What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[scruff]

Killed my iPhone with the LR (by accident) today. Left it on the wing top and it vibrated off then got run over.

 

And I don't really give a shit... I've wasted too much time dicking about on FB or trying to get on the interweb, trying to find somewhere to charge it etc etc.

 

Would like to think I could function in an olde worlde stylee but guess I will need to buy another phone; a fucking basic one.

[spike60]

Well it fired after 2 heats this morning:)

 

Clock reset though:(

 

Anyone any ideas?

If it's resetting the clock the voltage is probably way down on cranking. Usual offenders, -battery, leads, terminals, starter etc. IIRC the battery is quite small but needs a lot of grunt for the 1.9 high compression diesel and heater plugs, the recommended one from the factors was about £100 but a diesel Vauxhall was about 1/2 that and did the job through the last bad winter. Check the fitted battery ampage against recommended.

[320touring]

If it's resetting the clock the voltage is probably way down on cranking. Usual offenders, -battery, leads, terminals, starter etc. IIRC the battery is quite small but needs a lot of grunt for the 1.9 high compression diesel and heater plugs, the recommended one from the factors was about £100 but a diesel Vauxhall was about 1/2 that and did the job through the last bad winter. Check the fitted battery ampage against recommended.

Thanks for that.. i'm back in it after a day at work and it started ok-no clock reset.but it is a bit warmer.

 

I know what you mean re amps and high comp-will get the strongest one i can source:)

[spike60]

My 1.9D was spot on in the bad winter (2010?) with new battery and heater plugs, a little Trojan. Don't buy cheap Ebay heater plugs, they were shit. I think the drivers door switch fires the heater plugs once anyway. I think when the plugs fail they open circuit, you can check by taking the leads off and putting a meter between the threaded post and any earth.

[panhard65]

Killed my iPhone with the LR (by accident) today. Left it on the wing top and it vibrated off then got run over.

 

And I don't really give a shit... I've wasted too much time dicking about on FB or trying to get on the interweb, trying to find somewhere to charge it etc etc.

 

Would like to think I could function in an olde worlde stylee but guess I will need to buy another phone; a fucking basic one.

Try to find a SamsungGT-B2710. They don't seem to stock them anywhere any more but there are plenty of new ones turn up on ebay. I have had mine 3 years which is a first for me to find a phone that can put up with being dropped in buckets of water run over etc. It can get on the internet but is pretty shit at it. It lasts a week on a charge as well. I have bought myself a spare one for when it finally dies.

[tooSavvy]

Civic started making a banging today on the motorway. My shitey senses started tingling running through all the issues in my head.

 

By time I stopped and checked exhaust etc I had conjured up rear suspension failure.

 

After finding nothing amiss I continue on journey, until I had a eureka moment. Missus moog fitted an antenna topper so she could find the beast in the car park. At 65mph this bangs on the roof!

 

Best fix evah!

 

 

 

TS

[Lord Sterling]

Met with a good mate tonight and drove a 3.0 Triumph Stag V8 which is run as a daily

 

Driving cars like makes me wonder I bother persisting with 800s. But then 800s are too deep under my skin for me to easily chuck them away...

[beko1987]

The local round table people have a Santa that tours round town for the kids! I saw them at the side of the road having a fag earlier when I nipped out, they've sleighed up some sort of trailer, and pull it round with a navara. Never seen it before, its a great idea.

 

Eva nearly wet herself with glee when they came down our road, Santa said he was checking there were enough children in our road to warrant filling the big sleigh up and driving over from Lapland!

 

I did laugh at them as the poor bastard driving the navara reversed back out of our road, basically one long corner with cars parked down one side, with no rear visibility at all! A few people helped him.

 

Now have an excited child before bedtime though...

[drum]

I was scrolling through some pics from earlier this year and came upon this one.

Unlike some on here, I like e-types and this one belongs to a pal.

The grin though is that as we drove through the town, almost everyone stopped and stared, pointed, gasped etc. Not at the jag but at my allegro!

[Cavcraft]

Work of art the E-type, beautiful looking cars.

[dollywobbler]

Indeed. Pure beauty that steadily got uglier and uglier. Unlike the XJ-S, which steadily got prettier. Pretty rare that I reckon.

[philibusmo]

Just finished watching the new episode of Black Mirror, which is not only an excellent program which I recommend everyone to watch (from episode 1 series 1) but also this time featured a Microcar MC2 and a Rover 200 in SD3 flavour. This show has excellent shite credentials.

[Inspector Morose]

So did I. That 200 was mint!

[robinmasters]

Every time I see this Boots advert I think this woman is wrapping up twenty Superkings for some lucky child.

 

[PhilA]

I've since swapped the engine for an earlier cast iron one (75cc?). Which runs on the dellorto carb off the original one at full beans, but won't idle. I have 2 of the zenith carbs, but they're in very poor condition. Think dumped in a garden for 10 years. I've tried a week soaking in paraffin, and am now on day 3 of buzzing them in the ultrasonic cleaner and tons of crap still keeps coming out

Yeah, the cast iron ones are 75cc.. great long throw, huge torque.

 

If you get to the point you can think about using the Zeniths.. better too, if you need to procedure to set them up spot on (see how mine settles from full tilt down to a steady idle?) let me know

 

It does involve pulling the bottom of and making sure the big end bolts are tight againdt the oil dipper and clamped with the tab washers because it includes some really quite high RPM

 

Be prepared to give the neighbors the irrits!

 

Always makes me grin

 

--Phil

[STUNO]

Yesterday I was grinning over the Irish Kayak carrier, so today I had better put the story as right as I can.

POLICE RED-FACED OVER IRISH KAYAK BLUNDER

 

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/64246065/Police-red-faced-over-Irish-kayak-blunder

 

And yes the wind was a howling gale !

 

 

[DSdriver]

I've just tried the BBC's global fuel price calculator. Apparently I could save over £90 by filling up in Venezuela. How much would it cost to get there and back by car?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30507970

[quicksilver]

The local round table people have a Santa that tours round town for the kids! I saw them at the side of the road having a fag earlier when I nipped out, they've sleighed up some sort of trailer, and pull it round with a navara. Never seen it before, its a great idea.

 

Eva nearly wet herself with glee when they came down our road, Santa said he was checking there were enough children in our road to warrant filling the big sleigh up and driving over from Lapland!

 

I did laugh at them as the poor bastard driving the navara reversed back out of our road, basically one long corner with cars parked down one side, with no rear visibility at all! A few people helped him.

 

Now have an excited child before bedtime though...

We've had one for years, he appears in the Christmas parade and then tours all the estates over the next couple of weeks and the kiddies love it. Our Santa outshites yours though as he travels in an old LDV Convoy with a cottage on the back and waves from the chimney

[fordperv]

today whilst i was checking the earth on mrs fp's escort headlight, i caught glimpse of this coming towards me

 

 

[fordperv]

also saw santa driving a bus

 

[dollywobbler]

I've spotted some ace things today. Such as this happy scene.

 

And this Amazon, which I passed while hooning in the 2CV yesterday. Wonder if it's local.

 

But get the flags out for this MGB Utility complete with sporty body-coloured bumpers!

[320touring]

Its not often i see lights worse than the e30.. i highly suspect those lights are modelled on black holes

[scruff]

I'm supposed to be writing but Phillipa Vale is on Bergerac, I want to go back to Jersey c. 1987 and marry her please. YUM

[fordperv]

Its not often i see lights worse than the e30.. i highly suspect those lights are modelled on black holes

People use e30 lights as upgrades on capri's so imagine how bad the originals are

[tooSavvy]

today whilst i was checking the earth on mrs fp's escort headlight, i caught glimpse of this coming towards me

 

 

 

Ahh Haa.... I followed a silver Vectra, up the Spine Road, the other morning. Tried to get a phottie (difficult as I was driving & laughing..!!) >> basically the same level of muppeteering BUT he had some sort of '12foot plastic soffit' out of the pass window, about 6 bits, and they began to split apart & waft - like peely cheese strings - and then he lost his bottle and he pulled into the lay by.

 

 

TS

[The Moog]

Was it someone on here😊

 

http://elitedaily.com/humor/husband-draws-penis-wifes-white-board-every-day-entire-year-video/

[STUNO]

NO..that dickhead has absolutely no class.

[Alan_Green]

Superbad inspired?  You can buy a coffee table book of these drawings too.

http://youtu.be/fzuvQXDUybE?t=50s 

[Wackeldackel]

Very good, brings to mind the old joke about the teacher.

 

On monday morning, she went into the classroom, and on the corner of the blackboard someone had drawn a penis. Quickly she grabbed the blackboard duster and wiped the drawing away, and hoped none of the pupils saw. On Tuesday the same thing happened, but this time the drawing had grown a little bigger and more detailed. Quickly she wiped the board and blushed a little, she was sure one of the pupils had noticed. On Wednesday morning the little doodle had taken over almost half the blackboard. She wiped and wiped with the duster and was visibly embarrassed. The sight that greeted her on Thursday morning was enormous, taking up the whole blackboard, drawn in great detail. She tried as best she could not to get embarrassed as she wiped the board clean and vowed to arrive extra early the next day to catch the culprit.

Friday morning, an hour before the bell rang for the first lesson, the teacher went to the classroom and opened the door, dreading what might be doodled on the blackboard. But instead of any more anatomical images she was greeted by the words

 

"The more you rub it, the bigger it gets"

[MrDuke]

Simon Stahlenhag's pictures. Some of the most utterly beautiful 'left-field' artwork I've seen. Plenty of bonus shite content too.