egg Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 42 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Got an aging bedroom tool around here someplace - reckon they'd work on that? at your own risk! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Yonk! Shite Ron, Tickman, captain_70s and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 20 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: Didn't think this was worth starting a whole thread in the ask a shiter section, but could anyone remind me of which main dealer it is that tends to stock Daihatsu parts and what the 3rd party website is that frequently gets mentioned on here who do a lot of the bits for them? Thanks Woodford might be worth a try (womoco). Parts dept have been very helpful in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Dolly looks a bit salty! Swapping the 2.0 16v for something a bit more reliable? timolloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Excellent work. Did the front panel just come off in your hands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17-Coffees Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 I always forget how much room the Spaceship Civic has, but has more than enough room to fit a pallet in with the rear seats down... artdjones, Split_Pin and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 This may be a bit new, but I spent the afternoon replacing the front shocks on the Doblo. Why? The ARB link ripped itself out of the shock. Which was put on the car by the previous owner in July 2021. As the other side did the same thing, and got welded back together last summer I decided to replace both sides with new. The old ones were JapanParts in case you're wondering. It gave me a chance to try out the new spring compressors I bought 18 months ago and never used I have to say they felt safer than any other compressors I've used, although I usually borrow a spring station. Rusty_Rocket, Dyslexic Viking, Popsicle and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 10/02/2023 at 18:22, Lankytim said: Camskill never responded to my email about the 20 month old tyres so I took that as a big middle finger to the idea of getting them replaced. As the tyres were cluttering the place up I decided to fit them. Getting the old tyres on and off by hand was pretty easy once I’d broken the bead in a suitably padded vice. Soap was used to pop the new tyres on but no matter what I did I couldn’t get the first tyre to bead properly so I could inflate it. A quick YouTube tutorial later and I discovered that the tyre could be pushed onto the bead with suitable support (in this case part of the towing dolly)and the other side could then be massaged onto the opposite wheel bead enough to take air. Soon all tyres were fitted and the 2cv is now sporting a set of new(ish) hoops! 20 months old would be a big improvement on the ones on my 2CV! 😂 Lankytim and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 3 hours ago, trigger said: Dolly looks a bit salty! Swapping the 2.0 16v for something a bit more reliable? Ha! Nah this parts car is having its engine off to a new home northwards. I had to take some panel cuts but it's really too rotten on bits that I need. As this is a very late car (registered 1982!) I guess the factory workers CBA. There is literally no rustproofing on the inside of this front piece I cut off. 3 hours ago, Split_Pin said: Excellent work. Did the front panel just come off in your hands? Pretty much! It was only really being held on by the welds on the wings. I cut along there and the front left fell off, with the right hand side just needing a bit of back and forth action to snap it off. trigger, Shite Ron and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Wonder if anyone can guess the car from this photo, MOT pass! loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 KA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 2 hours ago, artdjones said: new spring compressors What make are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 7 minutes ago, junkyarddog said: What make are they? They are just Neilsen ones from Amazon, so they got a careful look over when bought to make sure the bolt and nut had no play and that the jaws were properly finished off. But, so far, so good. They were really bought for my Saab 96, which has rather frightening springs, but that hasn't made any progress for a while. They are a copy of a Laser item, but that's about 5 times the price. junkyarddog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, richardmorris said: KA. I also shouted KA when i seen that 🤣 richardmorris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Booked in to see a potential new car for stepdaughter tomorrow. Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Fair swap? 🤣 Snake Charmer, AnnoyingPentium and horriblemercedes 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Yesterday was one hell of a day. Sold the green MX5 to a lad from Portsmouth who met me in Northampton and had a handshake so firm I'm pretty sure it dislocated my little finger. Then bought a Civic, go figure. It's had a lot spent on it, the girl selling it was working in a technical role for the Mercedes F1 team and pretty hands on, she's done the cambelt, all the servicing etc for it to need nothing for a long time. The owner before her had had it since 1994... It supposedly had a fault where it didn't like starting when it was cold, but was fine when it warmed up - it would turn freely and had spark etc, but wouldn't fire. She suspected it was the coil and had rebuilt the whole distributor. Jumping it off another car didn't help, while we tried to work out what was up we left it connected to the other car. There was a non-zero chance that the cambelt had jumped teeth - but it'd have to have been a big jump for it to not fire at all, and that didn't make sense if it was turning freely. Despondent, gave the key one last turn and it just started instantly. There was one thing she hadn't replaced. A fucking Lion battery. Got the car home as it's far too good to pass up - going to change the battery and see what happens. It can't be much. Wibble, catsinthewelder, GrumpiusMaximus and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 13 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Booked in to see a potential new car for stepdaughter tomorrow. Turned out to be some wannabe car trader on F*cebook muppetplace. No history, short MoT. C3 up for £1200. Clutch rattling, big dent in a door. Drove ok but better out there for the same money. Gutted I missed out on Stanky’s Skoda - only saw the post after it was sold. AnnoyingPentium, Stanky and Yoss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 16 hours ago, richardmorris said: KA. It's a 306 attempting to rival a KA I guess. richardmorris and loserone 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Surprisingly, the Lion battery was not at fault - the distributor igniter had failed. Car now runs perfectly. Tubbo, Shite Ron, LightBulbFun and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Turned out to be some wannabe car trader on F*cebook muppetplace. No history, short MoT. C3 up for £1200. Clutch rattling, big dent in a door. Drove ok but better out there for the same money. Gutted I missed out on Stanky’s Skoda - only saw the post after it was sold. Sorry chap, I was astonished how quickly it sold on Gumtree, thought it'd hang about for a bit. Probabaly underpriced in in retrospect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 @gm, where have I been today? gm, Shite Ron and Snake Charmer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 21 hours ago, SiC said: the front left fell off Sorry. It had to be done. gm, puddlethumper, RayMK and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Took the trailer for a morning out to Hertfordshire and somehow this followed me home... I should probably make an effort to update my thread, because a month ago this did the same... Dyslexic Viking, brownnova, Rust Collector and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yes oui si Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Rear wheel bolts cut down so I can put the splits on the back as well as the front... Quite an endearing wee thing, this. Andyrew, Rust Collector, MiniMinorMk3 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 57 minutes ago, BeEP said: Took the trailer for a morning out to Hertfordshire and somehow this followed me home... I should probably make an effort to update my thread, because a month ago this did the same... Was that the one on the 1100 club classifieds? If so I kept looking at it and was rather tempted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, SiC said: Was that the one on the 1100 club classifieds? If so I kept looking at it and was rather tempted! Yep. It's a bit lot of a shed; one owner until 2020 doing progressively less mileage, with their garage presumably cobbling it along from one MOT to the next. I went and looked at it two weeks ago and walked away, but a week later the seller got back in touch and offered it for just over half the original asking price. Still not sure it was worth it, but an afternoon's tinkering has got it running and mechanically it seems quite good (except the blowing exhaust, which I was warned about). Given you like to get the bodywork on your classics just right you did well to avoid this; you'd have been working on it long into your retirement! SiC, mercedade and louiepj 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Drophead Coprolalia, Supernaut, BeEP and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 2 hours ago, Supernaut said: Sorry. It had to be done. It was intentional! Supernaut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 For the last few weeks the XC90 hasn’t done the bulk of the work, it’s done all of it. A lack of time to do anything with any other car meant that easiest was the only way. Anyway now the pesky school inspectors have fucked off I had a couple of hours to use doing something car related. The 2CV is out of MoT next week, and last time I went to use it the battery was dead and the interior had got damp when I stored it outside for a couple of weeks and therefore was a little mouldy. Fast forward three weeks and… Yeah that’s grim, So it was a couple of hours cleaning. Turns out the inside had got quite grubby, I felt like it needed mopping out! From there it was MoT checks, one rear light had a bit of a loose connection, and the fog light wasn’t working (wiring not the bulb). Those were sorted. But the non working screen wash was not, not quite sure why that’s not working. But other than that… nothing obvious. Coprolalia, Rust Collector, MiniMinorMk3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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