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[goosey]

Pulled up on the road to get into character outside a customer and noticed this might have to check it out when I’ve finished 

[Vince70]

4 hours ago, goosey said:

Pulled up on the road to get into character outside a customer and noticed this might have to check it out when I’ve finished 

I love a dig around old world war 2 structures,

When we were kids, we had a massive governmental H bomb shelter that gave us hours of fun exploring.

An old pillbox was dug out recently just up the road from me.

 

[barefoot]

I nipped up to check the fleet of mini-buses as I do every week & began with the Renault Master. I pulled the dip stick, gave it a quick wipe & stuck it back in. When I removed it to read the oil level the final inch, the bit I wanted to look at was missing. The fucker had snapped off & stopped in the engine. I waited until my boss turned up and he fired up the engine with a cheery, 'I'm sure it'll be all right'.  And all right it appears to be.

A new dip stick is on order, is the old one likely to cause any damage?

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, barefoot said:

I nipped up to check the fleet of mini-buses as I do every week & began with the Renault Master. I pulled the dip stick, gave it a quick wipe & stuck it back in. When I removed it to read the oil level the final inch, the bit I wanted to look at was missing. The fucker had snapped off & stopped in the engine. I waited until my boss turned up and he fired up the engine with a cheery, 'I'm sure it'll be all right'.  And all right it appears to be.

A new dip stick is on order, is the old one likely to cause any damage?

Plastic or steel dipstick? (The Renault, not the Boss)

[EyesWeldedShut]

Just now, EyesWeldedShut said:

Plastic or steel dipstick? (The Renault, not the Boss)

and how long is it ? (the missing bit)

[barefoot]

Sorry, it's plastic &  about an inch long.

[wuvvum]

Renner of that age will probably be plastic (and fairly soft plastic at that) so unlikely to cause too much damage.

Edit: beaten to it...

[wheel nut]

My mother's Volvo C30 was needing a pair of new tyres.  I swapped the wheels between front and rear so that the new ones were fitted on the rear.  The ones that were on the rear are starting to crack so I expect they'll need replaced in a year or two. The more I work on this car the more I like it - it feels really well engineered. It's a pity that Volvo have stopped making sensibly sized cars, in recent years they seem to have got obsessed with overpriced bloated SUVs.

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[dozeydustman]

Finally got the tyres for the C2. The spare was so perished it wouldn’t hold air so the worst of the three ‘Iris’ brand it was running on was dispatched as the new spare. Never heard of Iris tyres, to be fair they were coping quite well with the wet & greasy roads and my responsible* driving of a small gutless hatchback, but they are very noisy. Steering response is much improved with the Uniroyals - it feels a lot sharper.

If we have a dry day tomorrow or Wednesday I’ll have a more in depth look at the Kia’s steering leak. A tested used pump is about £40, and a tested second hand rack is about £80 - I’m just hoping it’s a weeping pipe though.

[Vince70]

I went into my local ESK today and on the shelf for the first time in ages,  I found their cheap knockoff waxoyl aerosols.

It’s only £2.50  a can and works a treat and it normally sells for around £6/7 online with other retailers.

So I bought all 8 cans that were available.

I wish it was there last week though, as it would of saved the driveway looking like an environmental disaster, as I used old engine oil lol.

[wesacosa]

One of the issues of too many cars is keeping up with MOT, for the m3 I decided to be proactive and get it done with a couple of weeks to spare. checked online and it due 30 March so I took it in today, left work early so i could make the 4pm slot. After ten minutes the MOT tester came in the office and asked why on earth I had brought it in today as it runs until 30 May.  what a bloody chump 🤦🏼

I thought it didn't seem a year ago since I last MOTd it

[Split_Pin]

A fellow Saabist came out to the house today and plugged the 93 into his Tech 2. The scanner is fooking massive, really old school 🤣

Identified it as the front left wheel sensor so no risk of parts darts on this one. I'll get a reasonable scanner later in the week too.

Cleared a whole load of other historic codes too. It also identified that the replacement alternator is missing a grounding wire, probably an additional thing that a Saab needs that the alternator doesnt have, but doesn't stop it from charging, which it continues to do so perfectly.

[320touring]

I turned 42 on Sunday.

As such, I have matured sufficiently to give up my "Boy Racer" ways.

 

I've traded this

 

For this

 

and driven it straight in here...

 

only for 4 nights though🤣

[wesacosa]

27 minutes ago, MrGTI6 said:

I did the opposite with my 306 when it got the 6-month COVID extension. 6 months came and went and I still had the old expiry date in my head! 

Unknowingly put a few thousand miles on it without an MOT!

yeah that's what I normally end up doing!

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, Vince70 said:

I went into my local ESK today...

For those of you frantically searching for your local branch to do the same, there are only 2, both in East Sussex.

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, wheel nut said:

My mother's Volvo C30 was needing a pair of new tyres.  I swapped the wheels between front and rear so that the new ones were fitted on the rear.  The ones that were on the rear are starting to crack so I expect they'll need replaced in a year or two. The more I work on this car the more I like it - it feels really well engineered. It's a pity that Volvo have stopped making sensibly sized cars, in recent years they seem to have got obsessed with overpriced bloated SUVs.

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Fair play M9, but I don't like the thought of raising one jack while a car's up on another, whichever you did first.

[gm]

12 minutes ago, 320touring said:

I turned 42 on Sunday.

Happy Birthday ! 

[wheel nut]

29 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Fair play M9, but I don't like the thought of raising one jack while a car's up on another, whichever you did first.

I did the trolley jack at the front first as I thought it was reasonably stable. There’s no way I would do it on 2 jacks if the scissor jack had been first, however in hindsight it would still have been more sensible to slide an axle stand under the first end before tackling the other.

[RoverFolkUs]

So the "family bike" Xsara Picasso that's been laid up for a year has been squeezed in for a last minute cancellation MOT slot in the morning (there was a nice logistical plan in place, then they cancelled so I thought I'd bung the Picasso in instead to stop the chain of events collapsing 😄)

Despite its low mileage, that MOT dread has set in! Watch this space. Result should be in at the crack of dawn or just after tomorrow... 

[brownnova]

Awoke the MG from its winter slumber yesterday. A boost from the jump park saw it start easily.

Gave it a wash, and headed out for a quick blat round the lanes to check all is in order… 

Turns out it is, and all appears well… 

So now to get it advertised for sale again so I can put some money into the Nova project/probably buy something equally unsuitable. 

[High Jetter]

Roffle?

[RoverFolkUs]

Picasso is waiting at the test station.... 

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Picasso is waiting at the test station.... 

May the God of Picassos that is Ronnie Pickering be looking in your favour on this day.

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Picasso is waiting at the test station.... 

Man from the ministry has said YES

And it's gone straight through!

Both the tester and driver very complimentary about it's condition and the way it drives

Definitely a keeper this one. 

Only one advisory for a dicky exhaust rubber, which I knew about ages ago but completely forgot about so that's a helpful reminder 

[Back_For_More]

On 3/20/2023 at 6:37 PM, 320touring said:

I turned 42 on Sunday....

Happy birthday from a fellow 19th March fish..... You, me, n Bruce Willis apparently. 

[andyberg]

4 minutes ago, Back_For_More said:

Happy birthday from a fellow 19th March fish..... You, me, n Bruce Willis apparently. 

And my son @BerginJR so happy birthdays all round 🎂

[Eyersey1234]

On 3/20/2023 at 2:52 PM, Vince70 said:

I love a dig around old world war 2 structures,

When we were kids, we had a massive governmental H bomb shelter that gave us hours of fun exploring.

An old pillbox was dug out recently just up the road from me.

 

This would go nicely in the warshite thread

[RoverFolkUs]

If a Zafira B doesn't catch fire, it dissolves it would seem...

That's one less on the road then to become a Zanussi...

[richardmorris]

4 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

If a Zafira B doesn't catch fire, it dissolves it would seem...

That's one less on the road then to become a Zanussi...

Ah, the yellow crayon of shame. Sorry for the loss

[RoverFolkUs]

Just now, richardmorris said:

Ah, the yellow crayon of shame. Sorry for the loss

It's not mine, thankfully 😄