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[cobblers]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Sadly I suspect if that's not already been registered, it's basically dead.  Registering it now would need to comply with today's IVA rules, which for something built 30+ years ago just isn't going to happen without massive amount of wailing, gnashing of teeth and modification of the design with how prescriptive the regs now are.

Know a couple of folks who picked up 90% complete kit car projects that had sat in a garage for decades cheap and then realised when they'd done the remaining 10% of work that they'd got a lovely car that was essentially a very large paperweight because it was declared to be a "new car" in the eyes of the law.

*puts 1980s hot rod builder sunglasses on *

Looks like a totally standard (insert literally any vehicle make and model from the 1940s-1960s who's vin and v5 were at hand) to me, no problem registering it whatsoever 

[Ghosty]

Yaris appears to be burning oil at a significant rate. No smoke, but it's going through a few litres in 4-5k miles. Idle is lumpy and it's struggling for oil pressure.

Having spoken to the PO he only used it for short journeys and before that, it likely was too, with a long term lady owner in Devon.

PCV is clean and functional - think piston rings are heading for an early grave.

FFS.

[beko1987]

1 hour ago, Merryck said:

blackpopracing's thread on Retro Rides is a great read. He managed to get his Pop through the IVA.

That's about the only retro rides thread I ever properly read and used to follow, must revisit it one day. 

I found as and rr at the same to and stuck with the beige and just dipped in and out of rr, usually in the sub £1k for sale section 😂

[Ghosty]

Just had a look at the exhaust.

It's piston rings.

Fuck sake.

[Lankytim]

Got out and about yesterday and collected some fence panels in my old trailer. It was built years ago by a local guy using stainless steel and as a result has worn the decades very well. 

[stuboy]

Was gifted a tube today from my boss, she didn't know what it was , but car related.. of course I couldn't say no...

[JJ0063]

No idea what RRP would work out as on this but spotted it on FB this afternoon and got it for £275, it was bought new then the fella died. Don’t think it’s ever had tools in it! 
 

Always fancied one so as it was local I thought id treat myself. 

[Snake Charmer]

49 minutes ago, stuboy said:

Was gifted a tube today from my boss, she didn't know what it was , but car related.. of course I couldn't say no...

I was told they were made by Norbar for Halfords, don't know if there's any truth in it.

[Snake Charmer]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Just had a look at the exhaust.

It's piston rings.

Fuck sake.

Any chance the valve guide seals have gone hard or split?

[Ghosty]

5 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Any chance the valve guide seals have gone hard or split?

Given the car doesn't smoke, I'm pretty sure they haven't. The oil's getting past the rings into the exhaust.

[artdjones]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

Was gifted a tube today from my boss, she didn't know what it was , but car related.. of course I couldn't say no...

Halfords torque wrenches tend to be good, they were made by Williams in the past. 

Well acquired.

[cobblers]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Was gifted a tube today from my boss, she didn't know what it was , but car related.. of course I couldn't say no...

Made by Norbar! I've got that same wrench, owned it for 20 years. Never bothered to wind it down after using it etc. Used for every wheel fitment etc, had a load of hammer and left set at 180nm most of the time.

Compared it to a brand new Norbar one and it was still 100% spot on! Cracking wrench.

[stuboy]

9 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Halfords torque wrenches tend to be good, they were made by Williams in the past. 

Well acquired.

thank you itll replace the one ive had for 30 years..

[stuboy]

9 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Sadly I suspect if that's not already been registered, it's basically dead.  Registering it now would need to comply with today's IVA rules, which for something built 30+ years ago just isn't going to happen without massive amount of wailing, gnashing of teeth and modification of the design with how prescriptive the regs now are.

Know a couple of folks who picked up 90% complete kit car projects that had sat in a garage for decades cheap and then realised when they'd done the remaining 10% of work that they'd got a lovely car that was essentially a very large paperweight because it was declared to be a "new car" in the eyes of the law.

apparantly its registered and insured... 

[stuboy]

21 hours ago, Popsicle said:

I also really need to go to the tip, the waste oil is getting a bit much!

 

6 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Yaris appears to be burning oil at a significant rate. No smoke, but it's going through a few litres in 4-5k miles. Idle is lumpy and it's struggling for oil pressure.

Having spoken to the PO he only used it for short journeys and before that, it likely was too, with a long term lady owner in Devon.

PCV is clean and functional - think piston rings are heading for an early grave.

FFS.

 

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

Given the car doesn't smoke, I'm pretty sure they haven't. The oil's getting past the rings into the exhaust.

there some oil needing using up..........

[dozeydustman]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Other than 205s, French cars just don't get a look in at car shows. The Retroshite meet in Dunfermline last year did have a few nice pieces over the months last year, such as an a reg Renault 11, 21 Quadra and a Megane saloon but I haven't seen many elsewhere. 

When I was at FOTU last year I was far more interested in the vintage French tin and Rootes group tat than anything else. The few car shows I’ve seen in my area are all old Fords and BMC/BL plus the occasional Alfa or small Citroen.

[Noel Tidybeard]

On 10/05/2024 at 17:04, Lankytim said:

So after faffing about with the 2cv the headlights started to not work/all work at the same time. After extra faffing it was realised I’d assembled the switch stalk incorrectly. It now seems to be all working… except the wipers, brake warning light and indicators have now stopped operating. I think they’re all on one circuit so I need to do a bit more investigating.. 

The fog lamp works on sidelights but not on main beam… is this an MOT issue?

Theres no indicator tell tale but there is one for the hazard warning lights..

Also there’s no main beam tell tale on the dashboard. I’m not sure if it needs one at this age.. 

 

 

 

no the rear fog goes off on a lot of citreons with main

[Popsicle]

36 minutes ago, stuboy said:

 

 

there some oil needing using up..........

I'll leave it outside the garage if anybody has a use for it.....

[grogee]

On 19/05/2024 at 20:45, Barry Cade said:

We're in the middle of our 3 days of summer up here, so it has been warm. Away in the Astro for the weekend so I thought it'd be a good idea to top up the aircon with my adapted blowtorch connector.😄  outside temp showed 25 deg.

 

Propane as refrigerant? Tell me more! 

[Datsuncog]

16 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

No idea what RRP would work out as on this but spotted it on FB this afternoon and got it for £275.

The Halfords Advanced tool storage range was always pretty good - not sure these exact component units are still available new (and the Advanced stuff has come with an all-black finish for a while now) but I'd say you wouldn't get much change out of £700 if you were to buy similar items from your local store.

Nice going!

[grogee]

16 hours ago, JJ0063 said:

No idea what RRP would work out as on this but spotted it on FB this afternoon and got it for £275, it was bought new then the fella died. Don’t think it’s ever had tools in it! 
 

Always fancied one so as it was local I thought id treat myself. 

That's a megabarg. I could do with a tall boy like that, although I think I'd be searching through the top drawers using braille (or a stepladder) 

[grogee]

15 hours ago, cobblers said:

Made by Norbar! I've got that same wrench, owned it for 20 years. Never bothered to wind it down after using it etc. Used for every wheel fitment etc, had a load of hammer and left set at 180nm most of the time.

Compared it to a brand new Norbar one and it was still 100% spot on! Cracking wrench.

Designed by my brother in law (he's a design engineer at Norbar). I have a few wrenches like that of various capacities, nicely made and have lasted well. 

[D.E]

Bit dusty still (bran find m9), but the engine runs a lot smoother now and everything appears to be working as it should be.

[Stinkwheel]

16 hours ago, artdjones said:

Halfords torque wrenches tend to be good, they were made by Williams in the past. 

Well acquired.

And Williams (not the f1 team but the tool company) is mostly owned by Snap-On now

[horriblemercedes]

1 hour ago, grogee said:

Propane as refrigerant? Tell me more! 

Propane may be a clean-burnin' fuel but she can also be a dirty girl

 

My dad says butane's a bastard gas

[lesapandre]

For those of us who use the Dover-Calais ferry route an interesting development. Remains  to be seen how this improves things.

https://www.niferry.co.uk/po-and-irish-ferries-to-cooperate-with-dover-ferry-operations/amp/

At the moment the ro-ro facility works very imperfectly peak times etc.

 

[Lankytim]

More 2cv tinkering today. Apparently these weird track rod end boot things are a fail on the MOT so needed replacing, although opinions and experiences varied on Facebook. 
 

A quick trip over to ECAS in Stafford resulted in a pair of nice new boots and a pair of end cap things that have grease nipples added meaning keeping on top of lubrication should be a doddle from now on.

surprisingly the joints both came apart without too much fuss and after carefully stripping and cleaning the components the joints were reassembled. Hopefully this will keep the MOT tester happy! 

[Barry Cade]

4 hours ago, grogee said:

Propane as refrigerant? Tell me more! 

Plenty of info out there! It was used in many places for fridges etc, and works well! 

However,  that's all I'm going to say as everyone goes nuts and says "YOU'RE GONNA DIE" because it's flammable..  just like the 27 gallons of petrol in the tank, fed to the engine at 60psi. I may eventually have the crash that everyone tells me I will have, but happen to crash into a Calor truck, or a hydrogen tanker.. 300g of Propane will  make all the difference ..  

Anyway , my aircon is cold, doesn't leak and cost less than a tenner to get working. 

"R290 is a refrigerant-grade propane used on a wide range of commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units. A highly pure propane, it has a low environmental impact and nominal global warming potential (GWP), meaning it possesses no qualities that can destroy the ozone layer."

 

[Stinkwheel]

52 minutes ago, Lankytim said:

More 2cv tinkering today. Apparently these weird track rod end boot things are a fail on the MOT so needed replacing, although opinions and experiences varied on Facebook. 
 

I have had some reasonable number of 2CV's, Dyanes and an Ami and Acadiane over the years, i can say those boots have never failed an MOT for me before, over several testers and stations. Im not surprised opinion varies, it always does, but in 29 years of having small Citroens MOT's that is one of the few points its never failed on.

And from own experience, never accidentally leave those castellated ball end nuts loose, not a fun time. 

[Lankytim]

37 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

I have had some reasonable number of 2CV's, Dyanes and an Ami and Acadiane over the years, i can say those boots have never failed an MOT for me before, over several testers and stations. Im not surprised opinion varies, it always does, but in 29 years of having small Citroens MOT's that is one of the few points its never failed on.

And from own experience, never accidentally leave those castellated ball end nuts loose, not a fun time. 

A couple on the FB group said they never had issues with the MOT while others said that the rules had changed and they now will fail an MOT.. Roy at ECAS said it depended upon the tester. Either way they needed stripping for inspection at some point and while I was there I might as well replace the boots, the grease had gone hard so it was nice to clean everything and lube it up. 
 

I don’t understand why they aren’t automatically a fail, it’s  steering ball joint with a dust cover after all.