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[junkyarddog]

Indoor car show tomorrow, so seeing as it's Halloween I've decided to take Black Betty the Sierra Hearse.

Gave it a wash and polish this afternoon.

It's an extremely marmite vehicle. 

Will see how we get on.

🎃🎃☠☠

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Indoor car show tomorrow, so seeing as it's Halloween I've decided to take Black Betty the Sierra Hearse.

Gave it a wash and polish this afternoon.

It's an extremely marmite vehicle. 

Will see how we get on.

🎃🎃☠☠

Looking for business? 🤣

[junkyarddog]

27 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Looking for business? 🤣

Maybe?

Want to try it for size?⚰

[High Jetter]

4 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Maybe?

Want to try it for size?⚰

Got room for a big boy? 🤣

[junkyarddog]

32 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Got room for a big boy? 🤣

She's very accommodating,no complaints from any former passengers yet.

[New POD]

12 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Indoor car show tomorrow, so seeing as it's Halloween I've decided to take Black Betty the Sierra Hearse.

Gave it a wash and polish this afternoon.

It's an extremely marmite vehicle. 

Will see how we get on.

🎃🎃☠☠

What do you normally use it for? 

I mean funerals for former members of the RS owners club must be a niche market. 

 

[junkyarddog]

23 minutes ago, New POD said:

What do you normally use it for? 

I don't really use it at all,was bought for its low mileage 2.0 Pinto to eventually use in my Capri.

It normally lives down in a relatives farm yard,he says it's great at keeping pikeys away!!🤣

[richardmorris]

Spotted at bramshill this morning when I got back from a bike ride.

[MJK 24]

 Cars & Coffee in Liverpool, this morning!

Engine basically as per Mk3 GTI / Corrado 8v but low compression for African fuel quality which is where it’s come from…

 

[MJK 24]

All @sutty2006’s dreams come true 

 

[MJK 24]

Hatching a plan 

[MJK 24]

How rare?!

 

[MJK 24]

Get the f**k out of my way!

[MJK 24]

🇩🇪

[MJK 24]

Apple Pie

 

[MJK 24]

Phats & Small

[MJK 24]

Bella macchina 

 

[MJK 24]

More in keeping with Autoshite 

[MJK 24]

Additional Apple Pie 🥧🇺🇸

 

[MJK 24]

How the other half live:

 

[MJK 24]

Future classics 

[D.E]

Today in "strange local news, involving shite cars": woman keeps chickens in her car, drives around in vehicle full of hay and poo

https://www.gooieneemlander.nl/cnt/dmf20231029_39042568

[RoverFolkUs]

14 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

She's very accommodating,no complaints from any former passengers yet.

You dont want to be this guy, whose passenger decided to get out and walk the rest of the way 😂

[junkyarddog]

21 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Indoor car show tomorrow, so seeing as it's Halloween I've decided to take Black Betty the Sierra Hearse.

Well,she made the hour and a half journey there and back easily.

She got lots of positive comments,one guy even said it was his favourite car of the show,and there was some nice stuff there!😯

Exhaust started to blow on the way back,and she puffed out quite a cloud of smoke at one stage,so those will need investigating.

Overall I was quite pleased with it,cruised happily at 70 on the motorway,struggled a wee bit on inclines though,she is quite a heavy old girl.😁

 

[hairnet]

52 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

 

 

70 on the motorway

 

posh dual carriageway no? 🤣

[chaseracer]

Arsebiscuits.  Blingo turns over but will not fire.  

Scary results from Tame Mechanic's code reader point to ECU issue.  Checking cheaper possibilities first, strapped on big charger to eliminate tired battery as problem.  Still won't fire.

Bumhats.  Tank pump next.

[SiC]

16 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Scary results from Tame Mechanic's code reader point to ECU issue

What code and what age + engine + ECU?

Some stuff like the 1.6HDI can cheaply take a second hand ECU with "immo off. i.e. reflashed to not have an immobiliser and to be plug + play. Even if not a permanent solution, it could be a way to eliminate an ECU fault if checked everything else. 

[sutty2006]

8 hours ago, MJK 24 said:

All @sutty2006’s dreams come true 

 

I’ve helped put that manta 400r together. Last year at the vboa after it had been painted it was on the show stand in a tent. We were puttin it back together lol. 
 

and yes, lotus Carlton is my dream car, full on lottery win money now though 😩

[wuvvum]

Yesterday evening I jumped in the Getz and drove down in the pissing rain to just outside London.  The reason for the 5 1/2 hour round trip was that I'd bought this.

It's a folding electric scooter, and yes it is road legal.  It's on a 64 plate, Chinese made (natch) and has a 1hp electric motor in the rear wheel hub and a 36v lithium ion battery under the footboard.  It has a partial twistgrip throttle like the shifter on a cheap mountain bike, an on/off LED headlight (no sidelight or main beam), indicators in the ends of the bars, cable disc brakes and a surprisingly loud horn.  The seat / luggage rack assembly unclips with a simple spring clip and lifts off (once you've unplugged the wire to the rear light) and then the handlebars fold down flush with the footboard.

So what's it like to ride?  Absolutely fucking terrifying.  It takes off like a scalded cat and will wheelie if you don't have your weight far enough forward.  The wheels are tiny, there's lots of play due to the folding nature of the beast, it's slow (23mph flat out on the flat) and it weighs bugger all so bounces around all over the place.  I bloody love it.

There is a reason I bought it (apart from the fact that it's hilarious fun): when I dump a car at the station when I'm heading off on a collection mission, when I get home I can then hop on this and ride to the station to pick the car up - quicker than cycling and better than relying on the sparse bus service around here.  It'll get from here to Norwich on a charge although it'll take a while and I'm sure it'll be fun* being overtaken by Farmer Giles in his John Deere and silage trailer.

Here it is in the boot of the Toyota.  It'll fit in the Getz fine but only with the rear seats folded down.

[chaseracer]

1 hour ago, SiC said:

What code and what age + engine + ECU?

2003 2.0HDi; Siemens.

Codes are:

P0571 - brake switch signal coherence
P1641 - injector(s) control power stage
P0215 - supply relay control open circuit, short circuit to positive, short circuit to earth
P1352 - pre-post heating relay circuit coherence
P0222 - accelerator pedal sensor signal 1, short circuit to earth
P0227 - accelerator pedal signal sensor 2, short circuit to earth
P1169 - voltage converter
P0341 - cylinder reference signal, short circuit between two wires, open circuit or no signal
P2137 - accelerator pedal sensor monitoring coherence
P0562 - battery voltage too low