off, though

[loserone]

WCS? 

 

I passed out after my BCG.  Felt alright, then apparently I fell over and smashed my head off the desk, with everyone watching.

[hairnet]

the old git had one on sat - felt ok after but up sunday and arm was sore like she'd banged it off a door or similar (shes 73)

was ok today tho

[High Jetter]

My first time was at school (fnar). After some vaccination i walked out then fainted while going down a flight of 5 or 6 steps. Not embarrassing at c. 12yo.

[N19]

Terrified of needles. Which isn't ideal given that I'm due to have an anesthetic in the gum in a couple of weeks, as well as the jab later in the year. I tried to give blood last year, ended up passing out on the way in as I was so anxious. 

Ironically, last night's job was adjusting a needle... Speedo no longer under reads. 

[Alusilber]

Tonight, I have been mainly printing extra pages for my Golf’s service log book, now that its’s got to the last page...
 

[Timewaster]

On 01/02/2021 at 5:50 PM, tommotech said:

Has anyone used Alfashop in Norwich at all?

Still looking for best options please.

They've been around a while, I used to dispatch orders to them 20 years ago. 

Never bought from them though, so perhaps not that helpful. 

[Cord Fourteener]

Took the cam cover off the Volvo 740 just about to re-tighten cylinder head bolts and it started pissing it down. Puddles in the cam space! 

Ok I might close the bonnet and come back later.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

Took the cam cover off the Volvo 740 just about to re-tighten cylinder head bolts and it started pissing it down. Puddles in the cam space! 

Ok I might close the bonnet and come back later.

I've finished off cambelt changes under rhe patio umbrella before now... Was sunny when I started! 

[wuvvum]

I once sold a Proton Persona with HGF to a couple who turned up in a Vitara in the pissing rain, erected  a gazebo over the car, then proceeded to change the head gasket and cambelt right there on the car park.

[barefoot]

My 75 is away having the damaged paintwork repaired. My courtesy car is a VW Fox. It has no central locking & keep fit windows. The fair wife  fired it up for her journey to work this morning and as she patiently* waited for it to de-mist, she declared its lack of air conditioning & heated screen utterly unacceptable in a motor car. 

It's a 1.2 3 pot & I've driven worse. I understand that he paid £500 for it.

 

[Stanky]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

I once sold a Proton Persona with HGF to a couple who turned up in a Vitara in the pissing rain, erected  a gazebo over the car, then proceeded to change the head gasket and cambelt right there on the car park.

I think the collective noun for these sort of people is 'WINNERS'

[Chris2cv]

Having mentioned last week that the Clio appeared to have a failed battery, and having obviously not done anything about it, I got on the moped this morning and the bastard wouldn't start. It's been fine for ages, sailed through the MOT last week, but nothing today. "I'll take the Clio then" I thought. "Oh!".

Got a lift to work, being told repeatedly about how I've got to get a new bike, and how having the car sitting there broken is the same as my brother in law (who has 2 old shit heaps outside his house that haven't moved in more than 10 years, mine has been sat for a fortnight)

Borrowing a jump box tonight, so hopefully will have a functioning commuter tomorrow.

[New POD]

On 29/01/2021 at 09:01, Asimo said:

If that wall, was built by me, it would be a bit optimistic to think it wouldn't fall over if the ground gave way. 

[somewhatfoolish]

26 minutes ago, New POD said:

If that wall, was built by me, it would be a bit optimistic to think it wouldn't fall over if the ground gave way. 

Even if well built that's some wishful thinking by Trumpton, anchoring it to the fire engine is the only thing they should be doing.

[brownnova]

Sometimes I need a deadline to get me motivated... 

I’ve booked my MX5 in with my friendly local MX5 specialist to try and diagnose why it won’t run properly for a week on Monday. Which gives me 11 days to try and sort it myself and save myself the inevitable big bill....

... before it goes to him anyway to get it an MoT!! 

[Cord Fourteener]

5 hours ago, beko1987 said:

I've finished off cambelt changes under rhe patio umbrella before now... Was sunny when I started! 

It stopped, I got it done and engine starts so I'm going call it success😅

I'm going to expect mayonnaise the next time I go out in it though.

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Sometimes I need a deadline to get me motivated... 

I’ve booked my MX5 in with my friendly local MX5 specialist to try and diagnose why it won’t run properly for a week on Monday. Which gives me 11 days to try and sort it myself and save myself the inevitable big bill....

... before it goes to him anyway to get it an MoT!! 

Been sacked, have you? 😅 Or booked time of work?

[doobietoo]

Peugeot 406 is at the garage again, I have a daily 120 mile round trip for work all next week so decided that playing cambelt roulette was a step too far now that the PT has run out of MOT and is not available as a back up. While it is there having the belt, pulleys and water pump done  it will also get a new lower pulley as the bearing is knackered and leaking oil and the pulley is sounding a bit rough and looks 'a bit off centre' to the eye. We now also know why the oil filter is rusty as once up on the ramp we noticed that the sump plug is utterly fucked and by the look of it even resisted efforts to being removed with a chisel. I am guessing the only reason it did not leak is because it is jammed solid. 

 How are you going to get that off I innocently asked of my mechanic  'oxy-acetylene' he replied with a grin on his face. 😉 On the plus side the underneath is as clean as a whistle with no visible rust at all.  He is also going to look at the accelerator cable as it is a bit loose resulting in around a quarter of the pedal travel before anything happens which might explain why I still do not think it is as quick as it should be. Despite all of this it continues to start every morning and get me where I need to go with the heated seats being a godsend during the cold weather. The last tank of diesel showed 34.7mpg on the computer but when I actually worked out the brim to brim compared to the mileage covered it was actually 39.7 mpg. Which I am very pleased with. 

[Crispian_J_Hotson]

BREAKING NEWS: DISCOVERY PASSES MOT!

I never put a dirty car in for test and the disco was last washed before last year's MOT, so it needed some shine. It's a bit like washing a lorry and takes just as long. Now the car has a ticket and I have some powdery dry substance on my hands which used to be skin. 

 

 

[richardmorris]

Quest tv in three minutes, 2cv van restoration on salvage hunter prog thing. Ex Alan Lloyd van who is H van world and responsible for flooding uk with h vans.

[brownnova]

3 hours ago, Tim_E said:

Been sacked, have you? 😅 Or booked time of work?

“Working” from home....

In fairness I’m going to shuffle and put it in the garage for the evenings and weekends! 

[SiC]

Got my local garage to do the cambelt, water pump, aux belt and tensioners done on the A4 today. Something I had been putting off for a while due to cost and priorities. Decided it had to be done as 6 months overdue and we rely on the car - despite not really using it much.

Ended up coming to £407 all in, which I don't think was too bad considering the scope of the work.

Still not hit the 200k mileage mark frustratingly. We used to do around 1k a month in that car but recently barely topped 200 miles in a month. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

Quest tv in three minutes, 2cv van restoration on salvage hunter prog thing. Ex Alan Lloyd van who is H van world and responsible for flooding uk with h vans.

Watching now, Arcadienne came from darkest Sussex, judging by road sign. Not sure about that Beta though...

[Cord Fourteener]

13 minutes ago, SiC said:

Got my local garage to do the cambelt, water pump, aux belt and tensioners done on the A4 today. Something I had been putting off for a while due to cost and priorities. Decided it had to be done as 6 months overdue and we rely on the car - despite not really using it much.

Ended up coming to £407 all in, which I don't think was too bad considering the scope of the work.

Still not hit the 200k mileage mark frustratingly. We used to do around 1k a month in that car but recently barely topped 200 miles in a month. 

You'll get there, it won't be too long before we're allowed out a bit more, possibly. I mean months rather than years😅

[Cord Fourteener]

18 minutes ago, brownnova said:

“Working” from home....

In fairness I’m going to shuffle and put it in the garage for the evenings and weekends! 

Fair enough!

[wuvvum]

I ordered a Mini throttle return spring on Monday night and it turned up today.  Fitted it to the Trafic this evening and it's definitely made a difference - the revs drop back to idle a lot more quickly which makes it far more drivable.  It's still not 100%, but if I fit a stronger spring I think it might make the accelerator too heavy.  I'll have a go at lubing up the cable at some point soon - it doesn't look like it'd be too difficult to unhook it from the pump end, although there's bound to be some hidden complication because French.

[OM646]

Today i went to work in the Aldi just to find out it had water in the O/S footwell.

Apparently, gunk accumulated so much that it obstructed the drain ducts, so the water found its path through the cabin air filter into the cabin itself.

 

Great.

[Jazoli]

4 hours ago, OM646 said:

Today i went to work in the Aldi just to find out it had water in the O/S footwell.

Apparently, gunk accumulated so much that it obstructed the drain ducts, so the water found its path through the cabin air filter into the cabin itself.

 

Great.

That's a standard feature on a lot of VAG cars