Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Lift time, yes that's my old 37k Civic in the background. Six-cylinder and Coprolalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Methinks there may be a bus involved in the very near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Not a bus. Six-cylinder and Coprolalia 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 lunnun on a sunday via pubic transprot 100% committed charles manson is less crazy grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 The Honda love is strong in this one. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Here we are. It's got so little fuel in that it conked out so I've gone off to get a jerry can. Six-cylinder, The Moog, Coprolalia and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: Not a bus. Oh, you avoided Ye Olde Railway Replacement then, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 KWALITY repair on that bumper, it's trying to do its best Mondeo impression! Is this one a keeper? grogee, LightBulbFun and Fumbler 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 FUCKING KETTLE BASTARD, no compression and running on three. Tonight will be fun. Six-cylinder, Fumbler, grogee and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Fuck sake! Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Shame about the cooked engine because that rear bumper repair is first* class. bigfella2 and Six-cylinder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 hour ago, hairnet said: lunnun on a sunday via pubic transprot 100% committed charles manson is less crazy Yeah. Got a KoLeCsHuN trip to Brizzle in new year, which I was planning to do on the train. But I've waved the £35 fare in front of my mate who will be driving me in his V8 XK - and not losing any money. He'll be getting a burger for his troubles. Trains are shit, even when they're working. I feel really sorry for anyone forced to use public transport at this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 i wanted to go to southampton yesterday and even a month in advance they wanted 125 quid return i put pez in the car and had two nights in premier* inns and it was less ffs i want to go to devon in the new year and its the same so itll be car as i dont trust the weather for the bike grogee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Southampton is £125? From where, Mongolia? That's riddik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Seller acted dumbfounded when I told him what was up. I cba dealing with him in case he does me over and the cars in my name (and I'd like to keep it) so I'll leave that as it is. AA man came pretty quickly. Told him what was wrong and he just said 'we're not even looking at this' and ordered recovery. The shell is rust free but needs new bumpers, a sunroof drain is blocked and it needs the idle control valve cleaning, and apparently it wants a droplink. For the brief time it ran on four it ran well. Waiting for the flatbed now before I decide what to do next. Fumbler and Six-cylinder 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackers Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Ah. Guessing it's not a keeper then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 To be fair, an engine swap should be straight forward and a great opportunity to upgrade. I just hope the price was right. Ghosty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 25 minutes ago, Schaefft said: To be fair, an engine swap should be straight forward and a great opportunity to upgrade. I just hope the price was right. For a rust free manual that I'm selling the air conditioning off, it was definitely right. Car is on a flatbed. I could have gone with it but 300 miles at 54mph maximum in a 7.5 tonner is not the one. Especially when the car needs relaying between trucks - it'd take far too long and I'm tired enough. Think I'll get pissed on the train. Got my mate to drop me at the nearest London bound train station. I should be home for 1am. Mally, Fumbler and Coprolalia 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 When I was young, I used to go out of my way to buy broken old cars, which gave me a lot of hassle, a lot of work. and made me 5 bob at the end if I was lucky. I look at you and see me 50 years ago! Matty, Ghosty and chodweaver 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Tank Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 that looks like a complete dog and my spidey senses aren’t very often wrong. run for the hills laddo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Yank Tank said: that looks like a complete dog and my spidey senses aren’t very often wrong. run for the hills laddo Engine aside it isn't - there's no rust in the rear arches which is unheard of, and the interior is in excellent nick. It's got a smattering of new parts on it too, and Continental tyres with good tread. The tappets don't even need doing. I'm fairly certain it's done the standard issue D-Series water jacket into cylinder thing, been sat a while, and when it's woken up that's it for the gasket and the coolant goes out the exhaust. No mayo and the oil cap was properly tight so it hasn't been cleaned off. I'll need to inspect it but I'm fairly sure it won't need a head skim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Some of you guys haven't been on here long enough to know that Ghosty does the headgasket on 100% of his reliable Honda D-series engines, and it shows. If the gasket wasn't blown at purchase it would have been by the Woodhead pass, that is just how the world works. This way is arguably more efficient chodweaver, Shirley Knott, LightBulbFun and 10 others 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 HARSH. But not entirely inaccurate... Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 I'm home. Car's with the AA and will show up when it does. It's getting fixed. Dave_Q, Zie, BlankFrank and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Ghostys phone must have 84735283748483 numbers of aa men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, hairnet said: Ghostys phone must have 84735283748483 numbers of aa men Some people have burner phones for nights out, max has burner phones but each with an AA membership running... Crackers, Ghosty, Matty and 5 others 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Shirley Knott, w00dy, mercedade and 10 others 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 Well, didn't expect it here this early - I was asleep! Typically it started just fine this time, and drove into the garage with a bit of white smoke. Stuck a code reader on it, and it came back with inlet air temp high, o2 sensor, and a load of misfire codes. Off to work now, more later... Liggle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montytom Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 What a cool little recovery truck. Good luck getting it sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Ghosty said: Never seen what Cazoo for Chod looks like... Now I do. Crackers, rainagain, Tenmil Socket and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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