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[BorniteIdentity]

16 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I've had a slightly lowball offer accepted on a car on eBay, so it looks like Sunday will be collection mission day.  Annoyingly I'll be passing within yards of the seller's house on the way back from FOTU on Saturday, but as I am yet to master the art of driving two cars at once I'll have to return the following day.  It's localish by my standards, and the journey is all doable by bus which keeps the cost down.

Quickly get an ad up for the Skoda on here to be collected from FotU?

[aldo135]

Just back from 3 and a half weeks camping with the odd night in a Premier Inn, from Edinburgh to Cornwall and back via Lincolnshire. Over 2000 miles in a £650 Volvo S70 TDI bought from @Lacquer Peel, it ran faultlessly and is the most economical car I’ve owned. It was packed so full you couldn’t have got a Daily Record in there (other moaning faced Scottish rags are available) yet MPGs only dropped from 46 to 42! Thanks Cal it’s a brilliant car. 
To get all our camping gear into the Volvo I needed roof bars which @Minimad5had, I talked my Dad into going down to Liverpool for a night. We went straight to the pub ready for the England Germany game and Mark actually brought them to the pub, handy incase the Germans scored and we had to fight our way out 😂. So thanks to you too Mark! Made me and the kids holidays happen, top shiters both! 

[reb]

I have my engine crane back, so now I just need a willing helper to get the 205 ready for its new engine by taking out the HDI that's loosely installed* in the bay. Luckily one of my few mechanically inclined friends (well, one of my few friends full stop these days, but I digress) is free on Sunday, so it'll get done then. It is literally his only day off so I feel a bit bad for using it up, but he owes me for the extended loan of my crane, engine stand and welder, so I don't feel *too* bad.

I'll be sure to take pictures of the process because I'm sure it'll be done well within the rules set out by the HSE. I might even actually start a thread for the car!

[brownnova]

53 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Not at all.  Some spend their whole lives spannering and very little motoring because that's the bit they enjoy.  Some are halfway and some are like me and just enjoy pootling about in a headturning old snotter.  

This.

The realisation of this can be quite liberating! Otherwise if you are the third type (like me too mostly) you end up heaping unnecessary pressure on yourself to do jobs which end up with cars off the road for ages! 

[barefoot]

I used to mend things - very badly but now, some of my best friends are very skilled and well paid mechanics.

[anonymous user]

I no longer do much work on cars. My daily is always garage serviced and under warranty.

My plan to have something simple, that I would maintain myself, was thwarted by a Land Rover, as many of the jobs turned into big heavy ones.

I did my share years ago, mainly due to buying shit cars and poverty. I don't have the tools or inclination any more.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Quickly get an ad up for the Skoda on here to be collected from FotU?

If I was 100% certain it'll make it to FOTU, that would be a tempting option...

[reb]

All of the recent work on my Volvo has been done by a mechanic friend of dad's, I've just not had the energy to do the work myself. The 205 is a different matter though, I can work on that and leave a job partway through if I have to since it's not my daily and it's stored inside. It's also a hell of a lot simpler, I more or less completely understand how it works, which I can't say for the Volvo, or the C2, or the Fiesta.

I'm hoping to get back to spannering over the next few months, it's basically the only hobby I have enough patience for.

[Eyersey1234]

7 hours ago, Cord Forteener aka Tim_E said:

The Mondeo is in a local garage for a service and investigation: it's smoky and boost feels not-normal. Plus it seems to be blowing oil out somewhere so I'm guessing maybe a boost leak, maybe the standard leaky injector or (hopefully not) a turbo seal. 

Anyway I'm too busy at the moment even to even partake here fully so it's in a garage...

I know its lame but as Wifey's commuter it needs doing and it does earn its keep. 

No shame in paying for work to be done, to be honest I generally take my car to a local garage to get jobs done as a lot of stuff I don't have the facilities or come to that confidence to do. 

[catsinthewelder]

19 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I've had a slightly lowball offer accepted on a car on eBay, so it looks like Sunday will be collection mission day.  Annoyingly I'll be passing within yards of the seller's house on the way back from FOTU on Saturday, but as I am yet to master the art of driving two cars at once I'll have to return the following day.  It's localish by my standards, and the journey is all doable by bus which keeps the cost down.

How has a shitter of your calibre not got an A frame in the boot?🤣🤣

[wuvvum]

Neither vehicle has a towbar.

[Minimad5]

3 hours ago, aldo135 said:

Just back from 3 and a half weeks camping with the odd night in a Premier Inn, from Edinburgh to Cornwall and back via Lincolnshire. Over 2000 miles in a £650 Volvo S70 TDI bought from @Lacquer Peel, it ran faultlessly and is the most economical car I’ve owned. It was packed so full you couldn’t have got a Daily Record in there (other moaning faced Scottish rags are available) yet MPGs only dropped from 46 to 42! Thanks Cal it’s a brilliant car. 
To get all our camping gear into the Volvo I needed roof bars which @Minimad5had, I talked my Dad into going down to Liverpool for a night. We went straight to the pub ready for the England Germany game and Mark actually brought them to the pub, handy incase the Germans scored and we had to fight our way out 😂. So thanks to you too Mark! Made me and the kids holidays happen, top shiters both! 

Mate no worries, hope your night in Liverpool was alright 😎

The thought of you waving a pair of roof bars around when England scored 🤣

[Mrcento]

All Japanese cars are shit and i will never own another one.

The Civic electrical issue is way more severe than first though, Immobiliser has bricked the car. Wasn't through jumping, it was seemingly through water getting at a module and causing a short draining a full battery down to 7 volts overnight.

It's now effectively a paperweight.

I'm sleeping on the decision whether to call the scrap man on a car with a years MOT with no advisories. That's how bad it is.

Utter piece of shite. They all are. Needlessly complicated, too much unobtainable stuff. Not worth it.

 

[trigger]

I've been camping it up in the Cabriolet this afternoon, I'm actually really enjoying this one. 

I've painted the sills yellow again which have smartened it right up, I'm well chuffed with how cheap and easy it is to change parts on this, new Mintex brake pads £12, new Gates cambelt kit, also £12, new boot lock seal from China £1.86! £13 normally on ebay! All the little jobs are making a big difference now. 

The dash is all back together after replacing the voltage stabiliser so it now has working fuel and temp gauges and the stereo is wired up correctly again rather than turning on with the lights! 

I do need to replace the number plates too with more period correct ones but I can't justify £60 at the moment, especially after the starter motor on the Dolomite grenaded itself last week. 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

16 hours ago, aldo135 said:

Just back from 3 and a half weeks camping with the odd night in a Premier Inn, from Edinburgh to Cornwall and back via Lincolnshire. Over 2000 miles in a £650 Volvo S70 TDI bought from @Lacquer Peel, it ran faultlessly and is the most economical car I’ve owned. It was packed so full you couldn’t have got a Daily Record in there (other moaning faced Scottish rags are available) yet MPGs only dropped from 46 to 42! Thanks Cal it’s a brilliant car. 
To get all our camping gear into the Volvo I needed roof bars which @Minimad5had, I talked my Dad into going down to Liverpool for a night. We went straight to the pub ready for the England Germany game and Mark actually brought them to the pub, handy incase the Germans scored and we had to fight our way out 😂. So thanks to you too Mark! Made me and the kids holidays happen, top shiters both! 

I'm glad it's providing good service.

By the way, for this weather - the air con works but loses refrigerant in a couple of days. I never found out where the leak is, could be an easy fix or an arse. 

 

[Tickman]

16 hours ago, reb said:

I have my engine crane back, so now I just need a willing helper to get the 205 ready for its new engine by taking out the HDI that's loosely installed* in the bay. Luckily one of my few mechanically inclined friends (well, one of my few friends full stop these days, but I digress) is free on Sunday, so it'll get done then. It is literally his only day off so I feel a bit bad for using it up, but he owes me for the extended loan of my crane, engine stand and welder, so I don't feel *too* bad.

I'll be sure to take pictures of the process because I'm sure it'll be done well within the rules set out by the HSE. I might even actually start a thread for the car!

Pm incoming

 

[Spottedlaurel]

On 7/28/2021 at 6:20 PM, DVee8 said:

Whilst sitting on the terrace of our holiday cottage having lunch, this afternoon. This pulled in........

Hey, I recognise that one!

 

I got these photos down in the Tarn et Garonne area of France back in 2019. Great to see it still gets out and about, even if it can't go abroad.

[Eyersey1234]

Just been following this Bond Bug on the A19 coming into York 

[Mrcento]

16 hours ago, Mrcento said:

All Japanese cars are shit and i will never own another one.

The Civic electrical issue is way more severe than first though, Immobiliser has bricked the car. Wasn't through jumping, it was seemingly through water getting at a module and causing a short draining a full battery down to 7 volts overnight.

It's now effectively a paperweight.

I'm sleeping on the decision whether to call the scrap man on a car with a years MOT with no advisories. That's how bad it is.

Utter piece of shite. They all are. Needlessly complicated, too much unobtainable stuff. Not worth it.

 

Update- It's now booked into the stealers for Wednesday, i need to pay to get it towed in. If i get away with a recode then it's £90 and i can stick the utterly hateful piece of shite up for sale asap and take the first reasonable offer i get and have it out my sight.

If its fried the immob unit, it's straight off to the scrapyard where it belongs tbqh.

[DVee8]

The next instalment of the Grand Tour, is available on Amazon from today. The have 3 American motors for a tour of Scotland.

@eddyramrod, @danthecapriman and anyone else that ownes an yanktank on here. May want to look away..

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Booked in on Monday to my tame garage.  They don't do the MOTs but farm them out to another place down the road.  It's still worth booking with them though.  Why?  Well, I need the car this weekend for some long journeys and thought the MOT was due later in August.  Other half texts me at work to check, I call the garage.  They book me in for Friday but warn me that if it needs any work, it might be a challenge to get the bits in on time.

So to give them a decent chance, they advised dropping it off Thursday to get the earliest MOT slot on Friday morning.  Dropped it off at lunchtime and at 1625 they called me to tell me that they'd managed to squeeze it in at the MOT tester that day instead and to come and pick it up if I could get there before 5.  They'd just decided to do it as a common sense move and persuaded the tester to take it in early.

I fucking love that garage.  AutoBritalia in Dunkirk, Kent if anyone wants a wholehearted recommendation.  I'll get it booked in for the boot in a few weeks.  Sod doing that on my drive.

[Stanky]

59 minutes ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

A bit random of a question, but does anyone have any good sources for JDM parts? curious to get a few Nissan March parts later this year, and don't want to be limited to just eBay and forums.

I've been pointed towards https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp for Daihatsu parts in the past - use translation on the page. Many of the sellers are able to converse in English, or use Google translate. Sending internationally has been zero issue I've found.

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e516933979

ERRRRMAGERD. Bottled faux wood. 

[Stanky]

56 minutes ago, GrumpiusMaximus said:

I'll get it booked in for the boot in a few weeks.  Sod doing that on my drive.

Sod doing it ANYWHERE. I'm part way through the job on my Daihatsu and its a job thats well worth paying someone else to do. 

[Shirley Knott]

10 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said:

Just been following this Bond Bug on the A19 coming into York 

I was driving behind that coming out of Tanfield mid week- It obviously gets about a bit!

[loserone]

I've got pics of it parked outside my house too, I nearly said exactly the same!

[Shirley Knott]

46 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Sod doing it ANYWHERE. I'm part way through the job on my Daihatsu and its a job thats well worth paying someone else to do. 

I put one of the split/glue back together boots on the Golf against my better judgement about 2 years ago and it's still going strong... It cost about £15 and took 30 minutes.

Also fitted one of the stretch jobbies to my V70 using a cheap J&R kit, also very simple and still fine...

 

 

I basically work on the basis that I'll avoid splitting the driveshaft at all costs! 

Following that rule I've never spent more than an hour in time or £20 in funds replacing a boot.

[brownnova]

18 years I’ve been driving… just over half my life. And in those 18 years I’ve always prided myself on never having been caught speeding… Until now. Caught by a bloody arrive alive van doing 36 in a 30 on my way home from a show a couple of weeks back. 

Still, if you’re going to get caught speeding, do it in a Pontiac I guess. Looks better on the letter. 

[High Jetter]

37 minutes ago, brownnova said:

I’ve always prided myself on never having been caught speeding…

That kinda speaks volumes! Setting a good example? 😀

[SiC]

On 7/29/2021 at 10:06 PM, Mrcento said:

All Japanese cars are shit and i will never own another one.

The Civic electrical issue is way more severe than first though, Immobiliser has bricked the car. Wasn't through jumping, it was seemingly through water getting at a module and causing a short draining a full battery down to 7 volts overnight.

It's now effectively a paperweight.

I'm sleeping on the decision whether to call the scrap man on a car with a years MOT with no advisories. That's how bad it is.

Utter piece of shite. They all are. Needlessly complicated, too much unobtainable stuff. Not worth it.
 

Ecu sets are cheap enough for them nowadays:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CIVIC-MK8-2006-2011-2-2-CTDI-ECU-LOCKSET-KIT-FREE-FAST-P-P-/154398317445

Non-start and bricking from body computers getting wet is something that happens to pretty much every modern car. Also as I said before the Civic mk8 is incredibly simple against similar other aged modern cars! Wait till you try sorting a German electrically of a similar age. Tens of module, each with individual coding and the newer they are, the more they are linked together and not replaceable. 

[Cord Fourteener]

On 7/29/2021 at 4:34 PM, BorniteIdentity said:

Not at all.  Some spend their whole lives spannering and very little motoring because that's the bit they enjoy.  Some are halfway and some are like me and just enjoy pootling about in a headturning old snotter.  

Sometimes the alternative to sending it to the garage is taking it off the road for months, and that's rarely a good move.  Best to keep the wheels a turnin', especially when you need "buy in" from the other half.

And, as I've said before, there's absolutely no shame in paying someone's wages.  Hopefully they're glad of the work and do you a good job!

It's true, all of it. 

I'm not very good at doing work on cars and don't enjoy it, assist

Apart from the sense of having done it.