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[stuboy]

Dropped mondeo off for its mot, get to work missus rings me up upset that someone's took drivers mirror of my galaxy she using...🤬🤬🤬.

I tell her come to work and with self tapping screws, a cable tie, and some duct tape it looks ok in the next county, oh and they dented the door and windscreen pillar..

[Split_Pin]

FINALLY

Got the thermostat for the Cavalier and IT FITS.

Not sure how things will go with the original housing mated to the different top but they certainly appear to fit. We'll see.

The Civic brakes were squealing yesterday and they are down to the indicators. I picked up some new pads today so I'll try to fit those after work. Hopefully nothings seized as I want to crack on with the Cavalier.

[Low Horatio gearbox]

Good bodgineering there @stuboy

 

Reminds me the time I parked my 89 Gallant near the tube in South Woodford  eons ago (19 years!) and came back to a 2" deep 4 foot long gouge on the drivers side rear door just under the window and boot. No not of course .

 

So far today bar yet another tip run , chasing my tail yadda, I've made the boy something for his birthday.

[stuboy]

Mondeo failed... passed its MOT, failed on ball joint, so I said do it... £130  later all mot'd up for another year.

[Split_Pin]

Changed the pads on the Civic. Brakes are still a bit shit but the discs have a bit of a lip so might need changed in a few months.

I also installed the thermostat on the Cav and other than having to cut the top radiator hose a bit shorter, it all seemed to go together OK. We will see whether or not it's watertight........... I'll do the boost pipework tomorrow.

[Rod/b]

Just had to change one of the zenon headlight bulbs on the F150. Being a large vehicle with tons of room under the bonnet, obviously this operation involved removing the entire headlight unit, to allow for extracting two tiny torx head screws holding the bulb in in the depths of the unit, dropping them inside the housing, swearing a bit, breaking the plug on the back of the bulb, swearing some more, take it all indoors, magnetizing the torx driver, fishing the TINY FUCKING SCREWS OUT THEN REALISING THERES A CUNTING BRACKET ON THE FUCKING DEAD BULB IVE JUST CHUCKED IN THE SHITTING BIN AND FISHING THAT FUCKING FUCKER OUT OF THE DISCARDED SPAGHETTI FUCKING SAUCE TO FIT ON THE NEW FUCKING BULB BEFORE FIXING THE PISSING PLUG AND SCREWING THE WHOLE BASTARD LOT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

Gotta love a quick, easy job eh?

 

 

[stuboy]

12 hours ago, Rod/b said:

Gotta love a quick, easy job eh?

2 spanner rating on the HBOL?

[wuvvum]

10 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Ooh, that's a few quids' worth...

[richardmorris]

6 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Ooh, that's a few quids' worth...

http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/3451gt.250gto.htm

[stuboy]

Oil filter turned up for the galaxy today one day I'll fit it..

[HMC]

12 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Lovely! That’s either the 1962 targa florio entry, a 250gto made to looks like that one, or a 250gto replica. The proportions look “right” so it’s a very good replica - if indeed it is one. 

The curse of of the bona fide 250gto/ d type/ cobra owner- “that looks quite realistic”

http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/3451gt.250gto.htm

Edit- That’s the original in the link-  now owned by Laurence stroll of Aston Martin F1 racing By the looks of things. Could be one and the same but the reg numbers are different. Having said that the arrangement of cut outs and repeaters on the front apron is identical (there’s a fair bit of variation) so I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the original targa florio car now owned by stroll.

[cobblers]

Sunday morning I spent a good 2 hours looking round the house for my van keys. Turned the place upside down! Nowhere!

 

Ah yes, that's where they are. In the ignition, out on the street.

I used skills to break in (unlocked the back door with a teaspoon) and drove in to work.

Half an hour after I arrived, my mate turned up for me to sort out a charging fault on his van. I told him about me being a fucking numbnuts and left the keys in the ignition, felt my pocket for them and they weren't there.

Walked outside, and I'd left the bastards in the ignition again! FFS man, I'm going soft!

 

Three garages had been at his van, unable to get it to charge, it had a new alternator on, some horrendous wiring and a random pointless cutoff switch added between the main alternator terminal and the battery.

It didn't take forever to find the problem, no power to the exciter terminal on the alternator. The instrument cluster was OK, but there were a couple of pins bent over in the connector:

 

 

 

[richardmorris]

28 minutes ago, HMC said:

Lovely! That’s either the 1962 targa florio entry, a 250gto made to looks like that one, or a 250gto replica. The proportions look “right” so it’s a very good replica - if indeed it is one. 

The curse of of the bona fide 250gto/ d type/ cobra owner- “that looks quite realistic”

http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/3451gt.250gto.htm

Edit- That’s the original in the link-  now owned by Laurence stroll of Aston Martin F1 racing By the looks of things. Could be one and the same but the reg numbers are different. Having said that the arrangement of cut outs and repeaters on the front apron is identical (there’s a fair bit of variation) so I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the original targa florio car now owned by stroll.

So £40-50 million then?

[MarvinsMom]

we have sent the orange mini, Cocopop, to George's garage in town.

its having the suspension cones replaced, before its MOT'd for the first time in 2 years.

i'm so, so glad that we have farmed this out, as its proving to be a TWAT of a job.

several days in, and  one of the new  cones, is in, at last!

everything is crusted up to buggery,  what with none of these parts have been touched in 23years!

so as well as the cones, the suspension cones and the top arm pivot things will be getting replaced.

and not before time too, as the car chewed up the last set of tires in no time, and all along the inside edge of the tyres cos the car was sat way way too low!

[somewhatfoolish]

Just watched Bullseye on Challenge TV; the runners-up got a second bite as the winners opted to not gamble and go for Bully's special prize, taking their beer mugs and a 35mm automatic camera home; they won it and it was a bright red Proton! 

[Split_Pin]

I finished building up the Cavalier tonight. I didnt refill it with coolant however as I don't yet trust it not to pish it all over my garage floor so I'll reverse it out tomorrow and let it be incontinent on the driveway (UNLESS ITS ACTUALLY FIXED)

Mrs_Pin confirmed that the Civic now has Good Brakes, I guess I was comparing them with the Mini which sent your napper towards the screen if you so much as touched the pedal. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

.... comparing them with the Mini which sent your napper towards the screen if you so much as touched the pedal. 

That's normal for Citroën 

[Split_Pin]

I'd give this lovely pair a robust 8.5/10.

 

[Barry Cade]

Passed a Bugatti Veyron in Banchory yesterday. I've seen more of these in my lifetime than I have citroen C6s..

 

[Lankytim]

Last week I noticed the master cylinder on the 145 was leaking from the rear, after removing it I found it full of crud and debris so a quick strip and clean out was followed by reassembly. I clamped a piece of paper between the master cylinder and servo to show up any weeps, A a few days later and there’s a tell tale semi circle of brake fluid on the paper. Fucksticks. A new master cylinder is £100 but  a rebuild kit is a bit more reasonable at £15 although the bore didn’t look too happy with some scoring so I might just have to bite the bullet.

Onto the NSF wheel which for some reason has always had loads of negative camber. It turns out these have adjustable camber and castor, all you need to do is loosen off the two bolts holding the upper wishbone pivot to the subframe and add or remove shims as required. Weirdly I needed to remove all the shims before I the wheel was anywhere near the correct angle so potentially something isn’t right there. The subframe can distort over years and mileage apparently so something might’ve moved over the years.  No shims at all is a new one from what I’ve read so I’m not sure if it’s “allowable” by the big Volvo tech book. 

[TheOtherStu]

12 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I'd give this lovely pair a robust 8.5/10.

 

The one on the left particularly tickles my fancy. That's lovely.

Probably a bag of spanners and a service away from costing thousands. But lovely.

[Minimad5]

10 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Last week I noticed the master cylinder on the 145 was leaking from the rear, after removing it I found it full of crud and debris so a quick strip and clean out was followed by reassembly. I clamped a piece of paper between the master cylinder and servo to show up any weeps, A a few days later and there’s a tell tale semi circle of brake fluid on the paper. Fucksticks. A new master cylinder is £100 but  a rebuild kit is a bit more reasonable at £15 although the bore didn’t look too happy with some scoring so I might just have to bite the bullet.

Onto the NSF wheel which for some reason has always had loads of negative camber. It turns out these have adjustable camber and castor, all you need to do is loosen off the two bolts holding the upper wishbone pivot to the subframe and add or remove shims as required. Weirdly I needed to remove all the shims before I the wheel was anywhere near the correct angle so potentially something isn’t right there. The subframe can distort over years and mileage apparently so something might’ve moved over the years.  No shims at all is a new one from what I’ve read so I’m not sure if it’s “allowable” by the big Volvo tech book. 

Sounds fucked Tim.

Best sell it to me 😅

[Split_Pin]

2 hours ago, TheOtherStu said:

The one on the left particularly tickles my fancy. That's lovely.

Probably a bag of spanners and a service away from costing thousands. But lovely.

It's in a lot better condition than mine.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Doesn't look much like an electric car....

[reb]

News? What news?

This has possibly been the least eventful week ever here, I'm really fucking bored.

Haven't even been out in the car all week, I think it's going to have the lowest mileage between MOTs in its whole life this year.

It looks like the weather over the weekend is going to be shit so unless I go to the unit tomorrow I probably won't leave the house. I suppose I'd better go to the unit tomorrow.

[stuboy]

Pallets from next door unit had an autoshite flair about them

[wuvvum]

44 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Pallets from next door unit had an autoshite flair about them

A 2CV is not a voiturette though.  Nor is a tractor for that matter.

[Cord Fourteener]

20 hours ago, Barry Cade said:

Passed a Bugatti Veyron in Banchory yesterday. I've seen more of these in my lifetime than I have citroen C6s..

 

Lol. I was a C6 today parked up in my little village. Never seen it before. If it's there again and I have my phone it's going in the Spotted page!

[stuboy]

15 hours ago, HarmonicCheeseburger said:

Some know before I started driving I used to ride a little scooter on a CBT and was in a nasty smack.  Just checked the reg on that bike, and the damn things still going, changed colour and now has 22K miles on it.  Fair play to the person who fixed it!

what was it?

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, wuvvum said:

A 2CV is not a voiturette though.  Nor is a tractor for that matter.

Shite schoolboy french; flogging brits substandard french food and drink since Le Piat D'Or. Mange Tout Rodders, Mange Tout.