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[cms206]

Not handsome boy Blake Dog...

 

Lots of feels heading your way fella.

[vulgalour]

Oh hey, it gets better.  Just learned my Grandad has Parkinsons.

[twosmoke300]

Jesus ! A big old bite of a shit sandwich for you today !

[vulgalour]

I'd like a new Wednesday.  This one is clearly defective.

[Skizzer]

Aw, bugger.  Sympathies for that too.  The treatments have improved a lot in the last few years though, as I understand it: I have an elderly uncle who was diagnosed with PD about 10 years ago and he's not doing too badly with it.  Still shitty news though, obviously.

[vulgalour]

Grandad is in his 90s and has survived several heart attacks and a triple bypass.  I doubt medication or treatment of any sort is going to be of much use at this point in his life.  It just doesn't seem fair, a man who's given so much to so many should end up with such a horrible illness when he should just be enjoying sitting at home with a cuppa and a fat dog watching the horses on the telly.

[brickwall]

Sorry to hear about the dog Vulg. People don't understand unless they have had a dog, farts and all.

[fordperv]

Bloody hell vulg what a shitty day

[fordperv]

Earlier when I took an alternator in to have its bearings replaced, i called into a local scrap yard to see if they had anything interesting in, my god the realisation hit for how low scrap value is, looking at the stockpiled cars at the bottom of the yard and also cars i would deem as modern are littering the place.

 

 

At the bottom of the yard look how many rows deep the stockpiled cars are

 

[vulgalour]

Our local scrap collector has ended up having to start doing gardening work and handyman stuff because he can't cover his expenses with the price of scrap being so low.  It must be terrifying to have your only source of income dry up so quickly and completely.

[phil_lihp]

I haven't seen cars stacked up in a yard like that for years.  What with that, adverts for sub-£100 MOT'd runners and cars being abandoned on street corners, it's like going back to 1996.

[MarvinsMom]

Really to be bored of grey Sierras?, right then here we go then!

 

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Don't look too closely at the *great colour match on the bonnet and wheel arch...

 

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many moons ago i had a wedgewood blue one of these.

 

mine didn't have XR3i wheels though, it had steelies with the lotus esprit plastic hub caps.

 

it was mint.

 

it needed a new radiator and clutch at 120000 miles but that it was all.

 

a brilliant car, i sold it for £450 in 2001, and i still miss it.

 

J184WHL. gone, but not forgotten.

[trigger]

I won't lie, I only paid £250 for the Sierra but have sunk another £400 into it getting into the state it is today. Not to shabby I feel.

 

I really need to tune the carb though as it keeps stalling itself when you stop now.

[junkyarddog]

Our local scrap collector has ended up having to start doing gardening work and handyman stuff because he can't cover his expenses with the price of scrap being so low.  It must be terrifying to have your only source of income dry up so quickly and completely.

Yep,I'm on a 3 day week because of it.

 

Sorry to hear of your Grandad and dog too

[The Moog]

Focus is booked into LPG specialist tomorrow. He thinks it isn't pump as it will switch and idle from cold but when warm it won't do gas. Worst case scenario is new pump which is £400.

 

I am getting a courtesy car for the time it is in there and I am mildly excited as I am hoping for something nice and shonky...

 

Also have agree to buy Mr Davidson's Mercedes to see if Missus moog can be tempted with it. If not I might nick bits off if for my brothers merc.

[ShiteRider]

I've not used the beige cortina for nearly two months now due to it smoking its arse off, which i'm 99% certain is the stem seals........it's also starting to develop the familiar pinto cam tap (i've done the clearances three times and its still there)

I've got a nos cam kit and a head gasket set sat here.....i've also got tomorrow off

How would a live tinkering thread sound?

Even though i work in a garage, it's a bodyshop so we've only one mechanic and he's a right grumpy cunt so some support/advice would be appreciated.

[beko1987]

I'll follow it and make not very helpful comments if you like? Will give me something to do in the office!

[MikeKnight]

Late to the thread as usual.. I'll miss Blakey dog lots.

 

I feel better that I had a mad play of "got your paws, ahh don't bite me!" with him last night.

 

It's shocking how quickly they can turn around and go downhill, but at least it was mercifully quick. Which I guess is a good thing.

[dugong]

Sorry Angyl, losing a pet must be shit. All sympathies directed at your good self.

[TagoraSX]

I was speaking to a scrappy today, the price has really gone through the floor.

It was €120 for a car at the peak, now €10 and it's possible you will have to pay them shortly. 

[HH-R]

I bet most of those weighed in cars are in better nick than the shite I've run over the years.

[fred]

Sorry to hear your news Vulg - Life is and continues to be a complete Asshat -

[stuboy]

after my gf exhaust to replaced and shortend, felt clamp wasnt gonna be man enough so i gave it shocking stick tiggle

[LC Torana]

And now you have a partially blind toddler?

[stuboy]

And now you have a partially blind toddler?

no he was herded away to a safe area.

[dollywobbler]

Yesterday, I fired up the Dyane for the first time since before our hols and drove it 60 miles to Hereford. At high speed. Fun.

 

Then I drove a 2CV from Hereford to Aberystwyth, then back to Hereford. I then jumped back into the Dyane and drove towards Leominster to visit a friend who does panel beating - you know, Ferraris and Massers and the like. Serious skills. He let me try my hand on a bit of scrap ally. I was mostly terrified of crushing my fingers. Then drove home. I reckon I was getting on for 300 aircooled miles yesterday, but the Dyane has a serious case of TEH FUMES. I really do need to rip the cylinder heads off and see if I can get a better seal, fix some exhaust leaks and sort out the heater tubes. 

[Coprolalia]

Having a got round to it morning before twilight shift. Plugged VCDS lite and my OBD reader into the Stealth Skudder. Only fault code for an intermittent intake camshaft position.

Could be a dodgy tensioner.

Could relate to when (as documented in the service history) National autocentres changed the cambelt and put the new one on two teeth out. LOL!

 

Faults cleared, no further faults. I chalk that up as a win.

[richardmorris]

Have you got an old cylinder with the fins cut off as a lapping tool?

[cms206]

Vandalism attack in the depot last night... only our side touched, and windows were all smashed from INSIDE the bus. Our neighbours in the yard are pointing fingers at our painter (who they sacked) who works after hours... except he left at 7 with me last night. Leaving only next doors manager in.

 

Oddly enough we've had an email from the HSE with a complaint that buses and coaches are being painted in our shed after hours without adequate ventilation and PPE being used.

 

Police involved now... got two hours to find a 96-seat double decker for this afternoon's schools.

[dollywobbler]

Have you got an old cylinder with the fins cut off as a lapping tool?

 

Yes. Just need to summon up the motivation to rip the wings off, remove the manifold (again) and pull the heads off. At least I know the manifold nuts won't be a problem! The heater tubes don't fit very well, as I pinched them from the 2CV (it's amazing how little I've spent on the Dyane). I probably should buy new 'spectacle' seals though. I'm pretty sure it's leaking from the originals. Also still need to sort out the clattering CV joints. This car drives remarkably well given how knackered things are...