mitsisigma01 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 does anyone know of any foolish mad enough to be trying to keep a mk1 Ka in good condition... I have heard about a brand new bonnet for one , still in the box , so could be immaculate or rusted to fk ! Urgent response please as its got to go quickly TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I agree re the original wheels on the Gooner - they didn't do it any favours. Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Took the missus to Littlestone to walk the kids, and the hound.. AnnoyingPentium, Joey spud, BeEP and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 3 hours ago, stuboy said: Took the missus to Littlestone to walk the kids, and the hound.. Joey spud, MiniMinorMk3, Six-cylinder and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Just now, stuboy said: Lankytim, AnnoyingPentium, Yoss and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Well yesterday was a complete washout, although I did spend a happy* half hour or so pinning up the headlining in the Rover 75 so I can actually see out the back window. It's suffering from water ingress - I think around the GPS shark fin on the roof - which means that not only is the headlining dripping wet but all the glue has dissolved. Fantastic*. That leaves the 107 as the only car in the fleet that is entirely watertight. I also rigged up some USB LED lighting for the Maxus' instruments - it suffers from the usual Christmas tree dashboard lights and I really can't be arsed to take the clocks out again to try and get the contacts to stay working, so I'm going to stick with the external LED strip for now. Power is handily provided by the USB slot on the front of the stereo. On the subject of which, it's stopped flipping over to the reversing camera view when it's supposed to - I'm hoping that it's just a wire come loose on the back of the unit rather than the stereo itself that's stopped working properly. Today once the wind had died down a bit and the showers had buggered off I went outside to have a play with the Visa. I drilled out the mounting holes in the front of the crankcase to 6mm and then went at them with an M7 tap - I had to remove one of the handles from the tap turny thing though as there wasn't enough clearance. Then I found the bolts I'd bought were too long so I had to slice a bit off the end of them with a dremel (would have been quicker with the angry grinder but I couldn't find it, I think it might be buried in the back of the Maxus). It all worked out OK though and the ignition module is now held on rather more securely than before. I still want to add a couple of washers to try and keep it all in place - I can't go too mad tightening the bolts up as they're screwed directly into 40-year-old French alloy so I don't think it'd take too much to strip the threads. Then I finished putting the carb back together (there's one mounting nut which isn't quite as tight as I'd like but it's almost impossible to get to with normal tools (unless I take off the oil filler pipe but the mounting nuts for that are equally impossible to get at)) - I'm going to have to invest in a crow's foot spanner I think. It's held on well enough though, and once everything was back together the car fired straight up. That sounds a lot healthier. Bit tappety, but then a chatty tappet is a happy tappet. No fuel leaks so far, although I didn't run it for very long because there's no cooling fan at the moment. Once I've got the washers on the ignition module bolts and I'm as satisfied as I can be that they aren't going to come undone, I can get the fan back on and then start putting the front of the car back together properly. Then hopefully I can go for a drive! I then jump started the Innocenti off the 107 and left it to run with the heater on to try and dry the carpet out a bit. While it was doing that I put the Toyota up on the ramps (that needed a jump start too) and emptied the rest of the can of cavity wax into the bits of chassis I could get the lance into. I haven't done it all as the can ran out but I've got another can on the way. Then I had great fun sponging out the water from the carpet in the nearside rear footwell. One of these days when it's raining heavily I need to go out and sit in the car to find out exactly where the water is coming in - I think it's round the door seal somewhere but I can't work out exactly where. It was getting dark by that point, so I had to stop playing, but I took advantage of the fact that the wind had dried the roads out nicely and took the Innocenti for a drive as it hadn't moved in a few months. I still love that little car... Andyrew, Zelandeth, Wibble and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Yesterday I posted an LS430 in the tat thread, being sold by a bloke at the top of the street. A while ago he said to let him know if I ever want to sell the green MX5. He's sent me a WhatsApp, he's sold the LS and how much am I looking for for the MX5? He had the LS up for 2500ono. That's how much I want. Fuckin' winner. coachie, LightBulbFun, chodweaver and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 10 hours ago, stuboy said: I do like a barnacle AnnoyingPentium, Lankytim, MiniMinorMk3 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 11 hours ago, wuvvum said: Today once the wind had died down a bit and the showers had buggered off I went outside to have a play with the Visa. I drilled out the mounting holes in the front of the crankcase to 6mm and then went at them with an M7 tap - I had to remove one of the handles from the tap turny thing though as there wasn't enough clearance. Then I found the bolts I'd bought were too long so I had to slice a bit off the end of them with a dremel (would have been quicker with the angry grinder but I couldn't find it, I think it might be buried in the back of the Maxus). It all worked out OK though and the ignition module is now held on rather more securely than before. I still want to add a couple of washers to try and keep it all in place - I can't go too mad tightening the bolts up as they're screwed directly into 40-year-old French alloy so I don't think it'd take too much to strip the threads. Then I finished putting the carb back together (there's one mounting nut which isn't quite as tight as I'd like but it's almost impossible to get to with normal tools (unless I take off the oil filler pipe but the mounting nuts for that are equally impossible to get at)) - I'm going to have to invest in a crow's foot spanner I think. It's held on well enough though, and once everything was back together the car fired straight up. That sounds a lot healthier. Bit tappety, but then a chatty tappet is a happy tappet. No fuel leaks so far, although I didn't run it for very long because there's no cooling fan at the moment. Once I've got the washers on the ignition module bolts and I'm as satisfied as I can be that they aren't going to come undone, I can get the fan back on and then start putting the front of the car back together properly. Then hopefully I can go for a drive! I'm so chuffed this is finally getting the TLC it deserves! chaseracer and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarmonicCheeseburger Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/13/2023 at 8:39 PM, MrGTI6 said: A colleague with a 16-plate Audi A3 often tells me that he'll never buy a French car because they're unreliable. This evening, a small queue had formed on the way home from work. I thought perhaps there were some temporary lights in place. Got to the front of the queue and saw my colleague's A3 was the cause of the obstruction, just sat there with its hazard lights flashing. It turned out his state-of-the-art dual-clutch S-Tronic gearbox decided to completely lose drive and he has no breakdown cover. I towed his car back to the yard using my unreliable 25-year-old French car. Only just got back home having dropped him off at his house. I hope you took a picture for 2023's Xmas card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Landed myself a job as a primary school IT assistant. Get in. Back_For_More, wuvvum, mercedade and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Paid holidays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 minute ago, New POD said: Paid holidays? That's everyone's question... I think there's some work in the hols but not much. It's a Mon-Fri role though and that's more than good enough for me. somewhatfoolish and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Spent an hour tidying the unit with MsReb. I know it's still an absolute tip, but it was *really* bad before. The amount of shite I swept off the floor is astounding, especially since we only really did a quarter of it. Rust Collector, Yoss, LightBulbFun and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 That looks like a brilliant space Reb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 4 minutes ago, loserone said: That looks like a brilliant space Reb It's not quite as big as the ultra wide shot makes it look, but there's enough space for a good few cars if hoarding is your thing. I'll be sacraficing some of the space for business purposes if all goes well though. HarmonicCheeseburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffgeezer Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 16 minutes ago, reb said: I'll be sacraficing some of the space for business purposes if all goes well though. Looks good that, what's you be doing business-wise, that's if it is not rude to ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Just now, ruffgeezer said: Looks good that, what's you be doing business-wise, that's if it is not rude to ask? Building analogue guitar effects and synthesizer bollocks. I have my own designs I'm working on but initially I'll be doing clones. It's theoretically viable with the right marketing. As long as it pays for itself I'm not too arsed. auntiemaryscanary, RichardK, chodweaver and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: That's everyone's question... I think there's some work in the hols but not much. It's a Mon-Fri role though and that's more than good enough for me. My missus did the same sort of role in a secondary school soon after she took early retirement from her statistical planning job. It was the school our eldest was attending and that helped to tip the balance to accepting it. She didn't have to do much during the holidays, her and the boys spent virtually all of them on the Norfolk Coast. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I've been doing some DIY... Keep 'em peeled! Lankytim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Public service announcement: STOP resting your foot on the clutch in traffic!! 10 shite points* up for grabs if you identify the vehicle... 5 shite points* if you identify the engine * Redeemable against fuck all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 33 minutes ago, chaseracer said: I've been doing some DIY... Keep 'em peeled! I’ll name that car in one! Looks like a crime watch still - have you seen this man acting suspiciously etc. chaseracer and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Also no pic, but an Aston Martin Valkyrie outside work today. Internet says £3million and it still kept dropping the gullwing doors on the heads of the people pushing it. ugly thing too especially in this ones white pearl colour. wuvvum and Six-cylinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said: 10 shite points* up for grabs if you identify the vehicle... 5 shite points* if you identify the engine * Redeemable against fuck all I want to say because the guide tube and fork. Peugeot 1.4/1.6 the older engine (tu?) 106 /206? RoverFolkUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 3 hours ago, reb said: Spent an hour tidying the unit with MsReb. I know it's still an absolute tip, but it was *really* bad before. The amount of shite I swept off the floor is astounding, especially since we only really did a quarter of it. id love a place just too look at my crap and polish my tools. Shite Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 47 minutes ago, Andyrew said: I want to say because the guide tube and fork. Peugeot 1.4/1.6 the older engine (tu?) 106 /206? I thought the guide tube would give it away to an eagle-eyed person Correct marque, but it's actually a C3 Picasso, 1.6 HDi. Goes to show they've been using the same setup for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 2 hours ago, chaseracer said: I've been doing some DIY... Keep 'em peeled! cutting the trees back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Robbing Peter to pay Paul as the saying goes... Can't wait for the new fleet too arrive.. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The Picasso decided to be French this evening Thought I'd pop out to install its battery that I've been meaning to refit after charging it up a couple of weeks ago. It was not happy, started it up and it was running on 2 or 3 *Beep beep* "engine faulty" and the EML duly illuminated Of course, being French it fixed itself 30 seconds later, left it running for 20 minutes and then it was fine all that time 🤷 Probably down to the cold, and the fact I've left it there for a few months but it shouldn't misfire like that 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goosey Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Used the Jeep to get to work today as I’m in the workshop all week and will probably use it tomorrow 35 mile round trip today is the most it’s driven for over a year. Had a spare hour so I cleaned the leaves out the scuttle and heater intake so now it doesn’t steam up inside as much. even managed 21mpg average!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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