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[vulgalour]

I reckon I got my money's worth out of that.

I had to do *something* other than hiding indoors so chanced a very quick bit of shade spannering and got the rear drum off the Princess.  The brake hose I need to replace is, predictably, refusing to budge so I've doused that in penetrating fluid in the meantime.  I've never had a shoe wear down that badly before, so something was definitely amiss in here.  I should have looked in sooner, I've had 'brakes imbalanced across rear axle' for a while now but since the car has always been like that, even after putting new hardware in a few years ago, I just put it down to being a Princess thing.  Maybe it still is.

Anyway, the real reason I think for this excessive wear is that the retaining washer for the front shoe is completely gone.  I don't know where it's gone, it's just not there any more.  That means the front shoe can move about in the drum and it makes exactly the knocking noise I heard when I moved the car.

The problem now is I have no spare hardware, and I cannot find a rear drum hardware kit.  The springs are dirty (they are inside a drum after all) but seem otherwise fine so should be re-usable.  Hopefully I can just get replacement retaining washers, fit the new shoes I do have in stock, and not find any similar horrors on the other side when that comes apart.

 

EDIT:  ANG do retaining washers with associated springs and pins for an MG B that look if not identical, then at least very similar, and they're not hilariously overpriced.  At least the stuff I've bought from ANG in the past has always been decent quality.

[AnnoyingPentium]

Scorchioooooo 

[Slowsilver]

30 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

EDIT:  ANG do retaining washers with associated springs and pins for an MG B that look if not identical, then at least very similar, and they're not hilariously overpriced.  At least the stuff I've bought from ANG in the past has always been decent quality.

It might be a good idea to check the length of the new retaining pins before buying the kit. I bought a new spring set supposedly suitable for our Maxi and the pins were about 5mm too short. The rest of the kit was OK but I had to reuse the old pins, which fortunately were in reasonable condition.

[SiC]

36 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

The brake hose I need to replace is, predictably, refusing to budge so I've doused that in penetrating fluid in the meantime.

Chop the hose and put a socket on it? 

[vulgalour]

@Slowsilver since it's just the washers I need - the springs and pins seem like they'll go another round yet, though I'd prefer to put new ones in if I could find any - that's not too much of a concern at least.  Providing the washers are the correct diameter.

@SiC that's the plan.  No point trying to save the hose since it's going in the bin.

[puddlethumper]

32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ?

[Ghosty]

7 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ?

34 here in Manc. I've heard of 40 in Warwickshire, and 42 in Bristol.

[Cord Fourteener]

46 minutes ago, puddlethumper said:

32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ?

32 here in the highlands of North Wales. Loving it!

I managed 3 hrs work this morning then gave up, spent most of the afternoon on a hammock. 

You could almost play rugby with these petrol cans 

 

[vulgalour]

Just checked and it's 39C here in Maidstone on the cool side of the house.  At least the humidity is down at 30% rather than the 60% of a couple of days ago.

[Frogchod]

It's a bit warm here too. 

Too hot for work 🥵

So took the day off 😀

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

Silloth has been achieved.

Temp insured for this, so drove it fae Castle Douglas aw the wiy doon. Fuckin loving it.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, puddlethumper said:

32 degrees here in Noocassle. How's everyone else ? Sweatsville ?

38 here at the moment, was 39 earlier.  The house is coping surprisingly well though - it's probably nearly 15 degrees cooler in here than out there, I've just got a little USB fan going and I'm fine.

[Split_Pin]

32 degrees in both Bonnybridge and Linlithgow, where I am just now.  I'm into the third week of my annual leave and I'm loving it. 

A bottle of Pepsi Max, fistfuls of ice and a game of cards in the shade, what's not to love!

[JJ0063]

42.9 highest measured in the garden today. Nuts. 

[Spurious]

32 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Silloth has been achieved.

Temp insured for this, so drove it fae Castle Douglas aw the wiy doon. Fuckin loving it.

Yeeeeees. I'm kinda regretting not getting a Duster now. Neighbors up the street has a metallic orange one and it looks smaaart.  

[Stanky]

Doing OK here, its 32c according to my enviro-monit station

https://maps.sensor.community/?selection=PM25&nooverlay=true#16/50.8167/-1.2110

I'm lucky that a lot of the heat seems to be being soaked up by the sea here.

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

23 minutes ago, Spurious said:

Yeeeeees. I'm kinda regretting not getting a Duster now. Neighbors up the street has a metallic orange one and it looks smaaart.  

Lovely big barges. 1.0 tce is good for wafting.

[HMC]

About 32 in Tavistock, my house has huge thick walls and is partly built into a cliff so it’s nice and cool in the lower floors. Old school “tech”

I work in a Georgean Manor House with big windows and that was hot; ironically we are having air con installed but it won’t be on the button for another week or so.

[Steve79]

In my best Bristolian "Fuck I, it's hot!!!"

Buick currently showing an outside temp of

Have pretty much just proceeded to get 3rd degree burns on the backs of my legs from the leather and from the seat buckle.

Aircon is performing a treat though

[paulplom]

38ish here.

I only went outside for half an hour ffs.

[stuboy]

Christ sake the mondeo started making a whirly noise on higher revs... some say alternator... 

 

[Bren]

38 degrees in Warrington. I was concerned about the N62's engine coping with the heat - it runs very hot anyway.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 14/07/2022 at 22:06, SRi05 said:

Glasgow - - > Manchester Airport and back (with a holiday inbetween ) in the Civic. That's not bad for a 1.8 Pez! 

no they are quite astonishingly good considering the decend amount of "go" they have

[loserone]

2 hours ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

Lovely big barges. 1.0 tce is good for wafting.

Is it? My 1.5dci 4x4 is definitely a bit undergeared for cruising at 80

 

[stuboy]

9 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Is that in the Mondeo?

If so, those V6 Mondeos are 6 speeds. My one was, anyway.

early ones and me being a pauper NON ST220 means 5 speed

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Christ sake the mondeo started making a whirly noise on higher revs... some say alternator... 

 

bloody things parked up until i can strip down and see whats wrong.... 

[SiC]

36.6c outside here earlier. Half way between Weston super mare and Bristol.

[AnnoyingPentium]

32 minutes ago, loserone said:

Is it? My 1.5dci 4x4 is definitely a bit undergeared for cruising at 80

 

I didn't take it over about 65mph as I wasn't used to it, which is about 2600rpm. Don't have the same need to as I do with the Fabia.

[loserone]

5 minutes ago, AnnoyingPentium said:

I didn't take it over about 65mph as I wasn't used to it, which is about 2600rpm. Don't have the same need to as I do with the Fabia.

Amazing.  

 

I would regard not being able to cruise at 130kph within 5 minutes of getting into a car for the first time a significant deficiency for anything made in the last 20 years or so!

[AnnoyingPentium]

8 minutes ago, loserone said:

Amazing.  

 

I would regard not being able to cruise at 130kph within 5 minutes of getting into a car for the first time a significant deficiency for anything made in the last 20 years or so!

I could travel at 80, but I stuck to A and B-roads mostly.