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[junkyarddog]

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

[richardmorris]

7 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

Something out of thunderbirds

[richardmorris]

7ft guy watching is either bodyguard or American football player .

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, junkyarddog said:

^^^^^^That's an interesting bit of kit!!

One free with every JLR vehicle.

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

7ft guy watching is either bodyguard or American football player .

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

[goosey]

Helping my son out today, he was moving a friends Jimny as it’s going in for some serious body and chassis repairs 

[Snake Charmer]

3 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

I'm going to forward that to my stepson, he's 7'1"". 🤣

[somewhatfoolish]

Three children in a raincoat and trilby.

[MJK 24]

I don’t think you’ll need a tacho in a Corsa?

 

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, richardmorris said:

Bloody hell, that thing must have some serious ballast in the yellow bit...

[dozeydustman]

First FTP in the 205 today with a snapped clutch cable. Managed to buy an assortment of bowden cable ends and bodge something with a little help from one of the streetscene guys to get me home. New cable ordered for £13 which is supposedly correct.

[richardmorris]

15 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Bloody hell, that thing must have some serious ballast in the yellow bit...

It’s very impressive- the controller has a remote box like a PlayStation with joysticks. It doesn’t live here as I’d have seen it before- seems to be a specialist recovery outfit.  I spent half an hour looking at it whilst ignoring work. My mechanic friend tells me there are a handful in the country: one delivered an h van to him in weybridge earlier in the year

[LightBulbFun]

9 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

It’s very impressive- the controller has a remote box like a PlayStation with joysticks. It doesn’t live here as I’d have seen it before- seems to be a specialist recovery outfit.  I spent half an hour looking at it whilst ignoring work. My mechanic friend tells me there are a handful in the country: one delivered an h van to him in weybridge earlier in the year

Looks like it would be ideal for shuttling cars about the FoD, especially with it on tracks  

[richardmorris]

13 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

Looks like it would be ideal for shuttling cars about the FoD, especially with it on tracks  

I agree. See if @Six-cylinder agrees.  I suspect he prefers manual slave labour. Give me a minute and I’ll google the maker.

 

 

https://www.trackedmachines.com/towtracken/

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SiC]

55 minutes ago, MJK 24 said:

I don’t think you’ll need a tacho in a Corsa?

 

Presumably the RR broke down while towing the Corsa?

[stuboy]

Highlight of my day was changing indicator bulb on a Renault master...had intermittent double flash on left turn.. changed front.. no difference and so changed the rear from what look like a new bulb to a 'new' bulb this cured the faulty flash

[N19]

1 hour ago, richardmorris said:

I agree. See if @Six-cylinder agrees.  I suspect he prefers manual slave labour. Give me a minute and I’ll google the maker.

 

 

https://www.trackedmachines.com/towtracken/

 

 

 

 

 

 

What sort of uses is this for? I thought that automatics could be towed for a short distance if in neutral (e.g. to get them to a safe place to load onto the back of a recovery lorry)?

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, N19 said:

What sort of uses is this for? I thought that automatics could be towed for a short distance if in neutral (e.g. to get them to a safe place to load onto the back of a recovery lorry)?

I suspect it’s for vehicles with dead gearboxes. The lambo had a front end crash and the h van my friend worked on had a seized manual box. I was actually busy today ( despite taking photos )so couldn’t go out to ask. Plus mr7ft jack reacher was a bit scary.

[NorthernMonkey]

They’re used primarily for recovering dead vehicles from multi story and underground car parks where you can’t get a normal slide bed. They’re also handy for recoveries from down tight lanes, driveways and other tricky locations.

They can be transported to scene on a flatbed, deployed to pick up the vehicle then loaded back onto the truck whilst still with the recovered car on board.

There’s actually quite a few in use…I know at least three local recovery companies that have them and the company I work for have financed quite a lot of them.

[Yoss]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

That's actually two people- one operates the head and arms -another the legs.

 

2 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Three children in a raincoat and trilby.

 

[High Jetter]

43 minutes ago, N19 said:

What sort of uses is this for? I thought that automatics could be towed for a short distance if in neutral (e.g. to get them to a safe place to load onto the back of a recovery lorry)?

Dead EV's, which lock 4 wheels. Madness.

[N19]

29 minutes ago, NorthernMonkey said:

They’re used primarily for recovering dead vehicles from multi story and underground car parks where you can’t get a normal slide bed. They’re also handy for recoveries from down tight lanes, driveways and other tricky locations.

They can be transported to scene on a flatbed, deployed to pick up the vehicle then loaded back onto the truck whilst still with the recovered car on board.

There’s actually quite a few in use…I know at least three local recovery companies that have them and the company I work for have financed quite a lot of them.

Interesting. I wonder how much more time and money that adds to the recovery rather than simply towing a manual vehicle in neutral a short way?!

19 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

Dead EV's, which lock 4 wheels. Madness.

It really does show that modern vehicles are marching towards a "you shall be dependent upon us" culture. More madness than a set of baggy trousers dirty shirt pulling hair and eating dirt.

[NorthernMonkey]

8 minutes ago, N19 said:

Interesting. I wonder how much more time and money that adds to the recovery rather than simply towing a manual vehicle in neutral a short way?!

It really does show that modern vehicles are marching towards a "you shall be dependent upon us" culture. More madness than a set of baggy trousers dirty shirt pulling hair and eating dirt.

Poor access jobs can indeed be flat towed by a colleague attending with the hilux etc but when said vehicle is also locked in park or the electric handbrake won’t release along with the aforementioned marooned EVs, these come into their own.

[High Jetter]

56 minutes ago, N19 said:

Interesting. I wonder how much more time and money that adds to the recovery rather than simply towing a manual vehicle in neutral a short way?!

It really does show that modern vehicles are marching towards a "you shall be dependent upon us" culture. More madness than a set of baggy trousers dirty shirt pulling hair and eating dirt.

Yea, so why the confused react?

[somewhatfoolish]

The majority of EVs are 2 wheel drive and can be recovered by a spec lift just like any other.

[Marshall2810]

Well that's nice 🙂 

 

 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

19 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Bloody hell, that thing must have some serious ballast in the yellow bit...

That is where the 7' bloke is kept.

[barefoot]

On 18/10/2024 at 13:00, barefoot said:

^ pah

Here's a better looking car 

And some new, news!

And there's more - I took this to a different garage for MOT back in June & forgot all about it!

I'd better nip down & collect it on Monday.

[Lord Sterling]

Vectra was treated to a new tyre and picked up some bits for it that it might need at some point:

Got this haul for £40, dropped it off at my garage in Telford.

[ruffgeezer]

Said goodbye, at last, to the Berkley BNFL Berlingo.

It had stayed a bit longer than originally intended, but was a lovely little van.  It's gone off to my Wife's sister who is going to use it as a covert camper.  Makes the extra work worthwhile, knowing thst it isn't going to be ragged mercilessly on the evri round.

In also is a Volvo XC60 that looked a bargain at £2000 for a 2009 with only 98k, some new ABS sensors and a service later and Katy my wife, has claimed it as her own to replace 'Olaf' the ex- @straightSix Alfa Giulietta which although she loves the styling of, just hasnt gelled with.

The XC60 almost immediately blotted it's copybook after the MOT by gaining a misfire/ diesel knock all through the rev range and accompanying black smoke. FUCK!  I'm glad it was me it misbehaved for. Oddly it had stored no codes during this misbehaviour, so it was a good look at the injector looms, one of which wanted a new gland on the plug but were otherwise OK.

Then a suspect bit of wiring to one of the two fuel rail pressure sensors - you know when the insulation just doesn't look right. 

Well inside that bundle was a particularly poor soldered joint, but the cause of the drama was a split in the insulation right up almost as far as the multiplug for the rail sensor. I had the engine running as I manipulated the loom and could make the engine stutter at will.  I cut out the damaged wire and solded in a fresh bit, re-wrapped it and it's been fine since. Thank fuck.

This means the Giulietta will soon be looking for a new home, but not before the private plate comes off and it has a wash.

Lastly I've adopted a very scruffy endangered species locally, it goes for an MOT on Monday after a light fettle ready to be re-homed later this month, fingers crossed.