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[twosmoke300]

^^^ what he said

[scaryoldcortina]

^^ Yeah, that.

[Hendry]

Ford Mondeo mk4, the bonnet doesnt have gas struts, just the old fashioned metal pole, which is fine except the one on my old mans car has worked loose, theres a black plastic clip which goes into the slam panel and the end of the metal pole locates through that, however as I say the metal pole has worked loose of the clip, the pole has a bend in it at the end where it goes into the clip and the straight pole part left obviously angles at a 90degree angle so it can either clip into the underside of the bonnet to hold it up or clip into the holder at the other side of the slam panel when its closed, and on the bit of the pole with the bend theres an extra lip, if this is pushed through the clip in the slam panel the angle is wrong for both clipping the other end into the holder and also for locating into the hole in the underside of the bonnet to hold it up so just forces the clip out of the hole on the slam panel, if the lip is left outside the clip is loose and the whole pole can simply be pulled out.

 

What am i missing here? it cant be that difficult surely? But no matter where I put the lip on the bonnet pole inside the clip so its hidden (wrong angle so pulls clip out) or outside (bonnet pole is loose and just pulls right out where it should be held in place) its just not happening. 

[scdan4]

Do we have a shiter in Bromsgrove who could buy and temporarily store a 406 for me?

 

Would be very handy. There’s an ice cream bribe involved if it helps.

[Pillock]

Lord_Sterling seems to know the location of every storage facility in the West Midlands..... 

[andy18s]

Lord_Sterling seems to have a Rover in every storage facility in the West Midlands.....

Efa

[tooSavvy]

Ford Mondeo mk4, the bonnet doesnt have gas struts, just the old fashioned metal pole, which is fine except the one on my old mans car has worked loose, theres a black plastic clip which goes into the slam panel and the end of the metal pole locates through that, however as I say the metal pole has worked loose of the clip, the pole has a bend in it at the end where it goes into the clip and the straight pole part left obviously angles at a 90degree angle so it can either clip into the underside of the bonnet to hold it up or clip into the holder at the other side of the slam panel when its closed, and on the bit of the pole with the bend theres an extra lip, if this is pushed through the clip in the slam panel the angle is wrong for both clipping the other end into the holder and also for locating into the hole in the underside of the bonnet to hold it up so just forces the clip out of the hole on the slam panel, if the lip is left outside the clip is loose and the whole pole can simply be pulled out.

 

What am i missing here? it cant be that difficult surely? But no matter where I put the lip on the bonnet pole inside the clip so its hidden (wrong angle so pulls clip out) or outside (bonnet pole is loose and just pulls right out where it should be held in place) its just not happening.

 

..... the Savv has company! I read that back at the speed of 'ts&cs' at the end of mobile fone ads = I flailed my tongue

 

TS

[egg]

driving the focus. i feel cramped in, i only bought it as came right time and price, im not bult like the hulk at 5'10 but broad shouldered with XL tshirts, mk2 mondeo before was ok, sierra etc anyone else find this too?

Yup Mondeo ->>> Fusion transfer is a downgrade in many ways!

[OwdChina]

Well despite Mrs Owd just buying a new car she also wants me to build one of these for her. Spotted on the M6 Wigan /Preston area on 22nd December, bike engine and not slow, pretty stable too. But I have no idea what it is...............help.

 

A couple of crap photos.

 

 

 

Cheers all.

[FakeConcern]

http://www.ragemotorsport.com/shop/custom.asp?cpid=custom62

 

Rage Comet LWB

 

I quite likw the Beech Buggy vibe (man)

[doug]

My mams uncles old car what is it? (tilt your head 90 degrees to the left)

 

[egg]

Hope that helps.

 

[wuvvum]

driving the focus. i feel cramped in, i only bought it as came right time and price, im not bult like the hulk at 5'10 but broad shouldered with XL tshirts, mk2 mondeo before was ok, sierra etc anyone else find this too?

You are a powerfully built company director AICMFP.

[doug]

Thanks egg. I was looking through old family photos today and came across this photo. Is it the same model as this posted earlier by Conrad?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pontiac-Star-Chief-389-V8-1963-Barn-find/302593875976

[somewhatfoolish]

Hope that helps.

 

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1965 Buick Electra I think.

[doug]

Google images says you are right. Thanks. A fine looking old car. Thanks.

[somewhatfoolish]

Google images says you are right. Thanks. A fine looking old car. Thanks.

Hardtop too, for maximum pointlessness and lardarse detroit bloatwagon-factor; WIN.

[adw1977]

Ford Mondeo mk4, the bonnet doesnt have gas struts, just the old fashioned metal pole

Mk3 Mondeos have gas struts! I get the impression that the accountants started having too much say in Ford design in the early 2000s, my 2009 Focus just seems designed down to a price in a way that my previous 2001-4 Mondeos didn't, including the fiddly bonnet pole.

 

Sorry this doesn't in any way answer your question, but I couldn't resist a moan!

[scdan4]

I think that I can drive other peoples cars, even if they are not currently insured.

 

This is all I can find in my policy documents.

 

As in I can go and buy a car (for someone else, with their money and their name and address being entered onto the V5) and drive it to their house, without having to insure it for me, first.

 

Is this correct or is it dodgy? (I'm a bit of a stickler for insurance, so not up for long roadside chats, at best,)

 

 

 

Thanks

[SiC]

I think that I can drive other peoples cars, even if they are not currently insured.

 

This is all I can find in my policy documents.

 

As in I can go and buy a car (for someone else, with their money and their name and address being entered onto the V5) and drive it to their house, without having to insure it for me, first.

 

Is this correct or is it dodgy? (I'm a bit of a stickler for insurance, so not up for long roadside chats, at best,)

 

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Thanks

Looks it. However I'd phone up your insurance company and ask to be completely sure.

[mercrocker]

Be very careful about using the "other vehicles" clause in your policy in any transitional phase of ownership.   I did exactly this, had a crash involving personal injury and everybody from the person who caused the accident to the parents of the teenage girl injured and their insurers came after my ass.   It took me three and a half years to get over it, financially.      

 

As said, contact your insurer but the best bet would be a temporary policy IMHO

[DodgeRover]

As far as I can see unless there is a reference somewhere else in the terms and conditions then yes you would be covered in that scenario. I would be making sure I had those documents with me after picking something up though.

[scdan4]

I will check with them, but am quietly confident. There is no other reference in the garb.

 

Having had a truly enormous claim in the past, I am very aware of the value of being insured. Mercrocker, out of interest if you were covered, what were your losses other than the car? Either 3rd party damages/injuries are looked after by the insurers, or they're not.(?)

 

I've done temp covers in the past, but they are never cheap so if not necessary the money will be comfier in my pocket.

 

Ta me ducks.

[fraser.innes.3]

What's the best way of getting an outer bush casing out of a wishbone? I've got the front wishbone off the 205; the middle metal bore just fell out of the bush and I was able to pull the rubber off with my fingers (that's how knackered it was), but the outer casing is still in there. It looks like if I got it in a vice (I don't own one, but I could probably take it round a mate's and borrow his), I could get a screwdriver blade on the lip of the bush and twat it with a hammer, but I don't know whether that would knock it out or whether it'd be in there too tight? Any other ways that don't involve specialised tools?

I just drive the fucker out with a socket and a lump hammer.

 

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[twosmoke300]

Tool abuse !

[Mally]

I will check with them, but am quietly confident. There is no other reference in the garb.

 

Having had a truly enormous claim in the past, I am very aware of the value of being insured. Mercrocker, out of interest if you were covered, what were your losses other than the car? Either 3rd party damages/injuries are looked after by the insurers, or they're not.(?)

 

I've done temp covers in the past, but they are never cheap so if not necessary the money will be comfier in my pocket.

 

Ta me ducks.

 

I always thought that driving other cars only worked providing the other car was also separately insured.

ie. vehicle has to first be insured to be on the Highway.

I could well be wrong.

[SiC]

I always thought that driving other cars only worked providing the other car was also separately insured.

ie. vehicle has to first be insured to be on the Highway.

I could well be wrong.

Directline doesn't have to be. Personally, for the sake of £20 or so for drive away cover, I wouldn't risk it. However it's useful to have for quick test drives of cheap cars.

[Guest Hooli]

I think that I can drive other peoples cars, even if they are not currently insured.

 

This is all I can find in my policy documents.

 

As in I can go and buy a car (for someone else, with their money and their name and address being entered onto the V5) and drive it to their house, without having to insure it for me, first.

 

Is this correct or is it dodgy? (I'm a bit of a stickler for insurance, so not up for long roadside chats, at best,)

 

DSC_0046.JPG

 

DSC_0047.JPG

 

Thanks

 

Looks like it to me, I've been to court with similar papers & they accepted them.

 

Bare in mind though that these days the car has to be insured to be taxed, if it's not taxed you can only drive it to/from a MOT.

[mercrocker]

What will/can happen in the case of a vehicle being owned by Party A until transferred to Party B but delivered by Party C on behalf of B is that there is a massive sitting-on-hands by all the Insurers involved and there needs to be some insurance fully in place for the "driving other cars" part of Party C's policy to be effective. 

 

In my case I agreed to deliver a motorcycle from the seller to the purchaser but had a collision (non-fault) en route.   The person who hit me was insured but I was held not to be by virtue of both seller and purchaser being "advised" by their insurers to deny responsibility.   My own insurer didn't want to know as there was no confirmation from anybody that the motorcycle did not actually belong to me.   Whilst there were technicalities and chicanery involved in this case it would have been so much more clear cut had I taken out some sort of policy myself before agreeing to do the delivery.

[SiC]

Anyone got any suggestions on something to drive a distributor around at speed?

 

I'm probably going to want to spin the distributor upto something like 6000rpm ideally. I guess a minimum of 3000rpm on the basis an engine red line is typically fairly near 6000rpm (3k * 2 as a dizzy runs half crank rpm). Needs to be DC and low voltage (<48v) so I can easily vary the speed.

 

I did think a cheap electric drill. Handy in that it has a chuck to mount the nose of the distributor in and also quite high torque. Its also a nice complete package. Unfortantly most seem to top out around 1300rpm.

 

Next idea is this motor:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-24V-30W-Permanent-Magnet-Electric-DC-Motor-CW-CCW-For-DIY-Generator-New-Arr/192316165034?epid=10007394932&hash=item2cc6efcbaa:m:mSff_aw7Pjl_HK4AtuU1VDg

 

Attached to something like this:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Jaw-Self-Centering-Lathe-Chuck-M12-1-45mm-For-Mini-6-in-1-Lathe-Two-Lock-Rods/152612301263?epid=2125374273&hash=item238866e9cf:g:6Z8AAOSw2xRYbLR3

 

Anyone got any more ideas? I'm struggling to think of any right now. Ideally I want the motor+chuck combo to be a nice off-the-shelf package that I can bolt in an enclosure.