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[beko1987]

Did it glf for the 8 other miles?

[Lacquer Peel]

I may solve salt issues for the Octavia by setting it alight

 

only died 5 time in 12 miles on the way home.

 

I have bought beer

 

Air in fuel again? Welcome to my world, running on WVO is not without pain.

Stupid question, but did you mix the pipes up on the tank pick-up? I've done that and my Fabia ran like crap for a good while before I realised my error.

[320touring]

Did it glf for the 8 other miles?

nup it was flatter than a witches tit

[320touring]

Air in fuel again? Welcome to my world, running on WVO is not without pain.

Stupid question, but did you mix the pipes up on the tank pick-up? I've done that and my Fabia ran like crap for a good while before I realised my error.

I think I may try new o rings on the valve at the filter..

 

I took pics when taking it all apart and put it back the same way so shouldnt be an issue

[Lankytim]

Some may have read on the GOM thread that the XM.s starter died on Wednesday. It's a bastard of a job with lots of dismantling to do so I dumped it on the local garage to do. The nearly new replacement I supplied didn't fit for some inexplicable reason so they had to have the original reconditioned. They delivered it back today and I was only stung for £120. result!

[ruffgeezer]

I fitted a spare starter to my latest shitheap today, I've had the starter for probably 8 years trying to sell it at a decent price as it was a recently reconditioned one, luckily I didn't and this misery is back on the road.

 

Although it was doing disco lights on the way home, so I'm worried the battery might be kippered.

[stripped fred]

Had a result with the 406 today. Took it for it's mot expecting it to fail on the handbrake, 2 tyres, a suspension bush and horn and he only failed it on the last one, and a couple of bulbs. I'll get the other bits sorted soon but reduces the urgency. He also gave an advisory for some minor holes in the exhaust which I'll have a look at. He said the horn could be the comms unit which sounds fun.

 

While at the garage I was talking to the owners wife who does all the admin. It's an old school garage and they're a really nice couple. They're mainly an auto gearbox specialist. She had just rang a customer to advise he needed a gearbox rebuild for £2784. He didn't sound too chuffed. She was telling me they recently had to replace the gearbox in an Audi Q5 for £7k! A lot less then the main dealer would have charged too. Modern auto gearboxes have to be programmed to the car so can't just be changed. Makes me feel quite smug that my new car only cost me £300 all in with 12 months mot!

[stripped fred]

Oh, another thing the woman told me is they had a customer with a 3 year old Audi who was quoted £700 for new discs and pads all round by the main dealer. She was quoted £400 by this garage and when she brought it in the rear discs were like new so left with a bill for £200. Those main dealers are a bunch of crooks but I suppose that's not news to us lot!

[phil_lihp]

The Prelude is poorly  Since the new rear hub & bearing and new wheels, the rear ABS keeps going off at low speeds.  That isn't the end of the world but I then discovered that the ABS light  doesn't come on (James thought the ABS had been disconnected by a previous owner anyway) so it's obviously had issues in the past.  If it turns out to be too much of a hassle to sort, I will just disconnect the module anyway.

 

To add insult to injury, the autobox then started slipping, mainly when cruising between 50-70mph.  I really hope it just needs an ATF change, the fluid is a nice red colour but might be quite old and perhaps is not quite as clean as I thought it might be.  

 

It's currently back at my tame mechanic, hopefully next week will bring good news and I can get it up for sale.

[dome]

Had a day off today but the weather was too shit to do much. The Scimitar now lives though with its new fuel pump. Since rebuilding the carb its been a bugger to start from cold. Will look in case I've done something wrong-maybe an air leak somewhere or something similar. Thanks to serial Skoda abuser 320touring for a loan of a timing light- will get that on it too.

[320touring]

Had a day off today but the weather was too shit to do much. The Scimitar now lives though with its new fuel pump. Since rebuilding the carb its been a bugger to start from cold. Will look in case I've done something wrong-maybe an air leak somewhere or something similar. Thanks to serial Skoda abuser 320touring for a loan of a timing light- will get that on it too.

I hope that timing light works- came to me oot a shed, never tried or tested..

[fordperv]

Some may have read on the GOM thread that the XM.s starter died on Wednesday. It's a bastard of a job with lots of dismantling to do so I dumped it on the local garage to do. The nearly new replacement I supplied didn't fit for some inexplicable reason so they had to have the original reconditioned. They delivered it back today and I was only stung for £120. result!

That's sound who did the recon of the starter? I swear by marks auto electrical in Burslem, he's an honest fella who is straight talking, good work that's fully backed up, his prices are reasonable as well, if you didn't already know about him it might be worth keeping him in mind for repairing starters and alternators in future

[Slappy]

Went to help my cousin move house today.

 

First thing though, I found that my car had become magnetic. Somehow*

 

Anyway, after a curry for a good day's work, I looked on google where they have moved to as I'd just followed the car in front, and it's within a stone's throw of Thruxton Circuit. Awesomes

[xtriple]

Washed my car... in the rain... looks much better and saved endless trips with a bucket!

 

Finally got hold of the painter and have booked the car in for its pinstripes to be re-fitted. and going to get them to re-do the lacquer around the rear window as it's lifted where they had left water under the window seal before they sprayed it.

 

I will be glad when this fucker is finished and I can use it!

[Ghosty]

A4 has had a new wheel bearing (and you need a bearing press on the early ones, so that was £10 and a walk to the garage for Old Man as that's one of few things past his ability) so it should finally be quiet running, no creaks hums etc. Bastard's had a lot of suspension parts, and the front springs still need doing too. Next job is brake discs.

[taxi paul]

Well my modern Chevrolet Captiva. Has had a diagnosis for the warning light and its a throttle body. Just £1030.00 fitted. Have a warranty with warranty direct. BUT main chevrolet dealer wont deal with them , cos they don't like paying bills they have agreed to pay, allegedly of course. So I have to pay the bill and claim it back. Made for an interesting phone call to warranty direct to ask why a main dealer wont work for them. So they have to authorise the work and agree the amount I have to pay towards it, labour and policy excess deduction. Why do I know I am going to have to pay a bill then go and see my solicitor brother to chase down my money from a "respected" company.

[doobietoo]

After a week of trying to organise two people... one to drag the 1100 up the 45% slope that is my drive with his V8 landy mmmm and the other to load it on his lorry and transport it to my new container...t seems we are sorted for 3ish today..... so I may finally have Rex in the garage today ....Yay ... the pessimist in me is expecting it all to go tits up though.... 

[Coprolalia]

Octavia EML - engine running lean. Idle throwing a wobbler. No servo assistance on the brakes.

 

All just a split vac pipe.

Cheered me up a bit.

[cms206]

I've spent the last 11 years driving looking for the perfect Volvo, only to find that the perfect Volvo is a DAF.

 

I've properly fallen for the little 340. Shit.

[Jim Bell]

I've spent the last 11 years driving looking for the perfect Volvo, only to find that the perfect Volvo is a DAF.

 

I've properly fallen for the little 340. Shit.

 

Theyre dead canny arnt they.  Everyone in the world should at least have a shot in one.

[crapcarcollector]

Get in!!! With a 7p off s litre token for morrisons piss water petrol I've broken with tradition and filled up there today just because I'd be paying 97.9p a litre!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

99.7p for pez in Asda Wolstanton last night

[Eddie Honda]

I've spent the last 11 years driving looking for the perfect Volvo, only to find that the perfect Volvo is a DAF.

 

I've properly fallen for the little 340. Shit.

Whahey!! Now I know where to offload my lot. I was getting worried there that the Vario purchase was a cunning plan to tempt me out of a BX.

[cms206]

Whahey!! Now I know where to offload my lot. I was getting worried there that the Vario purchase was a cunning plan to tempt me out of a BX.

Not at all! Walked out of Morrisons last night and it was sitting, only car in the line, with the shop lights glinting off the chrome. I just stood and stared at it  for a good two or three minutes.

 

That said I reckon I need a manual on the road too.

[Eddie Honda]

shop lights glinting off the plastic fake chrome.

 FTFY. Unfortnately when the bean counters got involved, the old-school stainless bits like the guttering and windscreen locking strips got sacked off for plastic shit that turns brown

[Christine]

'kin drop link popped off the ARB on the T4....utterly worn out ..only 10k   .Thanks Eurocarpts , quaility item ! Bought 2 VW ones ,fitted them...tough as boots ! Whilst under the front , i spied a bit of underseal lifting around a grommet in the front outrigger, started picking it ...hit it with a hammer and booooofff ...straight through !!! Rust hole ! On a 15year old VW !! Bought a new outrigger..Came home and drilled all the welds out ,yanked the fucked one off ...Now its raining and don't use welder in the rain...It'll have to wait till Monday to be glued on .   Tried the fit,looks like easy peasy welding job anyway

 

 

 

[Lacquer Peel]

 

I collected over 600 litres of waste vegetable oil in the Caddy today, it cost some money but nowhere near the price of the equivalent new oil or diesel. Kirstie the greyhound reckons it's good for many dog-themed adventures.

 

Like most vans it rides a lot better with some weight in the back. I've been driving it for about 1500 miles now and it's going well, averages high 40s MPG pottering about and will do close to 60MPG on a run. It's quite long geared for an older van and is happy cruising at 70MPH which shows 2500rpm on the rev counter.

 

 

I bought some new door lock pins for it because the old ones were broken and it was proving difficult to lock and unlock, only £2.50 on eBay, I can see why they get broken because they stick out a good 2 inches from the door panel.

 

The wipers are erratic, I've checked the wiring and connector at the bulkhead end which was all okay apart from me snapping a rusted bolt holding the wiper mechanism on.

 

 

While I was in there I was surprised to see a very grim looking pollen filter, I thought they were only fitted to cars with air conditioning. Just vacuumed it out for now with my beko1987-approved used Miele but it'll be replaced.

 

 

I had heard they can suffer from the ECUs getting water logged, this looks like it's been at the bottom of the sea but it's dry.

The plastic trim along the bottom of the windscreen is hard to fit correctly and doesn't sit flush with the screen all the way along now, it's missing a couple of clips, I'll keep an eye on it in case it send torrents of water on to the ECU.

 

The front end feels a bit loose, there's an advisory for the nearside wishbone bushes. I ordered a new wishbone and it arrived without bushes, I just assumed they came with them. Fud.

 

Also found out it doesn't have a spare wheel, I'm off to Poundland for some tyre foam.

[wuvvum]

The logbook for the LDV arrived in the post today - less than a week after I bought it.  Impressive by DVLA standards.

[doobietoo]

After a week of trying to organise two people... one to drag the 1100 up the 45% slope that is my drive with his V8 landy mmmm and the other to load it on his lorry and transport it to my new container...t seems we are sorted for 3ish today..... so I may finally have Rex in the garage today ....Yay ... the pessimist in me is expecting it all to go tits up though.... 

 

 

And so it does... as I was pushing the car out of the garage I felt a "snap". off to minor injuries after waiting a couple of hours for the 111 people to ring back and giving up.... so I have ripped my calf muscle which means crutches for a few days and phyiso   blah blah blah...... fuckstiks.... It seems the 1100 wants to stay where it is....

[crapcarcollector]

Any one in the Stoke on Trent area know of a decent tradesman who can build me a drive and a concrete base for a garage? 

 

I'm desperate to bring the fleet home for some TLC from their various locations, and have saved for a drive, dropped kerb and sectional garage, and whilst I can get the kerb dropped, getting someone to even quote to do the drive and the garage base is a mission in itself!