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[Schaefft]

25 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

Got the estimate for the 156 through yesterday, which covers the following:

Steering rack

Renewing worn brake components 

Renewing worn suspension bushes and wishbones

Renewing exhaust bushes

Cambelt and waterpump (the variator is doing a diesel impression every so often)

Rustproofing

=Expensive

 

But I like the car. So it's getting done.

May have a MK1 Laguna for sale now though. 

At least for the brakes you should be able to save a few hundred quid if you do it yourself.

[loserone]

1 hour ago, bramz7 said:

MK1 Laguna

Definitely sure you don't want a Mégane cabriolet 👀

[Yoss]

MOT time for blue Favorit again, it's ninth in my ownership.

I do like to see a nice even brake balance. I feel like we're halfway there at this point. 

Although the nearside rear one was binding a bit, possibly from almost four months of inactivity due to the engine rebuild. But that should just be a case of taking the drum off and giving it a good clean out. 

The advisory on the drivers seat is a constant thing, the roller bearings in the runners are worn but the wheel bearing is a new one which I'll have to sort before next year. But not now. 

This might be nearly as rare as my car. 

 

The feeling of coming away with a pass and knowing I can relax was enough to make me pick up an M&S lemon curd iced bun on the way home which I am now enjoying in the garden. 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Got the new starter solenoid for the Zetor 2511 today.

 

 And it did fit!

 

And the only modification I had to make was to increase the holes on the connector on two of the cables from 8 to 10mm. And the starter works and it starts better than ever now so that's good. But had to turn off the engine immediately as the hand throttle has locked up.

So now the next problem is to get the steering wheel off something it doesn't want to and get the throttle lever loose.

[bramz7]

3 hours ago, loserone said:

Definitely sure you don't want a Mégane cabriolet 👀

Don't tempt me! No I think I should get another 156 as a future parts car.

£10 roffle may commence for the Laguna if that car I'm viewing is any good. 

 

[loserone]

7 minutes ago, bramz7 said:

£10 roffle may commence for the Laguna if that car I'm viewing is any good. 

Or indeed I can foresee a £10 Mégane roffle and a train journey in my future 😂

[andy18s]

Something a little different..

[Split_Pin]

I also got myself this bad boy:

 

[Zelandeth]

59 minutes ago, andy18s said:

Something a little different..

Intriguing...based on nothing more than intuition and what I can see of the keyboard layouts, I'm guessing terminals of some sort - Bulgarian VT100 clone(ish)?

[comfortablynumb]

17 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

I also got myself this bad boy:

 

MK2 son bought himself one of those about 6 months ago 

Great bit of kit👍

[auntiemaryscanary]

5 hours ago, Yoss said:

This might be nearly as rare as my car. 

When I first met my now wife she had one of these. A couple of dates in she gave me a lift in it. I repaid her generosity by writing my name in the dashboard dust. 

[andy18s]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Intriguing...based on nothing more than intuition and what I can see of the keyboard layouts, I'm guessing terminals of some sort - Bulgarian VT100 clone(ish)?

Erm.....yeah!?! 

 

[HMC]

SWEENEY 

on ITV4

[Imhotep]

Just got back from picking sprog #2 up from my parents when my mom put this in my hands.

Been looking for this for years, thought they’d thrown it out. Happy. 
 

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Got the new starter solenoid for the Zetor 2511 today.

 

 And it did fit!

 

And the only modification I had to make was to increase the holes on the connector on two of the cables from 8 to 10mm. And the starter works and it starts better than ever now so that's good. But had to turn off the engine immediately as the hand throttle has locked up.

So now the next problem is to get the steering wheel off something it doesn't want to and get the throttle lever loose.

Hope you left the nut on! Leaveing it under tension overnight?

[Dyslexic Viking]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

Hope you left the nut on! Leaveing it under tension overnight?

Yes, of course I left the nut on, and yes left it under tension overnight and soaked it in penetrating oil.

Hopefully it will come loose, if not I'll have to think again or buy some tools.

[Yoss]

1 hour ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

When I first met my now wife she had one of these. A couple of dates in she gave me a lift in it. I repaid her generosity by writing my name in the dashboard dust. 

You could have done the same on this one. It didn't look like it had moved in a while. 

[hairnet]

7 hours ago, Dyslexic Viking said:

Got the new starter solenoid for the Zetor 2511 today.

 

 

135 nok finneravgift

[Yoss]

A colourful combo at the pez station. 

[EightMegs]

Well, the hoist is working again.

[comfortablynumb]

Snap! My ancient GPower lift gave up recently, and I couldn't find another ram anywhere, after the original defied all attempts at a rebuild.

Enter a £60 air over hydraulic ram from the 'bay, and a rewelded bottom mount, because mines got a single blade lower pin, and everything I could find was a fork, and it's fixed,

Good job, I've got a V8 to put in a range rover, a 2.9 V6 for a sierra, and numerous blocks etc to move around now.

Didn't realise how much I depended Om it untill it wasn't available 

[richardmorris]

[Six-cylinder]

6 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

My guess is it is one of the SLR's Mclaren MSO took back to upgrade for customers.

[SiC]

Seven hundred pounds of shock absorbers that at best last 100k miles.

Usually these adaptive shocks are put onto exotic and high performance stuff. I honestly don't know Honda's motivation for putting them on just the back of a bog standard 1.8 petrol Civic Estate. 

 

Ahh this explains why they are expensive and don't last...

[stuboy]

they used to say germany stuff was well made

[wuvvum]

That used to be true.

[Metal Guru]

On 01/04/2025 at 18:33, JohnK said:

My mid life crisis has officially started 😂😂

You’ll have to be more specific.

Do you mean, buying a convertible, buying an Audi or parking like a twat?

[lesapandre]

Guardian newspaper today -

SUV bad:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/04/more-than-1m-cars-sold-in-uk-each-year-too-big-to-fit-typical-parking-space

errr...but -

SUV good...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/04/it-will-kill-jaguar-land-rover-town-home-to-one-of-britains-largest-car-plants-reacts-to-trumps-tariff

😵‍💫😂

Of course it might not be an "ailing industry" if they stopped taking pot-shots at it's products. 

[catsinthewelder]

I think it's perfectly sensible to take pot shots at people driving around citys in SUVs.  They aren't necessary for 98% of people in the countryside and make life less safe for the rest of us.

[Jazoli]

3 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

I think it's perfectly sensible to take pot shots at people driving around citys in SUVs.  They aren't necessary for 98% of people in the countryside and make life less safe for the rest of us.

Is it bollocks.