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[Cavcraft]

£57 for a local place to supply/fit back box to my 306. £28.50 for CES to pass me one over the counter, so latter option taken. I haven't used the car for ages due to the noisy exhaust, the back box decided to throw a wobbly after we'd replaced the centre pipes.

[beko1987]

Hopefully my exhaust should see some welding action on saturday!

[beko1987]

 

A hoover collector mate had this happen to his 1.4 golf whilst driving when the cambelt tensioner disintegrated.

 

Glad I did the meriva now!

[twosmoke300]

Got a 1.4 16v half in at the mo that shat it's cambelt . Further investigations reveal a seized inlet cam

[Skizzer]

Today, ladies and gentlemen, was a BIG DAY in these parts.

 

 

For today was BIG SHED DAY.

 

 

 

It's not quite as huge as it looks in the photo - there's room for two rows of three cars comfortably plus parts/tools storage and a bit of workshop.  No leccy yet but it's coming.

 

Renault should be there too, but FTPd this morning due to a flat battery so is still in its own cosy ex-council lock-up.  Will go for MOT next week and then move into Big Shed.

 

The Discovery and Golf are still at home at the moment - the former is being used to ferry tools etc back and forth, and the latter needs trailering over due to an ongoing lack of brake hydraulics.  (The Jag and Dedra are up England way somewhere.)

 

I was very pleased with the Rover, which ran very nicely in spite of being laid up for quite a while.  New clutch hydraulics all seem tippy-top, which is unheard of for a job I did myself (see above reference to Golf brake hydraulics for what usually happens).  Since the SD1 is MOT-less and on SORN, how lucky I am that it's all* private roads between here and the Shed.  That's going for MOT shortly too, just have to rewire the tailgate so I've got number plate lights.

 

Skoda is still around because it's started showing unconfirmed symptoms of impending DMF failure AGAIN, so I've put off selling it until that's settled either way.

[cobblers]

I dream of owning a shed like that. In an ideal world I would park the camper in the back, live out of that and I could just do as I flipping pleased. Did you build it?

[Lord Sterling]

Much envy here Skiz

 

My Rovers and Merc are currently scattered around a muddy yard waiting to have thier equally muddy area jettisoned of highly grown weeds, a caravan and a Golf GTi.

[Skizzer]

I dream of owning a shed like that. In an ideal world I would park the camper in the back, live out of that and I could just do as I flipping pleased. Did you build it?

Sadly I'm only renting it and didn't build it, but thank you for thinking I might have been capable of doing so

 

It belongs to a friend of a friend, who did build it. Really nice chap with ace carpentry and joinery skills. I'm well impressed with the job he's done - real old fashioned pride in the job. It was derelict when I first saw it but he's taken it down to the slab, repaired the slab, and put an entirely new structure on it.

 

It's not even expensive - miles cheaper than any other industrial unit I could find, even small ones, and a good bit less than six council lock-ups (if you could find six available, which you can't).

 

Well chuffed

[derskine]

I might be swapping my Beetle for a brush painted Hillman Imp, is that totally mental?

I've always really wanted an Imp.

[captain_70s]

Nah, Imp is way cooler. Also brush painting is for winners... and/or people who can't afford to paint their cars properly.

[derskine]

I have a feeling I might be able to upgrade it to a roller paint job as I have previous experience.

[Jim Bell]

Did you used to work at Rolls Royce?

[Cavcraft]

Skizz, that shed is fantastic. Impressed and jealous in equal measures.

[320touring]

the cheeky fuckers at pistonheads binned a link in one of my threads from a while back - saying " dont use threads to promote your blog"

 

fair enough.

 

Wednesday this week they made the thread "Thread of The Day" and presented it as something they'd been involved in.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/totd-inappropriate-drag-racing-cars/32829

[garbaldy]

To be honest I don't click your blog links anyway but enjoy reading your posts when you write them out here. I waste enough time on forums already without adding another to the list.

I don't know how some of you lot do it to be honest my heed would be fried.

[phil_lihp]

That shed is just amazing.  I am a little jealous, I will admit.  

[plasticvandan]

Makes my sheds look a bit shit,but then I DID build them myself lol

[xtriple]

Got my 'recall' notice this morning for the mighty Honda. Airbag may kill you in an accident.... nice.

 

To be honest, I knew it was coming as all Japanese cars use the same component and it was on the news already about Toyotas.

[Asimo]

^  Thank fkcu the "airbag broken" light has come on in mine then!

 

^^ Loving the LE Velo. Side valve flat twin is definately a win!

[derskine]

the cheeky fuckers at pistonheads binned a link in one of my threads from a while back - saying " dont use threads to promote your blog"

 

fair enough.

 

Wednesday this week they made the thread "Thread of The Day" and presented it as something they'd been involved in.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general/totd-inappropriate-drag-racing-cars/32829

 

They are cunts on there, I wouldn't bother about it.

 

In other news, I'm not swapping the Beetle for an Imp as I've been offered a decent cash price, which will allow me to buy a much better Imp than the one offered - as now I seem to be set on getting an Imp.

[320touring]

They are cunts on there, I wouldn't bother about it.

 

In other news, I'm not swapping the Beetle for an Imp as I've been offered a decent cash price, which will allow me to buy a much better Imp than the one offered - as now I seem to be set on getting an Imp.

I amaybe sent a grumpy email;)

 

good luch re the imp!

[wuvvum]

The V5C for the van I bought last Saturday arrived in the post today.  That's impressively rapid, especially with a bank holiday in the way.

[cort16]

I love ghostbusters. Not sure about this all new one coming out next year but at least they didn't base ecto1 on a Nissan Leaf or something.

 

[Ghosty]

If it's set now then if you think about it it's kinda correct - it's still a 25 year old Cadillac!

[Richard]

That's a 1990 Cadillac?

[scaryoldcortina]

google images says "yes, they still looked like that in '90"

[cort16]

Also the same as elvis's hearse

[Lord Sterling]

KV6 McSterling has passed it's MOT but only by a thread. There are a few worrying spots such as the sills which have been welded 20 billion times before. It has 7 advisories;

 

001. Brake disc worn/pitted or scored but not seriously weakened rear.

002. Tyre worn, close to legal limit front (both) I'll get this sorted as a matter of urgency.

003. (Oil leak)

004. Suspension arm balljoint cover deteriorated, ut oreventing ingress of dirt offside front.

005. Rear wheel bearing has slight play nearside.

006. Body has slight corrosion (both sills)

007. Body has slight corrosion.

[fred]

Well loaded up the Venerable Forester with wheel chair, walking frame, food to last a bloody year, 4 huge bags of clothes and 2 parents, my old fozzer was laden with burden but 200 miles she went and emptied her cargo at Pendine Sands, and after a Coffee and a Jammy Dodger, I took her all the way back to Walsall. Ran like a bloody dream, and I was rather surprised the amount of 'new' cars on the hard shoulder bonnet up waiting for assistance, whilst my good old soldier ate up the miles 400 mile round trip and not a single wheeze twinge or squeak, Have to love the old Fozzers

[skattrd]

Mo, that's a pass, and apart from the front tyres I'd consider the other bits a to do list that needs to be completed in 12 months.

You now have a legal Rover to waft around in - enjoy.