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[comfortablynumb]

Glad I'm not the only one whose phone will type exactly what IT wants, rather than what I'm trying to say 🤦

[High Jetter]

Just turn predictive text off, then any errors will be your own 🤣

[ruffgeezer]

10 hours ago, wuvvum said:

 

The Getz is back to kangarooing again, so the throttle sensor obviously wasn't the issue (either that or the one I've bought is also duff, but that's unlikely).  So logically the only remaining potential culprit is the EGR valve - I've tried using cleaner but evidently that didn't do the trick, so I'm going to have to bite the bullet and take it out - which will be fun as it's right down the back of the engine and you can't even see it without removing the scuttle panel.  Bloody motors.

Have a look at the flap on the inlet as that was sticking on mine, eventually it made it so it wouldn't rev up at all.  It's right at the front and not too bad to remove, but inhad to buy some thick cork gasket material as it leaked like buggery when I refitted it.  I'd already tried blanking off the EGR valve and had replaced that too by this point.  I think I paid about £40 for a brand new one on eBay of the same brand ECP wanted over a ton for at trade!

 

[reb]

I ordered a pre cut tint kit for the V70 along with the tools I need to install it. Came to £70, which I thought was quite reasonable. I could probably do it cheaper if I just bought a roll of film, but I remember the chaos of trying to tint the windows in my first 850 and thought better of it.

I just went for the free shipping which said it'd arrive at the end of next week. The tracking says it should be here on Saturday though!

[lesapandre]

Couple of interesting cars here today in France. It's Pentecost - a national holiday.

Opel Manta:

MG Midget - sounded just great, what a fantastic little car these are:

Also seen a Routemaster bus at a fuel stop and yesterday a Jaguar XJ40.

[trigger]

I popped in to see a friend last weekend but he was unfortunately out so i nipped round the back to take a look at this fathers old Marina 1.7 HL Estate, it was parked in his orchard back in 1990 when he died with only 36000 miles on it with plans to turn it into a Marlin kit car, which never materialised. 

It's sad really as I remember the car back in the mid 90s being a tidy old thing which still started and drove but it's been forgotten about now and beyond saving.

This was when I last got a photo of it 8 years ago.

He's still got the old works van he bought when I worked for him as a Saturday boy, it was brand new then! It was quite posh with velour seats and metallic paint

Again it was a 2.5D Custom but it's dead now

[hairnet]

On 14/08/2024 at 14:25, 320touring said:

 

 

gis a go (please)

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, trigger said:

I popped in to see a friend last weekend but he was unfortunately out so i nipped round the back to take a look at this fathers old Marina 1.7 HL Estate, it was parked in his orchard back in 1990 when he died with only 36000 miles on it with plans to turn it into a Marlin kit car, which never materialised. 

It's sad really as I remember the car back in the mid 90s being a tidy old thing which still started and drove but it's been forgotten about now and beyond saving.

This was when I last got a photo of it 8 years ago.

He's still got the old works van he bought when I worked for him as a Saturday boy, it was brand new then! It was quite posh with velour seats and metallic paint

Again it was a 2.5D Custom but it's dead now

That Marina was on another thread, a day or 2 ago

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Opel Manta:

Isn't that a very early one?

[trigger]

5 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

That Marina was on another thread, a day or 2 ago

Was it?! I shared the same photos of it to the Marina group, I'm guessing someone's taken them from there 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, trigger said:

Was it?! I shared the same photos of it to the Marina group, I'm guessing someone's taken them from there 

Yup. Dumped  cars maybe, sorry too tired to search

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Isn't that a very early one?

Yes it's a Manta A - 1970-75. Shows how absolutely right GM styling was at the time.

[chadders]

I had a 1.6S Ascona A in the 70s and lusted after a 1.9SR Manta or even better the Broadspeed Turbo.

[Marshall2810]

Been waiting for one of these in this colour to come up for sale for ages. Found one yesterday bid and thought i got it for a decent price. Won the auction and messaged the seller to arrange collection, he sends a  message simply saying "Monday". I replied I'm sorry I'm working Monday, is this weekend possible? Waited and an hour ago they cancelled the purchase due to an issue with my "delivery address". 

Seriously WTF......gutted 

[Dayno]

35 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Been waiting for one of these in this colour to come up for sale for ages. Found one yesterday bid and thought i got it for a decent price. Won the auction and messaged the seller to arrange collection, he sends a  message simply saying "Monday". I replied I'm sorry I'm working Monday, is this weekend possible? Waited and an hour ago they cancelled the purchase due to an issue with my "delivery address". 

Seriously WTF......gutted 

That's a shame, looks like it 'sold' before as well so maybe the last buyer had the same issue.

[Zelandeth]

41 minutes ago, Marshall2810 said:

Been waiting for one of these in this colour to come up for sale for ages. Found one yesterday bid and thought i got it for a decent price. Won the auction and messaged the seller to arrange collection, he sends a  message simply saying "Monday". I replied I'm sorry I'm working Monday, is this weekend possible? Waited and an hour ago they cancelled the purchase due to an issue with my "delivery address". 

Seriously WTF......gutted 

Didn't fetch what they wanted, but they were too cheap to put a reserve on it.

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

2 hours ago, Marshall2810 said:

Been waiting for one of these in this colour to come up for sale for ages. Found one yesterday bid and thought i got it for a decent price. Won the auction and messaged the seller to arrange collection, he sends a  message simply saying "Monday". I replied I'm sorry I'm working Monday, is this weekend possible? Waited and an hour ago they cancelled the purchase due to an issue with my "delivery address". 

Seriously WTF......gutted 

Name and Shame!

[richardmorris]

Blue sky and bleu celeste.

[Hertz]

Camping weekend on Anglesey. Weather looks OK tbf so should be good. Cheers!

[Dyslexic Viking]

Got Vivaro back from the garage today. They changed the timing belt and aux belt and tensioner to it and it took longer than we thought. 

The van refused to start afterwards and inspection showed several damaged wires which they fixed so luckily this happened there. I don't have the details yet as haven't received an invoice for the job yet but a quick look and I see that work has been done on the wiring under the air filter so I guess the injector wiring?

Camper conversion on it is also finished now so going out on my first night away in it tomorrow.

Edit.

Found a note during cleanup in it that I should check wiring under the air filter box, so I guess I've had a tip from someone here that it's a known problem and should be checked?

Edited August 16, 2024 by Dyslexic Viking

[Split_Pin]

I can now get Autoshite in my car!

[juular]

15 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Got Vivaro back from the garage today. They changed the timing belt and aux belt and tensioner to it and it took longer than we thought. 

The van refused to start afterwards and inspection showed several damaged wires which they fixed so luckily this happened there. I don't have the details yet as haven't received an invoice for the job yet but a quick look and I see that work has been done on the wiring under the air filter so I guess the injector wiring?

Camper conversion on it is also finished now so going out on my first night away in it tomorrow.

Edit.

Found a note during cleanup in it that I should check wiring under the air filter box, so I guess I've had a tip from someone here that it's a known problem and should be checked?

The injector wiring under the air box is absolutely guaranteed to go on these because the vibration of the air box chafes the insulation away.

The solution once you fix the wires, is to put some washers on the air box mounts to act as spacers so it no longer touches the wiring.

[High Jetter]

13 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

I can now get Autoshite in my car!

Same head unit as I have. That USB socket on the front is known to my unit as USB 2 - do you know where USB 1 is on yours? Also, is there a free way to revive my satnav which lost connection about a year ago?

[richardmorris]

Fascinating YouTube watch from Jayemm. 

 

[IronStar]

48 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Same head unit as I have. That USB socket on the front is known to my unit as USB 2 - do you know where USB 1 is on yours? Also, is there a free way to revive my satnav which lost connection about a year ago?

Connection to GPS? GPS antenna that screws in at the back came loose, cable severed or plain failed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a failed GPS chip.
USB1 should be on the back, it always is with those things. Possibly with custom wiring, not plain USB though, but USB to whatever they had on hand in factory that day. 

[wesacosa]

23 hours ago, Marshall2810 said:

Been waiting for one of these in this colour to come up for sale for ages. Found one yesterday bid and thought i got it for a decent price. Won the auction and messaged the seller to arrange collection, he sends a  message simply saying "Monday". I replied I'm sorry I'm working Monday, is this weekend possible? Waited and an hour ago they cancelled the purchase due to an issue with my "delivery address". 

Seriously WTF......gutted 

not sure what your winning bid is but it was advertised on the Favorit FB forum a month ago for £750, then sensible offers over £500 so that would appear to be the range they want, unless of course someone its a different seller in that last month with someone trying to flip it for more?

There's another Caribbean green one on eBay which I've tagged you in on that part of the forum too 

[Marshall2810]

8 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

not sure what your winning bid is but it was advertised on the Favorit FB forum a month ago for £750, then sensible offers over £500 so that would appear to be the range they want, unless of course someone its a different seller in that last month with someone trying to flip it for more?

There's another Caribbean green one on eBay which I've tagged you in on that part of the forum too 

Cheers Wes, I'm not on Facebook so only really use Ebay for spotting stuff but thanks for that. Was more annoyed than anything and just rude. I'll keep an eye out

[wesacosa]

1 minute ago, Marshall2810 said:

Cheers Wes, I'm not on Facebook so only really use Ebay for spotting stuff but thanks for that. Was more annoyed than anything and just rude. I'll keep an eye out

 

[wesacosa]

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, IronStar said:

Connection to GPS? GPS antenna that screws in at the back came loose, cable severed or plain failed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a failed GPS chip.
USB1 should be on the back, it always is with those things. Possibly with custom wiring, not plain USB though, but USB to whatever they had on hand in factory that day. 

USB 1 at rear sounds right, but no mention of it in the manual and I can't see it extended to somewhere accessible, so was hoping for a clue. I can still get map up of where I'm driving, but it won't search for routes - have a feeling that an account set up by the PO has expired.