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[catsinthewelder]

12 hours ago, stuboy said:

the nomad/husky/trojan are his mates... keeps saying he wants to sell on..

Well that should sort out @barrett's ULEZ beater connundrum 😉

[TheOtherStu]

On 7/30/2021 at 8:43 PM, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

OMG. So much March stuff.

Thank you!

Just a heads up. Many Yahoo auctions won't sell direct to the UK. They have all sorts of issues about getting stuff out of the country and it's too much of a pain in the arse.

A belt or a smallish part, you shouldn't get an issue with.

If it's a really valuable or unusual or large part, it's worth using someone like Jesse. He (it's quite a bit company actually) comes well recommended from most of the JDM forums.

https://jessestreeter.com/ordering-parts/

There's an awful lot of Toyota TRD stuff that was never available in Europe that comes through him, for instance. IIRC though, he won't touch bumpers (which is a shame, because TRD and Nissan JDM bumpers go for bonkers money).

[wuvvum]

Nipped down to Roys of Wroxham at lunchtime in the Benz.  Bugger me it's a big old barge to try and park in a cramped, crowded car park.  It's the only car I've ever owned which has parking sensors at the front as well as the rear, and it's a bloody good job it does.  I was parked next to a new shape Range Rover and the Merc was at least a foot longer.

[Eyersey1234]

15 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

Ok, a clue. Small. It's not British, it's foreign.

A DAF something? 

[puddlethumper]

6 minutes ago, Eyersey1234 said:

A DAF something? 

Not a DAFt. It's 10m long and comes in at 7.5 tons though.

[Split_Pin]

Mini off to its new owner tomorrow.

I'm going to have a bit of a clear out whilst I'm on it. 

As noted elsewhere, the Cavalier overheated on the M74. I can't be arsed with Cavs any more so once I've renewed the cooling system I am going to sell it.

The Civic is going as well. Everywhere I go, someone else has been in there before me electrics wise so I'm going no further. I'll be losing a good chunk on this car which is a sore one. Live and learn.

I'm still getting an exhaust for the Audi though. Spoke to the place that makes custom exhausts in Hillington and I'll pop over this week.

I'm on the lookout for yet another car for Mrs Pin now.

[Split_Pin]

Aaanndd  to top it off, the 75 is pishing coolant from this pipe.

At least it waited until I came back from holiday.

[Cord Fourteener]

Mondeo had its oil service. 

The garage said the oil was so broken down and over-diluted that it could be the cause of the smoke and oil leak and EML light and the odd  boost on hard acceleration. If so my bangernomics account is truly in the black!

[Spurious]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Aaanndd  to top it off, the 75 is pishing coolant from this pipe.

At least it waited until I came back from holiday.

You've had no luck recently. Hope that's the end of it, and it's nice and easy now. Like the old saying, these things happen in threes. 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

Not a DAFt. It's 10m long and comes in at 7.5 tons though.

And it's small?????

[puddlethumper]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

And it's small?????

No. The small was as in small clue.

[High Jetter]

Ah, OK - sorry, misheard you.

[chaseracer]

On 30/07/2021 at 20:35, Stanky said:

ERRRRMAGERD. Bottled faux wood. 

The Owd Giffer's dad could paint woodgrain by hand.  There's a name for the technique (apart from FECK ME GRANDAD THAT'S PROPER CLEVER IS THAT) but it escapes me right now.

[wuvvum]

Isn't that a technique that was used on Vulgalour's Lanchester?  I forget the name too but I recall it being mentioned.

[richardmorris]

Is it scumble?

[LightBulbFun]

11 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

The Owd Giffer's dad could paint woodgrain by hand.  There's a name for the technique (apart from FECK ME GRANDAD THAT'S PROPER CLEVER IS THAT) but it escapes me right now.

 

5 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Isn't that a technique that was used on Vulgalour's Lanchester?  I forget the name too but I recall it being mentioned.

Scumble?

(its fun what useless? crap I can seem to recall/remember LOL)

[richardmorris]

Great minds think alike!

[stuboy]

dunno if snake oil, but thought id try catacleen  stuff, as mondeo not done 2k in a year and local run by previous owner, thought id give it a try..

[stuboy]

On 8/1/2021 at 10:38 AM, Ghosty said:

About 3-4 weeks ago this guy comes to view. 
He's offered an MR2 as a trade up from the Accord, however he didn't bring it with him as he claimed he'd replaced the radiator as it was leaking, and he'd not yet bled the cooling system.
He's happy with the Accord, so I try to make a deal with him and he starts going on about paying cash for the Accord, well I asked him about the MR2 and it took a bit of coaxing to get a price for it, he starts saying he was going to drop the engine and do the cambelt and some other bits then sell it for 4k. I asked what he'd sell for as is, and I agreed a cash figure on top of the Accord to buy his MR2, pending a new MOT as it only had a couple of weeks left. 
Well he was on holiday the week after, but the next week I went to view it - it was Tuesday and the MOT expired on Thursday. I looked around the car and it all seemed OK on the face of things, but it was difficult to look underneath, and the sills looked like they'd been plated - despite a receipt for welding from an MR2 "specialist" being in the cars history. The car was on 120k and had book stamps to 100k, curiously all the book stamps were from HGV garages. 
The clutch didn't slip, but there was a lot of travel on the pedal. He also showed me that he'd replaced one of the suspension top mounts on the front, however something was visibly wrong - the nuts weren't fully engaged on the threads. The car also had a rather loud decat exhaust on it, but he claimed that he had the cat, and it was welded to a Scorpion back box, that would be included with the car.

I said to him that he'd have a deal if he got it MOTd, he said no problem, he was condfident it'd pass, he'd get it done at his colleagues other garage after hours,  and it's in my general direction so after a pass he'd even drop it off to me. I offered him a deposit and he declined, saying 'you seem interested enough'.  Hmmmm. Why wouldn't you want to take my money?

That Friday night he takes it for a test at 5:45pm, around 7pm I go on the MOT checker. 

He messaged me around 8pm and said it'd failed on the top mount, brake lines and ball joints, but didn't mention the emissions, but that he'd order the parts, fix it up and get it a test. So he's fucked up replacing the top mount (o/s was the one he replaced), sent it for a test with the decat pipe on (possibly thinking his colleague would ignore it?), and claimed that the brake line issues were 'just a few clips'. He said he'd order the parts over the weekend then get it in for a retest early in the week - the day after he says parts have been ordered but it'll be midweek before they arrive. 
I heard nothing all week then on the next Friday (the one just gone) he tells me that he's had tonsillitis and not done anything to the car, and it'll be put in for a test early next week. I acknowledge this, and he doesn't read the reply. 
I decided I can't be arsed with this any more as I'm heavily suspicious he's stalling for time and trying to get rid of a hot potato - so I messaged asking him if he'd still consider a cash sale. He immediately replies saying he'll have to think about it - I said OK, just wondering as a lot of people are still messaging me about it. 
20 minutes later he comes back 'best price m8' then asks if I'm still interested in his MR2 as it'll be ready to go soon, I said I'm leaning towards cash, give him a price £250 off my asking (considering he was willing to pay asking), and he just backs out saying he doesn't have the money if he doesn't sell the MR2. 

In other words, he wants shot of the MR2 but has no time to fix it, and doesn't want to do the big jobs it needs. And I just don't need that shit. 

 

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, stuboy said:

dunno if snake oil, but thought id try catacleen  stuff, as mondeo not done 2k in a year and local run by previous owner, thought id give it a try..

Any results yet?

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Any results yet?

um it seem to go better..

[richardmorris]

5 minutes ago, stuboy said:

um it seem to go better..

Better is better than worse!

My garage used to use forte top end, bottom end and cat cleaner stuff. Nothing was actually listed as a chemical ingredients like you’d need on any lab chemical bottle.

[BorniteIdentity]

Two bottles of that Cataclean stuff, a forte engine treatment and an oil change took me from needing a new cat to having an MOT pass in the space of about 50 miles. 

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Two bottles of that Cataclean stuff, a forte engine treatment and an oil change took me from needing a new cat to having an MOT pass in the space of about 50 miles. 

sounds like a good product

[Fumbler]

Advanced the timing on the BX a tad because it just isn't running right. It seems better but we'll see what it's like on the road. Hell, if it starts better I'll be happy. If someone does have a timing light they'd be happy to lend, please give me a shout! I'd like to do it properly.

 

[chaseracer]

6 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

It's 10m long and comes in at 7.5 tons though.

Discovery 3...? 😉

[Cord Fourteener]

6 hours ago, puddlethumper said:

Not a DAFt. It's 10m long and comes in at 7.5 tons though.

Just like @wuvvum's new merc.

[3VOM]

Scumble is a glaze or varnish like finish that can be patterned to look like wood with a tool, not a brush. If you were painting a woodgrain finish I think that is "flogging".

[wuvvum]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Is it scumble?

That's the one.  My brain was saying scrofula but I was pretty sure that wasn't it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

29 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

.....  My brain was saying scrofula ...

You definitely don't want that!