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[320touring]

There's a lesson in there somewhere, I'm sure.

Take Fuck all to do with the bird's motah?

[theorganist]

Just checked the DVLA database and the Princess is now showing as "licence not due" so hopefully there may be a tax disc waiting for me when I get home!

[M'coli]

Jasmine's VAGSHITE hat gestern abend der turboanlager noch einmal gescheisst. Sehr viel nebel von der auspuffer heute morgen. Noch einmal nach der Volkswagendealerwerkstatte um reparieren zu warden. Mit ein grossen twattenstick, hofflich.

 

And when she gets the car back, it's getting chopped in for a Hyundai. Good warranty, and a dealer 2 miles away. In the meantime, she's driving the 14 year old Fiat Punto I got at the auction for 300 bills.

 

There's a lesson in there somewhere, I'm sure.

As an interested party, just how old is said VagShit?

[saucedoctor]

It's a 2011 Golf 1.6 turbo diesel, Cameron. It has already shat its original turbo, but fortunately the whole car remains under warranty until September. I'm not convinced that the turbo gets lubed properly, but it's not me fixing it. It might be interesting to hear what the dealer says this time - last time they said it was a manufacturing defect in the turbo. Bucket of salt, anyone?

 

I bought an "Approved Used" Merc from the same dealer some years ago under the Mercedes "Signature" scheme. Aircon was fucked (hole in the radiator), and when I took the wheels off to clean them, there was a very nice Snap-On 8 mm spanner on the OSF brake caliper bleed nipple.

OMG ALL DEALERZ IZ MONGZ.

[Sigmund Fraud]

OMG ALL DEALERZ IZ MONGZ.

 

You can say that again ! Mrs.Fraud's VW needed the front brakes doing for its MoT, so I foolishly offered to get them sorted. When I eventually managed to take everything apart, it became obvious that they hadn't seen any red or copper grease since the thing left Martorell 15 years ago !

 

It's not surprising, though. 99% of main dealer clients will never check the work they're having done, and 99% of workshop monkeys don't give a damn because they're overworked and underpaid.

[Lacquer Peel]

I wonder if modern diesels shit their turbos due to huge oil service intervals, probably okay for motorway miles but not for pottering about.

[cort16]

I'm having a mare finding something half decent and not totally boring for my next car.

Budget is 3500.

 

So far.

 

Plus sides. It looks great, it's not a diesel, it's good a decent sized boot.

Down sides. No leather, questionable MPG, it might blow up.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-Alfa-Romeo-159-Sportwagon-2-2JTS-Turismo-Estate-Silver-/301129819655?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item461cbc6607

 

 

Plus Sides: A bit different, quite nice inside, seems decent VFM, Jag 2.7 diesel engine is supposed to be pretty good.

Down Sides: It's a modern Peugeot.

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201403242761719

 

Plus Side: Big boot, fast, decent mpg, not a diesel, seems good vfm

Down Sides: Bit dull inside, it's miles away.

 

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201403302931886/

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Cort, I know SFA about moderns so I can't help you with choosing. But I do feel the need to remind you that £3500 can buy you SEVEN old shitters 

[trigger]

Or 14 Rover 213S's!

[cort16]

I've up to my arm pits with old shitters I need something my wife will actually get in and has a plus 50/50 chance of not conking out on a journey of greater than 6 miles.

[Sigmund Fraud]

The latter is no problem with shitters, but I appreciate that the former can be !

 

Would a Vel Satis be the best* of both worlds ? (No ? Thought not...)

[Sloth in a bowl]

Given that you want to get where your going I would pick the skoda or peugeot.

The skoda looks well serviced and the engine is nice but unless you are gentle with the right foot it will rape you at the pump.

The peugeot is far prettier and the 2.7 motors can do big miles though are not the most efficient disels.

 

That's a difficult choice

[Sloth in a bowl]

3500 can also get you a volvo V50 T5. So you can pretend to get a sensible car while going a bit nuts.

[Junkman]

I managed to repair the offside rear door locking mechanism of the Rover of d00m (see GOM thread) by merely destroying the wood insert in the door capping.

They are made of real wood made to look like plastic and came in reportedly half a dozen different colours/grains (and most probably a number of yet unreported ones), and to say finding a matching one is challenging, is an understatement of downright British proportions.

 

One was listed on Ebay. It is for the correct door, and matches all the other plasticwood in my car, can you believe it now?

I BINed it and it arrived today!

 

I'm well chuffed!

 

So off to the cumbrous MoT tomorrow for some overwhelmingly pointless bureaucracy. It's the law, you know.

[dollywobbler]

Today, my mate Dave is trying to replace rust with bits of old washing machine.

 

That's the old rear floor. As ever, more rot has been discovered. We've had to start sacrificing bits of our old washing machine now.

[Bren]

Starting prepping the bonnet of my SD1 today.

 

Unfortunately I could not remove the badge from the bonnet with destroying it.

 

It was held in place by dowels and a lot ( too much)of adhesive - it would have been put to better use around the windscreen - maybe the glovebox's on many cars would have stayed dry.

[320touring]

Today, my mate Dave is trying to replace rust with bits of old washing machine.

 

That's the old rear floor. As ever, more rot has been discovered. We've had to start sacrificing bits of our old washing machine now.

I remember welding metal out an old fusebox to the floorpan of an Alfa 145..

 

Thickest that floor has ever been.

[Bobthebeard]

Today, my mate Dave is trying to replace rust with bits of old washing machine.

 

We've had to start sacrificing bits of our old washing machine now.

So putting it back to standard then using OE metal. Lovely!

[DVee8]

Its coming back  

 

Channel 5’s second series of Classic Car Rescue is back on Monday 14th April (see first episode programme information below) and will run for eight weeks.

No-nonsense, Cockney mechanic, Bernie Fineman, and Canadian car dealer, Mario Pacione, are back to restore more neglected rust buckets to their former glory.

The eight classic vehicles they will tackle this series are: - the Porsche 928, the Fiat 500, the Mercedes SL, the VW Campervan, the original VW Beetle, the Corvette Stingray the Ferrari Mondial and the Delorean DMC12.

[anonymous user]

Its coming back  

 

Channel 5’s second series of Classic Car Rescue is back on Monday 14th April

I'm so glad*, I haven't had a good shout at the television for ages

[vulgalour]

I need to get a welder, brush up my fabrication skills and repair the MoT fail area before the 12th with only £150 to spend because the welder can't fit me in before my MoT now as he's booked up until the 15th.  This is not an ideal situation AT ALL, but I'm hoping that a shout out here might help me source something suitable.

 

I have found a Sealey MightyMIG100 on eBay for £100 delivered that I can get here by Monday and a rejig of the shed contents has made me a space to keep it in.  Am I going to be making a mistake by purchasing a welder at this end of the cheapness scale?

 

I'd love to spend more on a really nice MIG but I can't.  Ã‚£150 is my budget and I've a little over a week to sort this out.  I'm pretty anxious about it in all honesty because I doubt my abilities very much.

[Bobthebeard]

^^ I bought a Clarke Pro 90 and it did the job. Nothing serious, just sill repairs and general bodywork stuff. I had never welded at all prior to getting the thing, but soon got the hang of it. The internet being your friend for advice.

The Sealey should be fine I reckon, given what you want it to do. Factor in the cost of the small gas bottles though. MIG wire etc.

[Junkman]

Its coming back  

 

Channel 5’s second series of Classic Car Rescue is back on Monday 14th April (see first episode programme information below) and will run for eight weeks.

No-nonsense, Cockney mechanic, Bernie Fineman, and Canadian car dealer, Mario Pacione, are back to restore more neglected rust buckets to their former glory.

The eight classic vehicles they will tackle this series are: - the Porsche 928, the Fiat 500, the Mercedes SL, the VW Campervan, the original VW Beetle, the Corvette Stingray the Ferrari Mondial and the Delorean DMC12.

 

Aren't they those bodgers who remove paint with an angle grinder?

[vulgalour]

This little Sealey number is a gasless rather than a gas, or gas/gasless.  I'm okay with gasless, at least I have been in the past, and while it's not as nice as a gas welder you can get reasonable results if you persist.  Stick is still my favourite, but I can't get the stick welder I've got to go low enough to not blow holes in everything.

 

I'll agonise about it a bit longer and probably hit the BIN button, I can have the welder delivered by Monday if I buy it today and then I can get cracking.  It'll save me a load of cash, as has been pointed out before.  I have no idea why I'm so nervous about welding when I usually just wade in and get a job done.

[Bobthebeard]

This little Sealey number is a gasless rather than a gas, or gas/gasless. I'm okay with gasless, at least I have been in the past, and while it's not as nice as a gas welder you can get reasonable results if you persist. Stick is still my favourite, but I can't get the stick welder I've got to go low enough to not blow holes in everything.

 

I'll agonise about it a bit longer and probably hit the BIN button, I can have the welder delivered by Monday if I buy it today and then I can get cracking. It'll save me a load of cash, as has been pointed out before. I have no idea why I'm so nervous about welding when I usually just wade in and get a job done.

Gasless?

Nooooooooooooo!

Been there, tried it and sold it to a farmer!

Hopeless for car body stuff.

[Bobthebeard]

You can borrow mine if you can pick it up Vulg. New bottle of gas and a reel of wire. Don't buy gasless.....

Really.

[Sigmund Fraud]

Gasless is awful, though it makes some sense if you're on a budget and work outdoors.

 

The ebay one you posted only has two power settings, which means you can't run it any lower than 50ish Amps. That's far too much for bodywork, unless you want to go for the lace/swiss cheese look.

[twosmoke300]

Don't get gasless.

I bought a little Clarke 100 to get me going when I opened my garage and I haven't felt the need to replace it yet. It welds better than my dad's cebora 140 ever did too.

I think I paid 80 for mine secondhand and it's paid for itself many many times now.

[tooSavvy]

Today, my mate Dave is trying to replace rust with bits of old washing machine.

 

That's the old rear floor. As ever, more rot has been discovered. We've had to start sacrificing bits of our old washing machine now.

 

A mate (Oxy/Acet days.... lonng ago) swore by Ex MoD/Local Govt 'double door filing cabinets' as being the right 'ductility/thickness' and having that sort of flat drab paint, they painted over nicely  .

 

 

TS

[Bobthebeard]

Don't get gasless.

I bought a little Clarke 100 to get me going when I opened my garage and I haven't felt the need to replace it yet. It welds better than my dad's cebora 140 ever did too.

I think I paid 80 for mine secondhand and it's paid for itself many many times now.

Mine also cost £80 secondhand and has performed faultlessly in what I have used it for.