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[HillmanImp]

1 hour ago, JJ0063 said:

Just got back from the hospital as had to have an MRI on my head. That was fucking horrible - so loud. Like having your head stuck in a washing machine drum whilst on its spin cycle.

I had one a few years ago and they put on a cd for me but it started skipping after about 15 seconds in and I had to listen to it going 'be z bu b hhhhh zz be...' for the next 20 minutes or however long it took. Not sure what the stress did to my results. 

[SiC]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Like having your head stuck in a washing machine drum whilst on its spin cycle.

It basically is. They're highly impressive pieces of technology in so many ways

Just think how balanced that all has to be with all that electronics strapped to it. Incredible.

[chaseracer]

Last time I had an MRI, I fell asleep!

[HillmanImp]

3 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Last time I had an MRI, I fell asleep!

Yeah, but they were investigating the cause of your narcolepsy though weren't they. 

[JJ0063]

5 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Last time I had an MRI, I fell asleep!

How on earth 😂

I barely slept last night worrying about it, laying on that machine having your head basically ratchet strapped down then slid into the washing machine drum for 20 mins -as soon as he said make sure I don’t move at all I instantly got a really bad itch on my forehead and kept wanting to move.

Now I’ll be anxious and paranoid until I get the results, I’ve convinced myself I’m dying now 😂

[egg]

French holiday, early 90s, Chod paradise...(no SUVs)

[dozeydustman]

2 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

How on earth 😂

I barely slept last night worrying about it, laying on that machine having your head basically ratchet strapped down then slid into the washing machine drum for 20 mins -as soon as he said make sure I don’t move at all I instantly got a really bad itch on my forehead and kept wanting to move.

Now I’ll be anxious and paranoid until I get the results, I’ve convinced myself I’m dying now 😂

MRIs are horrible. Having claustrophobia I need sedating before I have one or a CT

[Ghosty]

Been cleaning up the Type R today, clipping bits of trim back on, polishing etc. It's coming up really well - done a bit, but mate showed up and invited me to the pub, and it got a bit chilly, so I'll continue tomorrow. The folks love it. 

 

I'm already 500 miles in as I drove it to London and back yesterday and it performed flawlessly. I need to think about giving it new tyres though. 

 

It's not really sunk in. I saw it and I just knew it was the right car. I drive it, and it's like I'm in the right place, it feels natural. It feels absurd, seeing that outside my house and knowing it's mine. But it just feels right, logical. I don't know how I got here, how I earned it, and I'm pinching myself. But it's like I'm home. 

[brownnova]

Took the TransSport (and both babas) to a local show At Bodrhyddan hall today. 

Something wasn’t quite right on the way there an occasional slight hesitation in overdrive, and on the way home it started misfiring under load.  Hopefully something simple… 

To be fair the first time anything’s gone wrong in 18 months on a car I bought from a scrapyard… not bad going! 

[richardmorris]

28 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Took the TransSport (and both babas) to a local show At Bodrhyddan hall today. 

Something wasn’t quite right on the way there an occasional slight hesitation in overdrive, and on the way home it started misfiring under load.  Hopefully something simple… 

To be fair the first time anything’s gone wrong in 18 months on a car I bought from a scrapyard… not bad going! 

Does this have a carb and points or electronics? 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

7 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

I had one a few years ago and they put on a cd for me but it started skipping after about 15 seconds in and I had to listen to it going 'be z bu b hhhhh zz be...' for the next 20 minutes or however long it took. Not sure what the stress did to my results. 

I went for one about ten years ago for my shoulder.  I got to choose the music from a book of  albums.

What I didn’t realise was that ‘Cowboys’ by Portishead was in the same key as the MRI scanner.  That was surreal.

[Fumbler]

Attacked the wing with a machine polisher and various shine juices. Shiny turd is shiny

I reckon with time the brush strokes and orange peel will eventually disappear. Not bad for a first attempt I'd say.

[brownnova]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Does this have a carb and points or electronics? 

Electronics… 

[richardmorris]

24 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Electronics… 

My idea out then, it sounded like a condenser failure. Probably fuel then.

[Fumbler]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

My idea out then, it sounded like a condenser failure. Probably fuel then.

Or ignition module. Those like to go pop.

[stuboy]

10 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Just got back from the hospital as had to have an MRI on my head.

when i last had one checking when i had bruising to the brain, they said what radio station, i said local kmfm, they missheard and put heart fm... it was awefull

[Zelandeth]

I'm guessing a bit, but at that age I'd be expecting a HEI ignition system (so conventional cap, but electronic trigger and an external ignition amp), worth checking the condition of the cap and plugging in a known good ignition amp module as they can and do fail.

I have a vague, vague memory that the distributor on these is an absolute git to get at, so the cap and rotor are quite likely to be ancient.  The ignition amplifier relies on a good thermal contact with the metal surface it's attached to for heat sinking, so it should have thermal compound under it.  People often don't replace that when they fit a new module, so it ends up cooking itself.

Of course after checking the basics...I absolutely, definitely didn't spend far too many hours chasing a missfire on one car which turned out to be a HT lead that had come adrift from the plug...

[Snake Charmer]

On 13/09/2022 at 17:47, Crackers said:

You are reading my mind. A 320 estate is very much on the radar and fairly high up the list, although a decent 500 or 55 is far beyond what I'm willing to spend! 

I'm still thoroughly enjoying mine. There's an E500 estate on Ebay at the moment, same age, colour and similar mileage to my CDI but 7x what mine cost!

On 14/09/2022 at 18:30, richardmorris said:

There’s a specialist just up the road that uses our neighbours hanger for storage. Redline engineering, ottershaw. Huge prices.

That hangar is nice inside.  😎

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

I'm still thoroughly enjoying mine. There's an E500 estate on Ebay at the moment, same age, colour and similar mileage to my CDI but 7x what mine cost!

That hangar is nice inside.  😎

It certainly has a lot of nice toys.

[Fumbler]

I've moved on to the other wing now. Fortunately this one's not attached to the car allowing me more time to do stuff. I painted two coats of Electrox with a roller but I still had issues with bumps and brush strokes as I had on the other wing. Then I discovered the magic of white spirit!

It can thin out and dissolve the stuff pretty well. It's removed all the bumps and smoothed the panel out quite nicely-

High build primer will do the rest. I'm well pleased.

[brownnova]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

I'm guessing a bit, but at that age I'd be expecting a HEI ignition system (so conventional cap, but electronic trigger and an external ignition amp), worth checking the condition of the cap and plugging in a known good ignition amp module as they can and do fail.

I have a vague, vague memory that the distributor on these is an absolute git to get at, so the cap and rotor are quite likely to be ancient.  The ignition amplifier relies on a good thermal contact with the metal surface it's attached to for heat sinking, so it should have thermal compound under it.  People often don't replace that when they fit a new module, so it ends up cooking itself.

Of course after checking the basics...I absolutely, definitely didn't spend far too many hours chasing a missfire on one car which turned out to be a HT lead that had come adrift from the plug...

I need to check out the exact workings. But I’ll check the simple stuff first as you say, hopefully a loose lead… 🤞 🤞 

[MrGTI6]

Just got a bollocking from an old bag at the petrol station.

There were two vacant pumps, both on the left. She was needlessly waiting for one to become free that was on the right. My filler cap is on the offside too, but I drove round her to one of the vacant pumps, and stretched the hose round to fill up my car.

Didn't think anything of it, and as I was paying (at the pump), she stormed over and asked why I was in such a hurry, claiming that I was "jumping the queue"!

I explained that the "queue" consisted of just her, and that there was no need to wait as two pumps were available. She then said that it was illegal to use a pump that's not on the same side that you fill up and that I was breaking the law. I told her to phone the police then, and that I'd wait for them to arrive so they could arrest me!

She marched back over to her car shaking her head. I could see what I assume was her long-suffering husband sat in the passenger seat looking the other direction. Poor bloke!

[Bren]

Reading this blast from the past

[Snake Charmer]

75p. 😳 Senator for me please unless the Granny is a booted Cosworth.

1 hour ago, Bren said:

Reading this blast from the past

 

[High Jetter]

Granny? Or Sierra? Sapphire rulez.

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

Just got a bollocking from an old bag at the petrol station.

There were two vacant pumps, both on the left. She was needlessly waiting for one to become free that was on the right. My filler cap is on the offside too, but I drove round her to one of the vacant pumps, and stretched the hose round to fill up my car.

Didn't think anything of it, and as I was paying (at the pump), she stormed over and asked why I was in such a hurry, claiming that I was "jumping the queue"!

I explained that the "queue" consisted of just her, and that there was no need to wait as two pumps were available. She then said that it was illegal to use a pump that's not on the same side that you fill up and that I was breaking the law. I told her to phone the police then, and that I'd wait for them to arrive so they could arrest me!

She marched back over to her car shaking her head. I could see what I assume was her long-suffering husband sat in the passenger seat looking the other direction. Poor bloke!

The vast majority of the abuse my wife gets in her job as a pharmacy technician are from older people. Vile, condescending, arrogant,  insular, entitled small town helmets.

[bobdisk]

9 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

She then said that it was illegal to use a pump that's not on the same side that you fill up 

Wonder if her car has got the little arrow on the fuel guage icon that tells which side the filler is!, and if she has spotted it!!

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, bobdisk said:

Wonder if her car has got the little arrow on the fuel guage icon that tells which side the filler is!, and if she has spotted it!!

Not many people know about or have noticed the little arrow ( and some cars don’t have it).

[Jenson Velcro]

43 minutes ago, Metal Guru said:

Not many people know about or have noticed the little arrow ( and some cars don’t have it).

Not all of them are correct though!

[cobblers]

4 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

The vast majority of the abuse my wife gets in her job as a pharmacy technician are from older people. Vile, condescending, arrogant,  insular, entitled small town helmets.

They've had all their life to become completely sure of all the things that they're wrong about.