What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[cobblers]

our fences need doing if you're at a loose end now

[motorpunk]

https://www.motorpunk.co.uk/features/motorsport-for-the-poor/mazda-mx-5x4-spotted/

[The_Equalizer]

3 hours ago, New POD said:

Yes, but if you are thinking of retiring early, knowing you'll get a full pension at 68, can be factored into your sums. 

All your figures can be downloaded from the internet.  If you have to do self assessment, you'll already have a log in. 

Indeed. As you point out, it's all available online and I found it well worth the effort checking my NI payment record. In reality I'll be in harness until state pension age despite making a decent effort with my work pension. I know friends who have no private provision. Madness.

[MikeR]

Just got the rolling junk heap home ( Focus ) and a rear brake is running warm and making a whishing sound .....

30mm hub nut stopped play ..

the addition of a clean air filter has knocked a few guage needle widths off the trip fuel usage and is back under 1 segment on the guage for the round trip of 140 miles ..

[twosmoke300]

How dirty was the air filter ? 😂

 

[jakebullet]

Disco had rusty brake discs on the back, which I initially put down to only done 200 miles since MOT in December. Planning on going a bit further soon so dropped it off at local garage for his opinion. Slider pins are fucking fucked, both calipers seized and needs a set of pads as one has 1mm left due to being stuck on.

In grin section as total cost to fix was only £120. Does make you think about genius idea of 2 year MOT's though. Reckon disco passed due to tapley meter use.

[twosmoke300]

Shitpart parts ? 

[RoverFolkUs]

31 minutes ago, jakebullet said:

Disco had rusty brake discs on the back, which I initially put down to only done 200 miles since MOT in December. Planning on going a bit further soon so dropped it off at local garage for his opinion. Slider pins are fucking fucked, both calipers seized and needs a set of pads as one has 1mm left due to being stuck on.

In grin section as total cost to fix was only £120. Does make you think about genius idea of 2 year MOT's though. Reckon disco passed due to tapley meter use.

£120 for two calipers, set of pads, and labour? Might as well hang the spanners up if I could be paying someone else to do jobs for that money!

[jakebullet]

14 minutes ago, RoverFolkUs said:

£120 for two calipers, set of pads, and labour? Might as well hang the spanners up if I could be paying someone else to do jobs for that money!

£120 for pads, sliders & strip / free off calipers. Pistons not rusty where it counts apparently.

[RoverFolkUs]

2 hours ago, jakebullet said:

£120 for pads, sliders & strip / free off calipers. Pistons not rusty where it counts apparently.

Oh I thought it had new calipers, my bad 😅

[Wack]

[Bren]

Article in today's daily mirror - Nick Pope, journalist and ex MOD investigator believes it is possible seagulls are spying on us on behalf of aliens.

The ones I have seen are either too busy shitting on my car or trying to steal my bastard chips on Teignmouth seafront to be collating anything useful for an invasion.

[Sunny Jim]

It was started as a joke but it seems Mr Pope and others didn't get it. Birds Aren't Real Wikipedia

[Stanky]

4 hours ago, Bren said:

Article in today's daily mirror - Nick Pope, journalist and ex MOD investigator believes it is possible seagulls are spying on us on behalf of aliens.

The ones I have seen are either too busy shitting on my car or trying to steal my bastard chips on Teignmouth seafront to be collating anything useful for an invasion.

They wheel him in for 'credibility' on Ancient Aliens sometimes. A fascinating documentary series that definitely* never* comes to anything other than absolutely logical and indesputible conclusions. Well worth a watch if you want to pass some time. It basically follows this formula:

Question > possible answer > possible evidence > MASSIVE LEAP OF LOGIC > Aliens

Supported by a load of total crackpots who have never ever had sex.

I quite like it.

[robinmasters]

Living the dream. 

[warch]

Another tale of Landrovery woe followed by a hopeful fix. As vouchsafed on here my dad’s diesel developed a severe running problem that turned out to be caused by a shattered camshaft thrust plate which resulted in the camshaft attempting to leave the engine via the timing cover. This also moved the drive on the diesel pump so it was horribly out of time. Aaanyway fixing all this improved matters but it was still badly down on power.

My dad found upon removing the head that a hotspot had escaped and ended up trapped between the piston and the inlet valve bending the latter and cracking a valve guide. That’s probably the issue then. The piston top was quite badly scored but serviceable, the bore was undamaged. I reckon he could rebuild that for £50 quid or maybe a bit more if the valve guide needs an engineering company to do it.
 

At least my dad has avoided at least two months of £1.75 a litre.

 

[Wack]

I saw a great land rover plate today L4NDY

Looks like they've had enough of their shit though 

[Sheefag]

[RoverFolkUs]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLsTUhCX/ 

 

[AnnoyingPentium]

[320touring]

@barefoot I have found a company you should apply to for a job...

 

[Snake Charmer]

Skip dive! 😁

[SRi05]

[beko1987]

Got my £150 council tax rebate/forced loan from sunak in today. Added £150 to it and made a £300 manual payment on the council tax to try and have a lower monthly payment for the rest of the year. 

I'll give it a week for the lady with the abacus to catch up, the normal monthly payment will go out on Sunday too. 

[MikeR]

Our C1 was Surrounded by a gaggle of Citroen C1 s today on the M6 , petrol prices must be bad !!!!

[BorniteIdentity]

For about four years now, the odd nut shell would appear on the floor of the Sierra. It’s a weird phenomenon but I guessed that something must have stuck one or two in the bulkhead years ago. 

I was cleaning the car earlier ahead of the Ipswich - Felixstowe vintage vehicle run this weekend and decided to remove the piece of carpet behind the glovebox. 

This was about half of them! 

I’ve never once seen a squirrel here but they’re common the other side of the village near the garage I rented a few winters ago. 

Moral of the story? Don’t put your old heap away for winter. Keep the wheels turning and the wildlife can’t make a home! 😳🤣

 

[Ghosty]

I said in the grumpy thread recently that I had to pull Equality Act on work. Well they started investigation into someone.
And she announced in the final hour of the day today that she would be leaving our campaign with little further explanation.


HA.

[motorpunk]

What makes you grin? My youngest daughter nagging me to buy an Esprit.

[richardmorris]

36 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

For about four years now, the odd nut shell would appear on the floor of the Sierra. It’s a weird phenomenon but I guessed that something must have stuck one or two in the bulkhead years ago. 

I was cleaning the car earlier ahead of the Ipswich - Felixstowe vintage vehicle run this weekend and decided to remove the piece of carpet behind the glovebox. 

This was about half of them! 

I’ve never once seen a squirrel here but they’re common the other side of the village near the garage I rented a few winters ago. 

Moral of the story? Don’t put your old heap away for winter. Keep the wheels turning and the wildlife can’t make a home! 😳🤣

 

Inside the car will be mice. 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

What makes you grin? My youngest daughter nagging me to buy an Esprit.

Diversion tactics!