The grumpy thread

[Eddie Honda]

My rant for today...people who think the HowManyLeft website is the absolute gospel when it comes to accurate info about retro cars. 

 

"According to How Many Left ..." no fuckwits, it's just according to the shonky DVLA/DfT dataset, which that site is a front-end to.

 

BL Cars Ltd, Leyland Cars, Austin, Austin-Morris, four manufacturer headings off the top of my head that represent the Austin Maxi.

 

I think that site should be called www.mustbetruefatblokedownthepubtoldme.com/

[Craig the Princess]

Just swapped the wheels over on the Subaru for the winter set, thought i'd slip a quick oil change in while it's up in the air.

 

Seemed a good idea at the time.

Gunna be a clever dick i am, can't be arsed to undo the 7 bolts which hold the undertray on, sure i can get the oil though the hole designed for it to flow, and it looks easy enough to reach the filter from round the back.

Off comes the drain plug, sod me i'd forgot how large the thread bore is on this motor, bloody hot oil's coming out like a hose, too much for the can to cope with, splosh, oil everywhere..

 

Mopped that lot up, right i'll get that filter off now...struggle bend swear cuss twist scrape previously undouble jointed wrists bang elbows, fuck it, have to undo the edge of the undertray after all, bollocks, got the arse by now and i'm more determined than ever not to remove the tray even if it kills me, idiot.

Try the filter strap wrench (had to buy that for the Landcruiser cos it's stupidly tight to the block), thats only sliding round, have to get me chain wrench out, that grips but starts to crush the filter, double bollocks, eventually, half an hour later, i've got the filter undone, as i undo it oils coming out the sides and runs all over the tray and pours out of about 6 different drain holes, treble bollocks, course then as i'm working cack handed trhe fuckin filter slips out me hand and sploshes the now everywhere in the undertray oil everywhere else, quadruple bollocks...why does that tiny filter appear to hold a further 5 litres of oil?

 

This sounds very familiar, I've sacked off all filter wrenches other than the claw type after failing an AX oil change when the screwdriver technique followed the strap and then chain tools and the screwdriver cut the bottom half of the oil filter off.

 

Cars, never easy

[Bobthebeard]

 

"I think that site should be called www.mustbetruefatblokedownthepubtoldme.com/"

 

Lol!

[beko1987]

Saw a text on amys phone earlier from a friend of ours (male) saying he cant wait to see her boobs again soon... I didnt fully kick off, but expressed my displeasure at her, and phoned said friend, gave him verbals and hung up.

 

Then I find out (with proof) that he didnt mean to send that to amy, he's chatting a bird up. Amy deletes all messages on her phone after reading them, which didnt help matters and now I feel like a bit of a dick. Our whole relationship flashed before my eyes. We couldnt talk about it too much either as her friend came round and they went out to a pre arranged thing, so Im sat here feeling sorry for myself, unable to drink as Ive got the children.

 

10 grand, farking hell, hope it lasts for many uears5needing minimal spending!

[Eddie Honda]

I've sacked off all filter wrenches other than the claw type after failing an AX oil change when the screwdriver technique followed the strap and then chain tools and the screwdriver cut the bottom half of the oil filter off.

 

I got fed up recently doing the Honda (had to resort to cheeky cold chisel chip) and came close to gouging the flange. As the filter to hand was a Purflux, it has semi-circular dimples round the outside. Thought about buying the odd dedicated cap socket wotsits and then decided that they would be bugger all use for my Volvos as they have hee-haw to grip 'em with:

 

Volvo 3467632-0 oil filter by E Honda, on Flickr

 

So splashed out on this poshtosh

 

IMG_20150920_243702_049 by E Honda, on Flickr

 

It's been handy on the odd jam jar (food, not rhyming slang) so far, will test with fury soon enough.

[bub2006]

60 fecking quid which could have gone on the Vectra spent on saxo due to down pipe disintegrating. Let them reseat the tyre on rim of Vectra too. Cleaned tyre and rim and put tyre back on wheel. Fitted it today to find out the twatting tyre flat again. Not sure if its the rim or tyre but either way its more expense I don't need. Also saxo showing air bubbles in fuel line now too. Went to albert looms today who now has a few Vectra c 1.8 in stock. Typical.

[fred]

Black Friday.

Another M'urican thing we have been infested with,

 

which sends the great unwashed and Knuckle dragging Gene pool Apes into some sort of collective frenzy. Where Tribal mentality pops up in abandon, and much Kerfuffling over a cheap piece of crap which is no use to man ne dog. But must have it because its ''70% off'' so said ape will inevitably punch the lights out of some other ''ape'' clinging on to it. 99% of all these ''Bargains'' will be flung onto Fleabay - but as every other Ape is doing the same, the price will be about what you paid for it .

 

Gah - Humans - Some can make Magnificent artwork, others engineer massive constructions, other sorts have incredible athletic abilities - but others have trouble wiping their arse and formulating more than two words in a coherent sentence. Bah Phooey

[philibusmo]

60 fecking quid which could have gone on the Vectra spent on saxo due to down pipe disintegrating. Let them reseat the tyre on rim of Vectra too. Cleaned tyre and rim and put tyre back on wheel. Fitted it today to find out the twatting tyre flat again. Not sure if its the rim or tyre but either way its more expense I don't need. Also saxo showing air bubbles in fuel line now too. Went to albert looms today who now has a few Vectra c 1.8 in stock. Typical.

On the 1.5 PSA diesel its common for them to let air into the fuel system from a little plastic pressure valve on the back of the fuel filter housing. On my Pug 106 I found that this valve was the exact same size as a penny and fixed the issue by drilling a hole through the middle of 4 pennies and gluing them together and then gluing a whole penny over the end with really really strong glue. I cant remember what size the hole needed to be to fit over the valve, possibly 6mm. Then on a really warn day where I didn't need to ymuse the car I cleaned out the valve of old diesel with brake cleaner and the covered the pennies in silicon sealant to close up any tiny gaps and hammered them in to the back of the housing, followed by covering the top of the fix in sealant.

 

That held strong for as long as I had the car, which I think was almost the life of the car, and I was running it mostly on veg oil but also on pretty much anything else I could lay my hands on.

[Noel Tidybeard]

make sure none of the fuel pipes have jubilee clips on the cos they dont do up properly round so can let air in

[Tetleysmooth]

How sodding hard can it be to pay money into a bank account?

Mrs Tet gets a shares payout every year, (she buys them throughout the previous year).

They normally come out about June or July, but this time she apparently missed a couple of payments, so they didn't come out until this month.

Never mind thought we, be nice to have a couple of extra bob for Christmas.

Cheque duly arrived, but was made out in her maiden name. She was told if she provided proof of marriage, there wouldn't be a problem. So, we set about finding our marriage certificate. Could we find it? Could we bollocks.

So, on Saturday we tried to pay the money into the account by taking all the proof we could. Nope, they wouldn't accept the cheque. So, over to Langtons, the registry office where we were married. Ooo noo, we only do weddings on Saturday.

Yesterday, my only day off this week, found us back at Langtons for a new marriage certificate. A hour and a half later  and forty quid lighter, we had the new certificate. Back to the bank in Hornchurch. Met by a meeter and greeter. Yes, that shouldn't be a problem. Excellent. Mrs Tet duly waits and goes to the counter. Nope, they wouldn't accept it. Ok, lets try the Rainham branch. They actually know her there and they knew her dad too. It looked like everything was going to be ok. The teller disappeared to get authorisation and came back with another lady who instantly recognised Mrs Tet, like, hello, how are you?

Brilliant, this is going well. The next thing was, yep, you've guessed it, we can't accept this. Why? Apparently, the marriage certificate was not good proof because we've been married too long????????

So now, the upshot is, Mrs Tet has got to send the whole effing lot back to head office, including photocopies of said marriage certificate, driving licence and f*** know's what else. Christmas is looming. We've just had our Black Wednesday.

Effing jobsworths the lot of 'em. A little bit of common sense wouldn't have gone amiss.

Grump over - for now.

[the judge]

Saw a text on amys phone earlier from a friend of ours (male) saying he cant wait to see her boobs again soon... I didnt fully kick off, but expressed my displeasure at her, and phoned said friend, gave him verbals and hung up.

 

Then I find out (with proof) that he didnt mean to send that to amy, he's chatting a bird up. Amy deletes all messages on her phone after reading them, which didnt help matters and now I feel like a bit of a dick. Our whole relationship flashed before my eyes. We couldnt talk about it too much either as her friend came round and they went out to a pre arranged thing, so Im sat here feeling sorry for myself, unable to drink as Ive got the children.

 

10 grand, farking hell, hope it lasts for many uears5needing minimal spending!

Oh dear. I once sent a pic of a raging stormer I had to my mum.

 

She messaged me back saying she hopes that was a mistake,and the last time she saw it,it wasnt that big. Gaaaahhhhh!!

 

Although my mum is a bit of a prude,she is quite funny bless her...

[oldcars]

Was rinsing the salt off the sills and arches of the Kia last night and a bit of sill fell off  The end bit that curves up. Got down to have a look and its all bubbled up along the bottom but where the jack would attached about a foot along. I am no welder, is this something that can be cut out and replaced and painted to look like new? Bit gutted to be fare.

[ruffgeezer]

Went out to play a dart cup match last night, just started the 4th game when one of their players collapsed. 

 

One of our team kept him going with CPR whilst we waited for the first responders and ambulance, but we found out this morning that he passed away.

[UltraWomble]

Oh dear. I once sent a pic of a raging stormer I had to my mum.

I would have to shun my family and friends, leave home, grow a beard and live as a tramp in the woods, muttering to myself for the rest of time if I had done that.

In other news the leg remains very painful but I have debrided (picked off) all the black necrotic tissue and it now looks a bit healthier.

Im bothered about these red lumps that have appeared and are supremely painful.

 

 

 

 

Edit - yer all weak stomached poofs wanting me to hide my leg.

[oldcars]

Went out to play a dart cup match last night, just started the 4th game when one of their players collapsed. 

 

One of our team kept him going with CPR whilst we waited for the first responders and ambulance, but we found out this morning that he passed away.

Shit, thats really sad to read. Sad news indeed.

[Lacquer Peel]

Yo UltraWomble can you hide those pics behind a link so people can choose if they want to see them? Cheers.

[Craig the Princess]

 

Please do this

 

[Richard]

I think my right eye might be properly broken this time. Arses. No pictures I'm afraid.

[fordperv]

Went out to play a dart cup match last night, just started the 4th game when one of their players collapsed.

 

One of our team kept him going with CPR whilst we waited for the first responders and ambulance, but we found out this morning that he passed away.

That's crappy, at least people tried their best to help the player that's what counts the most

[panhard65]

Had 6 broken studs in the maserati manifolds. I spent a couple of hours yesterday drilling them out on one of the manifolds and re-tapped the holes. The holder for the tap decided to break whilst doing the last one so I thought I would send the other manifold to the engineering shop to do it rather than just buying a new tool. FUCKING ROBBING BASTARDS £180 TO FIT 3 HELICOIL'S. They won't be getting anymore work out of me that is just taking the piss.

[Dippy]

When did the rush hour only last an hour, I dont see the traffic tailing off till gone 7pm most nights.

I used to live in the suburbs now I seem to be caught in the middle of a constant traffic jam.

 

And when the smart motorway is finished it wont be any different. 

[Pieman]

Went out to play a dart cup match last night, just started the 4th game when one of their players collapsed. 

 

One of our team kept him going with CPR whilst we waited for the first responders and ambulance, but we found out this morning that he passed away.

 

Bugger sorry to hear that, some posts in here really do put others into perspective.

[Lacquer Peel]

When did the rush hour only last an hour, I dont see the traffic tailing off till gone 7pm most nights.

I used to live in the suburbs now I seem to be caught in the middle of a constant traffic jam.

 

And when the smart motorway is finished it wont be any different. 

 

Too many people working miles away from where they live and commuting by car because public transport is impractical and expensive - I'm one of them.

[UltraWomble]

Yo UltraWomble can you hide those pics behind a link so people can choose if they want to see them? Cheers.

Yer all weak stomached poofs. Anyone would think you had never seen a pus-riddled leg before.

 

 

Please do this

 

I didnt know you could do that - I  do now. Duly done so as not to upset anyone's sensibilities. You know I have to look at it every day. And the leg too - boom boom!

[Cavcraft]

I genuinely doff my proverbial hat to those commute a decent distance. I spent five days going to Liverpool and back on a union course and by the second day I wanted to kill everyone else in sight on the roads.

I see the M56 many mornings jammed solid about 7.30am heading towards Manchester and to be quite honest, I think I'd just rather be on the dole than face that.

[UltraWomble]

I used to do Hoghton  to Wythenshawe every day for 18 months. 

Took about 40 mins at the time of day I was traveling as there was no traffic, however the same could not be said when finishing a night shift -  an hour and a half to get home.

I wanted to ram people - especially round about Bolton, but then tiredness from a night shift might not have helped

[HH-R]

I commute quite a way and it takes me hours to wind down and relax after getting in, sometimes I don't relax at all. I got an hour and a half's sleep one night last week from stressing over it. I can feel on a Sunday I'm getting wound up more and more throughout the day knowing it's looming the next morning.

 

Had some Chris Hunt in an Insignia so far up my arse tonight that I couldn't even see that there was a car behind in any of the mirrors. The commuting is fine apart from these sort of wankers.

[AlabamaShrimp]

I commute quite a way and it takes me hours to wind down and relax after getting in, sometimes I don't relax at all. I got an hour and a half's sleep one night last week from stressing over it. I can feel on a Sunday I'm getting wound up more and more throughout the day knowing it's looming the next morning.

 

Had some Chris Hunt in an Insignia so far up my arse tonight that I couldn't even see that there was a car behind in any of the mirrors. The commuting is fine apart from these sort of wankers.

Is it time for a new job before it kills you

[gordonbennet]

I take my hat off to anyone who can cope with anything up to 2 or more hours commute, work all day, then do the same battle to get home, that's worse than a prison sentence and i just don't know how you do it, i couldn't.

 

I've been driving artics for 40 years now and when at work all the lemming like traffic in world doesn't worry me one iota, they can do anything they like and i'll still do more to annoy them by not reacting than they can ever do to me, its me job to do so.

 

But oh boy once i've finished work and got in a car to drive home i turn into something i don't like, using the Landcruiser has relieved much of that, it's lorry like qualities allow me to chill out, HH-R you might find something like one of these changes your commuting life too, you sort of don't give a toss what the wanker jammed up your chuff does, A you can't see him cos his ugly mug is way below the arc of the spare wheel and B if he hits you up the arse that effin great towbar is where he stops.

[Timewaster]

I commute 11 miles.

 

Some days it takes 45 minutes.