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[Joey spud]

Although the Subaru is still not on the road there is a farm track next to my house that I run it up and down every now and then just to keep it free but last time out it was running really poorly and bogging down and stalling.

I know it's the Hitachi carb messing about and the thinking is to replace it with a Weber carburettor conversion kit but when I priced one up recently (before they become unavailable) I was dismayed to see they are £478 plus the vat.

So being a meanie I once again had a dig around Rockauto's warehouse and bought their last cheap carb repair kit for £34 delivered.

Got to worth a try first I reckon.

[Ghosty]

Been in A&E all day.

Had absolutely awful headaches as soon as I wake up for about two weeks, painkillers do nothing but they pass after about an hour.
Yesterday one didn't shift for 3 hours, and for a bit it affected my speech, called 111.

They said A&E or they'll send a paramedic, I opted for the latter but the ambulance service declined and said take paracetamol and see the GP.

Went to see paramedic at the GPs. Straight to A&E, had a CT scan and all ok, been sent home. They reckon it's bastard migraines but they can't rule out that I've had a minor TIA. A mini stroke. Been referred to the stroke unit.

Can't drive til all clear. Everything is on hold. I'm devastated. I have nothing left in my life. Hoping to sort it asap. A month without the cars would destroy me.

[Wibble]

33 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

Been in A&E all day.

Had absolutely awful headaches as soon as I wake up for about two weeks, painkillers do nothing but they pass after about an hour.
Yesterday one didn't shift for 3 hours, and for a bit it affected my speech, called 111.

They said A&E or they'll send a paramedic, I opted for the latter but the ambulance service declined and said take paracetamol and see the GP.

Went to see paramedic at the GPs. Straight to A&E, had a CT scan and all ok, been sent home. They reckon it's bastard migraines but they can't rule out that I've had a minor TIA. A mini stroke. Been referred to the stroke unit.

Can't drive til all clear. Everything is on hold. I'm devastated. I have nothing left in my life. Hoping to sort it asap. A month without the cars would destroy me.

Crikey that’s scary but  hopefully it was just a migraine and you’ll be back on the road soon. Try and stay positive, I very well know that’s not always easy!

[wuvvum]

Wasted a couple of hours today taking the Merc in to ATS for an aircon regas - they reckoned it's got a slow leak and they can't do it.  Which surprised me as when I poked the Schrader valve the other day there was still pressure in there - the chap reckoned it's the compressor pumping air round the system but the compressor doesn't kick in so it can't be that.  Anyway it's a small leak so probably a dodgy O ring or something but with how cramped the engine bay is I don't fancy my chances of fixing it even if it can be found.  Oh, and on the way home the alternator light came on several times, so I'm really going to have to sort the aux belt and alternator pulley before I do any more long runs in it. 

It's rather frustrating - I knew it needed a couple of bits doing when I bought it, but I wasn't expecting it to be a full-on project.  At least it has choonz again now - I found a used non-satnav stereo on eBay for 20 quid and it plugged straight in and works fine.  Ideally I'd have liked to keep the original setup but secondhand Comand head units seem to be daft money for some reason.

The Renault 6 had a bit more welding done on it this afternoon - the passenger side front floorpan is now devoid of holes, which is an improvement.  There's still a few more bits to do but that was the biggest area of concern.  I did manage to briefly boil it up though when I lost track of time and left it idling for too long without the radiator fan running - it cooled down as soon as I started driving but when I got home the radiator top hose had collapsed - it regained its shape once I took the lid off the expansion bottle so hopefully no damage done but will need to have a proper look tomorrow.

Still, at least we can look forward to waving goodbye to Sunak & co in the morning, and we can then enjoy five years of being governed by the other cheek of the same arse.

[SiC]

JLR quality on show with the former PMs police escort vehicle 🤣 

Nice "__nge Rover" mate. 

[richardmorris]

I think this is running on two stroke, huge blue clouds!

[artdjones]

4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

I think this is running on two stroke, huge blue clouds!

Its 4 stroke with an undisclosed fault🙄

[richardmorris]

2 minutes ago, artdjones said:

Its 4 stroke with an undisclosed fault🙄

blurb says long term museum storage - they've probably put something in the tank to  clean the system out. Can smell it indoors here !

Cheap though - less than £6k.

1959 Borgward Isabella Coupé | Cliveden House | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

[artdjones]

2 hours ago, richardmorris said:

blurb says long term museum storage - they've probably put something in the tank to  clean the system out. Can smell it indoors here !

Cheap though - less than £6k.

1959 Borgward Isabella Coupé | Cliveden House | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

A nice looking car in a very Germanic way.

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

A nice looking car in a very Germanic way.

It is definitely taking the American design approach rather than a more delicate European/ Italian pen.

[grogee]

I was supposed to be servicing my Dad's 15-plate Focus today along with front brakes and lower arms but it's absolutely pissing it down here in Southam so we've postponed. 

Instead I went to Tesco which is always frustrating, all the pensioners come out on Saturday morning and make it unnecessarily busy. And they decide to stack their shelves during the busiest period. And it's ridiculously expensive. 

Did a tank-to-tank calc on the Avensis and it averaged 56.6mpg after a fair bit of motorway cruising, which included the hot spell when the AC was on. Pleased with that. It's been a brilliant An Car so far. 

I'm going to try and catch up on some F1 because I'm two races behind. The only good thing about this rain is the possibility of a wet Silverstone tomorrow. Fingers crossed! 

[doug]

Off on a wee collection mission.

[SiC]

1 hour ago, doug said:

Off on a wee collection mission.

Maybe I'm stereotyping, but you don't look like how I would have thought a Doug would look like. 

Going to Langport?

[mintwth]

MOT passed! 😀

[doug]

2 hours ago, SiC said:

Maybe I'm stereotyping, but you don't look like how I would have thought a Doug would look like. 

Going to Langport?

The pic got me in a good light! No not Langport but close, Somerton.

[stuboy]

Bloodymoped is pi55ing me off... its so simple why not getting any fuel in..

 

Found lost springy washer for oil pump thar shot off, new O ring.

 

 

New fuel tap and still won't send fuel to the carb...

 

I wonder if no vacum to fuel tap.

 

Arrrrrrghhhhhh 

[Joey spud]

Shock horror my Toyota has died. I fixed the faulty abs sensor on my Granvia yesterday and today I have been out collecting a Velux window and a couple of doors from nearby Maidstone (for a property/project on the edge of the Brecon beacons) and when I got home the o/s wiper blade was making a horrible squealing noise so I kept turning the ignition on and off while I tweaked the angle of the wiper arm to sort it then went indoors.

After a cup of tea and a pee I had to pop out again to pick up another door from Rochester but the ever reliable Granvia just cranked over but refused to start so I had to use the Avensis instead. Once back home and after watching the F1 qualifying I wandered out to the Granvia which is supposed to be loaded up and going to south Wales tomorrow and had a look.

On the dash I realised I had lost the mil and glow plug lamps but being an import the fuse boxes and relay locations are in 'squiggle' but all the fuses checked out ok anyway.

Under the bonnet there's a fuse box with a single relay listed as egr/ecu that wasn't clicking when the ignition was switched on so I looked here first. The lives and earths were all there so I just bridged the main relay pins and low and behold the the mil and glow plug lamps pinged up on the dash.

A quick crank and the old girl started straight up again.

So I now need a simple four pin relay and can I find one in my stash of tat ? That'll be a no although I think I can borrow the hrw one from the Avensis if needs must.

I've not been doing roadside/RAC breakdown shizzle for six years now but i was chuffed that I quickly found the problem, I'm not past it after all...

[stuboy]

2 hours ago, stuboy said:

Bloodymoped is pi55ing me off... its so simple why not getting any fuel in..

 

Found lost springy washer for oil pump thar shot off, new O ring.

 

 

New fuel tap and still won't send fuel to the carb...

 

I wonder if no vacum to fuel tap.

 

Arrrrrrghhhhhh 

Got the bastard to start on the button will idle but touch throttle it floods it...  

 

Got too late to rev it as neighbours Got kids, though I put handle bar trims back on but not before knocking over the pot with 6 screws in... can only find 5... ffs.. time for sit down...

[Hertz]

Just got back from a week in a very hot Zante. Not many spots but the last one is a belter.

Check out the rear light repairs...

[Asimo]

On 05/07/2024 at 10:53, SiC said:

JLR quality on show with the former PMs police escort vehicle 🤣 

Nice "__nge Rover" mate. 

 

Am I the only one who sees “minge lover” as a missed opportunity there?

[SiC]

Just now, Asimo said:

Am I the only one who sees “minge lover” as a missed opportunity there?

Or "Ge Over" / or just "Over"

[Fat_Pirate]

Visited Beaulieu motor museum today (it was bikers day so only £10 to get in), and got an unexpected wave of melancholy which I didn't much like.  The building hasn't changed since I first visited 35 years ago, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the vintage cars hadn't moved at all, but the sectioned Tesla Model-S would have been the stuff of sci-fi fantasy - and yet here it is, in a museum.  It made me very aware of the passing of time and the fact I'm very unlikely to be around in another 35 years time.  Here is said Tesla - I forgot to take a photo what with all the self-pity I was experiencing.

Reminded me of this...

[Yoss]

On 05/07/2024 at 13:35, richardmorris said:

I think this is running on two stroke, huge blue clouds!

 

On 05/07/2024 at 13:43, richardmorris said:

blurb says long term museum storage - they've probably put something in the tank to  clean the system out. Can smell it indoors here !

Cheap though - less than £6k.

1959 Borgward Isabella Coupé | Cliveden House | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com)

 

If it went for anything like that I'd be surprised even if it needs a fair amount of recomissioning. I think they look far better as a saloon, much better proportions. The coupe is one of those cars that you can tell is a saloon turned in to a coupe, not a coupe from the outset. 

The £6k guide price should get you a good usable but not mint saloon, the coupes are in the £20-30k mark. 

[richardmorris]

8 hours ago, Yoss said:

 

If it went for anything like that I'd be surprised even if it needs a fair amount of recomissioning. I think they look far better as a saloon, much better proportions. The coupe is one of those cars that you can tell is a saloon turned in to a coupe, not a coupe from the outset. 

The £6k guide price should get you a good usable but not mint saloon, the coupes are in the £20-30k mark. 

Not a guide price, sold last week.

[Yoss]

Okay, I stand corrected. 

[320touring]

Pikchurs wot I has takrned since getting to Lisbon.

A terminal replacement bus

Cork based seating 

This one needs no explanation 

[richardmorris]

There’s a glitch in the space time continuum.

[320touring]

19 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

There’s a glitch in the space time continuum.

Wot u on about M9?

[4wheeledstool]

Rusty as fuck wheels transformed into presentable as fuck wheels this weekend. 

Need to give my van a good clean now so the wheels don't make the bodywork look a bit pony!

[doug]

Collected. A 1977 Moto Guzzi T3.