mat777 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Went to view a car today and got a full tour around the seller's collection. Really nice guy! He took me out for a spin in (on?) his 1911 Hudson "Mile a Minute" Speedster, now that was an experience 😎 Also managed to do "parking rules applied" in the Aldi carpark with the Land Rover lesapandre, Twiggy, Split_Pin and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 17 minutes ago, mat777 said: Went to view a car today and got a full tour around the seller's collection. Really nice guy! He took me out for a spin in (on?) his 1911 Hudson "Mile a Minute" Speedster, now that was an experience 😎 Also managed to do "parking rules applied" in the Aldi carpark with the Land Rover is that in case you needed a push Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Well today has been a day of firsts. And lots of driving. As alluded to above I took the 164 for a drive this afternoon - its first "proper" drive in about 15 years. 12 miles covered at NSL speeds (where giffers permitted) and it drove beautifully - in fact I'd venture to say it's running the best it ever has in my ownership. This has made me almost irrationally happy - I've procrastinated so much and nearly given up on the car so many times that to actually have it properly back on the road and usable again is fucking amazing. In fact, this is going to sound really pathetic, but when the speedo needle hit 60 for the first time in over 15 years I actually got a bit emotional... The new front tyres are great, way more grippy than the ancient Michelin ZXs that were on there before. It behaved perfectly - no overheating, no sticking brakes, no conking out or spluttering. The only thing that went wrong was that a couple of miles from home on the way back, the viscous fan started rattling - it does that if I don't oil it regularly, and I'd completely forgotten to do so before I went out. I think in the medium term I'm going to take it off and replace it with an electric fan - you can buy new viscous clutch assemblies but they're a bit spendy. The brakes pull a little to the left under harder braking - a consequence of the offside rear brake not doing anything - but it's not dramatic. The brake pedal feels fine and the car will stop plenty quickly enough when needed. I've come to the conclusion that the non-functioning rear brake is due to a seized load sensing valve (there are two valves, one for each side). I found a pair of used but working valves for 20 quid on eBay so I'll be fitting those at some point once it warms up a bit. I also need to sort the headlights as they are temperamental - I think it's the relay, it's an overly complicated 8-pin job which again are £££ new so I think some rewiring to take a "standard" pair of relays may be in order. I've also done 25 miles in the Visa today - I took it up to the coast again this evening, it was running fine so I kept on going and went to see a mate. Then drove home again in the dark and wet. Again it ran fine taking into account the fact that it still needs a tune-up, but everything worked and it never showed any sign of conking out. I've also got the heater working - I hadn't realised that the slide on the dashboard wasn't actually moving the linkage under the bonnet, so I moved that manually to open the heat exchanger flaps and now it's lovely and warm. Headlights are great and the wiper is perfectly adequate, although I had to fit another new blade as the one I fitted when I first bought the car was already falling to bits. I popped the bonnet when I got home just to check that nothing had fallen off, and there was quite a lot of oil around the nearside of the engine bay. It appeared to be coming from a breather pipe that I'd forgotten to connect to the air filter housing - the actual quantity of oil wasn't huge (the level on the dipstick had barely moved) but because the pipe terminated right near the cooling fan it'd been blown all over the engine bay. I've now fitted the pipe properly and will have to see if that's sorted the issue. The engine has been somewhat over-filled with oil which may be why it's chucking some out - I might drain a bit out of the sump when I get a minute. Not a great deal of fettling done this weekend but I did get one of the front hubs off the MG. It was a bit more involved than I'd anticipated but not too traumatic. I've not managed to get the nearside hub off yet though - the bottom ball joint doesn't want to come out, I've been given a few ideas to try but I ran out of time today so that will have to wait until another day. I might take the offside hub in to the garage tomorrow anyway - they're a bit of a faff to refit so I only want to do it the once if possible, and I don't want to leave it sat with no front wheel for too long. I also swapped the wheels on the Rover 75 front to back - I prefer to have the bigger tyres on the front, the speedo is more accurate that way and because the rear suspension sits so high it makes more sense to have the lower profile tyres on the back to level things out a bit. I took that for a drive today as well to put some charge in the battery - it really is nice to have it back on the road. Dave_Q, Fumbler, Datsuncog and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Brilliant news all round there, @wuvvum! Reading stuff like this really spurs me on with my own projects, talking of which a nice box from ECAS showed up the other day full of 2CV parts. The weather has been shite recently but this afternoon the sun was out so I got the cover off the 2CV and got fitting. The engine was warmed up and the oil drained, while it was emptying I replaced an engine mount and removed and replaced the leaking master cylinder, the removed pedal box/master cylinder combo looking a bit like a big dead lobster or something . A new filter and fresh oil was added to the engine and it was run up to check for leaks. I haven’t bled the brakes yet as I had to get ready for work but I don’t foresee any real dramas. Another few jobs off the list. Fingers crossed I’ll be getting that 60mph buzz soon too! SiC, brownnova, RobT and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Brilliant news @wuvvum, I too felt emotional when I drove the Senator on a run after a similar amount of time off the road and found myself doing 90.mph without realising, so quiet and smooth. Great progress on your others too. mercedade and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Bought a radio for the TT. First time I've bought an aftermarket radio in almost two decades. Has Bluetooth audio, handsfree and all that good stuff. Also has a built in phone mount which is handy as the TT doesn't have any great places to mount a phone. Just need to figure which fitting kit I need for the Bose equipped setup in the TT. sdkrc, AnnoyingPentium and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 31 minutes ago, SiC said: Bought a radio for the TT. First time I've bought an aftermarket radio in almost two decades. Has Bluetooth audio, handsfree and all that good stuff. Also has a built in phone mount which is handy as the TT doesn't have any great places to mount a phone. Just need to figure which fitting kit I need for the Bose equipped setup in the TT. Yes but where does the cassette slot in! Lacquer Peel and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 8 hours ago, wuvvum said: As alluded to above I took the 164 for a drive this afternoon - its first "proper" drive in about 15 years. 12 miles covered at NSL speeds (where giffers permitted) and it drove beautifully - in fact I'd venture to say it's running the best it ever has in my ownership. This has made me almost irrationally happy - I've procrastinated so much and nearly given up on the car so many times that to actually have it properly back on the road and usable again is fucking amazing. In fact, this is going to sound really pathetic, but when the speedo needle hit 60 for the first time in over 15 years I actually got a bit emotional... It is so good to see you have fallen in love with it again. 8 hours ago, wuvvum said: I've also done 25 miles in the Visa today - I took it up to the coast again this evening, it was running fine so I kept on going and went to see a mate. Then drove home again in the dark and wet. Again it ran fine taking into account the fact that it still needs a tune-up, but everything worked and it never showed any sign of conking out. I've also got the heater working - I hadn't realised that the slide on the dashboard wasn't actually moving the linkage under the bonnet, so I moved that manually to open the heat exchanger flaps and now it's lovely and warm. My 2CV heater control seized a couple of times and I had to call for that great engineer from the South @richardmorris to free it it for me. My Visa Twin ran out of MOT during first Covid and has not been used since so when I get it out I may need to call on that great engineer from the East to free it up. LightBulbFun and wuvvum 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Yes but where does the cassette slot in! RoverFolkUs, wuvvum, DeanH and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Patinated ADO16; 1977? No, try 2021. it’s being delivered for that London on Thursday. Photos by previous owner. LightBulbFun, Dyslexic Viking, brownnova and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sham Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Today, my 13 year old 130k mile Skoda Octavia passed it's MoT on the first attempt with advisories for some tiny cracks in the tyres between the tread (they're Avon's, TADTS) and corroded rear arms. Both of which are only there so the garage had something to write down and are extremely nitpicky. Happy days. AnnoyingPentium, Yoss and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Outside pics. Oh how far the Clio of the lake has come 🤣 LightBulbFun, Split_Pin, Datsuncog and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Three Saabloads of junk to the tip today enabled this: Now Cindy Citroën has her house. Also did a few more checks on it, I need 2 new tyres as I hadn’t noticed the other day one of the rears is the original Michelin Energy with a 2006 date stamp on it. Loads of tread but it’s cracked a bit too much for my liking. Along with the spare having never been fitted I can imagine that will be a ballache to get out the cradle. I’ll do some shopping around but when I had the silver C2 I was mega impressed with the Vreidesteins I got for that. Front tyres were about 6psi down each, so they have been pumped up and the fluid levels checked. Cindy was the name given to the car by the previous owner, so Mrs D has decided to keep the name. Six-cylinder, Popsicle, MiniMinorMk3 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 21 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: Outside pics. Oh how far the Clio of the lake has come 🤣 Looks well! Is the owner of that 900 a boy called Gary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 7 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Looks well! Is the owner of that 900 a boy called Gary? Aye it's Gary's car, he needed a corner welded for an MOT but he's wanting it restored in the future. Someone had made a total arse of the back corner Tacked on arch panels and patches over holes, first pic is the arch where it meets the bottom of the quarter panel, they couldn't even be arsed finishing the weld 😑 Oh aye and the sheet metal tek screws just slammed through the panel. He should have it back at 5pm tonight Split_Pin, sdkrc and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.E Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 A short while ago I brought the Peug to a garage for a couple of jobs I don't have time for myself atm, and today this happened: https://www.gooieneemlander.nl/cnt/dmf20230313_49967786 Not really something for the grumpy thread as this could have ended a lot worse for the 205 (the cars in front of the garage were far enough away from the fire and do not seem to have been damaged) and the mechanic (who inhaled smoke and is in hospital now), but I think it is safe to assume that this workshop can't be used for a while... MiniMinorMk3, brownnova, AnnoyingPentium and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 19 minutes ago, GingerNuttz said: Aye it's Gary's car, he needed a corner welded for an MOT but he's wanting it restored in the future. Someone had made a total arse of the back corner Tacked on arch panels and patches over holes, first pic is the arch where it meets the bottom of the quarter panel, they couldn't even be arsed finishing the weld 😑 Oh aye and the sheet metal tek screws just slammed through the panel. He should have it back at 5pm tonight Ooft, looks like the kind of repairs I helped a boy do to the works hack MK2 Fiestas back in the 1990s. Blame me for you getting that, I gave him your number last year😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerNuttz Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said: Ooft, looks like the kind of repairs I helped a boy do to the works hack MK2 Fiestas back in the 1990s. Blame me for you getting that, I gave him your number last year😅 I've been putting it off for a year, poor guy must have thought I was ripping the piss 🤣 I'm still putting the resto off but I sorted his mot welding out since it was basically nothing. Shite Ron, Saabnut, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 All being well, I'll have another poor life decision being delivered next week. Really excited! After saying never again, it's bought a classic car sight unseen. Just hoping this won't be another big project again. 🙈🙉 Does mean I'm back at the ridiculous figure of 7 cars though. Six-cylinder, Dyslexic Viking, Cookiesouwest and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 8 minutes ago, SiC said: All being well, I'll have another poor life decision being delivered next week. Really excited! After saying never again, it's bought a classic car sight unseen. Just hoping this won't be another big project again. 🙈🙉 Does mean I'm back at the ridiculous figure of 7 cars though. Triumph Spitfire and sell the MGB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 31 minutes ago, Mally said: Triumph Spitfire and sell the MGB? Unfortunately no and definitely no. Still have my eye out for a Spitty though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back_For_More Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Pah...... Double figures FTW etc.... Although sometimes some of mine count double that's for damn sure. * - actually down to 8 at the moment so off to practice what I preach Hope it's a P4 as they're on my shopping list as the next project..... I'll read up on your thread first methinks SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 JLR woes: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/13/how-jaguar-land-rover-fell-behind-in-the-race-to-an-electric-future-and-what-it-means-for-the-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Good news if you live near Halewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Dug the auld dear out from hibernation to get the Saab in the garage for fixing. I think I'll stick on 6 months tax and use it for a bit. PicantoJon, sdkrc, AnnoyingPentium and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 I appreciate that ultimately I'm paying a bit more, but I just get the Porsche out & do the pay monthly thing & SORN it as & when. That way I can just run it on the nicest of nice days without feeling that I'm committed. They always take the money after I cancel, but that's just the way the system is set up and it's always refunded within about a week/ten days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Bulgaria has a vignette (road tax) system that allows you to buy cover for 24hrs,3 day weekend,7 day week,a calender month and then on to 3,6 or 12 month options. GrumpiusMaximus and Rust Collector 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Coming home in the 107 I was followed on to the car park by a chap in a Defender (a proper one) who wound down his window and informed me that he'd been following me for a while and thought I should know that my offside rear wheel was, in his words, "like a fucking pretzel". I initially thought that it was probably just the wheel trim not on straight or uneven wear on the tyre, but when I jacked the back of the car up and spun the wheel by hand it was obvious that the rim is indeed warped. I have no idea how or why it happened - I assume it must have been before my ownership as I haven't hit anything with it, although it wasn't picked up at MOT time (would that be something a tester would spot?). It doesn't seem to affect the car at normal speeds so I'm not sure what to do about it - I can get a second hand rim for 40 quid and then pay the local tyre place a tenner to change the (nearly new Falken) tyre over, but it seems a bit of a pointless expenditure given that the car may only have three months left to live anyway. I was looking on eBay for electric radiator fans for the Volvo, and then it dawned on me that there is an unused one fitted to the Mazda that I put on there last year - the Mazda probably won't be going very far, and anyway it never got close to needing a radiator fan even in the heatwave last summer, so I'm going to nick that for the Volvo and save myself a few quid which is a Brucie bonus. LightBulbFun, AnnoyingPentium, GrumpiusMaximus and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camryv6 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 On 3/13/2023 at 8:02 AM, Six-cylinder said: Yes but where does the cassette slot in! I thought that was the cassette slot in the middle, until you said that 🤦♂️ Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuboy Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 36 minutes ago, camryv6 said: I thought that was the cassette slot in the middle, until you said that 🤦♂️ RoverFolkUs, puddlethumper, junkyarddog and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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