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[stuboy]

Well finally the part came in, and I could fit it, all went well bar..

1.i had to take the chip out the old key and into the new key, I hope as still need old key for c/l and doors, it would pick up chip as on same keyring...but nope.

2. I've not snapped the snap bolts yet even though I did them up.

 

3. When refitting the coweling I can't get it flush.. maybe snap bolts causing this..( cable ties for temporary measures)

 

4. I could not get screws in too secure the bottom cowling... hence cable ties.. but driving home from tescos( other shops are avaliable) it seems the new ignition uses machine bolts.

Wanna see a fat sweaty man...here u go..

 

 

[richardmorris]

4 hours ago, reb said:

Sorry... Shit.

I do think it’s overrated.

[Zelandeth]

4 hours ago, reb said:

Travel update:

Tebay is shite.

Glad it's not just me.  A motorway services I want to be in, grab something simple I don't need to think about but will provide me with sustenance and get back on the road as quickly as possible.  Tebay is too expensive and too complicated.  

[wuvvum]

I like Tebay, but then I so rarely go that way that it's a bit of an event in itself when I visit.  If I was up and down the M6 all the time I might be more jaded.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, wuvvum said:

I like Tebay, but then I so rarely go that way that it's a bit of an event in itself when I visit.  If I was up and down the M6 all the time I might be more jaded.

Use Westmorland services at J38 instead if you need fuel. Access from N and S bound.Normal prices not stupid motorway prices. However, if you want overprice pretentious middle class food , you know where to go.

[Split_Pin]

11 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Glad it's not just me.  A motorway services I want to be in, grab something simple I don't need to think about but will provide me with sustenance and get back on the road as quickly as possible.  Tebay is too expensive and too complicated.  

Its also too shut when others are open. Ive been a few times and I can't understand what the hype is about.

[reb]

4 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Its also too shut when others are open. Ive been a few times and I can't understand what the hype is about.

Mum reckons it used to be better.

Personally I hate all motorway services.

 

Though I did meet a cool dog at Abingdon. I said hello to it, and was mortified when its owner started making conversation as I'm bad at that at the best of times and I was very hungover and sleep deprived 

[Split_Pin]

A delivery driver at Mrs_Pin's work knows I am into cars, told her there is an Austin A30 needing a new home. The owner is terminally ill and can no longer look after the car, and wants it to go to someone who will take it on. 

All I know at the moment is that it requires some wiring and a bit of paint. Being an A30, I'm going to assume its the mid 50s type that everyone knows.

Its located in Central Scotland.

I've passed my name and number onto the driver and have volunteered to go and see the car to assess it further and take some pictures and of course a price. I'll wait to hear back and then compose a full advert here.