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[beko1987]

Blimey I thought the government had come to take me for my covid jab when the bell rang at 06.45...

Ffs, phew! Broke the engine cover a bit more though, although through barely touching it so better here than at the side of the road. 

I really need to get my headlights sorted too... There's been a guy advertising the service on fb recently in my town, maybe I should hit him up

[richardmorris]

I think I was correct to not trust these to 100miles of motorway speeds over the weekend!  These have gone from some light age cracks to dangerous very quickly.

[Jerzy Woking]

Cracks can lead to this.....

[richardmorris]

40 minutes ago, Jerzy Woking said:

Cracks can lead to this.....

That’s what I was afraid of,  I can see the cords in mine! Local merittyres will charge £15 each to fit and dispose and I’ve just ordered four with a couple of new wheels too from ecas2cv.

[loserone]

When I got my 205 home after an 85mph jaunt along the motorway I discovered I could fit my fingers in the cracks in the back tyres.

[richardmorris]

14 minutes ago, loserone said:

When I got my 205 home after an 85mph jaunt along the motorway I discovered I could fit my fingers in the cracks in the back tyres.

I think that cracking was mentioned during the service in May 2019. Last year the car sat mostly and mot extended to November. Just started doing motorways in it now as the merc is also in need of Tlc. I think the age, inactivity and now 100mile trips have done this to the tyres. 

[beko1987]

Sitting on already cracked tyres is what made me have to change me rears. They weren't in their first flush of youth whwn I bought the car, but I'd have had a few months and thousands of miles out of them to get the use of the tread. 

But sitting doing 350 miles in 9 months saw the cracks multiply so had to be done so I could trust the sodding thing again

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, beko1987 said:

Sitting on already cracked tyres is what made me have to change me rears. They weren't in their first flush of youth whwn I bought the car, but I'd have had a few months and thousands of miles out of them to get the use of the tread. 

But sitting doing 350 miles in 9 months saw the cracks multiply so had to be done so I could trust the sodding thing again

Just checking the service folder. The tyres have done 12,000miles in 9 years, £39 each then - £63 this morning !

[Spurious]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Just checking the service folder. The tyres have done 12,000miles in 9 years, £39 each then - £63 this morning !

Tyres actually aren't that expensive for common sizes to be honest. 

I got new Goodyear all seasons on 185/65/14 for £58 each corner for the Primera. Admittedly there was a 20% discount with my blue light card (message  me if you want it). Was with Tyres on the Drive (Halfords home tyre service). Didn't even have to leave the house. Brilliant. 

Similar story, the tyres were getting perished and cracked, the fronts were 15 years old. 

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Tyres actually aren't that expensive for common sizes to be honest. 

I got new Goodyear all seasons on 185/65/14 for £58 each corner for the Primera. Admittedly there was a 20% discount with my blue light card (message  me if you want it). Was with Tyres on the Drive (Halfords home tyre service). Didn't even have to leave the house. Brilliant. 

Similar story, the tyres were getting perished and cracked, the fronts were 15 years old. 

I can get Goodyear for the merc cheaper than the 2cv tyres. And the Pirelli cinturato  I have on my x1/9 were cheaper than the ones I have on my bicycle! The problem is 2cv tyres are no longer common - have ordered them from ecas and should get them Thursday ( dpd willing ). Michelin are pretty much £100 each and nankings are a bit cheaper than the Toyos I have gone for again.  

I do use tyres on the drive, they seem quite good on price. Couldn’t get me Toyos or Michelins  though.

[richardmorris]

Weirdo that I am, I quite like these cactuses. Anyone got one?

https://www.tatescars.co.uk/citroen/used-cars/12873110-citroen-c4-cactus-1.2-pure-tech-origins-s-s-5dr/

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Pub lunch with a friend of mine today. First pub lunch since last summer! 

Anyway, this photo was taken for any Citroën SM Enthusiasts here... 

[Split_Pin]

Like a lot of other things on this car, the unions were seized solid on the front brake lines on the Cav together with the bolts holding the flexi to the caliper.

£65 for the car to fuck off and come back with them fitted was worth it to me.

I just wish it would stop raining for 5 minutes, although we will see whether or not my reseal of the bulkhead and new scuttle panel will stop the water ingress.

I am also warming to the Tigra wheels.

 

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Moved more stuff out of my storage container and into my house and had a rubbish collector take all the left behind crap out of my garage inching towards success or something.

 

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Like a lot of other things on this car, the unions were seized solid on the front brake lines on the Cav together with the bolts holding the flexi to the caliper.

£65 for the car to fuck off and come back with them fitted was worth it to me.

I just wish it would stop raining for 5 minutes, although we will see whether or not my reseal of the bulkhead and new scuttle panel will stop the water ingress.

I am also warming to the Tigra wheels.

 

That's nice that is .

[vulgalour]

The rain stopped for just long enough for me to get under the Maestro and put an exhaust bandage on the leaking flexi.  I really need a new downpipe but haven't been able to find one for a 1.3 yet.  Amazingly, the bandage has actually cured the leak and while it's not exactly the last word in refinement, at least it's not farting obscenely under throttle now.  No idea how long it'll last, hopefully long enough that it'll see me until I can get a proper replacement part.

[richardmorris]

Your rain stopped? Mine isn’t letting up here to let me launch the ark I’ve been building!

[wuvvum]

Forgot to mention some additional car-related idiocy which occurred over the weekend.

First one was fitting a new* stereo to the Swift (a Sony CD player I'd had lying around for a while).  I couldn't fit it before as I needed a DIN to ISO aerial adaptor so I could plug the Swift's DIN aerial lead in.  Ordered one off eBay and it duly arrived.  Except when I went to fit it I discovered that the ISO plug on the back of the stereo was itself an ISO to DIN adaptor and the plug on the stereo was in fact a DIN plug all along.  So I now have two spare aerial adaptors, which I'm sure will come in handy one day...

Second one - I have been getting grumpy over the last few weeks about the lack of offside front Mini brake calipers - there are dozens of nearside calipers going cheap but for some reason far fewer offside ones.  It has just now dawned on me that the caliper I bought a month or so back thinking it was a nearside one is in fact an offside one, so I just need to buy myself a cheapo nearside one and I can get the brakes sorted.  I've only wasted about four weeks with the car immobile on the drive... 

[clayts450]

14 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Except when I went to fit it I discovered that the ISO plug on the back of the stereo was itself an ISO to DIN adaptor and the plug on the stereo was in fact a DIN plug all along. 

Sorry, but 😄

[SiC]

On 5/23/2021 at 6:31 PM, Spurious said:

absolute shit balls. wound down the passenger window and it fell into the door. I'm 30 miles from home and it's pissing rain. 

Fuck. 

Bit late now but cling film works pretty well as a emergency window. 

[omegod]

6 hours ago, Spurious said:

Tyres actually aren't that expensive for common sizes to be honest. 

I got new Goodyear all seasons on 185/65/14 for £58 each corner for the Primera. Admittedly there was a 20% discount with my blue light card (message  me if you want it). Was with Tyres on the Drive (Halfords home tyre service). Didn't even have to leave the house. Brilliant. 

Similar story, the tyres were getting perished and cracked, the fronts were 15 years old. 

I can't seem to find anything on the blue light app for tyres, must have finished 

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, omegod said:

I can't seem to find anything on the blue light app for tyres, must have finished 

I do remember seeing something on a tyre page today. I’ve looked at longstone, merittyres, tyres on the drive and blackcircles so will be one of those.

[Spurious]

41 minutes ago, omegod said:

I can't seem to find anything on the blue light app for tyres, must have finished 

It must have, it was under Halfords autocentres. 

20% off, it was a rather good discount to be fair. 

[stuboy]

Seems I wanted to sit with a broken ambulance  for 5 hours...# committed 

[meshking]

5 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Weirdo that I am, I quite like these cactuses. Anyone got one?

https://www.tatescars.co.uk/citroen/used-cars/12873110-citroen-c4-cactus-1.2-pure-tech-origins-s-s-5dr/

 

I had a 2016 one for 18 months. 1.2 3 cyl turbo. Great fun, but the infotainment system was *awful*.

[richardmorris]

10 minutes ago, meshking said:

I had a 2016 one for 18 months. 1.2 3 cyl turbo. Great fun, but the infotainment system was *awful*.

I’m not sure if this engine is the one with the oil cambelt issues?

[meshking]

Possibly - not sure if it depends on the power output. I had the midrange output and it was plenty fast enough. 5 up it was a bit slow.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Seems I wanted to sit with a broken ambulance  for 5 hours...# committed 

Great* use of highly trained resources. Why?

[N19]

Capri strange noises still unclear. Tried jacking the front up and nothing to be heard. It only seems to be audible on full lock left when not braking. 

Going to try bleeding the front brakes again, in case it is the new pads not properly bedded in (the front brakes aren't quite there yet, ended up with a fair bit of air in the system) and if that fails, grumble and mutter darkly and get it up on a ramp. 

[brownnova]

The 9000 started making a hideous noise whilst slowing down (on or off the brakes) the last time I took it to work, looks like an exhaust mounting bracket has made a successful bid for freedom so the middle section is hanging low and vibrating badly on slow downs.

At least I hope it’s that! Because it’s an awful racket!

Well, at least the rear wheels turn properly again now I’ve had new brake pads on the back!

But frustrating that I still can’t use it for work tomorrow! 

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Great* use of highly trained resources. Why?

mobile mechanic came out to what was told was a jump start.. and was determined to fix it and admitted defeat after an hour of trying stuff, he called in recovery truck whom got lost