The grumpy thread

[Minimad5]

100% agree with you on that Station.

 

P*ssed me off no end, when i went camping with aload of "fun people" who just ended up passing out drunk, trying to shit on a campfire and thinking it was funny to leave rubbish everywhere.

In an attempt to tidy up at 6am .. (By this time everyone was asleep drunk) ... i grabbed afew bottles an put them in empty bags, then helpfully got covered in sick

Lets just say the guy hated my pay back

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Having a clearout of my stuff, I discover my little collection of Lledo Vanguards. They're all rather scruffy - missing mirrors/wipers, paint chips etc. Except for the yellow Triumph Dolomite - which I never removed from its plastic case. I took the case off to admire it (you can see where this is going) and thought to myself "this is the only model I own which could legitimately be called mint condit..." at which point it slipped out of my hand and lost some of its paint on a poorly placed VCR.

 

ARSE.

 

Oh well, it joins the rest now.

[j-j]

+1 Station, if they like the hills so much as to make the effort to go up and set up a camp there wtf do they fuk it with this shit????

 

My rant today concerns the fukkin Orange walk in Glasgow. I hate these - Scotland almost passes for a nice country until these rednecks close every road in the city centre (can't even walk across them) for their precious, out of date political statement/display.

 

The herd of mongs that come to see the 'spectacle' are nearly indescribable but lets have a go:

 

toothless, earless, rangers top - wearing, drawling thugs shouting at bystanders, pissing in alleys in full view and singing ever so friendly songs at the tourists (who think they're seeing something special) and that's just the women. Little children with 'no surrender' on their shirts. Drinking on the street (illegal here) at late morning shopping time - it is really unpleasant and almost feels like some sort of civil unrest thing.

 

You can almost get away with ignoring it all if you have closed headphones and don't actually need to get anywhere - what a lovely country..

[Lankytim]

Im currently on holiday with the family in Cornwall, took the Audi and a toolkit to effect any running repairs that would be needed. The exhaust needs regular tweeking as it works itself loose thanks to duff gbox mounts, got underneath to tweak... Snap! Bust the cast iron flange thing. Shitflakes. Im considering fitting a flexi and doing away with that poxy ball joint thing anyway. 320 miles home with no zorst. Cant wait.

[FredTransit]

Im currently on holiday with the family in Cornwall, took the Audi and a toolkit to effect any running repairs that would be needed. The exhaust needs regular tweeking as it works itself loose thanks to duff gbox mounts, got underneath to tweak... Snap! Bust the cast iron flange thing. Shitflakes. Im considering fitting a flexi and doing away with that poxy ball joint thing anyway. 320 miles home with no zorst. Cant wait.

Can you bodge it with a coke can and some jubilee clips? That's what I did when the crewbus' zorst went in Sheffield. Got the bugger welded together when I got home.

[Lankytim]

Chèers Fred. Why didnt i think of that? To add piss to shit i found some welding that needs doing too. Galvanised my ringpiece. When all the welding is *finally* done is it worth spending 400 notes on a practical classics style rust proof treatment i wonder?

[STUNO]

^^^^^ wot Fred said. I have done that too and it worked a treat.

[Lankytim]

Damn. Had another look and the flange on the end of the downpipe is in the way. Its the corresponding 3 bolt plate flange thing that bolts onto it that ive snapped. Worst of all the system is stainless and there isnt a joint in the system to allow a new flange plate thing to be added. Cutting and welding is the only way.

[Minimad5]

Tim,

Could you not cut off both flanges and use a VAG exhaust sleeve like this :

 

 

They come in all sizes and diameters.

 

Just a thought.

[Milford Cubicle]

Yeah those sleeves work great, used one on my 405 when the flanges in the middle of the exhaust crumbled away.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Exhaust-Connector ... 0415706847

 

Also available on eBay

[scaryoldcortina]

Exhausts are overrated anyway! I had the whole exhaust fall off the downpipe on the LT while on my way from durham to bornemouth once. Drove 300 miles with no silencer at all (including a recovery job between Milton keynes and Gt Yarmouth on a sunday morning..) then borrowed a mig to fix it for the ride home.

[Milford Cubicle]

Was the LT a diesel?

Diesels don't really need silencers.

[Minimad5]

Yeah those sleeves work great

I find them better than the "U" clamps (I ALWAYS snap these bleeming things ... the joys of being heavy handed )

..... and the sleeves are alot better than them silly peugeot efforts

[Richard]

Was the LT a diesel?

Diesels don't really need silencers.

Turbodiesels don't so much but N/A diesels do. When the backbox fell off my 305 van it sounded like the truck from Duel.

[Lankytim]

That sleeve looks like it would fix everything! I havent seen one before, would normal exhaust stockists sell them? Off to a carboot in a bit. Ill try to get a hacksaw and a tape measure.

[Cavcraft]

Was the LT a diesel?

Diesels don't really need silencers.

Turbodiesels don't so much but N/A diesels do. When the backbox fell off my 305 van it sounded like the truck from Duel.

Likewise when the bloody flexi pipe on my old 609D Merc used to snap every couple of months.

[barrett]

When the backbox fell off my 305 van it sounded like the truck from Duel.

and that's a bad thing how?

[Milford Cubicle]

Was the LT a diesel?

Diesels don't really need silencers.

Turbodiesels don't so much but N/A diesels do. When the backbox fell off my 305 van it sounded like the truck from Duel.

My n/a Golf diesel sounded fine with the back box deleted. I didn't notice it when I bought the car, but it had a straight piece of pipe welded in its place.

[CIH]

Was the LT a diesel?

Diesels don't really need silencers.

Turbodiesels don't so much but N/A diesels do. When the backbox fell off my 305 van it sounded like the truck from Duel.

Prsume you left it off and spent the rest of the day lorry-stalking some poor chump in an underpowered sedan ?

[Richard]

Would have been rude not to.

[Cheggers]

Galvanised my ringpiece

Made me spit coffee all over the keyboard, must have been painful

[Station]

Sadly waved goodbye to my Whizzkid this morning as it headed off to Stars & Stripes show at Knutsford accompanied by a Studebaker truck and onwards to it's new home in London. The only solace is it's gone back to it's original owner who'll garage it for the rest of it's life. The purple Studebaker is getting sold (15,000!) for the space!

 

 

 

[Station]

COCK!

 

I've been driving my Astra for the past week, everything working fine (apart from taking ages to start). Yesterday, it sounded like a tappet/hydraulic lifter was getting rattly. Two hours later, the whole head sounds like it's full of cutlery. It's louder than a knackered diesel, needs to be heard how loud it is to be believed, something has deffo gone wrong.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Not a good day then.

 

Good to know that the Whizzkid has gone to a good home though.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Is the whizzkid guy the one who arsed you around for ages with promises of payment in gold bullion and all the rest of it?

[Guest]

Is the whizzkid guy the one who arsed you around for ages with promises of payment in gold bullion and all the rest of it?

That would be the one Bol yes. The last time I spoke to Dave about it, the original owner put the cash through his door at 3 AM after travelling to the Wirral from London.

 

Anyway, my grumps today:

 

1. Hayfever resurgance. C U LATER WORKING AT SALE RUGBY CLUB \ GOIN TO DA EASTHAM TAP. Couldn't see well enough to drive because my eyes were streaming. And yet I walked round Thornes Park in the dusk and was fine. Yesterday and Sunday didn't even have a high pollen count, so perhaps something blew in through the window, who knows.

 

2. I own the Citroen now. The last payment has been, erm, paid. Wow, I'm so proud.

 

3. I found out this morning that one of my favourite songs from my childhood is about the Kent State Massacre in 1969. Lovely.

[myglaren]

Is the whizzkid guy the one who arsed you around for ages with promises of payment in gold bullion and all the rest of it?

3. I found out this morning that one of my favourite songs from my childhood is about the Kent State Massacre in 1969. Lovely.

Would that be Ohio?

[Guest]

Is the whizzkid guy the one who arsed you around for ages with promises of payment in gold bullion and all the rest of it?

3. I found out this morning that one of my favourite songs from my childhood is about the Kent State Massacre in 1969. Lovely.

Would that be Ohio?

Nope, 'Hey Sandy' by Polaris.

[Station]

Yeah, Mr Bollox. I knew he was genuine ...

[Pete-M]

Ebay muppetry once again.

 

Bloke rings yesterday. Wants to know if I'd do a deal with his '92, LHD, Spanish import (but uk reg) Ford Exploder. I said I'd have a look, but I'd rather sell the BMW for cash. I need the cash to fix other cars, hence selling the bloody thing.

 

He turns up, nice chap, slightly dogeared Exploder with 4wd that doesn't work. I tell him that it's not really for me. Thanks anyway. He then says "Well, how much money will you give me, with the 635, for the Explorer?". I point out that I'm trying to SELL the BMW, not BUY an Explorer and that I want the cash in order to do work on my other cars. He then told me that he wants £1995 for the Explorer - which is £1495 over the odds.

 

Next bloke is from the Netherlands. Wants to buy the interior and rear spoiler off the car. Offering €600 if remove it all and send it to Dutchland. That's not happening either.

 

NEXT bloke has spotted Dutch blokes question, and wants his e-mail address so he can sell his interior and rear spoiler to him instead.

 

Jokers the lot of 'em. Just to add insult, the top bidder at the moment is zero rated.