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[dollywobbler]

This one's for Hirst. 

 

Actual dryness (it was even sunny for a few minutes) meant I could open up my outdoor cars for some much-needed ventilation. I also checked the fluid levels.

 

Not very exciting, but it is old car content. In other news, the new winter tyres for the Nippa are out for delivery right now! Wonder when they'll turn up. I might get the tracking adjusted too as the steering wheel is off centre and I'm not sure the wear is even across the front tyres.

 

I'll be a lot happier tomorrow when I can jump in the XM and actually drive it a large distance.

[twosmoke300]

The rover 75 I got from my Dad now has a years MOT . Now decision time ! Raffle or swaps?

[dugong]

Charade is sold. ZX is sold.

 

I am selling cars.

[The Moog]

Spent another 30 minutes swearing at the VSS pin. Will not budge.

 

Going to replace the iacv and then get tame garage to replace the speed sensor.

[RobT]

I bit the bullet and took the Daimler to Surrey Jag Centre yesterday for some work.  Despite the name they’re not based in the leafy stockbroker belt, but the skank hole that is Croydon.  I’m hoping they can sleeve/weld the exhaust down pipe to centre section that sheared off due to previous bodgery, but have told them to replace both sections if need be.  I’ve also asked them to give it a tune up and for their general opinion on the state of the engine.  To me it seems a bit tappety with oil pressure being a tad lower than it should, but I could be worrying too much.  Not sure how much all this will cost, but just wafting about in the old thing induces a massive grin so it’ll be worth it.

 

Once sorted, I can then get on with the jobs even I’m capable of such as rust proofing, giving it a good clean and polish, and replacing the windscreen rubber (although I’ll probably need A Man to help me get the screen back in).

[dollywobbler]

I've just been reminded that it's Wales Rally GB in these parts tomorrow. I'm hoping there isn't OMG TRAFFIK KAOS as I try and make my way to Brum. I may avoid Sweet Lamb altogether.

[Vin]

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I got rear ended (Ooohh err missus... ) on the way home from work last night...

 

 

Spoke to her this morning. There is damage to the Fabia, so through her insurance it is. LV rang me this morning offering me repairs and hire cars and whatnot... I said I would prefer to sort it myself, so they are going to do me a 'cash in lieu' settlement if I send them a quote to get it sorted. My friend with the restoration business has said he will do that for me...

 

So looks it all should be OK.

[hairnet]

I've just been reminded that it's Wales Rally GB in these parts tomorrow. I'm hoping there isn't OMG TRAFFIK KAOS as I try and make my way to Brum. I may avoid Sweet Lamb altogether.

was on the m6 on sat and saw 4 citroen rally team wagons

 

all frog reg apart from one that was luxembourg (odd)

[vulgalour]

House move date moved forward to tomorrow.  Got the keys today and it's just as well too!  Chompy and I went over to have a look around the house and he said he could hear water running, on investigating the mains water supply to the toilet cistern was pissing water out at quite a rate and it's got all under the lino in the bathroom and the laminate flooring in the hall.

 

If it had been our current landlord there would have been NO HOPE of getting this even looked at even if he did answer the phone.  New estate agent - managed property, yay - asked exactly what the problem was and would we mind a plumber turning up tonight if possible or tomorrow if not.  They also made sure we'd got the water turned off, which we did, and were really professional and concerned about it.  So happy we found out about this today, by tomorrow the entire house would have been flooded and that doesn't bear thinking about.  Hoping it's just something simple like a bust connector.

 

Was very happy with the fence repair too, there was really only need to replace one wind-damaged panel but they've only gone and installed a whole brand new fence the entire length of the back garden.  It's so utterly different an approach to where we are now that it's slightly alarming.  Not at all used to being met with reasonable people willing to make things lovely.

 

In other news, I parked in the wrong place and met the neighbour with the Triumphs.  Not entirely sure what to make of him yet, he seemed a bit put out and adamant the house we're moving into is mega expensive to heat and light and has damp issues according to previous tenants.  I suspect having the thermostat at 20 degrees and only fitting incandescent bulbs throughout the property are more to blame along with a possible slow leak from that cistern.  Triumph neighbour also has a 3.5 V8 TR7 in bright fuckoff yellow on his drive and seemed more pleasant when he realised I knew at least something about old Triumphs and showed an interest.

 

We shall see what happens.  It's really quiet and nice as an area.  A bit curtain twitchy but I don't mind that so much as that's never bothered me.  If I'm left to be me and allowed to keep my house and cars nice I shall be happy enough.

[anonymous user]

Spent another 30 minutes swearing at the VSS pin. Will not budge.

 

Going to replace the iacv and then get tame garage to replace the speed sensor.

Is it just me who cannot understand what the hell this is on about? It reminds me of my sister-in-law pointing at the battery on her Renault 12 and asking if it was the speed-box.

[The Moog]

Is it just me who cannot understand what the hell this is on about? It reminds me of my sister-in-law pointing at the battery on her Renault 12 and asking if it was the speed-box.

Focus has a speed sensor that drives the speedo (VSS)

 

Held in with a little metal pin that after 14 years is stuck like captain sticky to a roll of sellotape. iACV is Idle Air Control Valave. Modern cars init

[anonymous user]

Thank you Mr Moog, I am a luddite

[320touring]

Skoda still fucked. whit a bag a baws!

[taxi paul]

Today after fettling my cam cover gasket and new breather pipes on the rover75. I was feeling rather pleased with my mechanical expertise till I came to re attach the top radiator elbow and notices the o ring or gasket was no longer attached. Much searching with a torch around engine bay yielded nothing. Had to play o ring roulette to fix. Price of new one £24.00. Not the end of the world but a scrapyard visit imminent.

[Honey Badger]

The Prelude is off to the garage tomorrow morning for a new rear wheel bearing - at least I hope it's only one.  It's gradually changed from a distant hum to a distinctive howl and the radio only goes so loud.  There's also some proper Honda alloys with four nearly new tyres organised too, with the kind help of Anoymous User, which cost less than a pair of new front tyres for the OZ wheels it's currently wearing.  The tracking is way out and it's eaten the inner edges of the fronts so once that's sorted and the little jobs are all done it'll be going up for sale.  I like it but it's just a bit too impractical and I haven't really warmed to it despite its brilliance,  A family member has first dibs but if he changes his mind I'll wave it around on here.  I really ought to wash it too I suppose, it hasn't been cleaned since I bought it and deserves a good polishing session.

Good to hear the Prelude getting some attention as they are such great looking cars. I'm off to check down the back of the sofa to see how much money is down there for whenyou stick it up for sale.

[320touring]

Current fleet status!

 

535i nae rear end

335 is not starting

320 no mot and suspect fuel pump

328i needs diff fitted and mot

Citroen CX blown waterpipe

VW Golf mk1 still in bits 5 years later

2003 octavia tdi grenaded turbo

2002 octavia tdi air in fuel lines

 

the only car working is the birds 15 year old Clio 172!

 

bah

[Sigmund Fraud]

Current fleet status!

 

Pretty standard for Autoshite, really : "Have eight cars, none works, borrowed SWMBOs car to drive to work."

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[320touring]

Pretty standard for Autoshite, really : "Have eight cars, none works, borrowed SWMBOs car to drive to work."

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the real trouble is that only some of them are mine!

[cms206]

I am in the position that I have not bought a car in over a year and two of the fleet are currently working.

 

Admittedly that does mean five are fucked.

 

Also just had a £2.50/hr payrise.

 

eba... BRB!

[Bear]

Stayed up until 5am trying to work, make a 3D printer do something other than create expensive plastic turds, and rebuild/configure a drone that I'd predictably crashed within two hours of getting it. Telemetry says I lost GPS signal, so I don't feel too bad, but still.

 

Result - missed first day at NEC, but have successfully scanned an object and reprinted a copy, albeit with a couple of false starts, and just took the drone for a decent altitude flight around the farm without crashing, panicking or losing it.

[The Moog]

Tame mechanic can't get the speedo sensor pin out either. Apparently he tried all the tricks but was wary of breaking it in situ.

 

It looks like it is the original pin and has rusted into place.

 

It will have to be drilled out.

 

Fucksticks.

[dave21478]

I took the Gland Rover for control technique today and it only bloody passed first time! Thats a first for this car.

 

Before I went I obvioulsy had to fit the old wheels with original size tyres - it wont pass with the 16" wheels so I had to remove my nearly new, hardly worn nice tyres and fit wheels with cruddy old 3/4 worn, bald on the edges rubbish - all in the name of safety being deliberatley awkward.

 

While the wheels were off I thought I better do something about the back left brakes which do nothing. Popped the drum off to find all apparently well, but out of adjustment. This turned out to be due to the wee spikey wheel that is turned by a lever as you brake to adjust the shoes automatically having lost its teeth.

 

 

A few minutes with a wee jewelers file soon fixed that.

 

 

While checking the lights I found one tail light out which turned out to be the bulb holder had failed. Its a combined stop and tail with a twin fillament bulb. One of the spring contacts in the bottom of the holder had snapped off. With no way to fix that and nothing close to the same design in the pile of spares I have, I perpetrated a horrible bodge by drilling a hole through the bottom of the holder and wanging a self-tapping screw into it. It passed through the remains of the metal contact, picking up the current and I kept screwing it in until it touched the bottom of the bulb and made contact.

This will no doubt be one of those temporary fixes that turns permanant.

 

In the test centre it was as smokey as usual, just scraping through the emissions is it does every year and it got the usual round of advisories for cracked tail light lense, fuzzy headlamp aim, and rust on the underside.

 

 

[derskine]

I had the worst day today.

 

On the way home from work in the 18 I was going to stop in at Tesco.

As I was approaching a roundabout I heard a bang and the engine ceased to live.

I tried cranking but it sounded fucked - suspect cam belt is knackered.

 

 

FOAD came and towed me to the unit with his 240.

I then jumped in the 340 and continued on my way back to the shop.

It started running shit. Then cut out ON a roundabout, lots of furious cranking and it only just started.

It kept cutting out and taking ages to start all the way back to the unit.

 

So that left me with one option to get home - the unfinished 360.

I swiftly poached a seat belt from the 340 and fitted it to the 360.

Next I had to install rear bulbs as someone had removed them previously, this took a lot of fucking about trying to work out which bulb goes where.

 

Anyway, I got home in the end.

 

 

Renner engines are no match for the mighty red block...

[Bear]

Bought a needle scaler. It's awesome. Now needle scaler is the answer to every problem, ever.

For example, The_Moog's stuck pin? Needle scaler. Why? 'cause rattling the teeth out of my brake caliper + some shock spray loosened the reluctant, and part chewed, T40 torx holding the pad wire plug on after breaker bars etc. had failed (and made me scared of chewing the head to bits).

 

Jehovas at the door? Needle scaler. Bad constipation? Needle scaler. Caked on brake dust & rust? Microfibre cloth. No, wait, I mean, needle scaler.

[Richard]

Can it remove Dermot o' Leary and Nick Grimshaw from my TV? Or just remove the TV from the house, either would do.

[The Moog]

Bought a needle scaler. It's awesome. Now needle scaler is the answer to every problem, ever.

 

For example, The_Moog's stuck pin? Needle scaler. Why? 'cause rattling the teeth out of my brake caliper + some shock spray loosened the reluctant, and part chewed, T40 torx holding the pad wire plug on after breaker bars etc. had failed (and made me scared of chewing the head to bits).

 

Jehovas at the door? Needle scaler. Bad constipation? Needle scaler. Caked on brake dust & rust? Microfibre cloth. No, wait, I mean, needle scaler.

Wtf is a needle scaler?

[anonymous user]

Wtf is a needle scaler?

It puts all your needles in order of size and you can then play a tune on them

[beko1987]

Could you scratch your arse with one?

[Bear]

Could you scratch your arse with one?

 

 

Could is an interesting word. It brings up all manner of possibilities. Put it this way.

 

If, and only if, someone pisses me off,

And I've run out of chilis.

And bleach.

And sand.

 

And I can't find my spoon.

 

I will confirm if it is possible to scratch someone else's arse with one.

 

Fair?

[Bear]

Can it remove Dermot o' Leary and Nick Grimshaw from my TV? Or just remove the TV from the house, either would do.

 

 

(Most fucking effective theme ever. I don't even know what was on the show).