The grumpy thread

[Parky]

Had the same happen in a Mk3 Golf GTi a few years back, it was a balljoint connector had come off the mechanism, I popped it back on in my shirt and tie on the side of the A46 and it never troubled me again

I also had it on a Ford Orion that suddenly lost 5th and Reverse and that was a knackered gearbox

So I suppose it’s luck of the draw, I’d suspect something more like the first scenario though,

I am suspecting a piece of monkey metal has fatigued and sheared after ten years dangling underneath the car but the popped balljoint solution would be better!

 

It’s probably something nice and simple, I just wanted to ask if this was a “They all do that sir” type situation.

 

EDIT - exhaust is in the way and chuffing hot still so I think I will give it an hour, jack it up and see what I can see. Hopefully a fix or at least an accurate diagnosis will follow.

 

Times like this makes you realise just how handy a two poster would be!

[Richard]

I'd say it's almost certainly a failed selector outer cable anchorage. If you're lucky it'll just pop back in.

[meggersdog]

Time to get ruthless.

 

I'm sick of knackered old sheds kicking me in the wallet, and certain people not meeting their end of the bargain causing me to let others down. 

 

I hope no-one wants a Daihatsu Applause, because it's going in the frag if no-one wants it. 

Sorry mate, didn't realise I had to pass it

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Oooohhhh!

[Craig the Princess]

And of course now a colleague wants to buy the Applause after I've sold it.

 

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

Funny that the 'offer' only comes after the car has gone.

 

Sack it off, if some keyboard warrior doesn't like it I'm sure it will make less than no difference to your life.

[alcyonecorporation]

Sorry mate, didn't realise I had to pass it

That wasn't aimed at you, dude. That shot was aimed elsewhere.

I have PM'd explaining the super raw fanniness at the moment.

 

The Applause was a shed and you called it thus. You condemning it made it easier for me to pull the plug.

 

Jesus fucking eh, I'm doing brilliant on the old 'piss off all and sundry' routine this week.

[alcyonecorporation]

 

I'm getting this kid to handle my comms from now on.

 

APOLOGIES ALL

[Mally]

As said by others on here. First cash in the hand is the winner.

 

Not always the case.

[richardmorris]

Riding round swinley yesterday morning something ( maybe two somethings in a viscous gang) stung or bit me. They got under my gloves and got me just on the back of my thumb and up a shirt sleeve and onto my shoulder.

 

Didn’t feel the shoulder one until it started itching, at which point the Centre white raised area is about 10cm x 5cm and surrounded by a red patch the size of my hand ( not palm!), the knuckle one was an ow from the start but didn’t react as badly. I took an antihistamine and zapped them with the static charge gun. Shoulder reaction disappeared in half an hour.

 

Now, I have no idea what stung me but last night my wrist was red and raised. This morning the swelling was a lot larger and glowing hot although my shoulder one just looks like a normal raised bite. Concerned for ticks and lymes and going on holiday tomorrow I walked down to the doctors ( all of 5mins). No dice-nothing at all today and they’re open until 8pm. She gave me the number of the walk in clinic in Woking which seemed a bit of a trek so I went to the pharmacy across the road. Being non comittal, but helpful, he said it wasn’t a tick bite but could be a horsefly and I seem to have a hive reaction. Drew a line around the rash and sold me some antihistamine cream.

 

Five hours later it’s not spread further and seems to have reduced in coloUr and certainly in temperature. So fingers crossed.But if I develop lymes or scepsis and it’s on the news then the story is written here for you to tell the authorities.

 

Not a major issue in the scheme of things, but it’s my first days off on holiday for over a year and was worried about cancelling. Certainly nothing compared to this poor woman in Salisbury.

[RayMK]

Blood thirsty horse flies have put me off walking in the countryside for the last fortnight.  I went out today - same lane - and bliss.  No horse flies, just loads of butterflies. Very nice, but sweaty.

[Cavcraft]

Riding round swinley yesterday morning something ( maybe two somethings in a viscous gang) stung or bit me. 

 

 

Oily characters, were they?

[Guest Hooli]

Multigrade scum

[Parky]

Right....

 

Can’t see the cables under the car so that was a waste. No obvious flaws with anything under the gaiter but the stick definitely isn’t moving as far to the left as it used to. Unless you push it down to engage reverse when it goes all the way over fine.

 

I have found if I push the stick down and aim it roughly between reverse and third, first gear appears! Considerable risk of engaging reverse but luckily the parking sensors sound a beep if reverse is engaged so at least I have an audio warning that my jack rabbit start is about to become expensive. So I can drive the thing although it will feel a little like nursing a wounded Lancaster home. Ok, slight exaggeration.

 

Actually reminded me of a 1997 Polo I test drove in 2009. I couldn’t get first or second in that either, no matter how I tried. The owner managed it no problem but I couldn’t do it. Basically exactly the same problem as I am having now.

 

Some handy youtube vids cover similar issues, am pretty confident it’s a bush or clip causing this issue rather than anything cog based. May investigate further tomorrow

[richardmorris]

Multigrade scum

Ok, you know I meant viscious.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Domestic violence goes up 38% when England lose, that tiny minority’s is a lot bigger than you think.

Modern civilisation is but a veneer to cover the savagery that always lurks.

[richardmorris]

Modern civilisation is but a veneer to cover the savagery that always lurks.

Modern civilisation is two pay cheques away from anarchy,

[Guest Hooli]

Two pay cheques? You rich sod!

[dave21478]

Computers, man. I swear to fucking Christ......

 

I will post up in the techy thread next door in a minute if anyone takes pity on me and wants to help.

[cobblers]

Computers, man. I swear to fucking Christ......

 

I will post up in the techy thread next door in a minute if anyone takes pity on me and wants to help.

There's absolutely no better feeling than frisbeeing a laptop into the side of a house and watching all the bits of plastic pop off and scatter all over the place.

[dave21478]

Agreed. 

If you search through my previous postings in the tech thread there are a few photos of me using an axe to solve* problems with previous laptops.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Two pay cheques? You rich sod!

Well, he does inhabit Windsor Great Park...

[DodgeRover]

Modern civilisation is two pay cheques away from anarchy,

Two ready meals from anarchy may be more appropriate depending on where you live...

[Guest Hooli]

One waddle to the takeaway....

[Pillock]

There's absolutely no better feeling than frisbeeing a laptop into the side of a house and watching all the bits of plastic pop off and scatter all over the place.

Part of my job used to involve destroying laptops that the customer didn't want repairing or returning.

 

I did this with a sledgehammer, by throwing them up into the air as high as I could out the back of the loading bay, and in one occasion parking my Scirocco on top of one and trying to do a burnout.

 

In fact I also had to drive over a few laptops for "research". That was in my Audi 90. I did it at 10, 20, 30mph and then for a laugh I managed to get it to about 45mph and obliterated the fucker as the front wheel kicked it up and the back wheel slammed it right back down again.

[cobblers]

when I worked at Halfords we were told to destroy old bike frames, so one of the nobhead managers decided to drive over them.

We lined them all up, and he drove over the headset end of the frames, no bother.

Then he decided to have another go at them, higher speed. They all tangled up and ended up coving the door of his focus in.

good times.

[brownnova]

Had my renewal through for the Mazda...

 

£170 last year

 

£1176 for this year....

 

I think not Adrian Flux you charlatan robbing bastards! That's a 591% increase in premium. I look forward to hearing their excuses for this ridiculous rise!

[DodgeRover]

Had my renewal through for the Mazda...

 

£170 last year

 

£1176 for this year....

 

I think not Adrian Flux you charlatan robbing bastards! That's a 591% increase in premium. I look forward to hearing their excuses for this ridiculous rise!

They made a mistake last year so are now offering you this super bargain to keep your loyalty...

[PhilA]

Viscous bites look much like the way I react to wasps.

 

Differentiated from ants (white bump in center full of yuk, red surround), spiders (red surround, veiny looking, yellow in the middle, painful), bees (large red pimple hardly any surround).

 

Go to the doctor and complain of hæmmorhoids, get the prescription cream for it. 5% hydrocortisone much better than the pansy stuff sold as "strongest stuff you can get ever to stop bites being itchy" in Boots.

 

Phil

[vulgalour]

Huh, that bit of metal that fell on the side earlier seemingly from nowhere was actually one of my fillings.  Super.  Smashing.  GREAT.

[andy18s]

Viscous bites look much like the way I react to wasps.

 

Differentiated from ants (white bump in center full of yuk, red surround), spiders (red surround, veiny looking, yellow in the middle, painful), bees (large red pimple hardly any surround).

 

Go to the doctor and complain of hæmmorhoids, get the prescription cream for it. 5% hydrocortisone much better than the pansy stuff sold as "strongest stuff you can get ever to stop bites being itchy" in Boots.

 

Phil

You can buy stuff over the counter in BG that would be classed as a chemical weapon in the UK.....

The wife suffers with Fibromyalgia and some of her UK prescription only drugs are freely available,and she always gets offered a " better and stronger" for not many Leva...