Metal Guru Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 13 hours ago, myglaren said: I’m disappointed. I was expecting a crocodile. richardmorris and MikeR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Is it bad that I sit at home imbibing alcohol looking at Microsoft Teams and reading about shit hitting the fan at work? paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 hour ago, iainrcz said: Is it bad that I sit at home imbibing alcohol looking at Microsoft Teams and reading about shit hitting the fan at work? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainrcz Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, beko1987 said: Yes Good 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 There was some filming going on in the disused hospital next door to work, biopic of Clark Gable apparently starring Jason Isaacs. Some pretty cool old stuff had been shipped in, had a good chat with the owner of the Willys Tickman, puddlethumper, richardmorris and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 hour ago, iainrcz said: Good 😂 Its even worse if it's making you smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 45 minutes ago, omegod said: What is this on the radiator? But great vehicles thanks for sharing the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Dyslexic Viking said: What is this on the radiator? looks like a starting handle. Dyslexic Viking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Remspoor said: looks like a starting handle. I wouldn't fancy cranking that fucker ! paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Remspoor said: looks like a starting handle. Thanks. With the angle of that picture and with the strap holding it, it was hard to see. Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, omegod said: I wouldn't fancy cranking that fucker ! I wouldn't either. It is incredible to think that in the beginning people started the trucks in this way and before that they had to shovel a full load of stone in the back by hand which also had to be shoveled off by hand. Or load 50 kg bags on and off without mechanical aids. And people are complaining nowadays. twosmoke300 and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Remspoor said: looks like a starting handle. Electric starters were not a common thing for lorries when this was built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 11 minutes ago, Remspoor said: Electric starters were not a common thing for lorries when this was built And even if they were equipped with it, one probably had to use the starting handle every now and then. But I can't imagine the struggle of getting a truck like this started in the Norwegian winter with a starting handle. You probably wanted to blow up/shoot the bastard after a while and especially if you had broken your arm or wrist while trying. Remspoor and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Looking through a file of old photos I found one of my first Viva. Saved from the crusher in 1992!!!😯 It was a mere 13 years old. Didn't look like this though. Still got it too. Wibble, neil1971, privatewire and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Irish plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkyarddog Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 1 minute ago, High Jetter said: Irish plate? Yes,seeing as I am Irish. Colour is Renault Absinthe Green,popular on Mk1 Megane scenics. Remspoor and Shite Ron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 quad lights made them look proper 'ard compard to squares Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 4 hours ago, omegod said: I wouldn't fancy cranking that fucker ! On an episode of Combat Dealers, someone started a WW2 German tank by hand crank. It had a 27 litre Diesel engine. Remspoor and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 change the music and.... music.mp4 myglaren, CaptainBoom, Banger Kenny and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Remspoor said: change the music and.... music.mp4 That must have been shot in the Red Windmill Discoteque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 One of the fingers of my lunchtime off-brand KitKat didn't contain any wafer, just solid chocolate all the way through. I don't know why that feels like a win, but it does somehow. Dyslexic Viking, camryv6, Jenson Velcro and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanky Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Datsuncog said: One of the fingers of my lunchtime off-brand KitKat didn't contain any wafer, just solid chocolate all the way through. I don't know why that feels like a win, but it does somehow. This happened to me with a real-deal kitkat when I was in middle school, so sometime in the mid 90s and I still vividly recall the event, surroundings, smell, everything. Treasure this memory, every time I eat a kitkat (which is more often that I probabaly ought to...) I secretly say to myself "maybe this will be the one..." It is a sign from the shady quango 'The Biscuit Consortium' that you have been deemed worthy and are marked for future greatness. Datsuncog, richardmorris, privatewire and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 the other bonus find is when the wafer is up/down instead of across Datsuncog and Stanky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I usually hate working on older (well, 90s) cars because of how they have electronic systems without universal diagnostic capabilities Well I've had an old V90 in with an ABS light, neither the snap on or autel scanner would interrogate the ABS system. In fact snap on wouldn't talk to anything Volvo before 2000. Instead of throwing my hands up and giving up because a computer couldn't tell me what was wrong I thought I'd go back to the basics It's a very simple ABS system so found a wiring diagram online from a Volvo service manual. Checked every connection and found that one of the sensors had 1,000,000 ohms of resistance compared to the others which were 1,000 ohms, that might pose an issue! Plugged a new sensor in and bingo, ABS light gone So that's that. Massive grin because it's a successful fix by using a bit of brain work Popsicle, 3VOM, DSdriver and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 4 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: I usually hate working on older (well, 90s) cars because of how they have electronic systems without universal diagnostic capabilities Well I've had an old V90 in with an ABS light, neither the snap on or autel scanner would interrogate the ABS system. In fact snap on wouldn't talk to anything Volvo before 2000. Instead of throwing my hands up and giving up because a computer couldn't tell me what was wrong I thought I'd go back to the basics It's a very simple ABS system so found a wiring diagram online from a Volvo service manual. Checked every connection and found that one of the sensors had 1,000,000 ohms of resistance compared to the others which were 1,000 ohms, that might pose an issue! Plugged a new sensor in and bingo, ABS light gone So that's that. Massive grin because it's a successful fix by using a bit of brain work I recall doing something similar on a xantia back when I didn't know what a scanner was, I think the abs connector was in the engine bay , I felt like an F1 mechanic # catsinthewelder, Wack, AnnoyingPentium and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardmorris Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 I don’t think he will, but it’s a start. Largest personal damages cost in history? Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965m (£869m) in damages after falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. The families of eight victims, and an FBI agent who responded to the attack, had sought at least $550m in the defamation trial in Connecticut. They alleged the right-wing radio host's misinformation led to a decade's worth of harassment and death threats. Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones, who founded the conspiracy-laden Infowars website and talk show, argued for years that the massacre was a "staged" government plot to take guns from Americans and that "no one died". He now acknowledges the attack was "100% real", a concession he made in August at a separate defamation trial in Texas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63237092 privatewire, GrumpiusMaximus, Banger Kenny and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 36 minutes ago, richardmorris said: I don’t think he will, but it’s a start. Largest personal damages cost in history? Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $965m (£869m) in damages after falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. The families of eight victims, and an FBI agent who responded to the attack, had sought at least $550m in the defamation trial in Connecticut. They alleged the right-wing radio host's misinformation led to a decade's worth of harassment and death threats. Twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Jones, who founded the conspiracy-laden Infowars website and talk show, argued for years that the massacre was a "staged" government plot to take guns from Americans and that "no one died". He now acknowledges the attack was "100% real", a concession he made in August at a separate defamation trial in Texas. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63237092 America, you can put that figure in the same box as a 900 year prison sentence, never going to happen myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibble Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 7 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said: I usually hate working on older (well, 90s) cars because of how they have electronic systems without universal diagnostic capabilities Well I've had an old V90 in with an ABS light, neither the snap on or autel scanner would interrogate the ABS system. In fact snap on wouldn't talk to anything Volvo before 2000. Instead of throwing my hands up and giving up because a computer couldn't tell me what was wrong I thought I'd go back to the basics It's a very simple ABS system so found a wiring diagram online from a Volvo service manual. Checked every connection and found that one of the sensors had 1,000,000 ohms of resistance compared to the others which were 1,000 ohms, that might pose an issue! Plugged a new sensor in and bingo, ABS light gone So that's that. Massive grin because it's a successful fix by using a bit of brain work Fair play, hats off to you. That’s pretty much exactly how my local garage identified the Senator ABS problem. Problem was finding a replacement sensor. Only took a year to discover early Astra ones work but all sorted now. Remspoor, RoverFolkUs and myglaren 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey spud Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 You can never have enough tool storage. I spotted this old tool box dumped in the scrap metal bin at a fast fit in Fareham the other day and got permission to bring it home. It scrubbed up alright. Remspoor, High Jetter, GrumpiusMaximus and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Just had a memory jogged 35 years ago I took my ex wife's family to a funeral in Mansfield, a town I didn't know, nobody in the car knew where the cemetery was, but then I saw a guy leaving the car park, I'd seen him in the church Result, followed him , right on to the drive of his house, by the time we got to the cemetary they were filling the hole in with a digger Not really the final farewell they were looking for myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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