dean36014 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Oops, why did I think it has a 1.6hdi in? Must have mixed it up with another post somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I really wanted a Mini Clubman, but had so much trouble with my R56, well, basically my thoughts include bargepoles, if you get my drift. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Oops, why did I think it has a 1.6hdi in? Must have mixed it up with another post somewhereIt is a 1.6 HDi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I quite like those minis. Waits for advert wif interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 One out... ...and currently working on some more to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 This came and went a couple of weeks back... As did this... JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 ^ Blue Merc estate 2 pics up reminds me of a dog (or a cat) about to lay a pooper. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Are you using a toaster to upload these pictures Bill? Matty and Cavcraft 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Brilliant! And I'd been wondering why all his cars look like Citroen c3s ? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Today is collection day. Who needs a Transit anyway? Alanism, leanycan, drewd and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 That will make Ray very happy! Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 'Hasn't run for two years' which turned into it having not run for longer than two years. Back tyre mysteriously* seems to have gone flat in the car coming home, petrol smells like Safety-Kleen's parts washer solvent. strangeangel, dome, bangernomics and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 And yet, it is absolutely gorgeous. I've always thought "Francis Barnett Plover" was possibly the most English name for a bike it was possible to imagine. Is it a keeper? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigstraight6 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 That is ace and I don’t even like motorcycles, Bristol reg number if I’m not mistaken... Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 All imagecrafts pictures look like this Brodders and scdan4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 1 hour ago, wuvvum said: And yet, it is absolutely gorgeous. I've always thought "Francis Barnett Plover" was possibly the most English name for a bike it was possible to imagine. Is it a keeper? Hopefully. Got the V5C and it let me tax it just now, but on an on-line insurance comparison site it said the number wasn't recognised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666jjp Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 mot site recognises it, 171DHW FRANCIS BARNETT 150 Check another vehicle ColourGreen Fuel typePetrol Date registered31 December 1959 MOT expired on10 August 2010 Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Fappppp Are ya in tomorrow The Moog, chaseracer and Cavcraft 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Going to play mopeds, NG? ? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 3 minutes ago, hairnet said: Fappppp Are ya in tomorrow and would ya swap 4 a Honda FTFY. Cavcraft and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 omg gr18 4 castrol r shenanigans m87 chaseracer and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Red Ford Galaxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Hopefully. Got the V5C and it let me tax it just now, but on an on-line insurance comparison site it said the number wasn't recognised. A few of the go compare the confused meerkat sites appear to no longer recognise registrations that are more than 25 years old. When Ed bought the C3 I tried to transfer the insurance onto the MG B. "Sorry Sir, we only insure cars up to 25 years old". It's reg doesn't show on some sites, but others it does. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 12 hours ago, hairnet said: Fappppp Are ya in tomorrow Yes indeed, captain. Kettle will be on M8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 13 hours ago, Cavcraft said: Yes indeed, captain. Kettle will be on M8. gave up got tugged by the fuzz home now ? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, hairnet said: got tugged by the fuzz Sounds painful. Amishtat, stonedagain, Cavcraft and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 At least it won't have been for speeding! The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 on the A66 on a bank holiday - nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 I like to imagine that Hairnet speaks just like he does on AS in real life, so the police let him go, sheerly due to confusion on their part... Matty, clayts450, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Whilst idly waiting round to hear back from some shite I've been chasing for three or four days, I had a half-arsed bashed at the FB today. Tried the fuel tap after disconnecting pipe from carb, nothing came out at all. Took tap off, filter (I assume) was blocked, so removed it thinking it can’t be too hard to get another. Still no flow, so poked a small cable tie through and now juice is coming through! Got the tank off, tipped out a couple of litres or so of absolutely minging petrol, the colour of stale urine, so flushed it out. Tried bump starting it, some relatively close calls but not quite enough. Took the plug out (see picture) and wiped it but wasn’t much different from the picture, which was after a quick clean. Got a spark, so plug back in and multiple efforts in cheap skate trainers kicking it over. Mention them as foot kept slipping which didn’t help. Anyhow if I repeatedly kick it over (using throttle mostly but not always) and tickling the plunger it does try and start, but we’re talking every sort of 7th or 8th kick, or so. I’m fairly confident it’s not too far off starting now, my money is on whatever cruddy old petrol is in carb. Will be lazy and try and get it going without taking carb off tomorrow, weather permitting. The plug didn't really smell very much of petrol if at all. Meanwhile, any reasoned or logical reason it’s only trying to fire every few kicks, or do people agree it’s probably the fuel? There's a couple of mini-bodges but can live with them, the missing nearside foot peg needs replacing though, can't see that being hard to find. I also painted on the reg number on the plate either side, ala 1960's style. It looks quite crap, but for once this was deliberate. Alanism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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