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[omegod]

20 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Yes, a friend of mine just got €250 for his and the buyer told him that he would get €350 from the metal company up in Dublin.

If it is GM45 you'd get a bit more via ebay 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324555411240?hash=item4b91028f28:g:B2wAAOSwNhJgajkM

 

[yes oui si]

Poo count: one

Accidental kicks in the spuds from toddler: two

[Split_Pin]

Found out 2 reasons why the Cavs throttle stuck open last night:

#1

Blue collar is getting stuck inside the big grommet.

#2

Five shite points to anyone that sees the 2nd reason  why the throttle might not have been able to return to idle....

Disclaimer: They're not mine!

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Found out 2 reasons why the Cavs throttle stuck open last night:

#1

 

Blue collar is getting stuck inside the big grommet.

#2

Five shite points to anyone that sees the 2nd reason  why the throttle might not have been able to return to idle....

Disclaimer: They're not mine!

Wtf!? Wonder where they came from. What a coincidence that they landed and stayed in such a position to have that effect!

[barefoot]

My joyous little Scirocco had a load of money spent on it last month and yet has chosen to thank me with a sticking/stuck/fucked brake caliper. A chap wouldn't normally mind, but it's the Friday before a bank holiday, a day normally reserved for Leyland workers to knock together a load of Princess'. There's nothing doing until Tuesday.

Arse biscuits.

[dome]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Found out 2 reasons why the Cavs throttle stuck open last night:

#1

 

Blue collar is getting stuck inside the big grommet.

#2

Five shite points to anyone that sees the 2nd reason  why the throttle might not have been able to return to idle....

Disclaimer: They're not mine!

Not only have you found the problem but you've got a free tool. Winner!

[richardmorris]

[Split_Pin]

1 hour ago, dome said:

Not only have you found the problem but you've got a free tool. Winner!

I was actually needing a new pair of snips anyway as my current ones couldn't cut Mig wire.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

There isn't a lot to 2CV hubs is there...

[richardmorris]

Not with the inboard brakes no.

My friend Pete came over to do it, and took the wheels down. He got charged £20 for the four as trade! I gave him a bottle of cote du Rhône and £20 as he cleaned up the squeaking rear drums too.

[Fumbler]

The new whopping great big 096 battery has fixed the cranking problem. I'll still fit the starter relay this weekend, and the starter motor (Made by Lucas 0_0) later on this week. Basically doing one job at a time. I may also get round to replacing the ignition module on the distributor.

Also added more paint to the rear wing. Looks a bit of a mess but some polish will see it reet.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, Fumbler said:

The new whopping great big 096 battery has fixed the cranking problem....

Exide?

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Exide?

Yuasa. It's a big feller, but £69 with free postage on Amazon. Much more value than what Halfords had to offer. The old battery was a small Lion "Latest calcium" calcium battery which struggled to turn the engine over.

[Split_Pin]

Fixed the throttle cable on the Cavalier with some washer hose and cable ties.

The cable appeared to be sticking inside the sheath, pulling the whole lot through and getting stuck.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, Fumbler said:

Yuasa. It's a big feller, but £69 with free postage on Amazon. Much more value ...

About the same as I paid for an Exide 096 (72Ah). Hopefully it should last.

[SiC]

21 hours ago, vulgalour said:

For the first time in a while I checked the oil and coolant today on the Maestro fully expecting them to need to be topped up and no, they're exactly where they were when I got the car and it hasn't used a drop of either.  No need for screenwash either since the bottle is about the size of an olympic swimming pool.  Brake fluid still exactly where it was too.  I genuinely expected it to have at least used a bit of oil, given the high mileage of the engine you'd at least expect a bit of oil burning but no, it's fine.

Hopefully it's not attempting to lull me into a false sense of security.

Might not be burning oil because it's high mileage? I.e. Plenty of hard driving has bedded the rings against the cylinder wall correct. 

[vulgalour]

That's as good a theory as any I suppose.  I'm more used to old BL toot hitting around the 80k mark and needing valve stem seals and piston rings doing because they're shagged.  Maybe this one has just been well looked after, it certainly shows all the signs of regular maintenance and perhaps that's key to long term survival.  I really wish I had some history with it to back up my suspicions, I'd be fascinated to know how the car was used and serviced by the first owner.

[PhilA]

Maybe as a later model they've gone ahead and got the nickel content in the iron of the block correct, so it's nice and hard and isn't wearing away like cheese (as most A series did)?

[EightMegs]

Not what I wanted to see the day before the test.

[dean36014]

A thousand miles completed in the Vel satis. To celebrate I treated it to new spark plugs, which were well overdue a change, and bought a centre cap to replace the missing one. I've bought a Renault Clip diagnostic tool so hopefully at some point I'll get to the bottom of the esp light. Other than it just bowls along nicely.

[stuboy]

Nothing exciting.... free breakfast from on of the depot managers, washed the car, and popped to see ffil and he found these whilst tidying up .. citreon cx? Rear wheel covers??

[sdkrc]

@stuboy by Jesus how did you make that tea so weak?! Did you run the teabag around the outside of the cup?

Breakfast more than makes up for it though

[Fumbler]

Carb You Rettor

Intake U-piece

 

No bueno

Around 1mm between surfaces. I need to bulk up the neck of the carb with some weatherstripping. The amount of oily gunk around the flange shows the current setup is leaking very badly. It is, quite frankly, a shit design.

Also,

No wonder why it doesn't clamp very well. Another air leak bypassing the filter anyhow. That makes 2. I really should try and find a replacement... I wonder if Edwards & Son have one.

 

[Split_Pin]

48 minutes ago, sdkrc said:

@stuboy by Jesus how did you make that tea so weak?! Did you run the teabag around the outside of the cup?

 

"This is a very milky cup of tea Mrs. Doyle".

"In fact, this is an ALL milk cup of tea"

[puntopaul]

Sold a spare part on eBay last night for my old Peugeot 106 that I used to have, only to spot my old Peugeot 106 while stuck in traffic today. Funny old world sometimes!

[richardmorris]

15 hours ago, stuboy said:

Nothing exciting.... free breakfast from on of the depot managers, washed the car, and popped to see ffil and he found these whilst tidying up .. citreon cx? Rear wheel covers??

Look like cx wheel spats. Series 2 are plastic, series 1 metal. Slightly different shapes too.

[richardmorris]

Pics of the finished items. I now have two spare wheels with ageing tyres to play painting skills with. Also, as @Stanky wrote earlier, the ride this morning was very smooth with no comedy tyre squeal around roundabouts. 

[MarvinsMom]

Kerry and I took Rodney Mini down to the Riverside in 'Boro for the first meet of Teesside Retro Cars.

and it was a very nice run out too, though the warm sunny weather made it.

we stopped to a bit before heading off to B & Q for some turps, as there is still some painting needed at home.

and while there we saw these, rather fabulous cars.

[omegod]

I've just bought some cheap " Magic erasers" which just appear to be blocks of some form of foam , the ability to remove  ingrained grime from light coloured textured interior trim is nothing short of astonishing !  

No I didn't take any pictures sadly !

[MarvinsMom]

As well as the cars above, these too were also on show at The Riverside, an eclectic mix to say the least, from a Rover Metro to Escort Cosworth, and an Sierra Cosworth with many ,many shiny things added under the bonnet, to a Ford XL which was almost the size of an aircraft carrier!

Rodney mini is currently running about bob on too, just as well since we have bought tickets to the Mini and Metro show next week at Gaydon. So that will be a 180 mile (one way) road trip in a car i don't quiet trust. Though saying that its just the indicators that keep playing silly buggers, with oddly the drivers side more prone to working only intermittently!

Old cars, doncha just "love" them!