Andy's awful autos: playing Golf

[Somerset Suffolk]

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/en-gb/painting-mask-14-7-rostyle-wheels-gac7044x 

painting Rostyle made easy .... 

@Andyrew about to buckle in and read though all of your posts  - looking forward to it and better than working on my own tat 😃 (1975 Java green in the early 90's)

[Noel Tidybeard]

i don't supose a B-series is alot moar rattly than most modern 3 cylinder boat anchors

[Andyrew]

31 minutes ago, Noel Tidybeard said:

i don't supose a B-series is alot moar rattly than most modern 3 cylinder boat anchors

The weight of the engine would make a great anchor!

[Andyrew]

1 hour ago, Somerset Suffolk said:

https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/en-gb/painting-mask-14-7-rostyle-wheels-gac7044x 

painting Rostyle made easy .... 

@Andyrew about to buckle in and read though all of your posts  - looking forward to it and better than working on my own tat 😃 (1975 Java green in the early 90's)

Brace yourself for a load of old scruffy tat being given another chance.

Spitty looks good! Think we need to know more about the scammell in your avatar too.

 

[Somerset Suffolk]

4 hours ago, Andyrew said:

Brace yourself for a load of old scruffy tat being given another chance.

Spitty looks good! Think we need to know more about the scammell in your avatar too.

 

@Andyrew currently on page 13 and very much enjoying the content - not sure what the etiquette is for posting on another persons forum ... so I'll keep it shortish and hope it doesn't offend ! 

 

Spitfire was bought for the then girlfriend, then wife, now ex wife... was my second resto in the late 90's ? I like a Spit 😀

[Somerset Suffolk]

Came across the fabulous Scammell when looking for spares for my 2cv ( I had 2 one with a galvanised chassis but buggered body,  the other with a  decent (ish)  body but buggered chassis ) did this in the yard of my ex wife expansive property a few years ago ..

The Scammel is "somewhere under a M5 bridge in Somerset" and I just bloody loved it ! almost as much as I like a Ferret ....(which I'd like to own)

 

Again apologies @Andyrew and everyone else for posting my chod here 

 

Cheers Matt 

[Andyrew]

The painter in another unit asked if I could look at a clonk on his nissan, the MOT tester and tracking guy didn't find anything. this turned out to be failed front subframe bushes. Some amazon specials were ordered by the owner and the two rear bushes were replaced, access was a bit shite but overall not too bad. After that he asked if I could have a look at his sons golf mk2. Amusingly it was previously left too close to a heater

Converted to single wiper 20 years ago The wiper motor had failed and the car is slowly being reverted to stock ish.  Grinding out welded in panels on the underside of a scuttle panel is very slow going.

Second hand linkage and motor fitted. The screens coming out in the future for some paint and rust repair.

The plug had been chopped off, I had some wee crimps and small heartstrings that fitted nicely on the pins. Some Google searching  found the correct wiring order and we are ready to test. This was when I  discovered that the wiper stalk had been snapped off and failed to be glued back on. This required the steering wheel to come off. 

this had been butchered and glued back on.

Then i spent way too long repairing the wiper stalk which had snapped in three places and filled with volumes of superglue.

New similar looking ones avaliable online but none of them said they matched the part number of this one. I also wanted the car done that day so repair was the cheapest and fastest option.

All tested and working like it should. 

 

 

[Andyrew]

Double arches

A familiar trailer had rotten wheel arches,  plastic ones are avaliable, a bit pricey I thought and rather than wait for those to turn up, I opted to fold up my own out of a big sheet of steel I'd had kicking about for couple of years. 

 

[Andyrew]

When hearing his golf had been repaired the painters son asked if I could have a look on a weekend at the grinding noise on his work van

The garage that had done the brakes years ago had mentioned a caliper being a bit sticky previously. It appears it got stuck and chewed out the pads on one side. Like any self employed persons work van, a day off the road is a loss of income.  So it wad driven for quite some time and destroyed the disc.

Front pads, New rear caliper, rear discs and pads fitted and it's back to stopping. 

It's a workvan so it's pretty hanging but that's someone else's problem.

 

[Andyrew]

A friend asked if would help him service his old mk4 golf estate powered by some PD goodness. 

After servicing the car we had a little nosey underneath for an upcoming MOT.  Noted it was pretty crusty from having lived in Scotland for a while, it looked like a clean up and slap of oil may buy it another few years.

A return visit and some needle scaler action see a quick bit of rust treatment turned into a decision time.

The underseal is so strong it hides alot of rot.

The car went away for a pre MOT and brakes and emissions were okay so the decision was made to commit a chunk of dosh and fix the car.

New sills ordered and we started cutting. Handily my friend used to be a welder/fabricator so we can work together to get it done. We are going for solid but quick so perfection isn't the target.

Although while my friend can weld,  I have to do the filler work booo.

Along with the sill rot multiple new parts have been ordered and fitted.

Front subframe 

4 door lock actuators

Tie rods and end with boots

Lower arms 

2 front shocks

2 toyo tyres