The grumpy thread

[Richard]

Just had a message from SWMBO to say the V70 made a funny noise and stopped. If it's anything major I'll have to weigh it in because I'm seeing the Escort/Xantia pattern here.

 

Both timing belts. Game over. Bastard.

[hairnet]

xud powah

[cms206]

Both timing belts. Game over. Bastard.

Oyah... ! Bad times man

[Skizzer]

Agh, that's harsh.

[Lacquer Peel]

I'd better crack on with replacing the old and overdue timing belt on mine...

 

 

I've finally gathered all the bits I need to complete it. The crank pulley/harmonic balancer is much bigger and heavier than I expected, it must be to help cancel out the inherent imbalance of big diesel five cylinder engine.

 

The IP belt will get done eventually, at least that breaking doesn't take out the engine.

[jakebullet]

Ebay fucking wankers are getting right on my tits recently.

 

First I had some cock warbler who's got his micrometer out and declared his valve caps are all drilled off centre. Obviously for £1.98 delivered they must be a tolerance of 0.0001 mm.

 

Then I've just got a lovely negative from some dozy bint who's decided one of them is a different shade of red, and therefore they are second hand. Pointed out to this one I've sold 346 sets of 4 of this colour, and where does she think I'm getting 1000's of second hand valve caps from? I'm now a bad seller because I'm sarcastic.

 

Think I'm going to go and burn down the house of the next one to piss me off.

[fordperv]

Interlink couriers, i have been at work today and they have delivered a parcel, did they hide it? Did they fuck they put it propped up against my front door, it wasn't a small parcel either it contained a 14" cooling fan in a white box so it stood out like a sore thumb, I live on a main road with lots of people that walk past also used by kids on their way home from school, I'm lucky the parcel was still there when I got in at 8pm, the insulting part was they posted a card saying left in porch, i don't have a porch, fucking fucktards

[twosmoke300]

That's a bugger richard . Is that the vw2.5 tdiddy?

Got a t4 in now with 2 broken belts . Snapped the camshaft in 4 places!

When I took the rocker cover off it reminded me of the old ford 1.8 d when they used to let go

[Richard]

It is the VW 2.5 TDi unit, same as in my 850.

 

Why would both belts break at once?

[RayMK]

It is the VW 2.5 TDi unit, same as in my 850.

 

Why would both belts break at once?

Spite.

[twosmoke300]

I think the cam drive belt breaks then the sudden stop combined with the massive flywheel on the injector pump breaks the pump drive belt

[Richard]

I think the cam drive belt breaks then the sudden stop combined with the massive flywheel on the injector pump breaks the pump drive belt

 

I'm not doubting you but I'm more inclined to go with RayMK's explanation, it's been quite a spiteful car.

[twosmoke300]

The customer with the t4 will no doubt have a similar theory

[STUNO]

" should have changed them 10,000 miles ago" is very obviouly not a factor in belt breakage   It was obviously the spiteful vindictive car's fault.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Presumably you didn't have sex over the weekend then if nothing else is on fire?

probably best not to have tempted fate!

[Richard]

" should have changed them 10,000 miles ago" is very obviouly not a factor in belt breakage   It was obviously the spiteful vindictive car's fault.

 

We haven't had the car long and I'd have changed the belts by now if I hadn't had to spend my time and money dealing with so many other things on it.

[ShiteRider]

The death of actor Christopher Lee.

I can thoroughly recommend his autobiography, 'Lord of Misrule', he led a fascinating life.

[Lankytim]

I won a scrap Minor for parts on ebay and the seller stipulated collection within 7 days. No problem, I can get it this weekend... except he's told me he's on holiday from Friday morning and I can't get Friday off, so he meant collection within 4 days, not 7... feck!

[Coprolalia]

The death of actor Christopher Lee.

I can thoroughly recommend his autobiography, 'Lord of Misrule', he led a fascinating life.

 

Reasons he was a winner. He did interesting things in the war:

 

“I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let’s just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.â€Â

 

Christopher Lee was Ian Fleming’s cousin. Both were distantly related to Charlemagne - and Lee, in his 80s, released a heavy metal album named after his regal ancestor.

Christopher Lee has an illustrious military past. As well as fighting for the SAS (then known as the Special Operations Executive or SOE), he also volunteered to fight for Finland in the Winter War prior to WW2, during WW2 fought in North Africa, and saw the concentration camps first hand. After WW2, he spent time hunting Nazi war criminals.

It was on the set of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy that Peter Jackson and his crew were given a chilling hint of Lee’s past.

Filming a scene in Return of the King (seen only in the extended version), when Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif) stabs Saruman in the back on top of the tower, Christopher Lee corrected Peter Jackson on the fact that when a person is stabbed in the back of the chest, they do not scream (as the director wanted), in fact the air is pushed out of their lungs and they “groan†with an exhalation of air, very quietly, as their lungs have been punctured.

From Peter Jackson’s DVD commentary: “When I was shooting the stabbing shot with Christopher, as a director would, I was explaining to him what he should do… And he says, ‘Peter, have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he’s stabbed in the back?’ And I said, 'Um, no.’ And he says 'Well, I have, and I know what to do.’â€Â

The crew said that they knew Christopher Lee had been in the British Royal Air Force Intelligence Service in World War Two, and they didn’t really push him for more information about how he knew in such detail exactly what noise a person makes when this is done to them.

He wouldn’t have told them anyway.

When pressed by an eager interviewer on his SAS past, he leaned forward and whispered: “Can you keep a secret?â€Â

“Yes!†the interviewer replied, breathless with excitement.

“So can I.†replied a smiling Lee, sitting back in his chair."

[purplebargeken]

Sad to hear that. He was bloody brilliant.

[purplebargeken]

Huge thanks* to the twat who parked their Merc ML whatever in front of the garage and then fucked off. You really screwed any plans I had of working on the Toledo right up. 

[The Moog]

After cleaning out the hot water tank, tried running a bath.

 

[tooSavvy]

The death of actor Christopher Lee.

I can thoroughly recommend his autobiography, 'Lord of Misrule', he led a fascinating life.

'Prince of Darkness dead'... bastard, for two ticks I thought Redwood had croaked

 

 

TS

[bub2006]

Fitted new clutch cable to the xsara. Bastard auto adjust cable. I now have a higher pedal but a lot of slack that means the pedal moves over an inch before it does anything at all and still have play at the bottom of the travel. I'm thinking maybe clutch is worn.

[MrDuke]

Parcelforce have managed to mistake a 15" package containing a tablet, for a 5' box containing a bike. The shipping labels, which the driver had to attach himself, had 10 kg weight printed quite clearly on them. What are the chances of getting a satisfactory resolution from them?

[Parky]

Just watching the Wheeler Dealers Pug 205 episode. Noticed it is wearing Nankang Widowmakers on the back.

 

I bet Ed doesn't change them. Just what you need, terrible tyres on the back of a car known for lift off oversteer....

 

'Old out yer life assurance policy!

[MarvinsMom]

you must have eyes like a hawk if you can see things like that.

[HH-R]

I was watching the older ones at the weekend, having not seen them before. They were more bodgey back then, I laughed at some of the stuff they did. Then there was the C reg Suzuki 4x4 they painted then it came back from the MOT with rusty holes poked through the body by the tester and it couldn't be used on the road - WTF? Wouldn't you check for that before painting...

[MarvinsMom]

yep, seen that one too, they bought it without an mot on it.

 

and instead of chucking it in for the test first to see what it needed, they spunked a whole bunch of money on bits of tat first, before finding out it was rotten,

 

oops!

[Richard]

They did that with an XR2i as well IIRC, I don't think it was that old either.