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cort1977 Rank: Renault 16

cort1977

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  On 15/02/2019 at 23:16, PhilA said:

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Wanted to see what the Pontiac looked like with UK plates*.

 

Apologies to the current owner of DDM 798C. :D

 

Phil

 

 

 

*One thing it does do is make me realize just how big that car actually is. Compare to the same size plate on another blue vehicle:

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And yet, it doesn't look that big in it's natural habitat. 

MorrisItalSLX Rank: Lancia Gamma

MorrisItalSLX

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I was part of a world record attempt today, the worlds largest cheese tasting, and we bloody smashed it!

Tamworthbay Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

Tamworthbay

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  On 16/02/2019 at 03:45, cort1977 said:

And yet, it doesn't look that big in it's natural habitat.

 

I wonder why :-)

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DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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Son is at his guitar lesson learning the offspring - kids aren't alright, bugger me there's a lot more to it than on first listen!

Great to see him fully engaged and listening/ working hard at the same time as enjoying himself :)

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Tamworthbay Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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  On 16/02/2019 at 10:40, DodgeRover said:

Son is at his guitar lesson learning the offspring - kids aren't alright, bugger me there's a lot more to it than on first listen!

Great to see him fully engaged and listening/ working hard at the same time as enjoying himself :)

The offspring are a great band and very underrated. Quite a few of their songs are a lot more complex than first impressions would have you believe.
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wuvvum Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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Turns out there was another (third!) fusebox hidden up inside the dash, which I discovered whilst dismantling the dash to try and find the ECU.  This fusebox also had engine-related fuses in it, in addition to all the engine-related fuses in the fusebox under the bonnet, and two of them were corroded tae feck.  A liberal soaking in contact cleaner, a thorough scraping of the contacts with the point of my test light and two replacement fuses and it was away.

 

As an added bonus, the gearbox now changes gear too. :)

Crusty Sills Rank: Citroen Ami

Crusty Sills

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I've spent the last 2 days doing bits in the Beetle that the casual observer wouldn't even notice.

Replaced front N/S wing and liner yesterday,fitted stereo and took off smashed for light.

 

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Today I did the other side. Sheered 1 bolt but the bracket was bolt on not welded so it came to be drilled.

Re-re-fixed the stereo after working out there was no permanent live, turns out i need to swap the red and yellow wire!!!

All in all a great couple of days playing with cars.

Crusty Sills Rank: Citroen Ami

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Oh and I gave my neighbour a hand putting the bumper back on his Range Rover P38, so he let me have a play in his 2010 supercharged 5.0 V8 L322 Range Rover Autobiography. 510 bhp, fuck me is that thing rapid!!!!.

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myglaren Rank: Isuzu Florian

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My youngest bought a Megane C+C that we collected on Thursday.

 

Friday the EML is on, the passenger window won't open and the timing belt that was logged as being done at 54,000 wasn't actually done.

 

She was getting her tame mechanic to fit a new belt & water pump but phoned the seller and he has arranged for an auto-spark to fix the window and the garage that did the service and MOT on Thursday morning to fix the EML.

 

Not to bad for a £1500 car that she paid £1250 for.  She loves it and says it is nice to be back in a 'grown-up' car after that last two Fiestas and a heap of a Clio.

Tayne Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 16/02/2019 at 18:33, sierraman said:

Contentment is sharpening your woodchisels on a Saturday night with a few cans of beer.

 

Would you not be better using a whetstone?

SiC Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 16/02/2019 at 18:37, myglaren said:

My youngest bought a Megane C+C that we collected on Thursday.

 

Friday the EML is on, the passenger window won't open and the timing belt that was logged as being done at 54,000 wasn't actually done.

 

She was getting her tame mechanic to fit a new belt & water pump but phoned the seller and he has arranged for an auto-spark to fix the window and the garage that did the service and MOT on Thursday morning to fix the EML.

 

Not to bad for a £1500 car that she paid £1250 for. She loves it and says it is nice to be back in a 'grown-up' car after that last two Fiestas and a heap of a Clio.

I guess tbf to the seller, he can only go on service history from what paperwork he has got. Also if it's a Mégane II CC, the window control modules going pop quite literally likely did it after you bought it. They do love to die those modules. A cottage industry revolves around fixing those modules.

 

Fair play to the seller/dealer if he's fixing a £1250 car and not buggering about trying not to. Many dealers won't even touch the Mégane II. Even won't want to even partex one in for scrap!

LightBulbFun Rank: Talbot Tagora

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My mum had a Megan in early 2014 that shat its passenger window too literally the day or so after she got it (aka the first big trip out with it) eventually after us freezing balls off for a couple hours waiting for the previous owner to arrive, said previous owner ripped the door card off and propped the window up with a block of wood...

 

what a hateful piece of shit that car was :)

 

no idea what Megan it was other than it being a 56 plate...

beko1987 Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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The rear windows in the silver gooner never worked, and I was told it was these magic control packs.

 

They stayed not working too, since I never sit in the back and stuff

DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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  On 16/02/2019 at 18:33, sierraman said:

Contentment is sharpening your woodchisels on a Saturday night with a few cans of beer.

Can you pop over and show me how to sharpen the tips of my knives? Chisels I can do with a diamond whet stone but no matter what I try the ends of my knives end up blunt :(

sierraman Rank: Matra Rancho towing a Tagora

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  On 16/02/2019 at 20:11, DodgeRover said:

Can you pop over and show me how to sharpen the tips of my knives? Chisels I can do with a diamond whet stone but no matter what I try the ends of my knives end up blunt :(

I just use a knife hone, one of those round files.

DodgeRover Rank: Talbot Matra Rancho

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  On 16/02/2019 at 21:27, sierraman said:

I just use a knife hone, one of those round files.

I'll go and look it up, I have got a steel which I use on it to get the main part of the blade close to shaving sharpness

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