Chaseracer's chod: French tat a speciality

[chaseracer]

Remember a conversation around 2009 involving man maths and you plan to chop the blingo in for a Grand Picasso with the lovely *EGS gearbox, I talked you put of it if I recall, turns out I was right as the EGS would have probably scrapped the picasso by now, meanwhile the Blingo trundles on..

 

You are indeed correct, Stevo.  I also drove said heap, which utterly convinced me to keep the Blingo.

 

Glad I did.

[Inspector Morose]

Bling-o. Sleeps 2.

[chaseracer]

In complete* comfort*... 

[Floatylight]

Oddly I write this sat in my GP, manual tho..

 

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[chaseracer]

The crack in the Blingo's screen - which FPB7 and I watched progress all the way to Trollhattan and back last year - seems to be on the move again.  It headed toward the passenger wiper arc, then did an abrupt 90deg turn north.  

 

It wasn't a fail point pre-MOT rules change; has this changed?

[D Spares & Tyres]

My old Teranno screen did that. It was slowly creeping downwards towards mot failure area.

 

One day I was driving through some long grass very slowly with no seatbelt on. I came to an immediate halt and nutted the windscreen. The crack did a complete U turn and went back to the edge of the screen and whilst not exactly fixing itself, it ran out of 'road' and ceased to be a worry. Turns out a tree stump had caught the crossmember.

 

I recommend this method

[hairnet]

just fix it ya heathen

[chaseracer]

More folding has been thrown at Tame Mechanic via the medium of Blingo - and it now has a new clutch.  Valeo this time, not LUK, and the complete transformation has reminded me what a decent transmission should feel like.  

 

I realised also that I could hear an unfamiliar growly noise... it was the engine!  Gone was the sound of the pressure plate being eaten by a disintegrating bearing.

 

Brill.  Happy bunny.

[Floatylight]

More folding has been thrown at Tame Mechanic via the medium of Blingo - and it now has a new clutch. Valeo this time, not LUK, and the complete transformation has reminded me what a decent transmission should feel like.

 

I realised also that I could hear an unfamiliar growly noise... it was the engine! Gone was the sound of the pressure plate being eaten by a disintegrating bearing.

 

Brill. Happy bunny.

I could do with the details of your tame mechanic, seriously peeved with mine..

 

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[chaseracer]

Ian Woodhall

Martindale Garage

Hednesford

01543 573259

 

Been using TM since 1992; highly recommended old-skool mechanic.

[Floatylight]

Ian Woodhall

Martindale Garage

Hednesford

01543 573259

 

Been using TM since 1992; highly recommended old-skool mechanic.

Cheers, I'll get in touch, any idea in normal hourly rate?

 

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[chaseracer]

Not certain, but "exceptionally reasonable" would cover it!

[dozeydustman]

reminded me what a decent transmission should feel like.  

 

A BE-3 or 4 feels decent? Must be the only one. Strong, but notchy and clunky as fuck gearshift action in both the ZX & 306 I owned.

[chaseracer]

Remember: my comparisons are a 205 diesel and a Dyane with iffy synchromesh (none at all on first!)

[Frogchod]

Is Dyane working ?

If not my ma's Caban is for sale ????

[Jimbob McGregor]

I’ve replaced several steel HDI sumps with cheap alloy ones from a/c equipped HDIs off whatever’s littering scrapyards: 206/307/Picasso etc. Usually about £20 for the part. A couple of the securing bolt lengths are different but otherwise works a treat.

[chaseracer]

Is Dyane working ?

 

Sort of.

 

Currently having wild and dangerous conversations with Pete Sparrow...

[Frogchod]

Ooo, staying two cylinder and not 650 ?

[chaseracer]

Blingo latest...

 

Took Musical Offspring to Guildhall on Saturday, car loaded to the Sally Gunnells as is the way during student season.  Bit sluggish down to the Smoke, put it down to the weight in the back.  And the front, Hairnet, yes...

 

Leaving EC1 empty, still won't accelerate from standstill or gather speed without pedal work that Fred Astaire would be proud of, so head for sister's place in Wood Green.  Better to break down where there's a meal and guaranteed good coffee than Stoke Newington High Street on a Saturday night.

 

Call breakdown bloke; seems fixed.

 

Head for home.  By Watford/M1, problem has returned but we're running so I decide to nurse it home even though we're flat out at 65.  Find myself driving it on gears and momentum like the Dyane.  Shameful bodge at Oxford services involving interlaced cable ties to keep the air intake vaguely in place.

 

Tame Mechanic says it could be the MAF sensor, or more likely the fault code points at the EGR valve having finally shat itself.  We shall find out tomorrow.

[Floatylight]

Blingo latest...

 

Took Musical Offspring to Guildhall on Saturday, car loaded to the Sally Gunnells as is the way during student season. Bit sluggish down to the Smoke, put it down to the weight in the back. And the front, Hairnet, yes...

 

Leaving EC1 empty, still won't accelerate from standstill or gather speed without pedal work that Fred Astaire would be proud of, so head for sister's place in Wood Green. Better to break down where there's a meal and guaranteed good coffee than Stoke Newington High Street on a Saturday night.

 

Call breakdown bloke; seems fixed.

 

Head for home. By Watford/M1, problem has returned but we're running so I decide to nurse it home even though we're flat out at 65. Find myself driving it on gears and momentum like the Dyane. Shameful bodge at Oxford services involving interlaced cable ties to keep the air intake vaguely in place.

 

Tame Mechanic says it could be the MAF sensor, or more likely the fault code points at the EGR valve having finally shat itself. We shall find out tomorrow.

Unlike!

 

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[hairnet]

Sounds like it needs an update

[The Moog]

I will bet hairnets next icecream it is MAF sensor 

[Pieman]

I see you're in my neck of the woods Chaseracer - I recognise the name too, didn't you used to be on Ovalchat?

[chaseracer]

That's me!  Still am, from time to time.  Haven't been to Hednesford for a while, though.

[chaseracer]

Blingo due to go to Tame Mechanic today.  Started, ticked over - but otherwise not remotely interested in useful forward motion.  I may just have been a bit fortunate to get back from the Smoke at the weekend...

 

TM convinced it's the EGR valve, so he now has the spare key to deal with it while I take Domestic Management to/from hospital appointments in the DS3.

[Floatylight]

I did manage to clear the EML on Picasso with a can of EGR cleaner sprayed in short blips into the turbo..

 

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[chaseracer]

I think it's more than that now, Stevo!  170,000 hard miles under my right foot are making themselves known.

[Floatylight]

I think it's more than that now, Stevo! 170,000 hard miles under my right foot are making themselves known.

You still tailgating Aldis up the outside lane?

 

Mileage on the picasso catching you up..

 

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[chaseracer]

Nah, 65 in lane 1, me.  Usually*.

[chaseracer]

Mileage on the picasso catching you up.

 

I should think it is!