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[Ghosty]

27 minutes ago, The Vicar said:

Not the most exciting thing in the world and not exactly what I had in mind when I set out looking for something, but there was something quite appealing about it.

In related news… 

As we know the Yaris was burning oil. I’ve not mentioned that car much because life. Explain later.

anyway yesterday I sold it.

In a bit of a blur, over the last couple of days I’ve been doing some thinking as to its replacement, and I’m not entirely sure how I’ve ended up going through with this, and it feels like a bloody big gamble, but for the first time this year…

 

I’m on a train.
Photos won’t upload from this phone FFS (still haven’t worked that one out), so watch this space. 

 

[Ghosty]

I am writing this on the Tube. There’s better signal down here than at home ffs.  

[Ghosty]

South of the river can only mean I’m visiting my aunt and uncle, or buying a car. 
 

Go figure. 

[Popsicle]

46 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

In related news… 

As we know the Yaris was burning oil. I’ve not mentioned that car much because life. Explain later.

anyway yesterday I sold it.

In a bit of a blur, over the last couple of days I’ve been doing some thinking as to its replacement, and I’m not entirely sure how I’ve ended up going through with this, and it feels like a bloody big gamble, but for the first time this year…

 

I’m on a train.
Photos won’t upload from this phone FFS (still haven’t worked that one out), so watch this space. 

 

Ooo a Friday evening bank holiday weekend collection, safe travels sir.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

South of the river can only mean I’m visiting my aunt and uncle, or buying a car. 
 

Go figure. 

How far south?

[Christine]

Is a band playing Dixie double four time ? 

[Christine]

Way on down south  , London ? 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

 

NO eye contact if you meet him!

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

or him

[Ghosty]

I’ve got from Aldershot to Birmingham so far, I’m in a McDonald’s at Star City. Bit cold - temp gauge hasn’t got past cold, no heater and the door seals are fucked. 
 

Thermostat must be stuck open or missing. 
 

I’m praying it’s not *that* but we shall see. 

[Ghosty]

Oil looks good. 
Hoses are OK, coolant flowing. 
Temp sensor seems not to be plugged in and a plug is missing from the (ubiquitous) coolant bottle. 
Oil cap is from a Vauxhall 😂

 

My professional* diagnosis is a blocked heater matrix and gauge not plugged in. Be fine. 
 

he says. I’ll check the expansion tank tomorrow. 

[Ghosty]

Home. No issues. I’ll post a pic after I sleep. 
 

🍍

[Ghosty]

Right, now I'm back... 

 

I got swarmed when I came out from paying for fuel!

Steering column is loose, radio needs ISO plugs tacking on and seeing what happens, and the 12v socket doesn't work,  but everything else does - mainly because it's a 1.6CL and they're about the only electrics.

Nobody tell me it needs a Weber.

[Christine]

Knicker  elastic loosener !  

[Snake Charmer]

1 hour ago, Ghosty said:

Nobody tell me it needs a Weber.

Needs a Flat Eric. 😎

[Split_Pin]

Stately  (shame about the street lamp)

 

[richykitchy]

On 17/05/2024 at 20:54, richardmorris said:

I think @richykitchy mentioned a good scanner on his YouTube , and had said he would do a video on it…..

TopDon Topscan - can heartily recommend.

[wuvvum]

Been having some fun with the Getz this week.  I had to remove the nearside headlight as there were two blown side light bulbs rattling around in the reflector - a poor bit of design means that when you remove the sidelight bulb holder the bulb has a tendency to come free and fall into the light.  I removed the H4 bulb and shook the light upside down until the sidelight bulbs fell out through the hole, but something was still rattling - turned out there were a further two bulbs stuck behind the reflector, one of which may have been mine, the other not - so it's obviously not just me being fat-fingered.

It also went into limp mode on the way in to Norwich - I didn't actually notice it'd done it as it didn't put any lights on and the traffic was slow anyway so I didn't go much over 50, but then trying to nip out onto the roundabout on the northern bypass I found it had very little power and wouldn't rev over 2,800.  Pulling over, switching off and restarting cleared the issue.  I plugged the laptop in when I got home and it was showing a fault for low fuel pressure at the rail.  I suspect the fuel filter may be at fault - it was changed not long before I bought the car but that was also roughly when the kangarooing on a light throttle started, so it might be either a dodgy filter or not quite fitted right.

I bought a cheapo tuning box off eBay just to see if it'd cope with increased power before I decide whether to fork out to get it remapped.  That arrived yesterday and I fitted it last night - took the car up the road and it went into limp mode almost immediately, which makes sense I suppose - if the fuel pressure is too low for "normal" operations then it's going to fall even shorter of the increased fuelling requested by the tuning box.

This means I need to get to the fuel filter so I can measure it and make sure I order the right one as a replacement (there's about four different options for diesel Getzes) - this involves removing the scuttle panel, which necessitates complete removal of the wiper mechanism, so probably not going to happen this weekend.  In fact looking at the forecast very little is likely to happen this weekend...

[JJ0063]

Not sure why I needed this but saw a trailer on marketplace for £60 and thought how much id like to give the towbar I fitted to the BMW a go.

Fitted the hitch

Collected

 

Home. 
 

 

Chap has owned it from new, needs a really good clean. Paint the wheels etc and it should tidy up nicely!

[hairnet]

wheels a daft colour ftw

 

[Ghosty]

Looking over the Golf, I’ve found someone has very recently serviced it and taken good care of it.
 

Nissens rad. 
NGK plugs and new leads. 
Mahle filter (oil changed and replaced with Bosch just now)
Front arms have been replaced. 
Intermotor coil
Dizzy cap
Vac diaphragm 
Prosport coilovers
Some sort of stainless backbox
Tank straps
Cambelt is 9k old
Brand new clutch and gear linkage…

It’s an absolute gem. I got a mk2 Golf for quite a few reasons, personal and otherwise, and I absolutely bloody love it.

Needs a £20 steering column mount, some better tyres (all cracked) and I’m currently fixing the radio and 12v socket - and the heater matrix is blocked seemingly, but that’s about it.

[Ghosty]

The Golf had a DIN shaped hole in the (warped) dash. Can't have that.
Dug out my bullet connectors and crimps, and bought a random ISO adapter from the clearance at Halfords for £3.
Cut the proprietary socket off for the ISO sockets and wiring, and it's time to get to work - don't think I've wired in ISO sockets since I had the W124 - that was fun* as it didn't use ISO wiring, being an '80s German car.
...an '80s German car. The Golf was made in West Germany...

Here we go again. Pulled the wires out of the hole, few loose ones, some bullet connectors, and a random bit of bell wire going to a latching push switch in the fusebox.
Crimped bullets onto all the wires that didn't have one, and sacked off the bell wire (I think it's for a non-functional alarm that looks suspiciously like a Mercedes part).
Took the random ISO adapter, cut off the proprietary socket, crimped on female bullet connectors to match. Time to match everything up.


Somehow while looking for Golf bits I found a wiring diagram for a T25 that had the VW speaker colours on it.

WTF were they thinking?



As to be expected, the speaker wiring is completely arbitrarily coloured, the radio is permanent live direct to the fusebox and battery (even with the key out), and for some reason, one of the speaker wires is solid red - as well as the +12v. No idea WTF the designer of that was thinking, but at least they had the foresight to use different gauges of wire, so discerning +12v from a dash speaker positive wasn't too hard.

I'm wondering if this last fact is why the 10a fuse for the radio and 12v socket had blown (much like the speakers which I'm replacing - weird sizes in 3.5" and 6x4" which are on order). The car doesn't appear to have a switched live at all which is a bit shit, but given the radio is the only remotely complex bit of the car's electrics, it's sort of understandable.

Successfully wired everything up, but the lovely Aiwa cassette radio from my dead Civic that I decided to use (I know I was going to sell it...) would only dimly operate its LCD, the backlight didn't work, no sound, and no sign of life from the tape deck either - the guts must have corroded/dry jointed in storage or something. Tried that Kenwood CD player too and it wouldn't even turn on. The ISO plug has 12.7v and even earthing straight to the battery negative didn't improve matters, so I think my head units have been killed off by sitting in the garage over winter. I'm heading to a car boot sale in the morning so I'll try and find something else with ISO plugs to try, that doesn't look too out of place.
 

[SiC]

Popped down to Weston-super-mare pageant of transport yesterday afternoon. Decent selection of varied stuff there. 

These are the ones that caught my eye.

 

[RoverFolkUs]

The latest "W4 NKR" (🤣) plates on the market, "bubble plates" 😆

[MJK 24]

Came across a couple of old Suzuki’s the other day that seemed to have survived remarkably well for their 20 plus years…

 

[MJK 24]

In other news, this looks legit 👀

No Health & Safety concerns here…

 

[Ghosty]

Went out car booting this morning. 
Found a flippin IBM PS/2 monitor for £20. Comedy screen burn and damaged pins on the output cable but the case is mint, someone will want that (anyone?). 
 

Also picked up a ton of car radios including an identical Aiwa to the one I’ve already got - I’ll be selling these on so if anyone needs a cheap head unit, I’ll start a thread. 

[Ghosty]

In Golf news, it’s misfiring. Changing the distributor cap did nothing, but the timing was a bit off. Still misfiring. 
Turns out the cone air filter on the intake was non-functional and the air box had a washable K&N in it - absolute winner. Cleaned that out and stuck it back in, binned off the cone and it’s more free breathing but still missing. 

Carb needs a rebuild no doubt - will try that next. 
 

 Back to radios - the battery negative was a bit loose, so have tightened it down and I’ll see what that does for things. If it doesn’t improve matters I’ll try putting my own fused wire straight to the battery and see if that works - I wonder if the +12v is high resistance. It’d explain the blown fuse. 

[meshking]

Spent a night camping at the 2cvgb registers day yesterday and today. Good to see the friendliness of the club (and the late night partying) hasn’t changed. It’s been many many years since I went to an event. 

camping with new friends 

luckily I didn’t get shot - this has a bmw engine fitted

The rest of my photos are black blobs again - yay iPhone. But we made it there and back in a van that hasn’t turned a wheel in quite a while - certainly hasn’t seen the giddy heights of 60mph for a long time!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

1 hour ago, MJK 24 said:

Came across a couple of old Suzuki’s the other day that seemed to have survived remarkably well for their 20 plus years…

 

Weren't they on display at Beaulieu or something? Shame they appear to have been dumped in a car park.