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[Floatylight]

42 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Eww... pretty convinced that someone in the distant past has tried to fix the non working speedometer on my BX by spraying WD40 (or similar) into the instrument panel.

Not what you want to find.

Anyone got a Mk I BX instrument cluster floating around?

Might of been my Dad, he once brought a radio/cassette player home from one of the lads at work having said I would fix it, the serial number had been scratched out and it had marks where it had been levered out of a dashboard. I'd had a number of stereos stolen so it was a sore point so I told him no, he got the hump and said he'd fix it himself, next thing he's holding the flap open and spraying WD40 in.. 🤣🤣

[Zelandeth]

2 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Might of been my Dad, he once brought a radio/cassette player home from one of the lads at work having said I would fix it, the serial number had been scratched out and it had marks where it had been levered out of a dashboard. I'd had a number of stereos stolen so it was a sore point so I told him no, he got the hump and said he'd fix it himself, next thing he's holding the flap open and spraying WD40 in.. 🤣🤣

Oh dear... it's alarming how many people think you can fix anything by spraying it with WD40!

To be honest most of it here is just cleanup...the problem is that it's got into everything...and has done this to the filter gels.

*Thankfully* whatever they screen printed the actual speedometer drum with seems to have been unaffected by it.

Realistically though the only thing for the filters is going to be finding a donor dash to pull them from.  I'll touch the borders in as best I can but it'll never be right...and I'm not daft enough to even try touching up the actual legends as I'll only make that a million times worse.

[Ghosty]

On 9/15/2021 at 9:29 PM, puddlethumper said:

Yep an Audi and one of those fast things. I don't know, RS ? or something.

LOL, cooking spec.

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Oh dear... it's alarming how many people think you can fix anything by spraying it with WD40!

To be honest most of it here is just cleanup...the problem is that it's got into everything...and has done this to the filter gels.

*Thankfully* whatever they screen printed the actual speedometer drum with seems to have been unaffected by it.

Realistically though the only thing for the filters is going to be finding a donor dash to pull them from.  I'll touch the borders in as best I can but it'll never be right...and I'm not daft enough to even try touching up the actual legends as I'll only make that a million times worse.

Not worth trying to scan then print onto OHP transparency? Granted if a used unit can be found that's an order of magnitude less faffy. I find footering about with symbols like that on potatoshop quite therapeutic.

[Zelandeth]

21 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Not worth trying to scan then print onto OHP transparency? Granted if a used unit can be found that's an order of magnitude less faffy. I find footering about with symbols like that on potatoshop quite therapeutic.

Not a bad idea.  Not something I want to sink that many hours into right now, but I'll definitely take a scan of them before I put things back together.  I do quite enjoy image repair work like that...but am fully aware of how many hours I could happily sink into it beyond the point anyone would be able to see the difference!

Don't actually have any transparency film in stock either so would need to wait for that to arrive anyway.  I've done a very quick and dirty touch up by hand to make things a bit less obvious in the meantime at least.

Additional: Holy hell laser transparency film is expensive...

Edit: Thank goodness the part I was most worried about survived cleaning unharmed.

That's illuminated by a light pipe effect in the plastic itself (which is edge lit) so would have been pretty much impossible to recreate with the equipment I have on hand.

[Amishtat]

12 hours ago, trigger said:

If anybody local is looking for something to do on Sunday then we have another one of our car meets on 😊

 

Can thoroughly recommend. 700 mile round trip nowadays so I'm out but these are a good day if the weather plays ball. 

[HMC]

Daybreak:

The morning mist gradually lifts over the British landscape….

 

 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

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That's illuminated by a light pipe effect in the plastic itself (which is edge lit) so would have been pretty much impossible to recreate with the equipment I have on hand.

This might be the stuff you need

[Lankytim]

Bit the bullet and purchased a new brake master cylinder from Brookhouse Volvo via their slightly clunky website which arrived in timely fashion and even included a small bag of haribo! 
 

The 145 now has working brakes with no leaks although they’re pretty spongy as still need trapped air bleeding out. Nothing beats the warm fuzzyfeeling of opening the bonnet and finding shiny NEW components fitted as I’m sure any shiters will agree.  I spent most of yesterday opening and closing the bonnet but I think I need to fit more new parts soon to maintain that fuzzy feeling. 

[Tadhg Tiogar]

27 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

..... Nothing beats the warm fuzzyfeeling of opening the bonnet and finding shiny NEW components fitted as I’m sure any shiters will agree....

That reminds me, must remember to order an exhaust section and a flexi pipe....

[Cord Fourteener]

Part for Volvo 740 ordered, from Germany. 

Thanks to HMS Clusterfuck of a Border Arrangement and Delivery Network for throwing excitement into ordering parts from Germany. 

Place bets on when it will arrive...

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, Lankytim said:

Bit the bullet and purchased a new brake master cylinder from Brookhouse Volvo via their slightly clunky website which arrived in timely fashion and even included a small bag of haribo! 
 

The 145 now has working brakes with no leaks although they’re pretty spongy as still need trapped air bleeding out. Nothing beats the warm fuzzyfeeling of opening the bonnet and finding shiny NEW components fitted as I’m sure any shiters will agree.  I spent most of yesterday opening and closing the bonnet but I think I need to fit more new parts soon to maintain that fuzzy feeling. 

The Haribo is a standard thing with orders from Brookhouse.  I think it's an attempt to make you forget how brutally you've just been arse raped price-wise...

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

The Haribo is a standard thing with orders from Brookhouse....

Der Franzose also sends out Haribos with every order.

[catsinthewelder]

I was amused to find a teabag packed into a plastic bag on an order from a breakers with an instruction to enjoy it when you'd finished fitting the part which I did ☺️

[dome]

27 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

The Haribo is a standard thing with orders from Brookhouse.  I think it's an attempt to make you forget how brutally you've just been arse raped price-wise...

The retail side of the company I work for used to send out Haribo with all orders, however post brexit they got caught out on international orders when the bag of Haribo wasn't declared on the customs invoice causing all hell to break loose when thousands of pounds worth of orders were delayed because of a small bag of sweets.

[richardmorris]

Orders of bird food from Jacobi Jayne come with a small pack of very nice biscuits and a little note.

[JJ0063]

Passed cat c with 4 minors, thank fuck

[Bren]

A box arrived today. A big one. In fact it was so heavy I could barely lift the bastard-

Rear pads and discs for the 545. Even the rear discs are a whopping 345mm in diameter - I believe they are the same as the M5. The pads also fit certain bentleys.

[Lankytim]

14 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Passed cat c with 4 minors, thank fuck

Congrats! got any work lined up?

[vulgalour]

Old radiator fan switch is dead.  No worries, new radiator comes with a fan switch... which is dead. No worries, I'll order a new fan switch... which is dead.  I wonder how many switches I have to buy to find a good one and I wonder how long it will then last?  Fixed* the problem with a length of suitable wire with connectors on each end  so the fan is constantly running.

[egg]

The fourth time it's been hit in the road by neighbours. I'm almost in tears to be honest, new old stock bumper professionally repainted hit in broad daylight. At least the fucker has owned up.

[wuvvum]

That's a shame, but it doesn't look to have cracked the plastic - which is really quite remarkable given that it's a Mk1 Mondeo bumper.

[somewhatfoolish]

Narrow road or are they just fucking nuggets?

[JJ0063]

2 hours ago, Lankytim said:

Congrats! got any work lined up?

Nothing yet, that’s the weekends job to get applying!

[Agila]

3 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Passed cat c with 4 minors, thank fuck

Well done that man.

I'd have about 5 agencies lined up, build your reputation, get some money earned.

Then it's class 1 time.

Invest in a proper low bridge and weight limit map.

Spend time route planning before setting off.

If unsure get out and have a look.

Don't get involved in road rage etc.

Best of luck.

[brownnova]

Completed my speed awareness course this morning. There was a whole section called “stay in control” 

The first part of this was to talk about all the modern safety features on modern cars… adaptive cruise control, speed limiters and the like. He prefaced the section by joking that cars had come a long way since 25 years ago and that when he was young your car needed welding every MoT… “I’ll bet no-ones had any welding done for a while” he jokes… he notices me nodding… “I’ve got a car in for welding as we speak… a Citroen 2CV… all my cars are over 20 years old and have none of your fancy technology”

From that point on he kept talking about “your cars will have… well except for Alex’s…”

In fairness the guy delivering did so with good humour, and it didn’t feel like a total waste of time, although it was slightly alarming that most participants didn’t know some basic Highway Code stuff… 

 

[brownnova]

Oh and whilst talking 2CV welding… passenger side is done , but apparently he’s discovered that the rot is more extensive on drivers side. The bit where the door shuts and joins the inner wing is gone.  It’ll require some tricky fabrication unless I can find a part. So I’m off to have a look tomorrow and see if I can work out which bit i need to find. So it’ll be up there at least another week probably 2 at this rate… be ready just in time for its MoT again probably! He’s good though and not phased at all by any of it, I’d rather it was done well than quickly. 

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 12/09/2021 at 19:30, richardmorris said:

Glad you had a good day, I’m afraid that fords do nothing for me

+1

[Cord Fourteener]

1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Completed my speed awareness course this morning. There was a whole section called “stay in control” 

The first part of this was to talk about all the modern safety features on modern cars… adaptive cruise control, speed limiters and the like. He prefaced the section by joking that cars had come a long way since 25 years ago and that when he was young your car needed welding every MoT… “I’ll bet no-ones had any welding done for a while” he jokes… he notices me nodding… “I’ve got a car in for welding as we speak… a Citroen 2CV… all my cars are over 20 years old and have none of your fancy technology”

From that point on he kept talking about “your cars will have… well except for Alex’s…”

In fairness the guy delivering did so with good humour, and it didn’t feel like a total waste of time, although it was slightly alarming that most participants didn’t know some basic Highway Code stuff… 

 

Haha yes I remember doing one and it being a right laugh!

[MJK 24]

That Friday feeling with added random Moggie