Floatylights Fleet - A collection caper, complete lunacy or a shrewd** business decision?

[Floatylight]

One in!

Following the death of SmollFL's C3 he decided life's too short for boring and bought himself an R170 SLK200  kompressor manual.

Well played for the first car he's bought himself as a 21dt Birthday pressie to himself..

Needs the usual bit of tidying but runs well, so that makes two R170's on the fleet!

[Pat Earrings]

28 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

This is all really helpful @RoverFolkUsnever knew it needed tellingtelling had the dpf replaced, I'll check out getting it done @Pat Earringsany chance of popping round sometime and connecting your diags to it?

I could potentially do next weekend as I’m Monday - Friday now. 

[Floatylight]

So following the demise of SmollFL's C3 due to frilly sills and bit MOT repair bill, my SLk320 decided to lunch its water pump so is currently out of action, took MrsFL out for the day and did a good number of Mike's in the C4GP, getting back into the car to come home I got an oil level low warning, its been loosing a bit of oil for a while and marking its territory but opened the bonnet and their is oil everywhere and its right at the bottom of the stick, pour a litre or so in from a container I carry and the warning goes away, drive gently home, open the bonnet and absolutely stinks of burning oil and you can see the smoke with the engine off as it burns off various bits.  No idea how hot the engine got as no temp gauge but no big scary stop light..

Investigation tomorrow, and hopefully at least sort the Merc..

Sigh....

[Floatylight]

Bye bye, it's gone to live on the farm...

Got something in my eye, and times after 14 years on the fleet..

[Floatylight]

Sorted the water pump on the Merc, had to do a bodge and fit a length of pipe with a bolt in the end of it to cap off the extra outlet on the replacement water pump.

Flushed with water, got upto temp drained and filled with almost 10litres of blue antifreeze..

Good job I've got one of them sorted as I'm back on the road and off to Bedford & Luton for work a few days each week..

Next, find the oil leak on the C4 and finish of the mechanical issues on the van before it goes for welding..

[Floatylight]

Mechanical issues on the van all done and taken for welding this afternoon..

Other updates, nasty suspension clock has made itself known on the Mazda 3, hoping its a droplink

Slk320 - ABS problem is back, randomly pops the brakes on momentarily then throws the ABS light for the rest of the journey, due to go into storage shortly for winter

SLk200 - Roof stopped working, suspect a duff microswitch, also got a rattle from what sounds like the timing chain, booked into local garage, needs attention to front wings.

C4GP - Getting closer to 200k miles, still got a nasty oil leak but keeping on keeping on.

 

 

[Floatylight]

Van picked up from welders this morning, he's done a solid job on it for reasonable money..

Straight to MOT station and .. a PASS, just a couple of advisories for tyres and I'll probably find a set of alloys.

 

[Floatylight]

Link to welding repair pics..

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0wAN7oBjawkPAoCwsoQ3aLtHemanzfGEv55tQSzMPxVd5hXiav39SiM2ScfJnoeBvl&id=1459273354

[Floatylight]

Patiently waiting at the garage while the MOT is being done.

Think the oil leak may be it's undoing.. 

ST08XMC 

[Floatylight]

Much to my surprise it passed!

[Floatylight]

One incoming, can you guess what it is yet?

[High Jetter]

Auris?

[Floatylight]

1 hour ago, High Jetter said:

Auris?

Its good but its not right, have a second pic.

[Floatylight]

One in! Great to meet  you @Unclefester

[Floatylight]

Second in of the week! Great to meet you @Dave_Q @Smoll Floatylight new wheels R170 SLK 200 Kompressor coming up for sale shortly!

 

[Dave_Q]

Twas a pleasure Mr floatylight and jr. 

Glad you got back OK, hopefully not in doubt from a car perspective but it's a brave man that takes on the M62/M6 of a Friday evening.

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, Dave_Q said:

 it's a brave man that takes on the M62/M6 of a Friday evening.

steve is clinically insane tho

nice merc - audi made me do a lol

is mini floaty not enuff of a hairdresser or summat

will @chaseracer be buying the slk

[Floatylight]

First day out on work duties for the C Class today, out to Sunny Luton so about 250 miles round trio.

Goes well but think it needs new arb bushes and drop links amd maybe some other rubbery doo daahs.

[hairnet]

how many pizzas can get in the back of that

 

[Floatylight]

One out! 

[Floatylight]

No 2 out! 

And staying on the forum.

Back to a far more reasonable 5...

[Floatylight]

Conversion of the transit from van to xamper internally is slow but externally looking pretty well sorted.

[BL Bloke]

It looks a lot better in green, nice job. 👍

 

[Floatylight]

V5 Arrived for the ex @UnclefesterMerc yesterday, over 3 months since I taxed it doing a v62! Turns out it's had 11 prev owners!

[Crackers]

Transit Custom alloys? They suit the older shape and colour. 

[Floatylight]

51 minutes ago, Crackers said:

Transit Custom alloys? They suit the older shape and colour. 

Yes, I like the look -  better than rusty old steels with cracked tyres anyway!

[bezzabsa]

paint or wrapped????

[Floatylight]

7 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

paint or wrapped????

Paint, rollered thinned down rustoleum. 3 coats

[Unclefester]

12 hours ago, Floatylight said:

V5 Arrived for the ex @UnclefesterMerc yesterday, over 3 months since I taxed it doing a v62! Turns out it's had 11 prev owners!

I received a letter the other day it told me to ignore it if i wasn't the keeper and it would issue the v5 so I did so sorry for the hassle no idea what went on with it but glad it’s sorted now sir 

[Floatylight]

SmollFL's Aldi convertible suffered brake failure on Friday night after driving to join me for a weekend's camping near Swindon, eventually relayed back home and seized caliper identified as the cause.

Today he took out my S203 and switched it off stuck in a jam on the M6band it wouldn't turnover, RAC bloke turned up fairly promptly and got It going again after changing a fuse which is odd..