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1 hour ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

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And what a traffic jam it was!! 
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It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

That reminds me that carter’s steam fair is up for sale. Family is retiring and looking for a permanent home for the attractions and engines. Price of coal cited as a factor.

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2 hours ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

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And what a traffic jam it was!! 
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It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

As soon as I saw the first pic, I thought "Llandudno!"  The Owd Giffer and the Mothership grew up there and I lived there until I was two.

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I just did an MOT check on my old 850, not expecting much since last I heard of it it was bouncing around various people who didn't seem to give much of a shit about it. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it now has an MOT! Whoever has it now has obviously fixed the airbag light or has a friendly tester.

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Today was the Ipswich to Felixstowe car run, always a well subscribed event, so much so that I couldn't get booked in this year so instead I dragged the family along in the daily to take a look. 

I didn't take many photos as I was too busy chasing children and chatting to people but I got these of probably some of the best cars there! 

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The boot rack can obviously get in the sea. 

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6 hours ago, brownnova said:

Casually eating a chicken and stuffing sandwich in a cafe when a traffic jam begins to for outside…. 

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And what a traffic jam it was!! 
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It was the steam run from the Llandudno Victorian Extravaganza! He no idea it ran past where we had chosen to get lunch! 
 

Is it ok to admit I find Steam/traction Engines fascinating! 

It's very OK. I passed one earlier on it's way back from a show. The fragrance it left behind was...special.

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On 30/04/2022 at 12:58, High Jetter said:

You've previous experience with them?

I’ve had one go with them. A lot of the cars looked a bit rough especially the movie cars some of which were very bad mock ups . They do have modern Ferraris, McLarens, Porches etc which are obviously genuine if well used.

Main trouble is the sheer number of people there ( you queue for a hour or so to register, then passed to another queue that is mainly to sell you more insurance , some cars have a £5k xs ), and hence the number of cars on tracks that (mostly) really aren’t suitable ( very short laps etc you hardly get out of 2nd gear), and the experience is somewhat disappointing .

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Following on from BrownNova's post:  on Saturday I went to Camborne for Trevithick Day, the first for two years.

The Trevithick Society were running their replica of Trevithick's 1801 Puffing Devil up a street in the old fashioned way;  no barriers with pedestrians walking on the road and cars parked on one side.

The replica looks like the only change from 1801 spec is a better pressure gauge and I would imagine a modern safety valve - just as well at 100psi and the redline at 120psi.

Boy did it shift;  you'd neeed an Olympic sprinter in front of it with the red flag, made some wonderfull noises as well.  I had a big grin on my face.  Beats a sedate trundle by of traction engines.

 

 

 

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18 hours ago, wesacosa said:

do you even start a job you really wish you hadn't.  Trying to find source of a wet footwell in the XM and took the brake doseur valve off to check the rubber gaiter there.   After about an hour of trying to get the bloody bracket back on I set the torque wrench wrong and sheared one of the bolts clean off.  Stupid idiotic mistake I am kicking myself for.  Not sure how to sort this one.  Don't trust myself to drill and tap and think it too small for a stud extractor.  After the stupid amount of hours I have spent on this car I just want to cry

Well I'd done a right good job of snapping it off

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despite not being able to get great access (surprise surprise) I managed to tap it around with a center punch and a drift enough to just get enough thread exposed to get the grips and then standard pliers on it.   Thankfully because I snapped it whilst tightening and not trying to undo it didn't fight too much.  now just got to try and find replacement, as no doubt they are obsolete from PSA 20220502_112326.thumb.jpg.9556cdb21b909804c738d6928ceaa23e.jpg

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My mum was recently quoted £800 for a pair of headlights for her Micra CC. I've no idea if that's what they cost or not but I said you could get headlight restoration kits. I'd never used them because I only drive quality* cars with glass headlamps but offered to give it a go. How hard can it be? 

This is the before shot, it doesn't really convey the state of them. Not just the colour but the texture. They were really rough. 

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The slightly worrying bit is that you have to make them considerably worse before they get better. 

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This is the Auto Glym kit. Comes with 800 and 1500 grade sanding discs, then 2000 and 3000 grade foam pads and finally a sponge mop with allegedly special polish which I think is just fancy T cut. There are cheaper options but it had everything in one pack and £25 is a lot cheaper than £800.

Anyway it worked. 

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So I thought whilst I'm there we'll do step dad's Pug 207. They weren't nearly as bad to start with but they still came up nice. 

Before 

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Oh by the way, the pictures of my mums Micra had the bonnet open. With it shut you'll note the quality decoration. IMG_20220502_161852.thumb.jpg.545d46e3f7e7297112788b9280be3f3e.jpg

These are all round the front and rear lights, door handles and badges. Now you know where I get the hankering to drive round in unique cars. I think mine are far more tasteful unique cars but other opinions are available wrong. 

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12 minutes ago, reb said:

Successfully serviced this 1.6 FSI Octavia with no problems at all other than some fiddly screws on the air filter housing.

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Only spilled a little bit of oil.

 

 

So that 1.6 FSI looks like a close relative of the ARC in my Fav which is from a late 90s Polo GTI. Do you know the engine code? 

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1 hour ago, Yoss said:

My mum was recently quoted £800 for a pair of headlights for her Micra CC. I've no idea if that's what they cost or not but I said you could get headlight restoration kits. I'd never used them because I only drive quality* cars with glass headlamps but offered to give it a go. How hard can it be? 

This is the before shot, it doesn't really convey the state of them. Not just the colour but the texture. They were really rough. 

IMG_20220502_135402.thumb.jpg.b21f488f91bdedd5043e93a8894fa604.jpg

The slightly worrying bit is that you have to make them considerably worse before they get better. 

IMG_20220502_135616.thumb.jpg.7c47d232ec3b67fea8c6b9c06276fc19.jpg

This is the Auto Glym kit. Comes with 800 and 1500 grade sanding discs, then 2000 and 3000 grade foam pads and finally a sponge mop with allegedly special polish which I think is just fancy T cut. There are cheaper options but it had everything in one pack and £25 is a lot cheaper than £800.

Anyway it worked. 

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So I thought whilst I'm there we'll do step dad's Pug 207. They weren't nearly as bad to start with but they still came up nice. 

Before 

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After

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Oh by the way, the pictures of my mums Micra had the bonnet open. With it shut you'll note the quality decoration. IMG_20220502_161852.thumb.jpg.545d46e3f7e7297112788b9280be3f3e.jpg

These are all round the front and rear lights, door handles and badges. Now you know where I get the hankering to drive round in unique cars. I think mine are far more tasteful unique cars but other opinions are available wrong. 

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Just done the same with our Bini. No need to buy a kit, see my thread for cheaper way. Just 3k grit and compound that I already had👍

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Managed to acquire this gem whilst under the influence last night for the princely sum of £250 from an even drunker mate who wanted it off his driveway.  Been sitting since last summer when my pal replaced it with an E39 estate & forgot about it. Started and run fine off my CLK battery & brakes don't seem to be seized. Hope to book it in for an MOT in the next couple of weeks to get it to my olds & see what it fails on. Underside seems pretty solid. Perfect present for my old man to replace the Rover that will hopefully end up on here.    

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2 hours ago, Yoss said:

My mum was recently quoted £800 for a pair of headlights for her Micra CC.

Was it a chain garage, out of interest? I find it absurd that a garage wouldn't suggest mopping them instead of buying new headlights presumably from the stealers!

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