The grumpy thread

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Bankok airport is nice...

Not if you want to go to Bangkok. Or most other places in Thailand.

It's way out in the sticks to the east with no practical links to the city

 

Why are you saying that? The express train is jolly good.

[Caffiend]

If I'm still not even able to keep water down by later today then it almost certainly wasn't just something I ate and it's looking like no Bristol Classic Car Show for me tomorrow

[MrDuke]

Suck on ice-cubes, you'll get some hydration that way. It's what Mrs_Duke had to do after she'd had her guts rearranged by a surgeon.

[Tayne]

If I'm still not even able to keep water down by later today then it almost certainly wasn't just something I ate and it's looking like no Bristol Classic Car Show for me tomorrow

 

Norovirus.

[Caffiend]

I fear it may be Tayne, as my face is about the same colour as this website at present

 

GR-12 for losing some weight though.

[meggersdog]

So after spending this morning taking the diesel injector pump off the 306 I set about replacing the O ring

There is a large O ring on the distributor head which had gone hard and was leaking.I bought a rebuild kit with all the seals.

After putting it back together I put the pump back on and plumbed it in.Using the primer bulb I discovered another leak so off it came again.

Another hard O ring this time on a plate facing the engine block so it did have to come off.

Now the constant drips have stopped but it's still not right.There is a weep from somewhere and it appears to be the seal around the top of the unit.

There is no way I'm taking the top of a Bosch injector pump off even though I've got the seals for it.

Ever got two thirds of the way into a job and wished you'd never started it ? ...Well I have, today..

[Lankytim]

Ordered a new hub for the Xantia on Monday, It arrived on Wednesday but I only had time to fit it today. My Xantia is an HDi and has a wider track than other models, hence only a 110 item will fit. I made sure they knew it had to be the right item. When it arrived it was very rusty and had been cut off the donor car. It took ages to get it stripped down ready to fit. Finally got it on the car this evening. What's this? The disc wont fit, neither will the calliper! Yep. WRONG HUB. Its from a 90 or something. The supplier has promised to get it collected and send the right one. Grrrrrrrrr!

[Guest]

Still no sign of that steering wheel I bought A MONTH AGO. Ebay's typically helpful, it says I can't hit the seller with an INR strike 'because this item was purchased on eBay US'. Really? Merseyside's in the States now, is it?!

[wuvvum]

The stereo in the Rover 75. It's a Sendai job (I think Sendai is Maplins), and when you switch it off a message flashes across the screen saying "See you! Have a nice day!". Am I the only one who gets really pissed off by the modern trend for inanimate objects pretending to be my friend? NO YOU WON'T FUCKING SEE ME, YOU'RE A FUCKING CD PLAYER, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EYES. TWAT.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

My kitchen scale says "HELO" when you turn it on.

 

Wikipedia says that's the correct spelling in the Welsh or Malay languages.

[autofive]

cat says MEOW

[Lacquer Peel]

So after spending this morning taking the diesel injector pump off the 306 I set about replacing the O ring

 

There is a large O ring on the distributor head which had gone hard and was leaking.I bought a rebuild kit with all the seals.

After putting it back together I put the pump back on and plumbed it in.Using the primer bulb I discovered another leak so off it came again.

Another hard O ring this time on a plate facing the engine block so it did have to come off.

Now the constant drips have stopped but it's still not right.There is a weep from somewhere and it appears to be the seal around the top of the unit.

There is no way I'm taking the top of a Bosch injector pump off even though I've got the seals for it.

Ever got two thirds of the way into a job and wished you'd never started it ? ...Well I have, today..

 

Baws. I've luckily never known a Bosch VE pump to leak, despite running all kinds of shit through them.

[Tayne]

My kitchen scale says "HELO" when you turn it on.

 

Could it possibly have been made by Finnish steam and sauna manufacturer Helo?

[Richard]

The stereo in the Rover 75. It's a Sendai job (I think Sendai is Maplins), and when you switch it off a message flashes across the screen saying "See you! Have a nice day!". Am I the only one who gets really pissed off by the modern trend for inanimate objects pretending to be my friend? NO YOU WON'T FUCKING SEE ME, YOU'RE A FUCKING CD PLAYER, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY EYES. TWAT.

 

There's no point in shouting at it, it doesn't have any ears either.

[Ben_L]

Great, I sold my Fiesta to buy my new mode of conveyance to it's happy new owner, who has now returned it demanding his money back. Apparently, it started making a funny noise despite me specifically telling him what the noise was (The pushrod engine!). He kicked and screamed and I argued back then gave in and let him leave it behind and take back the money.

 

He must've ragged the shit out of it, cos' I sold it with 3/4 tank of fuel in it and it's on the red line. No idea what he's done, but I've done a trade off with my cousin who does about 3 miles a year.

 

The only positive is that I've got a 1.5 vtec Civic to bazz about in, but I'm pissed off cos my new-new car may be off the cards :/

[dollywobbler]

Great, I sold my Fiesta to buy my new mode of conveyance to it's happy new owner, who has now returned it demanding his money back. Apparently, it started making a funny noise despite me specifically telling him what the noise was (The pushrod engine!). He kicked and screamed and I argued back then gave in and let him leave it behind and take back the money.

 

He must've ragged the shit out of it, cos' I sold it with 3/4 tank of fuel in it and it's on the red line. No idea what he's done, but I've done a trade off with my cousin who does about 3 miles a year.

 

The only positive is that I've got a 1.5 vtec Civic to bazz about in, but I'm pissed off cos my new-new car may be off the cards :/

 

Sounds like the arsehole just found a great way to get free fuel... What an arse.

[Cavcraft]

Stripping the fuel pump down on my Audi 80TDi finally killed it off. So it's not all bad.

 

Hats off to you, Ben. A lot of other people would have told that bellend to FRO.

[Lacquer Peel]

Tell him to fuck right off Ben.

[Ben_L]

Great, I sold my Fiesta to buy my new mode of conveyance to it's happy new owner, who has now returned it demanding his money back. Apparently, it started making a funny noise despite me specifically telling him what the noise was (The pushrod engine!). He kicked and screamed and I argued back then gave in and let him leave it behind and take back the money.

 

He must've ragged the shit out of it, cos' I sold it with 3/4 tank of fuel in it and it's on the red line. No idea what he's done, but I've done a trade off with my cousin who does about 3 miles a year.

 

The only positive is that I've got a 1.5 vtec Civic to bazz about in, but I'm pissed off cos my new-new car may be off the cards :/

 

Sounds like the arsehole just found a great way to get free fuel... What an arse.

 

I wouldn't mind, but the mileage has only gone up by 150... That's DOUBLE the fuel use I experienced, I reckon he realised it wasn't a bird puller/drag racer and felt a dick turning up in McDonalds with it personally.

[dollywobbler]

I reckon he siphoned out the fuel...

[Cavcraft]

I reckon this 'buyer' needs to be outed. Was he a member of a car forum or just some random gobshite who'd seen it in the paper or something?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

You've been done, sorry but theres no other way to sum that up

[RedSparrow]

More shit unfunny off topic threads. And so it goes on.

[meggersdog]

 

Baws. I've luckily never known a Bosch VE pump to leak, despite running all kinds of shit through them.

 

Same here until now.I've had my Discovery over six years and that's never leaked.

The Pug's pump has always looked "sweaty" and there has always been a faint whiff diesel so it was probably due for some seals when I bought it.

Another great BCA auction purchase....not.

[retrogeezer]

You've been done, sorry but theres no other way to sum that up

 

Yeh, sounds like a free days car hire to me!

[Guest]

You've been done, sorry but theres no other way to sum that up

 

Yeh, sounds like a free days car hire to me!

 

Seconded. Had he said that to me the police would have had to come round.

 

Anyway, Facebook is bollocks. The AS group's a load of dreary bollocks with people crash posting phone snaps of fucked Corsas, and the University group set up so we could discuss work is hysterical and has disappeared up its own arse completely.

 

Peoples' laziness never ceases to amaze. I went and ordered a takeaway [yes, the irony] on the other end of town because I had a large gap at work. I walk down the main drag and there's SEVEN cars in a line bumped up on the kerb, all with their hazards on with folk sat in the driving seat and their passengers queueing out of the door at Domino's Pizza. Fuck's sake, there's parking two minutes away up the road and it's 10p - nice one for blocking the main road right back out to the bus station exit - I'm sure the drivers loved you lot. I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing - the pizza at Domino's really isn't that good for the money unless you get some kind of mega party deal - then it starts to make sense.

 

Sorry to say that if I were a copper, they'd have all got booked. Morons.

[Mr Lobster]

the pizza at Domino's really isn't that good for the money unless you get some kind of mega party deal - then it starts to make sense.

 

Theres a special offer on at the moment - any size pizza £5.99 on collection only.

[SambaS]

Fucking captive nuts. Why? really.

[Albert Ross]

Fucking captive nuts. Why? really.

Because it's very rare the factory pay two men to do the job of one. Unless you make Marinas.

[philibusmo]

Why am I utterly unable to sell two really nice cars.

 

The Orion SOLD* on Thursday evening when I accepted an offer on eBay. Only once I had accepted the offer was I able to see the potential buyer was located in Yorkshire so about as likely to be a serious buyer as I am to be the queen. Has he got in contact with me? Has he fuck.

 

The Alfa Romeo 156 failed to sell today on an eBay auction at £600. Considering it has had £500 worth of belt changes, £120 of tyres and numerous other parts as well as being an MOT'd and perfectly working, quick, reliable and comfortable car this seemed like a good deal to me, yet still no-one bit.

 

Is anyone interested in either of these cars, if so make me an offer. I need these sold within a week or there will be no money for MOT on the Fiesta at the end of the month as well as insurance on it and the Rover.