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[The Vicar]

8 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Bought a new stablemate for the 164…

Authentic* BMC ownership experience

[junkyarddog]

Today I had been mostly fucking around with a mates NCT failure 2008 Toyota Avensis. 

He's a total numbnuts when it comes to cars.

This got a Fail dangerous on it's test,and mate rang me up,"did they put a sticker on the windscreen?" I asked,No came the reply can I drive it up yours?

Half an hour later he turns up........

🤣 

It bust a brake hard line at the rear during the test,plus rusty rear suspension arms split CV boot and a few bulbs.

I repaired the hard line then sent him on his way.

Today it got a new cv boot fitted,plus the lower balljoint cover split as I was taking off the front hub🙄

Then on to the rear arms.

These are surprisingly cheap new.

New rear tracking bar was needed too,plus a rear spring.

Old one was disintegrating. 

Rear arms definitely had seen better days.

Of course a bolt had to be seized and break off in the bushing,had to cut through the other side with the grinder,what fun!

Lots of rust flakes from inside the arms.

New spring,suspension arm and brake line repair.

Glad that's over,hopefully it will pass now.🙄

Bit on the warm side today here to,Please excuse the sweat and greasy fingerprints on this post!🤣

 

[SiC]

3 hours ago, The Vicar said:

Authentic* BMC ownership experience

You'll be needing to contact these guys:

https://hahsltd.co.uk/

 

[bunglebus]

My partner's dad was looking for a new set of wheels, after selling his weird Suzuki Ignis 4x4 hatch thingamebob.

So what does a 6 foot tattooed 70+ year old man with a bald head and a big beard buy to potter about in? 

Yep that'll do it. Hairdresser jokes at the ready.

[Dyslexic Viking]

The Mercedes was full of dust from the body shop so washed it and took it out for an evening drive.

[320touring]

After a fair bit of fuckery from the garage that supplied the dynamo for the Oxford (e.g. telling me to come in and they would test it there and then, but then wanting to book in a slot..)

We settled on it being a regulator issue.

A new one was fitted.

I checked output at idle at the garage : 13.35v  ideal.

Got home (about 5 miles) checked again at idle:

Hmmm

Switched it off and had my tea, went back out later to shuffle cars:

At idle, full beam on 13.5v

At idle, dip beam on 14.6v

At idle no lights on 16v

Ats no right...

Going to have to read up on how to adjust the regulator. Can't be arsed taking it back to the garage as they were a pain.

 

[auntiemaryscanary]

2 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

The Mercedes was full of dust from the body shop so washed it and took it out for an evening drive.

That is looking lovely Mr Viking.

[stuboy]

loaded the side skirts into the mondeo, as been in missus garden for a bit, hopefully get the fitted tomorrow... in between children's birthday and shopping

[brownnova]

Me: “I don’t need any more cars, I have more than enough.”

Me: Definitely don’t need any more projects, I can’t do the ones I have”

Also me: “so I’ll come and have a look at about 4.30…”

[High Jetter]

We need to hear from @Mrsbrownnova on this

[brownnova]

8 hours ago, High Jetter said:

We need to hear from @Mrsbrownnova on this

Aware… wouldn’t say overly enthusiastic, but aware. It’s one of those situations where the ad says offers and the fella says he has no idea of value… so it’ll either be a bargain or too expensive for words. I’m first, so I imagine I’ll set the bar for lowball offers 😂

Thankfully fairly local… 

[MJK 24]

Wheel bearing expiry on the Scirocco.

Fitted four new tyres last weekend and planned to do a four wheel geometry set up taking into account that plus the fitment of the big brace underneath from a few pages previously.

When we refitted the NSF wheel last Saturday, there was a good 2mm of movement ‘in and out’ at the hub.  And the hubnut was tight!  So I ordered a bearing and hub through the week and they were fitted today with a full geo set up completed straight after.

Almost feels nimble now!

 

[richardmorris]

Another episode of Le grand tour with the ex top gear lot is out. It’s actually not awful. Some interesting places, stalag lift 3 etc and I’d never heard of crosley before. Some shenanigans but no car destruction.

[brownnova]

Cars I viewed (yes it was a pair based deal) we’re both better and worse than expected. Been off the road for 6 and 15 years respectively and one of the road for 6 has suffered badly with tin worm considering it had a clean pass MoT in July 2016… I actually put my hand through the floor by accident. But the other one was very solid where it counts, if tatty and showing no signs of life no matter what we did electricity wise… the seller has no idea of how much they want… I need to work out whether I really need two more projects to add to the list 😂

 

Edit to add: @Mrsbrownnova has started making plans for them… and seems more keen on the idea than me now 😂

[richardmorris]

3 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Cars I viewed (yes it was a pair based deal) we’re both better and worse than expected. Been off the road for 6 and 15 years respectively and one of the road for 6 has suffered badly with tin worm considering it had a clean pass MoT in July 2016… I actually put my hand through the floor by accident. But the other one was very solid where it counts, if tatty and showing no signs of life no matter what we did electricity wise… the seller has no idea of how much they want… I need to work out whether I really need two more projects to add to the list 😂

Saw those earlier, there’s always a reason cars are taken off the road. Usually 2cvs is RUST.

[brownnova]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Saw those earlier, there’s always a reason cars are taken off the road. Usually 2cvs is RUST.

In this case the A Reg one had a bump, (damaged bonnet and bumper - nothing else, I had a good look) and the other one was welded up but never made it back to the road. 

[danthecapriman]

Washed the Capri today! 
First time I’ve done so in years. But since all the sealing up and corrosion waxing is done now it was a good time to get the thing clean and test it for leaks at the same time (none found!).

The paint on this thing is absolutely glorious! A real testament to the guy that painted it imho. I’d seen his work on some other cars before he did this one but the guy really is a talented time served body man. The paint is silk smooth and there’s no orange peel or anything in it. 
There’s a couple of dirty marks on the top end of the bonnet where some crap had dripped on it from the garage roof last year but most of it has come straight off with hot water and shampoo. I reckon another wash and it’ll come off, maybe even a light buff with some polish should do the trick.

I remember cleaning this for the last time in 2016, and you’d get a shower of rust flakes off certain parts just with the sponge passing over them! Not so now!

[captain_70s]

More forum downtime today...

[Ghosty]

124 has left the building, I'll leave the new owner to the rest.

Have had messages about the MX5 from a chap on the Isle of Man(!!!) who's willing to go full-on collection mission for it.
Speedy  was over today, we tried to do the cambelt on his Civic but the big end pulley bolt is an absolute ballache to remove, so we gave up. Checked the belt and it's a recentish Gates with plenty life left, so we'll defer that for a bit. We did the valve clearances, put new gaskets in the rocker cover, changed the spark plugs and fitted a new radiator though. All that has yielded a massive improvement. After that we took the roof off the MX5 and took it out for a cruise. I honestly enjoyed being a passenger in the MX5 more than driving  it...

 

[JJ0063]

Went to see Paul Weller tonight in Thetford Forest, seen him there a few times now and he’s always bloody fantastic.

[Burnside]

Me and my Brother got the last pieces of unwanted silver trim removed from the Panda. 

Accessibility to the roof bar bolts is via removing the end caps, absolute pita of a job!

Once they were off, the bolts wer quickly removed and  10mind later they were done.

 

New bars on and bonus is my Brother sold the unwanted Silver bars already.  Have also fitted a matching new rear number plate, but forgot to take a picture.

[andyberg]

1 minute ago, Burnside said:

Me and my Brother got the last pieces of unwanted silver trim removed from the Panda. 

Accessibility to the roof bar bolts is via removing the end caps, absolute pita of a job!

Once they were off, the bolts wer quickly removed and  10mind later they were done.

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Not sure if you are aware, you can get blanking covers for the roofbar mounts. I got some off eBay for my wife's panda

[Burnside]

16 minutes ago, andyberg said:

Not sure if you are aware, you can get blanking covers for the roofbar mounts. I got some off eBay for my wife's panda

Thanks, but in the last picture I've replaced them with some bars that haven't been rattle canned silver! I was going to mention it at the end of my post, but my phone kept crashing. Now edited. 

[junkyarddog]

Nice day for it. 

 

[Bren]

Got this for fathers day - 

I decided to change the oil in the mondeo - halfway through the heavens opened. Got it finished by my overalls were stuck to me.

Whoever decided where to site the oil  filter on the pug 2.0 deserves to have their own shite flung at them.

 

[wuvvum]

Got most of the MOT fails sorted on the Innocenti done this weekend, although I cheated slightly with the "offside front position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp" - the sidelight was going dimmer and brighter as the indicator flashed, I tried putting a secondary earth in but that didn't seem to help so I ended up just chucking an LED bulb in - it draws less power so puts less strain on the shonky wiring, and the flasher unit is electronic so flashes at a constant rate whatever the current draw, so that's all good.

Unfortunately the welding is going to be a bit of a twat - it's not where I thought it was, it's on the inner wing and it's a double skinned bit right behind the strut tower, with a brake pipe passing through it for good measure.

The other side has gone in the same place but not quite as badly.  I'm going to get the garage to quote on it I think - it looks like something that'd be a lot easier to do with the car up on a lift than rolling around underneath, so if they don't quote me too stupid a price I'll get them to do it.

Fitted a fuel filter to the Renault 4 and took it for a spin, the first decent run it's had in several weeks.  Definitely running better now, although still needs the idle tweaking.  I actually overtook three dawdling giffers in the space of about two miles on the coast road - being so light and low geared it actually gets past dawdlers reasonably well, certainly a lot better than the Visa or the Innocenti.  It's also rather more refined (although everything is relative) since I stuck on a secondary door seal - there was a gap round the driver's door which got a tad* noisy above 50mph.

Got the screen wash working again on the Mondeo - it had a bump on the corner of the front bumper at some point and that was enough to snap the plastic pipes joining the washer hose from the pump, so I bought a couple of joiners and a length of hose from Wilco and bodged it back together - to do it properly you have to take the bumper off which is a right pain in the arse but I managed to do it with just taking the headlight out and removing the undertray.  The washer bottle still leaks if you overfill it but it holds enough to be usable.

Took the Mobylette for a quick buzz round the block this afternoon just to check that the new tyre is all OK and likely to stay in place.  It felt absolutely fine and the bike ran spot on, although I think the new exhaust I bought for it is slightly more restrictive than the original as it seems to struggle to get much over 30 at the moment.

The 107 passed its MOT on Friday so that's good for another year now.  Welding turned out to be slightly worse than anticipated but the total cost was around 200 quid including the test fee, which is acceptable I think for another year's economical motoring - although who knows whether I'll keep it that long...

[Rust Collector]

MOT day for the scrap money E Class today. It should be going through any minute now... And in true form I remembered something I was meant to fix on the way to the test 🤣 Fingers crossed it doesn't do too badly.

[Rust Collector]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

MOT day for the scrap money E Class today. It should be going through any minute now... And in true form I remembered something I was meant to fix on the way to the test 🤣 Fingers crossed it doesn't do too badly.

Oh dear!

It's failed on the bonnet cable and the front brake pad wear sensor.

I knew about the bonnet cable as I broke it at the weekend, one is on order from Germany and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it arrives in time for the retest.

The wear sensor needs further investigation and was the thing I forgot about at the weekend - I'm sure I accidentally damaged it a while back doing something else. I'll order replacements and I'll chuck some new pads on whilst I'm there as I'm sure I have a spare set in the garage.

It got a minor for 'chafed' brake hoses on the front so I'll take a look and see what's going on there. New hoses shouldn't be mega money.

The advisories are just for general corrosion and the tatty front bumper. I'll tidy the underneath up at some point and chuck a load of underseal on, and I'll replace the bumper when a replacement appears for sensible money.

[Sunny Jim]

My company car for the next week. Just arrived at Glastonbury where I'll be working as a driver for the Croissant Neuf Stage in the Green Fields.

Any other shiters going this year?

[somewhatfoolish]

1 hour ago, Rust Collector said:

I knew about the bonnet cable as I broke it at the weekend, one is on order from Germany and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it arrives in time for the retest.

Bodge it with a piece of string/zip tie/baling wire if it doesn't?