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[wesacosa]

Loft search turned up some interesting Friday night viewing

EDIT: my writing was bad but the photo compression makes it look worse!

 

 

[mercedade]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Never heard of anybody having any success with them.

@wuvvum is the only man on earth, I'm sure

[RoverOver]

5 hours ago, stuboy said:

Anyone got any experience of these split cv gaiter boot kits?

 

They work long enough to pass an MOT - Assuming you manage to get them on without the slightest hint of grease getting on the glueable bits.

Horrible things, but they do a job. Briefly.

[wuvvum]

1 hour ago, mercedade said:

@wuvvum is the only man on earth, I'm sure

Yeah, I've used loads of them.  The one I fitted to the Rover of Doom for the MOT one year was still in place and holding together when I scrapped the car several years later.  As others have said though, you do have to make sure that you keep the contact surfaces surgically clean - the slightest bit of grease on the join and you're buggered.

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, wesacosa said:

Loft search turned up some interesting Friday night viewing

EDIT: my writing was bad but the photo compression makes it look worse!

 

 

If you want any of that transferred to a digital format give me a shout.  It's a bit of a long winded faff and doesn't exactly result in the greatest quality, but I can do it.

[wesacosa]

12 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

If you want any of that transferred to a digital format give me a shout.  It's a bit of a long winded faff and doesn't exactly result in the greatest quality, but I can do it.

thanks. I did have the leads to do it at one point but may have been on an old PC

[Split_Pin]

Revisiting the TT has shown that most of the small diameter hoses have perished, including the fuel lines which you can see above the thrraded mount fornthe charge pipe. The aux belt isn't too fancy either TBH although not splitting yet. Thats even although the belts aren't due for another 2 years.

Nothing expensive or difficult though and the cars small size means more room to work around it in my garage. I need to pay more attention to the car on my fleet that I don't drive regularly, I just assumed that because it had been so reliable for my wife that it wasn't really needing anything doing. 

[stuboy]

3 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Yeah, I've used loads of them.  The one I fitted to the Rover of Doom for the MOT one year was still in place and holding together when I scrapped the car several years later.  As others have said though, you do have to make sure that you keep the contact surfaces surgically clean - the slightest bit of grease on the join and you're buggered.

ive never used them, i could procrastinate and just ignore it and get on with the scooter.........

[4wheeledstool]

Two post lift has landed.

four paint jobs are taking some shifting. 

fortunately there was a lot less paint to remove in here.

[tooSavvy]

Indulging my penchant for 'snooping my past... Cars!'... 🙈🙉🙊

I see both ToMM© (J424LFY) and my recently chopped SuziQ (S507MBY) are SORN🤔

🚙💨

[Snake Charmer]

Red flag carnage in the pits at Goodwood yesterday during qualifying. 15th hoping for better in the 2nd qualifying session. 

[Rust Collector]

Occasionally, things do go smoothly.

[grogee]

23 hours ago, stuboy said:

Anyone got any experience of these split cv gaiter boot kits?

 

I got a different answer last time I asked on AS, everyone* said they're gr8 m9. But I also made the point that I'm a messy bastard and can't ensure surgical cleanliness so close to the Black Goop of Death. 

In the end I went for a stretchy boot kit and cone. You will need a cloth/rag to get enough grip to force the boot past the wide end of the cone. Also, don't put it on back to front. 

[Lankytim]

The Rover isn’t the only thing that’s beading, WOOF WOOF! 

[dozeydustman]

Wife’s friend has asked if I can sell her car on here. Initially she wanted what she was going to be offered as P/X on her new one, but I’ve given it a jet wash at work and later this week I’m gonna valet it inside and discuss an asking price with her.

Great roffle fodder this one, a 21 y/o Corsa with only 71k on it and 11 months’ ticket. Advert coming soon. Probably single-figure ticket price with multibuy discount.

[Split_Pin]

In my mind, a trip on the 'big' train means only one thing

[grogee]

25 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Wife’s friend has asked if I can sell her car on here. Initially she wanted what she was going to be offered as P/X on her new one, but I’ve given it a jet wash at work and later this week I’m gonna valet it inside and discuss an asking price with her.

Great roffle fodder this one, a 21 y/o Corsa with only 71k on it and 11 months’ ticket. Advert coming soon. Probably single-figure ticket price with multibuy discount.

Deets/location? Might suit Master Grogee the Learner of Overconfidence. 

[dozeydustman]

6 minutes ago, grogee said:

Deets/location? Might suit Master Grogee the Learner of Overconfidence. 

Chichester, West Sussex. It’s a 1.0 with the thrummy little triple. HT02GMG if you want to see the MoT history.

It’s also Sadiq Khan approved

[grogee]

1 hour ago, dozeydustman said:

Chichester, West Sussex. It’s a 1.0 with the thrummy little triple. HT02GMG if you want to see the MoT history.

It’s also Sadiq Khan approved

OK pics & price when ready. I'll soften him up to Corsa ownership ("Cheap to run m9, more money for beer") 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Work on Dad's Yaris continues.

Dug out the good front wing out of the barn yesterday and temporarily attached it to the car to make a new mount at the bottom.

 

Afterwards I took it off and sanded it down and applied primer.

 

And today I painted it.

 

I also painted some damage to the passenger side rear wheel arch.

 

I'm not a bodywork person, but the result was good enough. Below is work applied to the car by the previous owner and my work is at least better than that. This was left  as is due to cost and work.

Will fit the front wing tomorrow and then all that's left is to change the aux belt and a oil change and the car is done.

He also sold his old Yaris yesterday and it is now on its way to Africa. He had it for 3.5 years with the only major expense being new summer tires and winter tires but he kept these so it cost him almost nothing in those years. In total he has had Yaris for 6 years now and about 65,000km to save mileage on the vans and in that time these have never refused to start or broken down and have given few problemes, and the first one had reached 330,000km when it was scrapped, these first gen Yaris are really good cars. Hopefully this new one can last him atleast 3 to 5 years. 

This really is low cost motoring on its best.

[Wibble]

Your paint finish on that wing looks amazing!

[Dyslexic Viking]

14 minutes ago, Wibble said:

Your paint finish on that wing looks amazing!

Thanks. I am very happy with these 2k paint spray can mixed on paint code and 2k spray epoxy primer as used here. I painted half my dad's previous van this way too with a good result and it held up well for the next 5 years before he sold it. So good stuff.

[Split_Pin]

Before I collected the SLK, this happened:

Literally the most fun car I have ever been in! It's hard to believe that it's a 1600 Mx5 drive train under there as the car is insanely quick and handles like a dream.  My lard arse did make it bottom out at one point though!

Onwards with the SLK to Gretna for a stretch of the legs (staining on the ground is nothing to do with this car)

On the A69 Dougie from Once Driven passed me in his Cadillac, then he was going quite slow so I had to pass him. He ran a red light at Carlisle roundabout and went onto the M6 never to be seen again.

Can you see a Merc in this picture?

Only just!

I was home about 10 minutes and my wife was away out a spin in it! Her feet can't reach the pedals though so I'll need to work that one out!

It was great to catch up with @gm and I had a lovely drive home.

[egg]

1 hour ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Work on Dad's Yaris continues.

You're a good son! Hope dad approves...

[gm]

17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Before I collected the SLK, this happened:

Literally the most fun car I have ever been in! It's hard to believe that it's a 1600 Mx5 drive train under there as the car is insanely quick and handles like a dream.  My lard arse did make it bottom out at one point though!

Onwards with the SLK to Gretna for a stretch of the legs (staining on the ground is nothing to do with this car)

On the A69 Dougie from Once Driven passed me in his Cadillac, then he was going quite slow so I had to pass him. He rand a red at Carlisle roundabout and went onto the M6 never to be seen again.

Can you see a Merc in this picture?

Only just!

I was home about 10 minutes and my wife was away out a spin in it! Her feet can't reach the pedals though so I'll need to work that one out!

It was great to catch up with @gm and I had a lovely drive home.

good to see you made it home safely, roof down all the way ? by the looks of it, that might be the last time you get to drive it  

have fun, was great to catch up with you, and always fun to take the exo out for a blast, got some strange looks at the taxi rank in the station !

[SiC]

57 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Before I collected the SLK, this happened:

 

[Split_Pin]

40 minutes ago, gm said:

good to see you made it home safely, roof down all the way ? by the looks of it, that might be the last time you get to drive it  

have fun, was great to catch up with you, and always fun to take the exo out for a blast, got some strange looks at the taxi rank in the station !

I had to put the roof up as it was raining at Consett

[gm]

drive faster, surely ? 

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Her feet can't reach the pedals though so I'll need to work that one out!

Buy a Boxster instead? 😉😆

[Split_Pin]

9 minutes ago, gm said:

drive faster, surely ? 

Dougie was holding me up 😅