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[Sunny Jim]

Solstice Sunset with bonus 106

[Cord Fourteener]

36 minutes ago, andy18s said:

P3C 0V CKE then.....

W4 NKR

[Cord Fourteener]

23 minutes ago, Sunny Jim said:

Solstice Sunset with bonus 106

That's the most Welsh scene I've seen in a long time. 

Dyma y beth mwy Cymraeg weles i am amser hir iawn.

 

[Stanky]

13 hours ago, Lankytim said:

All the ball joint rubber covers are split and need replacement, I’ve never replaced them before, is there a place that sells them separately? 

I think I have a bag of them you're welcome to take what you need from? I can post them up to you and then send back what you don't use? I bought a bag of twenty or fifty or something about 5 years ago.

I'll check in the morning.

EDIT - yes I do still have them, PM me if you like and I'll post them up to you. its a bag of small, medium and large ball joint dust covers including retaining clips, there are probably 15 or so left in a mixture of sizes. Use what you need and send back what you dont.

[loserone]

2 hours ago, BL Bloke said:

Golf

To be honest I'd call the police.  An untaxed car blocking your access to the highway should be of interest.

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, BL Bloke said:

I'll have to see about getting it moved.

If you're having trouble, cars with no numberplates disappear a lot faster, just let the local council know.

[Carlosfandango]

Completely loving being back in a scruffy 90’s Mercedes. These cars are simply amazing and after owning every version over the last 20 years I’ve settled on a saloon as a keeper. This one sat for years unloved in a garden about 60 miles from my home. Went with a basic kit and got it started and drove it home.. every day I drive it, it gets better. 
 

CFD 

[wuvvum]

Took the Ypsilon to Tesco earlier and interestingly, replacing the column stalks also seems to have brought the stop-start back to life. 

Now all I need to do is to find out how to get Multiecuscan to connect to the car so I can tell it it now has cruise control.

[juular]

Investigating a mild hesitation and possible misfire on the C70.

Pulled #5 HT lead.

 

Well that's not bloody helping is it?

[BL Bloke]

The mystery of the abandoned Golf appears to have been solved as the owner(?) has come round to ask if it'll be OK to leave it where it is until they can get a recovery truck, which is what they were trying to do yesterday. Apparently it was involved in an accident which damaged the wheel. suspension and, from the sound of it,  possibly the steering. Hopefully they'll be back to collect it later.     

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, BL Bloke said:

The mystery of the abandoned Golf appears to have been solved as the owner(?) has come round to ask if it'll be OK to leave it where it is until they can get a recovery truck, which is what they were trying to do yesterday. Apparently it was involved in an accident which damaged the wheel. suspension and, from the sound of it,  possibly the steering. Hopefully they'll be back to collect it later.     

Good to know, better than nothing. 

[barefoot]

The rheostat - is that still a word? Appears to have packed up on the 944. The blower works, but only on speed 4. Porsche sent me this less than dynamic illustration, the bit I'd guess that I want appears not to be numbered, but second from the right. Does anyone know any more than me? The Parts Advisor told me that he'd never even sat in a 944...

 

[High Jetter]

Rheostat to me means variable resistor. The bit between nos 11 &3 looks like a knob, no offence. The rheostat will be electrickerly connected to the blower switch, possible in the housing on the far right. (Me only once, in a LHD with lurid black and white check seats IIRC)

[Zelandeth]

45 minutes ago, barefoot said:

The rheostat - is that still a word? Appears to have packed up on the 944. The blower works, but only on speed 4. Porsche sent me this less than dynamic illustration, the bit I'd guess that I want appears not to be numbered, but second from the right. Does anyone know any more than me? The Parts Advisor told me that he'd never even sat in a 944...

 

Can't speak for the 944 but usually the setup with heater blowers is that the switch is indeed just a multi-pole switch.  The actual resistor (or resistors if there are more than two speeds available) are usually mounted elsewhere, commonly on or inside the blower housing.  Maximum speed usually works by completely bypassing the resistor network, so even if the resistor fails generally full speed will still work.  So given you've got off and 4, I'd tend to be looking at the resistor pack.

I'd be looking for a diagram of the blower housing and seeing if it's visible there.

EDIT: Just did a quick Google for photos of the blower housing...Without doing a more in-depth analysis and never having worked on one of these cars, this I would expect to be the resistor pack.

Edit to the edit:

Yep!  Linky...

[bobdisk]

A rheostat is a variable resistor, usually wirewound, to take a fairly high current.  But is your fan speed control a rotary switch?  If 2 is the knob for the fan speed, 8 would be the bulb that fits inside the knob. Follow the dotted line through the panel (with numbers for fan speed) onto the square thing with the spindle sticking out of it. That square thing would be the switch that connects to a resistor pack.  If one or more of those resistors goes open circuit,  the speed control goes wrong  except for the fastest speed.    

Resistor pack:    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162918455066

[stuboy]

Been round deceased uncle in law place to check all ok, dodgy estate and decided I'd remove the dads weller wheels from bedroom,  shame I can't find the 4th... we belive its in garage. 

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Been round deceased uncle in law place to check all ok, dodgy estate and decided I'd remove the dads weller wheels from bedroom,  shame I can't find the 4th... we belive its in garage. 

You absolutely must fit those!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

You absolutely must fit those!

Carlos Fandango 

[High Jetter]

Yes, but to what? 🤣

[cort1977]

You should buy a Mk 3 Cortina just to fit those wheels.  Then put some blocks between the axle and the leafs, chrome the diff cover and put a fog light above that to highlight the awesomeness after dark.

[rusty998]

 

31 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

You should buy a Mk 3 Cortina just to fit those wheels.  Then put some blocks between the axle and the leafs, chrome the diff cover and put a fog light above that to highlight the awesomeness after dark.

I remember seeing Cortinas like that when I was a lad, my father would take me to the local custom car show in Staines Middlesex I think it was once a month, all jacked up at the rear with a red light as you say, epic stuff

 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

I might be experiencing an FTP. Lower Damper Bracket may have sheared off. 

Handling may have been rather interesting* before I was able to get into a safe place to check the cause of the wallowing and knocking... 

Still, not my vehicle... 😎

[Fumbler]

Car supplies arriving today, one set in a MyHerpes parcel. An undamaged MyHerpes parcel. I'm confused.

[omegod]

Been working on an aquisition for what seems like an eternity, now over to Royal Mail and world of Ceri to complete the circle

[danthecapriman]

54 minutes ago, cort1977 said:

You should buy a Mk 3 Cortina just to fit those wheels.  Then put some blocks between the axle and the leafs, chrome the diff cover and put a fog light above that to highlight the awesomeness after dark.

And a chain steering wheel!

[anonymous user]

6 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

And a chain steering wheel!

Don't forget the whip aerial and vinyl roof 

[SiC]

9 minutes ago, omegod said:

Been working on an aquisition for what seems like an eternity, now over to Royal Mail and world of Ceri to complete the circle

It's been four weeks this week that I've been waiting for my Moggie. 

[omegod]

Just now, SiC said:

It's been four weeks this week that I've been waiting for my Moggie. 

Try waiting 4 years  

[SiC]

1 minute ago, omegod said:

Try waiting 4 years  

I don't think I'd wait that long for anything!

[brownnova]

Another Tuesday another Mavericks car gathering…. 

Star of the show…

But half way through… I had to move my car so we could create this situation… 

 

However everyone suddenly starting leaving saying they needed to be home for 8… I thought the zoom might be very busy tonight… but apparently it’s some football kickabout or other…