Bren Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I have lost power to some of my kitchen sockets. Nothing tripped - one double gang still works but not others. I have a front door that we cannot use because the latch is knackered. Sick of bastard houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3VOM Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bren said: I have lost power to some of my kitchen sockets. Nothing tripped - one double gang still works but not others. I suggest the kitchen is on a radial circuit and the connection in the back of the working socket or the next non-working socket is broken. Bren and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bren said: I have lost power to some of my kitchen sockets. Nothing tripped - one double gang still works but not others. I have a front door that we cannot use because the latch is knackered. Sick of bastard houses. I'd imagine the plug scenario to be something along the lines of the the outgoing conductors have fallen out or lost connection with the terminal for whatever reason. They can melt too which causes a horrible mess. EDIT- @3VOM beat me to it! Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 While I was walking the dog this morning I had what seemed like a good idea for a thread, probably for the Open side. Can I remember it now? Guess! sdkrc, anonymous user and myglaren 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 5 hours ago, eddyramrod said: While I was walking the dog this morning I had what seemed like a good idea for a thread, probably for the Open side. Can I remember it now? Guess! Was it going to be a thread about short-term memory loss? louiepj, GrumpiusMaximus, myglaren and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 hours ago, eddyramrod said: While I was walking the dog this morning I had what seemed like a good idea for a thread, probably for the Open side. Can I remember it now? Guess! One asking for favourite dog walks? eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Animal roffle? Wanted ads for dog walkers? Something related to picking up shite? (The doggy kind) eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 8 hours ago, eddyramrod said: While I was walking the dog this morning I had what seemed like a good idea for a thread, probably for the Open side. Can I remember it now? Guess! Welcome to my world, I try to remember things by writing them down, but then lose the bit of paper. Occasionally I find bits of paper with things written on, but the few random words, or phone number with no name make no sense to me. Low Horatio gearbox, myglaren, chaseracer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Downloaded and reuploaded copies of portrait orientation tictok videos of recordings of landscape orientation youtube videos. Just use a fucking link. sdkrc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 That wheeler dealers , they buy a TVR for 8 grand and the chassis etc is fucked . So they rebuild it and do it all up .. And put it on the market to make a grand , FFS , put it up for 20 grand I was screaming at the telly and them come down ... No wonder they are still doing up cars Low Horatio gearbox and beko1987 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Fucking up cars Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 11 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said: Fucking up cars That G wagon episode was a classic example ! Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 While driving home I twatted the nearside mirror on a branch going 30MPH. Absolutely buggered the adjustment mechanism inside as you can now twist the mirror to face up at the sky or down to the ground. I've adjusted it best I could, but I bet going over a bump will render it useless again. Remspoor and High Jetter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Fumbler said: While driving home I twatted the nearside mirror on a branch going 30MPH. Absolutely buggered the adjustment mechanism inside as you can now twist the mirror to face up at the sky or down to the ground. I've adjusted it best I could, but I bet going over a bump will render it useless again. I took the car out on a shakedown run after replacing the fuel filter and emulsion tube. Predictably the mirror slumped downwards upon the first bump, so it's effectively useless. I have a spare at the unit. It's a little green but it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Try and avoid those 30mph branches in the future! myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 43 minutes ago, High Jetter said: Try and avoid those 30mph branches in the future! Bien sur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 21 hours ago, MikeR said: That wheeler dealers , they buy a TVR for 8 grand and the chassis etc is fucked . So they rebuild it and do it all up .. And put it on the market to make a grand , FFS , put it up for 20 grand I was screaming at the telly and them come down ... No wonder they are still doing up cars Wheeler dealers? Did you watch the last Edd video on YT? He brought back the Paul man. The guy that helped with the mechanics. It turns out he was more than a helper. He went and ascertained if the car was a viable project before the show purchased it. Time to dump the Mike. On the latest series they purchase a XJ6. Had to replace the twin tanks. The cost was meant to be 150 squid each. Look at the prices on line and that is total fabrication. They are double or triple that. You can watch the series on YT. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Although I like to watch it, Wheeler Dealers is a fake as Eastenders or one of those stupid videos on Facebook that say For entertainment only. MikeR, carburettor and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 22 hours ago, MikeR said: That wheeler dealers , they buy a TVR for 8 grand and the chassis etc is fucked . So they rebuild it and do it all up .. And put it on the market to make a grand , FFS , put it up for 20 grand I was screaming at the telly and them come down ... No wonder they are still doing up cars Complete bullshit show that, One of the early episodes they blagged that they found a pair of mint MK1 MR2 front wings in the correct red for £20 each that were obviously brand new and freshly fucking painted. If I ever meet Brewer he's getting reminded of the fact ! myglaren, carburettor and Low Horatio gearbox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 They also had cars inspected by the AA prepurchase Inc one highly modded Chevy S10 pickup (that a friend had for sale). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Just used two compression testers to test the 1.2 12v Polo engine. Not good results for cylinder 3 with a 50 psi lower result. I would love to rebuild the head but the costs of doing that and everything you have to replace is about the value of the car (we bought it 700 nearly 2 years ago for my son to learn to drive in and get him college after passing his test). Still drives well with working aircon and a sporty exhaust but now a misfiring time bomb. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecapriman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 18 hours ago, Timewaster said: Although I like to watch it, Wheeler Dealers is a fake as Eastenders or one of those stupid videos on Facebook that say For entertainment only. Same. I like watching it and find it entertaining and interesting to see some of the cars they do, but it is a load of bollocks really. The costing at the end is laughable sometimes. And they never factor in labour costing. It’s how they do it all though and fix stuff that bugs me, I’m restoring a car right now, as we speak and I can 100% assure anyone that what happens on TV shows is most definitely not what happens in real life! You never see them finding rusted to buggery fixings, bits missing, bits fitted wrong/badly, rust falling into your eyes while lying on your back under the car on the driveway etc etc. carburettor, chadders, chodweaver and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carburettor Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I remember one show where they bought a VW van, or camper. The guy who sold it was on a forum which I was on, when I had my air cooled Beetle. After the show had aired the guy on the forum was well pissed off, he said that they paid him much more than they said on tv. Then there was the Mercedes slk, with the dodgy roof mechanism and various bits like a steering rack (or something) they bought for it. They replaced some other parts without even mentioning it the show. Possibly the second worst show was Goblin workshop, how to chav up a motor in a weekend!! the worst? In my opinion was thIs one where these two guys (in the same garage/ lock up as Goblin workshop?) gave up their day jobs and bought a car with the intention of doing it up over 7 days maximum. If we can’t do it in 7 days it gets binned. so, they spent about £600 on a replacement cambelt kit and wheel refurbished… then scrapped the car!! I was totally dumbfounded, absolute fucking idiots. danthecapriman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, carburettor said: they spent about £600 on a replacement cambelt kit and wheel refurbished… then scrapped the car!! That was the Alfa 155. I quite liked that show until I watched that one. The two blokes doing it came across quite well but like all these car resto shows on TV the whole thing was in dreamland as far as accuracy and costing went. 155V6, carburettor, myglaren and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Yes I remember that flipping bangers. They cubed the car still with the wheels they had just paid to refurbish. There are so many flaws in that format. 1. Buy shitter. 2. Take pictures and put on ebay. 3. Fix the old shitter. Nonsense. I still like to watch it though. Utter balls that it is, it beats watching Midsomer murders. danthecapriman, carburettor and D.E 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Timewaster said: Utter balls that it is, it beats watching Midsomer murders. I would imagine Midsomer Murders is quite popular, what with it usually being middle class people being bumped off, several at a time carburettor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agila Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 minute ago, anonymous user said: middle class people What makes them middle class? 😁 *runs off to hide. danthecapriman, carburettor, anonymous user and 3 others 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, Agila said: What makes them middle class? 😁 *runs off to hide. That's why I liked Frost - plenty of working class corpses, too. Angrydicky, Low Horatio gearbox and carburettor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 22 hours ago, Timewaster said: Although I like to watch it, Wheeler Dealers is a fake as Eastenders or one of those stupid videos on Facebook that say For entertainment only. Are you saying that Eastenders is Fake.? Next it will be that there is no Father Christmas. myglaren and carburettor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Timewaster said: Yes I remember that flipping bangers. They cubed the car still with the wheels they had just paid to refurbish. There are so many flaws in that format. 1. Buy shitter. 2. Take pictures and put on ebay. 3. Fix the old shitter. Nonsense. I still like to watch it though. Utter balls that it is, it beats watching Midsomer murders. One car has survived Flipping Bangers. When i watched the show I used to look up the bodged car's reg on the DVLA. Something did not add up. Sometimes the MOT was not valid or it had falied the MOT recently. Not taxed so the car was not on the road, shortly after airing. It now seems that Richard Hammond (Hamster) is now going to be doing a restoration car show. Low Horatio gearbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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