What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[robinmasters]

Grin: I'm not one of these twunts:

[808 Estate]

[Spottedlaurel]

Carchaeolgy:

Sadly very little car stuff done this weekend, but intensive work in the garden of our new place threw these up amongst the usual broken pottery and rusty bits of metal. Perhaps some of the latter are the remnants of the Montego?

Our place was built about 20 years ago and the badge was found in an area of grass that I doubt had been disturbed during that time (and I don't think the previous owners were breaking ARG's finest when they were here).

I suspect the red lens is from a bike light.

[Snake Charmer]

35 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Carchaeolgy:

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

First day this year with over 15 degrees.

[jamescarruthers]

Our baby is being born tomorrow— that’s a grin anyway, but not really Autoshite related.  😁
 

What is, however, is that the 480 is out of the garage and in daily use this week as the chariot of choice for hospital duties and bringing the baby home.  

[richardmorris]

1 hour ago, jamescarruthers said:

Our baby is being born tomorrow— that’s a grin anyway, but not really Autoshite related.  😁
 

What is, however, is that the 480 is out of the garage and in daily use this week as the chariot of choice for hospital duties and bringing the baby home.  

Good luck.

[RoverFolkUs]

In light of the new quote "If you don't understand how it works, don't try to inspect or fix it..." in my signature, I am wondering about the mechanical competence of some of the many salvage repair channels on youtube. 

One in particular recently managed to cock up a cambelt on a Ford Duratec. Those engines are pretty easy to time up if you use the correct tools correctly. 
Anyway, he got the timing a few teeth out. First he says he wants to do a compression test before timing it up to check if its bent valves(?)

Then he gets a mechanic in, who sorts the timing issue out. But the mechanic says it could have bent valves which you wont know unless you do a compression test.

The car refused to start initially. He then comes out with the suggestion that it might have just been a leaf in the air filter stopping it from starting and the "mechanic" said if the old air filter was dirty (that it had before the cambelt change) that might be the cause and the dirt has cleared through(!?)

The utter horseshit suggestions like a leaf in the air filter stopping it from running is the grin here, it made me chuckle given how its such bullshit. I don't understand why somebody who doesn't understand how something works is trying to teach it to people on the internet though?

Even more so, why is the general public allowed to buy a crash damaged car without any knowledge, experience or qualification, "repair" it, and then sell it on to someone in the general public, all of this being technically possible without any professional certification of the car? Complete madness and its a fatal tragedy waiting to happen. Thats not a grin, but I wanted to keep it all in the same post

[New POD]

59 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

In light of the new quote "If you don't understand how it works, don't try to inspect or fix it..." in my signature, I am wondering about the mechanical competence of some of the many salvage repair channels on youtube. 

One in particular recently managed to cock up a cambelt on a Ford Duratec. Those engines are pretty easy to time up if you use the correct tools correctly. 
Anyway, he got the timing a few teeth out. First he says he wants to do a compression test before timing it up to check if its bent valves(?)

Then he gets a mechanic in, who sorts the timing issue out. But the mechanic says it could have bent valves which you wont know unless you do a compression test.

The car refused to start initially. He then comes out with the suggestion that it might have just been a leaf in the air filter stopping it from starting and the "mechanic" said if the old air filter was dirty (that it had before the cambelt change) that might be the cause and the dirt has cleared through(!?)

The utter horseshit suggestions like a leaf in the air filter stopping it from running is the grin here, it made me chuckle given how its such bullshit. I don't understand why somebody who doesn't understand how something works is trying to teach it to people on the internet though?

Even more so, why is the general public allowed to buy a crash damaged car without any knowledge, experience or qualification, "repair" it, and then sell it on to someone in the general public, all of this being technically possible without any professional certification of the car? Complete madness and its a fatal tragedy waiting to happen. Thats not a grin, but I wanted to keep it all in the same post

Are you demanding a licencing system like working on 230V electrics or gas or light aircraft ? 

[RoverFolkUs]

6 hours ago, New POD said:

Are you demanding a licencing system like working on 230V electrics or gas or light aircraft ? 

For structurally damaged cars, especially where someone does not realize the timing being out poses a problem, yes. 

The "That'll be fine because I don't know what else to do" mentality isn't going to work when the car doesn't crumple correctly in it's next accident.

I've seen another where he put a new wing over a crumpled A-pillar to cover it

Should people who have no idea about cars really be allowed to do this on their own driveway for an extra few hundred quid income per month? 

[goosey]

10 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

In light of the new quote "If you don't understand how it works, don't try to inspect or fix it..." in my signature, I am wondering about the mechanical competence of some of the many salvage repair channels on youtube. 

One in particular recently managed to cock up a cambelt on a Ford Duratec. Those engines are pretty easy to time up if you use the correct tools correctly. 
Anyway, he got the timing a few teeth out. First he says he wants to do a compression test before timing it up to check if its bent valves(?)

Then he gets a mechanic in, who sorts the timing issue out. But the mechanic says it could have bent valves which you wont know unless you do a compression test.

The car refused to start initially. He then comes out with the suggestion that it might have just been a leaf in the air filter stopping it from starting and the "mechanic" said if the old air filter was dirty (that it had before the cambelt change) that might be the cause and the dirt has cleared through(!?)

The utter horseshit suggestions like a leaf in the air filter stopping it from running is the grin here, it made me chuckle given how its such bullshit. I don't understand why somebody who doesn't understand how something works is trying to teach it to people on the internet though?

Even more so, why is the general public allowed to buy a crash damaged car without any knowledge, experience or qualification, "repair" it, and then sell it on to someone in the general public, all of this being technically possible without any professional certification of the car? Complete madness and its a fatal tragedy waiting to happen. Thats not a grin, but I wanted to keep it all in the same post

Got a link? 
don’t know why but I do enjoy watching stuff like that 

[RoverFolkUs]

1 hour ago, goosey said:

Got a link? 
don’t know why but I do enjoy watching stuff like that 

https://youtube.com/c/ResurwreckAutosUK

Thing is he seems a nice enough guy but comes out with complete horseshit sometimes!

If you don't know why it wasn't starting, surely just say "I don't know why it's not starting" and not come up with some story about a leaf blocking the air filter 😂

[PhilA]

Cleared the roof from my neighbor's yard, mowed the grass.

Hull integrity is at 18% captain!

Had to hold the engine on with a piece of 1x4 wood...

 

Phil

[Stanky]

34 minutes ago, PhilA said:

Hull integrity is at 18% captain!

Had to hold the engine on with a piece of 1x4 wood...

 

Phil

Looks like one of Briggs & Strotton's finest, unsilenced for MOAR POWA. Approved.

[Remspoor]

On 4/19/2022 at 6:12 PM, Dyslexic Viking said:

First day this year with over 15 degrees.

Heat wave. 😁Here in my part of Spain temps have hit a low..... 12 to 14 is predicted for the next few days.

translation of some words used in the top left banner.

Presión --- pressure The B on the map is the low pressure zone.

precipitacion y nubosidad --- rainfall and cloud cover. Map The more red the great intensity of rain. She talks about tormentas (thunderstorms)

nieve acumulada --- snow accumulation

rachas de vento --- wind gusts

temperaturas --- tempatures

https://www.eltiempo.es/noticias/tormentas-y-nieve-este-miercoles-de-borrasca

 

 

 

 

 

[PhilA]

48 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Looks like one of Briggs & Strotton's finest, unsilenced for MOAR POWA. Approved.

I put a new silencer on it last year. It rusted out and fell off.

Much like the engine. Pity, it is a willing little thing.

Also more better I got the mower for free about 6 years ago. It owes me very little. Shame the humidity here kills steel.

[Stanky]

30 minutes ago, PhilA said:

I put a new silencer on it last year. It rusted out and fell off.

Much like the engine. Pity, it is a willing little thing.

Also more better I got the mower for free about 6 years ago. It owes me very little. Shame the humidity here kills steel.

Its the rain that kills it here! I always keep my eyes peeled for 1970s/1980s solid aluminium decks at the local tip because they are invincible. the paint falls off, but a thick ali deck is a thing of wonder and well worth transplanting a working engine onto. I've bought, repaired and sold several, and now regret not rebodying my good engine from a steel deck.

[PhilA]

6 minutes ago, Stanky said:

Its the rain that kills it here! I always keep my eyes peeled for 1970s/1980s solid aluminium decks at the local tip because they are invincible. the paint falls off, but a thick ali deck is a thing of wonder and well worth transplanting a working engine onto. I've bought, repaired and sold several, and now regret not rebodying my good engine from a steel deck.

Yeah, people hang on to their 60's Yard Boy machines for that reason here, too.

[Snake Charmer]

40 minutes ago, PhilA said:

I put a new silencer on it last year. It rusted out and fell off.

Much like the engine. Pity, it is a willing little thing.

Also more better I got the mower for free about 6 years ago. It owes me very little. Shame the humidity here kills steel.

Have you tried any of the Epoxy Mastic paint like 123 or Jotun on steel to protect it?

[PhilA]

Just now, Snake Charmer said:

Have you tried any of the Epoxy Mastic paint like 123 or Jotun on steel to protect it?

Yeah, they rot out from underneath.

The paint was holding it together.

 

[Snake Charmer]

1 minute ago, PhilA said:

Yeah, they rot out from underneath.

The paint was holding it together.

 

Mercedes make cars like that! I presume it's a complicated pressing to fabricate a copy in 316 Stainless?

[PhilA]

9 minutes ago, Snake Charmer said:

Mercedes make cars like that! I presume it's a complicated pressing to fabricate a copy in 316 Stainless?

A little. But the correct repair is crappy roofing metal and pop rivets.

[95 quid Peugeot]

Walking past the garage in Stowmarket,  seeing Brodders and trigger of this parish,  filling a jerry can, bemoaning the lack of easy start for sale

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, PhilA said:

I put a new silencer on it last year. It rusted out and fell off.

Much like the engine. Pity, it is a willing little thing.

Also more better I got the mower for free about 6 years ago. It owes me very little. Shame the humidity here kills steel.

My mower has the same engine, but with a plastic bed so no rust worries - lighter to lift in and out of the shed too.

[RoverFolkUs]

8 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

https://youtube.com/c/ResurwreckAutosUK

Thing is he seems a nice enough guy but comes out with complete horseshit sometimes!

If you don't know why it wasn't starting, surely just say "I don't know why it's not starting" and not come up with some story about a leaf blocking the air filter 😂

There's another video of him fiddling with the brakes. But he "doesn't know what they should be like" - in reality the rear shoes needed adjusting as they didn't have enough drag. But once again, he's saying its normal when it's not 🤦 

Yes it's not the end of the world, a bit of extra handbrake travel isn't really a problem, but again - why try teaching people something when you don't understand it yourself!?

And it was me that was ludicrous for suggesting the public shouldn't be allowed to fuck around with cars when they don't know what they're doing...! 

 "If you don't understand how it works, don't try to inspect or fix it..." 

....I do love that quote!

[catsinthewelder]

Can you imagine trying to run an old car if we weren't allowed to work on them?

[trigger]

3 hours ago, 95 quid Peugeot said:

Walking past the garage in Stowmarket,  seeing Brodders and trigger of this parish,  filling a jerry can, bemoaning the lack of easy start for sale

Ahh! I didn't realise that was you! Good to meet you! 

[RoverFolkUs]

37 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

Can you imagine trying to run an old car if we weren't allowed to work on them?

No problem whatsoever if you know what you're doing. I suspect most people on here do know what they're doing. But when someone cannot identify if there's a problem or not with the brakes that surely rings alarm bells of whether its for the best that they pick up the spanners? 

1 hour ago, RoverFolkUs said:

the public shouldn't be allowed to fuck around with cars when they don't know what they're doing...! 

 

[catsinthewelder]

But the only way the government can divide people between the camps of 'competent mechanic' and fuckwit is by insisting people are trained to a certain standard.

I've been on one of those courses and the other students didn't give me much confidence in the future of Herefordshires garages.

Whereas there's loads of completely untrained people on here I'd happily trust to fix my car.

[RoverFolkUs]

No don't get me wrong I do agree with you that it would be an impossible thing to enforce.

To be honest, with cars becoming more and more unrepairable without specialist tools/computers it's going to be passively reigned out of their control anyway in due time.

But what can be done is removing public access to salvage auctions. It's not right that an unqualified person can buy a structurally damaged vehicle from Copart, repair* it to their own untrained standard - cutting corners if they wish and then selling it to another member of the public. There's not even any sort of mandatory inspection or certification. 

To get around the loophole of buying salvage outside of an auction, there should be some sort of professional certification before a new V5 is issued. Maybe certified by someone with an MOT tester license etc

A similar system works to keep Cat B vehicles under close control by only allowing licensed breakers to buy them so a similar system for qualified repairers should apply for Cat S vehicles.

My problem is that these people are allowed to freely purchase the vehicles, repair them incorrectly and for whatever reason feel the need to talk about things they don't understand and publish it on the internet trying to spur others on to do the same thing. 

It's those sorts of outfits that make people feel hard done by they've paid £100 to have new brake pads fitted, they make it look easy and make out nothing ever goes wrong etc

 

Anyway, the point has gone a bit off topic for this thread, my fault I shouldn't have posted it in this thread to begin with anyway!