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[vulgalour]

Where do I get bearing shells for a Renault 6?  Also after the paper gasket under the liners and probably piston rings.  Otherwise, all seems pretty healthy in there.

[Cavcraft]

I CBA with WVO, it's hard to get round here now as chippies are getting paid for their waste.

It was £40 for 60 litres new when I got some a few weeks back.

I'll try 50/50 and see what happens, though if it looks like it'll get through another MOT I'll put the 306 engine in it and run it for as long as I can.

[Lacquer Peel]

You don't want waste vegetable oil from most chippies, it's usually over-used and fatty, they sometimes use semi-solid oil too.

Any smaller scale users of vegetable oil usually produce good waste oil, pubs, hotels, small cafes

[garbaldy]

What is donut oil like? Now have two ex customers wanting me to start collection again

[Lacquer Peel]

What is donut oil like? Now have two ex customers wanting me to start collection again

 

 

It's really clean, I think it'd make great fuel stock.

[Richard]

The chip shop where I grew up used to change their fat once a year. They also had scud mags pegged to a washing line across the corner of the shop. You don't get shops like that any more.

[garbaldy]

It's really clean, I think it'd make great fuel stock.

I'm not sure why they are suddenly struggling to get the waste collected but if its a sign of things to come could be a good thing, I really can't be bothered with loads of ibcs again and the vermin probs the oil brings so would have to keep it to just a handfull of customers this time.

[Lacquer Peel]

I think there are members of the SVM (Scottish veg massive) who'd take it off you.

[garbaldy]

Better hunt out the waste licence then

[brickwall]

ATF fluid return pipe exploded on my driveway spewing out several pints all over the shop. New part arrived but it took me 3 hours or more to undo one connector. The oil pan had to be removed and I found this lightweight thing seems to become heavy when it lands on your head. Atf fluid has a sweet taste.

[320touring]

I'm not sure why they are suddenly struggling to get the waste collected but if its a sign of things to come could be a good thing, I really can't be bothered with loads of ibcs again and the vermin probs the oil brings so would have to keep it to just a handfull of customers this time.

furryboots are ye?

[mouseflakes]

Atf fluid has a sweet taste.

 

True - it's made from strawberry juice.

[panhard65]

Where do I get bearing shells for a Renault 6?  Also after the paper gasket under the liners and probably piston rings.  Otherwise, all seems pretty healthy in there.

Start looking on leboncoin for a piston and liner set . It is the cheapest and easiest way of sorting the piston rings. They will come with a selection of liner seals. Search for chemise. Does it really need shells ? If so you are better off having it reground and use oversize bearings, shouldn't be too hard to find. The Renault owners club might be worth trying for liners as the 6 engine is quite common compared to the ones I usually deal with. If I remember correctly the paper seals will have a colour strip on them but if you get new liners then set it up with a dial gauge, but it will probably use the same colour. That will make more sense when you have the new parts.. I have rebuilt 1289cc engines by using the bottom end out of a 1.4 super 5 the blocks are the same you might have to swap the cam and head on a 6 though. I t worked on an Estafette when the twat from the AA managed to throw a rod through the block.

[cms206]

I'd love a 607 but they're too old now. Magentis. The same, too old.

The Magentis outlasted the Sonata I'm sure, our local Kia dealer were turning them out as late as 2010 when the equally handsome Optima replaced it.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

The Magentis outlasted the Sonata I'm sure, our local Kia dealer were turning them out as late as 2010 when the equally handsome Optima replaced it.

Oops, my mistake . You could actually get both of them on 10 plates, although the fact that you'd have to pay £4.5-7k for the privilege means you probably wouldn't , unless you really hate Mondeos,Volvo S80's , insignias,Passats,etc that cost less for the same age.

[Cavcraft]

After about 16 months of (almost) faithful service, I'm going to (try and) sell the Vectra. I can honestly seeing it going to a scrapyard in October when the test runs out, as it's redeeming features to anyone but me are about minus several thousand.

It's pretty minging inside/out, smells a bit, hasn't been serviced since God was in a Moses basket and has some interesting* features such a heater that only works on the highest setting and now makes strange sort of whooping noises. I've done a few thousand mile in it though and it's effing brilliant. Reasonably fast, pretty comfortable, ace on juice, has taken many a good pasting, swallows large loads and suffers neglect superbly well. So well, in fact, it reminds me of an old 8V Cavalier.  It's even shown a dirty pair of heels to many 'flasher' motors in the traffic light GP.  

[hairnet]

607

 

sonata or magentis

 

avensis estate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-SEAT-EXEO-2-0-TDI-CR-S-120-/271969367260

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Seat-Exeo-2-0TDI-SE-/161804882379

 

the trouble of putting an ad on and then no pics - should be suk dat shurely - verdict TWAT (and they do it for a living)

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2011-KIA-CEED-ESTATE-2-ECODYNAMICS-1-6-CRDI-1-OWNER-12-MONTH-MOT-FSH-/262013049818

[jonathan_dyane]

Where do I get bearing shells for a Renault 6?  Also after the paper gasket under the liners and probably piston rings.  Otherwise, all seems pretty healthy in there.

First try Margret Maddock on 01244 851227. I have all kinds of obscure piston rings and bearing shells off them over the years from ancient Citroen's to 1950s David Brown's and they never failed to locate parts and are very reasonably priced *but* I haven't had cause to use them for a few years and they may have retired.

 

If she isn't doing it anymore I'm sure she will be able to recommend someone.

[vulgalour]

I'll get some pictures to show the damage.

[Jim Bell]

I'm not sure why they are suddenly struggling to get the waste collected but if its a sign of things to come could be a good thing, I really can't be bothered with loads of ibcs again and the vermin probs the oil brings so would have to keep it to just a handfull of customers this time.

I'll have some. Regular.

[dollywobbler]

The Vulcan is flying within a few miles of home. Which seems like a good excuse to go greenlaning in the Dyane.

[Six-cylinder]

The Vulcan is flying within a few miles of home. Which seems like a good excuse to go greenlaning in the Dyane.

It is routed to pass over our house on its way to you, anything you need transported!

[Six-cylinder]

Timmed at 13:49

[stillOrange]

I'm getting slightly nervous... double roffle night ahead and I have same number in both...

[doobietoo]

Cut the grass, first time since June which was a mistake really as the plan was to do some more work on rex the VDP. As always half way through cutting the grass down comes the rain. Bloody nuisance really as I need to get the old engine out ready for the new one I am picking up on the way home from Chumbly... oh well I will just have to drink Pimms and wait for the evening footy.... off to the Allegro club spares open day tomorrow to see what they have squirrelled away. ridiculous early start in the morning to avoid the bank holiday grockles on the coastal drive from Darzet to hastings and have to go to Modcentral or Brighton as its known on the way back to keep Mrsdoobietoo happy....so I better not wear my leather jacket....

[The Moog]

Saab has done a wee on the drive. Being modern it also bonged at me to tell me it has run out of wee and needs topping up.

 

Will have to see where it is coming from, fingers crossed it is nothing too bad.

 

In other news rover will be departing tomorrow!

[wuvvum]

Because I am a twat, I thought it would be a good idea to drive from Southampton to Norwich on an August bank holiday weekend.  It wasn't.  My left leg still aches from pressing the bloody clutch so much.

 

Still, at least there was some decent chod on the road - beige Edsel wagon in Southampton, maroon Skoda Rapid and beige Hindustan Ambassador going the other way on the M25, a tidy L-pate Carlton 2.0i CDX saloon also on the M25 but going the same direction as me, and I got overtaken by a Honda PC800 a few miles from home.  Also, some lad in a Corsa had gone into the back of a Bentley Mulsanne at the Mildenhall roundabout.  Whoops.

 

Yesterday I managed to drop the Hyosung whilst trying to get on it - my leg somehow got caught in my jeans and I couldn't get it over (as it were).  I put it down quite gently so there's no damage to the tank or the stunning* fake snakeskin paint job, but the gear lever appears to be made out of cheese as the sticky-out pedal bit snapped off, rendering up-changes more or less impossible.  Fortunately at the time I was round my mate's who has a garage full of random odds and sods, so the bike now sports a piece of brass pipe bent in a vice at a 90° angle and held onto the remains of the gearlever with two jubilee clips.  It was meant as a get-you-home bodge, but it works well enough so I might as well leave it on there...

[dave21478]

I bought a cheap winch for the Freelander.

Not because I am one of those "its gripped, its locked, its sorted, lets offroad" knobbers but mostly to help me with felling trees, of which I have a huge amount to do this coming autumn.

I normally use the car as a ground anchor with a steel cable and hand winches to pull a tree if I need it to fall in an awkward direction which is tricky on my own so this winch, which has a wireless remote, should be handy.

 

In my normal style, I built the mounting bracket from scrap steel lying around the farm and went slightly* overboard. Its made from 5 and 6mm plate and looks like you could mount an anchor winch for a cruise liner on it.

After I finished I looked up winch mounts on google images and they are generally much lighter than mine.

Eh, whatevz...

 

 

[Rusty_Rocket]

^^^ Really neat job Dave5678

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That is a neat job. You are super practical DaveNumbers. Tell us the story of converting your Freelander to LHD!!!