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[brownnova]

3 hours ago, Sunny Jim said:

Took the ex @83C Fabia for an MOT today

Not too bad. Mechanic advised that the NSR coil spring didn't look too clever either so authorised replacing the pair. Unfortunately they can't get the springs before Monday and my car's in bits on the ramp so they dropped off a loan car for me to use. They're a good local indy and I'm grateful they didn't leave me (working/road legal) car-less over the weekend.

Forgot you had the 480 still! 

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, HMC said:

A procession of tractors just passed my house

 

 

Llangollen has one too.

[Markeh]

I hope the gold 90s Lexus LS I saw at the side of the M6 southbound at J18 this afternoon with a... let's call it severe case of positive camber on one of the front wheels wasn't someone of this parish.

[barefoot]

My lovely Connie SE passed its test today with advisories rather than a fail for its back box. It's booked in for a powerflow replacement next Friday,  so that'll be sorted.

[JJ0063]

Took a trip to my local scrappy today for a rear view mirror for the T5. Completely pointless as a mirror but I missed having somewhere to hang my air freshener 😂 and the screen had the mounting bracket so I picked a mirror up from a Golf.

Couple of my favourites, this yard is primarily absolute chod. AS day out type quality. 
 

[Split_Pin]

8 hours ago, Nyphur said:

Bought a cheap night vision camcorder off AliExpress. Its paying for itself already - a must have in the aspiring shite spotter's arsenal. Look at this hot tamale.

 

 

I expect your next For Sale advert to have stills from your new camcorder and taken at least 200 feet away.

[HillmanImp]

Is this a false widow spider I just found with a substantial nest under my sofa? 

I've never seen one before. 

[HillmanImp]

Just had a minor panic attack after posting this, as it just occurred to me we bought a vivarium from the local exotics place recently and thought 'What if its a real one thats come in with stuff from there?' but there are definitely no red markings on there, just some beige ones. 😂 

[Split_Pin]

Today's job is to replace the wrecked seat base on the A4 cab.

This will be a foutery task.

At least the rain stayed off to let me get the seat out. Christ it is heavy.

 

[chadders]

12 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

Took a trip to my local scrappy today for a rear view mirror for the T5. Completely pointless as a mirror but I missed having somewhere to hang my air freshener 😂 and the screen had the mounting bracket so I picked a mirror up from a Golf.

Couple of my favourites, this yard is primarily absolute chod. AS day out type quality. 
 

Whereabouts is that?

[JJ0063]

8 minutes ago, chadders said:

Whereabouts is that?

https://philipwarmercarspares.co.uk

[EyesWeldedShut]

21 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

https://philipwarmercarspares.co.uk

I'd give my eye teeth to have a take-off parts scrappy like that around here - we've nothing that much fun....

[Split_Pin]

Done.

If anyone has a damaged seat and is thinking of just changing out the affected section, do not do this. Buy the whole seat. This was the worst and most foutery job I have ever done. It literally broke me this afternoon. 

Once I finally finished it, I just humfed what is the heaviest seat in the world in to the car and left it for the evening, I'll install it tomorrow.

Looks nice though.

[Pat Earrings]

8 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Is this a false widow spider I just found with a substantial nest under my sofa? 

I've never seen one before. 

There needs to be a scared button on here as Jesus Christ that would have shit me up in real life

[Floatylight]

15 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Done.

If anyone has a damaged seat and is thinking of just changing out the affected section, do not do this. Buy the whole seat. This was the worst and most foutery job I have ever done. It literally broke me this afternoon. 

Once I finally finished it, I just humfed what is the heaviest seat in the world in to the car and left it for the evening, I'll install it tomorrow.

Looks nice though.

Glad we never got round to it!!

[Schaefft]

48 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Done.

If anyone has a damaged seat and is thinking of just changing out the affected section, do not do this. Buy the whole seat. This was the worst and most foutery job I have ever done. It literally broke me this afternoon. 

Once I finally finished it, I just humfed what is the heaviest seat in the world in to the car and left it for the evening, I'll install it tomorrow.

Looks nice though.

Definitely was a pita on the Senator, very much manageable on a BMW E38 or E39 (so anything else BMW +-10 years) though if you've done it once before.

[brownnova]

Big winds… not so great when you’ve got three cars under covers on the drive!

2 out of 3 had made a bid for freedom when we got home. Some emergency repositioning and securing with ropes means they’re all still there! 

[SiC]

47 minutes ago, brownnova said:

Big winds… not so great when you’ve got three cars under covers on the drive!

2 out of 3 had made a bid for freedom when we got home. Some emergency repositioning and securing with ropes means they’re all still there! 

I know 2CVs are light, but didn't realise quite light enough to blow away in a strong wind!

[SiC]

1 hour ago, Split_Pin said:

Done.

If anyone has a damaged seat and is thinking of just changing out the affected section, do not do this. Buy the whole seat. This was the worst and most foutery job I have ever done. It literally broke me this afternoon. 

Once I finally finished it, I just humfed what is the heaviest seat in the world in to the car and left it for the evening, I'll install it tomorrow.

Looks nice though.

Glad you said that as I have pondered about replacing just the heat mat on the TT seat rather than the whole thing!

[richardmorris]

9 hours ago, HillmanImp said:

Is this a false widow spider I just found with a substantial nest under my sofa? 

I've never seen one before. 

Could be. I found a similar one in a cupboard a couple of years ago.

[richardmorris]

1 minute ago, richardmorris said:

Could be. 

Google image says yes!

 

[HillmanImp]

2 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Google image says yes!

 

I put it in the back garden. Hopefully there aren't more of them already in the chair!

[HillmanImp]

I don't mind spiders TBH but don't want them crawling on me when I'm dozing off watching Babestation.

[brownnova]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

I know 2CVs are light, but didn't realise quite light enough to blow away in a strong wind!

No, but there was a story about a Yugo being blown off a bridge in America… so I’ve kept that in the garage… 

[Split_Pin]

The replaced seat base has made a huge difference to the interior:

Also, I found an antique* pound!

Soon to be advertised on Marketplace for £150.

[brownnova]

Wind update… car covers survived the night.

One large silver birch tree did not… 😬

[Ohdearme]

Waved this little thing off today. Still needs work.

in my ownership of two years I managed to get as far as clearing a mouse nest out the air box, blasting the moss off it, new front discs and calipers and the spark plugs twice (because I  did before one winter shutdown and forgot and did it again in spring).

it’s off back to @richbraith now he has storage. Should be enough bits in the boot to finish it off, I had the parts not the time.

Drives but only been near a road once when I forgot I hadn’t topped up the brake fluid and careered at a barely pedestrian pace.

 

[Shep Shepherd]

Thought I'd try and get The Volvo running today, given that I've owned it for 20 years tomorrow; a heck of a long time to own anything, let alone a car. I reconnected the battery, turned the key and it started right up, despite it not being touched since October when I lost interest in it after it wouldn't start when I fitted a new idle air control valve to it - I promptly refitted the old one, with the same result. 

It runs like garbage for a few minutes unless I disconnect the mass air flow sensor, though. I presume that's due to the idle control valve being goosed. I've not refitted the new one yet, as the weather's horrible and I feel a bit rough; hopefully, now it starts and runs again, fitting said valve will make the car run properly for the first time in two years.

The car still has the sweetest sounding B200F engine I've ever encountered, despite having piston slap when cold, which it's always had (TADTS) but has never got worse.

It's currently without an MOT and on SORN, but time permitting, hope to get it back on the road in the new year 😀

[Ghosty]

Er, things have gone to shit a bit. Most recently acquired Civic and Cav will most likely be for sale.

[Six-cylinder]

Somewhere on the M1 @Crackers was derated from 250bhp to 100bhp and was grateful to @Andyrew.