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[Split_Pin]

32 minutes ago, cpjitservices said:

I really wish my Cav wasnt off the road, debating selling it.

What's up with it?

[MrGTI6]

Quite pathetic really that this was the highlight of my afternoon...

[cpjitservices]

20 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

What's up with it?

Needs new exhaust, clutch will need doing soon as it’s getting heavy.

Shes got a bit of rot but no holes as far as I can see.

1.8 LS in Rioja Red, 91k, runs as sweet as a nut - ignoring the exhaust tone.

[BorniteIdentity]

Son’s girlfriend has just inherited this from her Grandfather. What an amazing thing!

But wtAf is it?! All I know is it’s peddle and pop. 

[Erebus]

7 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Son’s girlfriend has just inherited this from her Grandfather. What an amazing thing!

But wtAf is it?! All I know is it’s peddle and pop. 

BSA Ariel 3

[Erebus]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_3_(moped)

[Mr Pastry]

See also: Vision of the Future (The Nightmare Begins) (icenicam.org.uk).  

[Lankytim]

Added a fuel filter in the under-bonnet area on the Laguna. I used a filter head from a SSangyong Musso 3 litre diesel that takes cheap Mercedes filters, the original Laguna filter costs £16 or so and is hidden in a wheel arch so isn’t easy to get to and swap. Running on biodiesel can cause filters to clog as crap is stripped from the fuel system so a filter change at the side of the road should now be an easy 5 min job rather than 30 minutes with the NSF off and my head stuck inside the wing. 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

I suppose it'll depend on what you want from the car. Well worth spending out for the long term I'd say as they're excellent at being "an car" and just, work! 

I wouldn't be surprised if that belt is original. The interval is 100k / 8 years but I rarely see them snap. As @sierraman would say it's usually the tensioner that gives up first. 

Mostly as a car to run to the train station and to the local shops. Trying to keep the miles down on the Civic. Ideally Mrs SiC would have used it to go to work, but I think she's less keen now given it seemed to have attracted some negative attention. Plus with that cambelt as is, I wouldn't want her traveling on the smart motorways that she passes through on her commute. 

Local shops and train station runs probably would only be about 300 to 500 miles monthly max.  Not 100% sure the cambelt would last that long given the cracks it has. They're more visible on the bending around the pulley. 

[wuvvum]

Got the Mobylette engine back together yesterday, with a shiny new head gasket and a new copper exhaust gasket as well.  Getting the bent cylinder head mounting bolt out was actually relatively easy with the rest of the engine detached from the head, as it gave a lot more room to wiggle things around.  Replacing the knackered engine mount was a bit more of a war - the old one was very reluctant to come out, even when repeatedly twatted with a lump hammer it didn't want to budge, so I ended up having to get a hacksaw blade and cut through it.  The new mount went in OK with a bit of 2-stroke oil and the lump hammer, and a shiny new cylinder head mounting bolt is holding the engine closer to the angle that it should be at.  Something slightly funny has happened with the wiring though - I got the bike fired up, pulled the brake lever and the brake light came on, pulled it again and no light.  It's not the bulb so I'm not sure what's happened there - that's for another day though.  The kick start was also slipping, so I took the assembly off to see what was what - there was nothing obviously wrong other than a bit of wear on some of the teeth, so I put it back on and it now works fine.  Odd.

I took the bike for a quick spin and it's definitely pulling a lot better now it has all of its compression back.  I did run into an issue though in that the primary drive belt ended up fouling on the exhaust bottom mounting bolt - I'd used a bolt I had already and it's a bit too long, the belt clears it fine at idle but what hadn't occurred to me at the time was that once the variator pulley opens up it pushes the belt down onto the bolt head.  So I now need a new drive belt and a shorter exhaust bolt.

I fitted another new split CV boot to the Renault 6.  I bought a slightly better quality one and this time it went on relatively easily - I think the rubber is stretchier than the one I bought before.  With some nice fresh grease in the UJ it's now usable again, although I still need to sort out the sticky brake caliper - that will be next on the list once I've got the Volvo's brakes back together.

On the subject of which I've been having a poke around the other rear caliper off the Volvo.  This one is actually in a worse state than the first one I looked at - one of the dust seals has completely rotted and the pad retaining spring also disintegrated when I took it out.  I've got a new set of seals and a spring to go on though so that's OK.  I just need to take the caliper back to the car and get the pistons pumped out so I can clean them up and grease them, which will hopefully cure the sticking.

I did another partial coolant change on the Caliber - there's still a fair bit of oil in there but a lot less than there was.  I've added a bit of antifreeze and I'm going to run it a bit longer to hopefully clean the pipes out a little more, then I'm going to do a full drain and refill with the proper amount of antifreeze.  It's still behaving itself other than that.

I put the 107 up on the ramps to have a look at the exhaust blow situation.  It does seem that it's just coming from around the manifold gasket as I couldn't feel or hear anything escaping from anywhere else.  I'm not sure now whether it's the gasket that has gone though - the manifold itself is in a bit of a poor state.  Problem is the manifold and cat are one unit on those so replacements aren't particularly cheap.  There's also the fun of getting the old one off - the two bottom mounting nuts don't seem to be in quite such bad shape as I'd initially thought (what I thought was rust was in fact caked-on oil) but of the two top bolts one is almost impossible to get a socket onto as the heat shield is in the way - and the heat shield is held on by that very same bolt.  So not sure how that would work.  I'm going to leave it for now anyway as it only causes an issue when I run the heater blower, which doesn't happen very often at this time of year.  I don't want to start chucking money at it as I bought it to save myself money, and if I spend more keeping it on the road than it's saving me in fuel that kind of defeats the point.

I had another look at the rear wheel bearing on the 121.  I think it's the outer bearing that's gone again - annoying as that's the only bit that's new.  It seems to have got some grit in it as it feels a bit crunchy when I spin it.  I did do rather a hurried job of fitting it to be fair.  So I'm going to take everything off and give it a proper clean and degrease, then refit with lots of nice new grease and see if it lasts a bit longer next time...

I have too many cars.

[egg]

I don't know if it has been reported on here.....(I think said person is a member on AS and I don't wish to steal their thunder)

But Yugo Sana, Isle of Wight. I'll say no more.

[beko1987]

For the first time in my driving career I've booked a car I own in for its 3rd consecutive mot in my ownership 😂

Hoping the rust on the wing is an advisory at worst (tiny pin hole but nothing jagged etc) and the indicator not staying on indicating left is the same advisory as last year. Best ask a neighbor for a quick hand checking the back bulbs too

I'll get it vacuumed out in the week and remove the bin liner I'd covered the spare wheel in as it's tatty and hanging down now. Everything else can be in the hands of the shite gods (not happening until the 19th so got a little while to procrastinate about it yet 😂 Might go into the office on the Thursday and give it a beating to make sure it doesn't blow shit out during the test, which it doesn't normally but one can't be too careful 

[BorniteIdentity]

24 minutes ago, beko1987 said:

For the first time in my driving career I've booked a car I own in for its 3rd consecutive mot in my ownership 😂

Hoping the rust on the wing is an advisory at worst (tiny pin hole but nothing jagged etc) and the indicator not staying on indicating left is the same advisory as last year. Best ask a neighbor for a quick hand checking the back bulbs too

I'll get it vacuumed out in the week and remove the bin liner I'd covered the spare wheel in as it's tatty and hanging down now. Everything else can be in the hands of the shite gods (not happening until the 19th so got a little while to procrastinate about it yet 😂 Might go into the office on the Thursday and give it a beating to make sure it doesn't blow shit out during the test, which it doesn't normally but one can't be too careful 

If you're concerned about sharp edges, just stick some gaffa tape over the hole before the test.  Or - if you're friendly with the tester - explain that you're happy to put tape on it for the test and then remove it straight after.  He may tell you not to bother!

[beko1987]

10 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

If you're concerned about sharp edges, just stick some gaffa tape over the hole before the test.  Or - if you're friendly with the tester - explain that you're happy to put tape on it for the test and then remove it straight after.  He may tell you not to bother!

It's not quite that bad yet but will be if I ignore it for another year... Tempted to just get a new wing and yolo it with silver spray paint, the rest of the car isn't mint so that doesn't bother me! Only bit of major rust on the whole car, must be road rash

I'll stick some fresh rust converter on it to make it look like I'm doing something about it, and now you mention it stick some gaffa tape in the car and ask when I drop it off, if he sucks air through his teeth I'll 'fix it' before leaving it with him 😂

[GMcD]

 

Sad to see it go but kinda relieved it's away as I didn't think it was going to happen.

It was supposed to be getting uplifted by the new owner but he had issues with his van so I arranged transport for him. Won't be offering to do that again 🤣 (transport guy has been bang on mind). 

[RoverFolkUs]

3 hours ago, beko1987 said:

It's not quite that bad yet but will be if I ignore it for another year... Tempted to just get a new wing and yolo it with silver spray paint, the rest of the car isn't mint so that doesn't bother me! Only bit of major rust on the whole car, must be road rash

I'll stick some fresh rust converter on it to make it look like I'm doing something about it, and now you mention it stick some gaffa tape in the car and ask when I drop it off, if he sucks air through his teeth I'll 'fix it' before leaving it with him 😂

If gaffa tape doesnt appeal, you could drill it out, paint it and pop a grommet in the new hole = no sharp edges

[horriblemercedes]

4 hours ago, beko1987 said:

the indicator not staying on indicating left is the same advisory as last year

That should be an advisory at most. The test is if the switch operates them, not what the switch does afterwards.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, horriblemercedes said:

That should be an advisory at most. The test is if the switch operates them, not what the switch does afterwards.

Yes it was last year. I should have fixed it by now but the thought of removing the airbag on an early 000s Citroën fills me with dread 😂 I've got so used to just holding the indicator down and cornering one handed now I forget it's broken. Same guy will be testing it too, same guy answered the phone earlier anyway! 

My silver laguna used to not self cancel either and that was amazing tbh, I prefer indicators broken not working properly! 

Rust is a small pinhole away from an edge so should be fine. Will bring some stuff to the FoD and make a half arsed attempt at something on saturday

[Shite Ron]

After nearly 11 years the Mondeo has left the fleet, a shame to see a good car scrapped but it has served its purpose as a work car which did its job very well but lacked any character or driving pleasure, still sad to see it go  and need to update my signature

On a more positive note the Cortina got us to Stratford and back yesterday and drove nicely with the new electronic ignition, time to book the ferry and hotels for Cortina’s to Cortina next month!

[cpjitservices]

Just now, Shite Ron said:

After nearly 11 years the Mondeo has left the fleet, a shame to see a good car scrapped but it has served its purpose as a work car which did its job very well but lacked any character or driving pleasure, still sad to see it go  and need to update my signature

On a more positive note the Cortina got us to Stratford and back yesterday and drove nicely with the new electronic ignition, time to book the ferry and hotels for Cortina’s to Cortina next month!

The Mondeos really are good, underestimated in fact. the 2.0 TDCI I wouldnt say is bullet-proof but its certainly reliable enough.

[cpjitservices]

2 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

After nearly 11 years the Mondeo has left the fleet, a shame to see a good car scrapped but it has served its purpose as a work car which did its job very well but lacked any character or driving pleasure, still sad to see it go  and need to update my signature

On a more positive note the Cortina got us to Stratford and back yesterday and drove nicely with the new electronic ignition, time to book the ferry and hotels for Cortina’s to Cortina next month!

WHat killed it? THere are some expensive bits on them.

[paulplom]

Been to the quacks for my 50 year check up. Result: I'm slightly overweight and I drink too much. 

Verdict: Pointless.

I could've told them that when they rang to book the appointment.

Anyway, I spotted this mint mardis gras walking there. Deek that spoiler.

And this mint S class walking home again. Chadders reckons it had no mot but I wouldn't believe him if he told me the time.

Anyway my NHS appointment wan't wasted after all.

[Shite Ron]

1 hour ago, cpjitservices said:

WHat killed it? THere are some expensive bits on them.

Lack of use, for all the time I was using it it was very reliable. When I  started a new job where I must have a company car and cannot opt out it didn’t like being stood, it kept going into limp mode, I changed injectors and it seemed ok for a short while but then went to limp mode again, it now will not come out of limp mode. I suspect a new fuel filter and cleaning the injectors could sort it but I think there is an issue with the loom also. Minor issues that could be sorted but I never have any time and have far more interesting cars to work on if I could find any time. I got £375 for it so it didn’t seem worth the time or hassle.

[cpjitservices]

2 minutes ago, Shite Ron said:

Lack of use, for all the time I was using it it was very reliable. When I  started a new job where I must have a company car and cannot opt out it didn’t like being stood, it kept going into limp mode, I changed injectors and it seemed ok for a short while but then went to limp mode again, it now will not come out of limp mode. I suspect a new fuel filter and cleaning the injectors could sort it but I think there is an issue with the loom also. Minor issues that could be sorted but I never have any time and have far more interesting cars to work on if I could find any time. I got £375 for it so it didn’t seem worth the time or hassle.

Ohhh thats a shame I would have had it off you

[sdkrc]

48 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Anyway, I spotted this mint mardis gras walking there. Deek that spoiler.

That's @Tony McVeigh

 

[wuvvum]

48 minutes ago, paulplom said:

Anyway, I spotted this mint mardis gras walking there. Deek that spoiler.

 

That belongs to @Tony McVeigh of this parish.

[wuvvum]

Jinx!

[320touring]

Just clocked I went out in the Golf, dressed as the Golf .

I dunno who wears their years better...

[stuboy]

8 hours ago, beko1987 said:

remove the bin liner I'd covered the spare wheel in as it's tatty and hanging down now.

some sizel string around the tyre will keep it tidy

[paulplom]

34 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

That belongs to @Tony McVeigh of this parish.

He must live at the top of my street then. His partner didn't used to run a small white toyota by any chance?