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[mitsisigma01]

There's a few mp's and assorted others that could do with stringing up, who should be first 🤔🤔

[richardmorris]

15 hours ago, Minimad5 said:

You must work / Live in a pretty interesting place, to be spotting all these lavish cars

My company is on the same site as this classic /sports storage and transport. There are a couple of classic car restoration and service people too.

[Pat Earrings]

So already changes have happened. Found a top bloke not too far who likes Saab's and we did a PX deal for these good condition aero wheels with great tyres. Also bagged a mint aero steering wheel and he even fitted them for me. Absolutely makes the car even better!

[Cord Fourteener]

51 minutes ago, sims00 said:

So already changes have happened. Found a top bloke not too far who likes Saab's and we did a PX deal for these good condition aero wheels with great tyres. Also bagged a mint aero steering wheel and he even fitted them for me. Absolutely makes the car even better!

I love this! Offer me the estate just like this and I'd be emptying piggybanks all over the place!

[omegod]

On 3/25/2021 at 4:54 PM, richardmorris said:

You wait all year for your multi-million pound supercar and find out they’re as common as muck! Coming along in threes like buses!

The drivers in the yard must be absolutely shitting themselves every time they touch them 

[HMC]

Smoother going in the e280. The cable from the pedal to the throttle body linkages is quite twisty, and all the linkages were stiff; which made the pedal quite stiff, jerky and annoying. The number of separate components and joints is either a work of art or engineering complication for the sake of it. Or maybe a bit of both? 

It can be a bit of a thing with these- a hard accelerator pedal feel but it’s now transformed; cleaning and lubricating all linkages and pivots did the job. It’s on the Official MB service schedule hence I suspect that was last done A Very Long Time Ago 

 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, omegod said:

The drivers in the yard must be absolutely shitting themselves every time they touch them 

Mostly mclaren staff drive the really expensive stuff ( like the F1s). Otherwise it’s just one or two usual staff. Not actually seen a bump yet, but transport sometimes involves little bits of wood so that the spoilers don’t scrape on the ramps.

[mitsisigma01]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

Smoother going in the e280. The cable from the pedal to the throttle body linkages is quite twisty, and all the linkages were stiff; which made the pedal quite stiff, jerky and annoying. The number of separate components and joints is either a work of art or engineering complication for the sake of it. Or maybe a bit of both? 

It can be a bit of a thing with these- a hard accelerator pedal feel but it’s now transformed; cleaning and lubricating all linkages and pivots did the job. It’s on the Official MB service schedule hence I suspect that was last done A Very Long Time Ago 

 

Have a bottle of St Austell Big Job to celebrate 👍

[richardmorris]

From FB, but tonight’s pub garden takeaway at my nearest pub in bagshot has this non H van...

 

[richardmorris]

The reason for my untypical tidy and clear out sale earlier was an impending new bathroom. It’s been leaking. And I have had to clear the cupboard on the other side of the shower.

[richardmorris]

There’s a tale behind this , that isn’t my fault. My apartment is the only one round here that hasn’t had a new bathroom ( yet). Only 16 years since they were converted from dairy buildings. From gossip, they were done in house by the crown but they guy in charge was skimming off the top from subbing to cheaper contractors. He was let go apparently.  

I was told that things like waterproof seals, paints etc weren’t done. Not told by the estate of course, but by an ex neighbour with connections *.

[artdjones]

The mechanic where I work casually had a non start on his BMW 120d yesterday. He had it recovered to the garage today and we hooked it up to our old genuine Wurth WoW and got a code 4A63 for the immobilizer going out of synch with the main ECU. Should have guessed it anyway as there was a key icon on the dash lighting up, but he said it was down to the key battery being discharged. He's not very into diagnostics.

Anyway, I looked up the calibration menu and there was an adjustment listed to make the two computers talk to each other again. I went through it and the car fired straight up. He has had starter problems for a while so I told him to get the new starter he's had hanging round for a while fitted, and also consider a new battery.

[richardmorris]

5 hours ago, HMC said:

Smoother going in the e280. The cable from the pedal to the throttle body linkages is quite twisty, and all the linkages were stiff; which made the pedal quite stiff, jerky and annoying. The number of separate components and joints is either a work of art or engineering complication for the sake of it. Or maybe a bit of both? 

It can be a bit of a thing with these- a hard accelerator pedal feel but it’s now transformed; cleaning and lubricating all linkages and pivots did the job. It’s on the Official MB service schedule hence I suspect that was last done A Very Long Time Ago 

 

The pedal in my e320 has always been stiff. But that seems to be a thing, and even new press reports mention it.

[Cord Fourteener]

7 hours ago, HMC said:

Smoother going in the e280. The cable from the pedal to the throttle body linkages is quite twisty, and all the linkages were stiff; which made the pedal quite stiff, jerky and annoying. The number of separate components and joints is either a work of art or engineering complication for the sake of it. Or maybe a bit of both? 

It can be a bit of a thing with these- a hard accelerator pedal feel but it’s now transformed; cleaning and lubricating all linkages and pivots did the job. It’s on the Official MB service schedule hence I suspect that was last done A Very Long Time Ago 

 

If it's not a complicated linkage to smooth out the '(intake) butterfly effect' then it's early electrical position sensors which are probably not that advanced... either way you can bet that Mercedes-Benz  were trying to make the throttle feel progressive and linear. 

[mitsisigma01]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

And I have had to clear the cupboard on the other side

Is it a very small cupboard, an AA badge and some car tweeters? 🤔

[wuvvum]

On 3/22/2021 at 6:28 AM, artdjones said:

Is there a load sensing valve on it?

Somewhat delayed response as I haven't been able to get under it to check until today, but yes, yes there is.

[brownnova]

It was my mums Zoom birthday bash tonight, and randomly her friend from my childhood who had had the Pontiac Trans Sport when I was a lad was there (not seen her in many years!)! She was amazed that I had bought one and regaled me with tales of hers and how much she liked it! 

[N19]

4 hours ago, richardmorris said:

From FB, but tonight’s pub garden takeaway at my nearest pub in bagshot has this non H van...

 

I often wonder when a "burger van" turns into "street food"...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 minutes ago, N19 said:

I often wonder when a "burger van" turns into "street food"...

Seeing as it's Lebanese, that happens when some very old explosive material ignites.

[somewhatfoolish]

34 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Seeing as it's Lebanese, that happens when some very old explosive material ignites.

'He died with a felafel in his hand'

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

'He died with a felafel in his hand'

There must be a joke in that one somewhere. 

[Jenson Velcro]

16 hours ago, HMC said:

 

Seeing this picture of a pub in Tavistock, makes me want to ask if the Ordulph Arms is still going? I worked in Tavi for 3 years in the mid 90s and lunches were often spent in the Ordulph as it made the afternoons pass in somewhat of a blur. The landlord had a Lotus Elan and a Lotus Carlton which he seemed to use as his daily. I remember briefly ( for about 400 yds) following him across the moors. Bloody hell it was rapid.

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Is it a very small cupboard, an AA badge and some car tweeters? 🤔

It was where everything gets shoved and my two Sainsbury’s boxes of useful car bits and pieces live.

[somewhatfoolish]

8 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

There must be a joke in that one somewhere. 

It's the title of a book, which unusually for me I've never read but I found the title amusing and have remembered.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

New Old Stock Russian Valves are run in and I'm listening to music at neighbour friendly* levels...

[Cord Fourteener]

47 minutes ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

New Old Stock Russian Valves are run in and I'm listening to music at neighbour friendly* levels...

Looks like the sort of thing @LightBulbFun would be doing too!

[LightBulbFun]

5 minutes ago, Tim_E said:

Looks like the sort of thing @LightBulbFun would be doing too!

your not entirely wrong there LOL  (I have not progressed with it any further as my room is a complete mess currently and my work desk blocked up but when/if I can ever get it cleaned up I do plan to continue working on it)

On 11/06/2019 at 12:59, LightBulbFun said:

decided to have another Bash at trouble shooting a Vintage Philips Radio I picked up in late 2013 from a charity shop in east Grinstead, at the time I deduced with a dim bulb tester and a variac that the mains input was dead short, but could not figure out how to pull the chassis out to investigate further

well I still have not figured that out, but did figure out how to get enough access to let me have a closer look at things

well I think I have sussed the issue  

snipped the sad looking capacitor out and no more mains short

only problem is im not sure what value this cap is so I can replace it properly, nor do I currently have any schematics, sadly it exploded right where the markings are and I can only make out a H33KP and a 6 bellow that

I think ill tentatively wire up the radio to my variac via dim bulb tester and see if I get any more life out of it

sadly this radio is full of these black caps (I know they have a name in the "trade" but i cant recall it atm, just that they like to fail like above LOL) so I know ill have to replace all of those at some point as well

if anyones wondering the Radio is a Philips 131U

edit: woop found schematics/service info https://www.doctsf.com/documents/schematheques/radio_anglais/PHILIPS/131U.PDF

edit2: looks like it was a 33nf cap across the mains for RF filtering, and those aint critical to operation so ill go ahead with testing

 

On 23/02/2021 at 14:57, LightBulbFun said:

8 Sodding years, but thanks to some help from @R1152 (details of which can be found in the @beko1987-shite thread) I finally managed to figure out how to get the Chassis out of the case Woo!

now I can have a proper stab at getting it working again hopefully

[Floatylight]

MrsFL's Mazda 3 has been making many clonks of late, a brief inspection led to this finding

but also that rear shock bump stops have disintegrated as have trailing arm bushings.

Looking at Autodoc are any makes that should be looked at / avoided for suspension components??

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, Tim_E said:

Looks like the sort of thing @LightBulbFun would be doing too!

Ha! 😂 Yes, I'm looking forward to an AS Meet, actually ! 

The Power Valves are New Old Stock to Russian Military Specification. 

They are designed for use in Fighter Jet Missile Door Control Circuits. 

Being Valves, the EMP produced by a Nuclear Weapon won't affect them. 

They're being used in peaceful* activities now, but I think it's cool to have kit with a story like that! 😎😎😎

Edited March 28, 2021 by Leyland Worldmaster
Picture added!

[richardmorris]

a Link to the car sos x1/9 program.