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[Ghosty]

With the Type R sold, and the Civic sedan needing a run, I'm going off to look at an MX-5 to see about replacing my current one with a better example. 

[Ghosty]

Mission success. Not going to find a better MX-5 for the money. Collecting tomorrow. 

 

[artdjones]

7 hours ago, stuboy said:

Collegue asked me too checked out her car and the tester says it's high charging... so either regulator on the alternator or its the alternator itself I think... skoda octavia. 

That's reasonably high, but not over the top if the car has a smart charge system 

[Markeh]

Plans are afoot for me to buy something that manages to both be shite (or at least future shite), shit, dull, and interesting all at once, and as an added bonus the purchase will be supporting a local charity. Bonus points for the fact it has so far made everyone I told I was buying it do a double take.

At least it's cheap (~scrap money) and I've got someone who's already called dibs not too far from the AS fold should I wake up in horror and realise what I've done, obviously provided its not a total dog (which given its done enough miles that it was probably used by Lisa Stansfield to find her baby, the jury is still out on!)

Seems like I only ever buy project cars in the last 4 months of the year, the 206, Sedici and Meriva were all bought around this time. 

[Cord Fourteener]

3 year olds wants a story...

Ok, very good. 

Wait, I know these!

Vauxhall Astra, orange Astra, I had a Belmontin that shape and that colour, BMW, BMW, Saab. And look those prices, pretty much Shite prices.

Is that an orange Sierra?

Looks at the editorial, 

1992.

Of course. 

[cobblers]

18 hours ago, stuboy said:

Collegue asked me too checked out her car and the tester says it's high charging... so either regulator on the alternator or its the alternator itself I think... skoda octavia. 

That's absolutely fine, especially in this cold weather. A smart charge system will bump the voltage up a little bit in the cold to get the battery topped up and balanced nice. You wouldn't want to leave the battery at 14.9V for weeks on end, but for a car battery it's fine. Plus, once the car has been running for 15 minutes the charge voltage will probably drop to a gentle ~13.6 float.

 

[Ghosty]

Here we go again. Trainsplits a blessing. 

[Ghosty]

On the train to Sheffield now. 

I took the Civic saloon to view the MX5 yesterday. It was a good thing I did as the rear brakes had seized on from lack of use - that's the problem with not having any level storage for my cars. I've missed driving that car! 

[Royale80]

Another years MOT for the Sierra. Needed a track rod end and two bits of welding on the rear arches-£185 -couldn't be bothered pulling the MIG out and freezing for that! Heres a before pic-too dark tonight. They replaced all the rusty bits you can see on the wheelarch near the door on both sides.

 

 

 

[Zelandeth]

Sweet.  Stereo works.  Well, sort of.

Tape does anyway - which was probably the most important bit.  Radio appears to be dead.

Neither the upper control panel or steering column controls do anything.  So the radio *may* actually work, but this system as I recall has muting if off station, and the seek controls are on the upper control panel, not duplicated on the head unit itself so I can't currently try to tune into anything or switch bands.

Could it really be as simple as a dodgy connection or someone not having plugged things back in (I have an invoice for the 12V outlet having been rewired, so this will have been out to access that)?

Not holding my breath, but would be a nice surprise if so.

Also, yes it still sounds bloody decent, even on the original speakers, must have been absolutely epic back in the late 80s.

[MrGTI6]

Passed my Mod 2 this morning! Much easier than the Mod 1 although I was shitting myself just before.

I now have a full motorbike licence!

Now I need to get myself a bike. Which means I'll probably need to sell a car (or two).

[andyberg]

27 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said:

Passed my Mod 2 this morning! Much easier than the Mod 1 although I was shitting myself just before.

I now have a full motorbike licence!

Now I need to get myself a bike. Which means I'll probably need to sell a car (or two).

Well done chap 👍

[andy18s]

The Mrs sent me a pic of the train that took her from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Ruse,then onward to Bucharest airport.

A fairly uneventful trip so far is reported.

[MJK 24]

2 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Sweet.  Stereo works.  Well, sort of.

Tape does anyway - which was probably the most important bit.  Radio appears to be dead.

Neither the upper control panel or steering column controls do anything.  So the radio *may* actually work, but this system as I recall has muting if off station, and the seek controls are on the upper control panel, not duplicated on the head unit itself so I can't currently try to tune into anything or switch bands.

Could it really be as simple as a dodgy connection or someone not having plugged things back in (I have an invoice for the 12V outlet having been rewired, so this will have been out to access that)?

Not holding my breath, but would be a nice surprise if so.

Also, yes it still sounds bloody decent, even on the original speakers, must have been absolutely epic back in the late 80s.

What’s that from?  Renault 25?

[stuboy]

32 minutes ago, andy18s said:

The Mrs sent me a pic of the train that took her from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Ruse,then onward to Bucharest airport.

A fairly uneventful trip so far is reported.

big old bugger that

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, MrGTI6 said:

Passed my Mod 2 this morning! Much easier than the Mod 1 although I was shitting myself just before.

I now have a full motorbike licence!

Now I need to get myself a bike. Which means I'll probably need to sell a car (or two).

well done chap

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, Stevebrookman said:

Another years MOT for the Sierra. Needed a track rod end and two bits of welding on the rear arches-£185 -couldn't be bothered pulling the MIG out and freezing for that! Heres a before pic-too dark tonight. They replaced all the rusty bits you can see on the wheelarch near the door on both sides.

 

 

 

very nice

[Ghosty]

After posting in the wrong thread...

Car collected. Battery is weak and needed a jump after I stopped it. Time for fuel and a one shot run home with no wing mirrors. 

[OM646]

Got a Chinesium key for a friend's 307.

 

Full remote key, not just a shell. 10 quid.

I'll need to get it cut and programmed via PP2000.

So far it feels great and heavy in hand

[Zelandeth]

44 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

What’s that from?  Renault 25?

...That is not the thread I thought I had posted this in. Oops.

You're correct though.  Kinda an important bit of the whole look of the dash so I was very glad it was still there.

[Ghosty]

Fuck me, that was tense.

Got the train to Leicester and the seller picked me up, gave me a lift to his place and the MX5. 
Seller insists on feeding me, in the kitchen doing payment etc, and there's food on the table, he insisted I have some of the vegetable rice there, was pretty good to be fair, and kept me going. 
He just gives me the V5 to sort out in my own time. 
Off on my way, bit of alternator belt squeal that quickly clears up. 

Problem 1 - both mirrors are broken and held on with mastic. Limited visibility. 
Go to a McDonald's nearby to set myself up for the 100 miles home. 

Problem 2 - can't tax it, old 11 digit blue V5. 7:30pm, no post offices. 

Go to start the car and the (incorrect) battery has carked it (had terrible luck with batteries recently), called AA for a jump. Car's charging etc, just needed a kick up the arse. Didn't fancy bump starting as there were coppers in the car park. 
Headed to a Tesco a couple of miles away, fuelled up without turning it off on the self serve - as I was pulling in another Eunos left. Thought that was a good sign. 

Drove home in one shot up the M1 - praying for no coppers. Did pass a traffic car in south Yorkshire somewhere but it was too busy dealing with a foreign artic. 
Car's good, it has a weird thing where it bogs down sometimes when the revs drop, it feels like either the cone filter/MAF isn't quite happy (going to see if the standard airbox off the 1.6 fits but think the MAF is different), or very aggressive VVT (that it doesn't have). 

Drives well, just need to sort the niggles out and it'll be a goodun. 

It's a Eunos Roadster G-Limited - a Jap special edition that gets you some pretty metallic dark blue paint, faux suede seats, fancy Momo steering wheel, a four-speaker stereo, Torsen diff... all the good Jap spec parts. 

 

I'll get some pics in the light tomorrow, none yet because dark and stressed.
 

[Rust Collector]

6 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Fuck me, that was tense.

Got the train to Leicester and the seller picked me up, gave me a lift to his place and the MX5. 
Seller insists on feeding me, in the kitchen doing payment etc, and there's food on the table, he insisted I have some of the vegetable rice there, was pretty good to be fair, and kept me going. 
He just gives me the V5 to sort out in my own time. 
Off on my way, bit of alternator belt squeal that quickly clears up. 

Problem 1 - both mirrors are broken and held on with mastic. Limited visibility. 
Go to a McDonald's nearby to set myself up for the 100 miles home. 

Problem 2 - can't tax it, old 11 digit blue V5. 7:30pm, no post offices. 

Go to start the car and the (incorrect) battery has carked it (had terrible luck with batteries recently), called AA for a jump. Car's charging etc, just needed a kick up the arse. Didn't fancy bump starting as there were coppers in the car park. 
Headed to a Tesco a couple of miles away, fuelled up without turning it off on the self serve - as I was pulling in another Eunos left. Thought that was a good sign. 

Drove home in one shot up the M1 - praying for no coppers. Did pass a traffic car in south Yorkshire somewhere but it was too busy dealing with a foreign artic. 
Car's good, it has a weird thing where it bogs down sometimes when the revs drop, it feels like either the cone filter/MAF isn't quite happy (going to see if the standard airbox off the 1.6 fits but think the MAF is different), or very aggressive VVT (that it doesn't have). 

Drives well, just need to sort the niggles out and it'll be a goodun. 

It's a Eunos Roadster G-Limited - a Jap special edition that gets you some pretty metallic dark blue paint, faux suede seats, fancy Momo steering wheel, a four-speaker stereo, Torsen diff... all the good Jap spec parts. 

 

I'll get some pics in the light tomorrow, none yet because dark and stressed.
 

Glad you got it back safely, driving an unknown car in the dark is always a bit nerve wracking. If it’s any consolation I had the traffic police join me when I had a tyre disintegrate on a dual carriageway when collecting the Favorit. I hadn’t taxed it and it wasn’t showing on MID, when asked about tax and insurance I just said who I was insured with and that I’d only just bought it and they didn’t ask any more, just kept me company with their car protecting mine until a mate arrived with tools. I reckon that as long as you don’t come across as a scrote then you’re probably ok.

[Ghosty]

I'm going to have to do this - I'll never find mirrors in colour. £70 for a new pair or a couple of bolts... no brainer. 

[OM646]

3 hours ago, OM646 said:

Got a Chinesium key for a friend's 307.

 

Full remote key, not just a shell. 10 quid.

I'll need to get it cut and programmed via PP2000.

So far it feels great and heavy in hand

Any PSA guru here? 

Does a prefacelift 307 use "CE0523" or "CE0536" type of key?

[andyberg]

New day, new job. Hopefully leading to a less stress and more family time kind of life. Of course I had to bring the MG . Looks must better than the moderns 😁

[jmsguzzi]

9 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Fuck me, that was tense.

Got the train to Leicester and the seller picked me up, gave me a lift to his place and the MX5. 
Seller insists on feeding me, in the kitchen doing payment etc, and there's food on the table, he insisted I have some of the vegetable rice there, was pretty good to be fair, and kept me going. 
He just gives me the V5 to sort out in my own time. 
Off on my way, bit of alternator belt squeal that quickly clears up. 

Problem 1 - both mirrors are broken and held on with mastic. Limited visibility. 
Go to a McDonald's nearby to set myself up for the 100 miles home. 

Problem 2 - can't tax it, old 11 digit blue V5. 7:30pm, no post offices. 

Go to start the car and the (incorrect) battery has carked it (had terrible luck with batteries recently), called AA for a jump. Car's charging etc, just needed a kick up the arse. Didn't fancy bump starting as there were coppers in the car park. 
Headed to a Tesco a couple of miles away, fuelled up without turning it off on the self serve - as I was pulling in another Eunos left. Thought that was a good sign. 

Drove home in one shot up the M1 - praying for no coppers. Did pass a traffic car in south Yorkshire somewhere but it was too busy dealing with a foreign artic. 
Car's good, it has a weird thing where it bogs down sometimes when the revs drop, it feels like either the cone filter/MAF isn't quite happy (going to see if the standard airbox off the 1.6 fits but think the MAF is different), or very aggressive VVT (that it doesn't have). 

Drives well, just need to sort the niggles out and it'll be a goodun. 

It's a Eunos Roadster G-Limited - a Jap special edition that gets you some pretty metallic dark blue paint, faux suede seats, fancy Momo steering wheel, a four-speaker stereo, Torsen diff... all the good Jap spec parts. 

 

I'll get some pics in the light tomorrow, none yet because dark and stressed.
 

G-Limited = proper Gran Turismo spec

[wesacosa]

watching Manor Park Classics auction live on YouTube. not sure if its indicative of a Wednesday auction in December or says more about the market and uncertainties at the moment but hardly anything is going close to reserve at moment 

[Ghosty]

MX5 is now taxed at the post office. 

I've started with a couple of small jobs - given it the hardtop as the rear screen is splitting out of the roof (I'll replace the soft top next year). 

I also changed the aftermarket clear side repeaters and swapped them for standard orange ones. 

Green car's roof took a bit of messing to close as it's been laid open under the hardtop since at least May, presumably a lot longer. 

Green car is going for MOT then will be for sale if anyone's interested. Wheels pictured aren't included. 

I also took my Roadster floormats and moved them across: 

 

 

Tasty. 

I found out the horn doesn't work:

That'll be why. A completely pointless key operated removable boss. It also means I can only reach the stalks with my fingertips, so that's going in the bin when I can be arsed going outside again. 

[Bren]

The vectra has gone to a new owner.

We have had some great vauxhalls - I am a bit sad because I doubt we will have any more - they no longer make anything that appeals.

[wuvvum]

19 hours ago, andy18s said:

The Mrs sent me a pic of the train that took her from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Ruse,then onward to Bucharest airport.

A fairly uneventful trip so far is reported.

Bet that went well, massive great loco like that with only two carriages behind it.