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[stuboy]

1 minute ago, wuvvum said:

I bought another Spacy yesterday.

 

Well sort of.  It's actually a US market Elite, but it's basically the same bike with a 150cc engine rather than 125.  There are differences, such as the separate rear indicators and the fact that you can't turn the lights off, and there's an engine off / run switch which the Spacy doesn't have, but those are relatively minor things.  It also has an awful lot of what appears to be emissions bollocks bolted to the engine for a nearly 40 year old scooter.  I spotted it on FB Marketplace on Saturday evening about 20 miles away, and headed over on Sunday morning in the Maxus - my first successful FB vehicle purchase.

It was imported about 18 years ago and has never been registered, and the paperwork has long since been lost, so there's little chance of it going back on the road.  I bought it for spares anyway - it's been dry stored in a shipping container so the plastics have suffered a bit but the metal bits are in good nick, including an excellent exhaust.  These are completely unobtainium, so I removed it today and it will be carefully stored in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment until it's ready to be fitted to the Spacy in the spring.  It also has a working pop-up headlight mechanism, so that's going to be finding its way onto the Spacy at some point too, along with a few other bits that are in better nick on this bike.  I did think about swapping the engine over but with all the emissions crap it probably makes less power than the 125 anyway.  I'm proper chuffed because I'd been looking for more Spacy bits (especially the exhaust) for years with no luck, then this turns up dirt cheap (for a Spacy) and practically on my doorstep.

pics??

[JJ0063]

Two MOT fails in a week ffs, Mrs JJ’s fiesta now!

Typically checked the lights last weekend and they were all working so ones blown in the last week. 
 

I guess a pair of TRE’s in nearly 16k miles in the last year isn’t bad going though. 

[greengartside]

Another SMOLL update on the Fiesta from t’auction.

I put on my brave pants and decided to tackle the blue smoke issue with this one. I’d pre-empted that the air filter and plugs were going to be absolutely gopping. I was not disappointed.

 

That’s some serious neglect, the air filter is fucked! The plugs were terrible, this is after I’d cleaned the plug threads of oil, they were all absolutely saturated - I’d say the rocker cover gasket’s given up.

So after a quick set of new parts, it was time to sort this once and for all. Armed with a can of Wynn’s stop smoke snake oil, I poured the gloop into a warm engine (which was more responsive after I’d replaced the air filter - what are the chances?!) and then I let it do it’s thing.

 

After 10 minutes of running, this is at idle. I’d call that a win. It still produces a bit of condensation but the blue smoke has virtually all gone. I’m hoping it’ll scrape an emissions test and then we will be good to go for a year.

MOT booked for December 4th at 10am!

[chaseracer]

21 hours ago, Six-cylinder said:

Is telling people they should not drive SUVs as bad as being told you should not drive old cars because they are polluting and unsafe!

QED.

[Metal Guru]

13 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

QED.

The higher pollution is offset by not consuming the resources needed to make a new car. 

[RetroShite]

Today's marketplace bargain!

 

[stuboy]

On 31/10/2023 at 12:40, SiC said:

Don't discount changing this again soon. The cheap MAFs are generally absolutely dogshit. It'll work for a bit but they don't last and often bugger up the fuel economy too. My TT had a BBT branded unit from Euro Car Parts on it. I was getting ~20-25mpg with reduced boost. Replacing it for a genuine Bosch (only £60 too) restored it to 30+ mpg and all the power back.

decided too buy complete unit ( price for a bosch sensor on its own was naff all difference), wever i just separate it cause i is lazy yet too be decided

[SiC]

decided too buy complete unit ( price for a bosch sensor on its own was naff all difference), wever i just separate it cause i is lazy yet too be decided

The Bosch sensors usually have a weird security screw on the MAF sensor to housing that is a bugger to find. Looks like a security torx but it's not and one doesn't fit.

The complete unit makes sense. Also the air guides on the front are an important calibrated part of the complete sensor.

[stuboy]

27 minutes ago, RetroShite said:

Today's marketplace bargain!

 

u buy it??

[RetroShite]

11 hours ago, stuboy said:

u buy it??

Yes, for £750

[EyesWeldedShut]

The fleet expanded yesterday with the purchase of a smol, red thing (Bini R50, Getrag Box, 1.6 petrol) that dumped the coolant someplace near Lichfield. Went rather well before that tho'.
Feck.
Nice man with lorry turned up from Telford and we negotiated a deal with Brittania rescue that suited all three of us. He dropped me at Telford train station about 30 seconds before the hourly train home.
Result.
Got into the Ovlov at the station and wafted serenely homewards. 15 minutes later it's FTP'd. In the rain. With no mobile signal.
Feck.
Trudge 15 minutes up a dark road and summons the Cactus Girls* (wife & sprog), who attend quicker than Brittania Breakdown, and we limp home with sprog towing, wife instructing and me dangling off the back, on the end of the strop, in a darkened car with little brakes. Downhill was interesting.
Result

*Cactus Girls? Comes from the FreeLander terrain mode button - road, snow, Welsh forest, cactus crushing modes. Low ratio box would be better but, hey, it's an SUV really.

[JMotor]

12 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Today's marketplace bargain!

 

Good buy that.

That era of 626 takes me back. Dumfries Tech college  in the motor vehicle bit had at least three of them. It's one of those cars that were either ropey looking/fucked or were mint like that one.

[Rod/b]

It was my father in law’s funeral yesterday. He was big into hit Triumph TRs and a number of the local club joined the cortege, including a gorgeous Swallow Doretti. It was nice to have them all along. SSK565 was his TR4, which was sold to his friend Michael shortly before he passed. 

 

 

 

[egg]

The side repeaters on the i10 were looking tired so got a pair of aftermarket ones from China £6.11 delivered (via ebay) including new bulbs! They actually fit and work too. @tooSavvy just in case you need some for the Stan Getz, they'd be the same...I had to finagle one of the connectors tho.

[tooSavvy]

19 hours ago, RetroShite said:

Today's marketplace bargain!

 

MOT trail as unsullied as a maidens wossname 😮.

🎉🎈 Creamed It 😎

🚙💨

[Bren]

Passed my C+E today. Zero minors. To say I am happy is an understatement.

[Eyersey1234]

19 minutes ago, Bren said:

Passed my C+E today. Zero minors. To say I am happy is an understatement.

Congratulations 

[wuvvum]

46 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

MOT trail as unsullied as a maidens wossname 😮.

You do have a way with words Savvy.

[richardmorris]

Rainbows end- looks like mine is the only car there.

[vulgalour]

4 hours ago, egg said:

The side repeaters on the i10 were looking tired so got a pair of aftermarket ones from China £6.11 delivered (via ebay) including new bulbs! They actually fit and work too. @tooSavvy just in case you need some for the Stan Getz, they'd be the same...I had to finagle one of the connectors tho.

It's not just me that thinks these look like little coffins is it?  Back me up on this one @RichardK

[Bear]

11 minutes ago, vulgalour said:

It's not just me that thinks these look like little coffins is it?  Back me up on this one @RichardK

Very much so, they could have some black lines on and be the pod thing that Kai, last of the Brunnen-G, sleeps in on Lexx...

[vulgalour]

That was a show and no mistake.

[Tickman]

Congratulations @Bren

[loserone]

I saw an American saloon car - Chrysler 300c? On the A1 today near pebo.  I thought it was R666rtk but that's a 5er.  

 

@RichardK I saw it and thought of you.  Any chance it's a previous car? 

[Bear]

13 minutes ago, loserone said:

I saw an American saloon car - Chrysler 300c? On the A1 today near pebo.  I thought it was R666rtk but that's a 5er.  

 

@RichardK I saw it and thought of you.  Any chance it's a previous car? 

No. though weirdly I do own a physical plate of R666RTK because the dealer cocked up K666 the first time.

The only RTK plate I left in the wild was C6 RTK because I hated the car so much I didn't even want the plate.

I did have a 300C but it was a silver Hemi Touring, a stupid thing to have sold but I was 'going to move to America' and 'going to buy an Avantime' and other bollocks ADHD destructiveness.

[Ghosty]

🤣

[EyesWeldedShut]

After yesterday's double FTP, today's bonus ball was:

'bing' - 'yer airbags' are shite' from the van. 
'feck' - 'I left my OBD dongle in the FTP Bini' from me

On the bright side - Ovlov battery (Tanya) and alternator ordered this morning, both should be here tomorrow - that's such an amazing thing compared to what? Twenty years back?

[High Jetter]

5 hours ago, Bren said:

Passed my C+E today. Zero minors. To say I am happy is an understatement.

Yer, tell your face that!

[Bren]

25 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Yer, tell your face that!

I know. I look like I have piles.

[Bear]

1 hour ago, Bren said:

I know. I look like I have piles.

Wait piles affect your face? My understanding of human biology is way off 😕