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[Talbot]

Can someone enlighten me as to what WBOD stands for?

[twosmoke300]

Winter beater of Distinction

[SiC]

Or winter beater of destruction

[Shandylegs]

Help required.

 

I have a type 9 gearbox that's going to need bearings and a good check over. I've had a look on-line and don't fancy having a crack at it as it looks fiddly and requires specialist tools.

 

Can anyone recommend someone local Sheffield / South Yorkshire?

 

Thanks......

[Mally]

Help required.

 

I have a type 9 gearbox that's going to need bearings and a good check over. I've had a look on-line and don't fancy having a crack at it as it looks fiddly and requires specialist tools.

 

Can anyone recommend someone local Sheffield / South Yorkshire?

 

Thanks......

 

These guys have done a few for me.

 

http://www.stephenbreargearboxes.co.uk/

[Des]

Could be worth gathering bearings for the gearbox beforehand, just to ensure against any no-name chocolate ones finding their way in.

not so long ago I could strip a box, stuff the rough bearings and old seals in my pocket and take a 10 minute walk past an American car spares shop, turn right at the huge engineering machinery suppliers then left and onto the bearing specialist a few doors down from the vintage bike parts shop. Drop my handful of knackered bits on the counter and the old boy would fetch me new ones off the shelf.

All gone now but don't be sad for me, these days I'm spoilt for choice in pretentious kitchens or vile sour coffee in a paper bucket and numerous fried mutant chicken money laundering establishments.

[Arthur Foxhake]

Would there be any interest on here for a 2.8 Pajero Exceed?

I want fairly decent money for it as i believe its a good one but not sure the best place to advertise it.

Im certainly not auctioning it on ebay.

[DodgeRover]

Help required.

 

I have a type 9 gearbox that's going to need bearings and a good check over. I've had a look on-line and don't fancy having a crack at it as it looks fiddly and requires specialist tools.

 

Can anyone recommend someone local Sheffield / South Yorkshire?

 

Thanks......

I've used M&T transmissions at Bradway - behind the Murco petrol station, never had any issues

 

http://www.mandttransmissions.co.uk

[danthecapriman]

Anyone offer help with an insurance issue?

 

I changed my Transits insurance over to another company recently. Problem is the new insurer want me to give my proof of no claims discount (maximum) and my old insurer won't give me the proof!

I've phoned and asked for it, they just keep saying 'yes we'll send it out' but it never arrives.

I've also sent an email and got no response at all.

 

I'm starting to get pissed off now as it's causing problems with my new insurance!

 

Any suggestions?

[DodgeRover]

Tell new insurers to call old ones?

[danthecapriman]

Tell new insurers to call old ones?

Will they do that?

[loserone]

Some will

[Guest Hooli]

That's worked for me in the past.

[danthecapriman]

Cheers guys. I'll give the new insurer a ring tomorrow and see what they can do.

It's ridiculous really, the old company I was with for years and then out of the blue they decided for reasons not explained to me they didn't want my custom anymore from my renewal date. And now seemingly since I'm no longer a customer of theirs they can't be arsed helping me by sending me my own no claims proof!

 

Wankers! Shit customer service, yet from insurance companies you should expect no less I suppose.

[Pillock]

I've never had to send NCB proof, just tell the new clowns who the old clowns were and they get it electronically.

Dunno if it's a feature of MID, or whether they just have an email address for Doreen in the office who will look it up and send it back, but it works.

[rainagain]

I struggled to get 45mpg out of a 90hp model.

Does it have the panoramic roof? They're really heavy if so, it does impact economy.

Yes it has the glass roof. I was thinking of splitting the dpf/cat and knocking out the cat and cleaning the dpf. Apparently just knocking the cat out doesn't upset the Ecu.

Anyone heard the same/different?

[Mally]

https://www.moneysupermarket.com/car-insurance/articles/get-proof-of-your-no-claims-discount/

 

May help.

[danthecapriman]

Have you still got your old renewal offer? My new company accepted the old companies renewal offer (where it stated my NCD) as proof.

 

Incidentally, the old company only recorded 9 years as their max NCD, so my last 3 years all said 9 years on them. I had copy's of all the old documents, and the new company accepted them and totted up to 12 years.

I wasn't offered a renewal from the old place! They just sent a letter saying as of the 25 November your insurance is finished! No renewal offer, no explanation! No idea why!

The old place didn't send the NCD amount on any paperwork at all oddly, though I was earning it year on year.

[Talbot]

I wasn't offered a renewal from the old place! They just sent a letter saying as of the 25 November your insurance is finished! No renewal offer, no explanation! No idea why!

The old place didn't send the NCD amount on any paperwork at all oddly, though I was earning it year on year.

 

You'll have to pester the hell out of them to get the NCD confirmation.  I have had to do this several times with certain insurers/brokers, as they generally do not want to do any paperwork that they don't need to  (and of course, this isn't going to make them any money).

 

Last place took seven phone calls, and in the end I stayed on the line and waited until I had the confirmation pdf attached to an email recieved in my mailbox before I would finish the call.  In general, insurers are twats who just could not care less.

[danthecapriman]

You'll have to pester the hell out of them to get the NCD confirmation. I have had to do this several times with certain insurers/brokers, as they generally do not want to do any paperwork that they don't need to (and of course, this isn't going to make them any money).

 

Last place took seven phone calls, and in the end I stayed on the line and waited until I had the confirmation pdf attached to an email recieved in my mailbox before I would finish the call. In general, insurers are twats who just could not care less.

Agreed! They are twats.

 

I've basically just done exactly that. Rang them up and firmly (but not rudely) told them what I wanted, why and how they will be dealing with it.

I made him email it across to me there and then before hanging up and hey presto I now have it! Funny old thing.

 

Thanks everyone for the advice.

[Mally]

Advice needed please.

Tranny Van 2011, wipers have developed a mind of there own.

Started with the frost maybe.

When you switch ign off the wipers keep going for 4? sweeps then park around the middle of the screen, not always in the same place.

Have checked t'internet and it seems the motor has a constant feed, broken by a plastic cam at park point.

Am suspecting the plastic cam has moved position maybe?

My first thought is to take the wiper blades off, let it cycle a few times and refit the blades.

If that fails an Ebay motor is only £25, so worth a try maybe.

Anything else I could try? Am useless with electrickery.

Have read about GEM whoever she is, but that's probably well over my head.

Will be trying to sort it on Monday if its not raining. Thanks folks.

 

Progress has been made, but made worse.

Couldn't get the wipers off, but the motor arm came off easy, too easy maybe, perhaps that has slipped?

Anyway with the arm off I switched the wipers on, then off as per HBOL. 

Refitted the motor arm.

The wipers now work all the time, never switch off until you turn the ign off.

Fortunately its raining.

Couldn't get the plug out of the motor, but on ebay looks like lucar connectors.

Tomorrows plan is to remove wiper plug, make a short link loom and remove one wire at a time until they stop, then fit temp bodge switch to that wire to stop them.

Seems this happens all the time on Transit forums without a definate answer.

Any comments or ideas are very welcome.

 

Linked the wires, then disconnected one,Now have off or fast wipe... Do for now.

Ordered wiper motor but not confident

 

EDIT.

Wiper motor fitted, now works perfectly, Result!

[tooSavvy]

This vid is a breaker.

 

https://youtu.be/O1XWEt9oi1Q

 

Is it a 'set up' - or would the whole shell (minus petrol/wheels) go in compactor... full of plastic/rubber/foam etc?

 

Does that make the output 'cube' low value/low grade??

 

 

Just askinn, lyke

 

 

TS

[Mally]

They do indeed do that, or did last time I took one. No wheels, but anything else goes.

Thing is now, most places strip them for the parts value.

Imagine you get paid more if its clean, same as you do if you weigh engines, boxes, etc separate.

[tooSavvy]

^^^ .... I have seen, on here iirc, a 'device' on a fork truck which bites the engine/box out of the car !!

 

TS

[SiC]

Yeah they usually take the engine out as full of aluminium and other expensive materials. Also it's the most dense part of a car and doesn't compact well. Often the cubes get thrown straight into a furness to burn off all the plastics and the various metals taken off. Not very eco friendly really.

 

My grandad, uncles and aunts ran a scrapyard in Northampton. Unfortunately I was too young at the time and so couldn't really have fun driving the old cars around the yard like my older cousins did. Sold it off before I got that chance. However my grandad has facinating stories from the 60s-90s when he ran it.

[wuvvum]

What is this headlight unit off?

 

 

It's on my uncle's camper van and he wants to get hold of replacements, but can't quite tell what it is.  It definitely looks BMW - the closest match I can find is E39, but I've never seen an E39 with gingercators before.

[cobblers]

Can you get it out? There's bound to be some marks on it. It looked like BMW to me too.

[Timewaster]

Indicator looks a bit too big for a e39

 

Any Bosch or Valeo numbers on the glass? Maybe a dealer (or Google) could identify it that way?

[SiC]

Any recommendations on good, interesting Dolomite books or even 70s triumphs? Xmas is coming and I like a good read!

[cort16]

Defo looks like e39 to me. Check out the gingercators on this early one.

 

I had a set in my lockup but I think I chucked them. Maybe bavarianretro can help you out.